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  1. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    He did had his fair share of roads in Australia, but he also scored some tough runs there as well. Perth and Melbourne tons specifically comes to mind.
  2. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    Again, between the 3 series he averaged 45 odd. Given the circumstances, I will say that counts as a win.
  3. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    Okay, I know it may sound crazy, but Kohli might actually be among the best players of pure pace ever. Suffice to say, pure pacey bouncy tracks against good/great pacers means SA and Australia; and he does have a Top class record in both of those places.
  4. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    Doesn't like every batsman had issues against top tier pacers?? Lara, Tendulkar vs Donald and Pollock for once comes to mind. Even Viv himself averages 37 odd vs the WI pacers domestically. Also, for the drawn game point, India won 0 of those games. So the runs could either had came in defeats...
  5. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    I do think the other century in the match featuring both Roberts and Holding should count; and the Barbados match has some dirty bowling (not even bouncers but beamers). A 66 in such a match is a win in my book. Holding was Great in that series going under 20.
  6. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    So 83 home does not counts?? And 76 was, by and large, a good bowling overall. 76 series was very consistent, scoring 3 of 4 matches and I personally won't call a 200, 100 and 90 in a series scoring 500+ @50+ not feast and famine. Yes he did, but only against them.
  7. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    Overall, two Great series and a poor one. I will definitely say he was pretty great vs them overall.
  8. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    You can by and large say that against raw pace Gavaskar also only faced the WI battery and Imran regularly and overall, came on top. Yet, some people thinks he has some big weakness against high pace.
  9. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    Viv's record against the Carribbean pacers in FC isn't really Great either (averages 37 when facing atleast one of Marshall, Holding, Roberts, Garner, Croft, Clarke, Daniels, Walsh, Ambrose, Gray, Bishop or Moseley). Why I am bringing this? Because I think if Viv's stature as the best player of...
  10. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    True, but I will still argue the bulk of that claim is Lillee and Thomson. Also, England isn't particularly known for bounce.
  11. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    In those matches Nazar, Abbas and Miandad scored more runs (well, Miandad equal). BUT, and for especially the 82/83 series, there were borderline prove that Pakistan was doing something with the ball. It was Imran's 40 wickets series, and while he did bowled ATG, the ball allegations are hard to...
  12. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Greg Chappell

    I was just thinking whether it's close or not, and I think I will learn towards not close.
  13. capt_Luffy

    Roy Fredericks vs Michael Slater

    I will take Cement head
  14. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    Again, the challenge was moreso movement than Pace. Against raw pace, the thing Viv is really known for, Viv's best and by large all the work is in Australia vs Lillee and Thomson.
  15. capt_Luffy

    Brian Lara vs Sunil Gavaskar

    You had Sobers as no 1. You even voted for him as no 1 in the Greatest Cricketers Poll.....
  16. capt_Luffy

    Jack Hobbs vs Sachin Tendulkar

    No need to go against them, everyone can't and shan't be criticized for that only, atleast much. But siding with them is a different thing.
  17. capt_Luffy

    Eddie Paynter vs Alastair Cook

    Shrewsbury was the guy after Grace and before Ranji; for some even ahead of the later. Definitely doesn't gets mentioned enough.
  18. capt_Luffy

    Eddie Paynter vs Alastair Cook

    No way Leyland. Shrewsbury yes, but that's a different convo.
  19. capt_Luffy

    Jack Hobbs vs Sachin Tendulkar

    He was temporarily for quite some time in a 3 man board (alongside Sourav and Laxman) tasked with selecting coaches and probably selectors.
  20. capt_Luffy

    All time BGT XI

    Oh, Also I won't have Ponting over Dravid. Yes, Ponting was a beast vs India at home, but was legit pathetic away, especially in the 2001 series. Dravid may have scored only 2 centuries vs Australia, but both are more valuable than all of Ponting's vs India.

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