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  1. Matt79

    The 90s and 00s banlisted draft thread

    Which is why I took him with the first pick of the draft, and Flintoff with my second round pick. ;) Agree though - not a fan of five bowlers unless one of them or the keeper is genuinely good enough to be a top six batsman.
  2. Matt79

    The CW50 - No.40-31

    Reckon he'll be the only Pollock on the list tbh.
  3. Matt79

    The CW50 - No.40-31

    Who were the other two? Guessing Waugh was one.
  4. Matt79

    Allan Border - How Good Was He?

    Shiv Chanderpaul in post Lara Windies is probably the best recent equivalent, except a relatively better batsman AND captain. Man was a rock, and a champ.
  5. Matt79

    The CW50 - No.40-31

    Had none of these guys iirc. Had Border in initially but swapped him for someone else who's still yet to be named. Will be interesting to see how far Ponting finishes ahead of Border or Waugh. I'm only just starting to think he might be ahead of them as a test batsman, let alone as an overall...
  6. Matt79

    The 90s and 00s banlisted draft thread

    The pace attack needs a leader. Flintoff, Streak, Fleming is a good attack, but just lacking that absolute spearhead. Akram delivers that in spades. Got guys who can swing it both ways (Wasim and Fleming), reverse swing masters (Wasim again, Flintoff), big hearted guys who'll run in all day...
  7. Matt79

    The 90s and 00s banlisted draft thread

    Akram. Easy. Would have been torn if the choice was Warne or Donald.
  8. Matt79

    Modern-day batsmen and flat pitches

    I think it's fair. Calling a bowler honest is hardly a sledge IMO, and I did add 'at times great'.
  9. Matt79

    Modern-day batsmen and flat pitches

    Knew there were a few I was forgetting. Headley was a decent bowler.
  10. Matt79

    Modern-day batsmen and flat pitches

    Not the worst attacks ever, but often looked unlikely to ever take 20 wickets, and Aussie's making out Waugh batted against Ambrose/Walsh, Donald/Pollock, or Wasim/Waqar EVERY match. Caddick/Gough/Fraser/Malcolm/Mulally/Ealham/McCague etc is hardly the stuff of nightmares, even though the first...
  11. Matt79

    Can a bowler who averages 30+ be considered as greats ?

    Botham, Kapil Dev and Kumble have some claim to greatness for reasns that have nothing to do with their batting. They're the exceptions that prove why you should treat averages as useful guides but not the be-all and end-all.
  12. Matt79

    Modern-day batsmen and flat pitches

    England through the 90s say hi.
  13. Matt79

    World XI the day you were born

    Five quicks and no spinner?
  14. Matt79

    *Official* West Indies In Australia

    Yeah, I had to laugh at that. North is probably ahead of everyone in my good books apart from Clarke in the top six.
  15. Matt79

    The CW50 - No.50-41

    Rolleyes at pratters carry on. Democracy at work. Good list so far, didn't vote for any of these guys, but they're all deserved place getters. Would personally disagree that Flintoff is remotely close to being one of the ten greatest cricketers EVER, but that's why Sean asked for more than...
  16. Matt79

    Modern-day batsmen and flat pitches

    A few of us have been saying it for a few years. :p sarcasm aside, a very good job of enumerating the argument Pews.
  17. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    This post typifies to me part of why I object to the push to a review system. To read that, you'd assume that currently the game is crippled with poor officiating. Someone quoted the figure of 92% of decisions by umpires are correct - that's partly the reason why bad decisions invoke such...
  18. Matt79

    Referral System claims its first victim

    Give them a flag to throw like in the NFL. I'm not being facetious. The only thing would be that there should be a time limit on it so teams don't just wait for a couple of replays, or we'll get theough 45 overs a day.
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