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  1. a massive zebra

    Walcott vs Flower (better Test WK-batsman?)

    Flower because he kept wicket in a far higher proportion of his Tests and averaged much higher when keeping. His weakness as a wicket keeper is overstated on this forum. Sure, he was far from a great keeper, but he didn't drop a huge amount of catches or regularly let through a sheadload of...
  2. a massive zebra

    Shaun Pollock vs Andy Roberts

    Yeah, irrespective of aesthetics Pollock was by far the more successful bowler, so it's only to he expected that he is winning the pool easily.
  3. a massive zebra

    Strongest XI for each decade with a caveat that every test playing country from said decade needs representation

    We could replace Murdoch with Percy McDonnell, Blackham with Dick Pilling and Spofforth with Billy Bates. Bates would bat at 7 and Pilling 11.
  4. a massive zebra

    Strongest XI for each decade with a caveat that every test playing country from said decade needs representation

    1880s: W.G. Grace* Arthur Shrewsbury Billy Murdoch Walter Read A.G. Steel Bernard Tancred Jack Blackham+ Johnny Briggs George Lohmann Charlie Turner Fred Spofforth If every country representation was not required, replace Bernard Tancred with either Percy McDonnell or Billy Bates.
  5. a massive zebra

    What would Herbert Sutcliffe average in the modern era?

    More than Mike Atherton.
  6. a massive zebra

    Meaningless and stupid cricket statistics

    You got the wrong Thomas Barker. The "Mankading" Thomas Barker played 72 first class matches, mostly for Nottinghamshire, between 1826 and 1845. https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/trentbridge/history/articles/you-know-when-youve-been-barkered.html...
  7. a massive zebra

    One Test or Series Wonders

    Zahid was quick but he definitely doesn't look as fast as Jeff Thomson in 1974/75. I'm not really convinced he was quicker than Shoaib Akhtar either.
  8. a massive zebra

    Cricket Friendships

    Don Bradman and Walter Robins. Robins' wife became a godmother to one of Bradman's children, and Bradman's wife became godmother to one of Robins' children.
  9. a massive zebra

    Meaningless and stupid cricket statistics

    Jimmy Adams scored 2,358 runs @ 131 in innings of over 30. In all other innings, he made 654 runs @ 11.89. Only Don Bradman has a higher average in innings of over 30...
  10. a massive zebra

    Vernon Philander vs Jason Gillespie

    Bit harsh to call Gillespie a support bowler. He was the opening bowler for the world's best team.
  11. a massive zebra

    Vernon Philander vs Jason Gillespie

    Definitely Philander. Gillespie was a quality bowler, but Philander was one of the best ever in favourable conditions and kept it tight on unfavourable pitches, which is why he came out with a better record than Gillespie.
  12. a massive zebra

    Yousuf Youhana vs Mohammad Yousuf

    Which of these two incarnations of the same person was the better batsman?
  13. a massive zebra

    Better Cricketer: Lillee vs Botham

    At his best: Botham, as he was not too far off Lillee's level as a bowler and orders of magnitude better as a batsman. Over the whole careers: Toss of a coin, but I'll go Lillee for longevity
  14. a massive zebra

    Virender Sehwag vs Joe Root

    This reeks of clutching at straws. Root has played just two Tests in Bangladesh and three in Pakistan. I think it's dangerous, naive and unwise to read much into sample sizes of just two or three matches.
  15. a massive zebra

    Virender Sehwag vs Joe Root

    What "holes" does Joe Root have in his record? I would say he has proved himself to be very solid throughout the world.
  16. a massive zebra

    Weekes vs Walcott

  17. a massive zebra

    What are the five strongest batting lineups who ever played?

    Collie Smith died from injuries sustained in a car accident in 1959 at the age of 26. From Wikipedia: The accident happened at 4:45am on 7 September, while he was travelling with his West Indian teammates Garry Sobers and Tom Dewdney. They were driving to London to attend a charity match...
  18. a massive zebra

    Who was the best bowler never to take 10 wickets in a match?

    Quite a few top class bowlers never took 10 wickets in a match, but who was the best of the lot?
  19. a massive zebra

    What would Bradman average if he played in a typical (i.e. neither batsman or bowler favored) period of the modern era (1970 - current)?

    Some would argue he did face a fast bowler of that calibre, Harold Larwood. Sure, Larwood's Test stats are nowhere near as good as these guys, but that is arguably/at least partly because many of Larwood's Tests were actually against Bradman. He did face Lindwall in post WWII state cricket and...
  20. a massive zebra

    What would Bradman average if he played in a typical (i.e. neither batsman or bowler favored) period of the modern era (1970 - current)?

    He literally did average over 200 against South Africa who beat England in England less than five years later.

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