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  1. h_hurricane

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Equivalent Batting average =1200/Equivalent bowling average. Works well if you consider that ATG batsmen average above 50 and ATG bowlers average below 24. Sobers' bowling is the rough equivalent of a 35 averaging batsman. Imran's batting is a rough equivalent of a 32 averaging bowler.
  2. h_hurricane

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Bradman is not going to take any catches if you station him in deep square leg with Chris Martin batting. Also cool stat- Bradman only took 0.5 catches less than Sobers per match. That too without the advantage of standing in slips.
  3. h_hurricane

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Yeah, there is no good reason to say Sobers the bowler was way better than Imran the batsman.
  4. h_hurricane

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Yes, I am aware of that. There is a bit of a quantity issue in Imran's batting. If he would have played more and scored more runs (or scored the same amount of runs at an even better average), he would be winning the secondary skill comparison imo. I would have rated Sobers lower, if he had...
  5. h_hurricane

    Garry Sobers vs Imran Khan

    Sobers bowling > Imran's batting marginally imo. The reasoning is not on averages but on the volume of wickets/runs and the workload. Sobers bowled around 40 overs per match which is an insane workload for a secondary skill. When he retired, he was among the top wicket takers in history. Think...
  6. h_hurricane

    Greatest XI for your County/State

    Suyash Prabhudessai Ishaan Gadekar Snehal Kauthankar Rahul Tripathi Tunish Sawkar Rohan Kadam Samar Dubhashi Arjun Tendulkar Lakshay Garg Darshan Misal (c) Heramb Parab
  7. h_hurricane

    Kohli Test Average

    Kohli has every weakness covered these days. He has reached the perfect place of equilibrium. Spin, swing, pace, running between the wickets. He is basically equally **** against anything.
  8. h_hurricane

    Mundane sightings of high-profile cricketers

    Yes he did and it felt really genuine at that time and I still think so. I don't remember the exact words he said though. And yes, quite saddened by what happened a few years post that. That SA team was one of my favorites of the 90s.
  9. h_hurricane

    Dravid vs Kumble

    No better example than your own vote in this thread. There is no objective reason to rank Kumble over Dravid.
  10. h_hurricane

    Mundane sightings of high-profile cricketers

    As a 13 year old kid, I met the South African team on their 1996 tour of India at the school where my brother was studying. They were in the city for a First Class game before the test series and had come to the school for inauguration of the play ground. They were all generous and promptly...
  11. h_hurricane

    The Drab 4

    He thinks SR is over-rated in T20s and scoring runs is over-rated in tests.
  12. h_hurricane

    The Drab 4

    KL Rahul hasn't disappointed me so far. He doesn't have a functioning brain.
  13. h_hurricane

    India Xi vs Pakistan Xi (from 1970s)

    I will pick Herschelle Gibbs in a SA team before I think about Barry Richards.
  14. h_hurricane

    Dravid vs Kumble

    Not a good comparison this. Dravid is an ATG. Kumble is a good/very good cricketer who was below par overseas for the majority of his career.
  15. h_hurricane

    All-Time India XIs - A re-run

    Sundar should make the last team at least now. His all round credentials and Gabba legacy amplify his case.
  16. h_hurricane

    India Xi vs Pakistan Xi (from 1970s)

    That is where I respectfully disagree. When you do a hypothetical XI like this, you need to factor in what percentage of matches a player actually missed out in the real career that had. Else how would you know what the team composition of the teams is going to look like, keeping in mind their...
  17. h_hurricane

    India Xi vs Pakistan Xi (from 1970s)

    Imran 'only' played 88 tests. Wasim 104 and Waqar 87. On the other hand Tendulkar played 200, Gavaskar 125, Dravid 164 and Kapil 131. Fast bowlers and fast bowling allrounders quite simply play less tests than batsmen and spinners due to obvious reasons. Kapil is a glorious exception. Fazal was...
  18. h_hurricane

    India Xi vs Pakistan Xi (from 1970s)

    It is India clearly. A full strength Pakistan team is better than a full strength Indian team marginally due to the bowling advantage. However, Pakistan bowlers won't be put to park that often. Imran, for instance played only a little over 60% of the matches between his debut and retirement...
  19. h_hurricane

    Is Ravichandran Ashwin an ATG test bowler?

    Kapil's 5/28 in 1980-81 worth a mention too. Bundled out Australia for 80 odd while defending 140 something. Incredible performance while bowling with an injury.
  20. h_hurricane

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    Indian batting is at it's weakest in the last 3 decades at least. We are frankly awful when it nips around. Batting first after thunder showers was a clear over estimation of their capabilities. Bangalore and a lot of southern India has a history of showers and floods in the later part of the...

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