Actually, his last century against Zimbabwe came in 2001 against Streak and co. They had a better attack than India, so they don't really count. So five centuries out of 41 are against minnows.
Like I said, their attack was international quality and better than India's. Because then if you count runs made against them in the nineties/early this century, you have to count every century scored against India as being against minnows too.
I dont think Zim's attack was EVER better than ours at home, SS. That is just pushing it a tad too much.
Thats the key point. So you take out centuries scored against us when not in India?
Um, no. You always have a team thats the worst of the bunch, that doesn't make them minnows.
No, but my point was that most of the time, we did play Zim at home or on flat tracks and I don't think their attack was even equal to ours in those conditions. Srinath, Prasad, Kumble, Robin + new bowler over Streak, Olonga, Friend anyday.
Yes. From now on, I'll expect you to take out New Zealand in the early part of their career, India/Pakistan early on, Sri Lanka in the eighties, etc, every time you post stats about a player...OK?
And then there are minnows like Australia, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
Yeah Sure you Troll.
I rarely call anyone the best..but he is certainly one of the best ODi batsman of our time