The Greats

[SJS]

9 south africans and no room for Sir Richard Hadlee (or Martin Crowe for that matter) who were both better than half of those S.African in your list.....strange call

Hadlee through an oversight (since corrected), Crowe on purpose not because he wasnt one of the best one has ever seen but the dividing line between those you JUST leave out and the last one's included will always be thin.

As far as comparing Crowe with the South Africans....I could say no comments or hide behind , my personal opinion, but honestly those in the list one hasnt seen are not easy to compare and one goes by historical records (read writings by authoritative sources) and those one has seen viz barry Richards, Graeme Pollock, Mike Proctor (as all rounder), well, they were in a different class than Crowe.

Now I would like to add, this is my personal opinion.

 

[SJS]

I think the WI are missing Ambrose and Walsh.

Sure. The list of those missing would be longer than those included I assure you. But then.....

 

[SJS]

Read the site mate. don't just come in here and post a long list. Half ur playesr have already been nominated

Ignore them

 

[SteveG]

james can you please stop posting ur updated list. TBH nobody really cares

Slats4ever, I care about what james has to say, as do many others here. He has seen more of the 'greats' than any of us here...so why don't leave him be...you might learn something about players before 1990...believe it or not cricket has been around longer than you or i (or james for that matter).

 

[SJS]

Have to agree. Hadlee was a better bowler than Allan Donald by a fair distance (That's saying something considering how good Donald was) and whilst Waqar had the potential before injury to become one of the best fast bowlers ever, he never did so how Waqar is a great and not Hadlee is equally as puzzling.

As I have already posted, missing Hadlee was an oversight.
I have constatntly rated him one of the greatest new ball bowlers of all time in different threads so it should be obvious

But it can happen in a big list you know

 

[Pratters]

I would like to have some volunteers to help me with the tabulations, keeping track of nominations etc because I cant cope up with the influx of the votes and nominations.

Maybe people who are having some spare time can help out.

Cheers.

 

[andyc]

Has the Barmy Army been nominated?

 

[honestbharani]

Ashes - yes

Laxman's 281 - yes

Imran Khan - yes

G.D.McGrath - yes

A.C.Gilchrist - yes

S.R.Waugh - yes

I.V.A.Richards - yes

M.Marshall - yes

D.Lillee - yes

J.Kallis - no

So on brand for moi.

 

[Ali TT]

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