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Second greatest Australian batsman
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Prince EWS
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Definately Scott Styris.
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
It always follows a trend.
Some voting for the legends, Trumper, Hobbs, Hammond, Grace but next to nothing for the other great players of the past.
Its interesting to see Ponting get more votes than Harvey, Ponsford and McCabe. Shows that we are influenced by what we read only to the extent of what seems diificult to dispute due to the legendry status accorded to them.
If I am not mistaken all three or atleast two of them make Sir Don Bradman's all time great Australian side. which has, if I remember right, Ponsford, Morris(or Barnes), Bradman, Harvery, McCabe(at least one of the two), Miller, followed by the wicket keeper and bowlers.
He does not include any batsman from an era later than Harvey while in his world eleven he has included Tendulkar from the current and Sobers from an earlier era. So , it doesnt look as if it is only the fascination with his own times.
I also find, he doesnt rate Steve Waugh that high and , of course, no one who matters rates Border very high amongst the all time lists.
Interesting.
Some voting for the legends, Trumper, Hobbs, Hammond, Grace but next to nothing for the other great players of the past.
Its interesting to see Ponting get more votes than Harvey, Ponsford and McCabe. Shows that we are influenced by what we read only to the extent of what seems diificult to dispute due to the legendry status accorded to them.
If I am not mistaken all three or atleast two of them make Sir Don Bradman's all time great Australian side. which has, if I remember right, Ponsford, Morris(or Barnes), Bradman, Harvery, McCabe(at least one of the two), Miller, followed by the wicket keeper and bowlers.
He does not include any batsman from an era later than Harvey while in his world eleven he has included Tendulkar from the current and Sobers from an earlier era. So , it doesnt look as if it is only the fascination with his own times.
I also find, he doesnt rate Steve Waugh that high and , of course, no one who matters rates Border very high amongst the all time lists.
Interesting.
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Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Frankly I'm astounded anyone would put in Hassett and exclude Barnes and Morris (not that Hassett wasn't a fantastic player - but all evidence points to that he was less good than these two contemporaries of his!)FaaipDeOiad said:
For me Trumper must have been massively superior to all the rest, though Ponsford seems to me like he came close.
I wouldn't be surprised if Trumper averaged 70 or so were he to have been born in 1975 or so.
a massive zebra
International Captain
Absolute tripe.Richard said:
BoyBrumby
Englishman
We probably never saw the best of Walters in this hemisphere, but his record in Oz is pretty impressive.Richard said:
& Dean Jones played just about the bravest test match knock I ever saw. It was hardly a flash-in-the-pan either. He had a sound defence & was a fine stroke player too.
Pinkline Jones
Banned
Ian Redpath surely deserves the nod as Australia's second best. A stoic deceptively boring excitement machine of the mid 70s.