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India in test cricket Before 2001 Eden Gardens: M 337, W 63, L 113, W/L 0.56 After 2001 Eden Gardens: M 242, W 115, L 65, W/L 1.77 It’s the game that changed Indian cricket forever.

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100 tests, 6,744 runs at 44.66, 16 💯 These stats indicate a very good batsman, albeit not an all time great, but surely someone who would find a place in any XI in the history. However, numbers tell only a part of Graham Thorpe’s story. They don’t tell us that he kept a shaky

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Why so many Indians hate Kohli? I see people on Twitter for whom hating Kohli is their sole reason for existence. He’s India’s greatest ODI cricketer and an all time great. He stays away from politics, supports his teammates and works so hard on his game. People are weird.

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Mike Atherton was a fine opening batsman. He played in a tough era of batting. He played a lot against Australia (Warne & McGrath), WI (Ambrose & Walsh), SA (Donald & Pollock), and Pakistan (Wasim & Waqar). His overall record isn’t impressive for an opening batsman who didn’t

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I don’t know why HK is playing in the Asia cup. The team is full of Pakistani immigrants with one Lancastrian and 2 Indians. There’s no local interest. Zilch. Why can’t we play Nepal in the Asia cup? Nepalese love their cricket.

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@paulg There is a saying in Norway. Norway is a like a drug dealer that doesn't get high on its dope. 97% of Norway's power is hydroelectric. I'm sure you know about the oil fund. Norway is a case study of how to avoid the resource curse.

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test #Cricket edition: 151. Just 12 bowlers have taken 15+ wickets in a test in the entire history. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿7 🇮🇳2 🇦🇺1 🇳🇿1 🇱🇰1 No bowler from 🇵🇰, 🇿🇦, and 🏝️ has ever taken more than 14W in a test. #CricketTwitter

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test cricket edition: 80. 45 men have both scored a ton & taken 10W in a test. Just 5 have done it both at home and away (an away century and an away 10W haul) I Khan IT Botham W Akram DL Vettori R Ashwin #CricketTwitter

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Ravindra Jadeja’s batting average has crept above 37. He’s gone past Keith Miller, and now Imran is the only one above him in bowling allrounders (2,000+ runs). #INDvsAUS #AUSvsIND

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@kumarmanish9 I find it strange. All celebrities have their shares of psycho fans. It’s stupid to hold a player accountable for his stupid fans. I guess the Kohli haters themselves are these toxic fans of other players. They have nothing better to do.

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Before Jasprit Bumrah, there was Kapil Dev. In a country starved of fast bowlers, he showed it’s possible to bowl fast. He inspired an entire generation of Indian fast bowlers. Everyone who came after Kapil, Srinath, Zaheer, Sharma, Shami, and Bumrah, owe him a debt. Kapil was

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“In test cricket you bowl defensively and attack with your field placements and in ODIs you bowl attacking lines and defend with your field” Shane Warne I don’t know one cricket fan who doesn’t like this guy. He’s the King. The best I’ve seen. One of the rare people in history

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Pushkar Singh

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test cricket edition: 75. Tom Latham: Destroyer of weak attacks? Vs 🇦🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇮🇳 🇿🇦 64 innings, 1,665 runs at 26.85, 1 💯 Vs 🇧🇩 🇵🇰 🇱🇰 🏝️ 🇿🇼 58 innings, 3,177 runs at 58.83, 12 💯 #CricketTwitter #PAKvNZ

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In Feb 1982, the kiwi selectors blooded a 19-year old raw yet promising batsman against Australia in Wellington. In a rain affected draw, this young lad made just 9 before being run out in his only innings. Although he also bowled 4 overs, he would primarily be known as a

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@thefulltoss @LongyWTID The Indians you find on twitter are not an exact representation of Indian cricket fans. Most of them are in their teens and early 20s with a lot of time.They are agressive because of too much testosterone. They’ll mellow down with age. Plus internet is free here 😆.

