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Sehwag - Wisden's leading cricketer of the year 2009

GotSpin

GotSpin

Hall of Fame Member
vic_orthdox said:
Disagree because you can show that someone else was a more influential cricketer in 2009. Not because "he's a flat track bully" or whatever.

You didn't even disagree with it, you just regurgitated a lazy argument that has been offered up throughout CC in recent times to disparage Sehwag.
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Mine was a poorly made joke admittedly - Mostly a useless post. If Sean was only referring to me then fair enough, but its a forum so people are going to undoubtedly question the achievements of cricketers.
 
The Sean

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
Got_Spin said:
Mine was a poorly made joke admittedly - Mostly a useless post. If Sean was only referring to me then fair enough, but its a forum so people are going to undoubtedly question the achievements of cricketers.
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Missed my point, and I wasn't just referring to you. I said I don't mind people disagreeing, it just annoys me that it invariably ends with players being denigrated rather than celebrated. My comment was a bit preachy and soap-boxy though, I'll admit. :)
 
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wfdu_ben91

wfdu_ben91

International 12th Man
vic_orthdox said:
Hayden's S/R is what you'd call good, positive cricket. Sehwag's is bordering on maniacal, yet successful.
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"The great thing about Matthew Hayden was that he redefined what an opening batsman was. He changed the face of Test-match batting for ever. His real legacy will be changing the way cricket was played. He always tried to dominate and went after the opening bowlers in the first session." - Steve Waugh

'He changed the face of batting for ever' | Australia Cricket News | Cricinfo.com
 
L Trumper

L Trumper

State Regular
wfdu_ben91 said:
"The great thing about Matthew Hayden was that he redefined what an opening batsman was. He changed the face of Test-match batting for ever. His real legacy will be changing the way cricket was played. He always tried to dominate and went after the opening bowlers in the first session." - Steve Waugh

'He changed the face of batting for ever' | Australia Cricket News | Cricinfo.com
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Its haydo's retirement ceremony. So Waugh got a little overboard there.

Changed the way of opening batting?? :ph34r:

I wonder what slater did during the 90's? :huh: Isn't he the guy that started attacking brand of cricket that AUS under taylor are famous for, which later followed successfully.
 
wfdu_ben91

wfdu_ben91

International 12th Man
L Trumper said:
Its haydo's retirement ceremony. So Waugh got a little overboard there.

Changed the way of opening batting?? :ph34r:

I wonder what slater did during the 90's? :huh: Isn't he the guy that started attacking brand of cricket that AUS under taylor are famous for, which later followed successfully.
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Waugh didn't get a little overboard, he always believed in Hayden and believed that he could be one of the best.

Slater was moreso a positive player then anything else, who played his shots rather then bludgening the ball. Had he never experienced health problems in the late 90s / early 00s then Slater could've quite possibly gone on to become one of the best batsman of alltime.
 
andyc

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Sigh. Is this discussion really necessary in a thread about Sehwag?

duffer said:
So obvious, yet so good. Can't believe we've missed it for so long. Played andy.
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Haha, pretty sure I've seen it on here before.
 
L Trumper

L Trumper

State Regular
wfdu_ben91 said:
Waugh didn't get a little overboard, he always believed in Hayden and believed that he could be one of the best.

Slater was moreso a positive player then anything else, who played his shots rather then bludgening the ball. Had he never experienced health problems in the late 90s / early 00s then Slater could've quite possibly gone on to become one of the best batsman of alltime.
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He said Langer is the best batsman in the world too, in 2000. As a captain he believed in all his players.
 
Ikki

Ikki

Hall of Fame Member
Congrats to Sehwag. As for the mini-discussion re Hayden; well he certainly was domineering. In a different sense though. While Hayden was a pretty fast scorer himself when he wanted to be; he does not touch Sehwag. On the other hand, Hayden intimidated bowlers but not really by the speed of scoring.
 
wfdu_ben91

wfdu_ben91

International 12th Man
Ikki said:
Congrats to Sehwag. As for the mini-discussion re Hayden; well he certainly was domineering. In a different sense though. While Hayden was a pretty fast scorer himself when he wanted to be; he does not touch Sehwag. On the other hand, Hayden intimidated bowlers but not really by the speed of scoring.
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The difference was that Hayden was a calculating assassin whilst Sehwag was a batsman who went after absolutely everything. Hayden had an aura about him whilst with Sehwag you always thought you had a chance.
 
Xuhaib

Xuhaib

International Coach
wfdu_ben91 said:
The difference was that Hayden was a calculating assassin whilst Sehwag was a batsman who went after absolutely everything. Hayden had an aura about him whilst with Sehwag you always thought you had a chance.
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tell this to Murali,Hearath,Mendis,Steyn,Morkal,Shoaib,Kaneria,Anderson,Flintoff.
 
Shri

Shri

Mr. Glass
Oh, okay. Thankfully, this thread isn't about who you would pick instead of another for tests.:)
 
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