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    Viv Richards vs steve smith

    Viv is such a divisive figure. Most of those who haven't watched him bat live at his peak simply can't stand the hyperbole, while for those of us who were blessed to have watched him bat live, he deserves all that praise and then some. I know this is going to really burn some people here...
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    Chose one player : Lara or Kallis

    For me, this is a slam dunk. Kallis, very easily. I will take Kallis as a total cricketer over any batsman except Bradman and maybe Sobers.
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    Top 5 test cricketers since 1970

    Ponting's stats (when he was at 9239 runs) were even better than Smith's at the same number of runs. And at the end of his career Ponting averaged just above 50. Smith's career so far at least seems to be going along the same path. IIRC 2007 ODI World Cup was the "border-line" immediately after...
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    Top 5 test cricketers since 1970

    Imran McGrath Steve Waugh Gilchrist Marshall
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    Richard Hadlee vs Viv Richards

    Viv going after Hadlee (albeit in a lost cause as New Zealand won that Test match quite easily). Nevertheless, it is always entertaining to see a great attacking batsman and a great fast bowler battling it out in Test match cricket. That series Viv batted as if he had a flight to catch each time...
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    McGrath vs Sachin Tendulkar

    McGrath for me. Once he came into his own, starting around the West Indies tour of 1995, only in 5 Test series of the 33 Test series that he played in for the rest of his career (excluding one-off Tests), did his series bowling average go above 30. And only in 8 of those 33 series, did his...
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    Brian lara vs Steve Waugh

    Spot on
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    Brian lara vs Steve Waugh

    I don't disagree with you. But it could go other ways too. For example, one of the occasions that Cronje got Tendulkar was, when he scored 111 in the 1992 Test series. But if you had watched that innings, early on in his innings Tendulkar looked very vulnerable against Donald. He had multiple...
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    Brian lara vs Steve Waugh

    Before I go into breaking down your 'reasons', my main point is, cherrypicking cuts in all ways. Unless you are biased, if you use cherrypicking for one player (Lara in this case), you will use it for others too. Sorry to say, these sort of 'Tendulkar was a teen' excuses are so laughably...
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    Brian lara vs Steve Waugh

    I have always maintained that if persistent cherrypicking is done for one (Lara's failure against Donald etc.), then the same standards should be applied for judging everyone. I call it cherrypicking because Lara has had great successes against great pace attacks on many other occasions (like...
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    Brian lara vs Steve Waugh

    Waugh's guts and performance in that 1994-95 series in the West Indies inspired his team to play above and beyond themselves. Believe it or not, it was a second string Aussie side (particularly in the fast bowling department - all the primary choices were injured, giving McGrath the opportunity...
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    Brian lara vs Steve Waugh

    Tendulkar didn't face much of McGrath in the 90s decade - and in all the tests that he did (just in the 90s), he averaged less than 40.
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    Brian lara vs Steve Waugh

    Waugh quite easily for me. Starting from 1993 Ashes - Waugh went insanely good for pretty much rest of the decade.
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    Sachin Tendulkar vs Brian Lara vs Viv Richards (spin bowling)

    When Saqlain came to the fore, he troubled a lot of batsmen. IIRC he was the first one to introduce the doosra. He would frequently embarass some of his own accomplished teammates in the nets. BTW, Saqlain played just 1 Test match against Lara. It was in 1997. Saqlain got 9 wickets in that...
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    Sachin Tendulkar vs Brian Lara vs Viv Richards (spin bowling)

    I actually watched Viv's 4th innings match-winning century against India on a turning track in Delhi in 1987. An amazing innings and a very underrated one. Viv is one of the greatest batsman ever to play the game. I don't think you can get to that level of greatness by having a major weakness...
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    Sachin Tendulkar vs Brian Lara vs Viv Richards (spin bowling)

    It's relative. Viv wasn't a bad player of spin, but IMO Tendulkar is in another league. In general, Indian batsmen from 70s to 2000s were the best players of spin that I have seen. They approached spin like a workman treats his lunch. You could almost sense the glee in their eyes when they...
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    Sachin Tendulkar vs Brian Lara vs Viv Richards (spin bowling)

    Sachin was a better all around player of spin. Against spinners who offered a lot of flight, Lara was the best but he didn’t seem as much in control against spinners who bowled flat. Lara’s persistent series failures against India weren’t a random coincidence. To me, they made a far more...
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    I don't think Lara ever had issues with W+W bouncing him out in any of the series they played. In fact, neither of them even got Lara out often enough in a particular way like Donald or McGrath did. In fact, when players in the West Indies dressing room saw the way, as a debutant, Lara handled...
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    I think that would be true for every batsman who played from the 90s with a helmet. Each and every one of them have been hit so many times on the head throughout their career, it is hard to imagine what their condition would have been like if they had been playing without a helmet. Below blows...
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    Brian Lara vs Ricky Ponting (against pace bowling)

    When Kapil scored that 129 against Donald in South Africa in 1992, the next highest score in that innings was 17. First 6 Indian batsmen all out without reaching double digits.

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