Sunil Gavaskar vs Geoffrey Boycott

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Two selfless entertainers

 

[Johan]

lol

 

[Johan]

whose more racist between the two?

 

[kyear2]

whose more racist between the two?

Is anyone more racist than Sunny?

 

[Johan]

Is anyone more racist than Sunny?

Allan Border is a good shout for that

 

[kyear2]

Allan Border is a good shout for that

Onlymone cricketer that I'm aware of had the unmitigated gall and audacity to print his hatred.

I've heard stories of some top tier players, some that's never mentioned around these hallowed halls.

But Sunny put his into print.

 

[sayon basak]

Two selfless entertainers

3 of Boycott's fastest innings.

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His fastest 100.

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And whatever these are.

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[Johan]

3 of Boycott's fastest innings.

AUS vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 4th Test at Adelaide, January 28 - February 01, 1966

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ENG vs WI Cricket Scorecard, 2nd Test at London, June 16 - 21, 1966

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WI vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 1st Test at Port of Spain, February 13 - 18, 1981

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His fastest 100.

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And whatever these are.

SA vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 5th Test at Gqeberha, February 12 - 17, 1965

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that port of spain game is a classic

 

[Johan]

Onlymone cricketer that I'm aware of had the unmitigated gall and audacity to print his hatred.

I've heard stories of some top tier players, some that's never mentioned around these hallowed halls.

But Sunny put his into print.

only him and Border really

Border legit bragged about throwing coins at poor people in India and made fun of their mannerisms, which is insane to me

 

[honestbharani]

only him and Border really

Border legit bragged about throwing coins at poor people in India and made fun of their mannerisms, which is insane to me

That stampede he caused actually killed people too.

 

[Johan]

on the matchup itself, Gavaskar is just a strict upgrade over Boycott, similar capability in defense and on tougher wickets but a much better strokemaker which allows him to go big much better. I'd say Geoffrey is about De Villiers level and Gavaskar near Hammond.

 

[Bolo.]

And whatever these are.

SA vs ENG Cricket Scorecard, 5th Test at Gqeberha, February 12 - 17, 1965

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This is a magnificent, matchsaving innings in a game that could never be won. It would have ended badly if he had scored faster.

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If we can ignore the SR for a second, this is 40% of total team runs in an entire game across 2 completed innings. In a pretty strong batting lineup. And a close game. WAG.

And Im not sure striking faster would ever have been a good thing. England were behind in this match. When you set a tiny 4th innings total, its probably a good thing that you batted slowly. Both because it gives you the chance of an (away) draw, and because it gives you more of a wearing pitch.

 

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Is anyone more racist than Sunny?

Root? Boycott?

Gavaskars probably the most racist of players around his level though

 

[Johan]

Root? Boycott?

you shouldn't be calling Root racist after you got busted for being a racist last month bro.

 

[kyear2]

only him and Border really

Border legit bragged about throwing coins at poor people in India and made fun of their mannerisms, which is insane to me

Never heard about that one.

Equally assigned to him.

 

[kyear2]

on the matchup itself, Gavaskar is just a strict upgrade over Boycott, similar capability in defense and on tougher wickets but a much better strokemaker which allows him to go big much better. I'd say Geoffrey is about De Villiers level and Gavaskar near Hammond.

No argument with any of that.

Sunny really was an attractive stoke player and a superb batsman.

 

[Johan]

No argument with any of that.

Sunny really was an attractive stoke player and a superb batsman.

Yeah Sunny had good stroke making when the balls were hittables, that's what really elevated him beyond just another defensive test Batsmen to a Elite ATG, didn't let bad balls go unpunished.

 

[sayon basak]

This is a magnificent, matchsaving innings in a game that could never be won. It would have ended badly if he had scored faster.

If we can ignore the SR for a second, this is 40% of total team runs in an entire game across 2 completed innings. In a pretty strong batting lineup. And a close game. WAG.

And Im not sure striking faster would ever have been a good thing. England were behind in this match. When you set a tiny 4th innings total, its probably a good thing that you batted slowly. Both because it gives you the chance of an (away) draw, and because it gives you more of a wearing pitch.

I actually agree, imo him facing that many deliveries makes it even more impressive.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Never heard about that one.

Equally assigned to him.

The Border quote is really bad. He included the coin throwing incident as an "amusing" story in his autobiography IIRC.

That stampede he caused actually killed people too.

Wait what that cant be true. Never heard this before. Do you have a legit source?

 

[honestbharani]

The Border quote is really bad. He included the coin throwing incident as an "amusing" story in his autobiography IIRC.



Wait what that cant be true. Never heard this before. Do you have a legit source?

Pretty sure I have shared it here couple of times before. Lemme search during lunch.

What I could find so far - https://indianexpress.com/article/o...ralia-ball-tampering-steve-smith-ban-5112352/

Pretty sure I did read that people died in that stampede.