Let me guess: Eddy Merckx, Jean-Claude van Damme and Tin Tin?
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What if?...
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Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Id never heard of Merckx until I was asked to interview him last year (I declined).
Poirot is the third, of course.
bagapath
International Captain
India would have scored 307 for 8 in 50 overs. australia would have won the match in the 46th over with 6 wickets in hand.
what if kapil had dropped viv richards in the 1983 WC final?
andruid
Cricketer Of The Year
India would have lost by 6 wickets?
WHat id the ICL was adopted as legit by the BCCI rather than rejected for the IPL?
G.I.Joe
International Coach
Other broadcast companies (and there are many moneyed ones in India) would come up with their leagues and demand BCCI recognition on the basis of a precedent being set. If rejected, they'd mount a case against the BCCI alleging preferential treatment in favour of Zee, and win; paving the way for either the abolishment of the ICL or recognition of multiple leagues each dipping into the same talent pool and producing diluted and insipid cricket. The current ICL sympathisers would finally be enlightened as to what 'losing the part for the sake of the whole' means.
What if the ICL and IPL never existed, Australia won the T20 World Cup, and a media company set up an ACL in Australia, stealing away their domestic players and quite a few international has-beens, before CA could launch an APL?
bagapath
International Captain
and that would have prevented the one-day boom that happened in india in the 80s and 90s turning it into a financial super power in world cricket. may be we would still have the old ICC (Imperial Cricket Council) calling the shots.
turnstyle
State 12th Man
Would have batted at 9 instead of 10
bagapath
International Captain
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
He'd have emigrated along with Andrew Symonds and be a larrikin Aussie cricketer.
What if Geoff Boycott had been born in Barbados?
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Flannels would be red & Michael Vaughan would never have played test cricket.
What if: players could move between test sides for transfer fees?
Magrat Garlick
Global Moderator
The current England XI: Gayle Rogers v Jaarsveld Sarwan Rudolph Chanderpaul +Kuhn Henderson Mishra Collins Langeveldt (and they'd still be world # 7)
Edit: Fit Pietersen in there somewhere to replace Rudolph. Doesn't ruin the argument.
What if: cricket grounds were required by law to be no greater than 80 by 60 yards?
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bagapath
International Captain
afridi would have been the greatest batsman in the history of the game
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Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
He and Tony Cozier would have spent a frightening amount of time in the same country
What if Overs had been called Unders?
archie mac
International Coach
Chappell would have been justified
What if Noble (or one of his litter) would have been allowed to field for WG towards the end of his career?
Mister Wright
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Inzamum would still be playing test cricket.
What if test cricket was a mixed ***es sport? (Women were able to be selected).
G.I.Joe
International Coach
Warne would have been slapped with a ***ual harassment suit and have been banned/neutered within a year of his debut.
Would par scores in ODI cricket have been higher or lower if teams played 10 players a side?