Battle of the Australians - Mk II

[NUFAN]

I'm going to go for Craig McDermott.

Turner's stats are great, but McDermott was my favourite bowler growing up and deserves a vote.

 

[pasag]

'Jack Gregory had cultivated a fearsome stare and gave me the treatment. With knees trembling and hands shaking, I was relieved when he bowled me first ball.' - A young Wally Hammond in 1921.

 

[SJS]

Jack Gregory

 

[aussie tragic]

How I'd love to pick "Billy", but I have to go Gregory

 

[weldone]

Gregory

 

[BoyBrumby]

Have to go with Gregory. In these sort of match-ups I think it's only right & proper one backs the all-rounders as, in absolute cricketing terms, they're more useful than all but the very first water of specialists, which I think Turner & McDermott probably fall just short of.

 

[bagapath]

jack gregory. the pre-war counterpart of keith miller.

 

[nightprowler10]

Jack Gregory takes it with 8 votes.

Round 1: Battle 15

Ray Lindwall

Tests: 61 matches, 228 wickets @ 23.03, 12 5w ::: 1502 runs @ 21.15, 2 100s, 5 50s

VS

Doug Walters

Tests: 74 matches, 5357 runs @ 48.26, 15 100s, 33 50s

VS

Mark Waugh

Tests: 128 matches, 8029 runs @ 41.81, 20 100s, 47 50s
ODIs: 244 matches, 8500 runs @ 39.35, 18 100s, 50 50s

 

[NUFAN]

I can't believe it, 3 of the most entertaining players to ever don the baggy green.

Mark Waugh is my favourite cricketer ever, but i can't justify picking him.

Ray Lindwall is my choice, great bowler, handy batter.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Walters

 

[Perm]

Doug Walters, bit of a legend.

 

[sanga1337]

Wow all awesome players. I really want to go with Walters, but Lindwall's record cannot be ignored so Lindwall

 

[SJS]

Ray Lindwall

 

[aussie tragic]

Hardest choice yet, but Lindwall....see, when I started typing I was going to pick Dougie lol

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Ray Lindwall - Greatest ever Australian fast bowler and one of the top 5 greatest fast bowlers ever IMO. He had accuracy and masterful variety delievered in his early days at an express pace. Also a very handy batsman who would be good enough to bat seven in most test teams through history and number six in a lot of them as well.

Mark Waugh and Doug Walters are both pleasing on the eye but are not up to Lindwalls standing. Also Lindwall's batting is better than either Walter's or Mark Waugh's bowling IMO.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Possibly doing Walters & Junior a slight disservice by not including their bowling figures as both were useful part-timers, but I'm still going for Lindwall. In My Spin on Cricket Benaud brackets him as an all-rounder & Richie's a fair judge, even allowing for a slight bias towards his old NSW mucker.

 

[pasag]

Lindwall, pretty easy decision. Hope he goes far in this.

 

[nightprowler10]

Right so Lindwall it is.

Round 1: Battle 16

Jack Iverson

Tests: 5 matches, 21 wickets @ 15.23, 2 4w, 1 5w

VS

Bobby Simpson

Tests: 62 matches, 4869 runs @ 46.81, 10 100s, 27 50s

VS

David Boon

Tests: 107 matches, 7422 runs @ 43.65, 21 100s, 32 50s
ODIs: 181 matches, 5964 runs @ 37.04, 5 100s, 37 50s

 

[cameeel]

Boon

 

[sanga1337]

Boon