Cricket - Bye bye Warnie
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Warne has had a lot of success pretty much everywhere
almost everywhere(everyone knows the exception).
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
including Australian wickets where spinners would normally be crucified.
you remember the number of wickets Kumble got on his last Australian tour? If Warne is the greatest spinner ever, then Kumble is the most under rated player ever. Kumble Wickets per match = 538/111=4.85 Warne Wickets per match = 699/143=4.88 Also Warne has more than half of his wickets(419)against England(186), South Africa(130) and NZ(103), who have been poor players of spin. I will miss McGrath more then Warne.
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
Warne has had a lot of success pretty much everywhere
almost everywhere(everyone knows the exception).
Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
including Australian wickets where spinners would normally be crucified.
you remember the number of wickets Kumble got on his last Australian tour? If Warne is the greatest spinner ever, then Kumble is the most under rated player ever. Kumble Wickets per match = 538/111=4.85 Warne Wickets per match = 699/143=4.88 Also Warne has more than half of his wickets(419)against England(186), South Africa(130) and NZ(103), who have been poor players of spin. I will miss McGrath more then Warne.
Anand Vivek Srivastava wrote:
everyone knows the exception
I put that in a footnote in the original post myself, but deleted it.
Cheers, Vikram.
"Life isn't fair, and the world is full of unscrupulous characters. There are things worth fighting for, killing for and dying for, but it's a really small list. Chalk it up to experience, let it go, and move on to the next positive experience in your life." - Christopher Duncan.
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Anand Vivek Srivastava wrote:
Kumble Wickets per match = 538/111=4.85 Warne Wickets per match = 699/143=4.88
i think you missed murali Murali Wickets per match = 674/110=6.12
Regards Shajeel
oh, everyone knows that already. I wanted to highlight that Kumble is in the same league, and to even say that Warne is The greatest legspinner, would not be fair. one of the greatest spinners seems fair enough for all Warne, Murli and Kumble.
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I'm an Aussie sports fan and I would not describe myself or expect you to describe me as an arrogant one. Stop stereotyping. This is not the sort of behaviour I expect from Pakistani sport fans.
Steve
Wow, this is a bizarre flame war. :laugh: I can't believe you got 2 votes of 1 each for this. :sigh:
Cheers, Vikram.
"Life isn't fair, and the world is full of unscrupulous characters. There are things worth fighting for, killing for and dying for, but it's a really small list. Chalk it up to experience, let it go, and move on to the next positive experience in your life." - Christopher Duncan.
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He is definitely the best bowler ever, IMO. I would rate him far higher than Murali because Murali has taken most of his wickets on spin-friendly subcontinent pitches, while Warne has had a lot of success pretty much everywhere, including Australian wickets where spinners would normally be crucified. I'll miss Warne. :( [edit]I seem to have sparked off the most bizarre flame war in CP history. :laugh: [/edit] -- modified at 3:10 Thursday 21st December, 2006
Cheers, Vikram.
"Life isn't fair, and the world is full of unscrupulous characters. There are things worth fighting for, killing for and dying for, but it's a really small list. Chalk it up to experience, let it go, and move on to the next positive experience in your life." - Christopher Duncan.
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I'm an Aussie sports fan and I would not describe myself or expect you to describe me as an arrogant one. Stop stereotyping. This is not the sort of behaviour I expect from Pakistani sport fans.
Steve
Sorry for generalizing but Josh's response provoked this. BTW, I didnt give u a 1 vote.
"Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I'm very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that. -- Bill Shankly"
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Vikram A Punathambekar wrote:
He is definitely the best bowler ever, IMO.
I'd say he's the best spinner ever. I'd still rate Wasim Akram as the best bowler ever.
:Gong: 歡迎光臨 吐 西批 :Gong:
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Akram the greatest fast bowler ever and master of reveres swinging. I like him more than Murali.. But you know that this great man, Akram himself, claim that Murali is better than him..
L.W.C. Nirosh. Colombo, Sri Lanka.
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Nirosh wrote:
Akram himself, claim that Murali is better than him..
This attitude makes him better than every other bowler.
:Gong: 歡迎光臨 吐 西批 :Gong:
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Josh Gray wrote:
pffft, Warnie gets mroe maidens
Yeah, he does get caught with a few maidens.
Steve