Battle of the Cricketers

[Jamee999]

Cheers Mr.Barney.

 

[Jamee999]

Here we go again!

ROUND ONE ----- ----- MATCHUP SEVENTEEN

BS Chandrasekhar (India) (RHB, LB)

AA Donald (South Africa) (RHB, RF)

 

[Pratters]

A VERY TOUGH MATCHUP

Both absolute legends. Have to go for AAD.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Wow, another Clash Of The Titans.

Have to go for AAD, put the fear of God into Athers and that's good enough for me. Also had the coolest nickname ever.

 

[sledger]

AAD

athough in the great battles with athers it was athers who would emerge the victor a great deal of the time.

 

[Barney Rubble]

AAD

athough in the great battles with athers it was athers who would emerge the victor a great deal of the time.

Yep - but having read Athers' autobiography, you get the clear impression that although Athers wasn't frightened of any bowler, he was.........wary, shall we say, of Donald.

 

[Jamee999]

Just a note, but in the next matchup,a great fast bowler (possibly Top 10) goes up against a Top 5 batsman.

And those figures are ever.

Get gossiping and voting

 

[The Baconator]

Donald, largely for the way I remember him destroying England in 1998.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Just a note, but in the next matchup,a great fast bowler (possibly Top 10) goes up against a Top 5 batsman.

And those figures are ever.

Get gossiping and voting

Just in case I happen to be right - I reckon it's Willis against Hutton.

 

[godofcricket]

Donald

 

[Pedro Delgado]

AD.
Smooth as silk, quick as intravenous "horse".

 

[Slifer]

Alan Donald

 

[archie mac]

Chandra

 

[Anil]

donald

 

[steds]

Chandrasekhar

 

[Dasa]

Chandra.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Just in case I happen to be right - I reckon it's Willis against Hutton.

I'm picking Holding against Richards.

Anyway, my vote here is for Donald. Great bowler.

 

[Burpey]

Allan Donald

 

[Slow Love™]

Never saw Chandrasekhar play, but he and Bedi (and the rest of the Indian spinners of that era) were obviously very formidable. One thing I'm curious about is his arm - was it dramatically withered, or mostly undetectable? Anybody got a pic?

I'll have to vote Donald here though, 'cause a) I saw him play and b) he was an incredible fast bowler. He probably hung around too long, and as a result, it seems in some ways like his legacy was a bit mediated by his toothlessness towards the end of his career. But at his peak, he was clearly both terrifying and ruthlessly efficient. And I thought his recollections of what it was like playing cricket in England and being suddenly educated as to the wrongness of apartheid were very interesting.

 

[Deja moo]

Never saw Chandrasekhar play, but he and Bedi (and the rest of the Indian spinners of that era) were obviously very formidable. One thing I'm curious about is his arm - was it dramatically withered, or mostly undetectable? Anybody got a pic?

.

Havent got a pic, but footage of him suggests that he couldnt hold his arm vertical under its own strength for more than a couple of seconds.