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Search results for query: Kallis

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    Can Cummins make it to the top 10 pacers ever?

    On CW, Imran is a confirmed top 3 cricketer. For cricket public, he is a confirmed top 5 cricketer (I can give you multiple polls across the last decade if you wish, some ranking him ahead of Sobers). For cricket pundits, Imran is a top 10 cricketer. Yes relative to all posters here, you...
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    Yeah but do you play him? You haven't answered. https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/vince-van-der-bijl-47683
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    Hutton never batted at 3. It's kinda cheating.to change an opener. But yeah England are reasonably better.
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    SA: Smith Barry G Pollock Kallis Nourse ABD - keeper Proctor/Faulkner Pollock Steyn Donald Tayfield What do you think of this lineup @Johan
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    Richards Smith G Pollock Nourse Kallis ABD - keeper? Yeah it's behind England's a bit for sure but not sorely lacking. England would be obliged to have Botham in their lineup which weakens their batting.
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    Hammond vs Kallis

    The point is as a matter of pure athletic and allround cricket ability, Sobers did manage it. Kallis could not. Assuming Sobers would have scored more when he was averaging in the 60s is just an assumption. Kallis' bowling was limited at the end of the day but he still is a top batting AR. It's...
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    Hammond vs Kallis

    You are advocating that Kallis should have been a part timer. Sobers managed his high bowling workload and continued with batting excellence. Kallis was an increasingly reluctant bowler as his batting got better. Sobers at the end of the day was a borderline specialist bowler. Kallis was...
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    Hammond vs Kallis

    Kallis' bowling is overrated.
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    Not sure if I select Faulkner or Proctor. Would we drop Shaun Pollock though? But yeah quantity in these scenarios rarely makes up for quality.
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    Kallis is likely to be a 6th bowler and hardly have the same impact.
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    The batting of SA can compete thanks to depth. But the bowling won't compete. Donald had a mental block against Australia. Steyn maybe is going to have one or two impactful spells the entire series and then be collared the rest. Proctor is not a given and Pollock in Australia also faltered. Not...
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    ...you can find in any average side in world cricket. So basically you are willing to lower your threshold now from a specialist 5th bowler like Kallis or potentially Miller to part timer level because you know the role isn't really that important. Whereas batting at no.8 is needed regardless...
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    Proctor or Faulkner?
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    Maybe in SA. SA bat pretty deep. Richards, Smith, G Pollock, Kallis, Nourse, ABD, DeCock, Proctor/Faulkner, S Pollock, Steyn, Donald, Tayfield. They just lack a bit of the lethal edge I think.
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    No it's not. You say the opposite about Kallis and make his role to be indispensable.
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    Would you play Keith Miller in your Australia ATG XI?

    ...ATG scenarios, you are winning or losing games based on the standard of your four main bowlers. Yes it's a nice value add to have a Sobers/Kallis 5th bowler but it's not a requisite. You literally need a 5th bowler to bowl rest overs and take the occasional wicket which Simpson is perfectly...
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    Rahul Dravid vs AB De Villiers

    Sure he stuck with no. 5 too long but I think until Kallis and Amla were there it made sense.
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    Rahul Dravid vs AB De Villiers

    That's the main issue with his record. It's not his fault he had Kallis and peak Amla ahead of him though but he definitely had a cushion.
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    Sunil Gavaskar vs Wally Hammond

    He didn't have a full international cricket career. FC doesn't count. WSC and a single home series aren't enough. Peer rating doesn't trump an actual record. I have always been clear on this. Otherwise why not vote Lillee over Marshall? Barry's peer rating based on getting tested in county...
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    Rank these 5 Test openers in order (Boycott, Greenidge, Hayden, Sehwag, G Smith)

    The answer is we should downgrade both Kallis and Boycott.

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