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10. Kolkata Knight Riders Sorry KKR fans, but Shreyas Iyer's injuries have meant that there are gaping holes in the team and the lack…
Now that the current ICC World Test Championship cycle has ended (except the WTC final of course), we can now look at creating a…
In white-ball cricket, Jos Buttler can be a seemingly unstoppable force and one of the few batsmen who has that fear factor among bowlers.…
As fans, we understand that cricket is a commercial game and its administration also depends on viewership. The ICC and the cricketing boards lose…
In this age of dwindling quality opening pairs in Tests, I thought I'd come up with a list to remember including some of the…
This is my prediction of how Rajasthan will line up in the 2022 IPL. 1. Yashasvi Jaiswal Yashasvi Jaiswal was a pleasant surprise for…
The Punjab Kings are arguably the least successful side in the IPL, only reaching the final four twice (in 2008 and 2014). They have…
Delhi Capitals, along with the Mumbai Indians, Kolkata Knight Riders and Chennai Super Kings, would hate having to go to this auction, as they…
After a great year of Test cricket, let's take a look at 2021's best performers. 1. Rohit Sharma (India) Runs: 906, average: 47.68, HS:…
While I make this list, it is important to remember the peculiar of year 2021 when a lot of Tests and T20Is were played,…
It was an exciting year in T20 cricket, culminating in the World Cup. Here's my combined T20 XI comprising the year's stars of the…
A lot of reports have indicated that the three players who will potentially be picked pre-auction would be KL Rahul, Ishan Kishan and Rashid…
The Kolkata Knight Riders, along with Delhi, have made the maximum number of retentions. That is because like Delhi and Chennai (and perhaps even…
According to numerous sources, the three main players about to be picked up by Ahmedabad are Shreyas Iyer, David Warner and Hardik Pandya. Assuming…
Let's analyse a potential XI for the Sunrisers. Sunrisers Hyderabad were the only team where getting three wickets (usually of David Warner, Jonny Bairstow,…
Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar Pujara are important batsmen for India. But when will they next reach three figures? [roar_daily_edm] Virat Kohli In November 2019,…
'If it ain't broken, do not fix it' is the strategy that the Mumbai Indians will most potentially likely to go for. 1. Jonny…
Royal Challengers Bangalore winning back the services of all of Devdutt Padikkal, Washington Sundar, Yuzi Chahal and Harshal Patel is unlikely. Therefore, the assumption…
We start off the IPL 2022 Target team with one of the more successful teams - CSK. With a proven team combination including an…
Let's rewind back to the 2010-11 Ashes, played down under. A still strong Australia under Ricky Ponting were blown away by England in the…
Picked Bairstow as more of a pure batter who could keep, as opposed to his wicketkeeping credentials per say. With regrads to being the best keeper, Ben Foakes would have been my pick.
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Fair point, though I did not quite pick Stokes for his impact as a player specifically. My pick for him was more for his captaincy, because how he single handedly changed England’s mindset and turned things around to them to becoming competitive and feared again.
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True, but Williamson only played around 7 matches in the entire cycle as he was out with injuries and most of his performances came at home. I am a big fan of Williamson and while may not have made an honourable mention (I did mention him in the Joe Root section as a strong contender)
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Fair point, did not pick Bairstow as a strict keeper just a batter who could keep in the XI. If I were to pick a strong technical keeper, I wouldnt look further than Ben Foakes! only reason why I picked Dimuth as the VC was because of his impact in the country(not just the cricket team!)
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Guys- I think we are being unfair to Chris Silverwood here. The man is so good that he still has no signs of being sacked despite such an abysmal performance, at least give him kudos for that 😂 .
On a serious note though, at this rate Silverwood would be lucky to coach a CPL team…
Should Jos Buttler hang up the gloves in Test cricket?
It is a real shame that he fails to, I strongly like his potential but also think its abit of a shame for his failure to fulfil it.
Should Jos Buttler hang up the gloves in Test cricket?
I think red and white ball games are quite different in nature, Butlers natural game is the one we saw in T20 World Cup but we also saw what that approach does with Rishabh Pant’s outing in Johanesburg. Just do not think he is a multi-format keeper/batsman like Gilchrist or even Mark Boucher were (hence the comparison, the ability to adapt to every format as opposed to stats or reputation)
Should Jos Buttler hang up the gloves in Test cricket?
To simplify and in other words, Sachin’s average of 40.25 in Pakistan against the likes of Akram, Waqar and Akhtar is better than his average of 47 in the West Indies against the likes of Cuffy or Sanford….Which makes the entire lets rely solely on average a bit naive.
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
Apologies for any undue aggression from my end, I was just a bit taken aback that people are quick to criticise the list in a rather condescending manner (which is frankly just a superficial element of this article), instead the point of the article was to simply remember the great test openers, regardless of average or era as in our current playing generation there is a noticeable lack of quality test opening pairs . I simply put it in a list format as it helps me write well, it is not, by any means meant to undermine or unjustly glorify any players. The original title of this article was in fact, called ” My top 10″ and I had even almost submitted it with the title ” Greatest opening pairs in history”.
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Yeah I got that hence stoppped arguing with him 😂
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
If you refuse to accept that, then you will never understand the point of this or any historical orientated article. 😂
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
It was more to do with Hobbs being supported by Washbrook which made their dynamic interesting.
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
True, definitely worth a mention- had a lot to choose from!
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
😂 Appears people get triggered rather easily here Paul. I think the original title was something like “Top test opening pairs in history”, but even if it was a top 10 list, it should have been “my top 10” to distinguish between subjectivity and objectivity. Like you said, the point of this article was to remember them, regardless of the rank (which is just a superficial element of the article)
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
You are entitled to your opinion, just as I am mine. Like I say here before though , a person with good cricketing knowledge will know that averages are often just half the story, there are other factors that one should consider- Quality of the pitches, quality of opposition bowlers, team culture, funds at disposal for those cricketers and finally, the ratio of home:away matches. With regards to longevity, what makes you think it is easy to be consistent openers at international level full of hostile bowlers and pitches. I am fully aware it Lawry and not Lowry, but that is due to autocorrect which has now been edited. Used this for the above comment, but it is also applicable here- get well soon https://www.sydneyangermanagement.com.au/
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
Well, clearly you are angry- so I think you should get help. 😂
Nonetheless, it is an opinion and if you do not agree then it is fine. A person with good cricketing knowledge will know that averages are often just half the story, there are other factors that one should consider- Quality of the pitches, quality of opposition bowlers, team culture, Funds at disposal for those cricketers and finally, the ratio of home:away matches. Unless you take these into account, your opinion would be “just moot” . 😂 😂
Nonetheless, for you though- get well soon
https://www.sydneyangermanagement.com.au/
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
Brilliant, I actually thought about that when I mentioned Viv Richards – it is something that I will make another article about when I have time . A big psychological advantage in knowing you have a great no 3 should you fail.
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
Perfectly fine and a reasonable rationale! I have seen a lot more of Hayden and Langer than Slater and Taylor, so perhaps it is a bit of unconscious bias there! Nonetheless, this was meant to be more or less remembering the best opening pairs in history and not a definite list haha
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
Yes , yes- realised autocorrect got Lawry to Lowry !
Top ten Test opening pairs in history
It is called bazball for a reason
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