Battle of Cricketers - CW's Favorite Cricketer

[jondavluc]

Allan Border

 

[Corli]

Border

 

[morgieb]

Grumpy. Both are fair guns though.

 

[Pratters]

I'm pretty biased, and as an Indian fan, Sehwag has given me immense memories.

Once again, Jono says it like I feel it. Sehwag for sure.

 

[Zinzan]

AB for me, brought a toughness to the Australian game & they've never looked back

 

[weldone]

I love Sehwag more than Border, probably because he's an Indian. But it doesn't matter, because I've never been one who votes based on nationalistic bias.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I love Sehwag more than Border, probably because he's an Indian. But it doesn't matter, because I've never been one who votes based on nationalistic bias.

So you're voting Border as your favourite cricketer because you love Sehwag more than him. That makes sense

Sehwag

 

[Hurricane]

Sehwag

 

[Himannv]

Hmm, somewhat tough one.

Allan Border.

 

[Jono]

I love Sehwag more than Border, probably because he's an Indian. But it doesn't matter, because I've never been one who votes based on nationalistic bias.

Not criticising your vote, but just clearing up... we're not voting who was the better player. But who we like more.

Generally that will be players you 'love' more than the opponent.

 

[The Sean]

Love Sehwag, but it's gotta be AB.

 

[Kylez]

Border because he was awsome. He is a very good commentator as well, better than all those morons on channel 9.

 

[weldone]

So you're voting Border as your favourite cricketer because you love Sehwag more than him. That makes sense

Sehwag

No, I voted for Border in spite of loving Sehwag more because I think there is no other reason for me to love Sehwag than the nationalistic bias (especially because aggresion is seldom a huge factor for me while judging batsmen - I would never rate Gilchrist higher than Miandad as a batsman). Hope this makes sense to you now. If not, then I'm afraid I am unable to be clearer. Don't scratch your head over it much, and move on.

 

[weldone]

Not criticising your vote, but just clearing up... we're not voting who was the better player. But who we like more.

Generally that will be players you 'love' more than the opponent.

Yes, but the reason for that 'love' should be important. If the only reason for that love is nationalistic bias, then we could do a headcount of CW posters, and include only players from the country that has the highest representation here, couldn't we?

Border is a good bloke, much better batsman, much more hardworking, an uncompromising captain, was much more important for his country's cricket than Sehwag has been for his country's; and there's no reason other than his nationality that I like Sehwag more (not for his square cut, no).

 

[Jono]

But clearly not everyone is voting nationalistic bias. They're voting who they like better. It often corresponds with the team you support, but not always.

 

[weldone]

But clearly not everyone is voting nationalistic bias. They're voting who they like better. It often corresponds with the team you support, but not always.

Exactly, that's what I said. When it's not the only reason for loving a bloke more than the other, I'm all for voting for him. For example, I'll always vote for Sachin over Lara or Ponting because I know for sure that Sachin's nationality is not the only reason I love him more than the other two.

 

[zaremba]

GIMH, to even things up for voting Brumby elsewhere.

 

[G.I.Joe]

No, I voted for Border in spite of loving Sehwag more because I think there is no other reason for me to love Sehwag than the nationalistic bias (especially because aggresion is seldom a huge factor for me while judging batsmen - I would never rate Gilchrist higher than Miandad as a batsman). Hope this makes sense to you now. If not, then I'm afraid I am unable to be clearer. Don't scratch your head over it much, and move on.

It still makes absolutely no sense. You can't discount biases, because biases are an integral part of favouritism. If you remove bias from it, you're really not voting for your favourites, but rather a perverted idea of what you think favouritism should be. It's like saying that I love my mum the most in all the world, but because there's blood bias involved, I'll refuse to consider her my most favourite person in the world.

 

[Cevno]

it still makes absolutely no sense. You can't discount biases, because biases are an integral part of favouritism. If you remove bias from it, you're really not voting for your favourites, but rather a perverted idea of what you think favouritism should be. It's like saying that i love my mum the most in all the world, but because there's blood bias involved, i'll refuse to consider her my most favourite person in the world.

awta.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Border 19-10, time to kill this.

Last battle of second round

Brian Lara (1969-)

11,953 runs in 131 Tests for West Indies; 299 ODIs
A mainstay of the West Indies team for 17 years, produced world-class output in an increasingly struggling team
Centuries against nine Test nations

Bob Willis (1949-)

325 wickets in 90 Tests for England; 64 ODIs
Broke Trueman's England record of Test wickets
Eight for 43 as England bowled Australia out for 111 (see I Botham)
One of the best bowlers in the world for nearly a decade