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test #Cricket edition: 147. RA Jadeja has played 37 home tests including the current test against Australia. R Ashwin has been his bowling partner is all these 37 tests. #INDvsAUS #IndVsAus2023

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Who’s more underrated? Ashwin the allrounder because of Jadeja or Jadeja the spinner because of Ashwin? Will we soon start underplaying their genius when Axar becomes the best of the lot? It’s crazy times in the Indian cricket. #cricket #INDvsAUS

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test cricket edition: 13. Gavaskar is the only man ever to score double centuries in all 4 innings. Just 5 men have scored 200s in the 4th innings. For 3 of them (Astle, Bill Edrich, & Mayers), it’s the only 200 of their careers. #crickettwitter

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Big, muscular, fast, and menacing – 4 words that aptly describe Patrick Patterson, one of the quickest and meanest fast bowler ever. 28 tests, 93 wickets at 30.90, 51.9 SR These are decent career stats. Not of a great player but of someone who was good enough to compete at the

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Pushkar Singh

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2 years

Who is India's greatest ODI bowler ever? M Shami has 157 W (26.2 average & 28.0 SR) from 87 matches. He's the best SR and 2nd best average amongst Indian bowlers with 100+ wickets. The only real contender is Bumrah (121 W at 24.3 average & 31.4 SR). #IndvsNZ #Cricket

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Pushkar Singh

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@GoodwinMJ @jfwduffield And yet young educated Swedes turn a blind eye to the ills of this uncontrolled immigration. I feel sorry for them because Swedes are some of the nicest people you can meet. They just mistakenly believe that immigrants will adopt their liberal, non discriminatory culture.

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In 1994, when England toured the Caribbean Islands, the WI were the best side in the world. They had recently won a hard fought series 2-1 in Australia and defeated a strong Pakistan side 2-0 at home. Curtley Ambrose was the best fast bowler in the world, and his mate Courtney

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Zaheer Abbas, popularly known as Zed, turns 77 today. He made a glorious 274 in his first tour of England. It would remain his test best score. Zed scored 5,000+ test runs at 45 in an era when 40 was considered good. Out of his 12 test 💯, 4 were doubles and 8 were above 168. He

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The greatest ODI batsmen of all times. It’s difficult to compare eras. Pitches, conditions, rules, oppositions, and playing styles always change with time. Hence, while assessing any player, it’s imperative to compare him with his contemporaries. Bradman is considered greatest

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The best opening batsman of the 1990s The 1990s were a challenging decade for the opening batsmen all over the world. The pitches had more bounce and seam, and every team had at least one good pace bowler. The WI bowling attack was still ferocious. Ambrose, Walsh and Bishop

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Malcolm Marshall is considered the greatest WI quick. It’s a big accolade considering the riches of West Indian fast bowling. Macko has the best average and 4th best SR amongst the bowlers with 200+ test wickets. 81 M, 376W at 20.94, 46.7 SR Who played Macko best? The

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Pushkar Singh

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@profgalloway This witch-hunt or mudslinging doesn’t suit someone of your stature, Scott. And that’s from someone who’s a massive admirer of your writings. I must have recommended your blog to umpteen friends. Don’t stoop to the level of average twitter user. Unsolicited advice.

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Pushkar Singh

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@ChrisJBakke I always wonder why don't more people lie on LinkedIn about their education. How would people know if you said that you attended 2 year flagship mba at Harvard instead of some random 6 week course? LinkedIn doesn't verify anything. Everyone is free to write anything.

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I believe Joshua Da Silva is going to be a critical cog in this West Indies over the next decade. He’s 26 and already has played 29 tests. He already has enough test experience. He’s an accumulator in a side of hitters. He can bat with the tail. He can help West Indies post

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Pushkar Singh

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Read a blog by @profgalloway on banning TikTok in the USA. I can’t agree more. The West doesn’t realise CCP doesn’t play by their rules. It’s no rules, just one goal – Chinese domination. I’m glad the Indian government had the balls to ban TikTok & other Chinese apps.

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Pushkar Singh

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test #Cricket edition: 116. Adam Gilchrist won 75% (73/96) tests he played. He played in arguably two of the greatest series ever – 2001 Vs India and 2005 Ashes. Australia lost both, the only two losses of Gilchrist’s career. #cricketTwitter

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test #Cricket edition: 158. NM Lyon & R Ashwin both made their debuts in 2011 and have almost the same number of wickets – 466 for Lyon & 460 for Ashwin. Interestingly, both have exactly 100 wickets in Border Gavaskar Trophy. #AUSvsIND #INDvsAUS

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Pushkar Singh

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@ESPNcricinfo Lovely batsman. An all time Pakistan great. My list: 1. Inzi 2. Hanif 3. Younis 4. Miandad 5. Yousuf Zed narrowly misses out. Personal favourites: Majid & Anwar Don’t know where to place Babar though. Too early to say whether he’ll finish in top 5 or not.

