Michael Holding vs Joel Garner

[Burgey]

Yeah was Marshall. Patterson was mean AF though. Probably only Croft had a meaner attitude among that cabal.

 

[mr_mister]

Wasn't Slyvester Clarke meant to be a mean mother too

 

[mr_mister]

Also, going by writings he seems to be right up there with Holding for speed (Clarke)

 

[mr_mister]

I think in an ATG XI, Garner and Ambrose can fill a similar enough niche to justify Holding being picked over Garner


Not sure who was the better bowler though, they seem hard to split

 

[Burgey]

Smell de leather, man.

 

[subshakerz]

I think in an ATG XI, Garner and Ambrose can fill a similar enough niche to justify Holding being picked over Garner


Not sure who was the better bowler though, they seem hard to split

My thinking is that on most sporting pitches, they would both be a threat, though Garner perhaps slightly more. Whereas on flat pitches, I think Holding's speed is a valuable asset.

But really depends on the makeup of the attack to decide who to select. They are around the same level as bowlers.

 

[Red]

Garner was a fkn legend.

I don’t think he was necessarily the third best quick of all time, but if I was selecting an XI to play in a real match, id be more than happy to have him playing with my team

 

[Red]

Anyone who thinks he wasn’t quick should try explaining some of the things happening in this clip

 

[Slifer]

I think in an ATG XI, Garner and Ambrose can fill a similar enough niche to justify Holding being picked over Garner


Not sure who was the better bowler though, they seem hard to split

In theory yes but unlike Ambrose, Garner never shied away from bowling the fuller ball, especially his much vaunted Yorkers. And Garner was also quite effective with the old ball. Curtly started off bowling fuller as well but later on settled into bowling that back of the length stuff. Don't think he was as good with the old ball either. Just my 0.02....

 

[a massive zebra]

Anyways, we all agree Holding is the top speed merchant of the WI pacers.

Holding was the top speed merchant of the great WI pacers, but I think a lot of players from that generation considered Patrick Patterson the fastest of them all.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

2. He says no amount of victory in JAMODIS would compensate for the 83 WC final loss( Kohli this is for you)

Andy Roberts also said something similar. It's seems like they really wanted to win the 83 WC even though they already had 2 WCs.

Their attitude is so different from the current Indian team who think just qualifying fir semi-final is enough.