The Best you have seen

[Adders]

Not going to get into any great detail here, but I (along with Pothas) was lucky enough to be at Lords for the first day of the 2005 Ashes.

The most memorable aspect of the day by far, predictably, was McGrath running through England in the afternoon.

Ordinarily teenage me would have been annoyed and pissed off at seeing the team I was supporting getting absolutely trounced. But in the back of my mind I could almost hear myself saying to myself the words "You are watching first-hand one of the absolute best ever, performing at close to his absolute best", and I realised this is probably something that very few people are ever lucky enough to get to say/see.

I doubt I will ever experience anything quite like it again.

Had very similar thoughts and feelings watching Mitchell Johnson run through us Adelaide 2013. Never pleasant watching your team get destroyed but I was also very aware of how privileged I was to be watching something so incredible that people would be talking about for years to come.

And the crowd was just in an absolute frenzy.....ive never felt such an electric atmosphere at a game of cricket.

 

[Ali TT]

Had very similar thoughts and feelings watching Mitchell Johnson run through us Adelaide 2013. Never pleasant watching your team get destroyed but I was also very aware of how privileged I was to be watching something so incredible that people would be talking about for years to come.

And the crowd was just in an absolute frenzy.....ive never felt such an electric atmosphere at a game of cricket.

Starting to suspect you two are actually cons under the surface...

At least my "I was there moment..." was 8/15.

 

[JBMAC]

Lets start at 1946.

Batsmen
Bradman
Smith S
Chappell G

Pace Bowlers
McGrath
Walsh
Trueman/Tyson

Spin Bowlers
Warne
Benaud R
Gibbs L

Keepers
Tallon
Grout
Engineer

Slips
Cowdrey C
Chappell G
Taylor M

Outfielders
Bland C
Randall
Ponting/Symonds

 

[Qlder]

Started watching WSC affected Ashes 1978/79 (100% Tests)

Batsmen
Viv Richards
Greg Chappell
Ricky Ponting

Pacers
Malcom Marshall
Dennis Lillee
Richard Hadlee

Spinners
Shane Warne
Abdul Qadir
Anil Kumble

Wicketkeepers
Adam Gilchrist
Ian Healy
Jack Russell

Fielders
Jonty Rhodes
Derek Randell
Ricky Ponting

 

[capt_Luffy]

Can seriously remember from after 2011 WC, though will say 2013 Champions Trophy/Sachin retirement Test were around when I would call it serious/properly in my memory.

Weightage: 75% Tests, 25% ODIs

Batsmen:
Tendulkar
Smith
Kohli


Pacers:
Steyn
Bumrah
Cummins


Spinners:
Murali
Ashwin
Lyon


Wicketkeepers:
Dhoni
Watling
De Kock


Fielders:
ABD
Jadeja
Pandey

 

[Bitmap]

Started watching/following cricket since around 2007 ODI World Cup

Batsmen -
Sachin Tendulkar
Steve Smith
Ricky Ponting


Fast Bowlers -
Dale Steyn
Pat Cummins
Jasprit Bumrah


Spinners -
Murali
R Ashwin
Anil Kumble

Wicket-keepers -
Adam Gilchrist
MS Dhoni
BJ Watling


Fielders -
Ricky Ponting
Andrew Symonds
Herschelle Gibbs

 

[nightprowler10]

Rashid Latif was a terrible bat.

 

[ma1978]

Started watching: 1986 World Cup but only seriously in 1991

weighting: 80% test, rest first class and LOs

Tendulkar
Ponting
Lara

Akram
Steyn
Bumrah

Warne
Murali
Ashwin

Gilchrist
Pant
Jack Russell

Rhodes
Symonds
Azharuddin

 

[Line and Length]

Started watching seriously in the early '50s so I missed Bradman.

Sobers
Richards
Hutton

Trueman
Lillee
Holding

Warne
Laker
Underwood

Knott
Evans
Russell

Rhodes
Bland
Simpson (for the slips)

My 'keeping list is purely based on glove work as opposed to 'keeper/batsmen.
I took the most interest in Ashes series and the top West Indies players so my apologies to some excellent players who I didn't follow as closely.

 

[Pothas]

Not going to get into any great detail here, but I (along with Pothas) was lucky enough to be at Lords for the first day of the 2005 Ashes.

The most memorable aspect of the day by far, predictably, was McGrath running through England in the afternoon.

Ordinarily teenage me would have been annoyed and pissed off at seeing the team I was supporting getting absolutely trounced. But in the back of my mind I could almost hear myself saying to myself the words "You are watching first-hand one of the absolute best ever, performing at close to his absolute best", and I realised this is probably something that very few people are ever lucky enough to get to say/see.

I doubt I will ever experience anything quite like it again.

Yeah I remember that whole day so clearly. One of my favourite ever sporting memories which was obviously made even better by how the series then went.

 

[fredfertang]

Batsmen

Garry Sobers
Barry Richards
Brian Lara

Fast bowlers

Garry Sobers
Malcolm Marshall
Waqar Younis

Spinners

Garry Sobers
Shane Warne
Bishan Bedi

Fielders

Garry Sobers
Derek Randall
Clive Lloyd

Keepers

Garry Sobers
Alan Knott
Sarah Taylor

 

[ma1978]

Batsmen

Garry Sobers
Barry Richards
Brian Lara

Fast bowlers

Garry Sobers
Malcolm Marshall
Waqar Younis

Spinners

Garry Sobers
Shane Warne
Bishan Bedi

Fielders

Garry Sobers
Derek Randall
Clive Lloyd

Keepers

Garry Sobers
Alan Knott
Sarah Taylor

Just slightly a Sobers fan?

 

[fredfertang]

Just slightly a Sobers fan?

The Greatest!

 

[ma1978]

The Greatest!

ran into him on the golf course once, he was also a scratch golfer in his 70s. Too young by a margin to see him play although people say he could been an international cricketer in his 50s

 

[Line and Length]

ran into him on the golf course once, he was also a scratch golfer in his 70s. Too young by a margin to see him play although people say he could been an international cricketer in his 50s

Could play either right or left handed as well - both off scratch. A remarkable talent.

 

[Coronis]

Could play either right or left handed as well - both off scratch. A remarkable talent.

If he wanted to be the true cricket GOAT he should’ve bowled right and left handed.

 

[Kirkut]

Not going to get into any great detail here, but I (along with Pothas) was lucky enough to be at Lords for the first day of the 2005 Ashes.

The most memorable aspect of the day by far, predictably, was McGrath running through England in the afternoon.

Ordinarily teenage me would have been annoyed and pissed off at seeing the team I was supporting getting absolutely trounced. But in the back of my mind I could almost hear myself saying to myself the words "You are watching first-hand one of the absolute best ever, performing at close to his absolute best", and I realised this is probably something that very few people are ever lucky enough to get to say/see.

I doubt I will ever experience anything quite like it again.

My father shared his experience of watching Marshall at Kanpur test in 1983. What he clearly remembers from that day even today is that he was dearly hoping for the day to end soon since he was concerned about safety of Indian batsmen.

 

[ma1978]

The best days of cricket I've actually seen:

Aravinda de Silva in the 1996 world cup fina;

Sachin Tendulkar's 169 at Cape Town (tv)

VVS Laxman's 281 (tv)

Dale Steyn vs India at Centurion (live)

Stuart Broad's 8 wickets (live)