subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Not in batting
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Better combo round II. Sobers & Marshall vs Sachin and Imran
- Thread starter kyear2
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capt_Luffy
International Coach
Yep. On batting India were ahead. It was bowling (basically Imran) that made Pakistan no 2 (or 3, again NZ carried by Hadlee)
Sobers and Marshall, quite easily.
Even if we keep aside all-round abilities, the difference between Sobers and Sachin as batters is much lesser as compared to that between Marshall and Imran as bowlers. Not to mention, Marshall's batting would be much more handy than Sachin's bowling.
Even if we keep aside all-round abilities, the difference between Sobers and Sachin as batters is much lesser as compared to that between Marshall and Imran as bowlers. Not to mention, Marshall's batting would be much more handy than Sachin's bowling.
West Indies was superior as a batting team as well. Greenidge, Haynes, Viv, late Lloyd and Richardson is a good batting lineup, easily the best of its time.
India had an interesting lineup. Amarnath, Gavaskar, Vengsarkar and Vishwanath were all good batters but they were never rated that highly as a batting team.
capt_Luffy
International Coach
He meant Pakistan.
Pakistan had an above average batting too. Abbas, Miandad, Imran were good and Saleem Malik was an okay cricketer.
Hadlee played a lot against Pakistan before his county stint. His record against Pakistan after the county stint (which we know and remember as THE Richard Hadlee) is quite brilliant. 39 wickets @ 22. Though it's like the Rohit Sharma case where you can't just discount past performances just because they were on a legendary level after some time.
capt_Luffy
International Coach
Yeah Pakistan were good, but not as good as India, let alone WI.
kyear2
International Coach
Basically this.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Lol when I said to keep aside AR abilities you flipped out.
debraj72
Cricket Spectator
Yeah,i realised,I was needlessly harsh on hadlee.i underrated his home record and mid 80's australia,England too much. about the question,yes,sobers is just too much gifted ability wise compared to imran.(I mean sobers could bowl 3 disciplines with his left hand)Also,marshall had probably better record in away,even compared to Sachin.(I know we can't strictly compare across disciplines,but still...) ofcourse Marshall the batsman was better than Sachin the bowler is also a valid point