Ravindra Jadeja vs Nathan Lyon

[PlayerComparisons]

Two best spinners of the current era after Ashwin. Who do you rate higher

 

[subshakerz]

Lyon, easily. Has already shown he is very good in India, and is better than Jadeja away too.

 

[Sunil1z]

Lyon is the better bowler. Jadeja the better cricketer. Lyon is highly under rated because of his overall numbers .

My rankings of different spinners
Warne/Murali > Kumble > Ashwin > Lyon > Jadeja > Swann/Macgill/Herath > Saqlain


Saqlain at last due to very low longevity.

 

[subshakerz]

Lyon is the better bowler. Jadeja the better cricketer. Lyon is highly under rated because of his overall numbers .

My rankings of different spinners
Warne/Murali > Kumble > Ashwin > Lyon > Jadeja > Swann/Macgill/Herath > Saqlain


Saqlain at last due to very low longevity.

Saqlain should be with MacGill and Swann as they also had longevity issues.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

My 'always vote for Jadeja' policy and 'never vote for Lyon' policy helpfully align here.

 

[Sunil1z]

Saqlain should be with MacGill and Swann as they also had longevity issues.

Macgill didn’t have longevity issue . He had Warne issue imo . Australia rarely played 2 spinners .

I am confused regarding Swann tbh . Him and Saqlain have nearly same record .

 

[Prince EWS]

My 'always vote for Jadeja' policy and 'never vote for Lyon' policy helpfully align here.

I assume this is a 'two negatives make a positive' type deal and you voted for Lyon just this once.

 

[subshakerz]

Macgill didn’t have longevity issue . He had Warne issue imo . Australia rarely played 2 spinners .

I am confused regarding Swann tbh . Him and Saqlain have nearly same record .

Yeah hard to separate Saqlain and Swann, tho both slightly better than MacGill for me for was too loose at times.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Macgill didn’t have longevity issue . He had Warne issue imo . Australia rarely played 2 spinners .

I am confused regarding Swann tbh . Him and Saqlain have nearly same record .

Swann had a 5 year test career.

 

[Sunil1z]

Swann had a 5 year test career.

So did Saqlain . Are you forgetting his injury?

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

I assume this is a 'two negatives make a positive' type deal and you voted for Lyon just this once.

Hmmm. ?

...No, actually I'd still rather not.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

So did Saqlain . Are you forgetting his injury?

I guess Swann was injured too, if you count lack of ticker as an injury

 

[TheJediBrah]

Saqlain should be with MacGill and Swann as they also had longevity issues.

Why would you think MacGill had a longevity issue

bloke played until he was 37

 

[Starfighter]

Jadeja IMO, but not by as big a margin as the gap in averages would suggest.

 

[social]

Two best spinners of the current era after Ashwin. Who do you rate higher

When did Ashwin become better than Lyon?

Like @Burgey, I hate all finger spinners as it’s easily the easiest skill to learn

However, he is picked everywhere

Ashwin isn’t

 

[Prince EWS]

When did Ashwin become better than Lyon?

Like @Burgey, I hate all finger spinners as it’s easily the easiest skill to learn

However, he is picked everywhere

Ashwin isn’t

Lyon wouldn't be picked everywhere if Jadeja was Australian either.

 

[social]

Lyon wouldn't be picked everywhere if Jadeja was Australian either.

Lol

There’s a reason he’s often overlooked away

 

[Socerer 01]

Lol

There’s a reason he’s often overlooked away

yes, its because he’s got a machine making runs as competition

 

[Prince EWS]

Lol

There’s a reason he’s often overlooked away

Ashwin sucks because Jadeja sometimes gets picked ahead of him.
Jadeja sucks because Ashwin sometimes gets picked ahead of him.

Lyon is better than both because Agar sucks no-one gets picked ahead of him.

I actually do think Lyon is the best of the three. But you need to learn to make better than surface level arguments that can picked apart with a moment's thought, man. You do my position a disservice here.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Lol

There’s a reason he’s often overlooked away

The reason is that India have two great spinners.

You dumb ****.

Edit : Also, most everyone agrees that ashwin should have actually been selected most of those games. Pinning incorrect selections as proof of why the guy isn't as good is moronic.