Yeah those graphics are ridiculous really. Baz is looking brilliant, but even he is not ranked #1 in the world, as per the graphic.
Yeah boi, officially psyched for this... I went to NZ v Zimbabwe in 1992 at McClean Park and watched my favourite bat of all time, Martin Crowe, belt Zimbabwe around in a nice partnership with Andrew Jones in a rain effected match. Then got to see Danny Morrison castle one of the zimbots as well. That tournament was what really got me into cricket, absolute massive underdogs were NZ given how England had towelled them up without fail in the 1991/92 home summer leading into the World Cup, and then they come out from nowhere to win 7 in a row... Crowe batted magnificently, Greatbatch created an evolution of how openers should bat in ODIs with his super aggressive approach (I remember him hitting either Marshall or Ambrose over extra cover for 6 on the charge, Tertius Bosch over midwicket onto the roof at Eden Park, he was awesome), Dipak Patel bowling off spin at the top of the innings to great effect, Chris Harris running out David Boon from deep midwicket with a throw on the run side on to the stumps, hitting the one stump he could see square in the middle to ensure we won that opening match, Ian Smith coming up the order against South Africa and scoring 18 from 5 I think it was ... ha, the commentators though he had a concert to get to), the dulcet tones of one Henry "my dear old boy, charge your glasses what a superb stroke" Blofield, great tournament...
Watching Malinga side on there, gee, that arm jinks a lot. Is there any Sri Lankan who actually bowls? They've made a reputation for themselves largely on the back of chuckers (not confirming Malinga throws BTW, but it looked a bit dodgey).
