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Armadillo · 07-03-2006, 12:06 PM

Are there any players who you have watched and thought, the way they play cricket is amazingly like another player that I've seen in the past. I can think of a few...

Irfan Pathan = Wasim Akram (big swinger with big hitting ability)
Alaistar Cook = Stephen Fleming (compact, defensive technique)
Makhaya Ntini - Malcolm Marshall

Any others?

Jamee999 · 07-03-2006, 12:18 PM

Sehwag - Tendulkar.

Blaze · 07-03-2006, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Armadillo

Alaistar Cook = Stephen Fleming (compact, defensive technique)
Any others?

I don't get that one.

Barney Rubble · 07-03-2006, 12:57 PM

Ian Bell - Michael Atherton

sirjeremy11 · 07-03-2006, 01:35 PM

Lou Vincent and Matthew Sinclair. They both get dicked around by the selectors.

BoyBrumby · 07-03-2006, 01:58 PM

I won't win any awards for originality, but Strauss has clearly seen Langer play once or twice. Fidel Edwards is like a "mini-me" version of Thommo too.

My final one may be wishful thinking on my part, but Colly looked like nothing so much as a mirror image of Sir Graham Thorpe in the first test. Nudging, nurdling & rotating the strike v effectively.

That's the mockers put on him well & truly, obv!

sirjeremy11 · 07-03-2006, 02:05 PM

Lot of people used to compare Pushpakumara to Waqar Younis. Not in effectiveness, but in style. His nick name - "Little Waqar".

Autobahn · 07-03-2006, 04:16 PM

Kevin Pietersen - Allan Lamb

same sort of attitude to the game really.

luckyeddie · 07-03-2006, 04:24 PM

Rikki Clarke - George W Bush

sirjeremy11 · 07-03-2006, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by luckyeddie

Rikki Clarke - George W Bush

I think Bush is better.

Ming · 07-03-2006, 05:47 PM

James Marshall = Hamish Marshall

Top_Cat · 07-03-2006, 09:04 PM

Kev Pietersen = Viv Richards. Same technical idiosyncracies and all......

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I won't win any awards for originality, but Strauss has clearly seen Langer play once or twice.

See, I've heard this so many times too but I see a resemblence only in their off-side play. For mine, Strauss and Marty Love are much closer, almost literal mirror-images, especially when playing off the back-foot.

vic_orthdox · 07-03-2006, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Top_Cat

Kev Pietersen = Viv Richards. Same technical idiosyncracies and all......

See, I've heard this so many times too but I see a resemblence only in their off-side play. For mine, Strauss and Marty Love are much closer, almost literal mirror-images, especially when playing off the back-foot.

I personally thought Love was a bit more upright (and typically laconic) in playing his back foot shots than Strauss.

Merv Dillon = Courtney Walsh.

Top_Cat · 07-03-2006, 09:16 PM

Jack McNamara = Ashley Giles.

Slats4ever · 07-03-2006, 11:54 PM

donald bradman = sachin tendulkar...

I have a new found respect now for sachin... I was watching a documentary on bradman's life and they spoke about how Bradman thought he was like Tendulkar and Bradman's wife actually said "they looked the same" when they batted. They then interviewed Tendulkar and he was so humble and held Bradman in such high reverence it was great.

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BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,629	I won't win any awards for originality, but Strauss has clearly seen Langer play once or twice. Fidel Edwards is like a "mini-me" version of Thommo too. My final one may be wishful thinking on my part, but Colly looked like nothing so much as a mirror image of Sir Graham Thorpe in the first test. Nudging, nurdling & rotating the strike v effectively. That's the mockers put on him well & truly, obv! __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads

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luckyeddie Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Derby, England Posts: 17,629	Rikki Clarke - George W Bush __________________ Nigel Clough's Black and White Army, beating Forest away with 10 men

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Ming State 12th Man Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Hong Kong - Asia's World City Posts: 723	James Marshall = Hamish Marshall __________________ GO THE BLACK CAPS!!!

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sirjeremy11 State Vice-Captain Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,122	Lou Vincent and Matthew Sinclair. They both get dicked around by the selectors.

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sirjeremy11 State Vice-Captain Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: New Zealand Posts: 1,122	Lot of people used to compare Pushpakumara to Waqar Younis. Not in effectiveness, but in style. His nick name - "Little Waqar".

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Autobahn State 12th Man Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: England Posts: 716	Kevin Pietersen - Allan Lamb same sort of attitude to the game really.

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Top_Cat Cricket Web: All-Time Legend Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 21,184	Jack McNamara = Ashley Giles.

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Slats4ever International Vice-Captain Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Warwickshire HQ Posts: 4,294	donald bradman = sachin tendulkar... I have a new found respect now for sachin... I was watching a documentary on bradman's life and they spoke about how Bradman thought he was like Tendulkar and Bradman's wife actually said "they looked the same" when they batted. They then interviewed Tendulkar and he was so humble and held Bradman in such high reverence it was great. __________________ WCC - Manager of Warwickshire

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