In the other thread I came across a discussion where Azhar was hailed as the second world class batsman in India during 90s. I felt in order not to derail that thread further, a new thread can be opened.
Just want to have your view on what you feel about him.
IMO, he was a good but not world class batsman, and lesser than Anwar, Inzy etc. Here is his Test record against various top teams of 90s.
I am only including his 90s performance (1990-end of his career) in Test matches. Following are his averages against various teams:
Aus : 38 (21 in Aus)
SA : 41 (23 in SA)
Pak : 23 (didn't play in Pakistan in 90s)
WI : 24 (12 in WI )
Eng : 52 (46 in Eng) only respectable away performance against a reasonable Test attack.
Stats don't always give a true picture.. but average of 20s in Test matches against Pak/WI and in Aus/SA surely give a hint.
One has to watch something really special to prove the above stats didn't give clear picture for the real class of Azhar.
Having said that, he bullied the NZ and SL attacks and averaged 70 and 60 respectively against them.
Just want to have your view on what you feel about him.
IMO, he was a good but not world class batsman, and lesser than Anwar, Inzy etc. Here is his Test record against various top teams of 90s.
I am only including his 90s performance (1990-end of his career) in Test matches. Following are his averages against various teams:
Aus : 38 (21 in Aus)
SA : 41 (23 in SA)
Pak : 23 (didn't play in Pakistan in 90s)
WI : 24 (12 in WI )
Eng : 52 (46 in Eng) only respectable away performance against a reasonable Test attack.
Stats don't always give a true picture.. but average of 20s in Test matches against Pak/WI and in Aus/SA surely give a hint.
One has to watch something really special to prove the above stats didn't give clear picture for the real class of Azhar.
Having said that, he bullied the NZ and SL attacks and averaged 70 and 60 respectively against them.
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