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Battle of the Cricketers
- Thread starter Jamee999
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silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Amborse, the better bowler.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
And the winner is....
Well that's yer lot then. By a margin of 8-5 CW's verdict is that Sir Richard Hadlee is the greatest fast bowler to draw breath. Congratulations to him!
FWIW I'd have voted for Curtly, I don't think there was much Hadlee could do that he couldn't & Ambrose was appreciably quicker & far more hostile too, but such is democracy!
Well that's yer lot then. By a margin of 8-5 CW's verdict is that Sir Richard Hadlee is the greatest fast bowler to draw breath. Congratulations to him!
FWIW I'd have voted for Curtly, I don't think there was much Hadlee could do that he couldn't & Ambrose was appreciably quicker & far more hostile too, but such is democracy!
BoyBrumby
Englishman
The Battle of the Englishmen
Ok, due to popular demand (i.e. Jamee & Jono) next up from Brumby Productions™ (company motto: "Apathy is our...er, yeah, whatever") is
The Battle of the Englishmen
I think 32 players seems about right. For the purposes of the thread "Englishman" embraces anyone who has played tests or ODIs for England, so if there are any Tony Grieg or Robin Smith advocates out there feel free to nominate.
I've started off with a list of 10 players who choose themselves:
WG Grace: 1098 test runs @ 32.29, 9 test wickets @ 26.22
SF Barnes: 189 wickets @ 16.43
Jack Hobbs: 5410 test runs @ 56.94
Herbert Sutcliffe: 4555 test runs @ 60.73
Wally Hammond: 7249 test runs @ 58.45, 83 test wickets @ 37.80
Sir Leonard Hutton: 6971 test runs @ 56.67
Jim Laker: 193 wickets @ 21.24
Fred Trueman: 307 test wickets @ 21.57
Ken Barrington: 6806 test runs @ 58.67
Ian Botham: 5200 test runs @ 33.54, 383 test wickets @ 28.40
so I need 22 more Englishmen for the battle to be joined. I guess every player should be seconded too to avoid any insane (i.e. Rikki Clarke) choices...
Ok, due to popular demand (i.e. Jamee & Jono) next up from Brumby Productions™ (company motto: "Apathy is our...er, yeah, whatever") is
The Battle of the Englishmen
I think 32 players seems about right. For the purposes of the thread "Englishman" embraces anyone who has played tests or ODIs for England, so if there are any Tony Grieg or Robin Smith advocates out there feel free to nominate.
I've started off with a list of 10 players who choose themselves:
WG Grace: 1098 test runs @ 32.29, 9 test wickets @ 26.22
SF Barnes: 189 wickets @ 16.43
Jack Hobbs: 5410 test runs @ 56.94
Herbert Sutcliffe: 4555 test runs @ 60.73
Wally Hammond: 7249 test runs @ 58.45, 83 test wickets @ 37.80
Sir Leonard Hutton: 6971 test runs @ 56.67
Jim Laker: 193 wickets @ 21.24
Fred Trueman: 307 test wickets @ 21.57
Ken Barrington: 6806 test runs @ 58.67
Ian Botham: 5200 test runs @ 33.54, 383 test wickets @ 28.40
so I need 22 more Englishmen for the battle to be joined. I guess every player should be seconded too to avoid any insane (i.e. Rikki Clarke) choices...
The Baconator
International Vice-Captain
Geoff Boycott and Brian Statham.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Geoff
Willis
Tyson
Knott
Larwood
Bedser
Jardine
Gooch
Wardle
Stewart
Underwood
May
Cowdrey
Compton
Gough
Grieg
Hendrick
Gower
CB Fry
Flintoff
Verity
Rhodes
Hirst
There is a list of 23. Some may need explaining like Hendrick, Stewart, Gough and Wardle.
Hendrick- Was an exceptional bowler, good height, pace, bounce and movement but oft injured
Stewart- IIRC best batting average of any England keeper and then add in what he did opening the batting eg the 2 100s in a game vs WI
Gough- Over 200 Test wickets so deserves to be there
Wardle- Great bowler and great average but low profile
Just of the top of my head to make a contribution. Im sure I have probably missed someone very obvious off.
Willis
Tyson
Knott
Larwood
Bedser
Jardine
Gooch
Wardle
Stewart
Underwood
May
Cowdrey
Compton
Gough
Grieg
Hendrick
Gower
CB Fry
Flintoff
Verity
Rhodes
Hirst
There is a list of 23. Some may need explaining like Hendrick, Stewart, Gough and Wardle.
Hendrick- Was an exceptional bowler, good height, pace, bounce and movement but oft injured
Stewart- IIRC best batting average of any England keeper and then add in what he did opening the batting eg the 2 100s in a game vs WI
Gough- Over 200 Test wickets so deserves to be there
Wardle- Great bowler and great average but low profile
Just of the top of my head to make a contribution. Im sure I have probably missed someone very obvious off.
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
More secondings:
Fred, because we need a 20th century lad
Gooch, long and eventually illustrious career
Deadly, last English spin legend
Compton, brylcreem boy
Jardine, most inventive captain
Knott, best wicketkeeper
Tyson, legendary couple of seasons (and plagued worse by injuries than Simon Jones...)
Cowdrey, 114 Tests and a heck of a lot of runs
Fred, because we need a 20th century lad
Gooch, long and eventually illustrious career
Deadly, last English spin legend
Compton, brylcreem boy
Jardine, most inventive captain
Knott, best wicketkeeper
Tyson, legendary couple of seasons (and plagued worse by injuries than Simon Jones...)
Cowdrey, 114 Tests and a heck of a lot of runs
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
Can't believe Stewart and Knott are both there but Ames isn't...
So, Ames.
So, Ames.