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    Kallis vs Ponting as test batsmen

    I don't see how bowling in a weaker attack is easier - I know you used the words 'stand out' and maybe I am taking an incorrect liberty in extrapolating. As I see it, bowling in a weaker attack is going to give a bowler a better wicket/innings ratio, but on the flip side his average will suffer...
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    Is Steyn as deadly as Lillee?

    He'll be called a Flat Track Bully, Home Track Bully, and if nothing worked a Subcontinent Track Bully. His ability to play swing would be questioned, his ability to play on hard and bouncy surfaces would be questioned. And God forbid, if he had willingly sat out of some series outside the...
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    Kallis vs Ponting as test batsmen

    Ambrose and Walsh played till 2000-01. And both were still very good when they retired. It's pretty basic cricket understanding that a player is more likely to perform and thrive in a stronger team and setup than a weak one. One can give numerous examples to make the point. If your bowlers...
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    England will be favorites at home. And if Zaheer is missing from the Indian team - a very likely possibility given the WC, IPL, and WI tour before the England tour - India will certainly struggle to take 20 English wickets. In such a scenario, the best India can hope for is get some wonderful...
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    It was 1-0 to Australia when McGrath played. Does it compute now?
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    England won in 2005 because McGrath tripped on a cricket ball. They could not beat Australia in any match McGrath played.
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    Wonder why Udal, Cook, Collingwood, and Anderson were not given the Man of the Match award, or the Man of the Series? People seem to be going to ridiculous extents - Udal picked up a few tail end batsmen going for a slog when the match was over. Flintoff's half century in the 3rd innings, and...
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    Is Steyn as deadly as Lillee?

    On the contrary, you seem to be the one with the problem. You were the one who needlessly dragged Steyn down, by saying 'Oh it's so much easier for him to be the number 1 bowler, look at all the speed demons Lillee had to contend with'. Is it remotely Steyn's fault that he does not perhaps have...
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    Is Steyn as deadly as Lillee?

    Australia tour of India 1979/80 | Cricket news, live scores, fixtures, features and statistics on ESPN Cricinfo Pakistan tour during Lillee's time he did not make after being murdered in the previous one : Australia tour of Pakistan 1982/83 | Cricket news, live scores, fixtures, features and...
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    I don't. Someone in the thread brought up the hypothetical scenario of the series happening in India in a month's time. But, yeah, says a lot when you are counting on retirements to win a test in India.
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    The ICC's All time ODI dream XI

    Yeah, indeed it does. Has batted only 19 times at number 7 in his career to average 31 at a SR of 86.
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    Well, of course the entire discussion is hypothetical in that sense and perpetuated by someone's comment that if England were to tour India at the time of the the World Cup. We don't even know the next FTP, so making a realistic guess of what teams would face off next time England tours India is...
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    Me! :unsure:
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    That was the first series WI lost in 15 years, so can't really say their domination ended before that. There were a few drawn and close series but they did not lose a single series since NZ (1980), which was marred by umpiring. In 1978 they lost to India, but that was a Packer debilitated side...
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    Is Steyn as deadly as Lillee?

    Kapil's bowling abilities were obviously compromised after his knee surgery in the mid 80s, but before that he was a superb bowler, a lot of which has been well documented. But one tidbit missing is that after seeing how poorly his spinners bowled at an underprepared Ahmedabad track in '83, he...
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    Oh, they're not great players of spin, after all? I was looking forward to seeing three excellent players of spin tour India after Gooch, Gatting, and Hick did in '93. 8-)
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    Is Steyn as deadly as Lillee?

    Lillee did not play in the subcontinent because he chose not to - he preferred playing for Packer. And he played the series in Pakistan in 1980, hardly at the end of his career. He also played a test in WI in 1972 - but I guess that was too early for the strapping lad? I agree the sample is not...
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    You are right again! This time India will be against Prior, Bell, and Cook - all excellent players of spin.
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    :laugh::laugh:
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    Three horse race to be the best team in the world?

    Yeah you're so right! I mean, it's on dust bowls that India have won 14 our of their last 27 tests losing only 3. They must be taking a filled vacuum cleaner everywhere they go.

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