Brian Lara vs Dale Steyn

[Sliferxxxx]

Disappointed. And you accuse me of having an anti Lara agenda.

Lately I'm starting to think you're anti Imran...

 

[subshakerz]

You can teach someone to try and copy a master. You can't for a genius.

Geniuses:

Lara
Viv
Wasim
Murali


Masters:
Tendulkar
McGrath
Kallis
Gavaskar

 

[subshakerz]

Lately I'm starting to think you're anti Imran...

Or maybe, maybe I don't have an agenda. Just my own views like a regular dude.

 

[Coronis]

Respectively, these adjectives you use are worse than CricketWeb titles.

Would it be better if it was Cricket Web: All-Time Very Good?

 

[subshakerz]

Would it be better if it was Cricket Web: All-Time Very Good?

Not as snappy.

 

[kyear2]

Ridiculously close.

Both just outside the very highest tier, think Smith, Lara and Hutton are a bit closer to the tier above them than Steyn, Ambrose, Warne and Murali are, but it's arguable.

 

[DrWolverine]

You can teach someone to try and copy a master. You can't for a genius.

Geniuses:

Lara
Viv
Wasim
Murali


Masters:
Tendulkar
McGrath
Kallis
Gavaskar

I find it tough to say Sachin isn’t a genius.

He was a prodigy from the school days. He has always been technically perfect.

There is a video from 1995 where Sunil Gavaskar saying he would be disappointed if Sachin didn’t end up with at least 15000 runs and 40 centuries.

 

[Prince EWS]

You can teach someone to try and copy a master. You can't for a genius.

Geniuses:

Lara
Viv
Wasim
Murali


Masters:
Tendulkar
McGrath
Kallis
Gavaskar

Let's pretend this is true.

Why does that even matter? You don't get extra "can't copy me" tallies in the scorebook.

 

[subshakerz]

Let's pretend this is true.

Why does that even matter? You don't get extra "can't copy me" tallies in the scorebook.

I'm not using this as some sort of measuring stick. It's more just a categorisation of interest.

 

[subshakerz]

I find it tough to say Sachin isn’t a genius.

He was a prodigy from the school days. He has always been technically perfect.

There is a video from 1995 where Sunil Gavaskar saying he would be disappointed if Sachin didn’t end up with at least 15000 runs and 40 centuries.

Fair. But in how he played it was quite textbook.

 

[DrWolverine]

Fair. But in how he played it was quite textbook.

True.

I can understand what you are trying to say.

Even on their best days, they were different.
Lara was magical and it was mesmerising to watch.
Sachin was just perfection exemplified like no one else