Does Barry Richards deserve an exemption to be ranked among the greats of the game?

[GirthQuake]

and I hope they were well remunerated for saying those batshit cray cray stuff.

 

[SeamUp]

and I hope they were well remunerated for saying those bat**** cray cray stuff.

They were saying it years & decades after it when all the money was gone already

 

[mr_mister]

and I hope they were well remunerated for saying those bat**** cray cray stuff.

I'm guessing you watched them? Can you explain what you found so un-cricket about them?

 

[Chin Music]

The likes of Richards, Van Der Bijl, G. Pollock were a fair bit before my time. However, any look at their records in first class cricket and what they did when they played against the better opposition they were up against, be it WSC or rebel games suggest that they can be legitimately described as great cricketers to me, even if they are obviously by definition, not greats of the test game because of their lack of games.

 

[Northerner]

WSC was the grandest circus of its time but they were not real test, or even cricket.

90% of the worlds top players where there in WSC ask the players if it was proper cricket, they will tell you they where, and some of the toughest games they ever played in.

 

[Coronis]

90% of the worlds top players where there in WSC ask the players if it was proper cricket, they will tell you they where, and some of the toughest games they ever played in.

Its just not cricket

 

[GirthQuake]

90% of the worlds top players where there in WSC ask the players if it was proper cricket, they will tell you they where, and some of the toughest games they ever played in.

I did say it was the grandest circus of its time. What more do you want?

 

[Northerner]

I did say it was the grandest circus of its time. What more do you want?

A circus it most certainly was not, but hard fought international cricket matches it most certainly was.

 

[shortpitched713]

WSC was the grandest circus of its time but they were not real test, or even cricket.

I'll do you one better, WSC didn't even exist, we're all just hallucinating it's presence in a massive bout of Mandela effect.

 

[Coronis]

I'll do you one better, WSC didn't even exist, we're all just hallucinating it's presence in a massive bout of Mandela effect.

How ironic

 

[mr_mister]

I did say it was the grandest circus of its time. What more do you want?

Can't you just explain your reasoning? I don't know why that part is particularly difficult.

 

[Line and Length]

Interestingly neither Barry Richards or W.G. Grace made our Top 50 Poll conducted in 2022. Will this change in the new poll starting tomorrow?

 

[Coronis]

Interestingly neither Barry Richards or W.G. Grace made our Top 50 Poll conducted in 2022. Will this change in the new poll starting tomorrow?

Considering the relative amount of joke or meme votes in the bowlers poll, yes. Surprised everyone wasn’t voting Procter in as a bowler.

 

[kyear2]

Interestingly neither Barry Richards or W.G. Grace made our Top 50 Poll conducted in 2022. Will this change in the new poll starting tomorrow?

Not sure where Barry fits in, but he does somewhere

 

[wpdavid]

Greig is a bit of a different case to others as he'd already put his lot into qualifying for England before isolation started. It could be argued that, extremely clever as he was, he saw the way the tide was turning but I tend to exclude him from isolation era XIs as I'm pretty sure he'd have been an England player anyway.

Greig first played for Sussex in 1966, a couple of years before the D'Oliveira affair. But I don't know when he decided to throw his lot in with England rather than SA. Perhaps he thought he had more chance of breaking into the England side than SA.

 

[Coronis]

Not sure where Barry fits in, but he does somewhere

Why not Procter then?

 

[kyear2]

Why not Procter then?

Barry is arguable the 5th best opener ever, I don't know where Procter fits in exactly.

 

[Coronis]

Barry is arguable the 5th best opener ever, I don't know where Procter fits in exactly.

Well considering his county exploits and WSC record too he should be a top 10 pace bowler if Richards is a top 5 opener yet nobody voted for him in the bowling poll.

Love the consistency.

 

[kyear2]

Well considering his county exploits and WSC record too he should be a top 10 pace bowler if Richards is a top 5 opener yet nobody voted for him in the bowling poll.

Love the consistency.

I'm not nearly as familiar with Procter's career as I am of Richard's. And even then, I'm not sure where Barry lands either.

But you're always quick to accuse rather than ask.