Days of Grace
International Captain
Bit jerky in his action for me.
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The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread
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MrPrez
International Debutant
With AB, Amla, Steyn, Morkel etc all having retired relatively recently, it's quite interesting to work out an all-time SA XI.
1. Richards
2. Smith (c)
3. G. Pollock
4. Kallis
5. de Villiers.
6. Faulkner
7. Boucher
8. Proctor
9. Steyn
10. Donald
11. Tayfield
Other players worth consideration:
Mitchell
Nourse
Amla
Pollock
Nourse for Faulkner might be more balanced but I cna't leave Faulkner out.
1. Richards
2. Smith (c)
3. G. Pollock
4. Kallis
5. de Villiers.
6. Faulkner
7. Boucher
8. Proctor
9. Steyn
10. Donald
11. Tayfield
Other players worth consideration:
Mitchell
Nourse
Amla
Pollock
Nourse for Faulkner might be more balanced but I cna't leave Faulkner out.
ImpatientLime
International Regular
Days of Grace
International Captain
Hence why I’m including RPI in my ratings.
Imran is still ranked as the highest all rounder though.
ankitj
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I will make 3 changes
Mitchell - Richards - Kallis - G Pollock - Nourse - de Villiers - Lindsay -Procter - Steyn - Tayfield - Donald
Days of Grace
International Captain
Does Quinton de Kock get close to selection?
MrPrez
International Debutant
Mitchell for Smith is certainly one that can go either way, but the captaincy of Smith ultimately won out for me.
Lindsay for Boucher is an interesting one. I think we tend to look through rose-tinted glasses when it comes to keepers. I prefer Boucher due to his intangibles - he was the ultimate tenacious cricketer, and I think his glovework is heavily underrated relative to guys like Lindsay just because historically we have seen old-timer glovemen as > modern keepers..
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
This was the people's choice:
1. BA Richards
2. GC Smith *
3. JH Kallis
4. RG Pollock
5. AB de Villiers
6. AD Nourse
7. MJ Procter
8. JHB Waite +
9. HJ Tayfield
10. DW Steyn
11. AA Donald
1. BA Richards
2. GC Smith *
3. JH Kallis
4. RG Pollock
5. AB de Villiers
6. AD Nourse
7. MJ Procter
8. JHB Waite +
9. HJ Tayfield
10. DW Steyn
11. AA Donald
Days of Grace
International Captain
Can’t really argue with that. Unless you say Richards and Proctor didn’t play enough test cricket and thus replace them with Mitchell and Pollock.
kyear2
International Coach
Marshall
McGrath
Steyn
Muralitharan
Warne
Hadlee
Ambrose
Trueman
O'Reilly
Lillee
Donald
Akram / Imran
Barnes
Davidson / Garner
Rough estimate of my top 15.
MrPrez
International Debutant
Yeah this looks fair, I'd still prefer Boucher as I think he's underrated due to the recency of his career.
It's a travesty not having Faulkner in an ATG SA team but Nourse is probably better for the team on balance.
a massive zebra
International Captain
Hardly the best batsman of his era because his career overlapped fairly closely with Jack Hobbs who was streets ahead, but Taylor was certainly the best African batsman of his time.
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Missing a class spinner and Bradman but they're up there very close to the WI.
TheJediBrah
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Boucher is overrated due to his long career. He was a great servant of the game and SA cricket but not really that special as a batsman, and definitely not as a keeper.