Migara
International Coach
Plus Murray mints.
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Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
Murray Mints is like average 80s tampering level, exceptional tampering would be Pakistan randomly mutilating balls.
Migara
International Coach
Which is not relevent to the subject in discussion.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
It is, Windies would tamper the ball too, and you'd just have an infinitely greater attack than the 2001/5 Ashes ones to tame Ponting.
Migara
International Coach
And Ponting would not do anything about it it seems. What happened when that Ashes attack toured Australia?
Ponting tamed Wasim and Waqar too. That is way more quality than English attack.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
In Australia, Australia is significantly flatter than England normally, in this context he's playing for England so England would be his home games.
Migara
International Coach
And West Indies will be way flatter too.
Don't think others will be good enough to trouble him. May be Kapil Dev a little,and Imran bit more than a little.
Edit: I forgot Hadlee.
But most of these are one off bowlers.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
West Indies of the time was not flat though, fast, inconsistent bounce and good seam movement, those tracks were prepared for their pacers.
Migara
International Coach
Even then I am sure he woukd average twice with the bat as Botham
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
he would, but then again, they won't win anything in Windies anyway while Botham would win them a lot more at home and just about everywhere else.
Sliferxxxx
State Regular
Ricky Ponting was great vs pace but against 80s WI in the Caribbean he better wear a good helmet. We saw what Steve Harmisson did to him. And no Migara, South Africa never had a pace attack as good as 80s Windies not the one with: Holding, Garner and Marshall or even Ambrose, Bishop and Walsh.
Still though, Ricky is one of the few modern batsmen who I think would do well vs WI pace overall.
Still though, Ricky is one of the few modern batsmen who I think would do well vs WI pace overall.
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Its a tragedy Steyn was in decline and constantly missing by the time Rabada came along.
Migara
International Coach
I was more or less thinking of Donald, de Villiers, Pollock and Schultz mix with Matthews, Kallis and McMillan as support cast in various stages from mid to late 90s. That attack had plenty of variations.
DrWolverine
International Regular
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah I’m just thinking on what could’ve been. Between Rabada’s debut and Steyn’s retirement SA played 40 tests. Steyn played just 13.
Johan
Cricketer Of The Year
lmfao, not even subtle
Coronis
Hall of Fame Member
They’ve gotta start bringing out snacks with the drinks, poor boy was just hungry.
Sliferxxxx
State Regular
Agreed. An attack of Steyn, Rabada and Philander especially in RSA is about as good as you get. Plus Ndgidi.
DrWolverine
International Regular
A young growing boy needs food