CricketWeb decides the Greatest Players Post World War I

[trundler]

There have been a hundred years since WWI so we ought to pick and rank the greatest in that time span. Yay, more incessant arguing and more lists! Let's show Wisden how it's done since their list was frankly bollocks.

Think we should first compile a short list of over 50 players. Any one who gets over 3 votes will be added to it. The total number on the list is up for debate but I'm thinking 50 as per ankitj's suggestion. No Ian Harvey pl0x.

 

[jimmy101]

George Headley
Mike Procter
Kumar Sangakkara

 

[Daemon]

Virat Kohli
Steve Smith
Kane Williamson

 

[Starfighter]

Don Bradman
Ray Lindwall
Fred Trueman

 

[Bolo]

Frank Worrell
Basil D'Oliviera
Andy Flower

 

[trundler]

George Headley
Mike Procter
Kumar Sangakkara

Seconded.

To get going I'll go a country wise list:

Australia:
Bradman, AB, McGrath, Warne, Lillee, Miller, Harvey, Ponting, Benaud, Lindwall, Davidson, Gilchrist

England:
Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hammond, Hutton, Compton, Truman, Botham, Boycott, Barrington, Larwood, Laker, Knott

West Indies:
Sobers, Worrell, Viv, Marshall, Lloyd, Headley, Holding, Garner, Lara, Ambrose, Walsh, Hunte

South Africa:

Dudley Nourse, Graeme Smith, Graeme Pollock, Shaun Pollock, Proctor, Barry Richards, Tayfield, Steyn, Donald, Adcock

India:

Tendulkar, Dev, Gavaskar, Vishwanath, Bedi, Dravid, Laxman, Kumble

Pakistan:

Imran, Miandad, Hanif, Wasim, Waqar, Inzimam, Fazal

New Zealand:

Hadlee, Martin Crowe, Glenn Turner

All off the top of my head so pardon me for omissions.

 

[trundler]

Second all picks thus far.

 

[trundler]

Add Aubrey Faulkner to the list.

 

[mr_mister]

Itd be better to make it post 1900 imo


Lots of really interesting players played from 1900-1914

 

[mr_mister]

Add Aubrey Faulkner to the list.

He did **** all post World War 1. Look at his record in more detail lol

 

[Cow]

Virat Kohli
Shane Warne
Ben Simmons

 

[jimmy101]

Itd be better to make it post 1900 imo


Lots of really interesting players played from 1900-1914

This thread is in response to some Wisden list innit?

So, we're allowing players which debuted before WWI?

 

[mr_mister]

This thread is in response to some Wisden list innit?

So, we're allowing players which debuted before WWI?

We should include their cricket played before WW1 as well, if we weren't already. Maybe we were.

Even so, Trumper and Barnes

 

[trundler]

Itd be better to make it post 1900 imo


Lots of really interesting players played from 1900-1914

I am but a humble vessel for what the good people of CW want. If that's the prevailing opinion then so be it. I made it post war since it's been a hundred years since then.

In any case we mustn't stray into the 19th century as that is incomparable to the modern era and really deserves to gauged separately.

 

[trundler]

He did **** all post World War 1. Look at his record in more detail lol

Oh yeah my bad. One match. I omitted him for a reason at first lol

 

[trundler]

Also, should we do quotas for eras? Proportional to the number of matches played of course. This would raise the issue of classifying players in the appropriate era.

 

[Cow]

No player pre 1960'ish would be able to compete in today's game. Bradman, Hobbs etc would be awful in the current game. As would Pele in football and Jesse Owens in the 100m.

 

[jimmy101]

No player pre 1960'ish would be able to compete in today's game. Bradman, Hobbs etc would be awful in the current game. As would Pele in football and Jesse Owens in the 100m.

Ok so Cow's comments have hereby become completely irrelevant, if they weren't already.

 

[Cow]

Ok so Cow's comments have hereby become completely irrelevant, if they weren't already.

Starc and Cummins would actually kill the likes of Bradman, Miller and Davidson. It would be more blood sport than cricket.

 

[trundler]

Ok so Cow's comments have hereby become completely irrelevant, if they weren't already.

Motion to disregard Cow's stupidity passed.