Quality of bowling then and now: Sanjay Manjrekar

[Ankit_sharma03]

 

One of the rare occasions when i agree with him

 

 

 

[SK_IH]

53 minutes ago, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

One of the rare occasions when i agree with him

 

 

 

You should read his book, that's a pretty good read. Very honest assessment of his career and Indian cricket in those times.

[Rightarmfast]

On 6/22/2020 at 8:37 PM, Ankit_sharma03 said:

 

One of the rare occasions when i agree with him

 

 

 

Fair assessment. I'd say Sanjay has been very neutral and fair in his comments off late.

[coffee_rules]

Fair enough, batsmen today can afford to be aggressive with a gear looking like a medieval armed solder in an metal suit. So the game has tilted towards batsmen now. Hence we don’t see boring draws, but mostly comprehensive victories 

[Trichromatic]

3 hours ago, coffee_rules said:

Fair enough, batsmen today can afford to be aggressive with a gear looking like a medieval armed solder in an metal suit. So the game has tilted towards batsmen now. Hence we don’t see boring draws, but mostly comprehensive victories 

Test game is balanced between batsmen and bowlers. It's not tilted towards batsmen in last 5-6 years. 

[coffee_rules]

On 6/27/2020 at 11:22 AM, Trichromatic said:

Test game is balanced between batsmen and bowlers. It's not tilted towards batsmen in last 5-6 years. 

Cricket gear, bouncer rule, switch hit,  has made it batsman’s game even in Test cricket. Hence the increase in 50+ average batsmen and dearth of under-25 average bowlers 

[Trichromatic]

1 hour ago, coffee_rules said:

Cricket gear, bouncer rule, switch hit,  has made it batsman’s game even in Test cricket. Hence the increase in 50+ average batsmen and dearth of under-25 average bowlers 

Not in last 6-7 years. It has been balanced.

 

Increase in 50+ avg batsmen and dearth of sub-25 avg bowler is story of mid 2000s-2012. Not anymore.