proper cricket going on over in SA at the moment. England showing a bit of spine. Steyn is a mad ****.
proper cricket going on over in SA at the moment. England showing a bit of spine. Steyn is a mad ****.
Originally Posted by MFKS
How many times do the Nein team need to discuss the "great" West Indian teams they faced and show their home movies....ffs.
You mean ten?
No, Nine during the tests.
I do not watch T20....do they do it too?
Just shows how far they have fallen
Take Lara out of the sides and you could barely see one other bloke in the last 15 years getting in the sides of the 70's and 80's and early 90's
Every bloke who played in that era would get a walk up start in 2015 and that includes the fill ins
They were talking about it when you put up your post.
Same can be said for the Oz team from early 2000's. No one from this bunch of bozos is getting a look in.
Cricket is dead.
Long live cricket.
Todays bowlers are as good possibly better than they were in the 70's and 80's. It's just that the batsmen now have the advantages of flat lifeless pitches, fast outfields, and protective equipment to lift their confidence.
And yet since Greg Chappell retired no Australian batsmen has matched his batting average. And this is a bloke that played a lot of cricket against the West Indies teams of the 70's and early 80's - and for the most part he dominated them.
The current captain has a test average superior to Chappell
57 beats 53
Obviously his career not finished but he is getting better every year and I would call it now and say he will be revered as one of our best when his career is done
The fact Smith is rated the best bat in the world at the moment sums up Dunsters point perfectly.
Wouldn't last 2 overs back in the Wild West days.
I reckon the blokes a freak
His technique ain't text book but it works
I want him to have a couple of exceptional series in England and India before passing final judgement.
The greats perform in all conditions, unfortunately there is a sameness starting to happen there as well.
Nobody even comes close to this bloke when it comes to bowling. The pace of Brett Lee, the accuracy of Glenn McGrath, and a leg cutter that absolutely destroyed batsmen.
Unfortunately, he sustained a very nasty back injury and probably lost 35kmh or more of pace for the rest of his career. And even then he was still the best.
Bloke average 49 in 10 tests in England. Has 3 tons with one a double to his name.
So to say he can't prosper in those conditions is not right
Bloke has only play twice in India at the beginning of his career so far and averages 40.
We must about due to play them in tests over there very soon and I not see why he can't succeed there.
He plays spin quite well and has dealt with their bowlers quite well in the past
yeah in defence of Smith he can only play whats put in front of him. he's a very good modern day test cricketer, no doubt.
put the likes of Chappell, Gooch, Gavaskar in the modern game and they probably wouldn't get picked become they aren't aggressive enough. that doesn't mean they aren't good, its just that they were standouts in the era they played.
geez, go check Bradmans stats, bloke pretty much got all his runs v England. Lack of variety of opponents sure didn't tarnish his rep.
Dunster your photo isn't showing on my computer. who are you talking about?
Lillie. It's a video
The Championship Chronicles - The Jetstream's review of the 2007/08 season. www.newcastlefootball.net/chronicles
oh, cheers.
Lillie was a wee bit before my time but everyone rated him in an era of pretty decent slingers.
First bloke i saw that was unplayable at his best was Waqar Younis.
scary.
Waqar Younis had few equals when it came to reverse swinging a ball. Fabulous bowler.
I mean I was just out the back reading some old papers and having a dart with my Pimms and look what my man Northern Swan popped up with back in the day.
I say this as Nathan Lyon scorches his way to 200 test wickets in quicker time than his man Graeme Swann.
What a time to be alive when you can read old posts like this then watch Donald Trump live on TV.
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