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@Cyclops said in World Test Championship:
Ashwin has 6 for the match so needs 4 of the remaining 7 to get the century/10 double.
Only happened four times - the first by Botham against India!
Would be a hell of an achievement. He's already got one - just needs 3/7 ... easy eh
https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/287370.html
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@nzzp said in World Test Championship:
@Cyclops said in World Test Championship:
Ashwin has 6 for the match so needs 4 of the remaining 7 to get the century/10 double.
Only happened four times - the first by Botham against India!
Would be a hell of an achievement. He's already got one - just needs 3/7 ... easy eh
https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/287370.html
Should get it unless one of the other Indian bowlers catches fire. With two days left big victory is all but assured
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@nzzp That was some performance by Botham. Fast bowler,13 wickets in Mumbai!
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The Root LBW decision in the last over of the day was an absolute shocker. More plumb than a plumby thing. How DRS contrived that outcome I do not know. Even Root was wearing a sheepish grin afterwards.
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@Catogrande Early Botham was some player. Before he got fat and generally bought his wickets. All bar 2 of his 13 wickets were recognised batsmen plus England were 57-5 when he came in. Great performance.
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@dogmeat said in World Test Championship:
@Catogrande Early Botham was some player. Before he got fat and generally bought his wickets. All bar 2 of his 13 wickets were recognised batsmen plus England were 57-5 when he came in. Great performance.
Yeah Imrans overall stats remained better so I think history will judge him the better player......but Beefy was a deadset legend from about 1977 to 1982.
Ashwin is some cricketer though, him and Jadeja are both terrific all rounders, more so than the overrated Stokes.
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@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
@dogmeat said in World Test Championship:
@Catogrande Early Botham was some player. Before he got fat and generally bought his wickets. All bar 2 of his 13 wickets were recognised batsmen plus England were 57-5 when he came in. Great performance.
Yeah Imrans overall stats remained better so I think history will judge him the better player......but Beefy was a deadset legend from about 1977 to 1982.
highlights the issue of trying to pick all time greats. Consistency vs incredible peaks; it's the Howlett vs Caucaunibuca discussion
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@nzzp said in World Test Championship:
@MN5 said in World Test Championship:
@dogmeat said in World Test Championship:
@Catogrande Early Botham was some player. Before he got fat and generally bought his wickets. All bar 2 of his 13 wickets were recognised batsmen plus England were 57-5 when he came in. Great performance.
Yeah Imrans overall stats remained better so I think history will judge him the better player......but Beefy was a deadset legend from about 1977 to 1982.
highlights the issue of trying to pick all time greats. Consistency vs incredible peaks; it's the Howlett vs Caucaunibuca discussion
Yeah from the sounds of it Imran either bowled OR batted well in a test but rarely both ?
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@MN5 The thing about Botham though, even when he'd become a lardarse and lost a yard or two of pace was that he could mender through a game and then turn it round on a sixpence. The number of times, even later on in his career when he made the difference was extraordinary.
I really liked Imran as a player but stats do not tell the whole story. Going by stats you would have to argue that Kallis was the greatest all rounder but few seem to think so. Put the stats up against the magic that say Sobers showed and I'd say no contest. -
@Catogrande said in World Test Championship:
@MN5 The thing about Botham though, even when he'd become a lardarse and lost a yard or two of pace was that he could mender through a game and then turn it round on a sixpence. The number of times, even later on in his career when he made the difference was extraordinary.
I really liked Imran as a player but stats do not tell the whole story. Going by stats you would have to argue that Kallis was the greatest all rounder but few seem to think so. Put the stats up against the magic that say Sobers showed and I'd say no contest.Oh I love Beefy, his aura alone was bloody impressive for a young fella like me watching. In fact him and his mate Viv Richards both exceed stats ( which are already impressive enough )
Kallis does get a bit forgotten but I'd still say he's South Africas greatest cricketer. One of the very best batsman of all time with the bowling ability of......say Chris Martin thrown in too.
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@booboo said in World Test Championship:
@Stockcar86 said in World Test Championship:
I don't even care if that's made up or real
Definitely looks made up, to me.
