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Andy Flower vs Ian Botham

Better test cricketer?

  • Total voters
    12
Johan

Johan

International Captain
Botham, Flower's wicket keeping is virtually worthless and Beefy wins an all rounder vs batter comparison. I see Botham as more of a 36 avg bat/26 avg ball type player than what he ended up with at the end due to going on too long, but I'd take that over Flower comfortably.
 
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Srinath P

School Boy/Girl Cricketer
Kinda ridiculous to compare a WK with an AR

But I'd go Flower. Botham had a GOATed peak but fell off very quickly. Flower had a solid 10 years, even more if not for Mugabe. He could've been a much better batter if not for constantly coming much earlier than a normal no. 5 does.
 
Johan

Johan

International Captain
Srinath P said:
But I'd go Flower. Botham had a GOATed peak but fell off very quickly. Flower had a solid 10 years, even more if not for Mugabe. He could've been a much better batter if not for constantly coming much earlier than a normal no. 5 does.
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I'd disagree, Mugabe saga cut years but it also cut off a potential decline phase such that Gilly had to go through,Flower being a bad keeper just kills his chances here
 
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