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The Best of Each Decade Birthday DRAFT
- Thread starter watson
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chasingthedon
International Regular
Think you're so clever, with your legal terms and multi-quote replies.
Red
The normal awards that everyone else has
He's as good as any quick ever, no doubt. Incredible skills.
ankitj
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
What's the irony? Is it the underarm incident?
ohnoitsyou
International Regular
nah fully justifiable going for Chappell once again, easily the best batsmen remaining when you picked.
ohnoitsyou
International Regular
Paddles, who is normally a perfect gentlemen has never said a good word about any of the Chappell's personas ever and is fully justified for those opinions. Its not just the underarm incident either, they established the present of not having a beer in the changing room after the game. Pretty much every chapter of every book he has written which regards Australia will have something bad to say about the Chappells.
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ankitj
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Wow. Didn't know that. So one chappel has a beef with Botham and other with Hadlee.
watson
Banned
Wouldn't say 'easily' ohnoitsyou. It was a difficult choice between Chappell and quite a few other batsman that I like.
ohnoitsyou
International Regular
I think the beef is more with New Zealand in general. Australia really didn't rate us at all and ending up second best so many times during that period let to a lot of ugliness.
WI were exactly the same in 79/80 after losing 1-0 and over reacted to a few poor umpiring decisions, culminating with Colin Croft shoulder barging an umpire.
watson
Banned
And Holding castling the stumps with his right boot. The end result was probably NZs best ever win at home, with Hadlee taking 19 wickets at 19 runs a piece for the series. Viv Richards didn't tour though from memory, but all the other ATGs were there.
Here is Hadlee talking about the series, plus footage;
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=99eFt5HRTW0
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ohnoitsyou
International Regular
After that series he averaged under 20 for his last 60 games. A pox on your house watson.That's why I love Hadlee
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ohnoitsyou
International Regular
Definitely. Would be interested to know how you rate him compared to Davidson?
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watson
Banned
Round 3
29. Howe_Zat - Clyde Walcott
30. Pothas - Muttiah Muralitharan
31. Ankitj - Clarrie Grimmett
32. Camo999 - WG Grace
33. Blakus - Allan Donald
34. watson - Greg Chappell
35. Saint Kopite
36. Morgieb
37. Fredfertang
38. Chasingthedon
39. Monk
40. AldoRaine18
41. ohnoitsyou
42. Kyear2
Round 4
43. Kyear2
44. Ohnoitsyou
45. AldoRaine18
46. Monk
47. Chasingthedon
48. Fredfertang
49. Morgieb
50. Saint Kopite
51. Watson
52. Blakus
53. Camo999
54. Ankitj
55. Pothas
56. Howe_Zat
29. Howe_Zat - Clyde Walcott
30. Pothas - Muttiah Muralitharan
31. Ankitj - Clarrie Grimmett
32. Camo999 - WG Grace
33. Blakus - Allan Donald
34. watson - Greg Chappell
35. Saint Kopite
36. Morgieb
37. Fredfertang
38. Chasingthedon
39. Monk
40. AldoRaine18
41. ohnoitsyou
42. Kyear2
Round 4
43. Kyear2
44. Ohnoitsyou
45. AldoRaine18
46. Monk
47. Chasingthedon
48. Fredfertang
49. Morgieb
50. Saint Kopite
51. Watson
52. Blakus
53. Camo999
54. Ankitj
55. Pothas
56. Howe_Zat
Red
The normal awards that everyone else has
Very different, but both great. Difficult to rate one over the other with any real rationale. Personally, I think that McGrath, Lillee, Davidson and Lindwall are Australia's four greatest quicks of all time (discounting pre WW1 guys).