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Battle of the Cricketers
- Thread starter Jamee999
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Barney Rubble
International Coach
I would have voted Murali against most other cricketers - but the man who redefined batsmanship and opened the door to countless powerful, strokeplaying batsmen worldwide deserves recognition. Without Sir Viv, we may never have had a Pietersen, a Gilchrist, a Slater or an Afridi.
Slow Love™
International Captain
Viv was a fantastic player. I think Wisden once ranked him as third best test batsman ever behind Bradman and Tendulkar - based on an analysis of every single test match played, including strength of opposition, importance of innings, etc. Of course, it's a subjective analysis, and I probably wouldn't have ranked him that highly, but it's still going to more trouble than most of us do in our overall judgements, I guess. 
There's certainly little doubt though, that he's one of the very top ODI players ever, if not the best.
And Murali is most certainly one of the greatest bowlers we've seen - I won't bother repeating what's been said a lot already regarding the hardships he's faced.
I guess I'm going to vote Murali here, on the fairly arbitrary basis that I treasure great bowlers a little more, as I think they win more matches and are generally harder to find.
There's certainly little doubt though, that he's one of the very top ODI players ever, if not the best.And Murali is most certainly one of the greatest bowlers we've seen - I won't bother repeating what's been said a lot already regarding the hardships he's faced.
I guess I'm going to vote Murali here, on the fairly arbitrary basis that I treasure great bowlers a little more, as I think they win more matches and are generally harder to find.
The Baconator
International Vice-Captain
Murali, his batting being hilarious is the only thing I could find to split them.
Jamee999
Hall of Fame Member
19-14 to Viv.
Here are the semi finals:
GS Sobers vs BC Lara
DG Bradman vs IVA Richards.
So, an Aussie and 3 West Indians in the final 4, and 4 of the finest cricketers ever to boot.
SEMI FINALS ----- ----- BATTLE ONE
GS Sobers (West Indies) (LHB,LFM/SLA/SLC)
BC Lara(West Indies) (LHB,LBG)
Here are the semi finals:
GS Sobers vs BC Lara
DG Bradman vs IVA Richards.
So, an Aussie and 3 West Indians in the final 4, and 4 of the finest cricketers ever to boot.
SEMI FINALS ----- ----- BATTLE ONE
GS Sobers (West Indies) (LHB,LFM/SLA/SLC)
BC Lara(West Indies) (LHB,LBG)
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
It doesn't get any easier, does it? As I've said before I think Brian Charles is simply the greatest player to watch when he's in the zone, but I think I'm going to have to vote against him for the first time simply because Sir Garfield was such a phenomenon: unquestionably the greatest all-rounder of all time & one of the top half-dozen or so batters as well.
Sobers
Sobers
Pedro Delgado
International Debutant
Three West Indians in the semi's, huzzah. Be nice to see them become a real force again one day.
Anyhoo back to the voting, well it has to be Sobers for moi, not far off the perfick cricketer, lots of bowling options and a splendid bat to boot.
Anyhoo back to the voting, well it has to be Sobers for moi, not far off the perfick cricketer, lots of bowling options and a splendid bat to boot.
Barney Rubble
International Coach
Sobers, by the smallest possible margin.
