Battle of the Subcontinent

[silentstriker]

I'm hoping for a compelling matchup sometime soon in the first round. Unfortunately, it will probably be something like Tendulkar vs. Wasim and leave a lot of people unhappy.

Yea, I randomized the names at the begining, and there aren't many actually. A couple, but not many. Which I think is a good thing, most of the deserving people will get to the next round and you'll get great matchups every time.

 

[silentstriker]

And another clean sweep by Gavaskar

Mohammad Nissar
6 Tests, 25 wickets @ 28.28, SR of 48.44

vs.


Rahul Dravid
104 Tests @ 58.75, 23 centuries, 46 fifties, HS: 270

 

[Jono]

Dravid.

I can't wait till round 2 personally, because there'll be some cracker matches. Sachin vs. Imran, Dravid vs. Wasim etc. Could be real entertaining to read the discussion.

 

[nightprowler10]

Dravid easily here.

 

[Pratters]

RS Dravid.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Yeah, Dravid for me as well. Wonderful player.

His captaincy has impressed me too; the post-tea assault against us on the final day of the first test nearly turned the whole match on its head. It was the last thing I expected & all the more commendable for it.

 

[silentstriker]

Lets get this round out of the way. Dravid wins it

Waqar Younis
87 matches, 373 wickets @ 23.56, SR 43.49, 22 five wicket hauls, 5 ten wicket hauls

vs.

Saleem Malik
103 matches @ 43.69, 15 centuries, 29 fifties, HS: 237

PS. Thats outstanding strike rate by Waqar Younis, thats better than Marshall.

 

[Jono]

Waqar

 

[Pratters]

Waqar.

Yeah SS Waqar's career strike rate is the best for bowlers who have taken more than 200 wickets I think. For a time, he probably bowled better than any one in test cricket history.

 

[BoyBrumby]

IIRC he had 150+ wickets @ a smidge over 18 each at one stage. Loved watching him bowl. Waqar, obv.

 

[TT Boy]

Tough luck on Malik, great player regardless of his fondness for backing himself and his team to lose. Waqar obviously.

 

[Pratters]

Phenomenal stats:

1989 (age: 17y 46d) 2 58 237 6 4/80 4/91 39.50 4.08 58.0 0 0
1990 (18y 46d) 9 316.4 835 49 7/76 12/130 17.04 2.63 38.7 5 2
1991 (19y 46d) 2 45.3 127 7 5/84 7/127 18.14 2.79 39.0 1 0
1992 (20y 46d) 6 204 709 31 5/52 9/152 22.87 3.47 39.4 4 0
1993 (21y 46d) 7 271 838 55 7/91 13/135 15.23 3.09 29.5 6 1
1994 (22y 46d) 7 247.4 894 42 6/34 11/119 21.28 3.60 35.3 3 1

And, at his best if we exclude the first few series:

filtered 26 927.3 2921 170 7/76 13/135 17.18 3.14 32.7 19 4

 

[silentstriker]

Ajay Jadeja
Test: 15 matches @ 26.18, HS: 96
ODI: 196 matches @ 37.47, HS: 119, 16 centuries, 30 fifties

vs.

Sachin Tendulkar
Test: 132 matches @ 55.39, 35 centuries, 41 fifties, HS: 248*
ODI: 368 matches @ 44.45, 40 centrues, 73 fifties, HS: 186*

 

[PhoenixFire]

Another white-wash. The Little Master 2.0

 

[Pratters]

SRT. Next.

 

[Anil]

that's a toughie....tendulkar...just....

 

[Perm]

Sachin Tendulkar

 

[grecian]

Tendulkar, tough one though.

 

[cameeel]

Tendulkar

 

[silentstriker]

Wasim Akram
Bowling: 104 matches, 414 wickets @ 23.62, SR of 54.65, 25 five-wicket hauls, 5 ten-wicket hauls
Batting: 104 matches @ 22.64, 3 centuries, 7 fifties, HS: 257*

vs.

Wasim Bari (Keeper)
81 matches @ 15.88, 0 centuries, 6 fifties, HS: 85