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SriLankanCat
25 Feb 2007, 11:29
I dont know any personally but from reputation:
Glenn Mcgrath seems like the nicest bloke off the field.
Murali has won a lot of hearts around the world.
Jayasuriya is a modest humble person.
Sachin Tendulkar has an excelletn reputation as does Rahul Dravid.
Hussey and Hayden seem very nice.
Flintoff seems a top bloke.'
anyone got any others, have u met any????
jnash196
25 Feb 2007, 12:23
Any state cricketers
hotdish
25 Feb 2007, 12:43
Any state cricketers
Dan Cullen!
AB was an asshole.
Crooked Rain
25 Feb 2007, 12:47
Andrew Bichel is a champ.
The Reaper
25 Feb 2007, 13:10
Mark Vermeulen ;)
apollo_creed
25 Feb 2007, 13:15
Ganguly, he's my man
we're tight
rahul, could not meet a better guy
Bourky23
25 Feb 2007, 13:33
sarwan... always has nice things to say about players wives
Crooked Rain
25 Feb 2007, 13:42
sarwan... always has nice things to say about players wives
Just like McGrath has nice things to say about certain players' sexuality.
bushranger
25 Feb 2007, 13:52
Hodge and Lewis And Kasper
dan warna
25 Feb 2007, 14:21
blonde buxom bimbos with mobile phones rate Warne as a very giving person...
ShearMagic9
25 Feb 2007, 14:22
KP.
This is bait, I wonder if anyone takes it
Kaspa
Dravid
Tendulkar
Flintoff
Murali
Bichel
Monty!
Muppet
Lara
Hogg
Muppet, you can't be serious?
Mark Waugh was the biggest **************** I met.
Viv was friendly and accommodating re. autographs
Bruce Reid
Didn't like Dean Jones or Brad Hodge (had dealings with them at Melbourne district club)
Sachin Tendulkar
David Gower
RoosterLad
25 Feb 2007, 16:43
I've never met KP but he is a tool ;)
swanfan
25 Feb 2007, 16:58
I have met:
Michael Bevan - Top Bloke
Steve Waugh - Nice guy
Gordon Greenidge - Very amusing man
Gus Logie - Played a season at my club, was a good bloke.
Wasim Akram- Very good guy
Greg Matthews - Yeh, Yeh
Ravi Shastri - No thanks
Carl Hooper - Met him in a p***** at a local nightclub, very funny
moment. Shook hands at the urinal
Rod Marsh and Dennis Lillee - Icons
Greg Blewett - See Greg Matthews
Geoff Marsh - Good value
Merv Hughes - Very funny man
Wayne Phillips - Was good with his knowledge
David Hookes - RIP. Good when he took us for junior training
sessions
Curtly Ambrose - Very amusing over a couple of drinks
Courtney Walsh - See Curtly Ambrose
Devon Malcom - Good fellow
Jason Gillespie - Good all round bloke.
Marklar_33
25 Feb 2007, 18:28
Im a reasonable bloke
And a cricketer
:thumbsu:
Johnson#26
25 Feb 2007, 18:42
Kaspa, Hoggy and Bic.
Bomber Bears
25 Feb 2007, 19:32
Stuart Clark is a good bloke
TorresIsGod
25 Feb 2007, 20:07
Tim Paine is a fantastic bloke, and a great wicket keeper batsman, get him in the aus side, in both forms of the game!
Georgey without a doubt.
Seems it.
Shaun Pollock is a top guy, even though many here hate the Saffas, you all love this guy.
eddiesmith
25 Feb 2007, 21:29
I have only met a couple of cricketers who were ********ers
Brett Lee, Matthew Hayden, Dan Cullen and Glenn McGrath
Other than that met plenty of great cricketers
Hodgey, White, Lewis, Colly, Freddie, KP, Strauss, Hoggy, Harvs, Boof, BNG as well as a few others
I have only met a couple of cricketers who were ********ers
Brett Lee, Matthew Hayden, Dan Cullen and Glenn McGrath
Other than that met plenty of great cricketers
Hodgey, White, Lewis, Colly, Freddie, KP, Strauss, Hoggy, Harvs, Boof, BNG as well as a few others
didnt pick it, whos BNG?
didnt pick it, whos BNG?
