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What did Bradman think of that Windies team?
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RossTaylorsBox
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"Those people were so much more cultured back in my day."
Adorable Asshole
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I remember him saying that they were better than his invincibles but I can't find the source.
TheJediBrah
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Does anyone know what Sunny Gavaskar thought of them?
Prince EWS
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Grovel.
Slifer
International Captain
I do and it wasn't remotely cool....
Others here will know more, but Bradman, from his long career as a selector, was usually reluctant to compare teams and players, especially Australian ones.
The all-time team he was said to have chosen was published only after his death, which raised suspicions in some quarters.
Opinions he did express were O'Reilly as greatest bowler and Tallon as finest keeper. He also said that Graeme Pollock was the best left-handed batsman, narrowly ahead of Sobers. He considered this pair far ahead of the rest of the field. This was before Lara came on the scene.
Bradman also rated Weekes above Headley, partly because he scored much faster, and found Bedser more difficult to face than Tate although neither of the English bowlers were at their peak at the time. Tendulkar was thought to be his favourite modern batsman.
Gavaskar said Roberts and Lillee were the leading fast bowlers he faced.
The all-time team he was said to have chosen was published only after his death, which raised suspicions in some quarters.
Opinions he did express were O'Reilly as greatest bowler and Tallon as finest keeper. He also said that Graeme Pollock was the best left-handed batsman, narrowly ahead of Sobers. He considered this pair far ahead of the rest of the field. This was before Lara came on the scene.
Bradman also rated Weekes above Headley, partly because he scored much faster, and found Bedser more difficult to face than Tate although neither of the English bowlers were at their peak at the time. Tendulkar was thought to be his favourite modern batsman.
Gavaskar said Roberts and Lillee were the leading fast bowlers he faced.
shortpitched713
International Captain
This Bradman dude knows what he is talking about. Impressed that he would be a fellow Weekes admirer.
Chrish
International Debutant
I am curious. What is this about ?
Adorable Asshole
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RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Lol at the comments
Coronis
International Coach
Frankly, you can make an argument for Weekes being the worst of the W’s.This Bradman dude knows what he is talking about. Impressed that he would be a fellow Weekes admirer.
shortpitched713
International Captain
Lad slapped ****, L argument.
Slifer
International Captain
Sunil is a hypocrite. I distinctly remember in 1994 when WI toured India 2nd test, and the Indian crowd would launch rocks etc at the WI players. Then look at Australia from the 70s, their crowds were just as hostile as wi crowds and they used to tell Lillee and Thommo to literally kill kill kill. But west Indian players sucked it up. But oh no, Sunil had to go run his big mouth. But he knew who to run it about. Great great batsman but an azz hole of a human being!!!
Slifer
International Captain
Oh and let me say Sunil is a complete liar, talking about wi never showed appreciation to Indian players. There's literally a calypso about west Indian respect for Indian players and especially him:
Coronis
International Coach
Lad bashed weaker teams, was easily the worst of the 3 against the two stronger teams of the era. Not saying he is the worst of the 3, I’d likely go Walcott, Weekes, Worrell, but there’s definitely an argument to be made imo.
shortpitched713
International Captain
It's tough, because in those days we're always dealing with irregular Test schedules and smaller sample sizes. There's "eye test" going on here too, but I'm pretty confident with him as the best of 3 Ws, and the best of the pre professional era, other than Sobers (obviously Bradman too) .
Coronis
International Coach
Wait the best West Indian batsman or overall batsman?
shortpitched713
International Captain
Best overall. The feet, quickness, hand eye is the best of the lot other than Bradman.