Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Standardisation is for nerds like me to try and do afterwards. Variety is the spice of the life when actually watching the game.
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Ken Barrington vs Rahul Dravid
- Thread starter DrWolverine
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Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
They started having 3 balls in what, 91 I think SG joined tests? I’d be curious to see an analysis of bowlers (and maybe even batsmen) by ball type.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
The Kooka isn't really the same in every country that uses us, the West Indian Duke is also different, and that's before even accounting for the pink ball. It's definitely more than three.
It's like having more than one pitch clay type IMO. It's good.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Meh I think we already have enough variance with pitches and bats amongst other things.
Plus it would be one less excuse for Murali in India
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Shane Warne bowling in India with brokenMeh I think we already have enough variance with pitches and bats amongst other things.
Plus it would be one less excuse for Murali in India
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Clearly SG ball is bad for really big spinners.
Migara
International Coach
Warne was pretty **** against India with any kind of ball.
sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
Tony Greig a top 5 all rounder of all time?
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
I think it needs to be a more case by case basis. Obviously in Barrington’s case, it was a near decade and over 80 tests. Clearly not a fluke or lucky purple patch.
sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
iirc, this was used by someone against Hobbs. So, I had to.
sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
(tbh, Dravid and Barrington fights for the 20th spot for me, so they are more than close imo, but I'm gonna pretend like they aren't)
capt_Luffy
International Coach
Both ahead of Ponting, righttttttttt?
