ataraxia
International Coach
What the hell is this straw man and why is it so popularGiven that a wicket keeper is equivalent to 4 bowlers in impact
What the hell is this straw man and why is it so popularGiven that a wicket keeper is equivalent to 4 bowlers in impact
Because it's perfect mathWhat the hell is this straw man and why is it so popular
Applied statistics, the single most source of truth.What the hell is this straw man and why is it so popular
good analysisSangakkara - Test ATG, ODI Great
Kohli- Test Great, LOIs GOAT( or close)
Kapil - ODI ATG (a World Cup winning captain), Test ATG( all rounder)
Waqar - Test ATG, ODI Great( Economy high)
Dravid - Test ATG, ODI Good( Strike rate low)
Miandad - Test ATG, ODI Good(Strike rate low)
I think it should be Kapil Dev because he completely changed the dynamics of cricket in subcontinent with that World Cup win.
Sangakkara at 7 and Kohli at 8.
Waqar at 9, Miandad 10 and Dravid 11.
I think several posters go too far with this thinking.They are doing this ironically @ataraxia - Migara made a post in another thread that bowlers were worth 1.5X of batsmen. Reasoning being that a typical team has 6 batsmen and 4 bowlers in a test/long format line-up.
That's not the question.I'm not sure Kapil would add much to a team that had great bowlers and Imran as a genuine GOAT contender AR.
Kapil Dev is bowling equivalent of Abdv or Martin Crowe,I'm not sure Kapil would add much to a team that had great bowlers and Imran as a genuine GOAT contender AR. Kapil was a decent bat, and a decent bowler - but he was not outstanding in either discipline. Combined - yes, you get a fine cricketer.
Sanga and Waqar add more value in terms of winning that Dev does. One as a great bat and the other a legit ATG bowler.
Nah its cos Sanga was definitely better than Dravid and Miandad.Miandad and Dravid arguably better batsmen than Sanga, yet their combined vote tally is zero, while Sanga leading with 14 votes.. weird.
Is this because, He was a Dhoni level WK Batsman when he was not a Specialist batsman? If then why Dhoni is not included in the poll
He would make it.Kapil is the only one who wouldn't make an AT NZ team, yet he is 2nd. Weird.