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  1. Migara

    Allan Border vs Kumar Sangakkara

    You must have missed the matches payed in Sri Lanka. Them I am not surprised.
  2. Migara

    Is Kapil Dev an ATG test cricketer?

    ATG ODI player Very good all round.
  3. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    Sidhu, Azhar, Tendulkar, Sehwag, Jayawardane all are better players of spin than Lara. Salim Malik, Javed Miandad, Mushtaq Mohammed all are better players of spin. Most of the above lest played in the time of Viv, with addition of Gavaskar. And Kapil Dev was one of those rare animals to bash...
  4. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    We are talking about both Indian quartet AND Qadir. Qadir was a loose cannon and when he was bad he was really bad. But when he was good, he was Warne / Murali quality. WI succumbed to that quality Qadir on some occasions. India did not even when he was at his absolute best. That is the...
  5. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    They did a cardinal mistake by dropping Chandra for the second test IIRC, who gave Viv a torrid time in the first. Once Viv scored he was confident from there on wards. However Qadir destroyed WI line up on occasions. Never managed to do it against Indians.
  6. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    But not Qadir.
  7. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    you cannot guage qualities of a pitch or a spinner in 80s, if it was an India - Pakistan match. It was 75% Indian batting against Pakistani bowling, 25% visa vis. Spinners were just a side show.
  8. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    Yes, Lloyd and Kalicharan were bloody good players of spin. However none of them destroyed Qadir on spinning pitches like Indians, or Indian spin quartet on spinning tracks like Pakistani line up.
  9. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    Yes he was. Just not arsed to put his head down and play. During Viv's time, he was not in the top 10 best players of spin in the world. There were dozen of Indians and Pakistanis who wore it. Pakistanis sent the spin quartet to retirement FFS.
  10. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    Even with a bowling average of 30-32, Kapil would get 100 tests if he played for 80s WI. His batting had that cavalier approach most West Indies had, and he would be their best batsman against spin too. He would easily replace Hooper, Logie, Holder or Arthurton with the bat, and stay there as an...
  11. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    No
  12. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    This makes sense. This is what separates Imran, Sobers, Hadlee, Kallis, Gilchrist and Sangakkara from Kapil, Botham, Ashwin, Jadeja, Tony Greig, Matt Prior or Quinton de Koch. Former bunch are ATG in their primary discipline, and they are the latter are not. They are valuable as players and...
  13. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    Debatable, whether he was as good as Kapil, since he was unproven in tests. Their FC stats looks pretty similar. However I'd give you that.
  14. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    80s WI team would have killed for a Kapil dev over Walsh TBF. They had enough Walsh replacements. They never had Kapil Dev replacements. Even the most successful WI all rounder, Carl Hooper was very similar to Dev and was way inferior bowler. Proper AR or a class spinner was 80s WI team's holes...
  15. Migara

    Kapil Dev vs Courtney Walsh

    Walsh. I am thinking of SL team of early 2000s. We had Sanga, Mahela and Sam going well, Murali starting one of the best peaks and Vaas going strong. The fast, nasty and consistent pace of Walsh would have delivered us way more wins, compared to Kapil, who is a marginal to moderate...
  16. Migara

    ODI : Lara vs Bevan

    Lara. Could play every type of bowling. Bit weak against express bowling but that's it. Bevan was notoriously outdone by short stuff (most of his playing days bouncers were no-balled), and found wanting on spinning tracks in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka was the best opposition Bevan had for the most of...
  17. Migara

    Who are the best in these aspects of the game?

    Gilly, Imran, Gavaskar, Ashwin, Lara
  18. Migara

    ODI Bowlers Poll - discussions

    Spinners in ODIs God tier Murali 1st tier Saqlain Warne Mendis Ajmal Qadir Hogg 2nd tier Kumble Ashwin Zampa Rashid K. Kuldeep Mujeeb (I actually rate him a better bowler than Rashid) 3rd tier The rest Out of current bowlers, Maheesh Theekshana nad Abrar Ahmed shows promise in ODIs. Wh have...
  19. Migara

    Why are Afghanistan a better team than Bangladesh?

    They had a ready made structure in Pakistan
  20. Migara

    All Time ODI Bowlers Poll

    Definite lack of Brad Hogg

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