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Which cricketers go on each countries Mount Rushmore?

Pap Finn Keighl

Pap Finn Keighl

International Regular
England - WG, Hobbs, Botham + Ranji / Barnes / Hammond / Hutton

Australia - Bradman, Lillee, Warne + Border / Miller / Trumper
Or Gilly / McGrath

SA - G.Pollock, Donald, Kallis + Richards / Procter / Steyn / AB

India - Sachin, Gavaskar, Kapil + Dhoni / Kohli / Bumrah

PAK - Imran, Akram, Waqar, Miandad

SL - Murali, Jayasuriya, Sanga + de Silva / Ranatunga

WI - Sobers, Viv + headley / Lara / Worrell / Marshall
 
Coronis

Coronis

Hall of Fame Member
Swamp Witch Hattie said:
Subsz, in my youth I followed a number of sports quite closely, from about 1974 (Ali vs. Foreman) to about 1998 (Jordan's second three-peat) but have followed sport only casually since, even NZ sport. @capt_Luffy knows far more about NZ cricket than I do! I have always been drawn mainly to the greats (Ali, Nicklaus, Hadlee, McEnroe, Jordan, etc.) while the lesser lights have gone by the wayside in my mind. I'm not saying that they're not important, they're absolutely crucial but they don't grab me.

@peterhrt has written a deep and subtle post about Mount Rushmore here (what a true gem Peter is, honestly, we are so lucky to have him) but I'm a simple man and Mount Rushmore is for me, just about greatness, nothing more. So I would have, for NZ cricket, Hadlee, Crowe, Williamson and ... somebody else. For the fourth spot, I would have to think about it a bit more! It might not be either of Fleming or McCullum. Fleming was an excellent batsman and a great captain but I would probably go with McCullum because he had the X-factor, he was a very attacking batsman (with a SR of 64.60 cf. 45.82 for Fleming and 70.19* for Viv), there's his iconic 302, as well as his being more closely aligned to the Kane era (who succeeded him) which led to our nearly winning the 2019 Cricket World Cup final and actually winning the 2021 ICC World Test Championship final. So I would go with McCullum but I am happy to be corrected by those with more knowledge who have thought more deeply about it!

As an aside, I quite like what Nicklaus said about golf's Mount Rushmore here and also what one of the commenters said in response:

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@peterhrt is the Aladdin of CW
 
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