You are as Thick as they come so its not worth
driving anything thru ....but I will try once for whatever its
worth ....
Murali is bound to get wickets because of the overs bowled....what
kind of Dumb School logic is that...The guy picks Frontline
batsmen...and they don't come cheap ...(and against the best batting
side at the time)...Warne cleans up a fair number of tailenders and
comes up with 5 wicket hauls...and since he was on the winning side
was obviously the player of the series...
Go and see the Stats match by Match ...think about it before posting
again...
I watched the series (every Test)live....not in front of the sofa as
you probably did...
Hmm, you're being a tool. Even Sir Richard Hadlee said it's the law
of averages for a bowler like him to bowl so many balls to not
eventually take a substantial amount of wickets. Murali is the Hadlee
equivalent in spin-bowling. Just because Murali took 2 more wickets than
Warne does not mean he performed better. In fact, Warne averaged less
and took 6 balls less per wicket to take them. But even that's besides what
actually happened in the game.
As Richard has shown, he only had 2 tailenders more, which given the
strength of his support and his usual coming-in-later when batsmen
have dropped is MORE than understandable.
And LET'S get into this innings by innings analysis because I have a hard
time believing you were at the ground if you actually look at the facts:
1st match: 1st innings
Murali:
- Takes
6 for
59 off
21.3 overs.
-
4 Non-Tailenders
2 Tailenders.
- Murali obliterates the batting line-up with only
Lehmann giving an expense at
63.
- Sri Lanka:
Murali the best performer easily:
Code:
Bowling O M R W
Vaas 12 2 39 1
Dharmasena 20 4 52 2
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Muralitharan 21.3 5 59 6[/COLOR][/B]
Chandana 14 1 59 1
Jayasuriya 1 0 2 0
Warne:
- Takes
5 for
116 off
42.4 overs.
-
3 Non-Tailenders
2 Tailenders.
- Warne cleans up well with really no expense.
- Australia:
Warne with the best performance
Code:
Bowling O M R W
Gillespie 28 9 61 1
Kasprowicz 23 3 56 2
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Warne 42.4 9 116 5 (1nb)[/COLOR][/B]
Symonds 19 3 68 1
MacGill 22 4 69 1
Lehmann 2 0 9 0
1st match: 2nd innings
Murali:
- Takes
5 for
153 off
56 overs.
-
4 Non-Tailenders
1 Tailender.
- Murali gets his wickets but the Aussie line-up had destructed Sri Lanka already with
Hayden getting
130,
Martyn with
110 and
Lehmann with
129.
- Sri Lanka:
Murali the best performer:
Code:
Bowling O M R W
Vaas 27 3 67 0 (2nb)
Dharmasena 24 1 100 0
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Muralitharan 56 9 153 5[/COLOR][/B]
Dilshan 6 3 9 0
Jayasuriya 14.3 2 38 1
Chandana 24.3 2 102 1
Warne:
- Takes
5 for
43 off
15 overs.
-
4 Non-Tailenders
1 Tailender.
- Warne obliterates the Sri Lankan line-up with little to no expense.
- Australia:
Warne with the best performance quite easily, although
MacGill is in there
Code:
Bowling O M R W
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Warne 15 5 43 5 (1nb)[/COLOR][/B]
Gillespie 9 2 20 0 (1w)
Kasprowicz 5 1 13 1
[I]MacGill 16.2 2 74 4[/I]
2nd match: 1st innings
Murali:
- Takes
4 for
48 off
15 overs.
-
2 Non-Tailenders
2 Tailenders.
- Australia's 'great' lineup crumble with BIG thanks to Zoysa and Vaas.
-
Hayden the only expense at
53.
- Sri Lanka:
Vaas, Zoysa and
Murali all with claim to being best performer
Code:
Bowling O M R W
[B][COLOR="Orange"][I]Vaas 11.2 5 14 2
Zoysa 16 3 54 4
Muralitharan 15 4 48 4[/I][/COLOR][/B]
Warne:
- Takes
5 for
65 off
20.1 overs.
-
3 Non-Tailenders
2 Tailenders.
- Kasper and Dizzy collect the first 4 for 28
- Warne comes in with many wickets gone, wraps up the next 3 cheaply.
