The Next Battle?

[Matt79]

Yup Tubby won that battle, lets have a battle of spinners.

Until I read that closely, I thought you were saying that Mark Taylor had won a previous 'Battle of the Commentators' - which scared me because I'd like to think if one of the signs of the apocalypse, such as Taylor's commentary being regarded as not ****e, came about, I'd have noticed.

 

[Shaggy Alfresco]

Yup Tubby won that battle, lets have a battle of spinners.

Murali would win in an anticlimactic final after vanqushing Warne in the semis.

 

[Matt79]

Maybe exclude Murali and Warne so a) the thread can be civil, and b) it isn't a predictable battle, in the same way we excluded Bradman from the battle of the Aussies.

 

[grecian]

Maybe exclude Murali and Warne so a) the thread can be civil, and b) it isn't a predictable battle, in the same way we excluded Bradman from the battle of the Aussies.

Hate to say this, but its already been done.

O'Reilly beat Laker in the final, I seem to remember.

****ing crims, win everything

 

[Matt79]

OK, so long as Australian superiority has been maintained

 

[The Sean]

Yup Tubby won that battle, lets have a battle of spinners.

It's been done, minus Warne/Murali, and the Tiger got up.

EDIT - as Grecian pointed out a couple of posts later, had I bothered to keep reading...

 

[jot1]

Battle of the South African Cricketers Who Have Played For England./QUOTE]

 

[Goughy]

Actually, battle of the players representing one nation but born in another would be interesting.

Ted Dexter, KP, Robin Smith, Clarrie Grimmett, Ranji etc

 

[grecian]

Actually, battle of the players representing one nation but born in another would be interesting.

Ted Dexter, KP, Robin Smith, Clarrie Grimmett, Ranji etc

Colin Cowdrey would be another.

 

[steds]

Boycott.

 

[Goughy]

Colin Cowdrey would be another.

As would Jardine and Wessels.

Many more Im sure. Enough to make 32 Id guess

 

[grecian]

As would Jardine and Wessels.

Many more Im sure. Enough to make 32 Id guess

Yes, an awful lot of English cricketers in the eighties could feature, Radford, Pringle, Chris Smith, Defreitas, Small, Roland Butcher, Slack, and Terry. Except most of them were rubbish.

Nothing new about us poaching players, just wish we could pilfer more of the calibre of KP and Ranji, tbh.

 

[Shaggy Alfresco]

Geraint Jones

 

[Goughy]

Geraint Jones

Asif Iqbal, Bob Woolmer, Caddick, Colin Bland, Symonds, Nasser Hussain...

If someone can think of a good title I may run this. It may not get passions racing high but its an interesting topic with no clear and bvious winner before the start.

 

[Manee]

I would like Best Commentator but wouldn't mind Fastest Bowler of All Time.

 

[andruid]

Asif Iqbal, Bob Woolmer, Caddick, Colin Bland, Symonds, Nasser Hussain...

If someone can think of a good title I may run this. It may not get passions racing high but its an interesting topic with no clear and bvious winner before the start.

How about Bob Woolmer's biggest single contribution to cricket?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

How about battle to get a "Battle Of" subforum for this sort of thing, so as those of us who wish to chat cricket can do so without constant "Battle Of The..." threads clogging-up the place?

Huh?

Maybe you need an 'ignore' facility based on threads having the word 'battle' in them.

I'm happy enough to run a Commentator battle if no one else wants to.

 

[Turbinator]

Maybe you need an 'ignore' facility based on threads having the word 'battle' in them.

I'm happy enough to run a Commentator battle if no one else wants to.

Go for it .

 

[Sanz]

Battle of Cricket Grounds - Is my first preference.

This way we will get to know about Cricket grounds all over the world, their nature, pitches, history , best performances and performers on those grounds etc

Should be fun, but will require lot of work and research.

 

[neville cardus]

It has been awhile since we had our last battle, what should the next one be?

I chose "Best Writer" (it being a battle from which I'm likely to emerge victorious).