All Time Cricket Test XI
Discussion
suthol said:
What's with young people these days, those named above are pretty useful but my money says every last one of them would have had " The Don " in there somewhere.
I doubt that Kallis and Botham would be picked in the same team and maybe neither ahead of Sobers
Kallis:I doubt that Kallis and Botham would be picked in the same team and maybe neither ahead of Sobers
13289 runs at an average of 55.3
292 wickets at an average of 32.6
Sobers:
8032 at 57
235 at 34
Very similar but I would argue that modern records stand more scrutiny owing to the increased quality/professionalism of the cricket.
Cheib said:
Disagree wholeheartedly there. Modern batting records just don't compare with those from previous era. Wickets are a batsman's dream compared to even twenty years ago (the differences in the amount of 100's scored at Lords in the last ten years vs the previous ten is significant) and equally important the batsmen have much,much better protection and modern day bats are just ludicrous when compared to bats from even fifteen years ago never mind what people used in the 60's and 70's. Vaughan said that he used one of Atherton's bats once and though the bat he got to play with was worth four runs on his career average. Oh and the bowlers were just as quick....and oh yeah spinners now have the DRS. Imagine how many more wickets Warne would have got using DRS....it's totally changed how spin is played and especially how potent off spinners are turning the ball into a batsman.
The only thing I can think of that has made batting harder in the modern game is fielding. Different level to even twenty years ago.
You can't say that batting is easier these days and that the bowlings harder with DRS??The only thing I can think of that has made batting harder in the modern game is fielding. Different level to even twenty years ago.
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