Adorable Asshole
International Regular
That's an exaggeration. Anyway he was better at playing ATG pacers like Mcgrath than Sachin
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Sachin Tendulkar vs Garry Sobers
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ataraxia
International Coach
He did have the benefit of not having to play against those who made the era so tough, tbf (which is a valid argument btw).
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
They may have played more, but Viv has a favourable record against Imran, Lilee, Hadlee and many ATVG’s like Kapil, Willis, Botham, Wadir, young Akram, Indian quartet. Gavaskar may dominated as many, but not Lara and Sachin.
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Sachin doesn’t have a dominating record against Donald, Pollock, Mcgrath, Akram/Younis. Played very less of Ambrose, that too in his later years, and only really dominated Steyn and Warne, and to some extent Murali.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Averaged 70 with a 70 SR in his peak against peak Lillee, Thomson, Imran, , Botham, Willis and the spin quartet
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Lara has great numbers against Murali and Warne, decent against Mcgrath, but not that great against anyone else
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
And for the spin thing, Viv properly dominated the Indian quarter(who took a good amount of wickets) in WI, and Qadir in Pak and home. Heck, he has one of the best 4th innings knocks in SC
HouHsiaoHsien
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He still dominated the other great pacers in series where he was the difference between the two sides. You can't overstate the impact Viv had blunting bowlers on a hot streak. Nobody else did that.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
No. He had higher highs but was also owned by McGrath in an entire series in 96. Tendulkar never got owned by McGrath in a series.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
He clearly struggled against Donalds pace.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
As does Lara
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
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Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Didn't Lillee dismissed Richards like 9 times? I would hardly called it owning.
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
And Richard averaged 48 against him(50 if you count WSC)@ an SR of 70+. Richard averaged nearly a half century per innings. I wouldn’t care beyond this how many ever times Viv got dismissed by him, if he averages nearly 50@ SR of 70+ that too on tough Aus pitches against him
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
A lot of that was also outside his peak. The period we are talking about is 76 to 80/81. He faced Lillee in 75 and 81/82 also.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
And Lara averages 46.4 against Mcgrath but according to @subshakerz Mcgrath owned him.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
McGrath owned him in the 96 series specifically by dismissing him cheaply 5 times in a row. But I also said Lara has his highs against him too.
Coronis
International Coach
Yeah don’t really wanna derail this further with my thoughts on Viv tbh.
We all know I rate him lower than most people here and its not gonna change.
Anyway Sobers just shades it for me, both started as teens and had relatively (to the rest of their careers) mediocre starts. Both were widely successful against multiple opponents and in a variety of conditions. Both awesome players.
We all know I rate him lower than most people here and its not gonna change.
Anyway Sobers just shades it for me, both started as teens and had relatively (to the rest of their careers) mediocre starts. Both were widely successful against multiple opponents and in a variety of conditions. Both awesome players.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Tendulkar had an amazing career start for me.