Sangakkara is a legend

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Sanga is the best cricketer since Viv Richards. He is a complete batsman and a very good keeper - doing both is tremendous work. As for the Sachin issue: - in tests I rank them as: Lara, Ponting, Sanga, Sachin, Kallis In ODIs: Ponting, Sachin, Sanga, Lara, Kallis. This is based on sheer brilliance of play and match winning ability.

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[HippoSucks]

Ponting was a mediocre player for about 2/3rd of his career and a brilliant one for around 53 tests - http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showpost.php?p=1705234&postcount=232 Overall not ATG certainly.

He was an ATG for sure. Everyone has a peak, and averaging 75 for 50 matches is quite a feat. Of course putting him above Sachin or even close to him is preposterous.

[Sachin=GOD]

He was an ATG for sure. Everyone has a peak' date=' and [b']averaging 75 for 50 matches is quite a feat. Of course putting him above Sachin or even close to him is preposterous.

It sure is......but he played 168 tests - that leaves more than 110 tests where he was surely mediocre. IMO thats a very LARGE number of tests where he wasn't anywhere near being a great player so I don't consider him an ATG.

[sweetaskandy]

Ave 43 odd is not mediocre.

[Muloghonto]

Ave 43 odd is not mediocre.

its not mediocre but its not great either, especially in an era where there are nearly half a dozen people averaging 50+. strike rate of mid 70s is definitely mediocre for a top order batsman these days in ODIs. Sanga is a good batsman, but he is nowhere in the same class as Ponting, never mind Lara or Tendulkar or Viv, who are much, much better than Sanga. Comparing Sanga to Tendulkar is a bit like comparing McGill to Warne. The formers were good but nowhere as good as the latter ones.

[SLICKR392]

It sure is......but he played 168 tests - that leaves more than 110 tests where he was surely mediocre. IMO thats a very LARGE number of tests where he wasn't anywhere near being a great player so I don't consider him an ATG.

His avg. started booming recently on the pattas and he cashes in BIG TIME against minnows in Bangladesh and UAE.

[Linux_Mj]

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/statistics/Players/PlayerOverview.asp?PlayerId=2226 Any 1 can see players statistics frm here

[Linux_Mj]

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/statistics/Players/PlayerOpponents_ODI.asp?PlayerID=2226 Most tons, runs against India

[cricketjoshila]

Sanga is a legend.Highest avg in last couple of decades.Masterclass stuff.

[sweetaskandy]

http://www.howstat.com/cricket/statistics/Players/PlayerOpponents_ODI.asp?PlayerID=2226 Most tons, runs against India

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[thongale]

Keeping to express men is a different skillset than spinners. Yes, its easier to keep to pacers but keeping to leg spinners is the hardest because leg spinners have mor variations than offies and the mid and off line makes it much harder to sight them against righties. Kumble was the hardest bowler to keep to, due to his flipper being such a kicker. Sanga seriously is not in dhonis class as a keeper. Hes not as bad as akmal but not much better either. Imo, dravid was a comparable keeper to sanga. But allround, the gap,between dhoni and sanga is almost as big as the gap between healey and prior. Dhoni is distinctly better a keeper than sanga. Sanga's keeping is of the same value as sachin or richards bowling . Sent from my GT-S5830D using Tapatalk 2

You make me laugh. Sanga is a way better keeper than Dhoni. Saying he is as good as Dravid is meh. SL had about 50 keepers who are better than Dravid. It's good that only very few believe your drivel.

[thongale]

Dhoni is easily the best wicket keeper in the world. His occasional lapses are due to the tremendous workload - he has captained the team in three formats, and is the wicket keeper in three formats for eight years now. Add to this captaincy and keeping for six weeks during the gruelling Indian summer. Dhoni > Prasanna > Sanga

PJ is in the class of Healy / Knott / Tallon. That is the best ever echelon. That is light years above Dhoni. Sanaga probably better than Dhoni in ODIs. Chandimal / Kusal Perera / Dilshan are not as good as him.

[Muloghonto]

You make me laugh. Sanga is a way better keeper than Dhoni. Saying he is as good as Dravid is meh. SL had about 50 keepers who are better than Dravid. It's good that only very few believe your drivel.

Only a sri lankan would rate Sangakara a better keeper than Dhoni. SL has had 2-3 keepers better than Dravid. DMPD Jayawardene was the only one clear cut better than Dravid as even Kaluwithrana was an Akmal-esque drop machine. I consider Dravid as better against fast bowling for his keeping, Sanga was a bit better against spinners.

