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Gilchrist is a top 5 cricketer IMO
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The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread
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Coronis
International Coach
Obviously I wasn’t personally taking ODIs into account in my rating (yuck ODIs). But if giving them such weighting this is definitely a decent shout. Personally I wouldn’t have him so high just based on tests obvs.
Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
I'm always fascinated by "Best Ever" lists selected by cricketers - especially those selected some time ago. Here are some from the 1984 book "The Book of Cricket Lists".
Jim Laker's Ten Greatest Spin Bowlers (listed in alphabetical order)
Bishen Bedi
Richie Benaud
Bruce Dooland
Lance Gibbs
Clarrie Grimmett
Bill O'Reilly
Hugh Tayfield
Wilfred Rhodes
Derek Underwood
Hedley Verity
Fred Trueman's Ten Greatest Fast Bowlers
Ray Lindwall
Keith Miller
Brian Statham
Les Jackson
Wes Hall
Alan Davidson
Graham McKenzie
Dennis Lillee
Richard Hadlee
Andy Roberts
Sir Len Hutton's Ten Greatest Opening Batsmen
Jack Hobbs
Barry Richards
Herbert Sutcliffe
Sunil Gavaskar
Cyril Washbrook
Glenn Turner
Geoff Boycott
Gordon Greenidge
Andrew Sandham
I could add Derek Randall's (Greatest Fielders), Mike Brearley's (Greatest Slip Catchers), Godfrey Evan's (Greatest wicket-Keepers) as well as others - if there is any interest.
Jim Laker's Ten Greatest Spin Bowlers (listed in alphabetical order)
Bishen Bedi
Richie Benaud
Bruce Dooland
Lance Gibbs
Clarrie Grimmett
Bill O'Reilly
Hugh Tayfield
Wilfred Rhodes
Derek Underwood
Hedley Verity
Fred Trueman's Ten Greatest Fast Bowlers
Ray Lindwall
Keith Miller
Brian Statham
Les Jackson
Wes Hall
Alan Davidson
Graham McKenzie
Dennis Lillee
Richard Hadlee
Andy Roberts
Sir Len Hutton's Ten Greatest Opening Batsmen
Jack Hobbs
Barry Richards
Herbert Sutcliffe
Sunil Gavaskar
Cyril Washbrook
Glenn Turner
Geoff Boycott
Gordon Greenidge
Andrew Sandham
I could add Derek Randall's (Greatest Fielders), Mike Brearley's (Greatest Slip Catchers), Godfrey Evan's (Greatest wicket-Keepers) as well as others - if there is any interest.
Coronis
International Coach
Interest +1
Curious, would’ve expected Laker to have Lock in there. Dooland is a surprise. Sandham is an interesting choice from Hutton. Jackson too for Trueman. Presumably those three are all based on their personal domestic experiences.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
+2. Definitely want to see those. I will say all 3 of these lists are very reasonable, with 1/2 a bit quirky opinions.
Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
Will add more tomorrow.
JBMAC
State Captain
Yes Please
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Keepers aren't that important to be a top 5.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Let me help you out. The names you mentioned are locks. The rest of yours are preferences.
kyear2
International Coach
Yes please
Swamp Witch Hattie
School Boy/Girl Cricketer
To save you the trouble, it's possible to view the book for free at
The Book of cricket lists : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
216 pages : 22 cm
archive.org
once you sign up (which costs nothing unless I'm missing something insidious; you can sign in with Google, if you want)
kyear2
International Coach
Umm, not sure how I feel about Gilly that high. I possibly agree that the keeper position isn't important enough to ranked as lofty. But the gap and impact he had above others was quite substantive.
But it's also like chosing a NFL guard as a top 5 player. So it's basically the quality of the player vs the impact. And he was a cheat code.
The rest of the list is great.
kyear2
International Coach
And that's exactly what I said.
kyear2
International Coach
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capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
I mean, he also does ranks Greenidge behind Washbrook....
kyear2
International Coach
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Just saying yk....
Hey, also won't you vote in the poll anymore?? This round is about to rap up
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
kyear2
International Coach
Pretty sure I did.
kyear2
International Coach
Please read it. I said locks for me....