Gurjot95
National Board President
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2008
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
Nothing will change in India batting drastically unless trio decided to retire at same time. Youngsters will gain experience as they will play with them.
Massive inferiority what??
Nobody cares what you say if they can't understand you, admittedly you have a good batting line-up, however your lower order batsmen have yet to prove themselves, and with the exception of Harbhajan and Zaheer Khan, I'm unimpressed by your other average bowlers,
It's going to be close, but we'll win because you won't be able to play our bowlers on a day when it's cloudy and favouring the bowlers; whereas we'll be able to dig in and score runs
Really? I remember someone called "R.P Singh" tormening your batsmen in similar conditions during the last tour. You couldnt play him and now you are dreaming to play Zaheer in such conditionsHe would blow your top order away and then Bhajji would take care of your middle order.
Openers
Sehwag
Matches:35, Runs:3539, Avg:58.98,100/50s:10/15
Gambhir:
Matches:25, Runs:2550, Avg:57.95,100/50s:8/13
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Cook:
Matches:50, Runs:4050, Avg:49.39,100/50s:12/20
Strauss:
Matches:45, Runs:3186, Avg:43.64,100/50s:9/16
Indian Openers are clear winners here, both have perfromed exceedingly well in last 4 years. Although cook has hit a purple patch in last few months, it would be intersting how he would handle Zaheer who just loves lefties.
Middle Order
Dravid:
Matches:41, Runs:2697, Avg:40.25,100/50s:7/12
Sachin:
Matches:40, Runs:3770, Avg:61.80,100/50s:14/16
Laxman:
Matches:40, Runs:3025, Avg:58.17,100/50s:6/22
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K.P:
Matches:47, Runs:3218, Avg:44.08,100/50s:9/12
Trott:
Matches:20, Runs:1863, Avg:64.24,100/50s:6/6
Bell:
Matches:38, Runs:2570, Avg:46.72,100/50s:7/16
Dravid is the only weak link in the middle order. Sachin And Laxman are in sublime touch. Whereas for England, Trott has become new The Wall. K.P is struggling for last few months, while bell looks good before he plays some stupid shot to get himself out. Overall, Again Indian Middle Order wins..
Lower Middle Order
Raina:
Matches:8, Runs:373, Avg:33.90,100/50s:1/2
Dhoni:
Matches:37, Runs:2115, Avg:43.16,100/50s:3/16
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Morgon:
Matches:8, Runs:353, Avg:35.30,100/50s:1/1
Prior:
Matches:39, Runs:2016, Avg:42.00,100/50s:4/15
Lower Middle Order of both teams are almost similar. Morgan and Raina had similar start to their careers, scoring maiden hundreds and then going through a lean patch. Whereas Dhoni and Prior are almost same although Dhoni is little agricultural in his approach. Might turn off purists
Thus its a Tie here.
Opening Bowlers
Zaheer Khan:
Matches:31, Wickets:129, Avg:28.60, Econ:3.23
Ishant Sharma:
Matches:30, Wickets:89, Avg:35.83, Econ:3.43
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James Anderson:
Matches:42, Wickets:169, Avg:28.96, Econ:3.11
Steven Finn:
Matches:12, Wickets:50, Avg:26.92, Econ:3.89
Zaheer and Jimmy have been the best fast bowlers in last few years and stats indicate it too. Both are pretty difficult to play with new ball and can swing it both ways. Both have ability to reverse the ball but Zaheer has masterd the art.
Other new ball bowlers Finn and Ishant are identical in their approach. Both off them are pretty tall. More than 6 foot 6 i guess. Both hits the deck and bowl on short of good length to get wickets. Finn so far has been very successful while Ishant Is menacing when ball seams around. (Punter can confirm that)
Thus New Ball attack of both team is similar thus another tie.
Change Up Bowler
Munaf Patel:
Matches:5, Wickets:9, Avg:56.11, Econ:3.38
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Stuart Broad:
Matches:36, Wickets:105, Avg:35.97, Econ:3.15
As a first change bowler Broad is miles better than Munaf. And he can chip in with the bat too. Thus England are clear winners here.
Spinner
Bhajji:
Matches:36, Wickets:155, Avg:34.90, Econ:2.86
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Swann:
Matches:31, Wickets:138, Avg:27.62, Econ:2.89
Swann is the best spinner in the world cricket and his stats show that too. On the other hand bhajji has performed slightly below the expectations. But in the same period Bhajji has scored 2 test hundreds too.
But we are talking about bowling here so Swann is the clear winner. Whereas Bhajji adds to team as a bowling allrounder and English batsmen are not the best players aof spin while Indians are who can negotiate Swann pretty well.
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Net Result: India:2 ,England:2