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The best after the Don? CW ranked 25 contenders, here is the countdown thread
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Kohli appears to be a bigger dick than Ponting to be honest. The way he behaved with that South African journalist in press conference was immature stuff.
There is a big gulf between fitness standards of footballers and cricketers.
weldone
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haha ditto...this now seems like a 5-year plan or something
Zinzan
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We all know that couldn't possibly be further from the truth.
Coronis
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What an awful thing to say.
Burgey
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Says the bloke who expected Spark to trawl through a tour thread to see if anyone else had posted a stat he used.
OverratedSanity
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Clearly he thinks Spark's life sucks
cnerd123
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Spark's a physics' PhD student isn't he? If anything, he's exactly the kind of guy to trawl through thousands of forum posts to ensure a stat he wants to post hasn't already been posted yet
Victor Ian
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Doctor spark. Awesome username upgrade. Just needs to stop pissing about at cern and do his thesis on the physics of cricket. Maybe accelerate a cricket ball through the cern machine and find new states of spin.
mr_mister
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Jack Hobbs (535 points) FC average of 50.70, FC HS of 316*. 199 FC centuries
According to CW, Hobbs is the greatest opener ever. And the third best bat. He holds by some distance the FC aggregate records. for centuries and runs. His test average of ~57 is also remarkable for an opener and to think he lost his prime years to the great war. Hobbs was said to often throw his wicket away after reaching 100 so somebody else could have a bat. This means he didn't have too many big daddies under his belt. Only one double ton and not too many 150s either, but he nearly always got a start and did his job as an opener, saw off the new ball. He formed a tremendous partnership with Sutcliffe, and sort of passed the torch to Bradman, his final series being the 1930 one where Bradman first made a name for himself.
Jack Hobbs (535 points) FC average of 50.70, FC HS of 316*. 199 FC centuries
According to CW, Hobbs is the greatest opener ever. And the third best bat. He holds by some distance the FC aggregate records. for centuries and runs. His test average of ~57 is also remarkable for an opener and to think he lost his prime years to the great war. Hobbs was said to often throw his wicket away after reaching 100 so somebody else could have a bat. This means he didn't have too many big daddies under his belt. Only one double ton and not too many 150s either, but he nearly always got a start and did his job as an opener, saw off the new ball. He formed a tremendous partnership with Sutcliffe, and sort of passed the torch to Bradman, his final series being the 1930 one where Bradman first made a name for himself.
