You're a gentleman and a scholar. From what I can deduce, it would seem to me that )except for Australia in the 00s), there isn't a huge disparity in batting output amongst the top batting lineups from the 70s through to the 00s. What is your deduction??
Whether he's serious or not, why do you care?
Australia been a top 3 batting side every decade except the 80’s. Teehee
Lol lol. Don't know what the ECCB was thinking...
Because he makes it a point for us all to care about what he thinks.
Getting back to you. Based on actual stats, it would seem that there isn't any huge difference batting wise between the batting lineups Marshall faced in the 80s and prior or subsequent decades. See Johans stats that I requested.
Well then I suggest you and him talk/hug it out.
I have offered him a truce several times. He ignores those offers.
Marshall didn't face his own lineup and the rest don't compare quite as highly qualitatively with the others faced, except India.
Oh that's unfortunate.
McGrath didn't face his own batying either, neither did Warne, yet we dont demerit them for that reason. Therefore keep the same energy. And Australia, as shown in the 00s, was further ahead of their contemporaries than WI were with theres.
And Statistically, which is what matters, there wasn't a huge gulf between 80s wi batting and the others of: India, Pakistan and Australia. If you can prove that there was a huge gulf, I'm all ears.
Sure but McGrath consistently faced strong lineups in SA and India. Even Pak and WI were pretty good on occasion.
Look I still consider Marshall the best ok? But WI were a strong lineup and he didn't face them. The other lineups you can check the scorecards and determine how highly you rate them. I just think others faced better lineups.
Statistically you're incorrect. Pakistan averaged more and Australia and India similarly in the 80s. And the stats for 70s lineups are there in blk and white in case you missed them. Still no huge differences.
Give me an ATG pacer you think faced weaker bats.
Yes but saying he bowled to weak lineups for me, implies he faced teams like what Rsa and WI currently have. The lineups he faced were far from that.
No fair enough he didn't have absolutely trash lineups, mostly medium ones, just not many strong ones.
I think current bowlers are facing teams weaker than what Marshall faced : wi, rsa, Ban and zim. The other lineups are good and compare favorably with 80s and 90s batting though.
I agree about current bowlers and have argued that very same thing with Bumrah.