Brown Nosed Gnome man!! Lift your game langerrox
legitimatic
25 Feb 2007, 21:37
Gilly and Roy are the nicest I have met. And Voges is a top bloke too.
Seems it.
Shaun Pollock is a top guy, even though many here hate the Saffas, you all love this guy.
Watching him on tv and briefly live I get the impression he is a top guy but many of the others seem arrogant led by Queen Muppet.
Bartram_Class
25 Feb 2007, 21:49
Contrary to popular belief, Herschelle Gibbs was very friendly when I met him at the MCG last year, chatted to me for about 10 minutes before he was called back into the rooms. Top bloke, was great with the kids also.
ShearMagic9
25 Feb 2007, 21:49
Darren Gough is a champ
Brown Nosed Gnome man!! Lift your game langerrox
bah, havent listened to cricinfo commentary for a while now :p
Darren Gough is a champ
Funny too, Ganguly has to be a total arse, everyone at Lancs hated him (Especially Freddie) and they didn't seem to keen on him at Northants too, he LOOKS like a snide git
Bartram_Class
25 Feb 2007, 21:58
Funny too, Ganguly has to be a total arse, everyone at Lancs hated him (Especially Freddie) and they didn't seem to keen on him at Northants too, he LOOKS like a snide git
Ganguly apparently got off the team bus and expected his teammates to carry his bag for him whilst at Northants :thumbsd:
Selfish twat.
I always got on well with Stuart MacGill .I had always heard he was a bit of a sod but was always great when I bumped into him and with other people I saw him with.My favourite is always Chris Cairns best of the best
I always got on well with Stuart MacGill .I had always heard he was a bit of a sod but was always great when I bumped into him and with other people I saw him with.My favourite is always Chris Cairns best of the best
I'm glad Chrus Curns is a good bloke I used to love him as a player.
Apparently his NZ nickname was BA, as in bad attitiude so I always wondered if he was a big time charlie.
I have met:
Gordon Greenidge - Very amusing man
I remember when he was playing they always used to say he was a nasty bit of work who didn't really get on with his teammates that well.
Seems like he suffered from bad PR.
GOT_TO_LIFT
26 Feb 2007, 08:11
Andrew Bichel is a champ.
Bichel
my mate was in line at a club in next line to the club and bichel and a Queenland team mate went to walk in and the fella on the door said nah mate the end of the line my mate Said Come on he won the World cup for us then Bichel turn and went crack my mate thinking he was beening a smart ass after finding out he was just saying it not meaning anything it was Bichel shout all night lol
Ray Nolan
26 Feb 2007, 08:19
Murali's the best I've met, Justin Langer also is great.
Worst would be Warne & Dean Jones.
Bichel
my mate was in line at a club in next line to the club and bichel and a Queenland team mate went to walk in and the fella on the door said nah mate the end of the line my mate Said Come on he won the World cup for us then Bichel turn and went crack my mate thinking he was beening a smart ass after finding out he was just saying it not meaning anything it was Bichel shout all night lol
I vaguely get what you're saying, but I have to ask is this story from last night because it sounds like you're still drunk?
ViperV10
26 Feb 2007, 11:53
Brett Lee is one of the friendliest, most approachable guys going around.
Simon Katich is also extremely friendly.
McGrath is a ratbag when around teammates.
Symonds is hilarious when around people he knows.
Ponting is a nice guy.
Boony loves a drink, is extremely passionate about the game, and called me a garden gnome.
Brett Lee is one of the friendliest, most approachable guys going around.
Simon Katich is also extremely friendly.
McGrath is a ratbag when around teammates.
Symonds is hilarious when around people he knows.
Ponting is a nice guy.
