Rate Bradman's technique

[Trichromatic]

 

[Sean Bradley]

Looking at his drives, i don't think he would have averaged more than 50 in modern day cricket. 

[sandeep]

whipetty fast hands.  

[ShoonyaSifar]

Excellent for his time. Steady head, fast hands, balanced body position, effortless hitting

 

 

[NameGoesHere]

First I thought that a contrived for -video session can look awkward many times.

 

Then I was anyway about to rate his technique.

 

But then I remembered his average.  
 

I’ll give this a hard pass, folks. 
 

 

[raki05]

13 hours ago, Trichromatic said:

 

Who is bowling in replay mode that to spin.

[rkt.india]

Bottom hand dominated but showed good feet movement both backfoot and frontfoot. Ask Kohli to play a square cut.

[Nikola]

Imagine steve smith getting judged by his stance and foot movement 100 years later from now.

[NameGoesHere]

IMO evaluating Bradman against current standards is somewhat like saying that 1930 Nobel Prize winner CV Raman would be at a back foot in today’s academic world because “Physics has become so complicated and so competitive, and research is so niche and so specialised today and so hard and Raman would probably struggle to clear the IIT examination because the competition’s so intense”.

 

Just look at Bradman’s average, wheel and come again. 

 

 

Edited August 23, 2021 by NameGoesHere

[gattaca]

4 hours ago, NameGoesHere said:

IMO evaluating Bradman against current standards is somewhat like saying that 1930 Nobel Prize winner CV Raman would be at a back foot in today’s academic world because “Physics has become so complicated and so competitive, and research is so niche and so specialised today and so hard and Raman would probably struggle to clear the IIT examination because the competition’s so intense”.

 

Just look at Bradman’s average, wheel and come again. 

 

 

True but his average is not possible in current day and age as well. Hopefully people see that way too. People going gaga over his average is bit of overrating. 

[zen]

If today's batsman played in Bradman's era, their technique would be similar to players of that era and vice versa ... As for Bradman, he was technically not the best. Probably like Sehwag in terms of technique but far more effective. 

 

Edited August 23, 2021 by zen

[Vijy]

3 hours ago, zen said:

If today's batsman played in Bradman's era, their technique would be similar to players of that era and vice versa ... As for Bradman, he was technically not the best. Probably like Sehwag in terms of technique but far more effective. 

 

way more effective. he had the scoring rate of a sehwag (one of the quickest scorers in that era), the hand-eye coordination and unorthodox footwork of smith, a reasonable defence (albeit not super-strong like Hobbs/Hutton), and an utter glutton for runs like lara. makes sense why he averaged 100 (99.94 is really 100, and not 99)

[Dery]

Plays like dhoni  

[New guy]

3 hours ago, Vijy said:

way more effective. he had the scoring rate of a sehwag (one of the quickest scorers in that era), the hand-eye coordination and unorthodox footwork of smith, a reasonable defence (albeit not super-strong like Hobbs/Hutton), and an utter glutton for runs like lara. makes sense why he averaged 100 (99.94 is really 100, and not 99)

 

13 hours ago, NameGoesHere said:

IMO evaluating Bradman against current standards is somewhat like saying that 1930 Nobel Prize winner CV Raman would be at a back foot in today’s academic world because “Physics has become so complicated and so competitive, and research is so niche and so specialised today and so hard and Raman would probably struggle to clear the IIT examination because the competition’s so intense”.

 

Just look at Bradman’s average, wheel and come again. 

 

 

The only issue there is cricket being at ameutuer level. Bradman was like a modern day player but his competition was at the level of early india, bangladesh, sri lanka. Most where amateurs who played cricket as hobby or because they had time and money

 

Let sehwag, ponting, kohli bat only against bangladesh sri lanka etc and they will average 100 too

[ShoonyaSifar]

1 hour ago, New guy said:

 

The only issue there is cricket being at ameutuer level. Bradman was like a modern day player but his competition was at the level of early india, bangladesh, sri lanka. Most where amateurs who played cricket as hobby or because they had time and money

 

Let sehwag, ponting, kohli bat only against bangladesh sri lanka etc and they will average 100 too

Uncovered pitches and rudimentary sporting gear including protective equipment make up for the apparent lack of quality opposition

[rkt.india]

3 hours ago, New guy said:

 

The only issue there is cricket being at ameutuer level. Bradman was like a modern day player but his competition was at the level of early india, bangladesh, sri lanka. Most where amateurs who played cricket as hobby or because they had time and money

 

Let sehwag, ponting, kohli bat only against bangladesh sri lanka etc and they will average 100 too

Not even Bangladesh aur srilanka but Associate teams level like UAE, Holland.

[Suhaan]

He should have told SRT ,not only your style but  also your voice matches mine ,myte

Edited August 24, 2021 by Suhaan

[R!TTER]

I wonder when people say he was peerless & arguably(?) the best sportsman of all times, do they not know of the guy named Dhyanchand? If you think cricket has changed a lot from back then, then what the * about hockey? If Bradman is peerless then Dhyanchand would be one above all in this MCU 

[New guy]

6 hours ago, ShoonyaSifar said:

Uncovered pitches and rudimentary sporting gear including protective equipment make up for the apparent lack of quality opposition

Meh, does it? If only vinay kumars and amres were bowling on those uncovered wickets would they make a huge difference?

 

Also i think there is evidence which shows short ball batting has declined because of protective equipment, earlier players used to play short ball better without helmets 

[Vijy]

14 hours ago, R!TTER said:

I wonder when people say he was peerless & arguably(?) the best sportsman of all times, do they not know of the guy named Dhyanchand? If you think cricket has changed a lot from back then, then what the * about hockey? If Bradman is peerless then Dhyanchand would be one above all in this MCU 

I recall that there was a cross-game statistical analysis which put Bradman at 1 and chand at 2. Both were the GOATs in their profession.