Battle of Cricketers - CW's Favorite Cricketer

[Goughy]

I always find it amazing the amount of emnity he generated amongst his countrymen. No surprise he rubbed the poms up the wrong way, but the Aussie Irish Catholic faction barely had a good word to say about him.

Think avarice and mendacity are the two most repeated character flaws, with perhaps a lack of personal bravery in third.

Yeah, not exactly known for his generosity of spirit or understanding of the human condition

 

[Burgey]

I think we can stop beating around the bush and probably say he was widely regarded as a ****, can't we?

 

[Goughy]

he was widely regarded as a ****

How dare you!

 

[Burgey]

Still a fair player though, tbf.

 

[Pothas]

Still a fair player though, tbf.

He is ok I suppose if you like that sort of thing.

 

[NUFAN]

1) George Bailey
2) Tamim Iqbal
3) David Boon

 

[Zinzan]

Mahela Jayawardene
Dion Nash
Dwayne Bravo

 

[Camo999]

Ian Harvey
Jimmy Adams (WI)
Bryce McGain

 

[99*]

S. Fleming
N. Astle
M. Crowe

All NZ.

 

[The Sean]

I always find it amazing the amount of emnity he generated amongst his countrymen. No surprise he rubbed the poms up the wrong way, but the Aussie Irish Catholic faction barely had a good word to say about him.

Think avarice and mendacity are the two most repeated character flaws, with perhaps a lack of personal bravery in third.

Yeah, not exactly known for his generosity of spirit or understanding of the human condition

I think we can stop beating around the bush and probably say he was widely regarded as a ****, can't we?

You'd certainly never call him a man of the people - he was single-minded, stubborn and it does sound like he could be a downright see you next Tuesday at times. Though TBF there are plenty of people from both within and outside of cricket who had a genuinely warm regard for him as well and would happily sing his praises. Bradman's conflicts with the O'Reilly/Fingleton set were I think generated as much by coming from such fundamentally different viewpoints as any monumental character flaws on either side - and even the infamous animosity with O'Reilly cooled in later years.

 

[Pratters]

140 players in total -

AB de Villiers (SA)
Adam Gilchrist (Aus)
Ajit Agarkar (Ind)
alec stewart
Allan Border
Amit Mishra (Ind)
Andre Nel
Andrew Flintoff (Eng)
Andrew Hall (SA)
Andrew Jones
Andrew McDonald
Andy Flower (Zim)
Anil Kumble
Aravinda de Silva
Barry Richards (SA)
Bart King
Bob Willis
Brad Hogg (Aus)
Brett Lee (Aus)
Brian Lara (WI)
Bryce McGain
Cameron White
Chris Cairns
Chris Gayle (WI)
Corey Richards
Curtly Ambrose
Damien Fleming
Damien Martyn (Aus)
Daniel Vettori (NZ)
Dave Mohammed (WI)
David Boon
David Gower
David Steele
Dennis Lillee (Aus)
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Dion Nash
Don Bradman
Douglas Jardine
Dwayne Bravo
Edgar Schiferli (NL)
Fred Trueman
Geoff Boycott
George Bailey
Graeme Pollock
Graeme Swann (Eng)
Graham Thorpe
Greg Blewett
Hansie Cronje
Harbhajan Singh
Harold Larwood
Henry Olonga
Iain O'Brien (NZ)
Ian Botham (Eng)
Ian Harvey
Imran Khan
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Jack Cowie
Jack Iverson
James Anderson
Jason Krejza
Jesse Ryder
Jimmy Adams (WI)
Jonty Rhodes (SA)
Keith Miller
Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
Lance Klusener
Lindsay Hassett
Luke Wright (Eng)
Mahela Jayawardene
Makhaya Ntini (SA)
Malcolm Marshall (WI)
Mansih Pandey
Mark ramprakash
Mark Waugh (Aus)
Martin Crowe
Mathew Sinclair
Matthew Hayden
Maurice Tate
Merv Hughes
Michael Bevan (Aus)
Michael Clarke (Aus)
Micheal Slater
Mike Garnham
Mike Hussey (Aus)
Mitchell Johnson (Aus)
Mohd. Azharuddin
Mushtaq Ahmed
Muttiah Muralitharan
Nasser Hussain
Nathan Astle
Niall O'brien
Niall O'Brien (Irl)
Nicky Boje (SA)
Pataudi
Paul Adams
paul collingwood
Peter Ingram (NZ)
Peter Siddle (Aus)
Peter Such
Phil Hughes (Aus)
Rahul Dravid (Ind)
Ravi Bopara (Eng)
Ray Lindwall
Ray Price
Richard Hadlee (NZ)
Richie Benaud
Ricky Ponting (Aus)
Robin Smith
Ross Taylor
Ryan ten Doeschate (NL/SA)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Sean Ervine
Shahid Afridi
Shakib-al-Hasan (Ban)
Shane Bond (NZ)
Shane Warne (Aus)
Shane Watson (Aus)
Shaun Pollock (SA)
Shaun Tait
Shikhar Dhawan
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)
Sourav Ganguly
Stan McCabe
Stephen Fleming
Steve Waugh (Aus)
Stuart Broad (Eng)
Sydney Barnes (Eng)
Tamim Iqbal
Tim Southee
Trent Copeland (Aus)
Victor Trumper (Aus)
Vinoo Mankad (Ind)
Virender Sehwag (Ind)
Viv Richards (WI)
VVS Laxman
Waqar Younis (Pak)
Wasim Akram (Pak)
Younis Khan

 

[Pratters]

Battle 1:

Andrew Hall

Mushtaq Ahmed

Shoaib Akhtar

Younis Khan

Battle is in the weekend, so results will be declared Monday evening.

 

[The Sean]

Ha ha didn't realise time was up! Can I add my third to make it an even 140?

If yes, then I nominate Ray Lindwall.

In this battle, I'll go for Mushy.

 

[Athlai]

Andrew Hall, always found him incredibly likable. Pretty much one of the only South African players I've ever really been a fan of. Mushy was before my time, Shaoib is (N) and Younis is meh.

 

[Pratters]

Yeah sure Sean. Added. If any one else wants to add players and hasn't had a chance to do so, you can in the next 24 hours.

My vote goes to Akhtar. I saw him for the first time in the series in South Africa and he was beating South African batsmen for sheer pace which really struck me as South Africans are generally very good players of pace bowling. When he came to Kolkata for that famous test, I looked forward and was glad I met him among all Pakistan players the most and that squad had Akram and Younis (reserve) and Miandad (coach) as well. Then he became very famous. Really love Akhtar and shame he could never meet his potential.

 

[Prince EWS]

Hall

 

[King Pietersen]

Mushy. Always comes across as a very likeable chap, did excellently for Sussex and as a coach for England. Like the bloke.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Mushtaq

 

[Goughy]

Andrew Hall

 

[Nate]

Andrew Hall. Loved it when he opened the batting against India.