bagapath
International Captain
countdown? that is damn good sean. i was expecting the list staight up. but countdown is a very interesting idea. will involve more discussions and i would love to hear more from other guys. you are a showman, dude
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The CW 50 - CricketWeb's view of the top 50 cricketers of all time
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Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
I am not comfortable rating players in an era where Cricket has such a different standard and probably looked much different than it does today. Compounded by the fact that there is no footage of him playing the game and I'm very uncomfortable putting him in such a list.
You would be correct.
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JBMAC
State Captain
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
Funny, pictures of Jimmeh Anderson's face almost got him into my list
bagapath
International Captain
u making an all-time pakistan XI?
Days of Grace
International Captain
Just sent in my list.
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Your choice I suppose. He towered over his contemporaries more even than Bradman, and basically invented the art of batting, but if you want to leave him out of your "Top 25 Aussie Players" squad that's up to you
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Indeed. I'm only pulling his leg really
Ikki
Hall of Fame Member
At such a formative stage, I find his feats towering over his contemporaries not near what Bradman did. For Bradman, the game was established, the sport had grown and it was much much more professional.
I respect his genius in how he helped develop modern batting; but that's about where it stops. In my mind you put him on the field with any of my 25 and he'd look dodgy to say the least. It has nothing to do with nationalistic bias.
I respect his genius in how he helped develop modern batting; but that's about where it stops. In my mind you put him on the field with any of my 25 and he'd look dodgy to say the least. It has nothing to do with nationalistic bias.
Flintoff?
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zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Now that you've written that, I'm starting to suspect that yours and mine may be the same.
Sean, am I right?
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
He certainly isn't the same as mine as that particular "gentleman" doesn't even appear on his list
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Not quite sure what you mean by this, but in terms of towering, his performance in 1871 (not to mention the subsequent decade or so) is about as towering as anyone has ever been. 17 FC centuries were scored in total that year, and WG got 10 of them...
Anyhow it's your list old boy and it's for you to set your criteria - fair play to you.
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
Yes and Ian Botham at 11! I really wouldn't set too much store by that. I expect Grace to be either 2nd or 3rd in our CW poll.