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  1. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    No, cricket really only became professional after WSC. Before that pretty much all cricketers held a "day" job. Heck, Pakistan's best pacer, pre Imran, Fazal Mahmood himself was a government servant.
  2. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    Sure, but that still got him a great output for the era he played in. He wasn't supposed to prepare for a rampaging Thomson.
  3. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    Well, if you want to be consistent then stop comparing eras. Either you compare relative to the peers and then compare across eras, or you don't. Be consistent.
  4. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    So you're essentially saying that we shouldn't be comparing across eras?
  5. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    That's the thing though. The 19th century bowlers had low averages but there were a bunch of them going around like that. In Hobbs case, there were very few. Just as you would expect in most eras. Which is why 2000s was also an anomaly.
  6. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    Not really, more like I can't stand your biasedness and agendas.
  7. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    Yes, he has a very peculiar way of assigning high weightage to primary skill. You probably wouldn't want to know. Although I suspect you already do.
  8. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    Ok, how many of his contemporaries were nearly as good as him in batting? What were their averages? Their output? Give me something at least rather than just repeating things like certain posters and expecting people to accept that as Truth no matter how inconsistent the logic.
  9. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    "Sort of understand"....so you mean that you essentially don't understand? :p
  10. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    Well, that's exactly your job as a cricketer. To try and perform at a much higher level than your contemporaries. It's not required to plan for cricketers 100 years down the line. And you can adjust all the era you want to be but if Hobbs is head and shoulders above his competition, what good...
  11. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    Were all his contemporaries making truckloads of runs like him?
  12. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    Only reason I might discount numbers is if he was facing only underarm bowling.
  13. smash84

    J Hobbs Vs Imran

    Dude, this is so ridiculous. You're essentially giving all the advantages Smith has now and that he will carry them into the past without giving the same charity to Hobbs. When Steve Smith boards onto the steam boat and gets to England in 6 weeks time he will take a fairly long time to recover...
  14. smash84

    Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan

    Oh yes, I forgot, you think that 13 wickets in 4 matches is ATG stuff.
  15. smash84

    Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan

    :laugh: Today I learned that Shane Warne is not an ATG.
  16. smash84

    Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan

    I wonder how much of his SR is affected by the 1987 series in India and 89 series in pakistan which were played on some of flattest decks ever.
  17. smash84

    Richard Hadlee vs Imran Khan

    [ It is not very good. It is ATG. Just admit your mistake once again. You did it once today about S Waugh. Come on now, you can do it again.
  18. smash84

    S Waugh Vs Wasim

    Or kyear2 is a big one
  19. smash84

    S Waugh Vs Wasim

    @Coronis , congratulations dude. You managed to get kyear2 to admit being wrong about something. There is just another 99 things that we need your effort on :D
  20. smash84

    Wasim Akram among his peers

    Trust him to ignore this part of my comment completely and start addressing something totally tangential because he won't admit he's wrong.

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