Players who could be other players

[cnerd123]

I think a lot of people have already drawn the Slater/Sehwag parallel

Warner/Hayden another duo in my mind.

 

[trundler]

Viv Richard and Beerus

 

[stephen]

I think a lot of people have already drawn the Slater/Sehwag parallel

Warner/Hayden another duo in my mind.

Interesting. Warner and Hayden are both physically very different despite being left handed.

 

[ankitj]

Here are few pair of players I almost always connect in my head:

• Greame Pollock and George Headley -- near identical test batting average in nearly same number of games, careers curtailed by politics/war.
• Clive Lloyd and Neil Harvey -- both left handed batsmen regarded as great even though their batting averages were just shy of 50.
• Bruce Mitchell and Dudley Nourse -- both SA legends from their early years.

Also, Steve Waugh and Allan Border. Dogged middle order batsmen for who played a lot of games at 5 or 6, without much flair were super effective at what they did, averaged very similar, senior statesmen for their teams for a long period. Great captains.

 

[AndrewB]

Here are few pair of players I almost always connect in my head:

• Greame Pollock and George Headley -- near identical test batting average in nearly same number of games, careers curtailed by politics/war.
• Clive Lloyd and Neil Harvey -- both left handed batsmen regarded as great even though their batting averages were just shy of 50.
• Bruce Mitchell and Dudley Nourse -- both SA legends from their early years.

I tend to connect/confuse Mitchell with Herbie Taylor - both openers, both played 42 Tests for SA over about 20 years interrupted by war.

 

[mr_mister]

Mead and Hendren are similar in my mind. At first Class level were total equals to the big 4 of Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond and Hutton. In fact Mead and Hendren cracked 150 FC tons which eluded Sutcliffe and Hutton(Sutton got 149 and Hutton even less but obviously lost prime years to the war)

It was just at test level where they had a bit less success due to limited opportunities, but by no means did either have bad test careers, just obviously not quite ATG

 

[OverratedSanity]

Avishkar Salvi and Glenn Mcgrath

 

[vcs]

Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc

 

[morgieb]

Interesting. Warner and Hayden are both physically very different despite being left handed.

Hayden and Smith seem fairly similar. Both big, left-handed, front foot oriented openers who while not sloggers were rather aggressive scorers.

 

[stephen]

Hayden and Smith seem fairly similar. Both big, left-handed, front foot oriented openers who while not sloggers were rather aggressive scorers.

Yeah that thought has occurred to me on occasion. Hayden the more brutal bat but Smith the leader.

 

[Daemon]

Dravid and Pujara

Soft spoken defensive Indian no.3s who are often overshadowed by the fan favourite no.4.

 

[srbhkshk]

Don Bradman and Chris Martin

 

[stephen]

Dravid and Pujara

Soft spoken defensive Indian no.3s who are often overshadowed by the fan favourite no.4.

Yeah there's not too much to separate them in my mind, except I rate Pujara slightly higher than Dravid, entirely because of how he was the difference between winning and losing two series against Australia. Not many batsman can make that claim.

 

[Daemon]

Bold call. Personally think Pujara's still well behind. Dravid never got to play an Australia as weak with a bowling attack as strong.

 

[vcs]

Dravid technically was a much better batsman, even though he was only really prolific in England/NZ/WI out of the non-Asian countries. Pujara can bully spinners at home much better though.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Pujara isnt even in the same stratosphere imo. He doesn't get called an htb because he's got balls and tries to stick out tough conditions, but his technique is far too limiting to be consistently effective in any non-road overseas conditions. Also because he's a good bloke and has acne issues which a lot of nerds relate to.

 

[mr_mister]

Dravid technically was a much better batsman, even though he was only really prolific in England/NZ/WI out of the non-Asian countries. Pujara can bully spinners at home much better though.

So that's basically saying he was prolific everywhere except SA in Aus?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Even the ton Pujara got in England, that was not some typical English deck, it was basically a subcontinental pitch. He's not just slightly flawed overseas, he's genuinely poor in non-Asian conditions.

Put him on a slow pitch which helps the spinners though, and he's one of the GOATs.

 

[stephen]

Pujara isnt even in the same stratosphere imo. He doesn't get called an htb because he's got balls and tries to stick out tough conditions, but his technique is far too limiting to be consistently effective in any non-road overseas conditions. Also because he's a good bloke and has acne issues which a lot of nerds relate to.

Intellectually I know this, but emotionally he's been the difference between two series victories for Australia and two series defeats.

 

[fredfertang]

Sarah Taylor and James Foster - best two wicketkeepers I've ever seen