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  1. a massive zebra

    What is the greatest feat of longevity in test cricket?

    Hanif Mohammad's famous 337 (970 minutes, 24 fours) made against West Indies in 1958. After Pakistan found itself following on from a first-innings deficit of 473 runs on the afternoon of the third day, Hanif spent more than sixteen hours at the crease compiling his runs, allowing Pakistan to...
  2. a massive zebra

    What is the greatest feat of longevity in test cricket?

    Except he was 37, not 42.
  3. a massive zebra

    Greatest Test Cricketer Ever (from 1900)

    In Tests at Old Trafford, Bradman made just 81 runs in four innings with a high score of 30. What a hack!
  4. a massive zebra

    Which country is most difficult place for overseas batsmen?

    Incorrect, India are the last team to win a series in India. In fact, they have won 16 series there since England last won in India.
  5. a massive zebra

    Historical footage: Impressions of some greats

    An incredibly detailed and thoroughly researched biography of the first Test cricketer to die in battle:
  6. a massive zebra

    Younis Khan vs Graham Thorpe

    Wouldn't it make more sense to compare players who are at a broadly comparable level?
  7. a massive zebra

    Test Batting Strike Rates

    Also Alick Bannerman 22.4 Trevor Bailey 26.5
  8. a massive zebra

    Shubman Gill vs Harry Brook

    Haha, what! You couldn't be more wrong here! Harry Brook comes from a very "working class" family to say the least and his dad David is a disgrace. His drunken, loutish, anti social behaviour has been known to cause havoc in Burley-in-Wharfedale, an an otherwise pleasant town near where my mum...
  9. a massive zebra

    Samuels banned for 6 years

  10. a massive zebra

    Samuels banned for 6 years

    Congratulations to the ICC on the most pointless ban ever.
  11. a massive zebra

    BJ Watling vs Johnny Bairstow

    As a Test batsman, Johnny Bairstow has essentially had two great years and been crap for the rest of his career. 2016: 1,470 runs @ 58.80 with 3 centuries in 17 Tests 2022: 1,061 runs @ 66.31 with 6 centuries in 10 Tests Rest of career: 3,271 runs @ 28.46 with 3 centuries in 68 Tests.
  12. a massive zebra

    Hanif Mohammad vs Vijay Hazare

    Hanif's Test record in England is shocking. With the exception of one great innings, he made 399 runs @ 18.13 with one fifty in 22 innings. Hazare's record is much more well rounded.
  13. a massive zebra

    RIP Bishen Singh Bedi

    A horrible man but a world class bowler with a beautiful action. RIP.
  14. a massive zebra

    Jim Laker vs Clarrie Grimmett

    Stinks of bias, IMO. Grimmett clearly didn't win either of those series. When a team would have won a series without a particular bowler, the fact that he took the most wickets doesn't mean he won the series. Bradman won the 1930 series. Bradman and Ponsford won the 1934 series. Laker has a...
  15. a massive zebra

    Dale Steyn vs Viv Richards

    To claim a lack of consistency should be to ones credit is simply ludicrous. There is a clear difference between "padding stats" and putting together a consistently world class run output in Test cricket across many years. Richards did neither. Many of the domestic teams Richards payed for...
  16. a massive zebra

    Dale Steyn vs Viv Richards

    To call Viv Richards the best cricket of the last 50 years is simply laughable. Excluding the one single year of 1976, Richards made 6,830 Test runs @ 45.23. These stats were replicated by many players from his own generation including several in his own team. Some say Richards would have taken...
  17. a massive zebra

    Rank these 5 Test openers in order (Boycott, Greenidge, Hayden, Sehwag, G Smith)

    Boycott Greenidge Smith Sehwag Hayden
  18. a massive zebra

    Ken Barrington vs Rahul Dravid

    Barrington didn't have a short career. He was an England regular for a decade from 1959 to 1968 and played 82 Tests. At the time of his retirement, only three players had ever played more Tests for England. He also didn't play in a kind era. The overall batting average in Tests between 1959 and...
  19. a massive zebra

    Andy Flower vs Adam Gilchrist vs Les Ames

    Purely as a bat, its Flower. But Gilchrist definitely the better cricketer as he was a quality keeper as well.
  20. a massive zebra

    Mahela Jayawardene vs Cheteshwar Pujara

    Migara with an anti Sri Lanka post! :-O For what it's worth, I agree with you.

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