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Warne vs Gavaskar

Warne vs Gavaskar

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Coronis

Coronis

International Coach
Wanna_Be_AB said:
i dont know about his ranking but warne being the 5th greatest cricketer of the century midway in his career is stupid... maybe after his career ended he had a case to be the top 5 cricketer but not midway
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read an article that had a letter from Bradman from November 1994

“Excepting O’Reilly, Warne is the best slow leg-spinner we’ve produced, better even than Grimmett and that is very high praise.”
 
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slcricfan1

School Boy/Girl Captain
Coronis said:
read an article that had a letter from Bradman from November 1994

“Excepting O’Reilly, Warne is the best slow leg-spinner we’ve produced, better even than Grimmett and that is very high praise.”
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Only 2 years into his career? Wow.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Cricketer Of The Year
Coronis said:
Oh he’s very serious.




That’s what, 27.5% of his innings below 20.

Lets see for some batsmen I think are pretty quality.. (I did my top 18 batsmen plus the other Fab 4 members - felt Pollock and Headley’s sample sizes would be low for this exercise)

Sutcliffe - 21/84 (25%)
Bradman - 22/80 (27.5%)
Hobbs - 30/102 (29.4%)
Hammond - 46/140 (32.9%)
Barrington - 45/131 (34.4%)
Hutton - 49/138 (35.5%)
Dravid - 105/286 (36.7%)
Sobers - 59/160 (36.9%)
Sangakkara - 86/233 (36.9%)
Richards - 68/182 (37.4%)
Kallis - 107/280 (38.2%)
Smith - 78/202 (38.6%)
Chappell - 59/151 (39.1%)
Ponting - 115/287 (40.1%)
Williamson - 75/186 (40.3%)
Root - 114/278 (41.0%)
Gavaskar - 88/214 (41.1%)
Border - 109/265 (41.1%)
Lara - 97/232 (41.8%)
Tendulkar - 139/329 (42.2%)
Waugh - 119/260 (45.8%)
Kohli - 96/208 (46.2%)

This was slightly weird - I did England first but forgot Root - waiting for another non Bradman player to surpass any of the English batsmen was a really long wait..
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Tendulkar is surprisingly high for a batsman with a reputation for consistent output more than anything else...... Especially given he also doesn't have many 200s.
 
Coronis

Coronis

International Coach
capt_Luffy said:
Tendulkar is surprisingly high for a batsman with a reputation for consistent output more than anything else...... Especially given he also doesn't have many 200s.
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I guess it means that he was less likely to give it away after getting a start but also less likely than say Lara to go big.
 
Coronis

Coronis

International Coach
sayon basak said:
I don't see anything special.
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Just posted the stats for reference.

He was Australia’s first great spinner since Benaud. And leg spin has always been a beautiful art. Plus you know, he had that charisma that elevated him in people’s minds, unlike say a McGrath.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Cricketer Of The Year
Coronis said:
Just posted the stats for reference.

He was Australia’s first great spinner since Benaud. And leg spin has always been a beautiful art. Plus you know, he had that charisma that elevated him in people’s minds, unlike say a McGrath.
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Should also be mentioned that Don didn't personally liked Grimmett much....... Strange that he still made (allegedly) his All Time XI over Warne despite this comment.
 
BazBall21

BazBall21

International Captain
capt_Luffy said:
Almost no batsman impacts every game they play in a series, except maybe Bradman. The impact he had in all 3 of those games and the opposition is enough for it to definitely be a Great one in my book.
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Not asking for a hundred in every game. Just a more solid series outside the two games where he made one. It was an extremely feast or famine performance.
 
Coronis

Coronis

International Coach
capt_Luffy said:
Should also be mentioned that Don didn't personally liked Grimmett much....... Strange that he still made (allegedly) his All Time XI over Warne despite this comment.
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In my mind there is almost no doubt that XI wasn’t made by Bradman.

iirc he had far more amniosity with Tiger than he did with Grum, but he definitely seemed to respect both as players (at least later in life) as they deserved.

Obviously he let his emotions sway him a bit for the 36/37 Ashes.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

Cricketer Of The Year
Coronis said:
In my mind there is almost no doubt that XI wasn’t made by Bradman.

iirc he had far more amniosity with Tiger than he did with Grum, but he definitely seemed to respect both as players (at least later in life) as they deserved.

Obviously he let his emotions sway him a bit for the 36/37 Ashes.
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I always felt he has always respected Tiger; Grum not so much.
 
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