Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Overall better test-cricketer? Including fielding
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Kapil vs Shakib vs Jadeja
- Thread starter Adorable Asshole
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Cant believe there is no Kallis in the poll.
Adorable Asshole
International Regular
Kallis is mad overrated
shortpitched713
International Captain
Liking and revisiting this thread, as I love the poll format.
And also I think Jadeja has already surpassed Kapil Dev as a Test all-rounder, which seems to be a bit of a hot take given the poll results which indicate 11 to 4 in favor of Kapil.
And also I think Jadeja has already surpassed Kapil Dev as a Test all-rounder, which seems to be a bit of a hot take given the poll results which indicate 11 to 4 in favor of Kapil.
shortpitched713
International Captain
What a tangled web of inconsistencies we weave.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
I went with option one, since if you are your country's best cricketer you don't deserve to be below Jadeja.
shortpitched713
International Captain
Ryan ten Doeschate vs Jadeja poll next?
shortpitched713
International Captain
I really disagree on the thought of Sobers or Kallis being really great all-rounders, for the top of such a list. Their bowling is really inadequate for them to be considered that, for mine. But that is not what determines their overall greatness as Test cricketers, for mine. That tends to do more with their primary skill. So greatest out of the "all-round cricketers" should be Sobers or maybe Hadlee (not going to bother comparing them), but the greatest all-rounder to me is Imran, as he is the all-rounder out of these who was a frontline bowler for most of his career AND had the best batting out of this group of all-rounder.
But is the "best allrounder" really what we want in our team, all-time or otherwise, if we can pick only one of them? I'd argue not. I'm always picking Hadlee over Imran, Pollock over Miller, heck even Ashwin over Botham. Those guys better lock down the single bowling slot they are assigned to, while still being able to contribute with the bat.
But is the "best allrounder" really what we want in our team, all-time or otherwise, if we can pick only one of them? I'd argue not. I'm always picking Hadlee over Imran, Pollock over Miller, heck even Ashwin over Botham. Those guys better lock down the single bowling slot they are assigned to, while still being able to contribute with the bat.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Imran over Hadlee for a no.7/8 spot.
shortpitched713
International Captain
Hadlee the better bowler throughout his career than Imran for mine. I'm taking that over the extra batting of the more "rounded" all-rounders in each of the individual cases I've laid out, is the theme of that post.
Not a big fan of RSA ARs, other than Kallis?
Not a fan of low sample greats.
Brian Macmillan, Cronje and Klusenar were considered but not that good for red ball cricket.
ataraxia
International Coach
Well what about Faulkner, Goddard, Procter, S Pollock?
Silver Silva
International Regular
Eddie Barlow aswell, 45 with the bat and 34 with the ball is pretty good, and Clive Rice was supposed to be really good
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Jadeja is a work in progress. Hard to rate him, could be a flash in the pan.