Prince EWS
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Ooooh apples and oranges comparisons are tight.
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Sunil Gavaskar vs Wally Hammond
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capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Tbf Hammond was pretty useless post War.
Johan
International Regular
Hammond was pretty useless after war yeah
Constantine was probably struggling to move tho ngl
Johan
International Regular
two interesting post war Hammond knocks, against Miller.
DrWolverine
International 12th Man
150 wickets @ average less than 25 was my criteria.
Jimmy is great due to longevity. That’s about it.
Johan
International Regular
ECB actually ****ed up Jimmy's action after some injuries in the 2000s, Jimmy got his old true action back in 2010, what was his average after 2010 aka with true action? probably fits the criteria no?
Johan
International Regular
for the rest of the Fab 4?
DrWolverine
International 12th Man
Lara not having a single century against Donald is surprising. Lara played 10 Tests against Donald(9 alongside Pollock).
Johan
International Regular
inb4 @subshakerz
DrWolverine
International 12th Man
Why?
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
He thinks Lara couldn't play pace
Johan
International Regular
thoughts on him making a hundred against Keith Miller and 80 against Cowie
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah and none against the 2Ws too in 7 tests.
Johan
International Regular
who would you pick against pace from arguments you've read, Lara or Hammond? genuine question btw, they seem similar to me as batters even if Lara distinctly better
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Both of the innings you posted is against Miller. Honestly, both looks Good but Miller bowled only 13 overs in the 1st one and took 0 wickets between both. I got the feeling he was playing as a batting all-rounder, especially in the century match. Though I will say, a player of Wally's stature can definitely deliver a few good/great performances even after the flame has died.
Johan
International Regular
reading his scorecards are pretty sad to me, he is constantly fighting, getting starts but completely failing in converting them, it's kind of sad to see honestly.
sayon basak
International Captain
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah so Viv has some tons I would argue against peak Botham in 80/81 that could count.
Sachin has the 1999 ton against Wasim and Waqar.
Smith only has one ton against Steyn and Philander.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Ugh it's hard. Maybe Lara because before his eye issues in 94 he genuinely didn't seem to have problems with high pace.