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*Official* Fifth Test (The Oval, London) 27-31 July

TimAngas

TimAngas

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When Khawaja's test career was revived in 2015, he was picked averaging 25.13 from 9 tests and no hundreds. At that time Warner was averaging 46.78 with with 12 hundreds. Now, Warner is a husk, deconstructed shot by shot, while Khawaja lays claim to being the best test opener. Who would have thought?
 
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TheJediBrah said:
Probably. Also Glenn McGrath at 37 was man of the tournament in a World Cup

I'm sure there are many others pre-1990s that as you know, I will not be aware of
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Pacers didn't last that long before the modern era I think. Lillee and Trueman who both held the record for most wickets retired in their mid 30s. None of the west Indian quicks played that long either. Just Hadlee and Imran and Imran was more of a batsman by the end. Also Kapil but he sucked.
 
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trundler said:
Pacers didn't last that long before the modern era I think. Lillee and Trueman who both held the record for most wickets retired in their mid 30s. None of the west Indian quicks played that long either. Just Hadlee and Imran and Imran was more of a batsman by the end. Also Kapil but he sucked.
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Kapil’s last test was when he was 35 he doesn’t belong in this convo
 
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trundler said:
Pacers didn't last that long before the modern era I think. Lillee and Trueman who both held the record for most wickets retired in their mid 30s. None of the west Indian quicks played that long either. Just Hadlee and Imran and Imran was more of a batsman by the end. Also Kapil but he sucked.
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Lillee retired at 34 and was considered ancient
 
TimAngas

TimAngas

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trundler said:
Pacers didn't last that long before the modern era I think. Lillee and Trueman who both held the record for most wickets retired in their mid 30s. None of the west Indian quicks played that long either. Just Hadlee and Imran and Imran was more of a batsman by the end. Also Kapil but he sucked.
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Yeah, a lot of these guys wouldn't have even known they had stress fractures back in the day. There's even an interview with Geoff Lawson where he said he was diagnosed with a stress fracture and just ignored it.
 
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Socerer 01 said:
Kapil’s last test was when he was 35 he doesn’t belong in this convo
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Seemed to go on forever. At least this was my impression based on the fact that he played until '94 and sucked after '89 as a bowler. Just didn't miss any tests I guess.
 
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