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Who is the greatest bat with a sub-50 average?
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BazBall21
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Three of his four conventional dismissals on the lean tour of Pakistan were spin.
He has the credentials v spin in India for this to not be a noteworthy problem.
trundler
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+1
BazBall21
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Who's the worst batsman you rate over Shiv?
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Lol, at first I didn't thought much of it as I thought he was referring to Mathew Hayden....
Slifer
International Captain
Among west indies I'd go
Viv
Gary
Lara
Headley
Walcott
Weekes
Kanhai
Worrell
Lloyd
Greenidge
Chanderpaul
From modern times (70s- ), Crowe comes to mind.
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capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Why exactly? He has a good record in every country while batting at Top 3 over a long career and was rated very highly by peers.
BazBall21
International Captain
Kanhai is a bit awkward to place. Lot to like. Very tidy country/opposition distributions, batted top 3, good longevity etc. Has crazy good peer/observer rating and is glorious on the eye test on footage.
But two of the four teams he faced were consistently feeble and West Indian tracks in his career were very flat. He probably should have averaged 50+ considering the standards we're setting for him as someone in ATG convos. I don't think he's a significantly better bat than Colin Cowdrey but he seems to have a much bigger rep now.
I would take him over Hayden and Chanderpaul though.
But two of the four teams he faced were consistently feeble and West Indian tracks in his career were very flat. He probably should have averaged 50+ considering the standards we're setting for him as someone in ATG convos. I don't think he's a significantly better bat than Colin Cowdrey but he seems to have a much bigger rep now.
I would take him over Hayden and Chanderpaul though.
Migara
International Coach
Actually I rate Mathews better than Mahela and Samaraweera too, despite having a lower average. He is only behind Sangakkara and de Silva in SL context.
BazBall21
International Captain
Cowdrey averaged the same as Kanhai across Kanhai's time, with tougher home conditions. Did alright when he batted top 3 too.
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Coronis
International Coach
Yeah Cowdrey’s probably a bit underrated. I’d say England and South Africa were the strongest bowling sides of the 60’s.
BazBall21
International Captain
I removed the second paragraph because it's pretty much redundant as Cowdrey had to play SA (obviously not Kanhai's fault) and he actually played a lower percentage of innings v NZ/Ind/Pak than Kanhai did, which were obviously the weak bowling sides of the time.
I forgot SA because I was going through Kanhai's resume. Think Peter Pollock and John Snow have the edge on Wes Hall. WI had a good balanced attack but their success in the 60s was perhaps as much because of their batting.
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For Pakistan he averages 50. That's an ave of 50 IMHO.