Battle of Cricketers - CW's Favorite Cricketer

[pasag]

More of a batting fan in general, but has to be Bond. Also the way he handed himself after getting dicked around is beyond reproach.

 

[weldone]

1.Weldone
2.Weldone's uncle
3.Utpal Chatterjee

ha ha...

4. Ajit Agarkar
5. Mr. Vettori's off-the-field avatar
6. Ntini's 5 minutes with Jono
............
83647768376763487. Waqar Younis

Why even bother about the second word in the phrase 'favorite cricketer'?

 

[marc71178]

Marshall - Because nobody has seen him bowl

Interesting but so, so wrong.

 

[weldone]

**** if people had it their way the final should just be Bradman vs. Sobers or WG Grace, and let's be done with it.

I wouldn't mind a Sachin vs Marshall or a Grimmett vs Barnes or a Warne vs Lara or a Hobbs vs Hutton final (and so many other possible combinations)...

But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE not a Ntini vs Vettori final...that's the whole point...I understand that bias plays a role, but should be upto a certain point...That's the one point I've been talking about...

 

[_Ed_]

But that would be a battle of who people think is the best cricketer, not of who people consider their favourite, which was the original idea of the thread.

 

[weldone]

But that would be a battle of who people think is the best cricketer, not of who people consider their favourite, which was the original idea of the thread.

No, that would be a battle of who people think is their favorite among the great cricketers. What I'm doing is placing equal importance on the two words 'favorite' and 'cricketer'.

Mine is Sachin (though I don't think he's the best cricketer of all), someone's maybe Marshall, yours maybe Waqar...

But saying that 'my favorite cricketer is Ntini because he wore a red t-shirt when he spoke to me' or 'my favorite is Vettori because he wore contact lense on-the-field but wore glasses off-the-field' or 'my favorite is Kyle Mills because McGrath's dad wasn't a Kiwi' makes the whole thing a joke...

 

[Smudge]

Sigh...

 

[pasag]

But saying that 'my favorite cricketer is Ntini because he wore a red t-shirt when he spoke to me' or 'my favorite is Vettori because he wore contact lense on-the-field but wore glasses off-the-field' or 'my favorite is Kyle Mills because McGrath's dad wasn't a Kiwi' makes the whole thing a joke...

I think you're playing a different game here to everyone else tbh.

 

[Jono]

Sigh...

Haha this. Pretty frustrating stuff. Will stop even trying now because nothing is getting through.

 

[_Ed_]

Haha this. Pretty frustrating stuff. Will stop even trying now because nothing is getting through.

Good idea.

Am intrigued as to why people's opinions will magically become credible if their choice is restricted to 'great' players, though.

 

[weldone]

Haha this. Pretty frustrating stuff. Will stop even trying now because nothing is getting through.

same here...

 

[weldone]

I think you're playing a different game here to everyone else tbh.

That's true beyond a doubt, only if you replace 'everyone' with 'almost everyone'.

 

[Camo999]

No, that would be a battle of who people think is their favorite among the great cricketers.What I'm doing is placing equal importance on the two words 'favorite' and 'cricketer'.

Huh, aren't they all cricketers??

 

[Zinzan]

Incredible that some people in this thread seem to have no idea what 'favourite' means.

adjective
1. appealing to the general public; "a favorite tourist attraction" [syn: favorite]
2. preferred above all others and treated with partiality; "the favored child" [syn: favored]

Bias is inherent in having a favourite!!!

**** if people had it their way the final should just be Bradman vs. Sobers or WG Grace, and let's be done with it.

So many examples on this forum where people's favourite cricketers are journeyman, battlers or people they like for reasons that have nothing to do with ability (Nicky Boje for me ).

Lol, give the dude (welldone) a break ffs, it's his opinion & his take on it, live with it. This is about your 5th reply on the matter now.


BTW Bond for me by a country mile

 

[Jono]

I was living with his opinion, I wasn't living with him forcing his opinion on others.

Anyway I and others already said we'd stop, until you needlessly quoted me tbh.

 

[Matt79]

Have to wonder why he's following the thread if he has no interest in the concept.

 

[weldone]

I was living with his opinion, I wasn't living with him forcing his opinion on others.

I didn't. I just quoted the reason why I voted for Border over Sehwag, and you guys started all your attempts to prove me wrong.

On a second thought, I guess the difference in opinion came from my point of view of watching cricket. I have always appreciated good cricket and good cricketers and all the greatest cricketers have been my favorites too. I have always loved a Kallis more than an Afridi, or a Dravid more than a Yuvraj. I have always loved Sachin for the way he plays, and loved McGrath, Donald, Wasim or Murali because they were good enough to sometimes cause problems to my favorite batsman (didn't hate them for that! NO!). For me, good cricket, good sportmanship, qualities as a team player etc have been the reasons for liking cricketers. So, that was my view. I agree for someone else, the reasons could be entirely different (like pink shirts, 5 minute chats, nationality, contact lenses etc etc); so they are definitely entitled to vote according to those reasons...

 

[weldone]

Have to wonder why he's following the thread if he has no interest in the concept.

Simple. Because I won't like someone like Ntini or Vettori to be quoted in all the other threads as CW's favorite cricketer decided by open-to-all voting (and people posting links of this thread 5 years down the line to show how Shakib was once the 7th most favorite cricketer of ALL-TIME decided by CW members).

It doesn't require rocket science to understand why I'm following this thread in spite of not liking the concept behind it, does it?

 

[fredfertang]

Bond

 

[Pratters]

Bond.