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The south african batting allrounder, with 166 tests and 325 odi's, and south africa's greatest ever player
versus
The australian fast bowler and capable number 8/9, with 57 tests and 136 odi's, widely ridiculed for most of his career before turning into a clover clad bowling prodigy
[spreadsheet]
kallis: 13k test runs at 55 with a sr of 45
johnson: 1600 @22 & 57
kallis: 292 wickets at 32 &sr 69
johnson: 254 wickets at 27 @ sr 49
kallis: in 166 matches 45 tons. 21 in wins. 82 saf wins in his career didn't require a kallis ton.
johnson: in 57 tests 11 matches with 5wi. 9 wins from those.
[/spreadsheet]
so who would cw prefer to have in their team. The consistent accumulator, statistically one of the greatest ever, a colossus of the game, or the mercurial johnson - sometimes a burden on his team, other times able to take a 5 day, 22 man game and turn it on its head by himself.
matchwinner mitch for me.
versus
The australian fast bowler and capable number 8/9, with 57 tests and 136 odi's, widely ridiculed for most of his career before turning into a clover clad bowling prodigy
[spreadsheet]
kallis: 13k test runs at 55 with a sr of 45
johnson: 1600 @22 & 57
kallis: 292 wickets at 32 &sr 69
johnson: 254 wickets at 27 @ sr 49
kallis: in 166 matches 45 tons. 21 in wins. 82 saf wins in his career didn't require a kallis ton.
johnson: in 57 tests 11 matches with 5wi. 9 wins from those.
[/spreadsheet]
so who would cw prefer to have in their team. The consistent accumulator, statistically one of the greatest ever, a colossus of the game, or the mercurial johnson - sometimes a burden on his team, other times able to take a 5 day, 22 man game and turn it on its head by himself.
matchwinner mitch for me.
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