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And probably the Lankans will too and to be honest all modern day batters would have also succumb.

In contrast, during the period from the mid 70's to late 90's, arguably Test Cricket glory days in terms of quality, batters back then did put up better and bloody fights against greater bowlers in similar pitches around the world.

I show this contrast only to alert the youngsters who compare great batters of yesteryears with those "greats" of today who are averaging in the high 40's and 50's.

There is no comparison, an average in the 50's today is probably equal to 30's in that era.

In reply to Emir

Also, today's ODI rules benefit the batsmen tremendously!

And the quality of the bats today too!

In reply to Emir


you know India always pick an extra batsman at the expense of a bowler,so still some ways to go.

The beaty if potent 85mphish swing bowling just cannot be beat!!

70s is the best..superior to anything modern

In reply to StumpCam

True, but I was referring to Test Cricket

In reply to camos

Recently, we see an attempt to change that defensive strategy. They had a belief that bowlers win matches and batters draw them. Outside of the India, they had a weak bowling attack, so they depended on batters to compensate.

Do you remember when the Abid use to open their bowling?

In reply to Emir

And they batted without helmets and some of the other padding

In reply to 90mph

True. It why I maintain batters of that time periods were a few notches above the modern generations.