Best 'street-fighter'

[iamdavid]

hmm :S wats your address

 

[Richard]

RJED2@AOL.com, same as always.

 

[gettingbetter]

Can a street fighter be aesthetically attractive to watch when batting? If so, have there ever been any? Or does it come with the territory that they generally aren't as attractive in their stroke play, but make up for it with their grit?{QUOTE]

Possibly Dravid?

 

[Xuhaib]

One thing has always bothered me, just because a player is not attractive to watch people label him as being a lesser talent then the one who is more graceful in his style of play.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Surely the definitive street fighter is/was David Hookes??

Oooo.

Title says Best 'street-fighter' tho. Safe to say Hookesy came second I think.

 

[Richard]

Surely the definitive street fighter is/was David Hookes??

 

[Jamee999]

Collingwood for me. Not the most talented (batting-wise anyway) but has come to be a fixture in England's Test and ODI team.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Surely the definitive street fighter is/was David Hookes??

Can I laugh?

 

[steds]

I don't know. Can you?

 

[PhoenixFire]

Just wandered whether it would be considered in bad taste?

 

[Richard]

I think it's very bad taste personally, but there we go.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I think it's very bad taste personally, but there we go.

You seem surprisingly pleased about it tho.

Top gag for mine. If possibly ever-so-slightly near the knuckle.

 

[Richard]

You seem surprisingly pleased about it tho.

Eh? Why? Because I posted a Smile smiley? I'm not pleased at all, I'm disappointed HDS, who I generally like very much, would make a gaaaag like that. The Smile was more Hingston-style here than a happy\pleased one.

 

[Shaggy Alfresco]

I think it's very bad taste personally, but there we go.

eh

Sure, the guy's dead, but why should we be spared potentially hilarious jokes because of it? Humour is for the living.

 

[PhoenixFire]

eh

Sure, the guy's dead, but why should we be spared potentially hilarious jokes because of it? Humour is for the living.

I like your thinking

 

[Richard]

eh

Sure, the guy's dead, but why should we be spared potentially hilarious jokes because of it? Humour is for the living.

Don't find jokes about how the dead died especially amusing, TBH. 'Specially when it was as nasty as in the David Hookes case.

 

[haroon510]

i see inzi was never mentioned by anyone.

 

[archie mac]

I also thought it was in bad taste, he (Hookes) was a hero of mine when I was a young fella

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I also thought it was in bad taste, he (Hookes) was a hero of mine when I was a young fella

Hookes was a great player, I enjoyed watching him bat several times. In my opinion (and based on what I've read and the result of the court case) his demise was his own fault and if some other form of high profile figure (politician, Paris Hilton etc.) had gone in the same way, their epitaph wouldn't have been spared from bad taste jokes. Bad taste, it may be, but Hookes deserves a bit of it to be honest. Would the joke have been in bad taste if he hadn't died? Grow some guts man and have a laugh - I somehow doubt Hookes would mind if you think about it!!

I'm disappointed HDS, who I generally like very much, would make a gaaaag like that.

Whatever floats ya boat. That sort of line was never gonna impress everyone, but frankly the world would be a much poorer place if people weren't prepared to push the boundaries of decency and taste.

 

[Richard]

ie > y TBH.

And

In my opinion (and based on what I've read and the result of the court case) his demise was his own fault

such as? Not read anything of it myself, and if you're right that changes things very much. But as I say - everything I heard pointed to it being unlawful killing.