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Bryan young vs Mark Ramprakash
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
I saw his 267 vs Sri Lanka and loved the way he put the ball in his pocket, so Bryan.
thierry henry
International Coach
Plus he ran out Bruce Reid in that famous ODI win at Hobart. Believe he had a pretty strong moustache at the time too. Gotta be Young.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
I see both of them scored 2 100s and 12 50s at test level (although Ramps played 52 tests and Young 35).
thierry henry
International Coach
Better question would be Bryan Young vs Reece Young vs Will Young
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Young wore those helmets without the grill. Legend and winner of this poll easily for that reason.
Zinzan
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More relevantly, who's the taller of the two TH?
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Ex-keepers usually make good slip fielders (Latham is pretty good). Taylor took a lot of slip catches but missed a few. Coney was great in the 80s to Hadlee, and Fleming had bucket hands - don't remember him dropping too many. Southee is very good for a big seam bowler.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Good call. Forgot about Guptill. Great fielder anywhere.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah picked as a keeper ahead of Ian Smith. I was too young to know if that was controversial at the time.
Ramps took a belter of a catch in the Melbourne 98 fourth innings heist. Might've been Langer he caught.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
Young was so much better than every NZ opener post-Wright and pre-Richardson. Amazingly consistent record apart SL and WI. A bit like Latham, could be relied on to make a decent start but his mental capabilities didn't really have the strength to take him past 70 most of he time.
jcas0167
International Regular
Young had replaced Smith who suffered an injury early in the World Series so it wasn't controversial that he was playing that particular game. It did become somewhat controversial when he was retained for the finals when Smith was fit. Young's batting in that game though was also a major part of the win so it was a fair call by the selectors (Smith returned later for the home internationals). I was a big fan of Young as a result of that game and thrilled when he established himself in the side later as an opener.
Ramprakash was probably the better batsman overall. Fletcher really rated him technically and said that if he had been coach in the 90's he would have always picked Ramprakash (and Hick).
Speaking of Ramprakash, a guy in my club team played against him in a youth test series. He said he was fielding at point and the spell from Cairns to Ramprakash in the first test was the fastest bowling he's seen. Hit him with a bouncer then bowled him.