Gary Kirsten vs Alistair Cook

[reyrey]

Struggled against McWarne and Aamir Asif too.

Yeah they did get the better of him, but he did manage a hundred against both.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Cook and Kirsten were both respectable/decent if unspectacular against quality pace and excellent at capitalising when more favoured conditions/attacks were present. Both very good v spin (Cook in particular) and both excellent at grinding. I'd back both to average 50 in a more ideal home country to bat in because they were clinical at not giving it away cheaply.

I go with Kirsten because I think he was a slightly better player of lateral movement, but Cook's marquee overseas performances, equal ability to go big, and Gary not really being anything special v quality pace himself makes it very tight.

Yea I think Cook and Kirsten would probably average around 50 with Hayden’s home conditions