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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Why doesn't Wisden or ESPN's Cricketers of the Century count? Oh yeah because you disagree with their list, but you like the ATG XIs.
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Huh? Are you making stuff up now? I never said that. I always said that general cricket consensus is he is a top 10 cricketer of all time. I just rate him in top 5 which isn't much of a jump. Marshall isn't even top 10 in general cricket consensus. I am fine putting him there but top 3 seems...
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    No that you hide you real views quite often or misrepresent them when cornered.
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    No but Lillee rated in the top 10. It's not a far jump from there to no.3 compare to Marshall struggling to make the top 20 at times lol. Sure but Viv had aura and brought an entirely new dimension to cricket and along with his record made him greater than Marshall. Marshall knocking batsmen...
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Yes because Warnes record doesn't measure up thats why I downgrade him. But for something a bit expanded like greatness those are prerequisites to be so high as no.3. Lol says the guy who treats the Cricinfo and Wisden ATG XIs as gospel just so he can exclude Imran from contention. Whatever...
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    The article I shared was for bringing up the problems in his batting and how his bowling is overrated. Show me where I critiqued Kallis' peer rating as an AR. Don't think I ever did. Numbers doesn't mean he was rated as a bat that high when he was achieving those numbers.
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    I agree Lillee is overrated a bit but your point was that bowlers don't get credit yet he and Warne did. Viv was from the WI that didn't stop him from getting super plaudits. I can give excuses that Imran was from the SC, which was backwaters at the time and was underrated as a result. I am...
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Yes was the best fast bowler ever, but many are close enough and for whatever reason he lacked the aura and uniqueness associated with that top tier of greatness. I am uncomfy putting him that high if the entire cricket world hardly ranks him in the top ten, it's too much of a disconnect. Btw...
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    Shane Warne vs Sachin Tendulkar

    Yeah Sachin is my 3rd greatest, slightly over Imran. Imran is a better cricketer but Sachin is a greater cricketer.
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    No, my logic has always been that Kallis wasnt rated by peers of his time as a bat. I always acknowledge this high peer rating for his era as an AR. You have used this argument against Imran several times even when the conversation isn't about Kallis. BS. You're lying. If you didn't care, you...
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Nonsense. It takes a year or so and several series to gain that reputation.
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Lillee gets put in almost every top 10 list I have seen. Marshall in almost none.
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    I said two years. So 82 and 83. 82 he conquered England and started getting called the best bowler in the world at the time along with Wisden Cricketer of the Year. 83 he wiped Australia at home and then annihilated India with perhaps the greatest pace series ever. But then it got cut short...
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    Shane Warne vs Sachin Tendulkar

    Check Webster. That's one of the meanings.
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    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    I love how easily you are able to throw your logic (if XYZ player is so great why doesn't feature is so many rankings, etc) out the window just to fit in your favorites.
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    Shane Warne vs Sachin Tendulkar

    Sure but are they as unique? Unique can also mean peculiar or unusual.
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    Better opener : Graeme Smith vs Sehwag

    No it's not. Most here value foreign and away equally if not moreso foreign. They don't give bonus points to home unless the conditions are difficult.
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    Shane Warne vs Sachin Tendulkar

    So a pink elephant is as unique as Warne? Got it.
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    Shane Warne vs Sachin Tendulkar

    Nah. Qadir wasn't a huge turner. He had variety. Warne had drift, super sharp spin plus accuracy, the deadly flipper. He was something else.
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    Shane Warne vs Sachin Tendulkar

    Tendulkar is my favorite batsman ever. But Warne was more of an oddity. Uniqueness is a scale.

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