todays' batsman cant b compared with bradman at all. those days, there were no restrictions to bowler on bouncers, no lbw on ball pitched outside legstump, out of offstump line, drs, third ump benefit of doubt, etc. merely scoring quantity of runs cant make them quality runs! also runs scored on these dead pitches prepared specifically to allow tv viewers to get 5 full commercial viewership' days!
todays batsmen like clarke, amla, kallis, virat, bravo, smith, rahul are much better than bradman as they are playing against todays fast bowlers and flying fielders and so many rules.
Re: much better than
by S Shrikanth on Nov 23, 2012 08:01 PM
You can't compare the conditions. During Bradman days the wickets were not covered, they used to get wet during rains and dry in sunshine. The bowlers had full liberty to bowl they way they could. And the batsmen used to play with simple pads and gloves - No helmets, no chest pads or elbow pads.
You can not compare with the bulb edison invented after sole individual effort with the CFLs or LEDs which involved R&D teams comprising of thousands of engineers.
Re: much better than
by vinay on Nov 23, 2012 10:04 PM
wrong. todays' batsman cant b compared with bradman at all. those days, there were no restrictions to bowler on bouncers, no lbw on ball pitched outside legstump, out offstump line, drs, third ump benefit of doubt, etc. merely scoring quantity of runs cant make them quality runs!
Re: Re: much better than
by vinay on Nov 23, 2012 10:05 PM
more importantly, those dead pitches prepared specifically to allow tv viewers to get 5 full commercial viewership,
