Ok Lillie can rate vishy over sunny (even sunny rated vishy above him)BUT it is astonishing he rated sunny as a mediocre. A player who has scored above 10000 runs and 34 centuries against all countries (home and abroad)against all kinds of bowling and wickets he was undoubtedly a great batsman. On the contrary I think dennis can be termed as a mediocre because he always fail miserably in the subcontinent wickets where there is no pace and bounce (e.g tour of Pakistan)He never came to India because there is no PERTH. I think Lillie's greatness must be scrutinized carefully. He is nowhere near the west indies quicks who all have always bowled ferociously against the subcontinent teams where the pitches are usually not conducive to pace and bounce. Sunil have scored 3 centuries against Jeff in 1977 in Australia. He has played only 3 tests against dennis and if the nasty decision have not gone against him he was going to score a big century. I am sure dennis will fail with if he came to India. I can't remember whether Glen Mcgrath (i rate him better than Lillie) has ever won a match against us with his fiery spell.
Ok Lillie can rate vishy over sunny (even sunny rated vishy above him)BUT it is astonishing he rated sunny as a mediocre. A player who has scored above 10000 runs and 34 centuries against all countries (home and abroad)against all kinds of bowling and wickets he was undoubtedly a great batsman. On the contrary I think dennis can be termed as a mediocre because he always fail miserably in the subcontinent wickets where there is no pace and bounce (e.g tour of Pakistan)He never came to India because there is no PERTH. I think Lillie's greatness must be scrutinized carefully. He is nowhere near the west indies quicks who all have always bowled ferociously against the subcontinent teams where the pitches are usually not conducive to pace and bounce. Sunil have scored 3 centuries against Jeff in 1977 in Australia. He has played only 3 tests against dennis and if the nasty decision have not gone against him he was going to score a big century. I am sure dennis will fail with if he came to India. I can't remember whether Glen Mcgrath (i rate him better than Lillie) has ever won a match against us with his fiery spell.
Ok Lillie can rate vishy over sunny (even sunny rated vishy above him)BUT it is astonishing he rated sunny as a mediocre. A player who has scored above 10000 runs and 34 centuries against all countries (home and abroad)against all kinds of bowling and wickets he was undoubtedly a great batsman. On the contrary I think dennis can be termed as a mediocre because he always fail miserably in the subcontinent wickets where there is no pace and bounce (e.g tour of Pakistan)He never came to India because there is no PERTH. I think Lillie's greatness must be scrutinized carefully. He is nowhere near the west indies quicks who all have always bowled ferociously against the subcontinent teams where the pitches are usually not conducive to pace and bounce. Sunil have scored 3 centuries against Jeff in 1977 in Australia. He has played only 3 tests against dennis and if the nasty decision have not gone against him he was going to score a big century. I am sure dennis will fail with if he came to India. I can't remember whether Glen Macgrath (i rate him better than Lillie) has ever won a match against us with his fiery spell.
Ok Lillie can rate vishy over sunny (even sunny rated vishy above him)BUT it is astonishing he rated sunny as a mediocre. A player who has scored above 10000 runs and 34 centuries against all countries (home and abroad)against all kinds of bowling and wickets he was undoubtedly a great batsman. On the contrary I think dennis can be termed as a mediocre because he always fail miserably in the subcontinent wickets where there is no pace and bounce (e.g tour of Pakistan)He never came to India because there is no PERTH. I think Lillie's greatness must be scrutinized carefully. He is nowhere near the west indies quicks who all have always bowled ferociously against the subcontinent teams where the pitches are usually not conducive to pace and bounce. Sunil have scored 3 centuries against Jeff in 1977 in Australia. He has played only 3 tests against dennis and if the nasty decision have not gone against him he was going to score a big century. I am sure dennis will fail with if he came to India. I can't remember whether Glen Macgrath (i rate him better than Lillie) has ever won a match against us with his fiery spell.
I don't think it is a coincidence that Lillee is making controversial comments about Indian players at the same time as releasing his autobiography. India is probably the biggest market for cricket books!
The Australian's opinions are always biased. While there is no doubt about the quality of Vishwanath it has been extremely difficult for any Indian batsman to surpass the class,consisteny and dedication of Sunil Gavaskar. Gavaskar remains the genius of all times.
I agree with LIleee's rating of Vishwanath as a better batsman compared to Gavaskar. Vish scored runs faster ,under difficult conditions and contributed to producing results. In Judging quality of batting, all these factors have to be considered and not runs alone.
