Virender Sehwag 195 vs Aussies

Sehwag smashes the Aussie bowlers who have no idea

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[newtonwasted]

One of the greatest innings against the mighty Aussies , India lost though , but series were levelled. I consider Sehwag's 90 in second innings in Mohali test and 66 & 92 in Nagpur agst Aussies in 2008 tour as his best 3 innings. India won both the matches & regained Border Gavaskar trophy. Aussies proud was broken to shackles & revenge of 2005 test series loss was taken . He scored when it matters & he will be my hero .

[Xuvial]

Tendulkar and Lara are highly strategic batsmen, they can't be compared with Sehwag.

Sehwag doesn't give a shit about the bowler or what is being thrown at him. His style is to obliterate and put the fear into bowlers, he's a captain's dream and if you don't finish him off early, he proves to be a NIGHTMARE maintaining 80-100 strike rate. Any cricket team in the world would DIE to have someone who has Sehwag's mentality and style.

His playstyle can't be comapared with Tendulkar/Lara.

[spookavision]

@rohitrez I said "one of the worst PACE attacks", which rules out MacGill, who took 3 wickets in 15 overs. The pacemen took 4 in 75. Bracken's 1 wicket was Patel and Williams' was Kumble.

Also, "attack" means more than just 1 bowler. Lee was a fine test bowler sometimes, plenty of others he was rubbish. I'm not denigrating what I already agreed was a great innings, merely the attack it was played against.

+the pitch was a road: Australia 558. And it was 195 of 311, not 230. But a great knock.

[rohitrez]

@spookavision ok so according to your criteria, macgill is 'the best' then, and pretty sure he played this match. Point is that to call Lee, a man who has 310 wickets at 30 'one of the worst' is ridiculous. Sure, he may not be in the Mcgrath echelon, but still a fine Test bowler. Also given Aus record at the MCG, and the fact that the ball does (and did on this occasion) a bit on the first day, was a fantastic achievement.

[spookavision]

@rohitrez MacGill and Kapil Dev averaged 29, which last I looked is under 30. Siddle's is 30 and dropping (already better than Lee's), same for Anderson and Morkel. Zaheer and Srinath played most of their cricket on subcontinental roads that are fast bowling graveyards so can be excused. Regardless, Srinath, Morkel and Siddle don't rank with 'the best', Anderson does now but hasn't for most of his career, and Broad can't even see 'the best' from his place.

[spookavision]

@rohitrez

Williams was quick but you need more than that at test level. He and Bracken both took a wicket every 16 overs in test cricket. That's woeful. Siddle and Hilfenhaus each have several times as many test wickets as Williams and Bracken combined - because they're much better bowlers.

I didn't use the word 'shit' though. But yeah, I would have made 390. Why only yesterday I made 650 not out against Marshall, Holding, Ambrose and Larwood. (Where's the rolly-eyes thingy?)

[spookavision]

@rohitrez I was also there, as I've been at every Boxing Day test for 30 years. It was a great innings and Sehwag is an amazing player but that was an ordinary attack.

Bar one season, Lee struggled whenever he didn't have McGrath and Gillespie to set things up for him. The best bowlers average under 30, especially if they're playing with three champions for most of their career.

[rohitrez]

@spookavision wow, lee, 300 wickets at 31, 3rd highest aussie pace wicket taker..how shit.

obviously you didn't watch the series. Same could be said about siddle and hilfenhaus now, but fact is they'be bowled hostile, quick and accurate.

Up until the sydney test, bracken lee and especially wiliams were pretty quick and accurate. But i'm sure if they were so 'shit', you could've made twice what sehwag did..

Good try tho

[spookavision]

@rohitrez Lee, Bracken, Williams is one of the worst Australian pace attacks ever.