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murili and warne

dontcloseyoureyes

BARNES OUT
This place explodes with this debate. There was an **Official** thread for it late last year, and it got so out of hand it was deleted (I think). Expect this to be closed.
 

a massive zebra

International Captain
Murali is easily the better bowler statistically and Warne is easily the better bowler according to popular opinion.
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
a massive zebra said:
True but an average of 16 in Tests and 13 in ODIs with no centuries in 334 international matches is not really worth praising.
Well, is there that much difference between 99 and 100?
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
BhupinderSingh said:
But on his day,Murali is a better entertainer with a couple or more slogs sailing over the fence.
Cause, you know, Warne is an ardent blocker.
 

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
a massive zebra said:
True but an average of 16 in Tests and 13 in ODIs with no centuries in 334 international matches is not really worth praising.
Warne's a decent batsman, but I think it's fair to say he could have made a lot more of his talent with the bat if he applied himself a bit more. A bit like Wasim Akram, he's a guy who could have been genuinely useful (though Wasim was obviously better and could have been a quality all-rounder) rather than occasionally devastating and usually a cheap wicket. When Warne applies himself to his batting he's very hard to dismiss, and he's a good player of pace bowling if ordinary against spin.

In the Ashes last year his batting was excellent at times, and at other times he stepped on his stumps or charged Giles for no reason. That's the way he's always been. Incidentally, doesn't he have three test scores in the 90s? Not a huge distance from making a century, really.
 

Tomm NCCC

International 12th Man
Didnt this have a massive sticky thread with 1,500 posts in and then a massive argument broke out and it was stopped, then I went awol for a couple of months and then came back and it went? Yeah, I think so
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Lillian Thomson said:
I may be wrong, but he may be referring to the other 500 threads debating the same subject.
Not counting the 5 million posts on the same subject in unrelated threads :@
 

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