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But in the end he has a very mediocre record against Australia.
People only remember the 270 odd at Eden Gardens.
It's hard not to rate a bloke who hits 200 against you.
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But in the end he has a very mediocre record against Australia.
People only remember the 270 odd at Eden Gardens.
It's hard not to rate a bloke who hits 200 against you.
Laxman scored that 270 odd, not Dravid. I'm speaking of Dravid. I do know you guys do rate Laxman.
233 then
Point remains.
Dravid's also not as hyped.
Australians do react against hyped up players when they don't perform.
You're free to disagree with the reasoning but the point remains that Australian's don't rate Donald as a great bowler.
233 then
Point remains.
Dravid's also not as hyped.
Australians do react against hyped up players when they don't perform.
You're free to disagree with the reasoning but the point remains that Australian's don't rate Donald as a great bowler.
Dravid scored 180 odd in the 2nd innings of that match at Eden, he didn't get a double hundred in that match.
Alright, whom do you consider as the best batsman and best bowler against Australia during your lifetime? This question goes to both you and Random Aussie.
So according to theory of not performing against a certain team.. Indians should not rate Warne then?
Ambrose the best bowler.
Lara the best bat.
Good picks. Richard Hadlee was another genius bowler against Australia.
So according to theory of not performing against a certain team.. Indians should not rate Warne then? And Donald averages 28 in Australia which isn't bad at all.
I'm too young for Hadlee unfortunately.
People who have such logic amaze me. so by that reckoning should we say Warne was a hack because he was not much chop against the indians?
Steyn for me. The way he is going, looks headed to the 500 wickets club in the next 4-5 years. Already an ATG with his great record.
Pidgeon was a freak.
I can understand the Aussie sentiment here. Many Indians do not rate Ponting for one important reason. He played very ordinary in India. (The other reason should be obvious !)
McGrath and Donald came trumps against sachin.
Mcgrath won it testing Sachin's patience. While Donald, like skill full chess player used to simply outplay Sachin.
Tendu averaged 37 vs Mcgrath.
(Saeed Anwar averaged 61)
Tendu averaged 33 vs Donald.
(Azhar Mahmood averaged 76)
Tendu averaged 37 vs Mcgrath.
(Saeed Anwar averaged 61)
Tendu averaged 33 vs Donald.
(Azhar Mahmood averaged 76)
Sample size for Anwar and Azhar are very low, to be even considered to be rated alongside Tendulkar. Tendulkar played 36 tests against the Aussies while Saeed played eight and Mahmood five.
True, but I'm pretty sure that Steyn won't be talking up HafeezBowlers tend to big up players they were successful against. ..![]()
True, but I'm pretty sure that Steyn won't be talking up Hafeez![]()

True, but I'm pretty sure that Steyn won't be talking up Hafeez![]()
Well this is what i got stats for Lara involving Mcgrath or Donald. Not sure How MR_khan_JI pulled it out against individual player@ Khan_ji.. It will be interesting to see what Lara averaged against the two (mcgrath and Donald). Can you dig out that please.
PS: Its is for Donal MCgrat comparison only![]()
Ambrose the best bowler.
Lara the best bat.
I can understand the Aussie sentiment here. Many Indians do not rate Ponting for one important reason. He played very ordinary in India. (The other reason should be obvious !)
@ Khan_ji.. It will be interesting to see what Lara averaged against the two (mcgrath and Donald). Can you dig out that please.
PS: Its is for Donal MCgrat comparison only![]()
Yeah agree. Hadlee has claims but that's based on one epic series, Curtly killed us his whole career.
And Lara, although Tendy more consistent, because he pulled out some astonishing knocks against us and in particular single handedly drew a series in 1999 against a very good Aussie team. That 153* is the best knock I have seen, given the context and the bowlers.
Thats a bit undeliverable because he scored 2856 in total against Aussies. Not sure if querry is giving correct results vis a vis individual playerLara scored 2000 runs at 48 vs mcgrath. Inc 6 centuries.
Astonishing stats.