Boony loves a drink, is extremely passionate about the game, and called me a garden gnome.
Is that you Justin?
RoosterLad
26 Feb 2007, 12:04
I vaguely get what you're saying, but I have to ask is this story from last night because it sounds like you're still drunk?
Hahah i thought the same thing.. must have been a huge weekend for the lad!
I wonder what 'beening' means too.
RoosterLad
26 Feb 2007, 12:07
Symonds is hilarious when around people he knows.
I used to work at RM Williams and we fixed a pair of Symond's boots just after the World Cup which he starred in and he came in and did the whole tour thing when he went to pick them up. I'm not sure whether he was tired after celebrating too hard or he just tried to impress by acting extremely polite but he was pretty quiet, possibly a combination of both. He was a top bloke though.
ViperV10
26 Feb 2007, 12:13
Is that you Justin?
Nope. Certainly not Justin.
I used to work at RM Williams and we fixed a pair of Symond's boots just after the World Cup which he starred in and he came in and did the whole tour thing when he went to pick them up. I'm not sure whether he was tired after celebrating too hard or he just tried to impress by acting extremely polite but he was pretty quiet, possibly a combination of both. He was a top bloke though.
He was exactly the same when I met him...barely said boo. But when he got around people he knew it was a different story.
carntheroos4eva
26 Feb 2007, 12:27
Nope. Certainly not Justin.
He was exactly the same when I met him...barely said boo. But when he got around people he knew it was a different story.
Maybe he is just plain shy.
I think I know who you might be mate.
Graeme Smith gave me free coke.
Graeme Smith gave me free coke.
I'd prefer free Mindy/Muffy/Mandy... whatever her name is.
I'd prefer free Mindy/Muffy/Mandy... whatever her name is.
Minki.
RoosterLad
26 Feb 2007, 13:11
Graeme Smith gave me free coke.
ooh scandal
ooh scandal
Why do you think he looks like a d1ck when he talks? :D
Leg_Spinning_Sensation
26 Feb 2007, 16:18
What's said on the field, stays on the field so don't judge people by their sledging or competitiveness.... :cool:
Another pearl of Wisdom
Graeme Smith gave me free coke.
But I bet he acted like a general bastard as well.
davey_magik
26 Feb 2007, 17:12
Dean Jones and Mark Waugh are both pretty arrogant.
Lang is a great bloke, as is Murali.
donno about langer being such a great bloke, maybe not to the guy in the crowd hey YOTC :p
donno about langer being such a great bloke, maybe not to the guy in the crowd hey YOTC :p
Ralphie?
ShearMagic9
26 Feb 2007, 18:34
Graeme Smith gave me free coke.
What kind of coke? :cool:
RoosterLad
27 Feb 2007, 10:10
But I bet he acted like a general bastard as well.
You are one sad little man! Any mention of Smith and you have to have a jab but somebody says something about your man KP and you arrange plans to hunt them down!
But I bet he acted like a general bastard as well.
Like you are now :rolleyes:
ShearMagic9
27 Feb 2007, 14:09
Bumped into Shaun Tait at Adelaide Airport today.
He's a top bloke.
The Reaper
27 Feb 2007, 15:33
Bumped into Shaun Tait at Adelaide Airport today.
He's a top bloke.
of course he is
Bumped into Shaun Tait at Adelaide Airport today.
He's a top bloke.
Stalking him again? ;)
ShearMagic9
27 Feb 2007, 18:06
Stalking him again? ;)
Of course ;) :p
ozserpico66
27 Feb 2007, 18:21
Met Nante Hayward in Melbourne a few years back in the company of his obligatory good looking blonde girlfriend. Seemed a nice enough bloke.
Whatever happened to him....
I also remember Simon O'Donnell throwing his bat in the dressing room after being dismissed whilst playing for Essendon against Fitzroy. He then sulked on the boundary fence and gave me the evil eye after I had the audacity to clap after the Roys took a wicket . W@nker....
