Ten players you are glad you saw in their prime

[silentstriker]

Yeah, great player. Only had ten I could list though. DK was a must for me (and most people who saw him), so I didn’t want to also include Aldi DK.

If I had to pick one player I wish I had seen in their pomp, outside of Bradman, I think it may be DK. Sobers and Viv Richards tied for second.

just the way literally every single player talks about him, must have been something spectacular outside of the pure stats.

 

[ma1978]

Ten players, not considered to be greats that I really enjoyed:

VVS Laxman, for the strokeplay and the clutch innings

Robin Smith, for the square cut

Michael Atherton, for the bloody mindedness

Craig Mcdermott, for the outswing

Carl Hooper, because he looked great batting

Azhar Mahmood, for that innings

Ranatunga, for mauling Shane Warne in the 1996 World Cup final

Sourav Ganguly, for the offside play

Asif Karim, who would have been a top tier spinner for a major country

Kemar Roach, for the hustle

 

[honestbharani]

I think it may be DK

I mean I know the Nidahas Trophy > every other trophy in cricket put together, but still, this seems to be overrating DK a tad.

 

[Burgey]

I mean I know the Nidahas Trophy > every other trophy in cricket put together, but still, this seems to be overrating DK a tad.

Hey, if it means we don't have to listen to him commentate then I'm all for it.

 

[silentstriker]

I mean I know the Nidahas Trophy > every other trophy in cricket put together, but still, this seems to be overrating DK a tad.

Well I didn’t say best - hard to look past sobers in the best player regard but just one that I think would have been ELECTRIFYING to watch. Especially with a full crowd in the Aussie summer against rest of world xi. Everyone who played those Tests said it was the highest standard of cricket that they’ve ever played.

 

[silentstriker]

BRB need a change of underwear just thinking about it

 

[Bolo.]

Steyn
Pollock
Donald
M Johnson
Srinath?
Bumrah

C Martin
AB
Klusener
Gayle

Guess I'm just voting for the players who excited me the most. I might use different criteria on another day.

 

[Anil]

Tendulkar
Richards
Lara
Gavaskar
Border
Laxman
McGrath
Marshall
Hadlee
Donald

 

[Burgey]

Well I didn’t say best - hard to look past sobers in the best player regard but just one that I think would have been ELECTRIFYING to watch. Especially with a full crowd in the Aussie summer against rest of world xi. Everyone who played those Tests said it was the highest standard of cricket that they’ve ever played.

Lillee bowling to Viv Richards was the cricketing equivalent of those nature docos where two massive ****ing elk smash their heads into each other and their egos won't let them back down. It was crazy.

 

[howitzer]

Doing 11 (an actual XI this time) because IDGAF.

Gibbs
Trescothick
Ponting
Tendulkar
Lara
Stokes
Gilchrist
Warne
Steyn
Donald
Bumrah

Players aren't necessarily the greatest I've seen but the ones I've most enjoyed watching.

 

[silentstriker]

Lillee bowling to Viv Richards was the cricketing equivalent of those nature docos where two massive ****ing elk smash their heads into each other and their egos won't let them back down. It was crazy.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Sachin
Lara
Warne
Wasim Akram
Shoaib Akhtar
Sehwag
AB de Villiers
Steyn
Kohli
Pant - hopefully way more to come from him, but if that is to be his short lived peak it was pretty epic

Generally gone for players I’ve really enjoyed watching over the years

 

[_00_deathscar]

Ah **** forgot Bumrah

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ten players, not considered to be greats
VVS Laxman

Hey, **** you too, buddy

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Smith
Kohli(best out of the lot, if we consider all formats, insane from 2016-18)
Cummins
Bumrah
Pant
ABD(the freakiest guy, my favourite out of these, could do everything in his prime: destroyed Steyn twice in IPL, effortless domination of peak Johnson and blockathons vs Ash and Jaddu)

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

Smith
Kohli(best out of the lot, if we consider all formats, insane from 2016-18)
Cummins
Bumrah
Pant
ABD(the freakiest guy, my favourite out of these, could do everything in his prime: destroyed Steyn twice in IPL, effortless domination of peak Johnson and blockathons vs Ash and Jaddu)

And Dhoni for pure unconventional genius (2013 Champions Trophy for example, last time a team I supported won a tournament

 

[howitzer]

Ah **** forgot Bumrah

Stop being a conformist and just pick the 11 players.

 

[JBMAC]

This list will set the cat amongst the pigeons.

1. Bradman
2 Harvey
3. Tallon
4.Engineer
5. Warne
6. Miller
7. Benaud
8. Gower
9. May
10 Marshall


Deserving of honourable mention: Thomson, Tyson, Fleming(NZ), LeRoux,Chappell(G).

 

[OverratedSanity]

Fleming(NZ)

Stephen Fleming? I am very interested to understand why

 

[SteveNZ]

Stephen Fleming? I am very interested to understand why

Yeah...in all the leviathans I saw on that list, this was the one that 'set the cat amongst the pigeons' for me.

I saw a lot of Fleming bat, for NZ but also in the nets, Canterbury etc. Looked graceful as hell, no doubt, but I can't say he was anywhere near my 'glad I saw them' short list. In fact, I can't remember a single epic on NZ soil. Given he scored two Test centuries in 54 Tests (!!!!!) I guess that's not surprising.

Now that I think of it, has there been a worse/more underperforming home player in history?