Averaged 34 vs Donald.
^ That is ashtonishing.
This is Mcgraths overall record against WI
1995-2005 23 46 912.3 287 2132 110 6/17 10/27 19.38 2.33 49.7 8 2
lara againt Ausiies
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1992-2005 31 2856 277 51.00 9 0 - - 0 34 0
1995-2005 26 2390 226 49.79 8 - - - - 28 0
I find it hard to belive that off 2390 runs he scored against Aussies 2000 came against Mcgrath
or
Off 2132 runs Mcgrath gave to Westindies, He gave away 2000 runs to Lara...
I have been reading PP for many years now and I always thought that you rated Tendulkar the best batsman you ever saw. Who's your unbiased pick between Tendulkar and Lara, not just against Australia, but overall as batsmen?
I would say Steyn is much better than Donald, Donald bowled in much bowler friendly wickets to Steyn and Steyn still has better stats. Only bowler slightly better than Steyn is Mcgrath and Mcgrath is the greatest fast bowler of all time....
Do you judge a fast bowler by:
A) His peak
B) His declining years, or
C) The length of his peak?
If you include their declining years, you rule out short bowlers like Steyn and Waqar who aren't tall enough to tie the batsmen down with lift once they lose their pace.
Steyn for his best 8 years was better than Donald for his best 8 years.
But Donald once his pace was down in the low-mid 130's was better than Steyn is at this equivalent point.
not much to choose between them. Donald faced far brilliant batsmen
No he didn't.
Let's compare batting lineups Donald and Steyn bowled to.
Australia : Donald had to bowl to the Waughs, early Ponting, Gilchrist, Slater etc. Steyn bowled to late Ponting, Clarke, Warner, Smith. Donald had the toughest ask here, no doubt.
India : In Donald's time, India were a mediocre batting lineup. Only Tendulkar consistently stood up when it came to overseas tests. Azharuddin was a good player, but the other legends like Dravid, VVS etc were not established players. While in 2000s, Steyn had to bowl to Sachin, Dravid, Sehwag, VVS, Gambhir, and recently to Kohli, Rahane. Steyn easily wins here.
SL : For Donald, Apart from Aravinda , not a single truly great batsman in the team. Steyn had to bowl to peak Sanga, Mahela, Samaraweera (beast player at home). Steyn wins here too.
England : Very poor team in the 90s. Thorpe and Stewart were very good but the rest were mediocre. Steyn faced England's best lineup in decades. Cook, KP, Bell, Trott, all very good players. Easily better than the 90s class which had the likes of Hick Ramprakash and Crawley.
NZ: Again, a very very mediocre side. Fleming and Richardson were good but the rest very poor. In Steyn's Era, NZ have had two of their top 3 batsmen of all time: Williamson and Taylor. Steyn wins again.
WI : Both poor lineups with one great batsman (Lara in Donald Era and Chanderpaul in Steyn era). But 90s lineup was definitely still better. So Donald here.
Pakistan : Pretty clear that in Donald's career, which ended in 2001, none of inzi, yousuf and Younis were St their peak. Anwar was world class. In Steyn Era, Pakistan have had peak Younis and Misbah. This is close, so I'll say it's a tie.
Overall, I'd say Steyn has bowled to better batting lineups on the whole. It's easy to forget that while 90s had ATG batsmen in Sachin Lara and Waugh, there were lots of mediocre batting lineups (NZ, SL, England)
Fair enough, but still Dale Steyn didn't fare well against the best batsmen of this generation. He was made to look like an ordinary bowler by Kevin Pietersen in a Test match in England, where he smashed him mercilessly. Even the fading Sachin dominated him.
KP had one good day against him and Sachin didn't ever 'dominate' him. Steyn vs Sachin was always a very evenly matched contest. Two greats who each had their moments against each other.
Yes.Don't know why Donald is rated highly. He was a good bowler but the way he is rated on pp one might believe he is an atg .
