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  1. BazBall21

    **Official** 1st Test @ Perth, 22nd-26th November

    Marnus Labuschange bowling bouncers to a set Virat Kohli. Australia are in disarray.
  2. BazBall21

    Prasanna vs Qadir

    Yeah he had a bumper series at home to England in 1987 which Imran missed.
  3. BazBall21

    Prasanna vs Qadir

    Umpires too. Him and Imran say away umpires didn't realise how much he turned it. Sometimes that would actually negate LBW.
  4. BazBall21

    Shane Warne vs Steve Waugh

    Warne obviously
  5. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    I wouldn't have to think about it before saying Root, so I wouldn't say they are comparable.
  6. BazBall21

    Top 10 best fielders in the history of test cricket?

    Impossible to say
  7. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    Jadeja didn't play this test because they don't trust his batting on a pitch like that. I think for the ATG pedestal he gets placed on, he just hasn't played good teams away from home frequently enough. Obviously a very good player, but I don't take his averages at face value.
  8. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    Root. Jadeja has missed too many tough away games and I think he's quite condition dependent in both disciplines.
  9. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    I think slightly better longevity would come into it if Kapil's production was better than it was. I don't think he underachieved much, and Ponting was a great batsman for a more than long enough time.
  10. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    Kohli's decline has been long and very extreme. I think fundamental weaknesses have caught up with him. His days in the sun were a similar length to Botham's, but with only one discipline and the odd failing so not quite as good. Ponting did bat in an easier era, but I don't think...
  11. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    Kohli's decline has been very extreme, and Root has the consistent production to beat him. I don't think Kapil's production is good enough to go up against Ponting.
  12. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    Ponting was the best batsman of an entire decade while Kapil's away split was never better than 26/33. I know who I'd rather have, and it's not particularly close.
  13. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    Kapil doing better in the final couple of years doesn't mean much to me given the events beforehand which I've gone over.
  14. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    Ponting is definitely better and tailing off at the end of a very long career doesn't change that.
  15. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    I think sustainability is more relevant when the two players are qualitatively close. Ponting was clearly better than Kapil before he really tailed off and that was after about 14 years which is a long career.
  16. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    I have to disagree with the notion that nearly a decade is a peak. It's a sustained length of time. Ponting wasn't poor for that long too.
  17. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    Consistently very good over an extremely long period of time. Don't think he ever sustained high enough levels to go up against Ponting though.
  18. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    Botham better with the ball in that period for me, Kapil obviously sustained himself for longer. And 1977-1985 is too long to be a peak. Likewise 1999-2008 for Ponting. Two guys that were GODs for a long time. I think longevity would be more notable if Kapil ever got close to the same levels...
  19. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    I never said he was a home bully and I said there was context. I just think you can only go so far with those figures when they were never better at any point of his career. And I do think he fulfilled his potential with the ball and his batting was dangerous but naturally volatile.
  20. BazBall21

    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    Botham just yeah because of 1977-1985. He was disappointing v WI and didn't age well but Ponting had his issues in India. Ricky's steep decline did come after a longer period of time, but pace bowling all rounders have it tough for longevity (which does make Kapil's sustainability impressive).

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