VQF numero uno: Pakistan V South Africa @ Mohali

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Re: VQF numero uno: Pakistan V South Africa @ Mohali

@Man with a Plan

In that era, Pakistani team was very bad. They did not have the players who can help carry a team and build partnership. I think if people read and see some of the match highlights they will understand clearly that Inzamam did perform well in those series. Do not go look at stats, they do not mean jack; watch some games from start to finish and you will understand why some players have such statistics.

So basically what you saying is that the Pakistan team at the time you may be talking about was bad which may have had players like Saeed Anway, Aamir Sohail, Wasim Akram & Waqar Younis etc. So that team was weaker than the current jokers?

@Man with a Plan

In After '03 WC, everyone predicted Inzamam was done and look what he has done. After Australian tour, people stopped believing in Inzamam and look what he did during the tour of India. Talk all they can but to make 184 in test match like that is impossible. Go compare it players who done it before and tell me how many players can pull an inngs like this in an age, pressure and situation..

I have never questioned his ability or series succes against the crappy Indian bowling. So if he had success against them that it’s not a big deal simply because of the weak bowling and famaliar conditions.

@Man with a Plan

Go watch '92 WC match between South Africa and Pakistan, you will see a Legend and his legendary shots in full flow, who can play an inngs like that? You want to see Inzamam in full flow, watch him against England in Pakistan ’05 and tell me who can just ferociously destroy Ashes winning bowlers like that, consistently? Go watch highlights of '92 semi-final and watch who he played against, I think it was once when a player actually took the charm away from Javed..

I have seen the above innings or matches you are talking about. It’s seem to me that you are making him to be the greatest batsman of his generation and frankly speaking this is not the case as most neutral observers will without doubt agree also.

Inzmam is good but he is not as good as what you are making to to be. Simple as that. So the modern greats such the Steven Waugh, the legend Brian Lara, the little master Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Rahul Dravid etc maynot mean anything to you.

Also you may not have seen the innings by Gibbs in a ODI World record chase against Australia, Lara breaking world test record 2 times etc to name a few.

@Man with a Plan

During Javed’s entire career there was no body that could come even close to his batting. You can tally up all the stats, statistics and techniques but when you compare him all of his generation batsmen, he comes at the top…every time and people still think of him as a flat track bully.

He will again prove the maverick critics wrong and they still will not get it.

So how does he come on top? Not even the true legends of cricket i.e. the master blaster Sir Viv Richards, Allan Border & Sunnil Gavaskar to name a few were as as good as the Javed?

Yes we will wait eagerly if he proves the mavericks wrong if he can repeat the success against the best sides in the world away from home consistently.

By the way - below is a photo of your favourite player. May be you will like it: