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Battle of Cricketers II - CW's Favorite Cricketer (now underway)
- Thread starter Cevno
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Cevno
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Top 36 -
Rahul Dravid - 26
Imran Khan - 24
Malcolm Marshall - 23
Dale Steyn - 22
Brett Lee - 21
Dennis Lillee - 20
Brian Lara - 20
Keith Miller - 19
Sir Viv Richards - 19
Michael Holding - 19
Sachin Tendulkar - 18
Michael Hussey - 18
Sir Garfield Sobers - 17
Allan Donald - 17
Mahela Jayawardene - 16
Muttiah Muralitharan - 16
Allan Border - 15
Richard Hadlee - 15
Waqar Younis - 15
Shane Warne - 15
Curtley Ambrose - 15
VVS Laxman - 15
Ricky Ponting - 15
Courtney Walsh - 15
Lasith Malinga - 14
Sir Jack Hobbs - 14
Richie Benaud - 14
Adam Gilchrist - 14
George Headley - 13
Shane Bond - 13
Sir Frank Worrell - 13
Clive Lloyd - 12
Wasim Akram - 12
MAK Pataudi - 11
Kapil Dev - 11
Anil Kumble - 10
Rahul Dravid - 26
Imran Khan - 24
Malcolm Marshall - 23
Dale Steyn - 22
Brett Lee - 21
Dennis Lillee - 20
Brian Lara - 20
Keith Miller - 19
Sir Viv Richards - 19
Michael Holding - 19
Sachin Tendulkar - 18
Michael Hussey - 18
Sir Garfield Sobers - 17
Allan Donald - 17
Mahela Jayawardene - 16
Muttiah Muralitharan - 16
Allan Border - 15
Richard Hadlee - 15
Waqar Younis - 15
Shane Warne - 15
Curtley Ambrose - 15
VVS Laxman - 15
Ricky Ponting - 15
Courtney Walsh - 15
Lasith Malinga - 14
Sir Jack Hobbs - 14
Richie Benaud - 14
Adam Gilchrist - 14
George Headley - 13
Shane Bond - 13
Sir Frank Worrell - 13
Clive Lloyd - 12
Wasim Akram - 12
MAK Pataudi - 11
Kapil Dev - 11
Anil Kumble - 10
Cevno
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Yeah, thanks.Wow! Am surprised as well. Good call to haul both of them in.
Would have liked to nominate Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi too tbh.
The guy who dissented against bodyline and Jardine after scoring a century on debut for England and said he doesn't care if it was his last match.
Cevno
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Going to divide the top 36 into three groups of 12 each as per the seedings above. Top 12, 13-24 and 25-36.
Going to have 12 battles of 3 each with one player going through from each and then a Wild card round amongst the 12 second place finishers from which 4 would go through to the top 16.
Going to have 12 battles of 3 each with one player going through from each and then a Wild card round amongst the 12 second place finishers from which 4 would go through to the top 16.
Cevno
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Rahul Dravid - Easiest of the 3 for me.
Imran Khan - Just by a slight margin over the Great Richie Benaud. Tough one.
Wasim Akram - This one is brutal, but i guess watching Akram live at the ground and his commentary days just slightly swing it to towards him for me. Apologies to the other 2.
Imran Khan - Just by a slight margin over the Great Richie Benaud. Tough one.
Wasim Akram - This one is brutal, but i guess watching Akram live at the ground and his commentary days just slightly swing it to towards him for me. Apologies to the other 2.
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CricAddict
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Lloyd Imran Sobers.
As Sean said, the third battle is way too tough. Actually, they have the potential to qualify as the top 3 CW favourites.
As Sean said, the third battle is way too tough. Actually, they have the potential to qualify as the top 3 CW favourites.
fredfertang
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Ok…
In the first – well, it says something about the quality of the trio when I rate the Big Cat a distant third. I adore Dravid and hate voting against him, but for so many years growing up AB simply was Australian cricket. So it’s Border for me.
In the second one, Richie is a dead set legend but Imran combined all-round cricketing brilliance with knee-weakening (for the ladies, obv
) charisma like no one since Keith Miller.
Finally, the ridiculous deathmatch that is the third battle. I reckon all three of these blokes would make (or at least go bloody close to) my all-time favourite World XI. Seems crazy that one of them won’t even get a wildcard, but in the end Wasim Akram is probably my favourite bowler ever and takes this one by the narrowest of margins.
In the first – well, it says something about the quality of the trio when I rate the Big Cat a distant third. I adore Dravid and hate voting against him, but for so many years growing up AB simply was Australian cricket. So it’s Border for me.
In the second one, Richie is a dead set legend but Imran combined all-round cricketing brilliance with knee-weakening (for the ladies, obv
) charisma like no one since Keith Miller. Finally, the ridiculous deathmatch that is the third battle. I reckon all three of these blokes would make (or at least go bloody close to) my all-time favourite World XI. Seems crazy that one of them won’t even get a wildcard, but in the end Wasim Akram is probably my favourite bowler ever and takes this one by the narrowest of margins.