Garry Sobers v Imran Khan,Test Cricket:Poll

Teja. · 11-02-2011, 10:24 PM

Basically I know that people who rate Imran higher are in the minority but from comments in other threads, not as small a minority as I first thought. Would want to know just how significant this group is.

I'm definitely part of it.

Request mods not to merge with a previous thread, if it exists, as people might have changed their opinions, and I want a fresh poll.

No irrelevant option for the sake of accuracy.

Maximus0723 · 11-02-2011, 10:26 PM

Imran

Teja. · 11-02-2011, 10:28 PM

Pretty sure I clicked the poll option itbt. Would be grateful if a mod adds a poll without an irrelevant option, thanks.

smalishah84 · 11-02-2011, 10:31 PM

Where is the poll????

smalishah84 · 11-02-2011, 10:32 PM

You have created a tough poll. I am a massive Imran fanboy. Rate him only second to Bradman.

Noble One · 11-02-2011, 10:37 PM

Tough choice as Sobers and Imran have very little in common other than the all-rounder tag. Sobers the greatest batting all-rounder of all time. Imran the greatest bowling all-rounder of all time.

The batting of Khan roughly cancels out the bowling impact of Sobers. Khan doesn't quite make my top five greatest bowlers of all time. Sobers is unquestionably in my top three batsman of all time. Sobers would also be the only player of the two I would select in my All Time XI.

Adding the impact of a number of other intangible aspects I would rate Sobers higher. But still a very tough comparison.

Maximus0723 · 11-02-2011, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by smalishah84

You have created a tough poll. I am a massive Imran fanboy. Rate him only second to Bradman.

You make it seem like this is your first post.
We know how you roll.

smalishah84 · 11-02-2011, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maximus0723

You make it seem like this is your first post.
We know how you roll.

lol

Teja. · 11-02-2011, 10:41 PM

Cheers to the gun who added the poll.

vcs · 11-02-2011, 10:41 PM

Noble One · 11-02-2011, 10:42 PM

I do admire the respect that smalishah84 has for Imran. A quick post history check reveals 398 mentions of Imran in only 2,856 posts. That is impressive.

smalishah84 · 11-02-2011, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noble One

Tough choice as Sobers and Imran have very little in common other than the all-rounder tag. Sobers the greatest batting all-rounder of all time. Imran the greatest bowling all-rounder of all time.

The batting of Khan roughly cancels out the bowling impact of Sobers. Khan doesn't quite make my top five greatest bowlers of all time. Sobers is unquestionably in my top three batsman of all time. Sobers would also be the only player of the two I would select in my All Time XI.

Adding the impact of a number of other intangible aspects I would rate Sobers higher. But still a very tough comparison.

leadership???

Prince EWS · 11-02-2011, 10:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vcs

Oranges clearly better than apples tbf.

Prince EWS · 11-02-2011, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noble One

I do admire the respect that smalishah84 has for Imran. A quick post history check reveals 398 mentions of Imran in only 2,856 posts. That is impressive.

I reckon BhupinderSingh probably mentioned Imran in about 90% of his posts.

Anyway, it's definitely Imran for me. I think he's the greatest Test cricket in the history of the game, so it was a bit of a no-brainer for me.

smalishah84 · 11-02-2011, 10:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Noble One

I do admire the respect that smalishah84 has for Imran. A quick post history check reveals 398 mentions of Imran in only 2,856 posts. That is impressive.

less than 400??????? I thought it would have been more........taking into account the fact that I am planning to register as an activist for his political party

View Poll Results: Who was the better Test cricketer: Imran or Sobers?
Imran	32	27.83%
Sobers	83	72.17%
Voters: 115. You may not vote on this poll

11-02-2011, 10:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Maximus0723 State Regular Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: NY Posts: 921	Imran __________________ Greatest Test XI::: L Hutton, S Gavaskar, D Bradman, S Tendulkar, A Border, G Sobers, A Gilchrist, I Khan, S Warne, M Marshall, G McGrath Reserves:* B Richards, V Richards, A Knott, M Muralitharan Greatest ODI XI::: A Gilchrist, S Tendulkar, R Ponting, V Richards, M Hussey, M Bevan, S Pollock, W Akram, J Garner, M Muralitharan, A Donald Reserves*: A deVilliars, A Symonds, R Hadlee, S Warne

11-02-2011, 10:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
smalishah84 Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: dxb Posts: 18,851	Where is the poll???? __________________ And smalishah's avatar is the most classy one by far Jan certainly echoes the sentiments of CW Yeah we don't crap in the first world; most of us would actually have no idea what that was emanating from Ajmal's backside. Why isn't it roses and rainbows like what happens here? PEWS's retort to Ganeshran on Daemon's picture depicting Ajmal's excreta

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11-02-2011, 10:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
Teja. Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: z Posts: 5,863	Pretty sure I clicked the poll option itbt. Would be grateful if a mod adds a poll without an irrelevant option, thanks.

11-02-2011, 10:32 PM	#5 (permalink)
smalishah84 Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: dxb Posts: 18,851	You have created a tough poll. I am a massive Imran fanboy. Rate him only second to Bradman.

11-02-2011, 10:37 PM	#6 (permalink)
Noble One International Vice-Captain Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 4,112	Tough choice as Sobers and Imran have very little in common other than the all-rounder tag. Sobers the greatest batting all-rounder of all time. Imran the greatest bowling all-rounder of all time. The batting of Khan roughly cancels out the bowling impact of Sobers. Khan doesn't quite make my top five greatest bowlers of all time. Sobers is unquestionably in my top three batsman of all time. Sobers would also be the only player of the two I would select in my All Time XI. Adding the impact of a number of other intangible aspects I would rate Sobers higher. But still a very tough comparison.

11-02-2011, 10:41 PM	#9 (permalink)
Teja. Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: z Posts: 5,863	Cheers to the gun who added the poll.

11-02-2011, 10:41 PM	#10 (permalink)
vcs International Coach Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: India Posts: 10,305

11-02-2011, 10:42 PM	#11 (permalink)
Noble One International Vice-Captain Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 4,112	I do admire the respect that smalishah84 has for Imran. A quick post history check reveals 398 mentions of Imran in only 2,856 posts. That is impressive.

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