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Team Trades

Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Debutant
Coronis said:
India have had and still have excellent spin stocks. Outside of Bumrah, what does their pace attack look like? As we saw in Australia, he was the main reason they were competitive.
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Exactly. Murali although good away from home, wouldn't be a wicket taker like Bumrah there. Bumrah is our pace attack away. Bumrah is also great at home, and the rest of our spin stocks will cover up at home as well.
 
subshakerz

subshakerz

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Coronis said:
India have had and still have excellent spin stocks. Outside of Bumrah, what does their pace attack look like? As we saw in Australia, he was the main reason they were competitive.
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Ok but Murali is also competitive away and is capable of Ashwin like dominance at home without breaking down like Bumrah.
 
subshakerz

subshakerz

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Thala_0710 said:
Exactly. Murali although good away from home, wouldn't be a wicket taker like Bumrah there. Bumrah is our pace attack away. Bumrah is also great at home, and the rest of our spin stocks will cover up at home as well.
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Except for Australia, Murali may end up taking as many wickets as Bumrah away and he can last all series.
 
R

reyrey

State 12th Man
subshakerz said:
Do teams make the following trades?

2000s Australia exchanging Hayden for Gavaskar?

80s WI exchanging Walsh for Ashwin?

Current India exchanging Bumrah for Murali?

70s/80s England exchanging Botham for Ponting?

90s Pakistan exchanging Wasim for Kallis?
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Hayden, but mainly just a personal preference. Top 3 of Gavaskar, Langer and Ponting is just too many manlets for my liking.

Ashwin. Fairly easy choice. WI Can still even play 4 pacers plus Ashwin (Picking Franklyn Stephenson as a 4th seamer would really help)

Bumrah. Assuming they'd play the same number of tests before retiring.

Botham. Iconic performances.

Wasim. Pak didn't have much pace bowling after Wasim and Waqar. Their batting was good, just corrupt.
 
sayon basak

sayon basak

Cricketer Of The Year
capt_Luffy said:
Gavaskar was a strokemaker, unlike say a Boycott. Greenidge struck at 50, don't think there's anyone who will not call him a strokemaker. Gavaskar did at 45. Given Era and batting strength, I see it naturally go up to 50s. I just can't see a scenario where any team would prefer Hayden over Gavaskar.
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They would. Ask @shortpitched713
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
subshakerz said:
Do teams make the following trades?

2000s Australia exchanging Hayden for Gavaskar?

80s WI exchanging Walsh for Ashwin?

Current India exchanging Bumrah for Murali?

70s/80s England exchanging Botham for Ponting?

90s Pakistan exchanging Wasim for Kallis?
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I am assuming test cricket.
Yes. They had other aggressive openers
Yes. They would have even traded him for Swann or Lyon, never mind Ashwin or Saqlain. They had enough Walsh esque bowlers. Franklyn Stepheson would have easily stepped in.
No. India has enough spinners, may be little inferior but damn good enough. They don't have many Bumrah's
Yes. When you have a bat of that quality and consistency, he could set up many more wins than Botham actually contributed to. And half of 80s, Botham was trash, and any one would have been better
Yes. Pakistan didn't had a dour batsman who anchored the innings like Kallis. Never mind the bowling, would have only for batting. Pakistan had many many fast bowlers, albeit not as quality as Wasim. Then, in 90s Pakistan handled their fast bowling ARs of Razzaq and Mahmood pretty crappily. The selectors may just drop him after few innings, like Asim Kamal or the other guy who as batting like Shiv whom I cannot recall the name.
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
capt_Luffy said:
I thought that too, but Murali is Great away as well. Think the biggest plus is how many over he can bowl.
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India simply has many Murali subs. Ask the same question from West indies, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan or England, they will take Murali every day, because he delivers with consistency, and they don't have anything close to the quality as subs.
 
Johan

Johan

International Coach
Migara said:
Yes. When you have a bat of that quality and consistency, he could set up many more wins than Botham actually contributed to. And half of 80s, Botham was trash, and any one would have been better
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Yeah Ponting was excellent after 2006 no?
 
Migara

Migara

International Coach
Johan said:
Yeah Ponting was excellent after 2006 no?
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And unlike Botham he would have put WI quartret to task. Now just think of a batsman who is not intimidated by short stuff, foul mouthed and aggressive against fast bowling. Botham was less than ordinary against WI.
 
Johan

Johan

International Coach
Migara said:
And unlike Botham he would have put WI quartret to task. Now just think of a batsman who is not intimidated by short stuff, foul mouthed and aggressive against fast bowling. Botham was less than ordinary against WI.
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Yes, until they figure out sideway movement is his achillies heal, and then Garner and Marshall will make short work of him with them dukes under cloud cover, the same thing that happened with an overwhelmingly inferior English attack in 2005
 
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