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    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    Yes but he hadn't finished by 1915. Played the odd game after the war.
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    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    In Trumper's day, first-class cricket in England was often regarded as more important than Test matches. The view was held even by chairman of selectors Lord Hawke. Amateurs were more likely to withdraw from England duty, having found something better to do, than to let their county down...
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    Only 3

    When Bradman played against England in pre-war Tests, Australia lost more matches than they won.
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    Wally Hammond vs Rahul Dravid

    In first-class matches when there was a genuinely fast bowler in the opposition, Hammond scored 8473 runs at an average of 54.31 with 32 centuries. He took double hundreds off Gregory, McDonald, Martindale and four others. In a Lord's Ashes Test he made 240 against Ernie McCormick who was no...
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    Best 19th Century bowler

    Good poll. Had it appeared in 1900, Spofforth would have won easily. The first genuine overarm bowler, with the brain and variations to thrive on improving pitches. Lohmann copied Spofforth but wasn't as fast. Turner was a throwback to the roundarm era and the most devastating on a bad wicket...
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    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    You may be right. There are a lot of different opinions out there. This one (link below) puts Kohli four places ahead of Bradman who ranks number 7. https://cricnerds.com/featured/best-batsman-in-the-world/
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    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    In 1977 Hutton's all-time England XI included five Yorkshiremen. Leyland was in but not Trueman or Verity.
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    Debate thread for 2024 ranking of bowlers poll

    This line was taken up by a few former players, leading to a spat with Denis Compton, whom Botham described as a "so-called great player". Compton's response was that Alec Bedser used to bowl one or two bad balls in a day's play, while Botham served up at least one every over. Walking the...
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    SA Domestic History

    Howie Bergins played for SA against International Wanderers in 1976.
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    Debate thread for 2024 ranking of bowlers poll

    The pre-eminence of English and Australian cricket writers and commentators ended long before 1999. It probably ended with Packer. Before WSC only England had ever won a Test series in Australia. West Indies and South Africa won their first home series against the Aussies only the decade...
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    Ashwin v Laker v Verity v Grimmett

    Rhodes was considered superior. For a long time England's top bowlers were judged largely on what they did in Australia. The all-time England XI selected by Arlott, Swanton and Frith in 1977 included five bowlers. Four had taken 30 wickets or more in a single series in Australia: Rhodes...
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    Ashwin v Laker v Verity v Grimmett

    On good pitches Verity was a defensive bowler, lacking the flight and variation of Rhodes. During the 1936-37 series in Australia, it was reported that England's weakness was in spin bowling. Verity was considered ineffective compared with Australia's spinners. Even on the couple of occasions...
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    Does Barry Richards deserve an exemption to be ranked among the greats of the game?

    In 1980 Mike Procter was asked to pick a team representing ten years of isolation, with himself as captain. He chose a squad of 13: Richards, Jimmy Cook, Peter Kirsten, Graeme Pollock, Allan Lamb, Rice, Barlow, Procter*, Tich Smith+, le Roux, van der Bijl, and Hobson or Kourie as spinner.
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    Does Barry Richards deserve an exemption to be ranked among the greats of the game?

    In South Africa: 10603 runs @ 58.58. 34 hundreds. In England: 16239 @ 50.27. 40 hundreds. In Australia: 1494 @ 106.71. 6 hundreds. First-Class Total: 28336 @ 54.70. 80 hundreds. WSC "Tests" in Australia: 554 @ 79.14. 2 hundreds.
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    Does Barry Richards deserve an exemption to be ranked among the greats of the game?

    Others to appear in the representative matches of 1973 and 1976 (against Derrick Robins' XI and International Wanderers) were: 1973: du Preez, Swart and Hanley 1976: Graham Francois, Howard Bergins and Ismail Ebrahim. For the season of 1975-76 only, Francois played under the name of Farouk...
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    Does Barry Richards deserve an exemption to be ranked among the greats of the game?

    After his successful stint with Middlesex, several English writers said there was little to choose between van der Bijl and Joel Garner.
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    Does Barry Richards deserve an exemption to be ranked among the greats of the game?

    Richards outperformed Cook comfortably in South Africa, where conditions generally favoured bowlers, averaging 58 in first-class matches to Cook's 43. Peter Kirsten averaged 42. Three seasons with Somerset boosted Cook's numbers. His average of 72 in England is second only to Bradman. These...
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    Joe Root vs Mark Waugh

    Yes he was, but the local conditions were difficult and unfamiliar to Pollock. Along with Les Jackson and Derek Shackleton, Cartwright was the best bowler of the 1950s and 1960s on such a surface.
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    Joe Root vs Mark Waugh

    E v SA 1965 Second Test on a Trent Bridge greentop. 125 from 145 balls out of 269 total v Tom Cartwright (pitch tailor made for him) and Snow. Effectively won the series.
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    Joe Root vs Mark Waugh

    They met three times in FC cricket. 1894. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire. Rained off before they could face each other. 1902. MCC v Lancashire. In the first innings Grace scored 24. Barnes twisted a knee during his third over and left the field for good. Grace allowed Lancs a full substitute...

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