Craig
World Traveller
Well it has been something I have been being to as and it is probably one of my controversial threads again (let's face it, you love it), but I ask who is the better player Graeme Hick or Darren Lehmann?
Now it isn't just some random question, otherwise I would have asked Fidel Edwards and James Anderson, but both players have been very dominant in their respective FC competitions in England and Australia (Lehmann very dominant in England as is Hick, I believe Hick got some runs when he played for Queensland, but I could be wrong, I know he did for Northern Districts), both got a raw deal by Test selectors and were fine ODI players in their own right.
I suppose Lehmann might just win out because if he were from any other country IMO he probably would have 100+ Tests, but I hated the way he batted. The way he walked across the stumps in a very arrogant manner and played shots in a similar nature and would get out. I also felt he filled his boots against some of the crappier nations in terms of bowling attacks (surely Liam will agree with this in reference to his belovered West Indies) and Bangladesh (who I thought did well under the circumstances), but played brilliantly in Sri Lanka after the pointless death of his mate David Hookes. Perhaps that is just me though.
Now it isn't just some random question, otherwise I would have asked Fidel Edwards and James Anderson, but both players have been very dominant in their respective FC competitions in England and Australia (Lehmann very dominant in England as is Hick, I believe Hick got some runs when he played for Queensland, but I could be wrong, I know he did for Northern Districts), both got a raw deal by Test selectors and were fine ODI players in their own right.
I suppose Lehmann might just win out because if he were from any other country IMO he probably would have 100+ Tests, but I hated the way he batted. The way he walked across the stumps in a very arrogant manner and played shots in a similar nature and would get out. I also felt he filled his boots against some of the crappier nations in terms of bowling attacks (surely Liam will agree with this in reference to his belovered West Indies) and Bangladesh (who I thought did well under the circumstances), but played brilliantly in Sri Lanka after the pointless death of his mate David Hookes. Perhaps that is just me though.