Is There any record exist like this where someone is so clear of others ?
Bowling in 1st innings is the toughest thing for a spinner.
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Murali/Sanga vs Ambrose/Lara
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Bowling in 1st innings is the toughest thing for a spinner.
kyear2
Hall of Fame Member
Pretty straight forward.
Sliferxxxx
First Class Debutant
Lol lol lol try as he may over and over again, our favorite poster with these agenda comparisons all with the same results. Anyway Ambrose/Lara no contest.
kyear2
Hall of Fame Member
Lara is leagues ahead of Sanga and honestly even when it's this close, and I do have Ambrose and Murali in the same tier, I'll always go with the opening bowler.
Not a slight or insult against anyone.
But yeah, there's almost always hidden agendas for these for him. But to be fair he probably can't help it at this stage.
kyear2
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, that's the hard no for me.
It's very arguable Ambrose was the best bowler in the world from '89 to circa '94 / '95 and capable of destructing match winning spells everywhere he played and a stand out vs the best team of the era, home and away. He could impact a test from day 1 session 1, to the last session of day 5.
I have no argument at all if anyone rates Murali ahead, but not to that extent.
kyear2
Hall of Fame Member
Jimmy Anderson has how many times more wickets than O'Reilly?
Trueman? Lindwall? Bumrah?
Migara
International Coach
Actually he is. Elite keeper batsman. One of the best if not the best.
subshakerz
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No I genuinely thought it was an interesting comparison.
OverratedSanity
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Murali>Ambrose by a small margin and i think it's a slightly larger gap if it's for an average team. A top tier spinner can bowl basically half the overs for an average bowling lineup and elevate the quality of the attack's overall potency more than a pacer can imo.
Migara
International Coach
Lol. He is just ahead of Sanga with the mixed record Sanga has as a batsman and keeper batsman, but as a player there is no contest. Sanga is one of the two elite batsman keepers. Lara has nothing to show in secondary or tertiary skills. Sanga is a keeper, and a successful captain as well. It just tilts the balance so hard.
You can either treat Sanga asa keeper bat who average 48-50 or a pure bat who average 60-63. What ever way an average team will select him.
DrWolverine
International Regular
Except Don, no Top 20 batsman is leagues ahead of anyone else.
DrWolverine
International Regular
The disrespect to Andy Flower in this sub is too much.
Against teams other than top 5
BC Lara - scored 3456 runs in 65 innings at an average of 54.85 with 10 centuries.
Kumar Sangakkara - scored 5518 runs in 86 innings at an average of 73.57 With 20 centuries.
DrWolverine
International Regular
Sanga is not better than Lara.
But I would not use the words “leagues ahead”
But I would not use the words “leagues ahead”
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
I think No, I'd like to though
It seems like the length of the bat used to very small during that era.
