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Exactly my point, a light-hearted observation, even with the wee tongue smilie to boot.
Exactly my point, a light-hearted observation, even with the wee tongue smilie to boot.
Of course not, why would 3-4 Indian's asserting Yuvi was a better bat than Martin Crowe temper my opinion in the slightest?So those posts do nothing to temper your opinion that the idea of picking Yuvi ahead of Crowe at number 4 is a ridiculous idea?
There is no way McCullum is making any alltime side in any circumstance as a specialist bat.My combined Ind-NZ ODI side -
Sachin
McCullum
Kohli
Crowe (vc)
Yuvi
MSD (wk) (c)
Vettori
Kapil
Hadlee
Zaheer
Kumble
I think when we look at the top tens he's put into the article some of the choices seem particularly biased towards the writers opinion. However to be in the top ten says that player A & B may have similar numbers then he chosen his favorites amongst them.How'd he calculate the Bowling Quality index? Thought Hutton would be a lock for the Australia tour XI since almost all his runs came against some combination of Miller/Lindwall/Johnson/Benaud
Am okay with the stats part. He does that pretty well. Straight. Uncomplicated. And he explains it well. When subjectivity comes in, I start disagreeing with him.Didn't Punter bat from six originally, averaging high in that position? If you have a Bradman, Tendulkar, Lara or Greg Chappell at three/four it makes reasonable sense to chuck Ponting there considering we are in the realm of fictitious 'dream' scenarios.
I always like his articles personally. Very thorough statistically mind, very nerdy: you cannot skim read and have to set aside an hour to read the things infact - and, recall your high school mathematics!
There is no way McCullum is making any alltime side in any circumstance as a specialist bat.
Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo
Bowling records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo
Tendulkar
Guptill
Williamson
Kohli
Yuvrag Singh
Dhoni (c) (wk)
Cairns
Kapil Dev
Hadlee
Harbhajan Singh
Bond
Sharma close to making the team. Yuvrag over Taylor for the extra bowling, plus he is more suited to no.5. Vettori's record against top 8 sides no longer looks as impressive as compared to Harbhajan's.
I'd have Cairns as a batsman and bowler over Harris or Oram thoughNo point picking Cairns at 7 when Kapil is 8 and Hadlee 9. I'd rather have more economical bowling (and a different style) by picking Oram or Harris at 7. Otherwise Kapil 7, Hadlee 8, Mills 9.
As a batsman yes, as a bowler no.I'd have Cairns as a batsman and bowler over Harris or Oram though