Favorite all time cricketers

[Barrel of Fun]

Ah shit. Waqar and Wasim. My mind has been changed. Far too difficult to pick a small amount of players.

Maybe a Sussex/England/ROW XI would be a little easier.

 

[Farehamseagull]

Ah shit. Waqar and Wasim. My mind has been changed. Far too difficult to pick a small amount of players.

Maybe a Sussex/England/ROW XI would be a little easier.

Too true. There needs to be be room for Waquar Younis and Lara in my ROW list also. As well as Alan Wells and Dwayne Smith for Sussex and Cork and Robin Smith for England.

This thread also makes the approximate ages of the posters on here more obvious!

 

[Gully]

IT Botham - Legend, one of the greatest players to grace the game
Phil Tuffnell - Probably more for what he has done since finishing playing, one of the funniest people on tv/radio, some people who call themselves comedians aren't as funny
Sunil Gavaskar - See entry for IT Botham
Bishen Bedi - Inspired me to learn how to bowl a cricket ball
Derek Randall - Just loved his attitude, pure entertainer

 

[Pevenseagull]

Sussex: Paul Parker, Mushtaq Ahmed, Franklyn DeCosta Stephenson, Michael Bevan, James Kirtley

England: Freddie Flintoff, Ian Botham, Devon Malcolm, Jack Russell, Darren Gough

ROW: Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Curtley Ambrose, Merv Hughes, Shane Warne

what a lovely list, I'll add a bit in each category

S - Le Roux, Lewry, Imran
E - Gower, Swann, Jones
ROW - MALCOLM MARSHALL, Carl Hooper, Wasim & Sir Viv


I bloody well love cricket






Mushy's the bestest ever ever for me though

 

[Pevenseagull]

Carl Hooper is really f***ing cool

 

[matthew]

Should of added Sehwag to mine, when he's on form i honestly think there is no greater batsman

 

[matthew]

All time?

Yeah, there's quite a few Sri Lankans their but that's just probably because i've grown up watching a lot of Sri Lanka Cricket, I find all the players there players truely inspiring. Such a tiny Island being able to compete with countries like India and Pakistan is remarkable.

They say Indian's live for cricket but in Sri Lanka it's 10 times that!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Imran
Mushy
Holding
Marshall
Ponting

 

[xenophon]

These two in their pomp

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

Chris Tavare.

is he off the mark yet?

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

joel garner "big bird" was one of the best sunday bowlers i have ever seen

pull out the yorkers when needed

 

[Austrian Gull]

Malcolm Marshall
Robin Smith
David Gower
Derek Randall
Andy Roberts

I don't really watch much cricket anymore as my list shows.

 

[The Large One]

CB Fry

 

[cattlin'srockshop]

IVA Richards
PWG Parker
CJ Adams
Imran Khan
Mushy

Sussex: Parker, Adams, Imran, Mendis, Stephenson
England: Botham, Hoggard, Broad, Knott, Underwood
ROW: Richards, Imran, Mushy, Lara, Ambrose

 

[Storer 68]

Mr K.D. "Slasher" MAckay of Queensland and Australia...........................

 

[nwgull]

Anyone else remember Martin Speight playing for Sussex about 15-20 years ago? Was great fun to watch as he seemed to try and hit every ball for 12. Particularly remember his super fast 50 at the beginning of the '93 Natwest final, I'd say it set the tone for the rest of that match.

 

[keaton]

Sussex: Mushy, RMJ, Panesar, Prior, Joyce

England: Broad, KP, Botham, Willis, Trott


Rest: Sangakarra, Kallis, Dravid, Tendulker, Lee, Warne,

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Fred Truman.


And of course my Godfather, Chris Balderstone.

My father played in the Yorkshire leagues with him and Huddersfield town boys football and cricket together back in the 50's

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Anyone else remember Martin Speight playing for Sussex about 15-20 years ago? Was great fun to watch as he seemed to try and hit every ball for 12. Particularly remember his super fast 50 at the beginning of the '93 Natwest final, I'd say it set the tone for the rest of that match.

I always thought he was a brilliant cricketer, but then I was an impressionable young lad and enjoyed his do or die attitude.

Cricinfo suggests his First Class average was 31.52

Martin Speight | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

Not brilliant.

 

[Peter Grummit]

Sx and all rounder - Imran Khan
Batsman - Viv Richards
Bowler - Shane Warne
keeper - Alan Knott

PG