Thilan Samaraweera: a victim of black magic?

[Prince EWS]

For a change see the number of SL batsmen who average more than 50 in FCC. That will give a good idea on "flatness" of te pitches. Don't forget to compare it with the test averages as well.

Haha, yeah, indeed. He seems to have just thrown a blanket over the subcontinent and decided it's all the same thing.

Samaraweera probably is a good example of a batsman whose record is inflated by flat subcontinental wickets - hell I'm one of his biggest fans and even I don't think he should average 50 odd - but Sangakkara, Dravid, Younis etc really aren't and to suggest so shows a lack of perspective.

 

[Richard]

lol @ you

How anyone can argue that the subcontient isn't the most flattest and favourable batting conditions for home teams is beyhond me.

Probably because it's not. Apart from anything else, no place is favourable for batting for home teams and not for touring ones. That's an utterly stupid idea.

Better yet, anyone who laughs or thinks subcontient bullies like Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Sangakkara, YKhan, Yousuf, Inzamam, Sehwag, etc are close to Ponting, Lara, Kallis, Pietersen and Hayden is even more depressing.

The idea that Hayden is a patch on any of those subcontinental batsmen is laughable; the idea that Ponting or Kallis are much if at all better than any of them (bar Mohammad Yousuf and Samaraweera) is equally nonsensical.

 

[Ikki]

Pietersen > Ponting and Kallis. Haha, Richard strikes again!

 

[Richard]

No, I didn't so much as once mention Pietersen in the above post. Pietersen's career is still relatively young and there's not so much as a guess as can work-out how it's going to turn-out.

No surprise to see KaZoH0lic\Ikki striking again in the attempt-to-put-words-into-mouth to try to find straw-men to knock down though.

 

[Ikki]

No, I didn't so much as once mention Pietersen in the above post. Pietersen's career is still relatively young and there's not so much as a guess as can work-out how it's going to turn-out.

So Jayawardene, Sangakkara > Ponting and Kallis.

You're one funny guy. You back to making these again:

No surprise to see KaZoH0lic\Ikki striking again in the attempt-to-put-words-into-mouth to try to find straw-men to knock down though.

My apologies, I thought when you said "any of them" after you made the distinction before for "subcontinental" you meant Pietersen et al. Although, there's still a lot of mayo in that post.

 

[Richard]

You back to making these again:

No, I don't eat meat so hence neither touch nor make the things.

 

[Ikki]

Really? Where did all these specials come from then:

Hussain > Hayden
Jaywardene, Sangakkara > Ponting, Kallis
Bishop > Warne
Ambrose >>> Lillee

 

[Richard]

Here:

 

[Uppercut]

Jayawardene>Ponting/Kallis? Really?

 

[Richard]

Try to read my words, rather than KaZoH0lic\Ikki's interpretation of them.

That way, you'll get an idea of what I said rather what I didn't say.

 

[Manee]

The idea that Hayden is a patch on any of those subcontinental batsmen is laughable;

You don't know what you've just done!

 

[Ikki]

Try to read my words, rather than KaZoH0lic\Ikki's interpretation of them.

That way, you'll get an idea of what I said rather what I didn't say.

Ok, let's read your words:

So first you say that Hayden is not even a "patch" on any of these players:

Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Sangakkara, YKhan, Yousuf, Inzamam, Sehwag

Then you say that it's non-sensical to say that Kallis or Ponting are better than:

Jayawardene, Sangakkara, YKhan, Inzamam, Sehwag

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Dear Richard, I want a double whopper with bacon thanks.

 

[Richard]

You don't know what you've just done!

Don't worry - long-term members know to take comments like that with a pinch of salt. I have no desire to debate it any more than they do; I just want one idiotic comment (ie, wfdu_ben91's one) to be treated with the contempt it deserves.

 

[Ikki]

Don't worry - long-term members know to take comments like that with a pinch of salt. I have no desire to debate it any more than they do; I just want one idiotic comment (ie, wfdu_ben91's one) to be treated with the contempt it deserves.

Sure, that was your intention.

 

[Richard]

Ok, let's read your words:

So first you say that Hayden is even a "patch" on any of these players:

Jayawardene, Samaraweera, Sangakkara, YKhan, Yousuf, Inzamam, Sehwag

Then you say that it's non-sensical to say that Kallis or Ponting are better than:

Jayawardene, Sangakkara, YKhan, Inzamam, Sehwag

Try reading again. This time, read what is there rather than what you'd like to be there.

Dear Richard, I want a double whopper with bacon thanks.

Better look somewhere else then.

 

[Richard]

Sure, that was your intention.

Well observed. Now try putting those excellent observational skills to work elsewhere.

 

[Manee]

Don't worry - long-term members know to take comments like that with a pinch of salt. I have no desire to debate it any more than they do; I just want one idiotic comment (ie, wfdu_ben91's one) to be treated with the contempt it deserves.

Very strong Matthew Hayden fan who has slight issues with letting things go.

 

[Ikki]

Very strong Matthew Hayden fan who has slight issues with letting things go.

LOL, nah, just when it has to do with an Englishman like Hussain being better than him

 

[Manee]

LOL, nah, just when it has to do with an Englishman like Hussain being better than him

Ben is a strong Hayden fan, if the Hussain/Hayden debate does come up between the two, it could be chaos.

 

[Ikki]

Ben is a strong Hayden fan, if the Hussain/Hayden debate does come up between the two, it could be chaos.

LOL, oh, you mean Ben. Like shooting fish in a barrel, to be honest.