fredfertang
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Yes I think so - Jardine had Verity
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Greatest Test XI
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kyear2
International Coach
Umm, Hammond had trouble with Martindale and Constantine, don't see how he would handle this attack.
PlayerComparisons
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Windies for the 4 ATG quicks
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
I don't think 5 matches with an average of around 35 is evidence enough to say he couldn't bat well against quality pacers; while he has quite a good record against Australia.
kyear2
International Coach
His accompanying comments were more of an indication. By his own accounts, if I recall correctly, he wasn't comfortable against them.
fredfertang
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I have to accept that there wasn't a lot of high class quick bowling around between the wars, and Hammond certainly didn't enjoy facing Bodyline, but I don't think that makes him a poor player of quick bowling
Pap Finn Keighl
International Debutant
Imagine...Sachin, Lara, Imran, Kapil, Mcgrath, Shaun pollock.. Etc playing in a team..
That would have been 70s SA
G. Pollock, B. Richards, Procter, Rice, vander bijl, P. Pollock ..
That would have been 70s SA
G. Pollock, B. Richards, Procter, Rice, vander bijl, P. Pollock ..
Coronis
International Coach
That’s an insult to Pollock.Imagine...Sachin, Lara, Imran, Kapil, Mcgrath, Shaun pollock.. Etc playing in a team..
That would have been 70s SA
G. Pollock, B. Richards, Procter, Rice, vander bijl, P. Pollock ..
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Which Pollock?? There are 3 of them....
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Don't forget Barlow, Lee Irvine, Garth Le Roux, and perhaps Tony GreigImagine...Sachin, Lara, Imran, Kapil, Mcgrath, Shaun pollock.. Etc playing in a team..
That would have been 70s SA
G. Pollock, B. Richards, Procter, Rice, vander bijl, P. Pollock ..
kyear2
International Coach
Didn't think he was poor, but certain players were less comfortable than others vs express or short bowling. Lara also wasn't the most comfortable vs it.
kyear2
International Coach
Think there's a bit of hyperbole in there.Imagine...Sachin, Lara, Imran, Kapil, Mcgrath, Shaun pollock.. Etc playing in a team..
That would have been 70s SA
G. Pollock, B. Richards, Procter, Rice, vander bijl, P. Pollock ..
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Anyway, I had the great privilege of watching the Clive Lloyd era West Indians, but not even I'm old enough to have seen the Bodyline series
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Coronis
International Coach
Them’s the jokes.
Greig is definitely a interesting case given that he had already been putting his efforts into qualifying for England before isolation happened. Whether he would have done so if apartheid hadn't been a thing in the first place is another question though.
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
I’d back peak Viv to take down Mcgrath.
HouHsiaoHsien
International Debutant
Plus the Shane Warne factor doesn’t clinch it for Aus for me, since Marshall was great on all types of pitches(and thus Aus won’t be favourites on a spinning deck), and Warne was taken down by good players of spin(so Lloyd, Gomes would have his measure). The windies also have 4 ATG quicks, so there is no one Aus can target.
No idea why but West Indies didn't unleash Malcom Marshall on Australia until their 1984 home series. So the fearsome pace quartet I remember in 1980 was Roberts, Holding, Garner and Croft.
They also had Lawrence Rowe instead of Bacchus on that tour so arguably an even better WI Team that thrashed Australia that year (which started their #1 dominance for the decade)
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