Viv Richards & Allan Donald vs Brian Lara & Curtly Ambrose

[sayon basak]

Lara>Viv

 

[honestbharani]

Lara-Ambrose easily.

 

[DrWolverine]

Better against spin but Viv is better against pace by a larger margin imo.

Was Lara that great against spin? I have never seen him being great against us so maybe that’s why I have doubts

 

[Johan]

Was Lara that great against spin? I have never seen him being great against us so maybe that’s why I have doubts

Yeah

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[Pap Finn Keighl]

Lara > Viv
Donald > Ambrose

 

[subshakerz]

Lara>Viv

Nah.

 

[kyear2]

Viv>Lara
Ambrose>Donald

very hard.

Very, and I don't know.

 

[kyear2]

Lara>Viv

Not nearly, but carry on.

 

[Sliferxxxx]

WSC or not, no potential weakness in Viv’s record

I know it is crude but he is one of the few batsmen to average 40+ against everyone and everywhere.

And Viv averages 48 across all innings and has at least one series averaging 60+ vs every great bowler he faced: Lillee, Imran, Akram, and Hadlee. No contest for me Viv>Lara.

 

[subshakerz]

And Viv averages 48 across all innings and has at least one series averaging 60+ vs every great bowler he faced: Lillee, Imran, Akram, and Hadlee. No contest for me Viv>Lara.

Absolutely. No contest at all.

 

[Coronis]

And Viv averages 48 across all innings and has at least one series averaging 60+ vs every great bowler he faced: Lillee, Imran, Akram, and Hadlee. No contest for me Viv>Lara.

Meaningless and stupid cricket statistics

I alluded to this in one of the Australia-India threads last night. In cricket there are certain figures that people love to use to prove how good or bad a player is that, if you think about it, don't really prove or tell you anything. My least favourite is the old 'player x only averages y if...

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[ataraxia]

Meaningless and stupid cricket statistics

I alluded to this in one of the Australia-India threads last night. In cricket there are certain figures that people love to use to prove how good or bad a player is that, if you think about it, don't really prove or tell you anything. My least favourite is the old 'player x only averages y if...

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Looooool. Hoping a batter's average to be the same in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th innings is almost as bad as hoping it's the same in all countries.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Looooool. Hoping a batter's average to be the same in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th innings is almost as bad as hoping it's the same in all countries.

I prefer a batters average to be the same at every ground

 

[capt_Luffy]

I prefer a batters average to be the same at every ground

I prefer them to be the same for every ball

 

[Johan]

Lara is too mytholized imo.

 

[Coronis]

Lara is too mytholized imo.

Irony level is peak.

 

[Johan]

Irony level is peak.

Irony about what

 

[ataraxia]

Irony level is peak.

lmao

 

[Coronis]

Irony about what

Exactly

 

[Johan]

Exactly

speak clearly, I don't remember mythologizing anyone bar maybe Headley