Vote for Five Cricketers of the 2000s + 2010s

[ankitj]

Ifs and buts and could haves.

So today you are against ifs and buts? Intresting.

 

[TheJediBrah]

de Villiers has more claim than Sanga. You can't just assume that Sanga would have been as prolific as he was a specialist batsman if he had been keeping as well. He stopped keeping for a reason. Only thing holding ABdV back is that he didn't do the job enough to push Gilchrist for the title. I'm of the opinion that he probably had the ability and capacity to do it, but we'll never know.

A lot of people on here have clearly never kept wickets at a decent level for 80+ overs. It's a gruelling job. I did it as a youngster, a couple of times for up to 100-110 overs and it's enough to make me never want to do it again, and I got a week off before having to do it again. I can't imagine how much tougher it would be at Test level and having to back up a couple of days later.

 

[harsh.ag]

Sanga scored 13378 runs in ODIs as keeper with 23 hundreds @43.74
His peak in ODIs as keeper gave 6356 runs @52.6 with 15 hundreds

Shows something

 

[TheJediBrah]

Sanga scored 13378 runs in ODIs as keeper with 23 hundreds @43.74
His peak in ODIs as keeper gave 6356 runs @52.6 with 15 hundreds

Shows something

Keeping in ODIs is a completely different ballgame. I actually found that keeping in white ball cricket helped my batting, especially when fielding first. It gives you a great feel for how the wicket is playing and conditions in general when you've kept for 45-50 overs then go out to bat.

 

[honestbharani]

Keeping in ODIs is a completely different ballgame. I actually found that keeping in white ball cricket helped my batting, especially when fielding first. It gives you a great feel for how the wicket is playing and conditions in general when you've kept for 45-50 overs then go out to bat.

So obviously Gilly's ODI record is cod ordinary then...

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Keeping in ODIs is a completely different ballgame. I actually found that keeping in white ball cricket helped my batting, especially when fielding first. It gives you a great feel for how the wicket is playing and conditions in general when you've kept for 45-50 overs then go out to bat.

You are a part time keeper?


Explains a lot tbh

 

[harsh.ag]

Final 3 hours of voting.

Two all format giants missing the list as of now.

 

[TheJediBrah]

So obviously Gilly's ODI record is cod ordinary then...

Nah I reckon he did alright. Average high-30s at the strike rate he did was very good in that era, he played a lot against very good bowlers for the first half of his career too. And what's with the use of extremes ITT from some of you guys. Since when is not being the ATG considered "cod ordinary" or to use srbhkshk's earlier term "a real spud". It's a weird attitude.

You are a part time keeper?


Explains a lot tbh

I was ok. Probably reduced oppositions scores by ~30% by blokes getting out to get away from me annoying the **** out of them. Also back in the phase when you could straight-up abuse people.

 

[ImpatientLime]

warne
mcgrath
murali
steyn
kallis

 

[Burgey]

warne
mcgrath
murali
steyn
kallis

2 and 5 I would agree with. One and Four arguable. Three a no from me.

Your avatar reminds me that we need to talk about the elephant in the room. There's a reason why so many people who have played at, administered and/ or reported on the game at the highest level omit Murali from their ATG/ Teams of Whatever.

It's because deep down in places they don't want to talk about for fear of offending the SC cabal, they know the laws of the game were changed to accommodate him, and that even after that happened, he was told he couldn't bowl the doosra because it was essentially a baseball pitch, yet he kept doing it. The first is, of course, not his fault but is certainly enough to put the * next to his record for any reasonable student of the game. The second is an indictment on him. Seems a decent bloke and all, but if that was the requirement for selection you'd pick Darren Sammy five times.

 

[honestbharani]

2 and 5 I would agree with. One and Four arguable. Three a no from me.

Your avatar reminds me that we need to talk about the elephant in the room. There's a reason why so many people who have played at, administered and/ or reported on the game at the highest level omit Murali from their ATG/ Teams of Whatever.

It's because deep down in places they don't want to talk about for fear of offending the SC cabal, they know the laws of the game were changed to accommodate him, and that even after that happened, he was told he couldn't bowl the doosra because it was essentially a baseball pitch, yet he kept doing it. The first is, of course, not his fault but is certainly enough to put the * next to his record for any reasonable student of the game. The second is an indictment on him. Seems a decent bloke and all, but if that was the requirement for selection you'd pick Darren Sammy five times.

Lol @ the load of crap... Not taking sledger's ban well, are you?

 

[TheJediBrah]

Lol @ the load of crap... Not taking sledger's ban well, are you?

why do you guys always bite lol

 

[Burgey]

It's true though. there's no other reasonable explanation as to why so many people who've played against him leave him out.

 

[honestbharani]

It's true though.

That its a load of crap, ya, we know...

 

[honestbharani]

why do you guys always bite lol

ask yourself that lol

 

[Burgey]

Just what the start tot he weekend needs, some classic HB "No, you!" stuff.

 

[honestbharani]

Just what the start tot he weekend needs, some classic HB "No, you!" stuff.

 

[trundler]

HB just has to one up the other person no matter what

 

[Burgey]

HB just has to one up the other person no matter what

If your definition of "one-upping"includes saying "No you" to everything, it needs to be reassessed.

 

[harsh.ag]

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