Players you wish to see in the current era.

[Burgey]

Must admit I was waiting for an Aussie to say Gilchrist, Warne, McGrath and Waugh.

We used to make comparable jokes about England a few years ago.

Only we had to use examples of players from the mid-50s to come up with anyone decent.

 

[Flem274*]

Dempster, Donnelly, Cowie and Hadlee

The first three to see how good they could be in eras where we play more tests and fight less wars (everything written makes them sound jizzworthy), and Hadlee because I want NZ to win a test dammit.

 

[Prince EWS]

I'd love to see 22 year old versions of Bevan, Hick, Ramprakash, Kambli, Blewett and Sinclair teleported into today's sides to give the whole Test cricket thing another go with a fresh start. Masochism? Well, maybe.

 

[kingkallis]

Donald Bradman
Victor Trumper
Fred Trueman
Barry Richards
Greame Pollock
Mike Proctor
Richard Hadlee
Ben Hollioake

 

[NasserFan207]

Ben Hollioake

Good shout

 

[Ikki]

Barnes - to see what the **** he bowled.
Bradman - to see how bloody good he was.
Lillee - to see batsmen **** themselves again.
Warne - makes cricket a zillion times more watch-worthy.

Others I would like to see: Viv, Imran, Trueman, Grace, Miller and Sobers.

 

[weldone]

Harold Larwood, Duleepsinhji, Clarrie Grimmett, WG Grace

...simply because I think all 4 of them deserved to play more test cricket in their respective primes...

 

[Agent Nationaux]

A young Waqar in the form of his life to revive the art of toe crushing and to teach Umar Gul how to pitch up more.

 

[sunilreddy]

Vinoo Mankad
Viv Richards
Garner
Imran Khan
Barry Richards
Peter Pollock
Sir Sobers
Mike Procter
David Gower
Richard Hadlee
Bob Willis

 

[kingkallis]

Good shout

Cant forget his straight drive off McGrath in the very 1st ODI...very talented kid!

 

[Shri]

Was he the one who died in a car crash?

 

[kingjulian]

Kapil Dev is a terrific shout.

I'd like to see Sobers and Holding too.

 

[smash84]

I'd love to see 22 year old versions of Bevan, Hick, Ramprakash, Kambli, Blewett and Sinclair teleported into today's sides to give the whole Test cricket thing another go with a fresh start. Masochism? Well, maybe.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Was he the one who died in a car crash?

Yeah.

 

[Prince EWS]

They were all ridiculously awesome domestic batsmen who failed at Test level, mainly due to the mental 'step up'. The more chances they were given, the more they over-thought things, the more played mind games with themselves and the more they failed. I'd be interested in seeing how their careers would unfold if they could just start again without the mental baggage. Things might work out differently.

 

[Daemon]

They were all ridiculously awesome domestic batsmen who failed at Test level, mainly due to the mental 'step up'. The more chances they were given, the more they over-thought things, the more played mind games with themselves and the more they failed. I'd be interested in seeing how their careers would unfold if they could just start again without the mental baggage. Things might work out differently.

How do you know this?

 

[Prince EWS]

How do you know this?

Magic.

Nah, seriously, it's a common theory I happen to subscribe to. It's definitely not proven though which is why I'd been keen to see them do it all again without the baggage.

 

[fredfertang]

PEWS makes a good point - certainly I am sure the two Englishmen, Hick and Ramprakash, would have done much better under Andy Flower's regime than they did under Mickey Stewart and, particularly, Keith Fletcher and Ray Illingworth

 

[weldone]

I'd love to see 22 year old versions of Bevan, Hick, Ramprakash, Kambli, Blewett and Sinclair teleported into today's sides to give the whole Test cricket thing another go with a fresh start. Masochism? Well, maybe.

On similar note, teleporting 24-year old Utpal Chatterjee, Narendra Hirwani, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Maninder Singh to the Australian, South Afrcan, New Zealand and Sri Lankan test sides of today respectively (or in any order) will be an interesting idea.

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

On similar note, teleporting 24-year old Utpal Chatterjee, Narendra Hirwani, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Maninder Singh to the Australian, South Afrcan, New Zealand and Sri Lankan test sides of today respectively (or in any order) will be an interesting idea.

Fair shout. And let's not forget that a couple of Indian left-arm spinners better than these men never played international cricket. Born in the wrong era!