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Are Chanderpauls only the second father-son duo to score a double century in the test #Cricket after Hanif and Shoaib?

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Most test centuries by visiting batsmen in Australia Jack Hobbs 9 in 45 inns Wally Hammond 7 in 35 Virât Kohli 6 in 25 Herbert Sutcliffe 6 in 25 Sachin Tendulkar 6 in 38 Three pre-war English greats and two modern day Indian legends. It nicely sums up Test cricket.

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40 Tests, 1,985 runs at 30.07, 2 💯 These are poor returns for a batsman who didn’t bowl. However, Anshuman Gaekwad was more than his numbers. The selectors rang him whenever India were playing West Indies. 22 out of his 40 tests came against the WI at their peak of the powers.

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Geoff Boycott 1st inns 2,878 runt 48 2nd inns 1,917 runs at 43 3rd inns 2,085 runs at 47 4th inns 1.234 runs at 59 Sunil Gavaskar 1st inns 2,546 at 42 2nd inns 3,613 at 60 3rd inns 2,565 at 48 4th inns 1,398 at 58 Two best openers from the 1970s with similar records. Both did

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Almost 50 years ago, two young West Indian batsmen debuted in India. This WI team didn’t carry the menace of the later years, but it had its fair share of superstars. A young Clive Lloyd, a powerful hitter, was the captain. A young and talented Andy Roberts led the bowling

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Garry Sobers was the world’s best batsman in the 1960s – 4,563 runs at 60 with 15 💯. Ken Barrington scored more runs than him at an identical average in the 1960s – 6,397 runs at 59.78 with 20 💯. But somehow he hardly gets the acclaim that many others get.

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For people who never watched Chris Evert play, it’s difficult to explain how good she was. She won 18 GS. However, that’s not the entire story. In her era, no one took AO seriously. It’s considered a poor cousin of other slams. Evert played AO just 6 times, winning twice and

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test cricket edition: 78. Mushfiqur Rahim (🇧🇩) is the only man in the history to score two double centuries as a wicketkeeper. Legends like AB de Villiers, Andy Flower, Adam Gilchrist, and Kumar Sangakkara couldn’t do it. #CricketTwitter

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test #Cricket edition: 155. Murali has more 10W hauls (22) in 132 tests than Broad has 5W in 160 tests. In fact, Murali has more 5W (67) than Anderson and Broad combined (51). #CricketTwitter #nzvseng

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2 years

Most followed amateur cricket team? That’s a tiny goal. How about the most followed cricket team in the world? That’s what you should aspire for.

Iceland Cricket

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It's amazing that we are by far the most followed amateur cricket team in the world on Twitter. We will have a lot to live up to next year when we play in Baltic Cup 2023. Every national team's journey starts somewhere, and ours truly begins in Tallinn.

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Who’s the greatest Pakistani batsmen? A country known for its fast bowlers had produced its share of batting greats. It’s the land of Hanif, Majid, Asif, and Zed. However, it’s tough to look beyond Javed Miandad and three modern greats when talking about greatest 🇵🇰 batsman.

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test cricket edition: 101. 232 men have 10W in a match. 73 men have scored centuries in both innings. AR Border is the only one to do both. Border is also the only person to score 150+ in both innings in a test. #Cricket

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The curious case of Sunil Gavaskar In my first job as a financial analyst, we often used to joke around and say, “If you torture data enough, it will confess anything”. It’s the same with cricket stats. One can draw a random line somewhere in any player’s career to draw

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Jeff Dujon was a critical cog in the great West Indian teams of the 1980s. He’s a swashbuckling batsman and an acrobatic wicket keeper who kept against the 90 mile pacers with aplomb. While Dujon’s batting average isn’t imposing, he had a reputation of making tough runs.

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Pushkar Singh

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@furthertoan I admire him for the effort he’s put in his game. He’s not a natural athlete. But he changed his lifestyle to achieve 100% of his potential. He’s cricket’s Novak.

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Ambrose toured 🇦🇺 thrice & played 14 tests. He missed one test in the 1996/97 series that WI lost 3-2. He won 7 tests in 🇦🇺. 3 in 1988/89, 2 each in 1992/93 & 1996/97 & was MoM in 6 of these 7M. 7M, 55W at 12.56, 30.6 SR He took 8W at Perth in 1988 but didn’t get the MoM.

