PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
Good to see Cook getting some votes. Pretty underrated.
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Hayden vs Cook vs Sehwag
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no but he has no case
BazBall21
International Captain
Sehwag equally isn't the undisputed greatest Asian conditions bat of all time. I could make a case for loads of other players.
However, he is clearly one of the greatest ever in Asian conditions. And that point of difference factor gives him a distinguished, understandable advantage and argument over these two.
But for me personally, I tend to prefer versatile players. Especially when ability in conditions where the ball laterally moves is an important examination of an opening bat.
PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
Younis Khan must have been pretty good in Asia
not close to Sehwag
The_CricketUmpire
State 12th Man
Hayden in England
Matches: 10
Innings: 18
Runs: 552
Average: 34.50
Not Outs: 2
Ducks: 2
50s: 1
100s: 1
50+ Scores: 2
Highest Score: 138
Interesting stat, Hayden got out in the 0-39 scoring range on 13 occasions. He was out in the 30-39 score range on 7 times.
Hayden in South Africa
Matches: 10
Innings: 18
Runs: 624
Average: 34.66
Not Outs: 0
Ducks: 5
50s: 3
100s: 2
50+ Scores: 5
Highest Score: 122
Interesting stat, Hayden was out in the 0-39 score range on 12 occasions. He was out in the 0-10 score range 8 times.
Total - England & South Africa
Matches: 20
Innings: 36
Runs: 1176
Average: 34.58
Not Outs: 2
Ducks: 7
50s: 4
100s: 3
50+ Scores: 8
Highest Score: 138
Those figures aren't the best unfortunately for Hayden. Combined in England/South Africa, he averaged a duck every 5.1 innings
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Gavaskar, Tendulkar and Miandad were though.....
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah but Sehwag is just much worse there....
The_CricketUmpire
State 12th Man
What is clear is that both batsman struggled against the moving ball - swing/seam. It's not easy as an opening batsman, we all know that. But some opening batsman did better than others.
not really. Average, strike rate, massive centuries, match winning knocks. Sehwag was way above them all
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
I wouldn't necessarily call him way above, but sure.....
BazBall21
International Captain
Hayden's average in SA is brought down by a horror tour in the 90s. He had two good tours after that. Has more credits there than Sehwag (and Cook).
Coronis
International Coach
hmm. Sehwag vs Younis in Asia
Sehwag 114 innings, 6256 runs @ 57.39 18 tons 24 fifties
Younis 133 innings, 6926 runs @ 58.20 27 tons 19 fifties
Analysis by checklist sucks. But here I’m using it ironically
Sehwag only played in 4 different countries, and has an average of 35 in Bangladesh.
Younis played in 5 different Asian countries, his worst average was 45 in Sri Lanka. He scored at least 3 centuries in each of those 5 countries.
Sehwag struggled against 3 teams in Asia. Australia (12 matches, average 35.9), Bangladesh (4 matches, average 35.2) and England (11 matches, average 30.19). He couldn’t score a ton against Zimbabwe or Bangladesh and only has a single ton vs both Australia and England despite playing them over 10 times each.
Younis’ worst 3 teams to face in Asia: South Africa (6 matches average 50.1), New Zealand (4 matches average 46) and England (8 matches average 41.06). He has multiple tons against every opponent except New Zealand, where he has 1 ton in 4 matches.
Younis played more matches, had a longer career, scored centuries more often, had a better conversion rate and was more successful against all opposition in all Asian countries.
And lets not forget when they played head to head (6 matches)
Younis 1061 runs @ 106.10 4 tons 3 fifties
Sehwag 838 runs @ 83.80 3 tons 1 fifty
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
AVeraging 35 across conditions is not remotely as useful as averaging 80+ in certain set of conditions (that covers more than half of the test playing nations btw) striking at 80+ too, even if you only average 20 in 3 countries. Ultimately that is just 1/4th of the test playing nations.
strike rate a lot more importantthan average in the times they okayed together in Asia. Sehwag was a match winner, Younis bored the averagePakistani fan to deathhmm. Sehwag vs Younis in Asia
Sehwag 114 innings, 6256 runs @ 57.39 18 tons 24 fifties
Younis 133 innings, 6926 runs @ 58.20 27 tons 19 fifties
Analysis by checklist sucks. But here I’m using it ironically
Sehwag only played in 4 different countries, and has an average of 35 in Bangladesh.
Younis played in 5 different Asian countries, his worst average was 45 in Sri Lanka. He scored at least 3 centuries in each of those 5 countries.
Sehwag struggled against 3 teams in Asia. Australia (12 matches, average 35.9), Bangladesh (4 matches, average 35.2) and England (11 matches, average 30.19). He couldn’t score a ton against Zimbabwe or Bangladesh and only has a single ton vs both Australia and England despite playing them over 10 times each.
Younis’ worst 3 teams to face in Asia: South Africa (6 matches average 50.1), New Zealand (4 matches average 46) and England (8 matches average 41.06). He has multiple tons against every opponent except New Zealand, where he has 1 ton in 4 matches.
Younis played more matches, had a longer career, scored centuries more often, had a better conversion rate and was more successful against all opposition in all Asian countries.
And lets not forget when they played head to head (6 matches)
Younis 1061 runs @ 106.10 4 tons 3 fifties
Sehwag 838 runs @ 83.80 3 tons 1 fifty
Coronis
International Coach
Who averages 80 in half of the test playing nations?
Coronis
International Coach
I didn’t realise a SR of 53 was boring to the point of death.
In the matches they played against each other, Pakistan won 2, India won 1 and 3 were drawn. Younis actually put in one match winning performance. The others were won by Dravid and a joint Razzaq/Asif effort (though Akmal won Motm)
Coronis
International Coach
Funny, Younis has 10 motm awards, 7 in wins, 5 in wins in Asia. Sehwag has 8 awards, 5 in wins, all 5 wins in Asia. Try again.
PlayerComparisons
International Vice-Captain
Jayawardene must have been pretty good in Asia as well