Wisden cricketers of the year

[atichon]

Who do you think will be the 5 cricketers of the year in the next Wisden

 

[Swervy]

thats a good question..i will have a think

 

[Neil Pickup]

Welcome Atichon - good to add another nationality to CW!

We covered this (briefly) mid-VB series - I stick to:

Ed Smith
Graeme Smith
Heath Streak
Ricky Ponting
Makhaya Ntini

 

[Swervy]

Welcome Atichon - good to add another nationality to CW!

We covered this (briefly) mid-VB series - I stick to:

Ed Smith
Graeme Smith
Heath Streak
Ricky Ponting
Makhaya Ntini

has ponting never got on it before???

If not, that list looks pretty good to me

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Welcome Atichon - good to add another nationality to CW!

Ed Smith
Graeme Smith
Heath Streak
Ricky Ponting
Makhaya Ntini

What's up with all the Europeans lately? We've now got a Dutch, an Austrian, a French and a Norwegian (not that they post that regularly, but I've seen them around)...

So Steve Harmison has got it already, then? Or is Ed Smith's award for the county season? (not sure how they pick cricketers of the year)

I'd perhaps pick Bevan instead of Streak...not so much for the current season, but for the fact that Bevan's one of the best OD batsmen out there - regardless of all his not-outs.

 

[Swervy]

What's up with all the Europeans lately? We've now got a Dutch, an Austrian, a French and a Norwegian (not that they post that regularly, but I've seen them around)...

So Steve Harmison has got it already, then? Or is Ed Smith's award for the county season? (not sure how they pick cricketers of the year)

I'd perhaps pick Bevan instead of Streak...not so much for the current season, but for the fact that Bevan's one of the best OD batsmen out there - regardless of all his not-outs.

i would have thought that maybe Bevan has made the list before and so cant make this years list

 

[Magrat Garlick]

i would have thought that maybe Bevan has made the list before and so cant make this years list

That's what I thought too...

However, there's no mention of that here!

 

[Richard]

I'd perhaps pick Bevan instead of Streak...not so much for the current season, but for the fact that Bevan's one of the best OD batsmen out there - regardless of all his not-outs.

This year has been one of the worst in MG's distinguished career!

 

[Richard]

I stick to:

Ed Smith
Graeme Smith
Heath Streak
Ricky Ponting
Makhaya Ntini

Very possibly. Certainly all have a very good case. Graeme is surely a certainty.

 

[Swervy]

well there you go...he hasnt ever been in it

The current Aussies in the national set up who have are: Warne,McGrath,Langer,Lehmann,Gilchrist,Gillespie,Martyn and Hayden.

I dont think Beven will get in though

 

[PY]

Here's the winners list:
Wisden Cricketers Of The Year

One of the winners, I think I'm right in saying, is usually an outstanding performer from English domestic cricket although I can't pick one out from 2002.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

This year has been one of the worst in MG's distinguished career!

Correct, sadly. But I thought they picked over the whole career - or is it someone who has been outstanding over the year and not got it before?

 

[Swervy]

Correct, sadly. But I thought they picked over the whole career - or is it someone who has been outstanding over the year and not got it before?

yeah its just for that year.

 

[Swervy]

Here's the winners list:
Wisden Cricketers Of The Year

One of the winners, I think I'm right in saying, is usually an outstanding performer from English domestic cricket although I can't pick one out from 2002.

they dont have to be from domestic scene....the Aussies came over to England in 2001 and so they dominate the list in the same way they dominated the season

 

[Langeveldt]

1. Jacques Kallis
2. Ricky Ponting
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Muttiah Muralitharan
5. Makhaya Ntini

 

[Swervy]

1. Jacques Kallis
2. Ricky Ponting
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Muttiah Muralitharan
5. Makhaya Ntini

Murali and Dravid cannot be picked because they have already been there

 

[Neil Pickup]

Dravid and Murali have already won it.

If Kallis makes it 6 in 6 over the weekend then he's in with a great shot.. maybe instead of Streak (he has to win it at some point).

Ed Smith I think is a banker due to his barnstorming county season (don't forget Wisden is UK-based)

 

[Langeveldt]

Murali and Dravid cannot be picked because they have already been there

Ohk that complicates things...

Ed Smith?

Has mushtaq ahmed won it?

 

[Neil Pickup]

There are two links to lists of past winners in this thread... :rolleyes:

And, yes, Mushie won it in 1997.

 

[Langeveldt]

Hussey then...