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Shaun Pollock vs Jacques Kallis
- Thread starter subshakerz
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mr_mister
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Klusener was good...
In tests...?
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I like Pollock more.
Its all situational, imagine a batting line up like India's with batsmen like Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman, Sehwag, Ganguly, Gambhir, Dhoni, but they lacked a great bowler with such a good average and still handy with bat like Pollock -- such a mentioned team would pick Pollock over Kallis any day of the week if given an opportunity, you add Pollock to them and suddenly it's a huge boost to the outlook of the team at least on papers.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Not sure. Pakistan the last 20 years needed a steady seamer like Pollock.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
How good do you all rate Pollock's batting? Better than Kallis' bowling?
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
If Jansen's batting kicks on he could be another allrounder. He's young and the basic batting ingredients look to be there, although his height and frail build may lead to some bowling injuries.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
No I reckon they needed a steady batsman who could stay calm in a crazy Pakistani batting collapse. Even with the likes of YK and Misbah they would still have random collapses.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Pakistan had Younis, Inzi and Yousuf in the 2000s and then Misbah, Azhar, Babar later. But they havent produced a pacer who has taken 200 wickets since the 2Ws retired.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
They would still collapse from anywhere despite that and you've still had some superb pacers though: Shoaib, Asif, Amir (what could've been?), Abbas, and Shaheen. Ironically Pollock's batting (good enough to bat 7 if required) could've really helped too.
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
I was talking about the years when Kallis and Pollock were playing.
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Bit strange to compare bowling with batting but yes, I think Pollock was better. Watched a clip of him bowling a couple of days back and I was actually taken aback by how good he was. Somewhat quicker than what I remembered and moving the ball quite effortlessly. I thought he was excellent.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
I was asking the opposite actually.
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Oh right. I have time for Pollock's batting and I think it was useful, particularly in ODIs. If Kallis didn't bowl at all, it would have made no difference to his team.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Thats a big claim. He took 1.5 wickets a test and bowled 10 overs an innings, which is something. But I do think they overstate his impact, I think Sobers did a lot more bowling-wise.
Pollock's batting is good in numbers but dont recall many important knocks.
Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
Both gobblers.