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Another Round of Team Trades

subshakerz

subshakerz

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Will teams make these trades?

2000s SA exchange Kallis for McGrath?

40s Invincibles exchange Miller for Sobers?

2000s SL exchange Murali for Imran?

80s India exchange Kapil for Jadeja?

80s Aus exchange Border for Wasim?

70s Aus exchange Thommo for Brett Lee?
 
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sayon basak

sayon basak

Cricketer Of The Year
2000s SA exchange Kallis for McGrath? Probably not.

40s Invincibles exchange Miller for Sobers? Yes

2000s SL exchange Murali for Imran? Probably not.

80s India exchange Kapil for Jadeja? No.

80s Aus exchange Border for Wasim? No.

70s Aus exchange Thommo for Brett Lee? Absolutely not.
 
subshakerz

subshakerz

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Thala_0710 said:
Nahh SL ain't exchanging Murali for no one.
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I think Imran is as close as any cricketer to replacing Murali as he will be successful as a pacer in those conditions and SL could use a captain like him. Hard to match the volume of Murali though.

sayon basak said:
2000s SA exchange Kallis for McGrath? Probably not.

40s Invincibles exchange Miller for Sobers? Yes

2000s SL exchange Murali for Imran? Probably not.

80s India exchange Kapil for Jadeja? No.

80s Aus exchange Border for Wasim? No.

70s Aus exchange Thommo for Brett Lee? Absolutely not.
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Hard to turn down the best bowler in the world for Kallis but it's close.

Think Invincibles had enough batting and needed Millers bowling more.

As for Jadeja vs Kapil, realistically they aren't turning down a quality pacer but likely they will win more games overall with Jadeja who is a better bat too. Remember that India weren't that strong at home in the 80s.

Brett Lee is more durable than Thommo.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Coach
Probably just.
Yes
I think the output of Murali is too huge, albeit Imran offers a good package.
Definitely not.
80s Wasim? Nope.
Definitely definitely not.
 
F

Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
Will teams make these trades?

2000s SA exchange Kallis for McGrath? probably

40s Invincibles exchange Miller for Sobers? Yes

2000s SL exchange Murali for Imran? Tough one. Might depend how Herath was bowling in 1st class

80s India exchange Kapil for Jadeja? No

80s Aus exchange Border for Wasim? Definitely not. Needed a captain and solid runs

70s Aus exchange Thommo for Brett Lee? No
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Coach
subshakerz said:
India didn't have a quality spinner in the 80s and also were weaker at home losing to Eng, WI and Pak and drawing a lot.

Jadeja is a better bat than Kapil.
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India had no pacer of even serviceable quality. We also won in England that decade and drew in Australia. Kapil is a better bowler overall than Jadeja imo, away the bowling is simply gone. 80s Indian batting was overall solid, and Jadeja is at best slight better bat than Kapil. Also, Doshi and Shivlal Yadav were much better than any 80s pacer.
 
subshakerz

subshakerz

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
capt_Luffy said:
India had no pacer of even serviceable quality. We also won in England that decade and drew in Australia. Kapil is a better bowler overall than Jadeja imo, away the bowling is simply gone. 80s Indian batting was overall solid, and Jadeja is at best slight better bat than Kapil. Also, Doshi and Shivlal Yadav were much better than any 80s pacer.
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Fair enough.
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
Will teams make these trades?

2000s SA exchange Kallis for McGrath? - no, Kallis' batting was more important for them. They already had Pollock who was of similar quality

40s Invincibles exchange Miller for Sobers? - yes, simply better player.

2000s SL exchange Murali for Imran? - yes, what SL lacked was pace fire power. We saw how SL was effective on foreign soil in couple of years Malinga was cranking it up. Imran, Vaas and Malinga would give a lot of sides sleepless nights. Having a bowler of Imran's quality will allow us to win abroad more, and Vaas to do the thing he does best. Bowl marathon spells, drying up runs. Imran would allowed us to play five bowlers. Three seamers and two spinners at home and 4 + 1 aboard. We had Herath and Dilruwan Perera bowling well in 2000s, and it's the brilliance of Murali that shut the door on them. Those two has shown they can win matches on their own on turning tracks. So we may win little less at home, but lot more on tour.

80s India exchange Kapil for Jadeja? - no. Kapil was their best pace bowler and they had no replacements

80s Aus exchange Border for Wasim? - no. Aus had pretty good seamers, although not the same quality as Wasim. The whole battery and the replacements, everything was pretty good. Wasim only adds a little. Border on other hand is an iconic player for them, more than the batting.

70s Aus exchange Thommo for Brett Lee? - no.
 
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Migara

Migara

International Coach
subshakerz said:
I think Imran is as close as any cricketer to replacing Murali as he will be successful as a pacer in those conditions and SL could use a captain like him. Hard to match the volume of Murali though.
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Imran, player to player wise is better than Murali. He would walk in to any team as a starting candidate. However I don't think he would add much to captaincy over Jayawardane or Sangakkara. In addition, Imran provides what SL lacks. quality express bowling. SL had many spinners, 4 - 5 with similar quality to Herath. Herath and Diluwan Perera could easily replace Murali at least on home turf. See now with Imran, we could play five bowlers. On the other hand if you ask 80s WI the question, they would kill for Murali over any player, including Viv or Marshall, because that is what they lacked.
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
So who would be the players that could replace Murali for 2000s SL?

Dead set ones are Imran, Hadlee, Marshall, McGrath, Steyn, Ambrose, Pollock, Donald and Wasim. Don't think any other bowler could replace him.
And Murali would make over many of those in to their respective teams with exception of McGrath, because they already have Warne. Batsmen wise Bradman and Miller probably would. But that is a marginal decision. No one else would. Not even Sobers, Kallis, Kapil, Botham or even Proctor
 
vidiq

vidiq

State 12th Man
subshakerz said:
Will teams make these trades?

2000s SA exchange Kallis for McGrath?

40s Invincibles exchange Miller for Sobers?

2000s SL exchange Murali for Imran?

80s India exchange Kapil for Jadeja?

80s Aus exchange Border for Wasim?

70s Aus exchange Thommo for Brett Lee?
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Yes
Yes
No (imran won't be that successful for any other countries )
Yes
Yes
No
 
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