All-Time World XIs: Discussion Thread

[ataraxia]

If enough people vote Goddard or Barlow with me we might end up with Gooch at his rightful position in this team – number nine.

 

[Johan]

Ataraxia is just coping Gooch is making the third English team but the first Kiwi team.

 

[trundler]

If enough people vote Goddard or Barlow with me we might end up with Gooch at his rightful position in this team – number nine.

Ranji, Compton and Rhodes being too high has already tainted the exercise. Why are you drawing the line at Gooch? He's got over 100 FC tons! You should be voting for Hirst at this point.

 

[Johan]

This guy voted Hanif btw

 

[ataraxia]

Ranji, Compton and Rhodes being too high has already tainted the exercise. Why are you drawing the line at Gooch? He's got over 100 FC tons! You should be voting for Hirst at this point.

Unlike the others Gooch actually failed at test level. He clearly wasn't good enough against the higher standard of bowling. I'd rather pick Hirst or Mead and know they've got a risk of not performing than guarantee bad performance by going with that proven mediocrity whose surname is a synonym of one of your favourite words.

 

[Johan]

Unlike the others Gooch actually failed at test level. He clearly wasn't good enough against the higher standard of bowling. I'd rather pick Hirst or Mead and know they've got a risk of not performing than guarantee bad performance by going with that proven mediocrity whose surname is a synonym of one of your favourite words.

Reminder, George Hirst was a Chris Woakes from before the war.

 

[ataraxia]

Ataraxia is just coping Gooch is making the third English team but the first Kiwi team.

Silly boy. Gooch shouldn't even make the third English team. He should probably make the first NZ team after Bert Sutcliffe though.

 

[ataraxia]

Reminder, George Hirst was a Chris Woakes from before the war.

Is this meant to be an insult?

 

[capt_Luffy]

Reminder, George Hirst was a Chris Woakes from before the war.

Hirst was slightly better batting Woakes from the 1890s/1900s

 

[Johan]

Is this meant to be an insult?

Duh, Hirst was a pitch dependent hack who got taken apart in Australia

 

[capt_Luffy]

Procter, Kapil and Healy are looking the favourites rn. On the assumption these 3 makes the team, what do y'all think should be the batting order?

 

[Johan]

Silly boy. Gooch shouldn't even make the third English team. He should probably make the first NZ team after Bert Sutcliffe though.

Lol Bert Sutcliffe

love how you're gonna overrated 3000 @ 40 but deem 9000 @ 42 bad, being a Kiwi amp.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Waite should had made it before Healy btw

 

[ataraxia]

Lol Bert Sutcliffe

love how you're gonna overrated 3000 @ 40 but deem 9000 @ 42 bad, being a Kiwi amp.

love how you're gonna overrated 4500 @ 47 but deem 9000 @ 55 bad, being a Pom amp.

(Sorry about the grammar of this sentence, but it may help you to read one of your own posts once in a while.)

 

[Johan]

love how you're gonna overrated 4500 @ 47 but deem 9000 @ 55 bad, being a Pom amp.

(Sorry about the grammar of this sentence, but it may help you to read one of your own posts once in a while.)

Can you show me one instance of me saying Kane Williamson is a proven failiure on Test level, go

 

[ataraxia]

Can you show me one instance of me saying Kane Williamson is a proven failiure on Test level, go

I was about to say that that's an enormous straw man, but now I realise that this is a very easy task. Incoming...

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Is this the last team?

 

[Johan]

I was about to say that that's an enormous straw man, but now I realise that this is a very easy task. Incoming...

I have never said Kane Williamson is a bad Batsman so your point is moot and futile, concede

 

[capt_Luffy]

Is this the last team?

NO

 

[Johan]

Also! New Zealand has two openers IIRC, Gooch is better than Glenn Turner too, how did I forget