Met Nante Hayward in Melbourne a few years back in the company of his obligatory good looking blonde girlfriend. Seemed a nice enough bloke.
Whatever happened to him....
I also remember Simon O'Donnell throwing his bat in the dressing room after being dismissed whilst playing for Essendon against Fitzroy. He then sulked on the boundary fence and gave me the evil eye after I had the audacity to clap after the Roys took a wicket . W@nker....
Hayward still plays a bit of domestic cricket but I read that he fell out of favour because he's an Afrikaner who refused to speak English among his teammates because he thinks it's a foul language.
King Elvis
27 Feb 2007, 20:40
I've never met KP but he is a tool ;)
Absolute tosser.
Dandy_GO
28 Feb 2007, 09:54
I wouldn't call him a cricketer, but Paul Nixon is awfully friendly.
spell_check
28 Feb 2007, 18:13
I can't recall meeting a cricketer before.
hong_kong_bond
28 Feb 2007, 18:37
had the pleasure of sitting next to the great man Richie on a flight once - had a great chat with him for a couple of hours on all things cricket....an absolute highlight!!
those that definitely don't qualify (that I've met anyway) include Dean Jones, Brad Williams, Michael Bevan, Simon O'Donnell & Ian Healy
also had chats with Rod Marsh, Viv Richards, Des Haynes, Gordon Greenidge, Max Walker, Brad Hodge, Mark Taylor, Greg Blewett and a few others that are currently slipping my memory - all were good blokes
ViperV10
28 Feb 2007, 19:11
I remember Damien Fleming also being a nice guy. Have met him in person as well as talked to him on the phone.
John Buchanan is a great guy (I don't care what Warnie says) and Tim Nielsen knows his stuff!
had the pleasure of sitting next to the great man Richie on a flight once - had a great chat with him for a couple of hours on all things cricket....an absolute highlight!!
those that definitely don't qualify (that I've met anyway) include Dean Jones, Brad Williams, Michael Bevan, Simon O'Donnell & Ian Healy
also had chats with Rod Marsh, Viv Richards, Des Haynes, Gordon Greenidge, Max Walker, Brad Hodge, Mark Taylor, Greg Blewett and a few others that are currently slipping my memory - all were good blokes
I forgot about Brad Williams, he is a tosser though his old man was a good bloke. Anyway he had sex with his girlfriend during a district match while there car was parked at one end of the ground. Not cool.
swanfan
28 Feb 2007, 20:09
I forgot about Brad Williams, he is a tosser though his old man was a good bloke. Anyway he had sex with his girlfriend during a district match while there car was parked at one end of the ground. Not cool.
Apparently, it improves performance. :) . It may have been the only maiden over he bowled for the day too.
I forgot about Brad Williams, he is a tosser though his old man was a good bloke. Anyway he had sex with his girlfriend during a district match while there car was parked at one end of the ground. Not cool.
His old man sounds a right randy bastard....there to watch his son play cricket & he gets it on in his car.
His old man sounds a right randy bastard....there to watch his son play cricket & he gets it on in his car.
No, my post is ambiguous, it is Brad who had the sex. And I think his old man has passed away now.
IMO opinion cannot go past John Scholes... Barrell is a legend of the domestic game and probably the nicest people I've met period. Incredibly sad day when he passed. :(
Still got a bat he selected for me whilst he was working at Grey Nicholls. I played it in for 6 months during the off season... what a sweet spot!
Unbelievable captain, leader and mentor too.
I forgot about Brad Williams, he is a tosser though his old man was a good bloke. Anyway he had sex with his girlfriend during a district match while there car was parked at one end of the ground. Not cool.
I think I was sitting behind Brad Williams' family one time when he was playing an ODI. I was ripping into him hard and the people in front of me took particular offence and they seemed to be the only people in the ground supportive of him.
hong_kong_bond
1 Mar 2007, 10:43
I forgot about Brad Williams, he is a tosser though his old man was a good bloke. Anyway he had sex with his girlfriend during a district match while there car was parked at one end of the ground. Not cool.
terrible bloke - frighteningly quick though.
