Big Cricket Thread

Truckosaurus · Nov 23, 2021

FKASC said:
Fold the warriors

Clone Richardson

WCE_phil · Nov 23, 2021

Speaking of cricket, i'll do mine tonight but i'd love to see people doing a worldwide best 11 based only on players 1990 onwards.

Kapowie1 · Nov 23, 2021

WCE_phil said:
Speaking of cricket, i'll do mine tonight but i'd love to see people doing a worldwide best 11 based only on players 1990 onwards.

Hayden
Sehwag
Ponting
Lara
Tendulkar
Kallis
Sangakkara
Steyn
Anderson
McGrath
Murali

12th and 13th
Warne Gilchrist

Could make an argument for Ambrose in for Steyn or anderson. Anderson gets in because of longevity and wickets and Steyn for his insane SR and great average.

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Carbine Chaos · Nov 23, 2021

Kapowie1 said:
Hayden
Sehwag
Ponting
Lara
Tendulkar
Kallis
Sangakkara
Steyn
Anderson
McGrath
Murali

12th and 13th
Warne Gilchrist

Could make an argument for Ambrose in for Steyn or anderson. Anderson gets in because of longevity and wickets and Steyn for his insane SR and great average.

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I think realistically if Sangakarra was going to come out at 7, you'd pick Gilchrist ahead of him batting that low.

I'd pick Sanga at 3 ahead of Ponting as a pure batsman.

RookiePick · Nov 23, 2021

WCE_phil said:
Speaking of cricket, i'll do mine tonight but i'd love to see people doing a worldwide best 11 based only on players 1990 onwards.

Format?

Kapowie1 · Nov 23, 2021

Carbine Chaos said:
I think realistically if Sangakarra was going to come out at 7, you'd pick Gilchrist ahead of him batting that low.

I'd pick Sanga at 3 ahead of Ponting as a pure batsman.

I was never going to leave out Ponting but yes you are right he could definitely be at 3. I’m a punter fanboi. Swap kallis and sang, then play two spinners and leave out anderson

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Tugga27 · Nov 23, 2021

Kapowie1 said:
Hayden
Sehwag
Ponting
Lara
Tendulkar
Kallis
Sangakkara
Steyn
Anderson
McGrath
Murali

12th and 13th
Warne Gilchrist

Could make an argument for Ambrose in for Steyn or anderson. Anderson gets in because of longevity and wickets and Steyn for his insane SR and great average.

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Murali instead of Warne.
Really?

FKASC · Nov 23, 2021

Truckosaurus said:
Clone Richardson

I swear whenever I tune in to watch them they do something s**t. Bowlers currently letting Tasmania back into the game after rolling through their lower middle order. This bloody Tasmanian tail though

Kapowie1 · Nov 23, 2021

Tugga27 said:
Murali instead of Warne.
Really?

I loved Warne. Was amazing to watch all through my childhood. Murali had a better record in nearly every recordable stat. If anything you make room for the two of them

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Goroyals22 · Nov 23, 2021

Kapowie1 said:
I loved Warne. Was amazing to watch all through my childhood. Murali had a better record in nearly every recordable stat. If anything you make room for the two of them

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if it was for the Javelin throw Murali would be first picked for the Sri Lankan Olympic team. Cricket ? massive asterix and always will be.

Kapowie1 · Nov 23, 2021

Goroyals22 said:
if it was for the Javelin throw Murali would be first picked for the Sri Lankan Olympic team. Cricket ? massive asterix and always will be.

Agree on the asterisk. Just as big as Warne’s for steroids (ahem diet pill from his mum)

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WCE_phil · Nov 23, 2021

Kapowie1 said:
I loved Warne. Was amazing to watch all through my childhood. Murali had a better record in nearly every recordable stat. If anything you make room for the two of them

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The entire team was based around setting Murali up to take wickets. Where as Warne was head to head with amazing Quicks on decks more suited to pace.

Tugga27 · Nov 23, 2021

Kapowie1 said:
I loved Warne. Was amazing to watch all through my childhood. Murali had a better record in nearly every recordable stat. If anything you make room for the two of them

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Stats can lie.

Murali had the advantage of playing Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in 25 tests where he got 176 wickets to Warne's 3 tests for 17 wickets..

As good as Murali was, I reckon you'd be hard pressed to find a cricketer saying he was better than Warne.
In most of the books I've read, they pretty much all say Warney was the best.
Michael Atherton said he (Warne) was easily the best cricketer of his generation.

Carbine Chaos · Nov 23, 2021

Add in Warne's batting and slipwork and you take him every day of the week.

Murali was an amazing bowler though.

Dazzler9 · Nov 23, 2021

Carbine Chaos said:
Add in Warne's batting and slipwork and you take him every day of the week.

Murali was an amazing bowler though.

Only cos they bent (lol) the rules for him.

Carbine Chaos · Nov 23, 2021

Dazzler9 said:
Only cos they bent (lol) the rules for him.

Hardly Murali's fault. One of the greats of the game.

Kapowie1 · Nov 23, 2021

Tugga27 said:
Stats can lie.

Murali had the advantage of playing Zimbabwe and Bangladesh in 25 tests where he got 176 wickets to Warne's 11 tests for 17 wickets.

As good as Murali was, I reckon you'd be hard pressed to find a cricketer saying he was better than Warne.
In most of the books I've read, they pretty much all say Warney was the best.
Michael Atherton said he (Warne) was easily the best cricketer of his generation.

Yep it’s definitely an argument to be had.
I should have had Warne in the 11 in place of anderson playing two spinners

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RookiePick · Nov 23, 2021

I can think of quite a few I would have before Anderson in a test line up, let alone a limited overs focussed listing.

kane249 · Nov 23, 2021

Dazzler9 said:
Only cos they bent (lol) the rules for him.

Funniest ever comment I saw was a Sri Lankan fan complaining about Gilchrist's knock in the 2007 world cup. (Gilchrist had used a half a squash ball inside his batting glove to stop the bat from slipping in his grip, not illegal under cricket's laws).

They were having a whinge saying that the ICC changed the rules to allow Gilchrist's tactic to be legal, and an Aussie fan retorted that are Sri Lankan's really in a position to criticize the ICC for changing the laws to make something legal

WCE_phil · Nov 23, 2021

Wakar Younis for me easily over Anderson.

FKASC · Nov 23, 2021

Goodwin really struggling to time it

Kapowie1 · Nov 23, 2021

RookiePick said:
I can think of quite a few I would have before Anderson in a test line up, let alone a limited overs focussed listing.

I thought it was test format. ?? Obviously will be very different if it’s limited overs

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KBLT · Nov 23, 2021

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Wasim Akram.

Kapowie1 · Nov 23, 2021

KBLT said:
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Wasim Akram.

The match fixing and corruption rules him out for me

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KBLT · Nov 23, 2021

Gaggin doesn't want to take it lying down.

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