Battle of the Australians - Mk II

[Nate]

Nathan Bracken. arguably the best ODI bowler of all time.

 

[pasag]

Nathan Bracken. arguably the best ODI bowler of all time.

Would love to see you make a case for Bracken > Garner

 

[Perm]

Would love to see you make a case for Bracken > Garner

138 wickets at 21.90 with an E/R of 4.37 in this day and age is bloody impressive. Would actually make for a reasonable argument IMO.

 

[Burgey]

Fair dinkum, how does Dean Jones get a spot? I know he was a fine ODI player, but God he was an overrated test player.

He played a great knock in Madras (as it then was) in the 86 Tied Test, and has spent the past 22 years living off it. The number of times he missed out when series were alive was amazing, then he'd ton up big in a dead rubber.

Wish Walsh had split him with that beamer in the beach cricket, using a real cricket ball. Worst bloke.

 

[pasag]

138 wickets at 21.90 with an E/R of 4.37 in this day and age is bloody impressive. Would actually make for a reasonable argument IMO.

Impressive no doubt, one of the best, but doesn't come close to Garner.

 

[Prince EWS]

Fair dinkum, how does Dean Jones get a spot? I know he was a fine ODI player, but God he was an overrated test player.

Well he certainly had a better Test career than Michael Bevan.

 

[NUFAN]

Well Jones was picked for his one day career i would say..

Or when the judging starts do we just factor in Test Cricket?

Pretty bad that I don't even know Charlie Turner, hmm.

 

[NUFAN]

BTW we could add 3 more players such as Bracken, Watson [I suppose] and someone else..

So than it's 72, so 24 x 3 >> 12 x 2 >> 4 x 3 >> 2 x 2 >> 1 x 2.

 

[Perm]

Impressive no doubt, one of the best, but doesn't come close to Garner.

I guess. Could probably make an semi-decent argument though, what with bat technology/ground sizes/flat pitches and all that in this era

 

[nightprowler10]

BTW we could add 3 more players such as Bracken, Watson [I suppose] and someone else..

So than it's 72, so 24 x 3 >> 12 x 2 >> 4 x 3 >> 2 x 2 >> 1 x 2.

Not sure whom the other three should be, but I'd prefer:

24 x 3 > 8 x 3 > 4 x 2 > 2 x 2 > 1 x 2

I think that makes sense.

 

[nightprowler10]

Well Jones was picked for his one day career i would say..

Or when the judging starts do we just factor in Test Cricket?

Pretty bad that I don't even know Charlie Turner, hmm.

I think we went back and forth about that the first time around and decided it shouldn't be just Test cricket.

 

[nightprowler10]

Yes, Yes NP101, Go ahead please.

Haha, can you ever get my name right?

 

[aussie tragic]

Not sure whom the other three should be, but I'd prefer:

24 x 3 > 8 x 3 > 4 x 2 > 2 x 2 > 1 x 2

I think that makes sense.

Take your pick from

Geoff Lawson
Terry Alderman
Max Walker
Nathan Bracken
Bruce Yardley
Rodney Hogg
Paul Reiffel
Ian Redpath
Geoff Marsh
Keith Stackpole
Graham Yallop

 

[NUFAN]

Out of that lot I would probably go..

Stackpole, Aldermann, not sure who would be 3rd.

Also NP10, I like your formula of 3 per battle for the first 2 rounds.

 

[nightprowler10]

Alderman was in the last battle so he's a shoe-in as far as I'm concerned. Two more to go then.

 

[NUFAN]

When I said Stackpole, I was actually thinking of Redpath, he had a decent career.

 

[NUFAN]

Hey np when is this going to start?

 

[pasag]

Yeah, just start it and the masses will follow.

 

[nightprowler10]

Pretty soon actually. Here is the finalized list:

1. Monty Noble
2. Frederick Spofforth
3. Victor Trumper
4. Ian Chappell
5. Bill O'Reilly
6. Clarrie Grimmett
7. Stan McCabe
8. Arthur Morris
9. Ray Lindwall
10. Keith Miller
11. Allan Davidson
12. Jack Gregory
13. Richie Benaud
14. Bobby Simpson
15. Lindsay Hassett
16. Garth McKenzie
17. Greg Chappell
18. Ashley Mallett
19. Rodney Marsh
20. Doug Walters
21. Neil Harvey
22. Dennis Lillee
23. Jeff Thomson
24. Craig McDermott
25. Allan Border
26. Steve Waugh
27. Ian Healy
28. Shane Warne
29. Glenn McGrath
30. Ricky Ponting
31. Adam Gilchrist
32. Matthew Hayden
33. Mark Waugh
34. Justin Langer
35. Bill Ponsford
36. Colin McDonald
37. Wally Grout
38. John Blackham
39. Jason Gillespie
40. Norman O'Neil
41. Brett Lee
42. Mark Taylor
43. Bill Lawry
44. Bill Woodfull
45. Warwick Armstrong
46. Hugh Trumble
47. Clem Hill
48. Bob Cowper
49. Bill Johnston
50. Ian Johnson
51. David Boon
52. Jack Iverson
53. Stuart MacGill
54. Merv Hughes
55. Dean Jones
56. Charles Macartney
57. Damien Martyn
58. Michael Slater
59. Craig McDermott
60. Bill Brown
61. Syd Gregory
62. Jack Ryder
63. Charlie Turner
64. Michael Bevan
65. Michael Hussey
66. Kim Hughes
67. Stuart Clark
68. Charles Bannerman
69. Bruce Reid
70. Terry Alderman
71. Paul Reiffel
72. Ian Redpath

If there are no objections I'll go ahead and start. Where's Manan's randomizer?

 

[pasag]

http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~mas66/random.html