Saw him knock about 10 teeth out of one guy's mouth once...in the nets at training!
I have met quite a lot of cricketers, the one's that stand out as tossers for me were, Nasser Hussain, Stuart Law, Stu MacGill and Jimmy Maher.
Brett and Sean Lee were both top blokes and really friendly, Allan Border friendly if a little boring, Simon Katich really good guy, Richard Chee Quee hilarious and off his head, Dennis Lillie great guy and fantastic with the laidies, Warnie outstanding and really friendly guy, Darren Gough really good guy.
The rugby boys win hands down though for being real w##ks, probably one of the rudest guys I have ever had the misfortune to meet was David Campese - what a prize pr##k, George Gregan was not much beter and hopefully I wont meet any more rugby boys
I have met quite a lot of cricketers, the one's that stand out as tossers for me were, Nasser Hussain, Stuart Law, Stu MacGill and Jimmy Maher.
Brett and Shane Lee were both top blokes and really friendly, Allan Border friendly if a little boring, Simon Katich really good guy, Richard Chee Quee hilarious and off his head, Dennis Lillie great guy and fantastic with the laidies, Warnie outstanding and really friendly guy, Darren Gough really good guy.
The rugby boys win hands down though for being real w##ks, probably one of the rudest guys I have ever had the misfortune to meet was David Campese - what a prize pr##k, George Gregan was not much beter and hopefully I wont meet any more rugby boys
Edited for accuracy. :)
Joe Mama
3 Mar 2007, 22:20
I've met a few cricketers (most of these guys I met during the Ashes tour of 2005) and most of them were pretty good, Rodney Hogg was really good for a laugh and told really good stories, (but he was known for having a bad case of White Line Fever), Also, I liked the fact that he's not afraid to stick his neck out, I read in Alpha Magazine this month about his opinon of Brett Lee & his celebrations (which wasn't too kind, BTW).
Damien Fleming, Darren Berry & Colin Miller were good company as well, and most people that have met either one of these fellas think the same way, (Funky, especially).
Geoff Lawson wasn't too bad, (although he did get a bit stand-offish at times), but given the right mood, he wasn't too bad.
Stuart McGill was an absolute w#nker, and Dean Jones, he's definately a FIGJAM, that's for sure (Fleming, Berry & Miller didn't have much time for him either, and the stories i've heard about him whe he was captaining Victoria, were pretty bad, no wonder the rest of the players mutinied, and the same happened again when he captained Derbyshire), but that being said they were good cricketers, just average people.
Merv's Merv, just larger than life.
Graham Gooch seemed OK, he was an after-dinner speaker at a function I attended at Edgsbaston, and he stayed for ages signing autographs and just talking to as many people as possible.
But, apart from that I haven't met many celebrities (except about a dozen boys from North Melbourne circa 1996, who included Darren Crocker, Wayne Carey, Anthony Rock, & Wayne Shwass) who were staying at Anthony Stevens's parents place near where my parents had thier farm, in Northern Victoria.
They wanted to buy some bobby calves from us and they had their trucks & cars at our place, we made a deal and the boys shifted the calves on the back of the trailer and they were all pretty good, and it seemed that (at that time at least) they really enjoyed each other company.
Ralphie?
cant believe i missed that gem, nah i meant the 'easy from up there, fatso!' guy!
Ted Ed Fred
4 Mar 2007, 11:30
Slater and Steve Waugh are both top blokes. Heard from a couple of mates who saw him in nightclubs that Symonds is a t*sser who tried to start on them, maybe he's just like that when he's on the *****.
Slater and Steve Waugh are both top blokes. Heard from a couple of mates who saw him in nightclubs that Symonds is a t*sser who tried to start on them, maybe he's just like that when he's on the *****.
Well remember he got chucked out of that nightclub in SA for trying to take on those rugby guys.