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Kapil Dev inducted into Hall of Fame
- Thread starter G.I.Joe
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Edged&Taken
U19 Vice-Captain
Akram should be on that list very soon. Was Gower that good to be a Hall of Famer ?
New Zealand (1)
Richard Hadlee
South Africa (2)
Barry Richards , Graeme Pollock
Pakistan (3)
Imran Khan, Hanif Mohammad , Javed Miandad
India (3)
Bishan Bedi , Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar
Australia (11)
Keith Miller, Bill O’Reilly, Rodney Marsh , Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey , Donald Bradman, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Richie Benaud, Allan Border
West Indies (14)
Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes , Frank Woolley , Frank Worrell . Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Garfield Sobers , Malcolm Marshall , Rohan Kanhai , Michael Holding , Lance Gibbs , Clive Lloyd , George Headley , Gordon Greenidge
England (21)
Brian Statham, Fred Trueman, Derek Underwood , Wilfred Rhodes , Peter May , Alan Knott, Jim Laker, Harold Larwood , Leonard Hutton , Jack Hobbs , Graham Gooch, David Gower, WG Grace, Tom Graveney , Walter Hammond , Denis Compton, Colin Cowdrey , Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott , Alec Bedser , Sydney Barnes ,
New Zealand (1)
Richard Hadlee
South Africa (2)
Barry Richards , Graeme Pollock
Pakistan (3)
Imran Khan, Hanif Mohammad , Javed Miandad
India (3)
Bishan Bedi , Kapil Dev, Sunil Gavaskar
Australia (11)
Keith Miller, Bill O’Reilly, Rodney Marsh , Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Neil Harvey , Donald Bradman, Greg Chappell, Ian Chappell, Richie Benaud, Allan Border
West Indies (14)
Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes , Frank Woolley , Frank Worrell . Vivian Richards, Andy Roberts, Garfield Sobers , Malcolm Marshall , Rohan Kanhai , Michael Holding , Lance Gibbs , Clive Lloyd , George Headley , Gordon Greenidge
England (21)
Brian Statham, Fred Trueman, Derek Underwood , Wilfred Rhodes , Peter May , Alan Knott, Jim Laker, Harold Larwood , Leonard Hutton , Jack Hobbs , Graham Gooch, David Gower, WG Grace, Tom Graveney , Walter Hammond , Denis Compton, Colin Cowdrey , Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott , Alec Bedser , Sydney Barnes ,
Matt79
Global Moderator
Well done Kapil Dev. Was just before my time, but from his achievements, and hearing people speak about him, suspect he's significantly underrated in absolute terms these days - probably at least partially because of the other allrounders he was a contemporary of.
Apart from anything else, should be a near automatic inclusion in any all-time ODI XI imo...
Apart from anything else, should be a near automatic inclusion in any all-time ODI XI imo...
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
A truly great player, who had he been born 10 years earlier or 10 years later would have reigned virtually unchallenged as the world's outstanding all round cricketer for much of his career.
That full list, whilst not denying the greatness of those on it, looks rather England-heavy to me. The likes of Graveney, Gooch and Gower could probably consider themselves rather lucky to be included when you consider some of the blokes who haven't made it yet.
That full list, whilst not denying the greatness of those on it, looks rather England-heavy to me. The likes of Graveney, Gooch and Gower could probably consider themselves rather lucky to be included when you consider some of the blokes who haven't made it yet.
Sanz
Hall of Fame Member
Even in that era, he held his own as an all rounder. IMO he truly is one of the greatest talents ever to play cricket. He was an outstanding athlete (infact he still is), never missed a match due to injury in his 15-16 year career. Indian cricket used him both as a stock bowler and as a strike bowler and for years he did both with distinction, day in and day out.
Gavaskar gave us the belief that we could be the best, Kapil gave us the belief that we could beat the best and be the world Champs.
1983 and Kapil Dev Nikhanj Changed Indian and world Cricket forever .
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Well said. And yeah, I certainly didn't mean to imply that he was overshadowed or didn't hold his own - more that because of the timing of his career he was part a small group of great all-rounders at the top of world cricket, rather than being alone at the top as he would have been during many other eras.
SaeedAnwar
U19 Debutant
where are lara, tendulaker, De silva? also why so many english players up there?
Burgey
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They've played the game longest I would think... There's 130 odd years of history on the side of England and Australia there.
Also not sure you can be nominated while still playing - may have to wait a few years post-retirement.
E & T's post which lists the inductees has Frank Woolley playing for WI. Suspect it's Worrell and a typo (not being a nark ftr), though Woolley wouldn't be out of place in there either tbh.
Also not sure you can be nominated while still playing - may have to wait a few years post-retirement.
E & T's post which lists the inductees has Frank Woolley playing for WI. Suspect it's Worrell and a typo (not being a nark ftr), though Woolley wouldn't be out of place in there either tbh.
Maximus0723
State Regular
'83 was the best WC after '96.
Matt79
Global Moderator
That's becoming a bit meaningless really Rich. It's either the third worst, or alternatively, second best WC of the four WCs you've seen.
I thought 96 was decent - there were some very good performances, and a bit of an upset in the final. 02/03 was a great tournament in my opinion. 2007 wasn't great, and what I remember of it, '91/92 wasn't really the stuff dreams are made of.
I thought 96 was decent - there were some very good performances, and a bit of an upset in the final. 02/03 was a great tournament in my opinion. 2007 wasn't great, and what I remember of it, '91/92 wasn't really the stuff dreams are made of.
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Any shortcomings of that particular tournament were more than compensated for by THAT over from Wasim Akram in the final.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
'91/92 was an excellent tournamen which featured excellent cricket and very little uncompetetive cricket. 2002/03 and 2007 both featured horrendous amounts of it and were both as such awful tournaments in my book - 2007 was even worse than 2002/03.
As for 1995/96, the format rendered almost all the matches meaningless - the only ones that meant anything were the straight knockout matches.