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Sure, but IMO Sanga looked good internationally up until the last NZ tour. I don't think he lost any skill or reflexes. I think he just mentally retired from that point on-wards, didn't care, and was going through the motions till retirement.Yeah but if you go by first class cricket .
Ponting had visibly physically lost something, even though mentally he was still hungry for cricket.
Sanga, in contrast, seemed to be physically getting better, but had mentally opted out of the game to be with his family.
Unless you're combining ODIs and Tests, those stats are wrong.You mean these stats?
Tendy famously averages 41 vs McWarne, and Lara 51. Pretty sure Tendy doesn't average in the 40s when Donald and Pollock play together, either. If I recall, he averages in the low 30s vs Donald, and high 30s vs Pollock.
Ambrose never traveled to India for Tests. I think Tendy only played him and Walsh in one rain drenched tour.
Would be interesting to know which WI bowler statistically troubled Tendy the most. My memory is of him never being troubled by WI bowlers; he was so compact and super-cautious vs the WIs in the 90s.
Instinctively I'd have put Kallis over Sanga. My gut tells me Kallis had more important knocks vs tougher opposition, and led to more wins. But Sanga also feels like a much better, more rounded batsman than Kallis. It's hard to rank them.Feels like Kallis got a lower % of free run series like bangers and zim.