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Battle of the West Indians

PhoenixFire

International Coach
I was talking about this earlier on, and though it would be a really interesting battle to make, I'll start the ball rolling with some names.

Brian Lara
Courtney Walsh
Curtley Ambrose
Malcolm Marshall
Lance Gibbs
Joel Garner
Michael Holding
Garry Sobers
Andy Roberts
Wes Hall
Charlie Griffith
Ian Bishop
Colin Croft
Viv Richards
Patrick Patterson
Clive Lloyd
Everton Weekes
Clyde Walcott
Frank Worrel
Desmond Haynes
Gordon Greenidge
Rohan Kanhai
Richie Richardson
Alvin Kallicharran
Carl Hooper
Chris Gayle
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Alf Valentine
Learie Constantine
George Headley
Sonny Ramadhin
Richie Richardson
Roy Gilchrist
Jeff Dujon
Jimmy Adams
Basil Butcher
Lawrence Rowe
Denis Atkinson
Gerry Alexander
Ridley Jacobs
Deryck Murray
Dwayne Bravo
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Tony Gray
Manny Martindale
Jeff Stollmeyer
Allan Rae
Jackie Hendricks
Gerry Gomez
John Holt
Sylvester Clark
Winston Benjamin
Kenneth Benjamin
George Chanellor
Seymour Nurse
Keith Boyce
Bernard Julien
Wayne Daniel
Winston Davis
Larry Gomes
Corey Collymore
Roy Fredericks
Roger Harper
Faoud Bacchus

It would good to get a few more names down, I want to make it up to 72?

48 so far, a few more needed.
 
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FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
Chanderpaul should be in there, and Gayle is probably worthy of consideration too, if only for his ODI exploits.
 

Dravid

International Captain
FaaipDeOiad said:
Chanderpaul should be in there, and Gayle is probably worthy of consideration too, if only for his ODI exploits.
Agreed those two should be added.
 

Magrat Garlick

Global Moderator
Dravid said:
Viv Richards v Sobers in the final no doubt.
Not sure about Richards, if he draws Lara or one of the seamers it'd be pretty close.

Other names:

George Headley
Learie Constantine
Sonny Ramadhin
Alf Valentine
Richie Richardson
Roy Gilchrist
Jeff Dujon
Jimmy Adams
Basil Butcher
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Lawrence Rowe
Denis Atkinson
Gerry Alexander
Ridley Jacobs
Chris Gayle
Deryck Murray
Dwayne Bravo
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Tony Gray
Manny Martindale
Jeff Stollmeyer

That's 46 by my count, stretching things after Murray tho.

EDIT: Other people had got in...
 

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
May as well add Conrad Hunte. Probably a better opener than Haynes, in tests. Certainly better than the likes of Bravo and Ridley Jacobs. :p
 

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
Allan Rae
Jackie Hendricks
Gerry Gomez
John Holt
Sylvester Clark
Winston Benjamin
Kenneth Benjamin
George Chanellor
Seymour Nurse
Keith Boyce
Bernard Julien
Wayne Daniel
Winston Davis
 

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