Murali's top 10 batsmen

[SachDan]

Muttiah Muralitharan picks the ten toughest batsmen he had to bowl to during his career. 1. Brian Lara (WI) 2. Mohammad Azharuddin (India) 3. Sachin Tendulkar (India) 4. Navjot Sidhu (India) 5. Salim Malik (Pakistan) 6. Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan) 7. Andy Flower (Zimbabwe) 8. Graham Thorpe (England) 9. Jon Crawley (England) I remember him playing Murali well in the Oval test. Murali took 16 wickets in that test! 10. Hansie Cronje (South Africa) link

[vaibhav_delhi]

A chucker's top ten list of batters....I dont care..

[Andy]

Wonder why the Fixer has been Picked ahead of Goddy.

[Sachinism]

No Sehwag?

[vvvslaxman]

No Sehwag?

Viru will top the list of Akhtar :hysterical:

[King Tendulkar]

Number 4 sidhu. Wow warne and murali both respect him big time Navjot must go down as one of the greatest players of spin ever. Lara at 1 is understandable as he took murali to cleaners

[vvvslaxman]

Lucknow test is the first to come to my mind talking about Sidhu-Murali. Sidhu smashed 8 sixes during his 124 against SL. 6 of them came off Murali's bowling.

[ZodiaC]

2. Mohammad Azharuddin (India) 5. Salim Malik (Pakistan) 10. Hansie Cronje (South Africa)

:woot:

[vaibhav_delhi]

:woot:

sach's avg against the chucker is <30. he's got him out atleast 6-7 times i think

[gaurav92]

Not seen many dominate him like Veeru.And he doesn't even feature in his Top 10 list ? May be Murali is too furious at him.

[vvvslaxman]

sach's avg against the chucker is nope He dominated him. There was one ODI innings where he clattered Murali for 4 consecutive fours in different directions. He was scratching his head. But wonder how he missed out Ganguly. He sent some of his balls to the river in 1999 world cup.

[vvvslaxman]

I think Murali has to include far too many Indian batsmen in that list. That is why he left out Veeru i guess.

[vaibhav_delhi]

nope He dominated him. There was one ODI innings where he clattered Murali for 4 consecutive fours in different directions. He was scratching his head. But wonder how he missed out Ganguly. He sent some of his balls to the river in 1999 world cup.

averaging <30 against a bowler is not equal to dominating him. You've got some other logic? do let me know.

[ZodiaC]

nope He dominated him. There was one ODI innings where he clattered Murali for 4 consecutive fours in different directions. He was scratching his head. But wonder how he missed out Ganguly. He sent some of his balls to the river in 1999 world cup.

M Muralitharan (SL) 1996-2007 30 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 7.50 90.75 http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28779.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=dis_average;template=results;type=batting;view=bowler_summary some serious pwnage there :giggle:

[Ram]

I find it hard to believe that Thorpe played him better than Ganguly, but hey, its his personal list and it doesnt have to make sense.

[saneindian]

Navjot Sidhu..what a player of spin bowling!!

[jusarrived]

I find it hard to believe that Thorpe played him better than Ganguly' date=' but hey, its his personal list and it doesnt have to make sense.[/quote'] Ganguly never rally dominated Murali , but yeah Thorpe is a bit of a surprise

[jusarrived]

A chucker's top ten list of batters....I dont care..

+1

[Andy]

Ganguly never rally dominated Murali ' date= but yeah Thorpe is a bit of a surprisehttp://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28779.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=dis_average;template=results;type=batting;view=bowler_summary

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Self Pawnage at its Best.

[King Tendulkar]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Self Pawnage at its Best. http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/28779.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=dis_average;template=results;type=batting;view=bowler_summary

Lesson. Be very careful of these statisitical experts:nervous: