Who is the best cricketer ?

[G.I.Joe]

Mick Lewis.

 

[0RI0N]

Nasser Hussain, Mike Atherton and Nick Knight; in that order.

I'd split Atherton and Knight with Sir AR Agarkar and Craig Spearman.
That's my top 5

 

[AaronK]

Wasim akram

 

[Maximus0723]

Sir Bradman
Sir Sobers
Sir Tendulkar

 

[nz0003]

Richard Hadlee.

 

[Benaud]

Peter McGlashan

 

[NUFAN]

Tino Best worth a nomination.

 

[JBMAC]

.............. and Alfred Mynn

Definitely a big hitter of the ball by all reports

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I've written the exact date and time down on a piece of paper and placed in a sealed envelope when BupenderSingh will emerge from behind the wallpaper to say "Imran Khan".

 

[The Sean]

no joke, i'm serious. why does this guy get all this credit for averaging 22???

He averaged 32 actually. In the 1880s.

And its not his Test average that Grace gets most of his credit for.

 

[Sir Alex]

He averaged 32 actually. In the 1880s.

And its not his Test average that Grace gets most of his credit for.

I think tendulkar and grace had similar effect on his countrymen and popularity of the game.

 

[zaremba]

what has this grace guy done to be considered among the top 3 players? his record is soo poor even some indian ipl players should get in before him.

He was not only the finest player born or unborn, but the maker of modern batting.

 

[zaremba]

what has this grace guy done to be considered among the top 3 players? his record is soo poor even some indian ipl players should get in before him.

His record in 1871 was pretty good.

• A total of 17 first-class centuries were scored that year. WG got 10 of them.
• WG averaged 78.25 and the next best average by a batsman playing more than a single innings was 39.57
• WG's aggregate for the season was 2,739; the next best was 1,068.

Can't see what all the fuss was about really

 

[The Sean]

His record in 1871 was pretty good.

• A total of 17 first-class centuries were scored that year. WG got 10 of them.
• WG averaged 78.25 and the next best average by a batsman playing more than a single innings was 39.57
• WG's aggregate for the season was 2,739; the next best was 1,068.

Can't see what all the fuss was about really

Meh, but what's he done lately??

 

[honestbharani]

Rikki Clarke and AA.. and maybe Dave Mohammed.

 

[The Sean]

Genuinely stunned by no mention of Rod McCurdy TBH.

 

[Spikey]

What else does Roy Park have to do to get a mention?





Other than face more than one ball in test match cricket.

 

[Jono]

Personally think it's between Lara, Tendulkar and Ponting. Let's discuss who's better out of those three

Haha that made me laugh so much.

 

[honestbharani]

Forgot this one..


Geoff Boycott's Mum </thread>

 

[Pothas]

His record in 1871 was pretty good.

• A total of 17 first-class centuries were scored that year. WG got 10 of them.
• WG averaged 78.25 and the next best average by a batsman playing more than a single innings was 39.57
• WG's aggregate for the season was 2,739; the next best was 1,068.

Can't see what all the fuss was about really

Yeah but his first chance average while playing in India was awful.