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@aze3msiddiqui Eng was pondering inviting Pakistan for a 5 match series just a few months ago.

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@ParayYasirfx Yeah, but it wont be the same if he averages 48 by the time he gets there. He's already played almost as many innings as Sachin did.

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@VAAChandran Yeah, its a combination of more frequent greener decks (especially in Aus), more pronounced kookaburra seam, wobble seam delivery (the most important factor imo) and also rank turners becoming more common in Ind.

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@ben_mummery No one really understands exactly what value an elite keeper adds to a test team. Its probably more worth than 10 extra runs. But since there's been zero research or analysis done into this, most teams simply pick the better batter

As long as it's not quantified, it won't change

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@JamieMagill5 Point is, its not nothing. If it'd come on batting paradises where his teammates were piling on hundreds, I'd not take it that seriously. But as things are, its worth noting. His technique is suited more for this position than Bethell's (who is more of a #5 or #6)

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@JamieMagill5 Batting at 3 in seaming conditions is tough almost regardless of the attack you're facing as long as they're remotely test level. Abbas is undoubtedly one of the best going around too. And Cox has outscored all of his teammates from #3 which is the hardest position of all.

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@CricketTrend309 @40minsOfBadCric Not talking about ODIs here. Just tests.

In ODIs, Virat is top 3 alongside Viv and ABD.

In tests, he's behind Sachin, Dravid and Gavaskar.

As for Bumrah, he's already ATG. It'll help if he gets to 300 wickets, but already top 5 test seamer for me all-time

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@michelappleton NZ improving each decade, going from 0.7 to 1 to 1.7.

Weak decade from Ind after being dominant in 2010s.

Aus win a lot, but no notable away series wins in this era. Probably only gets worse for them from here seeing that a lot of players are aging out.

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@FullBackMaestro He's not completely airtight. I actually think KL is more technically compact, but Gill more than makes up for it in terms of his scoring abilities. If he gets a start, he's usually going to go big and at a good click.

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@lebstabru Wobble seam has made test cricket a lot less fun to watch. Without that delivery these 120kmph would be completely toothless, no matter how accurate they are.

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@JNSports1 I think that's generally true. But a couple of tours Ind have done there have seen unusually green pitches. Especially a tour in the 2000s. That has led a lot of Indian fans to think NZ only has green seaming wickets, when in reality they're generally quite flat.

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@DanQayyum @shoaib100mph @BrettLee_58 Ofc only international quality batters can read those kind of cues and process them into meaningful information. For a normal person, it'd probably be just as scary as the bowling machine

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@DanQayyum @shoaib100mph @BrettLee_58 Its actually harder facing a bowling machine than the actual bowler even at the same pace because you get a lot of cues from the bowler even before the ball is delivered. His grip during the run-up, wrist action during release, field set up etc.

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@torkhan @Happydays99X Based on what? India is barely above replacement TFR, and the more developed states like Kerala have a TFR worse than east Asia.

Population exploded in the 60s and 70s due to green revolution but will start declining in the next decade.

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@UpTheVile @Alasdair333 I don't know why you'd suggest that. He entered his peak while he was still a captain and the team was falling apart around him back in early 2020s. That peak is pretty much still going on, unless this is the beginning of the end (which I doubt).

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@weymarplanet My current favorite active cricketers from each country

🇳🇿 Will O'Rourke
🇿🇼 Brian Bennett
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh Tongue
🇿🇦 Kagiso Rabada
🇵🇰 Sajid Khan
🇮🇪 Jai Moondra
🇦🇺 Josh Hazlewood
🇮🇳 KL Rahul
🌴 Jayden Seales
🇱🇰 Pathum Nissanka
🇧🇩 Nahid Rana

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@roomiwagon305 This is only for active batters. Take another look. The batsmen in the diagram are taken from ICC rankings of each format.

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@Final_Word_Pod I think he'll go past Sachin. Whether he'll be averaging over 50 by that time is another question.

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@Bilkl_ricks_nai One of the worst cricketing takes I've read in a while. A lot of people just mean nostalgia merchant when they say they're a "test cricket enthusiast."

Tongue is potentially generational.