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Battle of Cricketers - CW's Favorite Cricketer
- Thread starter Pratters
- Start date
Michaelf7777777
International Debutant
Sir Richard Hadlee
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Hadlee 21-12 Fleming
Round Two, Battle Two
Graeme Swann (1979-)
563 runs and 85 wickets in 18 Tests for England; 32 ODIs
Useful spinner and lower order batsman
Man of the Series with 21 wickets as England drew the 2009-10 Test series in South Africa
Took 4/145 on debut
K. S. Ranjitsinhji (1872-1933)
989 runs in 15 Tests for England; 24,892 runs in 307 first-class matches
The prince of the Golden Age of cricket
An innovator of back-foot strokes, credited with popularising the leg glance and late cuts
First Test batsman to make 100 before lunch (113 at Manchester in 1896)
Also, wildcard play-off, battle one of four
Fred Trueman (1931-2006)
307 wickets in 67 Tests for England
The first bowler to 300 Test wickets
Led Yorkshire to six County Championships in a decade
England only lost 11 Tests in his career; but didn't win the Ashes after 1956
A controversial character, was disciplined on several occasions
Barry Richards (1945-)
508 runs in 4 Tests for South Africa; 28,358 runs in 339 first class matches
Barred from international cricket due to apartheid, he carved up first class attacks in three countries
Also scored 554 runs in 5 Supertests
Described as one of the finest batsmen of the 20th century
Darren Gough (1970-)
229 wickets in 58 Tests for England; 159 ODIs
Yorkshireman
Carried England's bowling attack until his knee broke down
Round Two, Battle Two
Graeme Swann (1979-)
563 runs and 85 wickets in 18 Tests for England; 32 ODIs
Useful spinner and lower order batsman
Man of the Series with 21 wickets as England drew the 2009-10 Test series in South Africa
Took 4/145 on debut
K. S. Ranjitsinhji (1872-1933)
989 runs in 15 Tests for England; 24,892 runs in 307 first-class matches
The prince of the Golden Age of cricket
An innovator of back-foot strokes, credited with popularising the leg glance and late cuts
First Test batsman to make 100 before lunch (113 at Manchester in 1896)
Also, wildcard play-off, battle one of four
Fred Trueman (1931-2006)
307 wickets in 67 Tests for England
The first bowler to 300 Test wickets
Led Yorkshire to six County Championships in a decade
England only lost 11 Tests in his career; but didn't win the Ashes after 1956
A controversial character, was disciplined on several occasions
Barry Richards (1945-)
508 runs in 4 Tests for South Africa; 28,358 runs in 339 first class matches
Barred from international cricket due to apartheid, he carved up first class attacks in three countries
Also scored 554 runs in 5 Supertests
Described as one of the finest batsmen of the 20th century
Darren Gough (1970-)
229 wickets in 58 Tests for England; 159 ODIs
Yorkshireman
Carried England's bowling attack until his knee broke down
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
Yeah a bit surprised by the voting myself. Hadlee was of course a phenomenal cricketer, but (outside of NZ at least) I'd never had the impression that he was a player that people looked on with particular affection or fondness.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Swann.
Gough.
Gough.
King Pietersen
International Captain
Richards
Swanneh
Swanneh