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Brian Lara vs Dale Steyn

Greater cricketer, Brian Lara or Dale Steyn?


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Prince EWS

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This is too close to call for me. I honestly don't know.
Yeah, a genuinely great comparison.

I'm going for Steyn on the cop out criteria of "great bowlers have a marginally higher impact on most teams than great batsmen" - but I think Steyn is basically to fast bowling what Lara is to batting.
 

Bolo.

International Captain
Yeah, a genuinely great comparison.

I'm going for Steyn on the cop out criteria of "great bowlers have a marginally higher impact on most teams than great batsmen" - but I think Steyn is basically to fast bowling what Lara is to batting.
That is cop out.

Steyn for me cos there is a very short list of bowlers I plausibly regard as his equal. It's a much longer list for Lara.
 

OverratedSanity

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I think Steyn is basically to fast bowling what Lara is to batting.
Good way to put it. It's a tough one. Both were virtually peerless when they got on a roll and the playing surface/quality of opposition basically stopped mattering. Steyn would be my favourite cricketer of all time if VVS didn't exist so I'm giving him my biased vote.
 

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