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Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

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capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Coach
subshakerz

subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
Sliferxxxx said:
Then riddle me this. Walsh played in the same Asian conditions Kapil did and excelled yes or no? Yes. Walsh also played in the England, NZ, South africa etc and sucked in Australia but excelled everywhere else yes or no? Yes. Bear in mind Walsh toured and excelled in India in '94 sans any other class bowler, toured and excelled in Pakistan '97 with an Ambrose you yourself said was rubbish. Dev played enough tests in favorable conditions and generally was hardly passable (Nz, Eng, RSA). There's no resistance, your pov makes absolutely no sense.
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Um sorry m, don't you get the fact that I said Walsh is a better bowler?
 
Sliferxxxx

Sliferxxxx

U19 Captain
Coronis said:
So hypothetically in 50 years you could consider Tendulkar and Lara and Marshall and McGrath as not ATGs anymore? (hypothetical situation of course but I’m really curious as to whether there’s an actual stopping point for this line of thinking)



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Hobbs, Grace, Sutcliffe etc played more than 100 years ago an they're all still atgs. Therefore even 50 years from now, if im alive I'd consider the above you listed as atgs. All atgs won't make it into the world XI it's just mathematically impossible but none of them should look out of place and most times selections are completely subjective. Like the the 4 5 and 6 spots. You have to fit Lara, Viv, Sachin, Hammond, Headley, Sobers etc. Ditto the 3 pacers.
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
Sliferxxxx said:
Umm no. We agree with?? The polls say different. For example Ambrose vs Imran away. Imran lost. And most on here considers Ashwin great, you don't.

As for Dev, again I'll say this, there's no guarantee that him being in a stronger attack like 80s WI would lower his average. He very well may or he may end up like a Patrick Patterson or Kenny Benjamin who both averaged around the same as Dev even while bowling along side greatness
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Even with a bowling average of 30-32, Kapil would get 100 tests if he played for 80s WI. His batting had that cavalier approach most West Indies had, and he would be their best batsman against spin too. He would easily replace Hooper, Logie, Holder or Arthurton with the bat, and stay there as an ever present as a seamer because he was way fitter than any of the 80s WI pacers with possible exception of Marshall.
 
Sliferxxxx

Sliferxxxx

U19 Captain
Migara said:
Even with a bowling average of 30-32, Kapil would get 100 tests if he played for 80s WI. His batting had that cavalier approach most West Indies had, and he would be their best batsman against spin too. He would easily replace Hooper, Logie, Holder or Arthurton with the bat, and stay there as an ever present as a seamer because he was way fitter than any of the 80s WI pacers with possible exception of Marshall.
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Reasonable take.
 
Johan

Johan

International Captain
Migara said:
Even with a bowling average of 30-32, Kapil would get 100 tests if he played for 80s WI. His batting had that cavalier approach most West Indies had, and he would be their best batsman against spin too. He would easily replace Hooper, Logie, Holder or Arthurton with the bat, and stay there as an ever present as a seamer because he was way fitter than any of the 80s WI pacers with possible exception of Marshall.
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Wallahi, Kapil a better player of spin than Viv
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
Johan said:
Wallahi, Kapil a better player of spin than Viv
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Yes he was. Just not arsed to put his head down and play. During Viv's time, he was not in the top 10 best players of spin in the world. There were dozen of Indians and Pakistanis who wore it. Pakistanis sent the spin quartet to retirement FFS.
 
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