CricketWeb decides the Greatest Players Post World War I

[vcs]

A lot of his best work in his later years came in front of empty stands in the UAE.

 

[smash84]

A lot of his best work in his later years came in front of empty stands in the UAE.

This

 

[Bolo]

No ridiculous purple patch from him either. Just excellent year after year.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

A lot of ***y names thus far.


Lemme add my guys:

Richie Richardson, Lance Gibbs, Rohan Kanhai, Roy Fredericks, Steve Camacho, Charlie Davis, Joey Carew, Conrad Hunte, Frank Worrell for being West Indies' first black test captain, Joe Solomon...

And probably the greatest fast bowler of all time: Fred Trueman

 

[weldone]

Some names from me:

Yasir Shah, WJ O'Reilly, Wasim Akram, VD Philander, V Kohli, SR Waugh, SPD Smith, SM Pollock, SK Warne, Sir RJ Hadlee, Shoaib Akhtar, S Chanderpaul, RT Ponting, RA Jadeja, R Ashwin, ML Hayden, MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey, MD Marshall, M Muralitharan, KP Pietersen, KC Sangakkara, K Rabada, JN Gillespie, JH Kallis, JE Root, HM Amla, GD McGrath, DW Steyn, DG Bradman, DA Warner, CEL Ambrose, CA Pujara, BC Lara, AR Border, AN Cook, AC Gilchrist, AB de Villiers, AA Donald, A Kumble

 

[Burgey]

I think Trueman has already been nominated. Liking the Conrad Hunte and Worrell love.

Have Weekes and Walcott been nominated? If not, they have now.

 

[Burgey]

Oh and, does anyone think Mike Brearley's captaincy would be enough to earn him a place?

No, frankly.

 

[fredfertang]

Sylvester Clarke, Stan McCabe, Collie Smith, Douglas Jardine and Tony Greig

...... oh and Mike Brearley

 

[MagicPoopShovel]

Didn't see Kaneh Williamson get a nod (or I missed it)

Are we only considering Tests here ?

I'd nominate Arjuna as well being a hugely influential player + was a decent ODI bat for his time.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Chris Lewis and Gareth Batty for historical purposes

 

[MagicPoopShovel]

Aravinda, Boycott

And of course I definitely second twinkle toes.

We thought he had rhythm when he bowled. Now he wants to show you he is rhythmic
https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/...tra/season-1/curtly-ambrose-is-ready-to-dance

"We're gonna make magic"
https://tenplay.com.au/channel-ten/dancing-with-the-stars/extra/season-1/meet-curtly

 

[Victor Ian]

Greatness is very vague. What makes a player great?

Can we strum up some support for Boonie. The man deserves a gig on folklore. He wont win the thing but I hope he might slip in to the last rungs.

And now for the regular spiel of names. Is this tests only? Wasn't the original list for all cricket?

Bradman, Border, SWaugh, Ponting, GChappell, Smith, McGrath, Lindwall, Warne, Lillee, Miller, (Bevan, Jones) Hutton, Hammond, Hobbs, Barnes (if pre war decided), Trueman, Botham, Anderson, Cook, Imran, Akram, Miandad, Inzy, VRichards, Lara, Worrel, Weeks, Walcott, Ambrose, Marshall, Holding, Garner, Walsh, Murali Sangakara, DeSilva, Tendulkar, Gavaskar, Dravid, Sehwag, Kohli, (Dhoni), I'm bored now

 

[trundler]

Great, the turn out has been awesome. Second all picks and I shall now compile the list. How long will the final list be? You decide.

 

[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.

I see Cow has copped another ban. My first guess is it was for moronic trolling such as this.

Cow would have been pitiful on today's forum anyway. It's a different forum.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

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

It's a Moo point

 

[trundler]

It's a Moo point

Like a Cow's opinion.

 

[jimmy101]

Absolute Moo-sance that bloke.

 

[trundler]

great, the turn out has been awesome. Second all picks and i shall now compile the list. how long will the final list be? You decide.

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[Pap Finn Keighl]

Clive Rice
Mike Procter
Sehwag
Kumble
Vengsarkar
(Dhoni)
De Silva
(Jayasoorya)
Cairns
Bond
Bishop
Inzy
Anwar
Akthar
Boycott
Knott
Tyson
Mark Waugh
Gillespie
(Bevan)
ANDY FLOWER

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

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