Battle of Cricketers - CW's Favorite Cricketer

[Cruxdude]

Cairns

 

[Raghav]

Cairns

 

[fredfertang]

Larwood

 

[Himannv]

Larwood

 

[marc71178]

Larwood

 

[weldone]

Larwood

 

[zaremba]

"Well bowled Harold"

 

[Zinzan]

Son of Lance for me

 

[andyc]

Having been woefully ignorant about the man, I read a four or five page biography/interview of Larwood in a cricket book a week or so ago. I thought - and still do, mind you - that Bodyline was considerably worse of a strategy than the underarm incident, but in the piece I read, Larwood came across as a great bloke who got royally shafted by the cricketing board despite winning the Ashes and playing to a strategy he didn't even come up with. So going for Larwood.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

17-9 Larwood, one Englishman remains.

Third Round, Final Battle

80s legends:

Malcolm Marshall (1958-1999)

1,810 runs and 376 wickets in 81 Tests for West Indies; 136 ODIs
Consistenly excellent bowler, the most regularly successful of the West Indies 1980s bowlers
Allied high speed with movement and accuracy - a deadly triad
Batted and bowled with a broken thumb to lead West Indies to victory at Lord's in 1984

Richard Hadlee (1951-)

3,124 runs and 431 wickets in 86 Tests for New Zealand; 115 ODIs
Played international cricket for 17 years
Held the world record for Test wickets taken
One of the four great all-rounders of the 1980s

 

[age_master]

Marshall

 

[Cevno]

Malcolm Marshall

 

[Cruxdude]

Marshall

 

[Jezroy]

Sir Paddles

 

[andyc]

Hadlee

 

[Hurricane]

Hadlee - he had to bowl with no support - teams could afford to see him off. With marshall it was an unrelenting attack. I don't buy the argument that Marshall had it tougher because he had to share the wickets around.

Great Battle

 

[Fusion]

Marshall

 

[jondavluc]

Marshall

 

[Dasa]

Marshall.

 

[Corli]

Marshall