Wastemen etc

[Migara]

Greatest player of pace vs greatest player of spin bowling.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Talk nah, Viv

 

[slippy888]

Graeme Hick vs Carl Hooper

Both men had there flaws in life and on the pitch but who was the better international cricket batsman for you.

 

[andruid]

Roger Harper TSTL

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

I'm gonna be bias, and say Carl Llewellyn Hooper.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Both probably underachieved in tests, but Hooper less so.

 

[Burgey]

What were their flaws in life, slippy? Am a fair bit more interested in that than this comparison itbt.

 

[Red]

Always thought Hooper was very much like Mark Waugh in that they were the most fluent and beautiful batsmen to watch who made it look so easy, but that type of batting doesn't always coincide with big test averages at the end of your career.

Hick had a massive disparity between his FC record and his test record. One who couldn't handle the step up. And Merv completely ****ed with his mind.

 

[Migara]

Hick should have stayed with Zimbabwe, and that would have elevated them above England of late 90s, and would have got a better career. With Flower, Goodwin, Houghten and Johnson, they were quite strong.

 

[honestbharani]

Hooper, easily. Hick was good to watch too though, when playing well.

 

[Migara]

BTW Hooper. Hammered the best bowlers and kept falling against weakest links in the attack. Hammering Warne and McGrath to submission and failing anainst S. Waugh and Brendon Julian. That was Hooper.

 

[jcas0167]

Always thought Hooper was very much like Mark Waugh in that they were the most fluent and beautiful batsmen to watch who made it look so easy, but that type of batting doesn't always coincide with big test averages at the end of your career.

Hick had a massive disparity between his FC record and his test record. One who couldn't handle the step up. And Merv completely ****ed with his mind.

Hick really stuggled in 91 and 92 with Ambrose/Walsh, then Wasim and Waqar touring. He actually got a 50 in the second test in the 93 Ashes but was axed before being recalled for the final test and scored 80. Once he shortened his backlift he had a couple of good test seasons, but the English selectors in the 90's discarded him far too quickly. Fletcher said he would have always been in the team if he'd been coach.

Both Hooper and Hick were great players to watch. Hooper was a bit like a right handed Gower.

 

[jimmy101]

Tough call actually. But my gut says Hoops.

 

[stephen]

As much as MMarsh cops a hell of a lot if criticism for his Test career, myself included, he's a genuinely underrated ODI cricketer. If he was fully fit to bowl as well as bat he should be in the squad

Mitch Marsh should have had a lot more rope at odi level. He was genuinely a very good striker of the ball late in the innings and didn't need to play himself in for as long as Stoinis did.

 

[stephen]

wasn't glorious at all

I don't have my colour swatches handy, but I'd say it was more mauve than purple.

He did have a good two year run where he averaged 60 with the bat.

 

[slippy888]

Matthew Hayden vs Sourav Ganguly

Who was the better international batsman for you and the match winner.

 

[Spikey]

why

 

[Bijed]

Ganguly definitely sits between Hayden and Nasser Hussain as a batsman. Interpret that however you like

 

[jimmy101]

Ganguly definitely sits between Hayden and Nasser Hussain as a batsman. Interpret that however you like

Executive decision made by the team's photographer?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Who was the better international batsman for you and the match winner.

It's another Aussie versus Indian 'debate'.