Carl Hooper vs Marlon Samuels

[slippy888]

Who was the better batsman in one day international and test cricket.

 

[slippy888]

Both have similar careers could be averaging 40 in both formats but mental lapses of concentration while batting was there downfall

 

[harsh.ag]

Hooper by not an insignificant distance.

 

[Zinzan]

Both talented, but Hooper even more so.

Both under-achievers given their talent, but Hooper even more so.

 

[honestbharani]

Hooper easily. He at least played for the team. Samuels is just a self absorbed **** who always looks like he could care less if the team loses.

 

[Zinzan]

Hooper easily. He at least played for the team. Samuels is just a self absorbed **** who always looks like he could care less if the team loses.

There's lots to hate about the way Samuels carries himself, but let's not pretend Hooper wasn't also questioned in the CBF dept. for a long time there. He just wasn't as much of a ****-wit as Marlon.

 

[harsh.ag]

He also probably was more motivated by the presence of Viv and Haynes and Marshall and Ambrose and Walsh and Lara.

 

[TestMatch]

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Hooper has more tons vs Wasim and Younis than any other batsman.

Samuels has 2 T20 finals.

Both are stylish but convey an air of laziness.

Neck and neck so far for me.

 

[Coronis]

Hooper has more tons vs Wasim and Younis than any other batsman.

Samuels has 2 T20 finals.

Both are stylish but convey an air of laziness.

Neck and neck so far for me.

Because T20's are so important.

 

[cnerd123]

Hooper has more tons vs Wasim and Younis than any other batsman.

Samuels has 2 T20 finals.

Both are stylish but convey an air of laziness.

Neck and neck so far for me.

lmao tons vs Wasim and Younis = 2 T20 tons

 

[OverratedSanity]

Because T20's are so important.

lmao tons vs Wasim and Younis = 2 T20 tons

Typical snobbish test nerds both of you. Samuels' two t20 final innings were awesome. Probably two of the best innings ever played in the format. Clutch as ****.

Plus, Maron has played his fair share of top class innings against quality bowlers. He has a couple of amazing knocks vs Steyn in SA, several gun innings vs Anderson/Broad and a gem against Boult/Southee back in 2012. He's such a random batsman... plays some of the most amazing knocks sometimes, making it look easy against a quality attack but other times is utterly rubbish.

 

[Jono]

Lol ****ing CW snobs. Samuels two world T20 final knocks are worth more than Hooper's career.

 

[cnerd123]

Lol ****ing CW snobs. Samuels two world T20 final knocks are worth more than Hooper's career.

waaaah

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Give me Hooper any day. The innings he played to win the Trinidad test was every bit as good as the folklore Sehwag/Tendulkar knocks against England years later. Pitch was doing lots and he scores an unbeaten 94 to get the biggest score of the match to win it. If Samuels ever puts in a performance like that I may like him a bit, hit and giggle stuff I care not a jot about.

 

[honestbharani]

Remember that game... The headline had it as "Hooper's Heist".. Made me learn that word for the first time that day

 

[OverratedSanity]

Give me Hooper any day. The innings he played to win the Trinidad test was every bit as good as the folklore Sehwag/Tendulkar knocks against England years later. Pitch was doing lots and he scores an unbeaten 94 to get the biggest score of the match to win it. If Samuels ever puts in a performance like that I may like him a bit, hit and giggle stuff I care not a jot about.

Samuels 120-odd vs NZ in 2012 was is right up there among the best hundreds of the last few years as far as I'm concerned, and I'm not even exaggerating. It was that good.

 

[Camo999]

Interesting comparison. Two players I’ve particularly enjoyed following over the years as you never knew if it was going to be their day or not. Both great to watch when they got going. Both have had some incredible innings across various formats amongst some shocking inconsistency.

I would give the edge to Hooper as a cricketer overall - would say his bowling kept him in the team for a fair chunk of his career though he did play in a far stronger team of course. Reckon their batting is pretty much dead level but I have the feeling Marlon’s contributions with the bat have been slightly more decisive to the West Indies highlighted by the two incredible knocks to deliver global tournament wins to an otherwise chaotic team so I’m going to take Marlon.

 

[indiaholic]

Hooper because i grew up during the 90s. #BurgeyMemes

 

[Slifer]

Two major underachievers but Hooper even more so. Was good enough to average between 42 and 45 with the bat (don't care about his bowling). His i think was a mental thing. He would go in and make a sublime 20 or 30 odd no matter the attack (and often without a grill) and then just lob the ball to mid off. Frustrating really because we all knew that he was capable of better, as he showed in the india series in 2002 (i think) and the pakistan series at home in 92. Marlon Samuels is Jamaican lol

 

[mr_mister]

what's the jamacian thing meant to mean? genuinely curious as i have no idea. that's he's a lazy slacker?