Which batsmen-bowlers duel you wished happend

[ataraxia]

No no, I was totally serious. A statistician did a statistical analysis and came to the conclusion it will take 200K years for another statistical anomaly like Don to occur.

Well both his maths and assumptions are wrong then lol. Cricket was weaker back then, so one would expect there to be much higher discrepancy in averages. It was also a flat era. The statistician was probably looking to find the first time a batter would average 100, when really only ~85 in today's game is needed to surpass Bradman imo.

 

[govinda indian fan]

Some more
Ponting vs marshall roberts holding and garner on bouncy tracks
Younis khan vs chandra bedi and prasana on rank turners
Viv vs styen pollock and donald in south africa
Virat kohli vs denis Lillee in Australia
Steve smith vs wasim akram in sub continent
Rahul dravid vs Richard hadlee in new zealand

 

[kyear2]

For me
Viv vs warne- viv retired in 1991 while warne debuted few months later in 92 if warne got picked aussie sqaud that toured wi in 91 maybe we could have seen legendary dual for ages between maste blaster vs king of spin
Lara vs ashwin- lara retired in 2007 while ashwin debuted in 11. It would have been great tussle to see master batter of spin take on great exponet of off spin esp to left handers in india and wi
Peak sachin vs peak imran- through sachin debuted vs imran s pakistan it would have been great battle between two atgs
Ponting vs bumrah- one of greatest players of fast bowling vs one of most skillful bowlers ever
Gavaskar vs waqar- gavaskar retired in 87 and waqar debuted in 89. Great matchup between one of the greatest openers of all time vs one best new ball bowler who bowled banana swing

 

[govinda indian fan]

Cool but it would have been so great had warne been picked for aus 1991 tour of wi. Viv vs warne

 

[govinda indian fan]

Some more
Ponting vs marshall roberts holding and garner on bouncy tracks- atg player of pace vs greatest fast bowlers
Younis khan vs chandra bedi and prasana on rank turners - master batter spin vs great spinners
Viv vs styen pollock and donald in south africa- the king vs atg fast bowlers in challenging conditions
Virat kohli vs denis Lillee in Australia- battle of egos. Two alphas vs each other
Steve smith vs wasim akram in sub continent- master batsmen vs most skilful bowler
Rahul dravid vs Richard hadlee in new zealand- great player of swing vs ultimate swing bowler

 

[Coronis]

Cool but it would have been so great had warne been picked for aus 1991 tour of wi. Viv vs warne

Would it? Baby Warne vs Old Man Viv?

 

[govinda indian fan]

Would it? Baby Warne vs Old Man Viv?

Even that would be great

 

[Qlder]

Bradman vs Marshall, Garner, Holding, Walsh

Marshall, Garner, Holding, Walsh only played 4 tests together as a pace quartet, so I'm backing Bradman to sort them out

 

[Migara]

S.F Barnes against Steve Smith or any of the other 3 of the Fab 4.

Also my guy O’Reilly to bowl against that Indian batting lineup of Sehwag, Dravid, Sachin, Laxman etc. that slaughtered Warne and Murali. Just for O’Reilly> Warne, Murali etc. to be consensus.

Well, there is some point he may do better. Kumble in domestic matches troubled almost all Indian tests bats. I am have heard Chandra did it too. I have no doubt that O'Riely would trouble them on a usual Indian pitch with variable bounce.

However, put them on a pitch with true bounce, all of them will be played like a medium pacers by them.

 

[Ali TT]

Sydney Barnes vs any modern batsman.

On modern wickets or in the 1900s with pencil bats, no padding and moustaches so large they restrict your range of vision?

A modern batter like Smith, Root or Kohli with modern gear facing Larwood using leg theory

KP vs Anderson, Broad and Swann. Now that would be a grudge match!