West Indies ATG Team- Open Voting - Page 2

Howe_zat · 13-11-2012, 04:15 AM

Even the one who's voting to be different was predictable. Gong it

Prince EWS · 13-11-2012, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Howe_zat

Even the one who's voting to be different was predictable. Gong it

touche

NUFAN · 13-11-2012, 04:32 AM

Brian Lara
Viv Richards
Garry Sobers
Frank Worrell (c)

watson · 13-11-2012, 05:46 AM

3. Viv Richards
4. Brian Lara
5. George Headley
6. Garfield Sobers

doesitmatter · 13-11-2012, 07:12 AM

Kanhai
Sobers
Viv
Lara..

Kanhai was a master batsman... Best batman of the 60's..Maestro

Michaelf7777777 · 13-11-2012, 08:23 AM

3. George Headley
4. Viv Richards
5. Garry Sobers
6. Clive Lloyd (for his captaincy ability as well as being brillant with the tail)

Eds · 13-11-2012, 11:11 AM

3. Viv Richards
4. Brian Lara
5. George Headley
6. Garry Sobers

Cabinet96 · 13-11-2012, 11:25 AM

Will be boring

Headley
Lara
Richards
Sobers

Himannv · 13-11-2012, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by watson

3. Viv Richards
4. Brian Lara
5. George Headley
6. Garfield Sobers

Agree with this. Hard to go against the grain here when these are obvious choices.

AldoRaine18 · 13-11-2012, 01:31 PM

To be honest, despite the loads of talent on show here, it is very tough to leave CLive out of an all time West Indies team, given how much significance his role had, in assembling and driving forward that star studded team. Am I wrong here?

Monk · 13-11-2012, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by AldoRaine18

To be honest, despite the loads of talent on show here, it is very tough to leave CLive out of an all time West Indies team, given how much significance his role had, in assembling and driving forward that star studded team. Am I wrong here?

You're not necessarily wrong, but I think that Worrell had far more influence in the same sphere that Lloyd did.

kyear2 · 13-11-2012, 04:13 PM

But none of them were as good batsmen as Headley, Richards, Laraand Sobers.

watson · 13-11-2012, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AldoRaine18

To be honest, despite the loads of talent on show here, it is very tough to leave CLive out of an all time West Indies team, given how much significance his role had, in assembling and driving forward that star studded team. Am I wrong here?

In order to shoe-horn Clive Lloyd into that middle-order you would have to leave out George Headley (I think that Richards, Lara and Sobers are non-negotiables).

But then, it's hard to argue that Lloyd's 'significance' to West Indian cricket is any greater than Headley's 'significance'. For a decade Headley was the cornerstone of an otherwise very ordinary West Indian batting line-up. This is an enormous amount of time to shoulder so much responsibility, and even the efforts of Allan Border and Sunil Gavaskar pale in comparison.

Indeed, it's not beyond the realms of possibility that West Indian cricket would have disppeared off the international radar altogether if it were not for Headley's batting skill and tenacity. Or at least be set back another 25 years.

kyear2 · 13-11-2012, 04:29 PM

Not only is it not beyond the relm of possiblity, but a good chance that another defeat like the one the team suffered in '28 may have seen the W.I. ignored as a Test playing nation.
Headley was also seen as the second best batsman of his era ahead of Hammond and Hutton, and imho the second greatest batsman ever and not that far behind the Don.

Slifer · 13-11-2012, 06:36 PM

Weekes
Kanhai
Worrell
Walcott

Just kidding:

Headley
Viv
Lara
Sobers

13-11-2012, 05:46 AM	#19 (permalink)
watson International Debutant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,672	3. Viv Richards 4. Brian Lara 5. George Headley 6. Garfield Sobers __________________ 1945-1977 ATG Draft: Desmond Haynes - Roy Fredericks - Rohan Kanhai - Neil Harvey - Clive Lloyd - Asif Iqbal - John Waite - Ray Lindwall - Garth McKenzie - John Snow - Derek Underwood ATG XI: Jack Hobbs - Len Hutton - Don Bradman - Brian Lara - Graham Pollock - Gary Sobers - Alan Knott - Malcolm Marshall - Shane Warne - Dennis Lillee- Sydney Barnes

13-11-2012, 11:11 AM	#22 (permalink)
Eds State Captain Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 1,751	3. Viv Richards 4. Brian Lara 5. George Headley 6. Garry Sobers __________________ "If that Swann lad is the future of spin bowling in this country, then we're **ed." - Nasser Hussain, 1997.

13-11-2012, 04:13 PM	#27 (permalink)
kyear2 International Debutant Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: w.i Posts: 2,502	But none of them were as good batsmen as Headley, Richards, Laraand Sobers. __________________ 1st XI Hutton \| Hobbs \| Bradman \| Richards \| Tendulkar \| Sobers \| Gilchrist \| Khan \| Marshall \| Warne \| McGrath 2nd XI Sutcliffe \| Gavaskar \| Headley \| Chappell \| Lara \| Kallis \| Miller \| Knott \| Ambrose \| Lillee \| Muralitharan 3rd XI Greenidge \| Morris \| Ponting \| Pollock \| Hammond \| Worrell \| Ames \| Hadlee \| Holding \| Trueman \| O'Reilly 4th XI Richards \| Simpson \| Sangakkara \| Weekes \| Border \| Walcott \| Botham \| Lindwall \| Laker \| Garner \| Barnes

13-11-2012, 06:36 PM	#30 (permalink)
Slifer State Vice-Captain Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 1,330	Weekes Kanhai Worrell Walcott Just kidding: Headley Viv Lara Sobers __________________ Cause Slifer said so.........!!!!

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13-11-2012, 04:15 AM	#16 (permalink)
Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,845	Even the one who's voting to be different was predictable. Gong it

13-11-2012, 04:32 AM	#18 (permalink)
NUFAN International Coach Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NSW Posts: 13,741	Brian Lara Viv Richards Garry Sobers Frank Worrell (c)

13-11-2012, 07:12 AM	#20 (permalink)
doesitmatter U19 Debutant Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: USA Posts: 376	Kanhai Sobers Viv Lara.. Kanhai was a master batsman... Best batman of the 60's..Maestro

13-11-2012, 08:23 AM	#21 (permalink)
Michaelf7777777 International 12th Man Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wellington, NZ Posts: 1,610	3. George Headley 4. Viv Richards 5. Garry Sobers 6. Clive Lloyd (for his captaincy ability as well as being brillant with the tail)

13-11-2012, 11:25 AM	#23 (permalink)
Cabinet96 International Vice-Captain Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: London, England Posts: 4,100	Will be boring Headley Lara Richards Sobers

13-11-2012, 01:31 PM	#25 (permalink)
AldoRaine18 U19 12th Man Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Lyon, France Posts: 213	To be honest, despite the loads of talent on show here, it is very tough to leave CLive out of an all time West Indies team, given how much significance his role had, in assembling and driving forward that star studded team. Am I wrong here?

13-11-2012, 04:29 PM	#29 (permalink)
kyear2 International Debutant Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: w.i Posts: 2,502	Not only is it not beyond the relm of possiblity, but a good chance that another defeat like the one the team suffered in '28 may have seen the W.I. ignored as a Test playing nation. Headley was also seen as the second best batsman of his era ahead of Hammond and Hutton, and imho the second greatest batsman ever and not that far behind the Don.

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