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Harry Brook vs Viv Richards

Who is better?

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Johan

Johan

International Debutant
DrWolverine said:
Waqar? His peak was surreal.
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an insane peak aided by bottlecaps but even then English and Australians found a way around him, he was a Andy Caddick level bowler for 60% of his career and doesn't have anything for Anderson's longetivity.
 
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PlayerComparisons

International Vice-Captain
kyear2 said:
Like that was the dumbest ****ing thing ever. I'm seeing him in top 10 lists, and I mean cricketers not only bowlers.

That's what happens when we take this longevity bullshit too far.
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Part of the reason guys like Anderson and Root get overrated is because England haven’t produced any bonafide ATG batsmen/bowlers since 1970
 
DrWolverine

DrWolverine

State Regular
Johan said:
an insane peak aided by bottlecaps but even then English and Australians found a way around him, he was a Andy Caddick level bowler for 60% of his career and doesn't have anything for Anderson's longetivity.
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Was it actually proved?

One of the reason I have Akram/Waqar lower than other fast bowling legends is because I don’t trust them 100%
 
DrWolverine

DrWolverine

State Regular
England ATGs : Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Barrington, Compton, Trueman,

England ATGs in last 50 years : Boycott & Root.
That’s it.
 
Johan

Johan

International Debutant
DrWolverine said:
Was it actually proved?

One of the reason I have Akram/Waqar lower than other fast bowling legends is because I don’t trust them 100%
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It's one of those things that is pretty obvious, back then everyone tampered a little bit but Pakistan did it extremely to the point Imran's own teammate in Qadir was annoyed by it, also, look at the home and away disparencies of Waqar and Imran.
 
DrWolverine

DrWolverine

State Regular
That’s one of the reasons why Sarfaraz Nawaz’s 7-1 is not considered as impressive as Curtly Ambrose’s 7-1
 
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PlayerComparisons

International Vice-Captain
DrWolverine said:
England ATGs : Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Barrington, Compton, Trueman,

England ATGs in last 50 years : Boycott & Root.
That’s it.
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Guys like Compton and Boycott are English greats for sure but I wouldn’t rate them as ATGs personally. You missed Hutton though who is definitely an ATG.
 
DrWolverine

DrWolverine

State Regular
317 (322), 98.44 SR, 3 6️⃣s
186 (176), 105.68 SR, 5 6️⃣s
171 (197), 86.8 SR, 3 6️⃣s
153 (116), 131.89 SR, 5 6️⃣s
111 (150), 74.00 SR, 3 6️⃣s
109 (132), 82.57 SR
108 (149), 72.48 SR, 1 6️⃣
123(115), 112.90 SR, 5 6️⃣s

Harry Brooks
A great entertainer
 
Johan

Johan

International Debutant
English ATG batters are Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Hutton, you can make an argument for May, Barrington and then Root.

English ATG bowlers would be uhhh hmm Barnes, then Laker (among spinners), Trueman and then Anderson.
 
thierry henry

thierry henry

International Coach
I (weirdly) restrained myself from posting this comparison earlier today, I didn't realise there was already a thread.

I imagine that watching Brook now might be like watching Viv back in the day - 40 years down the track old timers are waxing lyrical about how "this extraordinary talent changed the game" but actually if you watched at the time you'd know it was just some **** slogging
 
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