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Which ATG bats and bowlers would have notably different records if they served in a different team

reyrey

U19 Captain
Ashwin and Philander I think are the very best in recent history of the game at utilizing contrasting bowling friendly conditions. They get **** on for that, but I'm just sort of flipping the scenario to highlight their strength instead of the weakness, which if they happened to play on the same team would be significantly helpful for both of them.
Strong tail with them both too.
 

Nintendo

Cricketer Of The Year
Ashwin figured out how to bowl in Australia and ENG eventually didn't he? Him sucking there early on was a result of india seeing him struggle in that post Hughes series on roads and deciding "he can't play here he sucks" which hampered his development.

If he grew up in Australia I'm pretty sure he would have figured out how to take wickets. Given how the selectors treated early career Lyon and agar ashwin may even stop Lyon from playing much test cricket.
 

Coronis

International Coach
Ashwin figured out how to bowl in Australia and ENG eventually didn't he? Him sucking there early on was a result of india seeing him struggle in that post Hughes series on roads and deciding "he can't play here he sucks" which hampered his development.

If he grew up in Australia I'm pretty sure he would have figured out how to take wickets. Given how the selectors treated early career Lyon and agar ashwin may even stop Lyon from playing much test cricket.
Then again, he would likely not be as good in India. They both started in tests at around the same time iirc so it would be interesting to see how that selection ended up panning out.

I was gonna say Ashwin would likely win out on age but I always forget how old Gaz is.
 

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