i havent seen prasanna bowl but definitely over the last 20 yrs australia and england have become much better players of spin bowling. when prasanna used to play spin bowling was in its infancy and batsmen had just started to adapt to it. I am sure that if the quartet played today they will take less than half of the wickets they took against aus and england..West Indies is a different story all together.. He has no right in telling murali is not a great off spinner with the tremondous success he has achieved.
RE:murali is great
by Balaji Krishnamurthy on Aug 30, 2007 07:51 PM
Sorry. Spin bowling is as old as cricket. There were other great offspinners before Prasanna. One example is Laker. I cant think of others offhand. England don't play spin well. They are getting away with their improved bats. As regards Australia, they were always weak against good offspin. I don't know what you know of the history of cricket. Prasanna played in the 1960s and 70s. Test cricket is being played since 1877. The googly was invented in 1895. If spin was in its infancy in the 1960s and 70s, it took a long time growing up.
RE:murali is great
by chinna rao on Jul 10, 2007 06:01 PM
if u havent seen pras then why make a comment here? Dont just make a comment by thinking,guessing aussies are better now.
RE:prasanna has lost his mind
by ankita parvatikar on Jul 10, 2007 05:23 PM
I fully agree with you. We acknowledge that Prasanna was one of our great off spinners. But to say that Murali is not good is absolutely shocking. Murali, any day is better than Prasanna. Come on Prasanna, do not envy great talent. You were good. But Murali is the best.
RE:RE:prasanna has lost his mind
by Venugopalan on Jul 10, 2007 05:39 PM
You can have your own opinion and your own ideas. Why should Prasanna envy Murli?? It is enough to know worlds bestmen consider Pras as one of the greatest, without any controversies whatsoever. His record is spotless like his bowling action.
RE:RE:prasanna has lost his mind
by chinna rao on Jul 10, 2007 05:49 PM
hey u suck. who the hell calls Murali a spinner? Hes a chucker and its all due to Dalmia he cleared Murali,Shoaib,Bret Lee, Kyle Mills when he was at the helm of ICC. Pras was the greatest spinner, more knowledgeble than u, when he says just agree with him. Hes not empty minded.
RE:RE:prasanna has lost his mind
by Navin Agarwal on Jul 10, 2007 05:41 PM
Well..I guess Prasanna meant here that Muralitharan is not an off-spinner but a 'doosra' bowler. Murali gets most of his wickets with deliveries that goes the other way and is not a conventional off-spinner. - Navin
RE:RE:prasanna has lost his mind
by Santosh Kashid on Jul 10, 2007 05:41 PM
Have u seen Prasanna bowl? How cld u say that he's just good? Baby... Just make it count that in 49 tests 189 wickets, still u think Murli is best? He's good. But i guess Prasanna's records speak for him... It is ritely said Cricket is Gentle'Men's game not ur cup of tea baby...
RE:RE:RE:prasanna has lost his mind
by chinna rao on Jul 10, 2007 05:52 PM
ur nothing but an idiot of the highest order who has never seen Pras bowl. Ur 1 of those silly news channel reporters who go by stats not skill. In those days test matches were very few in year. and tests were playes only in season and not like murali who plays all round the year
