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Who is more valuable for the median Test team?
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Coronis
International Coach
Define the median test team.
If the whole team is decidedly mediocre in an even way I’d say a bowler would almost always be more valuable.
Whether they’d be a pace bowler or a spinner would likely depend on what country this team is playing for. i.e a quality pacer would be more valuable for SA but a quality spinner would be more valuable for India for example.
If the whole team is decidedly mediocre in an even way I’d say a bowler would almost always be more valuable.
Whether they’d be a pace bowler or a spinner would likely depend on what country this team is playing for. i.e a quality pacer would be more valuable for SA but a quality spinner would be more valuable for India for example.
The team in which one of those 4 would be the most valuable, obvs
Depends on the era and conditions I guess but I would go Neil Harvey. Not go too strong a thought on Lindsay. Maybe being younger has influenced me but at least nowadays most seamers seem to be decent quality at Test level whereas a median Test side nowadays may still have 1 or 2 batters that are not Test class so if you can replace a barely Test class batter with a high class batter at Test level that perhaps gives you a bigger lift than a Test quality bowler being replaced by a better Test quality bowler.
I might go Underwood in spin-dominant conditions but overall think the gap is probably closer in spin-friendly conditions than it is in other conditions where I would go Harvey.
I might go Underwood in spin-dominant conditions but overall think the gap is probably closer in spin-friendly conditions than it is in other conditions where I would go Harvey.
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Peter Pollock obviously. Basically every Indian team in history until recently has lacked a gun fast bowler. I imagine that and his batting would add a lot to most non-Indian teams too.
shortpitched713
International Captain
P Pollock was only an okay batsman though. More a Philander quality, than his son Shaun.
For me, his fast bowling is more than enough to put him comfortably ahead Underwood though.
Could net you some more wins, regardless of conditions, for mine.
Neil Harvey is tempting as an extremely high quality bat (over both bowlers in all time rankings, i would comfortably hazard), but ultimately some contributions on an inconsistent basis (as would be the case for any non Bradman specialist bat), wouldn't move the needle as much as a specialist quality bowler, especially a match winner like Pollock.
