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  1. smash84

    Peak vs Consistency

    And you are a net addition to the forum, keep posting.
  2. smash84

    Peak vs Consistency

    I read that later, it's all good. Sometimes the tone isn't obvious on the internet.
  3. smash84

    Peak vs Consistency

    @sayon basak I meant that I thought it was obvious from Coronis's post that he wasn't serious and that stat was totally arbitrary and bordering on the ridiculous
  4. smash84

    Peak vs Consistency

    :laugh: I can't believe you would do this
  5. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Not exactly. Most of the public watches cricket to be entertained. The cricketers who entertain more while being at the peak of the game just leave lasting impressions which is why Lillee, Wasim, Warne, Viv, Lara, Tendulkar get rated so highly. They were as good or better than their peers and...
  6. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    It tells me more that he has no brain
  7. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    I wonder how many of these 18 voted bradman at the beginning of his career?
  8. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    He has Shane Warne over Dennis Lillee when Shane Warne was less than 5 years into his career
  9. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    This guy has Grace over even Bradman.
  10. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    110 wickets at 42 is definitely worse than averaging 30 with the bat.
  11. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Imran had a couple of great series with both bat and ball in his peak, too, though, and without India bashing Sobers' bowling peak looks unimpressive on the whole.
  12. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    I feel like when we scrutinize Sobers record as we do of other players, he doesn't come across as impressive. An upgrade on Carl Hooper sounds a bit low.
  13. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    I thought so, except bashing India, his record really isn't that great.
  14. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    He had a good 5-6(?) years in his 20 year career so I am not sure how else to put it. I also wonder how many of those matches in that 6 year period came against India?
  15. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Yeah, he bowled 3 styles but he was crap at 2 and serviceable in his 3rd style. Funny enough, I actually rated Sachin the bowler. He was quite versatile and had a bit of a golden arm. Sadly he didn't bowl quite as much after his first decade.
  16. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Yeah, it is mindboggling that to suggest that Bradman gets 1/3rd of his average cut down while Sobers keeps maintaining his while the difference in years in their playing eras is less than a decade. That is like saying that if Tendulkar were to play now, he would be averaging 35 instead of 50+...
  17. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Sobers seems to have played a lot more than those bowlers as well which is why he has close to their number of wickets. His averages are terrible btw, but still at least you say that his bowling is marginally better than Imran's batting (the numbers don't bear that out IMO) but some posters...
  18. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Can someone take a look at his record and tell me why his bowling is rated so highly? For some reason I used to think he has more 5fers, but he has 6 of them in 93 matches. Ok, maybe he played in an era of high SR for bowlers but all the main bowlers in that era seem to have significantly better...
  19. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    The more I look at Sobers' record closely, the worse it seems to get. It is an outrageously bad record statistically. A case where I have a hard time reconciling people who saw him and his actual record.
  20. smash84

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Maybe it will help if you take a closer look at Sobers' bowling record. See for yourself. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/garry-sobers-52946/bowling-batting-stats

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