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    When was the zenith of each side?

    In the past claims have been made for the following England teams: 1902 (first two Tests) 1911-12 1928-29 or 1932-33 1954-55 2005 2011 2022-23
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    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of Wicketkeepers Poll

    The game has changed. But in those two series Pant was easily worth his place on batting alone. Perhaps the choice should have been between Saha and the seventh best batsman: .somebody like Vihari.
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    Debate thread for 2024 Ranking of Wicketkeepers Poll

    It's another case of applying today's criteria to yesterday's circumstances. Less uniform pitches then. More standing up to the stumps. Until the 1970s Australia virtually always picked their best keeper. They knew what they were doing. They wouldn't have given Lindsay the gloves over Wally...
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    What are the minimum record requirements for secondary disciplines to qualify someone as an all-rounder?

    A few stats. Nothing particular to read into them. Test batting average 30; 100 wickets at 2 wpm. 17 qualifiers: Noble, Rhodes, Miller, Mankad, Sobers, Goddard, Imran, Greig, Botham, Kapil Dev, Cairns, Shaun Pollock, Irfan Pathan, Vettori, Flintoff, Shakib, Jadeja Reduce batting average to...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    It was in a VHS Benson & Hedges Golden Greats compilation of bowlers about forty years ago. The footage was of Barnes as quite an old man, delivering a few balls for the camera.
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    There is footage of Grace, Ranji and Barnes.
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    The comparison with Cowdrey and Dexter is relevant. Removing the distinction between amateur and professional in 1962 now seems to have been long overdue. That's not how everyone saw it then. To some it was another drastic measure fitting the widely held view that the days of cricket as a...
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    Who is the greatest bat with a sub-50 average?

    Murali would finish on 795 wickets rather than 800. It won't happen.
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    That is correct. It took a long time for Barrington's reputation to grow. England lost five consecutive home series to Australia, West Indies and South Africa in the 1960s and didn't lose any away. English pitches offered more assistance to fast bowlers like Hall, Griffith, Adcock and Peter...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Rhodes' batting and bowling peaks not coinciding was an issue for The Cricketer's judges, who ignored his batting and picked him as the best left-arm spinner on all pitches. Ames was their keeper batting six. Others considered Rhodes' career as a whole and treated him as an all-rounder. Some...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Hirst, Rhodes and Evans at 6-8. Jack Fingleton's team had an extra batsman May at 6 (three openers, no left-hander) and these three at 7-9 followed by Larwood and Barnes. During England's successful period in the 1950s, Evans normally batted at 7, followed by the tail. Bailey was number 6, a...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Lindwall was a lot faster with a nasty skidding bouncer and late outswing. After suffering from dropped slip catches, he developed an inswinger as well and was basically equipped for all surfaces. He didn't enjoy bowling long spells. Nor did Miller. Bedser thrived on hard work and was very...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    As deliberate policy, pitches in England and Australia started favouring bowlers from the 1950-51 Australian season. Bedser, aged 32, suddenly found regular purchase for his leg-cutter and his bowling was transformed, having previously been a steady inswing stock bowler. He remains the only...
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    Who should have recieved a knighthood?

    He became Sir Richard just before the second Test at Lord's when his knighthood was announced. Official investiture was in October after his last Test. But yes his name should be added to Vizzy's.
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    Who should have recieved a knighthood?

    Maharajkumar of Vizianagram or "Vizzy". Awarded for cricket administration and politics, rather than playing achievements. But still the only one to be knighted while still an active Test cricketer - before his last Test. Renounced knighthood in 1947 on India gaining independence.
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