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Inzamam-ul-Haq vs Kevin Pietersen

Who was the better test batsman?(Tests)

  • Inzamam-ul-Haq

    Votes: 24 57.1%

  • Kevin Pietersen

    Votes: 18 42.9%
  • Total voters
    42
BazBall21

BazBall21

International Captain
sunilz said:
It is very difficult for fast scoring batsmen like KP, Sehwag, Gilly to average 50. These don't put a premium on their wickets in easy condition and their batting style isn't suited for tough wickets particularly at the end of their career which results in quick decline in their batting average.
Even Richards just averaged 50. And Devilliers got his average above 50 in last series iirc.
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Yeah they take more chances and aren’t as watertight. Pietersen’s game was risk and reward.
 
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subshakerz

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I will always have a slight tilt towards KP given his quality back to back high pressure series against McWarne. Australia never really feared Inzi.

KP also has an ATG knock in India and near ATG bashing of Steyn, plus a nifty double ton in Australia. I also think, even though he didn't score much, he was the only English bat not visibly humiliated by Johnson in his series of fire, whereas the image of Inzi cowering in front of Harmison in 2006 is stuck in my brain.
 
BazBall21

BazBall21

International Captain
subshakerz said:
I will always have a slight tilt towards KP given his quality back to back high pressure series against McWarne. Australia never really feared Inzi.

KP also has an ATG knock in India and near ATG bashing of Steyn, plus a nifty double ton in Australia. I also think, even though he didn't score much, he was the only English bat not visibly humiliated by Johnson in his series of fire.
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Player of great knocks like Gooch
 
sunilz

sunilz

International Regular
Only 1 of these players knew how to hold bat against Glenn McGrath . KP scored nearly 500 runs in Ashes 2006 against McWarne in Aus. Inzy averaged 0.5 against McGrath in 00 in AUS(2 runs in 2 Tests). Inzy record against SA was even more poor . Guy simply didn't know how to play quality pace attack.
 
trundler

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sunilz said:
Only 1 of these players knew how to hold bat against Glenn McGrath . KP scored nearly 500 runs in Ashes 2006 against McWarne in Aus. Inzy averaged 0.5 against McGrath in 00 in AUS(2 runs in 2 Tests). Inzy record against SA was even more poor . Guy simply didn't know how to play quality pace attack.
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This is revisionism. Inzi was great against Ambrose and Walsh in WI. Nobody handled them with such disdain. He had a bad series against McGrath once. McGrath barely played in '05 if we're nitpicking. No Asian batsman except Tendulkar and Kohli has done well in SA.
 
sunilz

sunilz

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trundler said:
This is revisionism. Inzi was great against Ambrose and Walsh in WI. Nobody handled them with such disdain. He had a bad series against McGrath once. McGrath barely played in '05 if we're nitpicking. No Asian batsman except Tendulkar and Kohli has done well in SA.
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His overall record against AUS / SA is very underwhelming(home + away). Even Sehwag was very poor in SA . But he managed to destroy them on Asian tracks. Inzy failed to do even that.

Even Siddhu has a double century in WI. Ambrose for some reason was very poor against Asian sides.
 
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sunilz said:
Even Siddhu has a double century in WI. Ambrose for some reason was very poor against Asian sides.
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Nah you are just brushing away Inzi's work against WI because it doesn't fit the narrative that he was terrible against pace. He was amazing in 2000. It was a low scoring series with lots of swing and movement. He hardly played against SA and Australia at home and he was fine when he did. KP benefits greatly from test spam and playing all his tests in a 7 year period. His average flatters him quite a bit imo. Played some great knocks but lots of dross in between too.
 
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subshakerz

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sunilz said:
Only 1 of these players knew how to hold bat against Glenn McGrath . KP scored nearly 500 runs in Ashes 2006 against McWarne in Aus. Inzy averaged 0.5 against McGrath in 00 in AUS(2 runs in 2 Tests). Inzy record against SA was even more poor . Guy simply didn't know how to play quality pace attack.
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I definitely agree McWarne held KP in much more respect than Inzi. In fact, I dont think anyone every took the attack to McGrath quite like KP did, even Lara.

But to be fair to Inzi, he did have a goodish series in Australia against McWarne in 99 while failing in 95 and 2004.

And both Inzi and KP sucked in SA.
 
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subshakerz

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trundler said:
Nah you are just brushing away Inzi's work against WI because it doesn't fit the narrative that he was terrible against pace. He was amazing in 2000. It was a low scoring series with lots of swing and movement. He hardly played against SA and Australia at home and he was fine when he did. KP benefits greatly from test spam and playing all his tests in a 7 year period. His average flatters him quite a bit imo. Played some great knocks but lots of dross in between too.
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Inzi also scored a ton against peak Ambrose as a youngster in WI in 93 and dominated Walsh/Ambrose in Pakistan in 97. His record against WI is a point in his favor.
 
Gob

Gob

International Coach
trundler said:
Nah you are just brushing away Inzi's work against WI because it doesn't fit the narrative that he was terrible against pace. He was amazing in 2000. It was a low scoring series with lots of swing and movement. He hardly played against SA and Australia at home and he was fine when he did. KP benefits greatly from test spam and playing all his tests in a 7 year period. His average flatters him quite a bit imo. Played some great knocks but lots of dross in between too.
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nah

Also Ambrose was a shadow of his early 90s version by 2000
 
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Gob said:
nah

Also Ambrose was a shadow of his early 90s version by 2000
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Except he did well against the early '90s version too. If you actually watch the footage of that series, you'll see it was a very high quality of bowling. Do that instead of resorting to default excuses.
 
Gob

Gob

International Coach
trundler said:
Except he did well against the early '90s version too. If you actually watch the footage of that series, you'll see it was a very high quality of bowling. Do that instead of resorting to default excuses.
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He was amazing in 2000. It was a low scoring series with lots of swing and movement

was responding to that
 
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subshakerz

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Gob said:
He was amazing in 2000. It was a low scoring series with lots of swing and movement

was responding to that
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Nah I watched that series. The first two tests were slow, deadish wickets in which neither team's batting could press the accelerator. Ambrose was past it but Walsh was in good form. The last test had some life in the pitch though.

I think his stuff earlier in the 90s against WI was better.

Edit: sorry realize it wasn't your comment
 
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