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Search results for query: namesake

  1. SillyCowCorner1

    *Official* New Zealand tour of India 2024

    DK is getting as obnoxious as his other namesake; Murali
  2. Coronis

    Jacques Kallis vs Jack Hobbs

    It can be a benefit sure. It can also be a detriment, which is apparently impossible to grasp. Note I never said that a high strike rate was a bad thing. I also said describing dominance in terms of strike rate is silly and I’ll stand by that. I think you could equally dominate an attack by...
  3. kyear2

    Jacques Kallis vs Jack Hobbs

    ...a session and was without doubt the 2nd most important factor for one of the two greatest teams of all time, and a session of him and his namesake could (and have) demoralize an attack and set up a victory when the result was previously in doubt. A session of Sobers and Richards can change...
  4. Silver Silva

    *Official* South Africa Tour of the West Indies, AUGUST 6th to 26th, 2024-- 2 TESTS & 3 T20Is

    Bro Brad Hodge would play 150 tests if he was available for selection in this Windies side .. These batters just bring pain and suffering to Windies fans and need a reality check , they are mediocre as **** , they will look good in 1 or 2 innings then go missing for the next 10
  5. trundler

    *Official* South Africa Tour of the West Indies, AUGUST 6th to 26th, 2024-- 2 TESTS & 3 T20Is

    This battle is absolutely exhilarating. Kaveem is much better at handling the short ball than his namesake Brad.
  6. kyear2

    Which players would be locks in every OTHER country’s ATG XI?

    Pitches in the 30's and immediately after the war were more than a bit one-sided. Then they seemed to over correct, but probably for the betterment of the game.
  7. Coronis

    Which players would be locks in every OTHER country’s ATG XI?

    I definitely think, similar to Hobbs they were both likely at their peak right before their respective wars. (Hobbs obviously peaking and continuing at a much later age) Nah Laver is better.
  8. P

    Which players would be locks in every OTHER country’s ATG XI?

    ...Simon Wilde claimed that Viv Richards was generally considered the world's leading batsman between 1976 and 1990, after taking over from his namesake. That seems generous. Others were certainly in contention during that long period, including Gavaskar, but perhaps not for long enough to...
  9. kyear2

    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    Appreciated and accepted.
  10. Coronis

    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    Happy to admit when I’m wrong @kyear2 I’m sorry, I was wrong re: your use of namesake. My other points re: Barry still stand.
  11. R

    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    Lol what
  12. ataraxia

    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    If you don't trust dictionaries, pretty much every use of the word on CW.
  13. kyear2

    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

  14. Coronis

    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    Very convenient place to crop that mate. If you’ve ever seen the word namesake used purely as “the same name as someone else” please share.
  15. kyear2

    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

  16. Coronis

    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    Please look up what namesake means 8-) Andy Ganteaume also is eligible. Why not pick him? Mark Waugh and Michael Bevan both had head to head FC careers with Steve Waugh and smashed him. Which of the three will you pick first?
  17. kyear2

    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    How? Lillee and others from the era directly compared him to Viv, how is that conceited? You're reading way too much into this. He played test cricket and hence he's eligible. He also had a head to head career with Sir Gordon, my first cricketing hero and, and out performed him. Why would this...
  18. Coronis

    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of batsmen poll

    The namesake comment reeks of it mate. No. This is about test cricket. What we have to go on are tests, unlike Barry. This is exactly what I mean when I say bias. You ignore all these other cricketers who have similar cases - and aren’t “niche” players who you wouldn’t know, especially after...
  19. Coronis

    Jacques Kallis vs Kumar Sangakkara ( as Test batsmen )

    lol nah more like fast isn’t inherently better than slow for me, but yeah lets not go down that road again here. mb, I thought you were saying in that post you had Smith at 12th or so which is why I commented what I did.
  20. kyear2

    Jacques Kallis vs Kumar Sangakkara ( as Test batsmen )

    ...are tiers to this and Viv is in multiple above. Guys like @peterhrt who actually saw him and some before him only rates Sachin and his namesake in the same breath as him. But yes, fast is bad, and we've had this conversation too many times. Viv, Smith, Lara all in that same tier and for me...

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