Battle of the Elegance

[morgieb]

This battle is to see who CW thinks was the best player to watch, not merely the best player.

Nominate away.

 

[Burgey]

Nominate:

David Gower (should probably win this tbh)
M Waugh
L Rowe
M Jayawardene
G Chappell
D Vengsarkar
A Kalicharan (sp?)
F Worrell
M Samuels (seriously, so much time it's ridiculous)



S Chanderpaul

Lot of high backlifts in that list. Don't think it's a coincidence.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Tendulkar
Azharruddin
Inzamam

 

[Chubb]

Stephen Fleming
Vusi Sibanda

 

[Spikey]

damien martyn
phil hughes

 

[Burgey]

Azharrudin a very good shout.

VVS as well. had that lovely way of playing off stump bals away to leg like he just didn't give a ****.

 

[centurymaker]

shane warne
steyn
donald
wasim
shane bond
brett lee
akhtar

 

[Mike5181]

Martin Crowe

 

[Burgey]

Lillee wins this thread if it's about bowling by so far it is ridiculous.

 

[Xuhaib]

Mo Yo, Kohli, Rohit Sharma,

 

[centurymaker]

sehwag
gayle
AB dev

 

[Red]

Mark Waugh. Just perfect.

If I could be any cricketer I've seen, I'd be him.

Viv is a different story. Brutal, but not as beautiful.

Definitely the two I've most enjoyed watching.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Michael Holding.

 

[morgieb]

Lillee wins this thread if it's about bowling by so far it is ridiculous.

It's about bowling and batting ftr.

 

[watson]

Lillee wins this thread if it's about bowling by so far it is ridiculous.

An older Lillee perhaps.

But the run-up of a young Dennis Lillee looked like he was "elbowing his way through a crowd". Not very elegant.

 

[Noble One]

If we are talking bowlers too:

Hadlee
Waqar
Ambrose
Imran Khan
Donald

I could watch the above actions all day.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Michael Vaughan, would rather watch him over any other player in history.

 

[Burgey]

It's about bowling and batting ftr.

Then he wins both..

 

[kingkallis]

Mohammad Azharuddin
Mark Waugh
Damien Martyn
Brian Lara
Ian Bell
VVS Laxman
Marlon Samuels
Mohammad Yousuf
Stephen Fleming
Mark Butcher
Micheal Vaughan

Allan Donald
Shane Bond
Curtly Ambrose
Shane Warne
Waqar Younis
Micheal Holding
Dennis Lillee
Garth Le Roux
John Snow

 

[Jager]

From what I've seen, Sobers