Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
wasn't a jab at you lol, just randomly hating on Javed is fun.
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Ken Barrington vs Rahul Dravid
- Thread starter DrWolverine
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sayon basak
Cricketer Of The Year
Respectable.
capt_Luffy
International Coach
As I said, imo the moments are quite handful to term "few" and overall it's perfectly fine. Even if there were any limitations, don't think his Australia record really presents that.
BazBall21
International Captain
I think it does, and I like Dravid.
Thala_0710
International Debutant
Yeah I think it does too. Dravid for me is an ATG. At that level, this is an issue. Just for reference, as good as all of them might be, Dravid scored a total of 4 hundreds vs Aus/Sa, his teammate Sachin scored 18! And that's after he struggled against SA a bit at home.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
Hundreds against Australia and South Africa from that generation of Indian Cricketers (1996-2013)
Sachin Tendulkar – 15 (97 innings)
Virender Sehwag – 8 (66 innings)
VVS Laxman – 7 (85 innings)
Mohammad Azharuddin – 5 (21 innings) [mostly home bullying]
Rahul Dravid – 4 (102 innings)
Sachin Tendulkar – 15 (97 innings)
Virender Sehwag – 8 (66 innings)
VVS Laxman – 7 (85 innings)
Mohammad Azharuddin – 5 (21 innings) [mostly home bullying]
Rahul Dravid – 4 (102 innings)
capt_Luffy
International Coach
As I said, I simply don't view Centuries as a make or break, given the list of valuable innings he has played.
PlayerComparisons
International Captain
Dravid has a bunch of great series and innings too. They both averaged under 35 against one good pace attack.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
He did. When Graveney chose his post-war England XI in 1982, he selected a 3-4-5 of May-Compton-Cowdrey. Kenny was nowhere to be seen.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
Compton? but he debuted in 1930s
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
In August 1959, O'Neill had played five Tests and scored a total of 282 Test runs.
None of these Tests had been against Pakistan, so - notwithstanding the stellar early FC performance which had garnered him that infamous "new Bradman" tag - someone must have sent some really positive reports to Lahore for them to immediately designate him one of the world's top five batsmen.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
It wasn't that they had to have debuted post-war, it was based on post-war performances. Hutton and Compton were both picked, as both played most of their Test cricket post-war.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
this will be an interesting topic actually, if people give precedence to debut date or to majority of career
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Unless it's specified that a player must have debuted in the period in question, I've got no issue with selecting players who played most of their cricket during the timeframe - I always pick Hutton and Compton in my England post-war XI.
In the same vein, if selecting a 1990-2025 world XI, I'm not leaving Sachin out because he debuted in '89.