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Inzamam is about 10x the player Jayawardene is.Nixon wasn't that bad. He ended the Vietnam War, for one thing.
Seriously though, Mahela Jayawardene's career bears some similarities. Both failed or have failed against Australia. However, Jayawardene has scored 374 against SA, whereas Inzamam did not have to face Pakistan. There are probably better examples, but this is one, for now.
Inzamam's obviously the superior ODI player, even without looking at the stats. Their ODI careers are often different, but not entirely (again, both underachieved against AUS).
Inzamam>Jayawardene for mine, although neither are that disimilar in skill.
I think that's a good summary. Inzi, whether fairly or not, would go down as just a notch below the top batsman of the era. His parallels to Miandad's career are remarkably similar. Both were the backbone of Pakistan's batting. Both were considered great batsman, but had the knock of having average records against the best two teams of the era (West Indies, Australia). Miandad does edge Inzi IMO, if only for the fact that he finally prevailed against the might WI in a crucial away series.Yeah I think the Jayawardene comparison, whilst understanding where he's coming from, is unfair on Inzy who was a much much better batsman.
I think Inzy will sit below Sachin, Lara, Ponting, Dravid and Kallis. I also believe Hayden was a better batsman, but that's debateable.
Inzy was definitely a great, but his record vs. Australia will always be one tarnish on his career. Its hard to state exactly where he stands, but I do believe he wasn't quite as good as Miandad.
Yeah I think the Jayawardene comparison, whilst understanding where he's coming from, is unfair on Inzy who was a much much better batsman.
I think Inzy will sit below Sachin, Lara, Ponting, Dravid and Kallis. I also believe Hayden was a better batsman, but that's debateable.
Inzy was definitely a great, but his record vs. Australia will always be one tarnish on his career. Its hard to state exactly where he stands, but I do believe he wasn't quite as good as Miandad.
As I mentioned in my previous post, Miandad had more success against WI than Inzi did against Aus.Miandad Vs WI ?
Yeah, one of the very best when it came to playing top class pace bowling.hmm, what are the limitations in Inzi's case? care to name a better player of out-swing?
Hmm yeah, good point that.Out of all those great batsman mentioned (even Dravid), I think at their best, Inzy was the batsman that looked like he had the most control, whatever the match situation, when he was at the crease. Inzy always gave that aura of "don't worry, leave it to me".
In Inzamam's case his lack of athleticism. Most other people with his physique wouldnt even be international batsmen, let alone break into the top 10.hmm, what are the limitations in Inzi's case? care to name a better player of out-swing?
Even accepting what you have written above, how does that translate into a batting limitation?Yeah, one of the very best when it came to playing top class pace bowling.
I'm really not sure why Inzamam isn't at least compared to people like Kallis and Dravid, because IMO, he wasn't too far off them.