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Most charismatic cricketer ever?
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Smudge
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Someone mentioned Hansie Cronje earlier. How on earth is he charismatic? He had a boring haircut, wasn't pretty, bowled military mediums with a county pro action and his batting was about as ***y as benchy's mum in suspenders. Never mind his personality was as dry as Weetbix without milk.
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I told you not to tell anyone about those pix ****.
fredfertang
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Cronje had a very nice leather jacket, I believe
zaremba
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You make a persuasive point.Charismatic cricketers would probably be defined as having achievements bar none on the field,not be boring off it.Having a major tinge of glamor attached to your personality adds up to it,and the ability to inspire millions.
Leading your side to a WC victory,playing county cricket for Sussex and Worcestershire,playing Shield cricket for New South Wales,banging more girls than the number of wickets you've taken,and opening a Cancer Hospital are the ingredients for the most charismatic cricketer of all time
Come to think of it, I'm going to throw Tony Pigott's name into the mix.
Athlai
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Agent Nationaux
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I think Smali is in love.
smash84
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Fusion
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Haha, Smali if Bhupinder Singh was still allowed to post, there would be some serious competition between him and you over the title of Imran's greatest admirer.
<I'm right there with you on the Charismatic debate btw>
Outswinger@Pace
International 12th Man
Tbh, it's quite subjective. Charisma cannot be quantified and that's the reason no two people would have the exactly same choices when it comes to identifying charismatic folks.
Subjective again! And I'd disagree with both. Had that ruggedly handsome look. Craig White or Russel Crowe could be other examples!
His batting was dogged and his bowling quite useful. He summed up the side of which he was the leader - where everyone (except Donald) could bat well and more than 6 or 7 could bowl!
It was a side of underdogs finding their way back into international cricket and how well they did that! As a leader of that side, I thought that he had a lot of flair. What happened post 1999-2000 is different, but I'm not exaggerating when I say that most 90s cricket-lovers were really fond of Cronje.
Again that's a subjective assessment. You need to talk with a few South African kids who grew up in the 90s to realise what Hansie meant to the nation. Not to mention a lot of people across the globe too. It's a shame that in the end he let everyone (including himself) down, but he sure had his glory days!
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