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Who among the four allrounders would have done better in T20s?

Better suited for t20 cricket?

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ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
subshakerz said:
Contrary to popular assumption, sloggers in ODIs who try and smash from ball 1 don't translate as well into T20. I see what happened to Afridi happening to Kapil too.

You need those bats who are capable of actually building a knock and then accelerating and the only two who can do that are Botham and Imran.
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I won't chastise you for not paying attention to T20s, but for these guys, the job's definitely to slog ASAP lol.

subshakerz said:
But none of these guys are likely batting in the top 6 in a T20 meaning they will be selected primarily for bowling ability. In which case it's either Hadlee or Imran who have a bowling set that will work in this format.
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Bar Hadlee, all of these guys will normally be batting top 6 in T20Is.
 
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subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
ataraxia said:
Bar Hadlee, all of these guys will normally be batting top 6 in T20Is.
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Really? I think that would be tough honestly unless the top 4 have already taken most of the first 15 overs.

I just think Hadlee giving McGrath-like opening overs can't be underestimated.
 
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subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
HouHsiaoHsien said:
But you overlook the fact that Kapil wasn’t a mediocre swing bowler who would get smashed. He would adapt to the situation. And he was a much better ODI bowler than Botham, so you can’t equate them in those terms
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I think bowling averages of that time are a bit deflated since you didn't have aggressive bats and higher run scoring.
 
ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
subshakerz said:
Really? I think that would be tough honestly unless the top 4 have already taken most of the first 15 overs.

I just think Hadlee giving McGrath-like opening overs can't be underestimated.
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Tough? As in, bowling 4 overs making it too difficult to bat???
 
ataraxia

ataraxia

International Coach
subshakerz said:
Nah that their batting good enough to occupy the spot in top 6.
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Those three all batted in the top 6 in ODIs most of time. Admittedly Kapil's record is pretty well split between #6 and #7, but with his hitting skills he'd definitely bat higher in T20s.
 
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subshakerz

Hall of Fame Member
ataraxia said:
Those three all batted in the top 6 in ODIs most of time. Admittedly Kapil's record is pretty well split between #6 and #7, but with his hitting skills he'd definitely bat higher in T20s.
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Hmm I thought more down the order like a better version of Pandiya.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Kimber mentioned recently that Gary Gilmour could have been a gun T20 cricketer way above how he was rated at the time in Tests. A bit before my time but seems like a fair call.

Tony Greig would have loved it too.
 
honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
The guy who scored a very quick 80 with Viv Richards in the 1979 final. He would have been a good shout as a great T20 allrounder as well, I think.
 
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