Would Stuart Broad make India's strongest test XI?

[morgieb]

Which is more wickets than the next 3 Indian pacers combined.

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Incredible.

 

[mr_mister]

he probably would make an ATG Indian pace attack IMO

 

[morgieb]

he probably would make an ATG Indian pace attack IMO

Only probably? The only Indian quick who'd make it ahead of him is Kapil, and that has a lot to do with his batting.....

 

[Jono]

Never thought I'd see that name and that smiley in one unironic post.

i will always love vinay. His pedestrianess is gun

 

[mr_mister]

I dunno... I can see an argument for Srinath or Zaheer?. I only used the word probably because I don't know how many quicks and ATG Indian team would even use/need... assuming they play Ganguly

 

[Daemon]

Nah he walks in, unless you really rate Nissar and Amar Singh

 

[Spark]

No way is Zaheer getting in over Broad. For one thing Broad will give you twice as many games.

 

[mr_mister]

i feel like India would probably only play 2 pace bowlers in their ATG XI, plus Ganguly's mediums

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Amar Singh , Kapil and Broad but you really need someone with sheer pace and fire to rattle and peg back the opposition sometimes in your arsenal. Otherwise it might get a bit too predictable. So Nissar gets the nod meaning amar Singh to sit out for broad.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

1. Gavaskar
2. Sehwag
3. Dravid
4. Tendulkar
5. Hazare
6. Laxman
7. Kapil
8. Kirmani
9. Broad
10. Nissar
11. Gupte

 

[Cabinet96]

200 wickets at 25 since this thread was made.

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It's often Anderson who is viewed as the archetype "his career average is inflated by a bad start" but it might actually be Broad who suffers more. Two thirds of his wickets at 25. Jimmy doesn't have a period that long, that good. Their averages are almost the same though.

 

[Spark]

Nathon Lyon being 5th on that list is a bit of a surprise

 

[flibbertyjibber]

It's often Anderson who is viewed as the archetype "his career average is inflated by a bad start" but it might actually be Broad who suffers more. Two thirds of his wickets at 25. Jimmy doesn't have a period that long, that good. Their averages are almost the same though.

Yeah but Broad could get another 100+ @ 25 and have an average under 28 which would give him the best record of any England pace bowler since Willis. Not a bad record to have.

 

[Red]

Gavaskar
Sehwag
Dravid
Tendulkar
Hazare
Mankad
Engineer
Kapil
Broad
Srinath
Chandra

 

[Daemon]

Nathon Lyon being 5th on that list is a bit of a surprise

wait wtf he's already played 44 tests? i thought it'd be something like 35 tops.

 

[ImpatientLime]

200 wickets at 25 since this thread was made.

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you're welcome.

 

[ImpatientLime]

I dunno... I can see an argument for Srinath or Zaheer?. I only used the word probably because I don't know how many quicks and ATG Indian team would even use/need... assuming they play Ganguly

i liked srinath, he was rapid. but he also had the bowling intelligence of a brick.

 

[grecian]

It's often Anderson who is viewed as the archetype "his career average is inflated by a bad start" but it might actually be Broad who suffers more. Two thirds of his wickets at 25. Jimmy doesn't have a period that long, that good. Their averages are almost the same though.

I think a lot of us used to talk about Broads bad star when in comparison to other bowlers back in the day,Broad and Flintoffs starts made Jimmehs look brilliant and the same maybe happnning with Stokes.

but you were probably eating rusks and crapping your pants at the time.

Mind you so was I

 

[GIMH]

I think a lot of us used to talk about Broads bad star when in comparison to other bowlers back in the day,Broad and Flintoffs starts made Jimmehs look brilliant and the same maybe happnning with Stokes.

but you were probably eating rusks and crapping your pants at the time.

Mind you so was I

You were doing it when Broad took 8-15 iirc

 

[Furball]

It's often Anderson who is viewed as the archetype "his career average is inflated by a bad start" but it might actually be Broad who suffers more. Two thirds of his wickets at 25. Jimmy doesn't have a period that long, that good. Their averages are almost the same though.

Jimmy's close. His last 5 and a bit years going back to May 2010 have him taking 257 wickets @ 26.08.

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