the best Asian cricketer

[ret]

it can't get better than this .... who is the best Asian cricketer?

some of the candidates -

India - Gavaskar, Tendulkar, Dravid, Kapil and Kumble
Pak - Imran, Javad, Abbas, Wasim, Waqar
SL - Muralitharan

 

[silentstriker]

Imran Khan

 

[Beleg]

Muttiah Muralitharan - the greatest bowler ever to have graced the field.

 

[Richard]

Cannot possibly be anyone other than Imran.

I'd vote for Aravinda, however, obviously.

 

[Richard]

Muttiah Muralitharan - the greatest bowler ever to have graced the field.

You'd say different if you were 110 years old and non-senile IMO.

 

[Beleg]

^

are you disagreeing or agreeing with me... I am not quite sure.. :|

 

[Fusion]

Imran Khan. Had a good battle thread about this once.

 

[Richard]

^

are you disagreeing or agreeing with me... I am not quite sure.. :|

I'm sort of doing both in a backhanded way.

Knowing you, that you only rate players of your lifetime, calling Murali the greatest bowler ever is something not a few would do. I wouldn't myself - I think, for instance, Allan Donald, Wasim Akram, Glenn McGrath, Curtley Ambrose and (for a time) Shaun Pollock were better.

But I feel that SF Barnes was the best bowler ever and that if you were old enough to have seen him you'd think such a thing.

 

[haroon510]

right now sachin or murali

all time has to be imran khan or sachin.

wow rating gavasker and dravid as all time best from asia is the worst thing to do.. it is abomination of not only asian cricket but world cricket.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Ajantha Mendis is the obvious candidate, but I feel Kumar Sangakkara is hard done by.

 

[fredfertang]

Vijay Merchant must be worth a mention - averaged 70+ over his career and 47 in tests - only 10 tests and didn't tour Australia in 47/48 but impressive figures nonetheless - only the "White Headley" betters his career average

 

[Fusion]

wow rating gavasker and dravid as all time best from asia is the worst thing to do.. it is abomination of not only asian cricket but world cricket.

 

[Richard]

Vijay Merchant must be worth a mention - averaged 70+ over his career and 47 in tests - only 10 tests and didn't tour Australia in 47/48 but impressive figures nonetheless - only the "White Headley" betters his career average

Certainly a hell of a better case than Anil Kumble and Zaheer Abbas.

 

[Sanz]

Is that the first time you have used that emoticon ?

 

[Richard]

No.

 

[Fusion]

Is that the first time you have used that emoticon ?

No, and it may not be the first time I used it against this poster either.. I actually considered the dreaded triple rolleyes, but then calmed down and settled for one.

 

[Richard]

Or this. Maybe even the worst of the worst.

 

[zaremba]

Liaqat Ali.

 

[PhoenixFire]

Or this. Maybe even the worst of the worst.

Looks like a Fullins creation, that last one.

 

[Richard]

Haha really?

Cribb to confirm\refute.