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Cricketer of the year.

twctopcat

International Regular
Player of the Year

R Dravid (India)
A Flintoff (England)
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)
Jacques Kallis (South Africa)
Adam Gilchrist (Australia)
Glenn McGrath (Australia)
Ricky Ponting (Australia)

I'm sorry but how Shane Warne isn't in that group is completely beyond me.

KP should win the ODI and emerging players awards IMO.
 

Barney Rubble

International Coach
PY said:
1st thought was Shane Warne to be honest, I feel a traitor. :p
You should! :p

Seriously though, the voting period was 1 August 2004 to 31 July 2005, and most of the Ashes came after those dates. He wasn't nominated for the same reason Strauss wasn't nominated in the Test Player of the Year - good performances, but not enough of them in the right period.
 

greg

International Debutant
Relevant period is August 04 - July 05. Warne's Ashes performances outside the Lords test don't count.
 

Protea

School Boy/Girl Captain
I would love it if AB de Villiers would get Emerging Player of the Year but I know Pietersen will (and he fully deserves it too)
 

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
greg said:
Relevant period is August 04 - July 05. Warne's Ashes performances outside the Lords test don't count.
If it's based on that period and not on The Ashes as well then, I'd go for McGrath, since he made his comeback to international cricket and dominated everyone, got back to the top of the rankings in both tests and ODIs, and averaged about 20 or less in every series in the relevant period.
 

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
How is this a gimme for Freddie, by any stretch of the imagination? It doesn't encompass the Ashes, for England it includes the series against the Windies last year at home, the tour of South Africa, the home series against Bangladesh and the NatWest Series, and then the first test of the Ashes.

Anyway, for the record, here are the stats for the players nominated in the period:

R Dravid
Tests - 841 runs @ 56.07, 4 fifties, 3 centuries
ODIs - 722 runs @ 45.13, 8 fifties, 1 century

A Flintoff
Tests - 366 runs @ 30.50, 4 fifties, 0 centuries - 44 wickets @ 24.64, 0 5WH, 0 10WH
ODIs - 464 runs @ 38.67, 2 fifties, 1 century - 25 wickets @ 23.12, 0 5WH

Inzamam-ul-Haq
Tests - 721 runs @ 65.55, 3 fifties, 3 centuries
ODIs - 1036 runs @ 49.33, 12 fifties, 0 centuries

Jacques Kallis
Tests - 1478 runs @ 70.38, 8 fifties, 6 centuries - 20 wickets @ 41.15, 0 5WH, 0 10WH
ODIs - 697 runs @ 41.00, 6 fifties, 1 century - 8 wickets @ 56.75, 0 5WH

Adam Gilchrist
Tests - 1003 runs @ 62.69, 3 fifties, 5 centuries
ODIs - 871 runs @ 39.59, 5 fifties, 1 century

Glenn McGrath
Tests - 135 runs @ 15.11, 1 fifty, 0 centuries - 68 wickets @ 17.13, 3 5WH, 0 10WH
ODIs - 8 runs @ 2.67, 0 fifties, 0 centuries - 38 wickets @ 19.61, 1 5WH

Ricky Ponting
Tests - 915 runs @ 70.38, 5 fifties, 2 centuries
ODIs - 920 runs @ 35.38, 4 fifties, 2 centuries


McGrath seems the obvious candidate to me, given his remarkable record and his comeback from cricket and acendancy to the top of both rankings when so many people wrote him off. If he doesn't get it, Inzy had a remarkable year and did good things with the Pakistani team, and then there's Flintoff and David who we both very good too, and Kallis as the highest runscorer by far in tests.
 

greg

International Debutant
FaaipDeOiad said:
How is this a gimme for Freddie, by any stretch of the imagination? It doesn't encompass the Ashes, for England it includes the series against the Windies last year at home, the tour of South Africa, the home series against Bangladesh and the NatWest Series, and then the first test of the Ashes.

Anyway, for the record, here are the stats for the players nominated in the period:

R Dravid
Tests - 841 runs @ 56.07, 4 fifties, 3 centuries
ODIs - 722 runs @ 45.13, 8 fifties, 1 century

A Flintoff
Tests - 366 runs @ 30.50, 4 fifties, 0 centuries - 44 wickets @ 24.64, 0 5WH, 0 10WH
ODIs - 464 runs @ 38.67, 2 fifties, 1 century - 25 wickets @ 23.12, 0 5WH

Inzamam-ul-Haq
Tests - 721 runs @ 65.55, 3 fifties, 3 centuries
ODIs - 1036 runs @ 49.33, 12 fifties, 0 centuries

Jacques Kallis
Tests - 1478 runs @ 70.38, 8 fifties, 6 centuries - 20 wickets @ 41.15, 0 5WH, 0 10WH
ODIs - 697 runs @ 41.00, 6 fifties, 1 century - 8 wickets @ 56.75, 0 5WH

Adam Gilchrist
Tests - 1003 runs @ 62.69, 3 fifties, 5 centuries
ODIs - 871 runs @ 39.59, 5 fifties, 1 century

Glenn McGrath
Tests - 135 runs @ 15.11, 1 fifty, 0 centuries - 68 wickets @ 17.13, 3 5WH, 0 10WH
ODIs - 8 runs @ 2.67, 0 fifties, 0 centuries - 38 wickets @ 19.61, 1 5WH

Ricky Ponting
Tests - 915 runs @ 70.38, 5 fifties, 2 centuries
ODIs - 920 runs @ 35.38, 4 fifties, 2 centuries


McGrath seems the obvious candidate to me, given his remarkable record and his comeback from cricket and acendancy to the top of both rankings when so many people wrote him off. If he doesn't get it, Inzy had a remarkable year and did good things with the Pakistani team, and then there's Flintoff and David who we both very good too, and Kallis as the highest runscorer by far in tests.
It's all a bit harsh. Freddie scored 167 on the 30th July! :@
 

Shoaib

Banned
Inzamam-Ul-Haq deserves to get the Player of the Year award because he has been showing excellent performance with the bat for almost 2 years now.
 

Pedro Delgado

International Debutant
Shoaib said:
Inzamam-Ul-Haq deserves to get the Player of the Year award because he has been showing excellent performance with the bat for almost 2 years now.
If Inzy got it I wouldn't mind, he's been sensational.
 

Dasa

International Vice-Captain
Shoaib said:
Inzamam-Ul-Haq deserves to get the Player of the Year award because he has been showing excellent performance with the bat for almost 2 years now.
It wouldn't be too far-fetched for Inzy to get it. I think he deserves it too, been performing very well for a while now.
Actually, it's surprising that he's never been one of Wisden's 5 cricketers of the year.
 
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