Battle of Cricketers - CW's Favorite Cricketer

[pasag]

Tough one, all very likeable. White's Victorian, Dravid was a great Indian ambassador and role model but have to go for the guy who bowled with his tongue sticking out:

 

[Somerset]

Rahul Dravid.

 

[Himannv]

Dravid

 

[Cevno]

Dravid

 

[Hit_Wicket]

Rahul Dravid

 

[Maximus0723]

Dravid

 

[G.I.Joe]

Dravid.

Would have voted Hogg over a lot of the previous contestants, though. Tough draw for him.

 

[Corli]

Dravid

 

[The Sean]

Nearly mercy rule time?

 

[Protean]

Dravid

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Nearly mercy rule time?

Quite so. Waited to see whether Hogg would get some more popularity, but not to be.

Dravid 20
Hogg 6 no wild card
White 1 Collingwood vote

Captaincy battle next

Douglas Jardine (1900-1958)

1,296 runs in 22 Tests for England
Devised Bodyline, aggressive leg-side bowling, which was outlawed shortly after its use to beat Australia in 1932
Scored one Test century - 127 against the West Indies who employed similar tactics

Nasser Hussain (1968- )

5,764 runs in 96 Tests for England; 88 ODIs
Known mainly for captaincy, he led England between 1999 and 2003, with four series wins in a row
Nevertheless, lost the Ashes heavily and struggled to put up big scores

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (1941-)

2,793 runs in 46 Tests for India
Led India in 40 of his 46 Tests, winning nine
Played as a specialist batsman despite only having sight in one eye
CW poll last year still had him as the best Indian captain of all time

 

[Prince EWS]

Jardine

 

[G.I.Joe]

Tiger Pataudi

 

[zaremba]

Jardine

 

[Pothas]

Hussain for me.

Love Nasser, funny lad.

 

[Teja.]

Jardine.

Well bowled, Harold ftw.

 

[chicane]

Maybe not the best captain, but Nasser is my favourite of the three.

 

[Cevno]

Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi

 

[Jono]

Nasser

My favourite commentator and I liked him as a captain.

 

[Jono]

Wrong thread.