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After the Don, who is Australia's best cricketer...
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Clearly short-sighted cricket followers.
luckyeddie
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Very young voters, I suppose.
How can he be Australia's second-best player ever when he's only about their 5th best wicket-keeper?
I might just about put him on a par with Ian Healy (allowing extra credits for his batting, of course) but he is a military mile behind Rodney Marsh and Bertie Oldfield.
And as for John Blackham - well, I suggest that some of you ought to read up on the guy. He invented the whole concept of wicket-keeping technique, stood up to the fastest bowlers and was the first to dispense with the 'long stop' - a standard field setting in the 19th century.
How can he be Australia's second-best player ever when he's only about their 5th best wicket-keeper?
I might just about put him on a par with Ian Healy (allowing extra credits for his batting, of course) but he is a military mile behind Rodney Marsh and Bertie Oldfield.
And as for John Blackham - well, I suggest that some of you ought to read up on the guy. He invented the whole concept of wicket-keeping technique, stood up to the fastest bowlers and was the first to dispense with the 'long stop' - a standard field setting in the 19th century.
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luckyeddie
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Absolutely. If you have a fabulous batting line-up, surely you can afford to pick your best keeper?Mr. Ponting said:
Not knowing much about the standard of wicketkeeping in Australia at the moment, it's quite possible that Gilly is the best available behind the sticks anyway, so I'm not arguing against his selection in the current line-up (far from it).
Oh, where's the next Russell/ Marsh/ Taylor/ Engineer/ Knott going to come from? Taibu, perhaps? He looks to me to have the best pair of hands but I'll ask myself the same question in a couple of years.
Blewy
Cricketer Of The Year
I picked S.Waugh... closley followed by Border, Warne and Keith Miller...
I probably would have went Miller but i never saw him play, only on the highlight reels, and boy did he look good, But in the end it was Tugger that got my vote...
And for the Wicketkeeper issue, Wade Seccombe is probably Australia's No 1 Keeper but the reason Gilly is there is he gives the selectors a opportunity to play 5 bowlers and still not lose any batting strength....
His keeping is good but sometimes inconsistent, He can take some amazing catches and do some brilliant things but he has also been known to miss simple chances, if he cut those out then his reputation would increase immensley...
But i agree with many here that he is not even close to being near the 2nd best cricketer Australia has had...
I probably would have went Miller but i never saw him play, only on the highlight reels, and boy did he look good, But in the end it was Tugger that got my vote...
And for the Wicketkeeper issue, Wade Seccombe is probably Australia's No 1 Keeper but the reason Gilly is there is he gives the selectors a opportunity to play 5 bowlers and still not lose any batting strength....
His keeping is good but sometimes inconsistent, He can take some amazing catches and do some brilliant things but he has also been known to miss simple chances, if he cut those out then his reputation would increase immensley...
But i agree with many here that he is not even close to being near the 2nd best cricketer Australia has had...