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Sachin Tendulkar had a long career – 24 years and 200 tests. Now that Jimmy Anderson is retiring, it’s difficult to imagine his record will ever be broken. Tendulkar was a great cricketer, one of the greatest ever. Unlike his great rival Brian Lara, his career had fewer peaks

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Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar were the two best batsmen of their generation. Many other great batsmen (Ponting, Kallis, Sanga, Dravid, Mahela, Inzy) played alongside them, but these two were a notch above the rest. Their styles and careers were contrasting. Tendulkar was

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test cricket edition: 35. Kapil Dev won 4 out of 66 away tests in his career while AM Rahane has already won 19 out of 49 away tests. #CricketTwitter

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A total of 80 cricketers have played 100 tests. Most of them at great players. Some are excellent. Only a handful for this list aren’t what one can call lucky ones. They were fortunate to play 100 tests. Who are the top contenders for the worst cricketer award with 100+ tests?

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Ambrose played 95 out of his 98 tests with his mate, Walsh. Incidentally, he took one of his three 10W when he didn’t play alongside Walsh. He took 389W at 21.1 in these 95 tests. How did Walsh do when he played with Curtly – 373W at 24.3 They kept WI afloat in the 1990s.

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Garner is the least celebrated of the WI fast bowling greats. He never features in all time XIs. But he’s the most consistent of the lot. He never went wicketless in 58 tests. His worst 5 series were 🇮🇳 7W at 43.00 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 10 at 30.30 🇳🇿 10 at 30.20 🇦🇺 19 at 29.78 🇵🇰 25 at 27.52

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Three legendary WI fast bowlers in India Roberts 7M, 37W at 19.81 Marshall 9M, 36W at 24.61 Holding 6M, 30W at 22.10 It’s difficult to pick one. Garner and Croft never toured India. SMG says Roberts was the hardest to face because he never dropped his intensity.

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Thousands of Indians criticising Vaughan and hundreds of Pakistanis praising him. Not even one English, Australian, Kiwi or Saffer is remotely interested. This aptly sums up the T20 cricket narrative on Twitter.

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Surely this Semi should have been the Guyana one .. but because the whole event is geared towards India it’s so unfair on others .. #T20IWorldCup

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@profgalloway Received this on WhatsApp. If true, Musk is really one of a kind. He’s becoming more and more like a cult leader. His army of defenders will justify all his actions.

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I’m doing some Sunday research on Ian Botham :). He used to bowl a lot of overs in his heydays. He bowled 89 overs in the final test of the 1981 Ashes and took 10 wickets. Imagine a fast bowler bowling 89 overs in a test in today’s era. Crazy!

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Ian Botham 102 M, 5,200 runs at 33.54, 14 💯 383 W at 28.40, 27 5W Ben Stokes 105M, 6,508 runs at 35.75, 13 💯 203 W at 32.04, 4 5W Stokes is a better batsman. He can build and play patient innings. His average doesn’t reflect his batting talent. Botham is miles ahead in

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Now all Ben Stokes needs to do is to score another 5,000 test runs at 50 and take 250 wickets at 25 so that he ends up with a record that somewhat justifies his talent. #EngvsPak #PakVsEngFinal

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Brian Lara has the highest individual scores of both 20th and 21st centuries. 375 vs England in 1994 at Antigua 400 vs England in 2004 at Antigua How cool is that!

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test #Cricket edition: 126. SR Tendulkar averaged 40+ Vs all 9 sides he played against. He averaged 40+ in all 10 countries (India + 9) he played in. He averaged 40+ at both home & away Vs everyone except SA (Home 36 & Away 46). #CricketTwitter

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test #Cricket edition: 117. Out of 73 men who’ve played 100+ tests, just 4 have scored fewer than 1,000 runs. McGrath, Ntini, I Sharma, & Walsh. These 4 and Anderson are the only 5 men to play 100+ tests & yet average in single digits.

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Imran is easily one of the greatest cricketers ever. His record is unmatched. But his greatness didn’t end at his on field performances. He’s one of the most influential cricketers ever. There are fewer than 10 cricketers in the history whose influence on the game and their

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@CricketopiaCom Wasim is a cool guy. I like his self deprecatory humour. No matter what people say about his language skills, I find him a good commentator. He’s both witty and insightful.