Test cricket - 330 wickets; Ave - 22.25; SR - 47
ODI cricket - 272 wickets; Ave - 21.78; SR - 31.4
All that after he lost a lot of years of his career and could make his debut at the age of 26 due to 'Apartheid'. He is not an ATG?
No he didn't.
Let's compare batting lineups Donald and Steyn bowled to.
Australia : Donald had to bowl to the Waughs, early Ponting, Gilchrist, Slater etc. Steyn bowled to late Ponting, Clarke, Warner, Smith. Donald had the toughest ask here, no doubt.
India : In Donald's time, India were a mediocre batting lineup. Only Tendulkar consistently stood up when it came to overseas tests. Azharuddin was a good player, but the other legends like Dravid, VVS etc were not established players. While in 2000s, Steyn had to bowl to Sachin, Dravid, Sehwag, VVS, Gambhir, and recently to Kohli, Rahane. Steyn easily wins here.
SL : For Donald, Apart from Aravinda , not a single truly great batsman in the team. Steyn had to bowl to peak Sanga, Mahela, Samaraweera (beast player at home). Steyn wins here too.
England : Very poor team in the 90s. Thorpe and Stewart were very good but the rest were mediocre. Steyn faced England's best lineup in decades. Cook, KP, Bell, Trott, all very good players. Easily better than the 90s class which had the likes of Hick Ramprakash and Crawley.
NZ: Again, a very very mediocre side. Fleming and Richardson were good but the rest very poor. In Steyn's Era, NZ have had two of their top 3 batsmen of all time: Williamson and Taylor. Steyn wins again.
WI : Both poor lineups with one great batsman (Lara in Donald Era and Chanderpaul in Steyn era). But 90s lineup was definitely still better. So Donald here.
Pakistan : Pretty clear that in Donald's career, which ended in 2001, none of inzi, yousuf and Younis were St their peak. Anwar was world class. In Steyn Era, Pakistan have had peak Younis and Misbah. This is close, so I'll say it's a tie.
Overall, I'd say Steyn has bowled to better batting lineups on the whole. It's easy to forget that while 90s had ATG batsmen in Sachin Lara and Waugh, there were lots of mediocre batting lineups (NZ, SL, England)

No he didn't.
Let's compare batting lineups Donald and Steyn bowled to.
Australia : Donald had to bowl to the Waughs, early Ponting, Gilchrist, Slater etc. Steyn bowled to late Ponting, Clarke, Warner, Smith. Donald had the toughest ask here, no doubt.
India : In Donald's time, India were a mediocre batting lineup. Only Tendulkar consistently stood up when it came to overseas tests. Azharuddin was a good player, but the other legends like Dravid, VVS etc were not established players. While in 2000s, Steyn had to bowl to Sachin, Dravid, Sehwag, VVS, Gambhir, and recently to Kohli, Rahane. Steyn easily wins here.
SL : For Donald, Apart from Aravinda , not a single truly great batsman in the team. Steyn had to bowl to peak Sanga, Mahela, Samaraweera (beast player at home). Steyn wins here too.
England : Very poor team in the 90s. Thorpe and Stewart were very good but the rest were mediocre. Steyn faced England's best lineup in decades. Cook, KP, Bell, Trott, all very good players. Easily better than the 90s class which had the likes of Hick Ramprakash and Crawley.
NZ: Again, a very very mediocre side. Fleming and Richardson were good but the rest very poor. In Steyn's Era, NZ have had two of their top 3 batsmen of all time: Williamson and Taylor. Steyn wins again.
WI : Both poor lineups with one great batsman (Lara in Donald Era and Chanderpaul in Steyn era). But 90s lineup was definitely still better. So Donald here.
Pakistan : Pretty clear that in Donald's career, which ended in 2001, none of inzi, yousuf and Younis were St their peak. Anwar was world class. In Steyn Era, Pakistan have had peak Younis and Misbah. This is close, so I'll say it's a tie.
Overall, I'd say Steyn has bowled to better batting lineups on the whole. It's easy to forget that while 90s had ATG batsmen in Sachin Lara and Waugh, there were lots of mediocre batting lineups (NZ, SL, England)