well more like delusionary...Lambu is a visionary.
well more like delusionary...Lambu is a visionary.
Ultimately it's purely personal bias, I suppose. In the grand scheme of things I would agree; Lara isn't even undisputedly the best of his own era whereas WG was lord and master of his. However, much as I can appreciate the arguments for the intrinsic quality of Grace's (or Trumper's or Hobbs's, etc) play, it's hard to remain completely detached from the joy Mr Lara has given me over the years. It's a cliche, but he genuinely was one of those players I'd happily part with hard earned money to watch; even when he was playing against England there was always a tinge of regret when he went cheaply. Cricket is, ultimately, a form of entertainment & BCL has given me more than my money's worth of entertainment over the years.I really like the fact that you are propagating Grace's case. I dont do it most of the time because I find it more convenient to stick to 20th century and beyond to have slightly more uniform conditions, batting and bowling having evolved to a great degree to where we see it today and most of all, better knowledge of the players of the time through word of mouth as well as the written word.
Not that I think Grace and Spofforth should be devalued but just to take an easy option and also avoid getting into completely pointless arguments
Having said that, if I had proposed Grace's name, I would never propose Lara in the same breath , not from the very beginning as you have been doing and certainly not above the old man.
Why ?
1) Lara
2) Grace
Unashamededly a BCL fanboy and WG in his pomp was literally twice the player (not a fat gag, btw) of his peers.
You missed 2 votes for Yuvraj.You can choose anyone you want, there's no list this time
Richards - 20
Grace - 14
Hammond - 7
Lara/Chappell - 5 each
Hutton/Sutcliffe - 1 each
Thankfully, he used a little bit of his executive override powers.
You can choose anyone you want, there's no list this time
your subconscious reveals how much you admire the guy Oh, that and your avatar.Well, they are hidden executive powers. In case of emerging singhs which threaten the integrity of the list, you see.