Who would you rather have in your team as a batsman - Hussey or Kallis

[Richard]

Interesting to note the voting in the poll - unless I'm mistaken there's only three Aussie respondents who voted for Kallis, and of them, only two support Australia. And from memory one of them is probably one of the biggest (if not the biggest) fans of Kallis on the forum.

Those being Dasa, Rob Cribb and David Hoitink yeah?

TBH I didn't even know Dasa considered himself Australian, had always thought of him as an Indian who lives in Australia (though IIRR he's lived in Australia all his life). But yes, Rob's certainly Kallis' numero-uno CW fan.

'Tis interesting that only David of Aussies with no well-established Kallis-love voted for Kallis, but not terribly surprising. Especially considering the time this poll was posted - things possibly could be different if we were to do it again tomorrow.

 

[silentstriker]

Interesting to note the voting in the poll - unless I'm mistaken there's only three Aussie respondents who voted for Kallis, and of them, only two support Australia. And from memory one of them is probably one of the biggest (if not the biggest) fans of Kallis on the forum.

Yea, many neutrals seem to have gone the Kallis route though, from what I see.

 

[Mister Wright]

Kallis.

 

[Slow Love™]

Those being Dasa, Rob Cribb and David Hoitink yeah?

TBH I didn't even know Dasa considered himself Australian, had always thought of him as an Indian who lives in Australia (though IIRR he's lived in Australia all his life). But yes, Rob's certainly Kallis' numero-uno CW fan.

Of course he's an Australian! TBH I tend to think of him as a lefty, more than "Indian guy living in Australia", plus he's so anti-national identity anyway.

But yeah, those were the three I was thinking of (haven't seen much of Corli, so wasn't completely sure there.)...

 

[Richard]

She's definately a SAfrican.

 

[Evermind]

If it was tomorrow I'd have Kallis cause Huss is crocked. :P

Nice avatar

 

[Migara]

Kallis for me. We don't know how Hussey will play in the sub-continent. He has to prove there. If he keeps the same average after 20 matches in the sub-continent, I'll pick him over Kallis.

 

[roseboy64]

She's definately a SAfrican.

Oh a she.....So that's three female to one male.

 

[roseboy64]

Kallis for me. Though with Chanderpaul in the team.......

 

[Captain Cricket]

Poll results are very close, but I would prefer Hussey as a batsman. He can play any role - whether it's opening the batting, batting at 3 or 4 to steady the innings or even an attacking role at 5 or 6.

Hussey also has a much better strike rate than Kallis and tends to save matches when Australia are in real trouble.

 

[Perm]

I'd be much more confident in Kallis than I would be with Hussey, who has yet to prove himself in the subcontinent and in England. You could argue with regards to Bangladesh and County Cricket, but I'm looking for somebody who can perform in all conditions against top opposition.

 

[Craig]

Jacques Kallis for me. Can throw him the ball.

 

[Perm]

Jacques Kallis for me. Can throw him the ball.

Selective blindness Craig?

 

[Craig]

My eyesight is fine.

 

[howardj]

Jacquesy - averages over 50 against Australia, in Australia.

That needs no embellishment. It speaks for itself.

 

[Perm]

My eyesight is fine.

Okay, it appears you can't read then.

 

[Jono]

So my team is going to India, and Hussey hasn't played there before, whilst Kallis has played all over the world...

Fairly obvious answer. Kallis everyday of the week. Its not even anything against the great Huss, its just he's got so much more to do. And you can't just argue "oh what about current form", because currently still, Huss hasn't had to play two spinners on a turner in India. Kallis has tons in India, and pretty much everywhere else.

 

[Craig]

Okay, it appears you can't read then.

Well actually I can you smartarse ****.

 

[Captain Cricket]

My eyesight is fine.

Read the name of the topic, then.

 

[Perm]

Well actually I can you smartarse ****.

Any idea how much of a dick you look like right now? Read the thread FFS.