Battle of Cricketers - CW's Favorite Cricketer

[zaremba]

Slater.

 

[pasag]

Always got the impression that he was a bit've dick after he questioned coloured clothing in limited overs cricket when it was pretty obvious. His body language gave me that impression aswell.

He was one of the great characters of his time, very easy going, very friendly. Players loved playing under him because of his great nature and although he was a deeply religious man he never imposed anything on anyone and had this easy going leadership style that the side really flourished under.

Another great line from Hassett:

Lindsay Hassett remained a leader well loved for his informality and insouciance. On one occasion after a rain break in a county match, pressmen watched Hassett probing the pitch dubiously with his thumb.
'Any chance of play?' A reporter wondered. 'I dunno,' Hassett replied sardonically.' I only do that to look intelligent in front of the crowd.' - from same source.

 

[Noble One]

Loved it when Slater was blazing. Own a number of books describing in detail the fantastic cricketer and character that is Hassett. Admired Nel for having the attitude and aggression of a firebrand pace bowler despite only bowling in the mid 130's.

Selected Ponting. Hard for any Australian fan not too.

 

[GotSpin]

He was one of the great characters of his time, very easy going, very friendly. Players loved playing under him because of his great nature and although he was a deeply religious man he never imposed anything on anyone and had this easy going leadership style that the side really flourished under.

Another great line from Hassett:

Lindsay Hassett remained a leader well loved for his informality and insouciance. On one occasion after a rain break in a county match, pressmen watched Hassett probing the pitch dubiously with his thumb.
'Any chance of play?' A reporter wondered. 'I dunno,' Hassett replied sardonically.' I only do that to look intelligent in front of the crowd.' - from same source.

Man thats funny

 

[King Pietersen]

He was one of the great characters of his time, very easy going, very friendly. Players loved playing under him because of his great nature and although he was a deeply religious man he never imposed anything on anyone and had this easy going leadership style that the side really flourished under.

Another great line from Hassett:

Lindsay Hassett remained a leader well loved for his informality and insouciance. On one occasion after a rain break in a county match, pressmen watched Hassett probing the pitch dubiously with his thumb.
'Any chance of play?' A reporter wondered. 'I dunno,' Hassett replied sardonically.' I only do that to look intelligent in front of the crowd.' - from same source.

That is awesome. Glad I went for Hassett after reading that.

 

[Somerset]

That is awesome. Glad I went for Hassett after reading that.

Ditto - I'm really not too sure why Ben91 made some of the comments he did given the above few posts on Hassett; he appeared to offer extremely good value for the game in his day.

 

[King Pietersen]

You've obviously not read many of Ben's posts.

Do agree about Hassett offering good value to the game though. I hadn't read too much about Hassett before voting for him, but everything I had read, or heard about him was good. Was clearly a fine player, and a well respected and highly regarded character. The 2 things Pasag has posted have been fantastic.

 

[Johnners]

Ponting

 

[Matt79]

Always got the impression that he was a bit've dick after he questioned coloured clothing in limited overs cricket when it was pretty obvious. His body language gave me that impression aswell.

Confusing him with Neil Harvey?

 

[wfdu_ben91]

Confusing him with Neil Harvey?

Probably. I retract from that statement earlier. Apologies.

 

[G.I.Joe]

He was one of the great characters of his time, very easy going, very friendly. Players loved playing under him because of his great nature and although he was a deeply religious man he never imposed anything on anyone and had this easy going leadership style that the side really flourished under.

Another great line from Hassett:

Lindsay Hassett remained a leader well loved for his informality and insouciance. On one occasion after a rain break in a county match, pressmen watched Hassett probing the pitch dubiously with his thumb.
'Any chance of play?' A reporter wondered. 'I dunno,' Hassett replied sardonically.' I only do that to look intelligent in front of the crowd.' - from same source.

That is so awesome.

 

[NUFAN]

Ricky Ponting.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Hassett.

Legend of Victorian cricket, and I've gotten to go to a few Lindsay Hassett Club Luncheons, ripping days.

 

[chicane]

Andre Nel

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Battle 15

Victor Trumper (1877-1915)

3,163 runs in 48 Tests for Australia; 16,939 runs in 255 first-class matches
By 1915, heralded as the finest batsman in the world
Scored runs at a blistering runs for his time
Amassed 2,570 runs on Australia's 1902 tour of England - nearly double that of any touring compatriot

Sir Ian Botham (1955-)

5,200 runs and 383 wickets in 102 Tests for England; 116 ODIs
Averaged 40 with the bat and 18 with the ball after his first 25 Tests
Hit 149 not out to help turn the 1981 Ashes from 2-0 to 1-3

Shaun Tait (1983-)

5 wickets in 3 Tests for Australia; 22 ODIs
Specialises in ultra-short spells of wicket-taking
Has retired from most forms of cricket at least once

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Slater 12
Ponting 11 - 1 (wildcard)
Hassett 8 (wildcard)
Nel 4

 

[Noble One]

Beefy.

 

[Himannv]

I quite like Trumper but one more vote for Beefy.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Beefy.

 

[marc71178]

Botham