The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

[TheJediBrah]

AB bowling in 2015 scarred me. Ruined his legacy IMO. Not because his bowling was bad, but I'd have been much happier if he never took his hat off and displayed his depressing hairline. No one is immune.

 

[stephen]

AB bowling in 2015 scarred me. Ruined his legacy IMO. Not because his bowling was bad, but I'd have been much happier if he never took his hat off and displayed his depressing hairline. No one is immune.

Needs to visit advanced hair like Ponting and Warne.

 

[Daemon]

AB bowling in 2015 scarred me. Ruined his legacy IMO. Not because his bowling was bad, but I'd have been much happier if he never took his hat off and displayed his depressing hairline. No one is immune.

Any theories on why the average professional cricketer is nowhere near as aesthetically pleasing as most other sports?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Because cricket is barely a sport

peak fitness is icing on the cake rather than the absolute minimum requirement as in most other sports

Also for some reason cricketers tend to try to hang on to the last vestiges of cranial shrubbery they have left where other sportsmen just shave the dome at the first sign of thinning

 

[Daemon]

There is truth to this. The least athletic part about cricket is spin bowling, and if we cull the spinners I think aesthetics improve by about 50% just like that.

Genuinely struggling to think of a decent looking spinner in recent times. Honestly Jeets (@Athlai) may just be the best.

 

[srbhkshk]

There is truth to this. The least athletic part about cricket is spin bowling, and if we cull the spinners I think aesthetics improve by about 50% just like that.

Genuinely struggling to think of a decent looking spinner in recent times. Honestly Jeets (@Athlai) may just be the best.

If you can't appreciate this it's your own problem.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Genuinely struggling to think of a decent looking spinner in recent times. Honestly Jeets (@Athlai) may just be the best.

Probably Jadeja and Shadab Khan amongst current spinners and obviously Vettori when he was playing.

 

[honestbharani]

Jaddu with his beard game is up there. Chahal, the spiritual successor of Venkatapathy Raju, is in a league of his own though.

 

[srbhkshk]

If that's not a good advertisement for becoming a spinner, I don't know what is.

 

[harsh.ag]

If that's not a good advertisement for becoming successful, I don't know what is.

Indeed

 

[TheJediBrah]

Jaddu with his beard game is up there. Chahal, the spiritual successor of Venkatapathy Raju, is in a league of his own though.

I've heard of punching above your weight but this is something else

 

[Daemon]

I've heard of punching above your weight but this is something else

I raise you this

 

[TheJediBrah]

Yep that's the next level

what in the actual ****

picture doesn't even give full justice to the true extent of his cranial abnormality

 

[vcs]

I've heard of punching above your weight but this is something else

She probably literally weighs more than him too

 

[srbhkshk]

She probably literally weighs more than him too

To be fair though, it probably wasn't possible to actually find an adult girl weighing less than him.

 

[honestbharani]

She will get to carry him over the threshold. Was there some social media joke about his thigh size or something? Hopefully his new bride does not read too much into it.

 

[cricketsavant]

Shadab from Pakistan is a very athletic spinner. One of the very best point fielders going, just a shame we ddint get to watch him in England much.

 

[bagapath]

Keeping a minimum cut off of 150 wickets, and leaving Sydney Barnes out, these are the fast bowlers who average 4 wkt/ match or above. If three pacers were to be selected for your ATG XI, this is a good pool to dig into.

 

[mr_mister]

he didn't quite reach 150+ wickets but Colin Croft had basically the WPM that Marshall did at 4.63. Pretty interesting he outperformed Holding/Garner/Roberts etc in this category

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I'm surprised that Brett Lee is on that list.