Pound per Pound strongest Cricketers.

[Langeveldt]

Jacob Oram
Lance Klusener
Brian McMillan

 

[Richard]

As his record in giving at least one junior cricketer 'a sound thrashing' bears out.

Gave plenty of bowlers, junior and senior, plenty of sound thrashings in days when they were quite rare.

 

[Richard]

David Boon and Merv Hughs were pretty bulky but excellent batters.

Merv Hughes, an excellent batsman?
He wasn't the worst, but no more than a part-timer.

 

[Richard]

We've seen many, many names here: could we fairly safely say that they are all approximately equal?

 

[Tom Halsey]

Not in ability, though. Jefferson is the best batter that has been named in this thread.

 

[Richard]

David Boon was mentioned.
:duh: Duh.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Jeffo beats Boonie.

 

[Richard]

Never!
One of the better batsmen of the last 20 years IMO.
(And I don't mean Jefferson)

 

[Craig]

Bit of Essex bias.

 

[Richard]

Just a bit!
David Boon was brilliant. Something of an insult to compare him to Jefferson.

 

[PY]

Just a bit!
David Boon was brilliant. Something of an insult to compare him to Jefferson.

More of insult to mention Boon and Merv in same sentence in batting terms. :wow:

No matter what Boon was like, Hughes was out of the 'Devon Malcolm School Of Funny Knocks' or maybe the other way round..absolute crap batter. Excellent bowler though and what a character!

 

[Neil Pickup]

Gave plenty of bowlers, junior and senior, plenty of sound thrashings in days when they were quite rare.

Not that kind of thrashing... the public school cane-and-bottom type :P

 

[Richard]

More of insult to mention Boon and Merv in same sentence in batting terms. :wow:

No matter what Boon was like, Hughes was out of the 'Devon Malcolm School Of Funny Knocks' or maybe the other way round..absolute crap batter. Excellent bowler though and what a character!

I always thought he could bat a bit.
Not full-time all-rounder stuff or anything, but about as much as Gough or Gillespie.
But certainly an insult to David Boon to compare them.

 

[Richard]

Not that kind of thrashing... the public school cane-and-bottom type :P

Well, that certainly wasn't unusual in those days.

 

[SquidAU]

I don't think David "Keg on Legs" Boon or Merv "Guts" Hughes are strong muscly cricketers.....unless you count fat as being muscle (still good cricketers though!)

Matthew Hayden certainly looks like he is built like a tank....when he stands next to say, Justin Langer

 

[Tom Halsey]

Not full-time all-rounder stuff or anything, but about as much as Gough or Gillespie.

Meaning he can't really bat, then. Gough was crap, but Gillespie can bet a bit.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Meaning he can't really bat, then. Gough was crap, but Gillespie can bet a bit.

Gough made a 50 in his first Test! (or was it the second..)

 

[Richard]

He certainly made 65 and 50* in the very early part of his career.
I seem to remember the 65 was in his 1st game.
I always think he just underachieved, a little, with the bat.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Gough scored 65 in his very first test innings. That remained his highest score. When he scored it, Christopher Martin Jenkins said: "What is more, he can bat." He soon regretted it. During one period, Gough didn't pass 20 for 3 years.

 

[Craig]

Sir Learie Constine was fairly strong apprantly or a decent enough cricketer.

He was the person to hit a six off Eddie Gilbert - an Aboriginal fast bowler who played for Queensland and dismissed Bradman for a duck.

Apprantly very quick but never played for Australia perhaps because of colour and thus they felt he chucked.