Australian cricketers’ take on their opposition
An interesting report on Cricinfo. According to recent polls, members of the Australian cricket team regard Brian Lara (55%) as the most dangerous opposition batsmen, ahead of Sachin Tendulkar (25%) and Rahul Dravid (20%).
Freddie Flintoff was voted as the most dangerous opposition bowler ahead of his Lancashire team mate Muttiah Muralitharan.
Hardly any big surprises there except for the inclusion of Sri Lanka’s Muralitharan. His record against Australia isn’t impressive when compared to his career stats. This is, I suspect, partly due to Darrel Hair, John Howard and few drunk Aussie supporters heckling the poor guy; you can only do so much when you are cheat/freak/thrower/chucker in their eyes.
