Cricketweb decides the second best batsman ever. 32 player bracket, nomination thread

[mr_mister]

Greg Chappell
Steve Waugh
Ponting
Hobbs
Hammond
Hutton
Headley
Weekes
Walcott
Sobers
Viv Richards
Lara
Graeme Pollock
Gavaskar
Tendulkar
Dravid
Miandad
Sangakkara
Grace
Trumper
De Villiers
Kallis
Barry Richards
Sutcliffe
Border
Barrington
Ranjitsinhji
Sehwag


28 names now, 4 spots left.

 

[kyear2]

Frank Worrell
Rohan Kanhai
Neil Harvey
Inzamam up Haq

 

[OverratedSanity]

Worrell and Kanhai should be in for sure imo.

 

[cnerd123]

I support the Neil Harvey nomination.

Gonna throw in a vote for Andy Flower too.

 

[cnerd123]

Hanif Mohammed, Younis Khan, Yousuf Youhana/Mohd Yousuf and Inzy all deserve a shout too.

 

[mr_mister]

werent you giving me **** for not waiting 24 hours for a second nom earlier?

 

[mr_mister]

Neil Harvey now has enough, as does Worrell. Kanhai probably still needs a nom or two

Greg Chappell
Steve Waugh
Ponting
Hobbs
Hammond
Hutton
Headley
Weekes
Walcott
Sobers
Viv Richards
Lara
Graeme Pollock
Gavaskar
Tendulkar
Dravid
Miandad
Sangakkara
Grace
Trumper
De Villiers
Kallis
Barry Richards
Sutcliffe
Border
Barrington
Ranjitsinhji
Sehwag
Harvey
Worrell

30 names now, 2 spots left.

 

[mr_mister]

the following need 2 more noms to make the cut:

Kanhai
Hayden
Younis Khan

and these guys need 3 more noms to make the cut:

Greenidge
Andy Flower
Inzy
Shiv
VVS
Gooch
Amla


and there are only two places left.

 

[Coronis]

How has Amla not been nominated? He and Younis should definitely be there if de Villiers is. Sehwag isnt even worthy of being mentioned in the same breath, ridiculous that he's there.

 

[mr_mister]

actually amla has two noms so he falls into the 'needs 3' category. i dont get why so many people are so uppity about some of the noms. sehwag and smith wouldnt have made it to round 2 anyway once the voting started. i made it 32 instead of say 8 contestants for variety's sake. sehwag got the nominations so he gets in.

 

[indiaholic]

Plus Sehwag is guaranteed to be better than that filthy leg side nurdler Ranjitsinhji.

 

[kyear2]

Kanhai was a batsman who at his best, was seen by his peers as being the equal to Sobers. Definitely deserves a spot over Sehwag.

 

[mr_mister]

though im sure some of this sehwag hype is due to his recent retirement, the man did average 50 @ a strike rate of 80 over 100 tests. is technique that important if youre not getting results?

 

[mr_mister]

reading up on this vijay merchant guy he also seems like he deserves a spot. ridic FC average... thought i dont know the quality of bowling he faced in the indian leagues

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kanhai was a batsman who at his best, was seen by his peers as being the equal to Sobers. Definitely deserves a spot over Sehwag.

Sehwag 'at his best' is basically as good as Bradman.

 

[mr_mister]

well they got the same amount of test 290+ scores

 

[harsh.ag]

Sehwag 'at his best' is basically as good as Bradman.

Yeah "at their best" not a good argument against Sehwag.

 

[weldone]

reading up on this vijay merchant guy he also seems like he deserves a spot. ridic FC average... thought i dont know the quality of bowling he faced in the indian leagues

I guess you don't know the quality of bowling he faced for seasons in County Cricket too.

 

[Stace]

LOL, take a pill Hurricane........been worse names than Steve Smith put forward.

Anyways, I nominate Joe Root.

I will also vote for Joe Root, infact I will use 4 for of my 5 votes for Joe
Joe Root
Joe Root
Joe Root
Joe Root

Now Root is in.

 

[mr_mister]

I guess you don't know the quality of bowling he faced for seasons in County Cricket too.

damn right i dont, his wiki only mentioned a 20 year career for bombay.