Neil Fairbrother or Roger Twose - Who was the better ODI bat?

[mr_mister]

Two players who were as useful as a wet socks in tests, but who both could easily make their nation's ATG ODI sides when you think about it


Both average about 39, have a strike rate around 74, and both have 1 ton. Both have cool names too.


Who was better though? Both should have played way more looking at their stats.

 

[Blocky]

Easily Twose, he was ranked #2 worldwide at one point and was a major difference maker for NZ at the top of the order.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I'll let FF take this one.

It is Fairbrother though.

 

[slippy888]

Roger Twose by a long margin

 

[VC the slogger]

Tough choice, but I'll go for Twose because of his superior record in World Cups and his ability to often stick it to Australia & South Africa, the two best ODI teams of his time.

 

[Howe_zat]

How do you pronounce Twose?

 

[_Ed_]

How do you pronounce Twose?

As if it was a plural of two.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

As if it was a plural of two.

That is how it used to be pronounced over here too. No idea if it was right or not though.

 

[mr_mister]

i used to always pronounce twose as in rhymes with rose

 

[AndrewB]

When he was dismissed for 2, 0, 2, 2 in the West Indies in 1996, someone (possibly Roger himself) quipped that he should change his name to "Roger Centuries".

 

[mr_mister]

another day, another old thread revival.


this one never got the discussion it warranted back in the day. a good comparison I feel.

Still waiting for Fred to weigh in on Fairbrother

 

[smash84]

Twose, i really liked the guy too. And was a bit of a big match player compared to Fairbrother

 

[cnerd123]

Who the **** pronounces Twose and 'Two-s'

English is a dumb language

 

[smash84]

Who the **** pronounces Twose and 'Two-s'

English is a dumb language

I used to think English spellings were bad. Then I came across French.

 

[Borges]

Fairbrother, I suppose. He started playing about a decade earlier, when the average ODI scores (and scoring rates) were probably lower.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Roger Twose 43 Runs off 7 balls vs. West Indies - Video Dailymotion

Some vintage Roger Twose playing Cricket Max.

These games really should be listed on their cricinfo records.

I offer no opinion as to who was better, but I do acknowledge Fairbrother as a pioneer and a trendsetter to limited-overs batting.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Roger Twose because I remember his batting mostly amd that 43 off 7 is fresh in my memory

 

[The Hutt Rec]

Easily Twose, he was ranked #2 worldwide at one point and was a major difference maker for NZ at the top of the order.

Blocky’s really nailed this one, for me.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Roger Twose because I remember his batting mostly amd that 43 off 7 is fresh in my memory

 

[mr_mister]

unfortunately I can hardly find any of Twose's innings from his tremendous 99-00 run on youtube. I managed to find Fairbrother's only ODI ton on there, a decent innings.