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The 1980s were a toss up between 2 men for the mantle of the best bowler on the planet. One was a lone wolf while the other was the leader of a pack. Who’s the best in your book? RJ Hadlee: 53M, 289W at 19.28, 47.9 SR MD Marshall: 63M, 323W at 19.91, 44.5 SR

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RA Jadeja’s sudden transformation Bowling all rounder until Afghanistan 2018 (36 tests) 1,196 runs (0 💯) at 29.17 and 173 W (9 5W) at 23.11 Batting all rounder since England 2018 (25 tests) 1,397 runs (3 💯) at 48.17 and 78 W (2 5W) at 27.03 #Cricket #CricketTwitter

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West Indian quicks in Australia – Take your pick Ambrose 14M, 78W at 19.8, 48 SR Holding 14M, 63W at 24.2, 50 SR Marshall 10M, 45W at 23.2, 54 SR Bishop 10 M, 43W at 23, 52 SR It’s a pity all 4 of them never played together in a series.

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1. When Australia won vs WI in 1994/95, it heralded a change of eras. This was West Indies first test series loss in 14 years. It was also their first home loss in 23 years. But do we remember the Australian bowling that won in 1994/95? It wasn’t the great teams of 2000s.

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How many Indian cricket fans remember this bowling scorecard?

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As Jimmy Anderson’s legendary career comes to an end, here are two other modern fast bowling greats who only got better with time. Imran Khan 1970s: 25M, 98W at 32, 70 SR 1980s: 54M, 257W at 19, 47 SR Sir Richard Hadlee 1970s: 26M, 107W at 30, 60 SR 1980s: 53M, 289W at 19, 48

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Clive Lloyd is rightly remembered as one of the best captains ever. He’s criminally underrated as a batsman though. He had an indifferent start to his career. But over time, he got better like a fine wine. Final 87 M: 6,061 runs at 50.1 Final 38M: 2,549 runs at 57.9

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Younis & Bishop were two fearsome quicks in the 90s. They were express at their peaks. Unfortunately, injuries destroyed their careers. Younis (Until 1994 Aus series) 33M, 190W at 19.15, 36 SR Bishop (Until 1995 Eng series) 24M, 110W at 21.33, 48.7 SR They were the best.

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I read someone on Twitter say Jimmy Anderson is the worst fast bowler to play 190 tests. He’s absolutely correct. Jimmy is also the best fast bowler to play 190 tests. You’re both the best and worst in any group if you’re the only one in that group 😆

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If someone were to ever make a soap opera on the life of Gordon Greenidge, I’ve got an apt name for it. Let’s call it, “Keeping up with the Richardses”.

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I’m still unsure who’s more selfish in this Indian team – Jadeja or Ashwin? #INDvsENGTest

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Garry Sobers had a special affection for India. He ate Indian bowlers and batsmen for breakfast. Vs India: 18M, 1,920 runs at 83.5, 59W at 25.7 He did even better in India. 8M, 899 runs at 99.9, 24w at 26.76 He’s arguably the best batsmen against spin in the history.

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

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One Botham stat that will blow you away. Most 5W hauls for men who have scored 10 or more 💯 Botham 27 Sobers 6 Kallis 5 Hooper, Stokes 4 Most 💯 for men who have taken 10 or more 5W hauls Botham 14 Kapil 8 Imran, Vettori 6 Ashwin, C Cairns, Shakib 5

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

3 months

DK Lillee vs Richard Hadlee is an interesting debate. Both were great fast bowlers who played in the same era. Lillee broke Lance Gibbs’ world record, then Botham overtook him and finally Hadlee held it. Lillee became the first man to take 350 test wickets while Hadlee was the

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

6 months

Once common misconception against Richard Hadlee is he took wickets in seaming wickets of NZ. It’s just not true. Away performance in the 1980s: Marshall: 39M, 190W at 20.27, 47.4 SR Hadlee: 27M, 170W at 18.00, 44.4 SR Garner: 27M, 125W at 19.72, 50.3 SR

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

6 months

Excerpts from a Gideon Haigh article on Kapil Dev I read a long time ago.

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

2 months

When Andy met Dennis If you were to ask cricket players and fans, “Who was the best fast bowler of the 1970s?”, the answer would invariably be one of these two. Andy Roberts or Dennis Lillee Roberts, Hadlee, and Imran thought Lillee was the best. Botham and Holding said

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

2 months

England and West Indies start a new test series today. Jimmy Anderson’s impending retirement has taken all the limelight away from the series, but there was a time when a test series vs West Indies was the premier event of the English cricket home season, even more than the

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

5 months

The greatest Indian test batsman after Gavaskar Sachin In 🇦🇺1,809 runs at 53 In 🇿🇦 1,161 runs at 46 In 🏝️620 runs at 48 In 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1,75 runs at 54 Dravid In 🇦🇺 1,166 runs at 42 In 🇿🇦 624 runs at 30 In 🏝️ 1,511 runs at 66 In 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 1,376 runs at 69 SA is the biggest hole in Dravid’s CV.