- Australia:
Warne with the best performance:
Code:
Bowling O M R W
Gillespie 12 4 25 1
Kasprowicz 24 5 83 4 (2nb)
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Warne 20.1 3 65 5 (1nb)[/COLOR][/B]
Symonds 2 1 1 0
MacGill 5 1 20 0
2nd match: 2nd innings
Murali:
- Takes
5 for
173 off
50.3 overs.
-
3 Non-Tailenders
2 Tailenders.
- 2 of Murali's Non-Tailenders come at big expense, considering they'd already done their damage,
Gilchrist with
144 and
Martyn 161.
- Sri Lanka:
Vaas with probably the best performance,
Murali not far:
Code:
Bowling O M R W
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Vaas 33 6 103 3 (1nb)[/COLOR][/B]
[I]Muralitharan 50.3 8 173 5[/I]
Zoysa 33 11 102 2
Lokuarachchi 12 2 33 0
Jayasuriya 5 0 16 0
Dilshan 1 0 6 0
Warne:
- Takes
5 for
90 off
21.1 overs.
-
3 Non-Tailenders
2 Tailenders.
- Australia:
Warne with the best figures:
Code:
Bowling O M R W
Kasprowicz 17 1 55 1
Gillespie 20 1 76 4
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Warne 21.1 2 90 5[/COLOR][/B]
Symonds 3 0 16 0
MacGill 12 0 69 0 (1nb)
3rd match: 1st innings
Murali:
- Takes
5 for
123 off
37.1 overs.
-
3 Non-Tailenders
2 Tailenders.
- Only big Expense is
Lehmann with
153.
- Sri Lanka:
Murali with the best performance:
Code:
Bowling O M R W
Vaas 26 3 93 3 (1nb)
Zoysa 3.3 1 23 0
Samaraweera 14.3 1 38 1 (2nb)
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Muralitharan 37.1 6 123 5[/COLOR][/B]
Herath 23 5 75 0 (1nb)
Jayasuriya 11 1 27 1
Warne:
- Takes
2 for
115 off
36 overs.
-
2 Tailenders.
- Australia:
Lehmann with the best performance:
Code:
Bowling O M R W
Gillespie 23 3 96 3
Kasprowicz 22.1 5 58 2 (1nb, 1w)
Williams 19 5 48 0 (1nb)
Warne 36 7 115 2
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Lehmann 19 2 50 3[/COLOR][/B]
Katich 8 0 29 0
3rd match: 2nd innings
Murali:
- Takes
3 for
93 off
29 overs.
-
3 Non-Tailenders.
- Only Expense is
Katich with
86.
- Sri Lanka:
Herath with the best performance:
Code:
Bowling O M R W
Vaas 21 3 61 2
Zoysa 12 0 54 0 (1nb, 3w)
Muralitharan 29 5 93 3 (2nb)
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Herath 24.2 1 92 4[/COLOR][/B]
Samaraweera 15 4 40 0 (3nb, 1w)
Jayasuriya 4 0 13 0
Dilshan 1 1 0 0
Warne:
- Takes
4 for
92 off
33 overs.
-
2 Non-Tailenders
2 Tailenders.
- Australia:
Lehmann with the best figures,
Warne close behind
Code:
Bowling O M R W
Gillespie 18 6 38 1 (1w)
Kasprowicz 16.4 5 37 2
[I]Warne 33 11 92 4 (2nb)[/I]
Williams 5 0 19 0
[B][COLOR="Orange"]Lehmann 17 2 42 3[/COLOR][/B]
Katich 4 1 15 0
So as you can see, Warne was the better performer. In his team quite easily and in the series clearly so too. After the 1st test Vaas gets heavily involved and can claim to have had as much influence as Murali. The reason I introduced the 'expense' factor is that, whilst taking wickets - especially Non-Tailender ones - are great, they should reflect when they were taken and at what cost. So any Non-Tailender wicket that cost
50 runs or
more got that distinction.
As you can see, Murali took some of those Non-Tailenders but not after they'd already run riot. And that's one very clear difference between the two; Warne didn't take a Non-Tailender wicket that cost the team an 'expense', or any wicket actually. Most were low and at the highest 30s-40s. This is one of the main arguments that goes between the two men, that although Murali's ratios reflect well, they've hadn't had as much impact on the game whilst Warne's impact is infamous enough.
