to watch.. he was very compact and had lot of grace in his batting. Much the similar way like the Indian Sanjay Manjrekar had - although Manjrekar was terrible under achiever
Re: Martin Crowe was one the most attractive batsmen
by Dummy on May 20, 2011 12:04 PM
Muhammed, he was the most stylish bastman, remembers me Vengsarkar,Denial Martin,Salim Malik,Allan Lamb.
People have been talking about Martin Crowe as a batsman. Yes, he was a very good bastman of his era. What many of us dont know is his captaincy skills. During the worldcup in 1992, he was the one who has started this concept of pinch hitting in the first 15 overs. He sent Mark Greatbach, who was a typical test batsmen, to open the innings and donne the pinch hitting role in the first 15 overs. Later, it was followed by others like Sanath Jayasurya and Kaluwitherna in the 1996 world cup from where it became popular. He was the one to have started opening the bowling with a spinner (the bowler was Dipak Patel). This off late has been followed by many captains, not to forget Dhoni opening the CSK bowling with Ashwin. So, he had some really great ideas that time, which have been followed by the later generation captains.
Re: Re: Martin the Captain
by Abhay Kumar on May 20, 2011 01:34 AM
Srikanth was not a pinch hitter as pinch Hitter is expected from a Batsman. I dont think Srikanth was a batsman..Just a Fool joker..he is showing his Skill as a Selector..
Re: Re: Re: Martin the Captain
by vishnu mittal on May 20, 2011 08:44 AM
Yes, his selection won world cup, he also was part of 1983 world cup, He was a aggressive player like today sehwag.
Re: Martin the Captain
by vikadakavi on May 20, 2011 09:11 AM
The great captaincy you are waxing eloquent about helped him and his team NZ to work magic or wonders in the odd (square, rectangular etc.) shaped small sized stadia of New Zealand and reach the semi final.
The moment his team travelled to Australia to play the semi final in normal sized stadium, his team flopped.
In my view and in the view of knowledgeable cricket fans, Stephen Fleming was the greatest ever captain NZ had in the last 30-40 years. He moulded a team of ordinary players with ordinary ability to bat, bowl and field into a force to reckon with atleast in one dayers.
Re: MC the great!!!
by Arijit Chaudhury on May 20, 2011 11:40 AM
what better he has done to be remembered forever? please check the record book if u r stat crazy and if not then check the facts. In any case u will find ur 'M00ther Ch00d' is nothing but a above average NZ player. Yes if u hate bengali then u r right.....
Re: Ganguly vs Crowe
by anaida raza on May 19, 2011 07:29 PM
True even Martin has better test average than Dada he played at times of Lilee Thommo Holding Imran Waqar,Garner Marshall etc. poor guy does not know how clean striker of ball Crowe was.
Dada is younger fitter and was really never out of active cricket. Moreover, his unmatchable leadership qualities is an added asset. Dhoni is lucky that he has the most talented side to lead unlike Ganguly. Perhaps he has very powerful adverseries in BCCI that he is inexplicably been out of team India.
Re: Dada is special
by pradeep kumar on May 19, 2011 07:53 PM
So is Azhar before Ganguli.Ganguli had better and talented side than Azhar.Before Ganguli he was most successful captain of India.
