The CW50 - No.40-31

[Burgey]

none=three in mattland.

edit - actually two, i just realised i counted your original border before you removed him. You (i) just cost ab four places in the rankings.

wac.

 

[NUFAN]

Any reason?

I've always thought that Pollock was the more consistent bowler and his performances helped South Africa more times than Donald's.

Given the pace of Donald's bowling, if he batted as good as Pollock, I think Donald would be classed as one of the top 3 or so all rounders of all time.

The difference in the bowling is so minimal that as an overall package it's Pollock for mine and I was happy because I thought Pollock might be a little under rated.

I didn't pick either in my 25 though

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I'm hoping he's the lowest rated Pollock out of Shaun, Peter and Graeme.

 

[bagapath]

excellent list. none seemed out of place. I hope at least 20 of my top 25 make it to the final list

 

[vic_orthdox]

Didn't put in Border, Waugh or Ponting in my top 25. Had G Chappell in there though.

Had Shaun and Kapil in my 25, at 14 and 18 respectively. Really enjoying this thread though, and I think it speaks pretty well so far, think the list looks pretty good.

 

[Matt79]

I'm hoping he's the lowest rated Pollock out of Shaun, Peter and Graeme.

Reckon he'll be the only Pollock on the list tbh.

 

[vic_orthdox]

I'd be shattered if Graeme werent' on there. Have loved him every since reading about his 145 against England on a greentop.

 

[Uppercut]

I had Graeme pretty high.

Holding and Waqar were both on my list- would have loved to fit in Waqar a bit higher but it's so hard to make room...

 

[Matt79]

Who were the other two? Guessing Waugh was one.

Was Waugh, and Kapil Dev was the other. I thought Dev had been one of four players I just couldn't cram in in the end. Think he was a late change that I'm glad I made.

Kapil was a great all rounder and got extra ratings from me for being the first truly great fast bowler in his country, but more importantly for his status in the game, the WC, his longevity and all the jazz. A 'great' cricketer in my sense of the term.

 

[Quaggas]

I'd be shattered if Graeme werent' on there. Have loved him every since reading about his 145 against England on a greentop.

+1, though I only ever saw him playing for Transvaal toward the end of his career. 100% timing, a crisp, loud crack,then he'd sit back on his bat w/o needing to bother about running. It just seemed that there was such a gulf between him and any other batsman on offer. Meanwhile Garth le Roux (or some such) glares and Pollock is majestically unperturbed....

 

[GIMH]

Voted for a few of these guys in my list

 

[chasingthedon]

Gutted that I forgot about Barry Richards - 4 Tests and he's still in the ICC hall of fame. I remember as a kid reading the county scorecards in the paper, marvelling that he seemed to hit a 50 every time he came to bat.

Great thread Sean, can't wait for the rest.

 

[pasag]

Didn't vote for any of the players ranked 31-50 though I'm kicking myself that I left out Larwood.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Waugh and Trueman are the first who made my list, I think.

Can't really argue with too many of the choices though. Good list so far.

 

[gvenkat]

I always thought Waqar was given that title first - happy to be corrected on that one though, will edit the entry if I'm wrong there.

Waqar was called the Buruwilla bomber.

 

[Jarquis]

Haha, both Pollock's and Sutclifffe's highest rankings were from me

 

[fredfertang]

I vote for Zac to be able to revise his selection

 

[G.I.Joe]

Waqar was called the Buruwilla bomber.

Burrewalla, methinks.

 

[gvenkat]

Burrewalla, methinks.

Maybe, Not exaclty sure about the spelling of that place.thats how it's called though i reckon.

 

[The Sean]

Waqar was called the Buruwilla bomber.

Burrewalla, methinks.

Fair enough, will go back and edit that when I get the chance.