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Kumble Vs Qadir
- Thread starter Jumno
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capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
There is stats not doing justice and then there is Qadir's away record..... Not a contest really, no matter how low you think of Kumble
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
This is unfair, pacer vs spinner.
sayon basak
International Debutant
Is Qadir's stats really doing injustice? Or is he just the most overrated bowler ever? Away average of 47 is undefendable imo.
sayon basak
International Debutant
Still Kumble way better in tests. Don't know odi's
sayon basak
International Debutant
Also Kumble was a better batsman.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
He himself and Imran defended it with that away umpires didn't understood how much his ball was going to turn and didn't gave him many lbws...... And frankly, that's one of the worst "It's not my fault, it's others" defence I have ever seen.
sayon basak
International Debutant
Everyone rated Qadir very highly. Here Richie Benaud picks Abdul Qadir ahead of the likes of Jim Laker or murali in Richie Benaud's fantastic XI
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
If Imran was a CW poster, he'd get banned very quickly.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
But Salty is still posting. 
He didn't pick a single WIndies bowler in that XI ...
sayon basak
International Debutant
Pathetic Aussie.
sayon basak
International Debutant
He is technically banned in real life too.
BazBall21
International Captain
Made CMJ's top 100 cricketers of all time (incidentally even finished above his opponent in this poll). English media liked him because he was a rare decent spin bowler in a bouncer-heavy era which wasn't so popular with the English media because England had to play WI a lot and didn't have the tools to dish out the same.
Abdul is one of my favourites from Pakistan. Mercurially exciting bowler and fun eccentric character. Pity he just couldn't figure out overseas tracks.
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I've heard that the moderation team actually have a prison cell they could keep him in.
smash84
The Tiger King
Definitely a case of Imran bigging up his players to get the best out of them, also managed to sell them to the western media to some extent. He had a habit of doing that for those he thought were talented. Abdul Qadir, Wasim, Waqar, Inzy (claiming him to be better than Sachin) and of course, Mohammad Sami (claiming Sami to have all the tools that Malcom Marshall possessed). Sami probably possessed all the tools except the brain of Marshall. Off the field he was the one who promoted Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (a famous singer from pakistan who had a unique blend of fusion music) etc. So yeah, can't take every thing Imran said at face value, even though some of the talents he bigged up did end up producing the goods. I am surprised at how high some of the Aussies rated Qadir.
Nothing wrong with that; he's an excellent listen.
smash84
The Tiger King
Oh yes, Nusrat was incredible. Definitely a rare find. But Nusrat did owe Imran big time for bringing him on the international stage.