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Imran Vs McGrath
- Thread starter Jumno
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sayon basak
International Debutant
You should have asked who is the better bowler, otherwise it's not very close.
shortpitched713
International Captain
At face value, the Don is worth 4 ATG batsmen.
This has nothing to do with your actual point, so don't think I'm nitpicking you, but I hear a lot of time that Bradman was twice as good, or worth twice as much as an ATG batsman.
That's objectively NOT true:
ATG Batting Lineup
Hayden ~ 50
Average Opener ~ 35
Dravid ~ 52.5
Sanga ~ 57.5
Kallis ~ 55
Sum ~ 250
Average Test Team + Bradman
Opener ~ 35
Opener ~ 35
Bradman ~ 100
Mid Bat ~ 40
Mid Bat ~ 40
Sum ~ 250
So, to conclude, when you consider players' value over replacement, Bradman by himself ends up being worth about as much as 4 ATG batsmen in a lineup combined.
PS: I always thought that when playing alongside Bradman, if you had a mix up between the wickets, you'd want to run yourself out instead of him. And it bears out, as he was only run out once out of his 80 innings. Poor Bert Oldfield must have felt a right **** when that happened, although it was still early in Bradman's career, so probably not as egregious. If you run out a Bradman in his prime heyday, you probably ought to just get dropped for sheer stupidity.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Only if you have 40 averaging batsmen lying around..... But still, it's a strange comparison.
shortpitched713
International Captain
Which you presumably would, if you were a competent Test nation.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Not really. Just look at the current Aus/Ind/Eng/NZ teams and see how many averages 40+
Coronis
International Coach
Australia - Smith, Khawaja, Labuschagne, Head
England - Root, Duckett, Brook
India - Kohli, Sharma, Jaiswal, Sarfaraz (have Rahane and Pujara retired?)
New Zealand - Williamson, Mitchell, Conway (Latham and Ravindra average 39.8 and 39.9)
Nobody’s exactly lacking…
Even then, if you go back both Rahane and Pujara did average 40+. I would say the general strength of the bowling attacks (and playing conditions) have an impact on this as well, but it's clearly not impossible to have multiple batters average 40.
sayon basak
International Debutant
What about Jadeja?
Migara
International Coach
Oh, he is a God. Should not be compared with mortals. He is in that Chuck Norris strata.
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Closer to Imran than to Bradman as a batsman
sayon basak
International Debutant
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Unless he breaks down which quite possible.
He is 30 years old and has only played 36 games. Just to compare, Wasim already had 300 wickets by this time.
smash84
The Tiger King
At least read the question put in the OP
Shri
Mr. Glass
hmm have you become less repressed latelyAt least read the question put in the OP