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  1. The Sean

    Garry Sobers v Imran Khan,Test Cricket:Poll

    Ha, fair point.
  2. The Sean

    Garry Sobers v Imran Khan,Test Cricket:Poll

    The big story of this poll is that it got nearly 150 votes. Those were the days.
  3. The Sean

    How many all-rounders would you have in your test and LOI XIs?

    Smith is closer to getting picked over Lara as a batsman than he is as a slipper IMO.
  4. The Sean

    20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

    India v Pakistan Miandad last-ball six today at number nine.
  5. The Sean

    How many all-rounders would you have in your test and LOI XIs?

    Ha, you can ignore my reply to you that I just posted. We are in complete agreement.
  6. The Sean

    How many all-rounders would you have in your test and LOI XIs?

    Sure, we know that great sides don't need an all-rounder to be great, no disagreement with you there. But those two teams you refer to didn't have an all-rounder because there wasn't one of requisite quality to break into the side, not because they had one of that class and chose not to pick...
  7. The Sean

    Time machine thread - Putting players in different eras

    Ambrose would go for a lot more than normal but I don't think Bradman would literally kill him.
  8. The Sean

    Greg Chappell vs Allan Border

    Chappell skipped the 1981 Ashes tour, and the tour of Pakistan in 1982. I think they were the only two he chose to miss.
  9. The Sean

    Adjusting the batting average based on actual quality

    What happened to the Windies quicks?
  10. The Sean

    One Test or Series Wonders

    And one of those 80s (an 85*) came in the same match he took the 10-fer - statistically one of the outstanding all-round performances by an Australian in Test history. As an aside - it's interesting how many of Australia's greatest Test all-round performances came from players who wouldn't...
  11. The Sean

    20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

    Trying to look at this objectively and perhaps playing devil's advocate a little too, in terms of sheer quantity India aren't dominating this countdown quite as much as it feels like they are - they've had five entries on the list so far, while Australia and WI have both had four. And the...
  12. The Sean

    Time machine thread - Putting players in different eras

    That's tempting to assume (and you could well be right) but you'd have expected Botham to be an all time ODI God as well, and yet he really wasn't.
  13. The Sean

    20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

    Thinking more seriously about today's entry, I think had Cricinfo before the start of the top 20 mentioned a bunch of other terrific games which were on their shortlist for consideration but didn't quite make the final cut, then this match would have been worthy inclusion on the "nearly" list...
  14. The Sean

    20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

    Lamb taking 18 runs off five balls from Reid is even more ridiculous when you look at the state of the match going into that final over. Reid had bowled nine overs and conceded just 36, while Lamb was at that point 59*(97)!
  15. The Sean

    20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

    I'm not sure if it has been mentioned yet (even by me) but one of the absolutely most memorable ODIs of my youth was this one: AUS vs ENG, Benson & Hedges World Series Cup 1986/87, 4th Match at Sydney, January 22, 1987 - Full Scorecard (espncricinfo.com) It was a genuine classic of the era...
  16. The Sean

    20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

    I now realise why Indian fans are so into ODIs - apparently every match they play is one of the greatest ever.
  17. The Sean

    20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

    There's also no way they'll leave out Tendulkar's 200.
  18. The Sean

    Tendulkar v Lara (against pace)

    To be fair you're the one who derailed the thread to debate a different question to the one which was asked, so you could have it both ways and not just say Tendulkar was ahead of your man on this one. I see that there's now a thread to ask the question you're answering here. I wonder if in...
  19. The Sean

    Time machine thread - Putting players in different eras

    Which would be really unfortunate for him, because he'd share the same name as a far superior batsman who retired just a few years earlier.
  20. The Sean

    20 Greatest ODIs (by ESPNCricinfo)

    Perhaps this one is number 7 and they've simply skipped 10,9,8 because they didn't involve India.

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