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

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An ideal all rounder bats like a peak Botham, bowl like a mature Hadlee, fields like a young Kapil and captains like Imran at his imperious (dictatorial) best. Or is he a replica of Sobers at his best?

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

5 months

The biggest unfulfilled batting talents of WI from the 1990s: Hooper: 102M, 5,762 runs at 36 Arthurton: 33M, 1,382 runs at 31 Simmons: 26M, 1,002 runs at 22 Adams: 54M, 3,012 runs at 41 Hooper was the best – a world class talent. I can’t believe he didn’t average 50.

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

1 month

The Indian athletes aren’t having a great Olympics. I believe we should celebrating that India is sending more athletes to Olympics than before. Medals will come with time. It might take 2 decades might take 3. But the participation that matters more than winning – that’s the

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

2 years

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test cricket edition: 7. Shane Warne is the only bowler to take 100+ wickets in any foreign country. He took 129 wickets in 22 tests in England. His average (21.94) in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 is lower than that of Anderson, Statham, & Wilis. #crickettwitter

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

3 years

Our house in Patna. One fine morning government turns up with bulldozers to acquire it for a flyover. We've been living here for 50 years. The government had not paid us anything. They have given us a 2 hours notice. I realise how Jews felt when Nazis come calling. Please #share

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

5 months

Shaun Pollock isn’t considered in the same league as Ambrose, Donald, & McGrath. A lack of glamour and firepower counts against him. His record for the most part was exceptional. 76M, 310W at 20.73, 54.4 SR – Same ave and SR as Ambrose. Final 32M, 111W at 29.76, 68.2 SR, 0 5W

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

3 months

The greatest T20 bowler ever!

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

3 months

Two Indian quicks with identical records Zaheer 311W at 32.94, 60.4 SR Ishant 311W at 32.40, 61.6 SR Both took 11 5W & one 10W hauls. They also played 31 tests together. Zaheer’s end coincided with Ishant’s start.

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

1 month

Two guys who would play into all time test XIs of both 20th and 21st centuries. Shane Warne In 20th century: 84 M, 366 W at 26, 16 5Ws In 21st century: 61 M, 342 W at 25, 21 5Ws Sachin Tendulkar In 20th century: 79 M, 6,416 runs at 57, 24 💯 In 21st century: 121 M, 9,505

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

4 months

@VPAllasander That’s fine. Opinions vary. In my book, he’s India’s greatest. Let’s agree he’s a great player. I find it strange that so many people despise a great player because of his toxic fan base. His fans are weird but so are others.

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

5 months

SA fast bowling greats are not revered by fans because they supposedly bowl on pace friendly wickets. Their away records are the best ever. 100+ away wickets, sorted by SR 1. Steyn 43.8 4. Waqar 47.3 7. Donald 49.3 8. Rabada 49.6 9. Marshall 49.8 10. McGrath 49.8

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

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Beefy the Batsman Ian Botham is one of the best all rounders ever to play the game. His overall record is formidable – 5,200 runs (14 💯) at 33.54 and 383 wickets (27 5W) at 28.40. If we use 💯 and 5fers to evaluate all rounders, Beefy wins this battle by a long margin. Most

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

2 months

I once read an interview of the legendary Graeme Pollock where he talked about his nephew, Shaun, ignoring his batting. Uncle Graeme said, “Shaun is an excellent bowler, but he’s also a very talented batsman. It’s a pity he doesn’t take his batting seriously”. Even after

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

2 years

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Test #Cricket edition: 144. Out of 46 men who scored 20 or more 💯, just 4 never managed a double ton. ME Waugh (153*) AJ Strauss (177) MC Cowdrey (182) M Azharuddin (199) DC Boon and SR Waugh had a top score of exactly 200.

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Pushkar Singh

@pushkar_g_singh

4 months

Two players whose careers ran in tandem and who played strong WI. Javed Miandad 8,832 runs at 53 Vs WI 834 runs at 30 Dilip Vengsarkar 6,868 runs at 42 Vs WI 1,596 runs at 44 95% neutrals will say JM was a better batsman. Somehow, a lot of Indians who watched DBV don’t agree.

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