Yeah, it's the format that's done him in for sure. I don't think I could include him in my top 5, or even a best 11, but would be in a top 25 for sure. Still I would have thought at least two old timers might have named him, especially considering how many votes Tiger got.Agree on Grimmett being unlucky to not make it but you can kind of understand why when everyone can pick just the 5 players.
It would be great if we had our own CW version, anyone keen to organize?
yeah it's basically--- the above, the intimidation factor, and the aura around him...yeah difficult to understand Lillee > McGrath. The only thing that I can think of is the Ian Chappell argument
"Lillee could do everything that McGrath could and he could do it 10mph quicker"
Yeah, I'd guess there's something in that, but Jeffrey Robert has made it in and he was usually seen as the support act for DKL, wasn't he? Although he was always box office.Voting probably rewards the guys who were the pre-eminent player of their time, with it being all former players. Garth was the leader of the attack throughout his career (IIRC), as opposed to Gillespie - so if the player has to spread their votes around, then you're not likely to vote for the second best pacer of an era (especially if you didn't play in that era).
Peter McIntyre stiff to miss out...
You say the latter as if it wasn't a qualification for the former?He must be a better bloke than he comes across as. Was the media's go to arsehole pommy basher for quite some time.
Jeff Thomson is a first rate ****. Cardiff ODI is all the evidence you need.Yeah, I'd guess there's something in that, but Jeffrey Robert has made it in and he was usually seen as the support act for DKL, wasn't he? Although he was always box office.
He must be a better bloke than he comes across as. Was the media's go to arsehole pommy basher for quite some time.
How wrong that statement would turn out to be.After two years in Perth he had done enough for a call-up to the national one-day team. He batted in the middle order, until Mark Taylor's decline became unignorable and Gilchrist moved to the top, just seven weeks after taking over the gloves from Healy. That was in December 1997. South African players taunted him in Sydney, off-spinner Pat Symcox asking, "How many does this ground hold?"
Replied Gilchrist, naively, "35,000".
Said Symcox, grinning: "That makes 35,000 who hate you."
Yeah, I always enjoy his opinions even if I disagree with him because he tells it so truthfully without a hint of cover up. Even though he absolutely worshipped Miller he abhorred the way he treat Peg, Miller's wife. I watched a bio on Miller where Chappell also spoke and it came across there too. One can say he came to really dislike Miller the man, even though he adored him as a cricketer.ah, that article on miller by ian chappell!! i am telling you guys. he is the straightest shooter in town and i love him for that. i especially liked the last line. quite revealing about what kind of a man ian actually is.
Yeah pretty much - they're not going to get Mike Brearley to write about Bradman or Warne, considering how often he came up against DKL. And after that it just comes down to Bradman vs Warne, and we know how that will (or at least ****ing well should) end.They have possibly given away the order:
Lillee at 3
Warne at 2
The Don at 1
Ha ha, touche.If Tendulkar can be compared to The Don then Warne is better
He comes across that way doesn't he?Jeff Thomson is a first rate ****. Cardiff ODI is all the evidence you need.