Kohli now has the same number of 100s outside the SC as Sangakkara and as many 50+ avg series outside the SC

[Vijy]

^^ Not really. Cork and Mullally played that series and Cork had had excellent series' leading up to this series. Lewis and Martin played good supporting roles in conditions favourable to them.

It wasn't the best attack, but Cork, Mullally, and co were good at utilizing home conditions - the English pacers of their time (even Ealham, etc) knew how to bowl well in home conditions.

[Gambit]

Doesn't matter. They were all average bowlers a best.

In hindsight, they turned out to be average bowlers but in that series, they were potent. That is the point.

[Old guy]

It wasn't the best attack' date=' but Cork, Mullally, and co were good at utilizing home conditions - the English pacers of their time (even Ealham, etc) knew how to bowl well in home conditions.[/quote'] i think current english pacers are better and conditions were similar anderson specially at home is world class

[rkt.india]

i think current english pacers are better and conditions were similar anderson specially at home is world class

Anderson and Broad both are very good.

[Old guy]

Anderson and Broad both are very good.

broad was even good in ashes . english themselves rate these guys higher than those 90's guys .

[express bowling]

Kohli did well in 2 out of 4 (first Oz tour wasn't a bona fide success and we know about Eng). On the whole' date=' I'd say that he's done very well. I'm just worried about the success, etc going to his head or bowlers working him out. Look at Cook - for a couple of years, he was formidable, and now he's back to normal again.[/quote'] Kohli's first tour to Australia can be divided into 2 parts. He failed in the first 2 tests. Then he scored 75 and 44 on a fast bouncy Perth wicket where the ball swung too. He followed this with a 100+ in Adelaide. These 2 tests were the turning point of his test career which gave him confidence that he can bat in overseas tests. Kohli , with 21 ODI centuries and average of 52, is already an ODI ATG almost and a star for quite a while. Plus, he has been playing international cricket for a long time. So, the risks of success going to his head or being found out after all these years ...are relatively less. My biggest issue is how Kohli handles the pressures of captaincy in the long run. Now, with the honeymoon period going on, captaincy may look swell. But Indian captains are criticized so harshly after a few failures...it remains to be seen if he can handle that and whether his batting is affected by it.

[BeautifulGame]

It wasn't the best attack' date=' but Cork, Mullally, and co were good at utilizing home conditions - the English pacers of their time (even Ealham, etc) knew how to bowl well in home conditions.[/quote'] Mullaly was pretty rubbish , Ealham is bits and pieces like Jadeja (albeit medium fast) That is possibly the worst attack england had in the 30-40 years

[BeautifulGame]

i think current english pacers are better and conditions were similar anderson specially at home is world class

England 2nd choice bowlers today will be better than those lot At one stage in 90s England were ranked 9th behind Zimbabwe.

[Vijy]

Kohli's first tour to Australia can be divided into 2 parts. He failed in the first 2 tests. Then he scored 75 and 44 on a fast bouncy Perth wicket where the ball swung too. He followed this with a 100+ in Adelaide. These 2 tests were the turning point of his test career which gave him confidence that he can bat in overseas tests. Kohli , with 21 ODI centuries and average of 52, is already an ODI ATG almost and a star for quite a while. Plus, he has been playing international cricket for a long time. So, the risks of success going to his head or being found out after all these years ...are relatively less. My biggest issue is how Kohli handles the pressures of captaincy in the long run. Now, with the honeymoon period going on, captaincy may look swell. But Indian captains are criticized so harshly after a few failures...it remains to be seen if he can handle that and whether his batting is affected by it.

Yes, the captaincy issue is a critical one.