[thongale]

Only a sri lankan would rate Sangakara a better keeper than Dhoni. SL has had 2-3 keepers better than Dravid. DMPD Jayawardene was the only one clear cut better than Dravid as even Kaluwithrana was an Akmal-esque drop machine. I consider Dravid as better against fast bowling for his keeping, Sanga was a bit better against spinners.

You once again show that you have been a blind bat to cricket overseas or demented. DPMD Jayawardanbe is not a keeper. Prasanna Jayawardane is the keeper. Sri Lanka had at the moment has more than 10 keepers better than Dravid, or even more. Dravid was a piss poor keeper who sould not even keep in a FC side. You have been *****ing how much cricket you have seen, but you haven't seen Mahesh Goonathilleke eh? You ahven's seen Hashan Tillekaratne? Superb keeper, gave away keeping to become effective with the bat, and took world record number of catches in shortleg. Kalu is a drop machine? LMAO, check the number of stumpings he had. Even Hong Kong has a better keeper than Dravid.

[Akash_Cric]

Lol a cheater cannot be a legend.

[Muloghonto]

You once again show that you have been a blind bat to cricket overseas or demented. DPMD Jayawardanbe is not a keeper. Prasanna Jayawardane is the keeper. Sri Lanka had at the moment has more than 10 keepers better than Dravid, or even more. Dravid was a piss poor keeper who sould not even keep in a FC side. You have been *****ing how much cricket you have seen, but you haven't seen Mahesh Goonathilleke eh? You ahven's seen Hashan Tillekaratne? Superb keeper, gave away keeping to become effective with the bat, and took world record number of catches in shortleg. Kalu is a drop machine? LMAO, check the number of stumpings he had. Even Hong Kong has a better keeper than Dravid.

Tillekratne, who dropped practically everything on the legside ? Lol. Nothing more than your patriotism talking. Yeah, I screwed up the jayawardenes. But except for jaya, no other sl keeper was a decent one. You can keep saying sanga is a decent keeper but hes nothing,more than a middling grade fc keeper. Nowhere in dhonis class and I dare you to find a single non sl or pakistani who agrees with you Sent from my GT-S5830D using Tapatalk 2

[Marut]

PJ is in the class of Healy / Knott / Tallon. That is the best ever echelon. That is light years above Dhoni. Sanaga probably better than Dhoni in ODIs. Chandimal / Kusal Perera / Dilshan are not as good as him.

Proof? Wicket keeper analysis tends to get more subjective than other cricketing skills, so you can claim anything without needing to demonstrate it. On objective evaluation Dhoni is significantly ahead of Prasanna. Dhoni has 1.771 dismissals per test innings compared to Prasanna at 1.529. Since these two teams have similar bowling strength and styles, Dhoni is significantly helping India's cause compared to Prasanna for SL cause.

[thongale]

Proof? Wicket keeper analysis tends to get more subjective than other cricketing skills' date=' so you can claim anything without needing to demonstrate it. On objective evaluation Dhoni is significantly ahead of Prasanna. Dhoni has 1.771 dismissals per test innings compared to Prasanna at 1.529. Since these two teams have similar bowling strength and styles, Dhoni is significantly helping India's cause compared to Prasanna for SL cause.[/quote']Number of dismissals per match is highly overrated. When your spinners spin it a mile, ot bowl wicket to wicket, catches don't get taken by the keepr. It;'s either slip or lbw. SL's four most prolific test bowlers (Murali, Vaas, Herath, Malinga) bowled wicket to wicket taking a lot of LBWs. They produced very little keeper catches as they bowled full and to hit the timber. India don't have bowler who bowl differently. That is why SL bowlers struggle and India and vice versa.

[cricketjoshila]

Lol a cheater cannot be a legend.

Isnt ball tampering cheating as well?

[Marut]

Number of dismissals per match is highly overrated. When your spinners spin it a mile' date= ot bowl wicket to wicket, catches don't get taken by the keepr. It;'s either slip or lbw. SL's four most prolific test bowlers (Murali, Vaas, Herath, Malinga) bowled wicket to wicket taking a lot of LBWs. They produced very little keeper catches as they bowled full and to hit the timber. India don't have bowler who bowl differently. That is why SL bowlers struggle and India and vice versa.

Expected you to say this. :haha: Basically means you do not have this kind of evidence in favour of Prasanna, yet you equate him with Allan Knott/Healy. Let us see what fraction of the main bowlers wickets on both sides were LBW/Bowled Murali = 39.6% Kumble = 40.3% Vaas = 38.5% Zaheer = 38.2% There is no evidence that the main SL bowlers took more LBWs/bowled. Given the evidence. it is very likely that Dhoni was a better keeper in all formats of the game.