Battle of the Cricketers

[Fusion]

Marshal for me. One of my favorite bowlers of all time. This is not an easy choice as McGrath is a true legend himself. However, I think back to my very early memories of Marshal dominating batsmen and I was in complete awe of him. Perhaps my memory is betraying me, but the level of fear and dominance I remember Marshal displaying I don't think McGrath can match.

 

[Anil]

marshall

 

[Dasa]

Marshall.

 

[honestbharani]

Marshall

 

[oz_fan]

McGrath

 

[GIMH]

McGrath

 

[Simon]

McGrath

 

[shankar]

Marshall

 

[Xuhaib]

McGrath

Easily the best paceman i have ever seen.

 

[benchmark00]

McGrath.

 

[benchmark00]

McGrath.

 

[Hugh]

Its always an interesting one that.

On the one hand we have someone saying Kapils bowling average would have dropped by around 5 if he had had some major seam bowling support and you suggest Marshall would have done far better if he had not had the support he had.

I don't see those two statements clashing. Kapil would have taken fewer wickets than his 434 had he good support, perhaps 300-350, but he'd definitely have gotten them cheaper. For one thing, it would have freed him from the role of a stock bowler and allowed him to function as a strike bowler like most other all-rounders.

As for Marshall, he definitely would have picked up more wickets over his career were he not part of the quartet. In that sense he would have done better. However I do not see his average falling in that case, it might even have been higher than it really is.



For this battle, McGrath.

 

[pasag]

McGrath. Hero.

 

[Slifer]

Marshall is undoubtedly my favorite bowler of all time but that guy Mcgrath is some bowler so my vote comes to him by a hair. IMHO the final shood come down to Mcgrath versus Hadlee.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Marshall

quicker

 

[BoyBrumby]

Slightly over 24 hours & I apologise for that, but still a fair way short of 8 months!

A possibly surprisingly easy win for Narromine's champion chunterer (1992-present) by 15-8 & he advances to the quarters.

Next up:

Round2 - Battle 5

Ian Bishop

vs

Sir Richard Hadlee

I suspect I can guess the result, but maybe the strong anti-Kiwi sentiment on the board () might spring an upset.

 

[Fusion]

Hadlee.

 

[silentstriker]

Hadlee

 

[Goughy]

The potentially great versus the real thing.

Hadlee

 

[cameeel]

Bishop

Give him a vote...