Virender Sehwag vs Hashim Amla

[Johan]

Answering your own question

How about, every modern opener is overrated except for Boycott and Sunny?

 

[sayon basak]

I don't see how that correlates

Joking.

 

[sayon basak]

How about, every modern opener is overrated except for Boycott and Sunny?

One could say that they're overrated as well.

 

[Johan]

One could say that they're overrated as well.

His WI record sure is, not here but among casuals

 

[Johan]

Cowdrey vs Amla can be good

 

[sayon basak]

Cowdrey vs Amla can be good

Cowdrey for me.

Make the poll.

 

[Johan]

Cowdrey for me.

Make the poll.

so you got Cowdrey over Sehwag?

 

[sayon basak]

so you got Cowdrey over Sehwag?

Why not? I don't rate Sehwag that highly (at least not anymore)

 

[Johan]

AUS vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 3rd Test at Melbourne, December 31, 1954 - January 05, 1955

Get cricket scorecard of 3rd Test, AUS vs ENG, England tour of Australia 1954/55 at Melbourne Cricket Ground dated December 31, 1954 - January 05, 1955.

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this is an absurd inning

 

[Fanboy375]

Sehwag is only bad in NZ,Eng and SA.He had good career in Aus and WI

 

[Johan]

AUS vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 3rd Test at Melbourne, December 31, 1954 - January 05, 1955

Get cricket scorecard of 3rd Test, AUS vs ENG, England tour of Australia 1954/55 at Melbourne Cricket Ground dated December 31, 1954 - January 05, 1955.

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this is an absurd inning

@capt_Luffy @sayon basak apparently Tiger called this the best inning he ever saw.

 

[capt_Luffy]

@capt_Luffy @sayon basak apparently Tiger called this the best inning he ever saw.

Cowdrey century or May 91??

 

[Johan]

Cowdrey century or May 91??

Cowdrey's 102, makes sense, the bowling lineup reads like a joke, Lindwall/Miller/Johnson and then Archer, Benaud and Johnson...and the series was 1-1 after England barely won the last game via May's ATG inning and were completely obliterated in the first game, scoreline was 4-41 when Cowdrey started plus Cowdrey made 102 runs, the rest of England made 80 combined. Amazing knock.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Cowdrey's 102, makes sense, the bowling lineup reads like a joke, Lindwall/Miller/Johnson and then Archer, Benaud and Johnson...and the series was 1-1 after England barely won the last game via May's ATG inning and were completely obliterated in the first game, scoreline was 4-41 when Cowdrey started plus Cowdrey made 102 runs, the rest of England made 80 combined. Amazing knock.

Cowdrey is quite underrated. Not as good as May, Compton and Boycott, but definitely like Pietersen, Cook, Gooch and Gower.

 

[sayon basak]

Cowdrey is quite underrated. Not as good as May, Compton and Boycott, but definitely like Pietersen, Cook, Gooch and Gower.

Compton>May>Boycott>Gooch≈Cowdrey≥Cook>Gower>Pietersen imo.

 

[sayon basak]

 

[capt_Luffy]

Compton>May>Boycott>Gooch≈Cowdrey≥Cook>Gower>Pietersen imo.

Compton>May>Boycott>Cook>Gooch>Cowdrey>Pietersen>Gower>Dexter for me.

 

[Johan]

Cowdrey is quite underrated. Not as good as May, Compton and Boycott, but definitely like Pietersen, Cook, Gooch and Gower.

definitely, would've the lost the 1955 Ashes without him, funny thing he was just debuting. first test, he played alright, second test he and May won England the game where Cowdrey did play the support role but we all know how important that can be, Third test is this 102 knock. Kinda crazy to think it was his third test and he was 22 at the time.

Imo, he broke his foot in 1969 and was never the same bat again, he played as England didn't have replacement but these innings made his numbers look worse than they were.

 

[Johan]

Compton>May>Boycott>Gooch≈Cowdrey≥Cook>Gower>Pietersen imo.

Ditto.

 

[sayon basak]

Compton>May>Boycott>Cook>Gooch>Cowdrey>Pietersen>Gower for me.

Didn't realize you rate Cook ahead of Gooch.

Edit:- I thought you were Johan.