aussie_ben91
School Cricketer
Greenidge and De Freitas aren't icons of the game and Graeme Pollock hardly even played any International cricket. :I have to disagree once more, there aren't many batsmen from this era that will be remembered for generations to come, Ponting and Tendulkar are probably the only 2, possibly Pietersen if he regains his dominating form. All the icons of the game come from the past era, and players like Bradman, Richards, Graeme Pollock, Botham, Benaud, Allan Donald, Holding, Marshall, Garner, Greenidge, Imran, Dev, Hadlee, Border, De Freitas, Lillee, Thomson. The standard of cricketers was far higher in the past eras. The competition was far higher, and the sheer amount of world class players was far higher than the amount today. I struggle to see how the game is more skilled now, the element of danger in the past era, and the sheer pace of the fast bowlers meant that batsmen had to have no fear, Richards has said that he was hit in the face a few times by the quickies. He got injured but battled on, the players in the past generations were far stronger and more willing to bowl long spells and take a battering. Ian Botham bowled a whole day long spell in India, you wouldn't see a Lee or Steyn doing that today.
You haven't added anything in this arguement, you've said a few things and I've replyed back and you dwifted away until someone else posted.The facts are on the table, you are just choosing to ignore them. Manee's provided the stats from the 75 and 76 competition already in this thread, and it was ignored, and you still claim that the bowlers didn't reach the speeds that they were measured at. You can choose to ignore the facts all you want, as that's all you seem to be doing at the moment. I've not seen any hard evidence to back up any of your points thus far, you're just passing your opinion off as fact. At least myself and Manee have been providing stats and figures to back up our points. Maybe we'd start to consider your argument if you actually gave facts and didn't go about this discussion in an arrogant and dismissive manner.
Everything you are saying is completely unrealistic, if your theory was the case then bowlers would have bowling averages of under 10 and a batting average of over 30 would be enormous. You make players from the past sound like robots who were invinciable and could do no wrong.
You obviously can't accept the concept of evolution.