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    Richard Hadlee vs Ian Botham

    It's now 18-1 (Hadlee vs. Botham) cf. 43-21 (Imran vs. Hadlee) since I've put my 2 cents in and if Subby keeps this up, I'm getting out my 100 false IDs to tip that Imran-Hadlee vote, Paddles' way!
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    Richard Hadlee vs Ian Botham

    I think prime Botham was 6 ft 2 but I imagine they've all shrunk a bit now!
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    Richard Hadlee vs Ian Botham

    What you've said is true, sayon. Hadlee lives in Christchurch, NZ. I think Botham lives in Ravensworth, North Yorkshire, England while Imran might still be in Central Jail Rawalpindi.
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    Did Marshall and McGrath have it easier?

    @Daemon has given you a correct physical explanation while also incorporating sound nutritional advice. I initially did it like @sayon basak and then I realised that the initial average is not always defined so I tried a slightly different approach (ironically, this occurred to me while I was...
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    one ATG Pacer vs Pace Battery

    OK, I've thought about this a bit more: TNT went 3-0 against India but for TWO of those victories, Kyle Jamieson was also present: So TNT without Jamieson are actually just 1-0 against India and 1-0 against Pakistan instead of 2-0 because Jamieson was also present for one of their Pakistan...
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    Did Marshall and McGrath have it easier?

    It's true that he was pitiful without Warne but when Gillespie was also absent, Glenn, bereft of support, rose magnificently to the occasion and was finally able to fully express his genius:
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    one ATG Pacer vs Pace Battery

    This doesn't answer the poll question in general but sticking to the NZ theme, I think TNT + nobody else really good vs. Hadlee + his support is close. In fact, I might even go with Hadlee et al. They did a bit better against the very best teams. Hadlee Feb. 1980 - Mar. 1990 were even with Aus...
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    one ATG Pacer vs Pace Battery

    That TNT availability was actually generous because I went from when they first played together to when they last played together when I could have instead gone from when the last of them started playing for NZ to when the first of them stopped playing for NZ. This would have made the start and...
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    one ATG Pacer vs Pace Battery

    Both home wins and away wins are nice but I think it's fair to say that away wins are more cherished (in general). Here are the Hadlee era away results against top teams between February 1980 and March 1990: Of NZ's 15 wins in total, 5 or one-third were away. Here are the TNT era away or...
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    one ATG Pacer vs Pace Battery

    @capt_Luffy has politely sent me a message pointing out that the TNT (Tim-Neil-Trent) era was actually a few years later than the start of the 2010s and he's right so I'm going to redo the stats. I was a bit sloppy before in other ways as well so I'll try to do a better job this time. Firstly...
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    one ATG Pacer vs Pace Battery

    I've given your post a Love icon because of this: "Hadlee : Arguably the best ever" and also because the wolverine (along with the honey badger) is my favourite mustelid. However, I think Subby is right here (which is why I have Liked all of his posts, I doubt it will ever happen again). Making...
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    Jasprit Bumrah vs Malcolm Marshall

    Most wickets: Sir Curtly, second: Hadlee (equal with that bugger Barnes) best WPM: fossil Lohmann, second: Hadlee best WPI: Hadlee best BBI: Hadlee best BBM: Hadlee best average: fossil Lohmann followed by a man who as a kid was referred to by his teachers as "Master Bates" (and they call...
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    Kapil Dev vs Ricky Ponting

    I believe you've posted comments like these before and I don't think you've got it quite right. I think you've said that the WI pitches during Marshall's era were a mixture, some spicy but others quite flat. Believe it or not, as a Kiwi who lived through that era, the NZ pitches during Hadlee's...
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    Jasprit Bumrah vs Malcolm Marshall

    Bumrah has now joined the pantheon of the greatest of the great: Bumrah: 19.94 Marshall: 20.94 Bradman: 99.94
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    Viv Richards vs Sunil Gavaskar

    Apart from the odd indiscretion, his behaviour has been impeccable and above reproach: from https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/mohammad-asif-41411: You can see how honest he is by how he admitted in August 2013 to spot-fixing. He came good in the end just like that other paragon of...
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    Viv Richards vs Sunil Gavaskar

    There's no way that Asif was lying as he was a completely honest cricketer.
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    Viv Richards vs Sunil Gavaskar

    [I actually wrote this months ago but did not post it as getting entangled in this forum (or forums in general) is a bit like getting sucked into a black hole!] Richards has 63 wins in his 121 tests and I was curious about how much he had contributed to those wins batting-wise compared to his...
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    *Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka

    401* to get him past Lara!
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    *Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka

    Even in this dire situation, we still have a chance of winning (0.5%). We mustn't give up.
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    *Official* New Zealand in Sri Lanka

    We (NZ) currently occupy the #5 and #6 positions on this list. We have played well enough against SL during this test to avoid the dreaded #1 position but we could still get to #2. The good news is that if that happens, it isn't all bad because our current #5 and #6 positions will then improve...

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