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View Poll Results: Best After the Don
Jack Hobbs 7 7.78%
Wally Hammond 1 1.11%
George Headley 1 1.11%
Len Hutton 2 2.22%
Garry Sobers 13 14.44%
Sunil Gavaskar 1 1.11%
Graeme Pollock 2 2.22%
Greg Chappell 1 1.11%
Barry Richards 1 1.11%
Viv Richards 16 17.78%
Sachin Tendulkar 20 22.22%
Brian Lara 6 6.67%
Ricky Ponting 5 5.56%
Jacques Kallis 8 8.89%
W.G. Grace 4 4.44%
Other 2 2.22%
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Old 18-03-2013, 07:00 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Best After The Don
Mark Nicholas: The best after the Don? That's a toughie | Cricinfo Magazine | ESPN Cricinfo

Nice Article, but who you guys think is number two
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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
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Old 18-03-2013, 07:20 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 18-03-2013, 07:34 PM   #3 (permalink)
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For his ability to win Test matches, and demoralise attacks like The Don - Brian Lara
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ATG XI: Jack Hobbs - Len Hutton - Don Bradman - Brian Lara - Graham Pollock - Gary Sobers - Alan Knott - Malcolm Marshall - Shane Warne - Dennis Lillee- Sydney Barnes
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Old 18-03-2013, 07:39 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Sobers, Hobbs, Viv and Tendulkar, in no particular order, and each for different reasons.
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Old 18-03-2013, 07:46 PM   #5 (permalink)
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cool article. kind of makes me hate mark nicholas slightly less*

i like that a lot of those west indian batsman did it either still drunk from the night before, and/or pretty hungover.

*for now.
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Old 18-03-2013, 08:13 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I used to think Sobers but increasingly I feel it is Tendulkar. I've underrated his longevity. For this poll I've voted for G Pollock.
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Old 18-03-2013, 08:34 PM   #7 (permalink)
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No Dhawan option?!
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No Dhawan option?!
The question is best "after" the Don. Dhawan and his twirly mo > Don
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Old 18-03-2013, 09:45 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Lara = best batsman I Have seen. I have gone back and forth on rating players before the time of my watching cricket but I have gone back now to considering myself less informed to judge them.
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Old 18-03-2013, 10:32 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Woud have voted for Sobers if he didn't bat down the order.
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Old 18-03-2013, 10:48 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I voted for Herbert doesntneedamiddlenamecoshesso****ingawesome Sutcliffe.
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Old 18-03-2013, 11:11 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Sobers, Hobbs, Viv and Tendulkar, in no particular order, and each for different reasons.
Hobbs, Sobers, Barry and Tendulkar in no particular order for mine. Viv, Pollock, Hammond, Lara and Headley a very, very close second (third if you have Don as first) tier.
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Old 18-03-2013, 11:14 PM   #13 (permalink)
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"Then the other day Brendon McCullum said that Alastair Cook was the best since Bradman."

Aren't actual players meant to have good opinions?
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Old 18-03-2013, 11:46 PM   #14 (permalink)
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"Then the other day Brendon McCullum said that Alastair Cook was the best since Bradman."

Aren't actual players meant to have good opinions?
I think the actual problem is NZ players shouldn't have opinions at all.
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Old 18-03-2013, 11:50 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Ended up going with Hobbs. It's pretty close though.
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