Sunil1z
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I think you have a soft corner for oldies . Nothing can justify not Winning 17 consecutive Test .
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Was WI ATG team overhyped?
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subshakerz
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Which period was that exactly?
To be clear, I'm not saying that team was a strong side, but it did have a strong batting unit. I just think this Pak team is very weak.
Sunil1z
International Regular
82-84
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
I don't think they should be in Top 30; but I believe both of them are easily Top 40.
Fuller Pilch
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Bangladesh in the early 2000s are far far worse than both of them.
Sunil1z
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I might sound harsh but Ban hasn’t done anything in Test to be even in a poll .
Have they won even 1 Test series against a full strength top 8 side ?
TheJediBrah
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I've never seen anyone say they were
Sunil1z
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I think I have read many times on social media ( maybe not this forum) about their ATG between 80-94 .
TheJediBrah
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I think people would say they were still probably the best team in the world up until 1995, not still the ATG team though
CricAddict
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So, what was the timeline in which they were great? 1970-1985?
trundler
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Think 1976 is generally taken as the starting point of their ATG era.
Coronis
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Yes
Sunil1z
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Against which side have they won ?
bagapath
International Captain
I think the very best West Indies team was the one that played between the summer of 1980 and the summer of 1986.
They beat everyone everywhere convincingly in that period and drew only one series - a classic three match tussle in Australia that went 1-1.
In these six years,
Richards averaged 51.
Lloyd averaged 51.
Greenidge 49.
Richardson 48.
Gomes 45.
Haynes 42.
This is the pool that usually formed the top 6.
The wk Dujon averaged 42 with the bat while effecting about 4 dismissals per test.
Among their bowlers in that period,
Marshall averaged 20 something.
Garner also averaged under 21.
Holding took wickets at 23+.
Croft at 25+.
Roberts at 27+.
Four of those five bowlers bowled together most of the time.
It was a cracking team. And it has every right to be considered a top 3 team of all time.
They beat everyone everywhere convincingly in that period and drew only one series - a classic three match tussle in Australia that went 1-1.
In these six years,
Richards averaged 51.
Lloyd averaged 51.
Greenidge 49.
Richardson 48.
Gomes 45.
Haynes 42.
This is the pool that usually formed the top 6.
The wk Dujon averaged 42 with the bat while effecting about 4 dismissals per test.
Among their bowlers in that period,
Marshall averaged 20 something.
Garner also averaged under 21.
Holding took wickets at 23+.
Croft at 25+.
Roberts at 27+.
Four of those five bowlers bowled together most of the time.
It was a cracking team. And it has every right to be considered a top 3 team of all time.
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subshakerz
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It was the best ever based on the quality of teams they beat as well
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