Fire in Babylon
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ttingly frightening!I so want to go and see this film....when you think the Windies had those guys and the like of Khan, Dev, Hadlee and Botham were all earning a living too you realise how modern day batting averages need a massive haircut to be compared with guys playing against those guys. I wonder if Matt Hayden would have averaged 50 if he'd been playing in the 80's ?!?!?!
This is why I think it's all but impossible to compare eras, just accept the champions for what they without a doubt were in their times.
Remember it wasn't all that long ago that in England the bowlers runups were covered and the batting surface left to turn into a blancmange, he wasn't called deadly Derek for no reason. Try batting some time on a pitch that has been rained on for 24 hours and then gets a couple of hours of sun to dry the outfield and the ump calls play.
Obviously a bit of hometown bias but Bradman does stand absolutely huge on the landscape and the rest were champions of their time.
Remember it wasn't all that long ago that in England the bowlers runups were covered and the batting surface left to turn into a blancmange, he wasn't called deadly Derek for no reason. Try batting some time on a pitch that has been rained on for 24 hours and then gets a couple of hours of sun to dry the outfield and the ump calls play.
Obviously a bit of hometown bias but Bradman does stand absolutely huge on the landscape and the rest were champions of their time.
suthol said:
Obviously a bit of hometown bias but Bradman does stand absolutely huge on the landscape and the rest were champions of their time.
Indeed. Greatest sportsman the world has ever seen ? The fact his average is twice as good as anyone else that has ever played the game bar about maybe 20 people who average maybe 60% of what he did is without compare in any other sport. Gassing Station | Sports | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff