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who were the fab -four of batting in test cricket in the decades of 90s???

not including kallis , ponting , dravid ganguly because they emerged in the end of 90s decade though the next decade of 2000s entirely belongs to them

in my opinion

the members of fab four of 90s could be
1)sachin 2) steve waugh 3)lara
who could be the 4th one??

azhar ud din/ sanath jayasuriya/ mark waugh/ inzi/ saeed anwar

or anyone else????

and who was the most successful one among all of them in test cricket
 
It was a fab 3. No one else was at their level. Inzi was far behind, and Azhar was inconsistent.

Sachin was easily the most "successful", although there are solid arguments for Lara and Waugh.
 
I think it should be a close call between Mark Waugh and Inzi. Although I haven't looked at any stat.

Sachin without any doubt was the most successful amongst all of them.
 
In odis sachin was in disputed champion but in test cricket during 90s I doubt
I guess steve waugh and lara were equally successful
 
1st Jan, 1990 till 31st Dec, 1999 in Tests (minus Zimbabwe)


Sachin - 59.38 (ave); 100's - 22; 100/innings ratio - 4.7

S. Waugh - 51.81 (ave); 100's - 17; 100/innings ratio - 8.35

Lara - 51.60 (ave); 100's - 13; 100/innings ratio - 8.61


People bringing Inzamam's name here, here is how he competes with those 3 -

Inzamam - 43.76 (ave); 100's - 7; 100/innings ratio - 11.57



P.S. All stats derived from Cricinfo.
 
Hitman said:
1st Jan, 1990 till 31st Dec, 1999 in Tests (minus Zimbabwe)


Sachin - 59.38 (ave); 100's - 22; 100/innings ratio - 4.7

S. Waugh - 51.81 (ave); 100's - 17; 100/innings ratio - 8.35

Lara - 51.60 (ave); 100's - 13; 100/innings ratio - 8.61


People bringing Inzamam's name here, here is how he competes with those 3 -

Inzamam - 43.76 (ave); 100's - 7; 100/innings ratio - 11.57



P.S. All stats derived from Cricinfo.
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Link: http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...0;spanval1=span;template=results;type=batting


Clear Daylight between Tendulkar and the next 3.
 
There was no Big Four, only Big Three.

Tendulkar, S. Waugh and Lara.
 
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SRT then some some gap followed by Lara in the test format. Others were not in the same league.

It was fab 2 if you want to call it.
 
Sachin and Lara were well ahead of the rest. Waugh was the best of the rest.
 
Hasan123 said:
Sachin and Lara were well ahead of the rest. Waugh was the best of the rest.
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They were all the best in their own way.
Tendulkar: Most runs, centuries, consistency at the top
Lara: Highest individual score, greatest player in 4th innings chase
Waugh: highest win % as captain, best in crisis, left a legacy in the AUS team
 
ManFan said:
They were all the best in their own way.
Tendulkar: Most runs, centuries, consistency at the top
Lara: Highest individual score, greatest player in 4th innings chase
Waugh: highest win % as captain, best in crisis, left a legacy in the AUS team
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All 3 had strengths but Lara and Sachin were superior players. I am fan of Waugh but Lara and Sachin were better.
 
Waugh was a senior player to Sachin and Lara I think. I would relate fab four with current ones and assume we are talking of players from similar age. Hence, its Tendulkar and Lara even though Lara was older but not senior to Sachin.
 
Hasan123 said:
All 3 had strengths but Lara and Sachin were superior players. I am fan of Waugh but Lara and Sachin were better.
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Overall yes but that is because Waugh only became a strict batsman at the mid-point of his career. He got into the team as an all-rounder and was part of the attack for quite a while.
 
Buffet said:
Waugh didn't really do that well in the first half of that decade.
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I don't think you have to perform throughout the decade to be considered. Waugh was brilliant from 94 onwards and played some of the best knocks of the decade - Lara himself wasn't as good in the second half of the decade as the first.

While Waugh wasn't as good as Tendulkar and Waugh, he was certainly better than everyone else of that era.
 
Mamoon said:
I don't think you have to perform throughout the decade to be considered. Waugh was brilliant from 94 onwards and played some of the best knocks of the decade - Lara himself wasn't as good in the second half of the decade as the first.

While Waugh wasn't as good as Tendulkar and Waugh, he was certainly better than everyone else of that era.
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I was thinking this entire Fab tag was for batsmen who were doing well from the start of the decade and ended as gun batsmen for entire 90s, otherwise Waugh was more than fantastic in the second half the decade.
 
I remember the 90s vividly, and it was always just the 2. There were times when Mark Waugh was mentioned with them, and there were times when Steve was mentioned. But really it was Sachin and Lara.
 
Lara and Tendulkar

Steve was the third best batsman of the 90s but he never had that GOAT touch.
 
Were there really ever a Fab Four in 90's as I remember the whole Fab Four thing started with Indian middle order in mid 2000's. As far as 90's are concerned there Tendulkar then Lara a bit behind and that was that.
 
In odi cricket Saeed anwar and sachib record was almost neck to neck with sachin slightly higher.anwar deserves to be part of fab four of odis. Can anyone put Odi stats of sachin vs anwar?
 
