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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #165 on: March 10, 2018, 03:11:49 PM »
Quite.  He's been somewhat underbowled today.
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« Reply #166 on: March 10, 2018, 03:49:40 PM »
A nice little partnership between AB and Phillander to end the day.
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« Reply #167 on: March 10, 2018, 06:09:00 PM »
I don't care what the rankings say or what x y z averages, de Villiers is the best batsman in the world. He's different gravy.
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #168 on: March 10, 2018, 06:11:30 PM »
Quote from: Mister Le Chiffre on March 10, 2018, 06:09:00 PM
I don't care what the rankings say or what x y z averages, de Villiers is the best batsman in the world. He's different gravy.

What about kohli?
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #169 on: March 10, 2018, 06:15:07 PM »
Quote from: alexhilly1492 on March 10, 2018, 06:11:30 PM
What about kohli?
de Villiers is better. Kohli plays for stats imo
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #170 on: March 10, 2018, 06:22:39 PM »
AB just makes it look so simple

I agree re Kohli, all about the stats and his own personal milestones
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #171 on: March 10, 2018, 06:24:39 PM »
Quote from: cricketbadger on March 10, 2018, 06:22:39 PM
AB just makes it look so simple

I agree re Kohli, all about the stats and his own personal milestones
Kohli learnt from his idol Sachin...
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #172 on: March 10, 2018, 06:48:31 PM »
Quote from: Mister Le Chiffre on March 10, 2018, 06:09:00 PM
I don't care what the rankings say or what x y z averages, de Villiers is the best batsman in the world. He's different gravy.

Tend to agree - he reminds me of Barry Richards, in that you often feel that he will get out when he has run out of ways to do stuff noone else can and not before.  He and Bairstow are the only players in world cricket who always look like they are batting on their own personal pitches rather than the one everyone else is playing on, and that is something very different to the run hungry like of Kohli, Smith, Pujara etc.
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #173 on: March 10, 2018, 08:20:42 PM »
Quote from: Manormanic on March 10, 2018, 06:48:31 PM
Tend to agree - he reminds me of Barry Richards, in that you often feel that he will get out when he has run out of ways to do stuff noone else can and not before.  He and Bairstow are the only players in world cricket who always look like they are batting on their own personal pitches rather than the one everyone else is playing on, and that is something very different to the run hungry like of Kohli, Smith, Pujara etc.

Bairstow???? Having a laugh mate
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #174 on: March 10, 2018, 08:52:24 PM »
Quote from: csnew on March 10, 2018, 08:20:42 PM
Bairstow???? Having a laugh mate

Nope, stating the truth.
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #175 on: March 10, 2018, 08:57:34 PM »
You can add Gary Ballance to your list too.

He usually looks like everyone else is batting on a shirtfront and he's in an onion field.
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #176 on: March 10, 2018, 10:15:19 PM »
When de Villiers is batting it's reminiscent of a peak Michael Jordan or Ayrton Senna. It's like a different level of greatness.

Smith, Kohli, Root and Williamson are all very much great but for my money de Villiers is a level above. Again feel free to disagree but the game will be much poorer when he departs.
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« Reply #177 on: March 11, 2018, 12:00:29 AM »
I think I get that vibe from De Villiers and Kohli, more from how stylish they are in the middle too.
Root and Williamson look pretty but conventional, Smith looks like a spaghetti man playing cricket... but Kohli and De Villiers look like cricket's Maradona/Pele equivalents at the moment. Great to watch.
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #178 on: March 11, 2018, 03:15:06 AM »
Quote from: Mister Le Chiffre on March 10, 2018, 06:15:07 PM
de Villiers is better. Kohli plays for stats imo

It is AB's record outside of his home conditions which makes him the better player in my opinion. Kohli's record is heavily distorted by his record at home on flat decks.
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Re: Sa vs aus
« Reply #179 on: March 11, 2018, 06:31:19 AM »
But what about Kohli’s record on determining the outcome of a game.?
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