During the Decade of 90s Saeed anwar and sachin record was quite similar. Till 1999 anwar has 15 odi centuries and sachin had 17 and Desmond Haynes was holding the record of most centuries in odi i guess 17 or 18
 
Ahmad Shah said:
In odi cricket Saeed anwar and sachib record was almost neck to neck with sachin slightly higher.anwar deserves to be part of fab four of odis. Can anyone put Odi stats of sachin vs anwar?
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Tendulkar - 43 @ 87
Anwar - 41 @ 83

This also includes Tendulkar's teenage years where he was batting in the middle order though.

As openers -

Tendulkar - 49 @ 91
Anwar - 42 @ 83

No real competition tbh. (Also given that Anwar had quite a few matches against the pathetic Indian attack, whereas Tendulkar never got that.)
 
Ahmad Shah said:
In odi cricket Saeed anwar and sachib record was almost neck to neck with sachin slightly higher.anwar deserves to be part of fab four of odis. Can anyone put Odi stats of sachin vs anwar?
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To keep it even, I'll select stats from when they were the same age.

Sachin between ages 22-26 (1995-1999): 46.48 AVG at 86.23 SR (17 100s, 22 50s)

Anwar between ages 22-26 (1990-1994): 37.97 AVG at 79.31 SR (5 100s, 6 50s)

I tried to check different age groups to see if I was accidentally manipulating stats but it was generally the same. Sachin was so good, he was better than Anwar even if you include stats from when he was 17!

Incredible batsman.

But Anwar was a genius in his own right.
 
Ahmad Shah said:
In odi cricket Saeed anwar and sachib record was almost neck to neck with sachin slightly higher.anwar deserves to be part of fab four of odis. Can anyone put Odi stats of sachin vs anwar?
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1st Jan, 1990 till 31st Dec, 1999 in ODI's -


Anwar - 178 (innings); 6664 Runs; Ave - 40.63; 100's - 17; SR - 83.05


Sachin - 221 (innings); 8571 Runs; Ave - 43.07; 100's - 24; SR - 86.81


Point to be noted here, Sachin started opening since 1994. Prior to that he batted at around 5 or 6.
 
Ahmad Shah said:
During the Decade of 90s Saeed anwar and sachin record was quite similar. Till 1999 anwar has 15 odi centuries and sachin had 17 and Desmond Haynes was holding the record of most centuries in odi i guess 17 or 18
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Anwar gave Sachin a tough competition in number of centuries, but Sachin was well ahead of him in terms of scoring runs.
 
Hitman said:
1st Jan, 1990 till 31st Dec, 1999 in Tests (minus Zimbabwe)


Sachin - 59.38 (ave); 100's - 22; 100/innings ratio - 4.7

S. Waugh - 51.81 (ave); 100's - 17; 100/innings ratio - 8.35

Lara - 51.60 (ave); 100's - 13; 100/innings ratio - 8.61


People bringing Inzamam's name here, here is how he competes with those 3 -

Inzamam - 43.76 (ave); 100's - 7; 100/innings ratio - 11.57



P.S. All stats derived from Cricinfo.
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Tendulkar post-2004 was different from the monster he was in the 90s. Even in ODIs, he was batting at an SR of 85+ when 75 was considered aggressive. He was de Villiers without the chickening out and unnecessary cutesy shots.
 
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If I needed someone to bat for my life I would appoint Tugga.

If my team was in a really bad position and needed a miracle I’d want Lara.
 
Toaster said:
Anwar gave Sachin a tough competition in number of centuries, but Sachin was well ahead of him in terms of scoring runs.
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If I remember correctly, Anwar led Sachin in 100's tally till 1997, and then in 1998 Sachin zoomed passed Anwar and created a huge gap.
 
Hasan123 said:
Sachin and Lara were well ahead of the rest. Waugh was the best of the rest.
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This post sums it well.Sachin and Lara were miles ahead of others.Waugh was not a fabulous batsman,he had few limitations in his game but he managed to do well by virtue of shear determination and never say die attitude
 
Mainul said:
This post sums it well.Sachin and Lara were miles ahead of others.Waugh was not a fabulous batsman,he had few limitations in his game but he managed to do well by virtue of shear determination and never say die attitude
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He was able to take all the blows on his body when he made that 200. Whole body was red he claimed. It was superior determination nothing more. Mark was more talented among the brothers. But he was more a flair player. He never bothered to construct innings without risks.
 
The 90s had the fab three, roughly equal. Waugh bettered the most great bowlers and blunted his way to the most wins and did well oversees, but was less flashy, more limited and had less shots. Lara had great patience and the most shots, skill, aggression and extra gears, but was vulnerable early on and was often too aggressive for his own good, and even uninterested in cricket for long periods. Tendulkar was the stylistic middle ground between the two, compact, focused, reliable, textbut lacked the killer instinct and extra oomphs of both and statistically benefited from long 5 test tours vs weak Lankans and lots of subcon games.

In the 90s, the other big names to neutrals were Inzie, De Silvia and Jayasuriya. We weren't that stat obsessed in those pre-internet days, so they (erroneously) seemed to be larger than life characters on par with the best.
 
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