Who’s your FAVOURITE player?
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Topic: Who’s your FAVOURITE player?
Posted By: minimurali
Subject: Who’s your FAVOURITE player?
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:03pm
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A bit different to the BEST PLAYER, simply post your FAVOURITE PLAYER, no matter how good they are. Me? Who do you think? Go Murali! ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
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Posted By: warnester
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:08pm
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oh god where do i begin, ok: brett lee, shane warne, muttiah muralitharan, andrew flintoff, kumar sankagarra, ricky ponting, adam gilchrist, michael vaughan, steve harmison, matthew hoggard, harbhijan singh, anil kumble, sachin tendulker, virenda sehwag, yuvraj singh, shoaib akhtar, inzamam-ul-fat, i mean haq, Salman butt, mohammad yousuf, malinga bandara, brian lara, jimmy anderson, darren cork, marcus trescothick, graeme smith, mark boucher, boeta dippenaar, ntini, shaun pollock, nathan astle, stephen fleming and glen mcgrath. but if i had to pick 1..............brett lee. ------------- |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:14pm
| paul collingwood,anil kumble,sachin tendaulker,rahul dravid,mohendra dhoni,irfan pathan,salmon butt,kamran akmal,kumar sangakkara,chaminda vaas,mohammad asraful,javed omar,malinga bandara,shivnarine chanderpaul,chris gayle,andrew symonds,ramnarwash sarwan,runaku morton,michael clarke,yuvraj singh,yaseer hameed,shoaib malik,venagupol rao,suresh raina,ajit agarkar,harbajan singh,zaheer khan,rudrap singh,brett lee,muttiah murillitharan,lou vincent,abdur razzak,daniel vettori,jeetan patel,marcus trescothick,steve tikolo,rajiin saleh,scott styris,james franklin,mohammad kaif and khaled mashud thats about it |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:16pm
| i forgot also chigumbra,panyagra,douglas hondo,hamilton mazakasda,coventry,andy blignaut,shaun pollock,boeta dippenaar,mark boucher,herchelle gibbs,makhaya ntini and utseya |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:26pm
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Bloody hell! I thought I said pick your one fave player, not hundreds of them! Anyway, it doesnt matter, if you do like hundreds of players, feel free to jot them all down. ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: warnester
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:29pm
i forgot scott styris  ------------- |
Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:36pm
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at the moment - obviously has to be south african (or south african born) either Kemp, or dippenaar, or hall or pieterson, or ANDRE NEL - what a legend |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 5:39pm
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So you like South Africans then Crick? ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 6:10pm
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yeah i grew up ther and you kinda cant help but supporting the team of the country that taught you the game, but i was born in england and live in england now, but i love wathcing symmonds and afridi too! maybe im the only one who notices this, but south african sportsman (or south african born) seem to be taking over the world at the moment in Cricket - Struass, pieterson for england, loads of county players (pothas, carter, klusener etc) sports like rugby almost every team in the world has a south african born player! anyone else think thes points are valid? |
Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 6:23pm
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I would go for Salman Butt! (similar to Saeed Anwar, the only player to score 194 in an ODI match) I'm a lefty and an opener, but I have better feet movement than him...lol! ------------- Pakistan Rocks and Own the Cricket Stadium!!! World Cup 2007 here we COME..... |
Posted By: spin wizard
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 6:56pm
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My favourite is simple , the great SHANE WARNE - niice warney ------------- In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage. |
Posted By: Inzy
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 7:04pm
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Shane Warne= legend leggies can learn so much from him and he has a great character! top bloke! |
Posted By: warnester
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 7:08pm
everyone underrates lee except ponting, and me ------------- |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 8:22pm
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Lee is really good yeah, but I'm not sure he'll ever be as good as Glenn McGrath has been. He's arguably one of the greatest Aussie fast bowlers ever. Up there with Lillie (spelt wrong probably) and Fred Sporroth (soz I cant spell) ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: swerveman
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 9:20pm
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Yes, I think Makhaya Ntini has to be up there. He's incredible when he goes off yelling in tongues! ------------- |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 10:01pm
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haha that actually made me laugh! ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 11:09pm
| Even though I support England my two favourite players are Indian; Dravid (the complete batsman AND played for Scotland!) and Laxman (just an absolute joy to watch, no one makes it look easier) |
Posted By: cricket_mstr
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 2:31am
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I like Glen McGrath sense of humor, he has a little fun with umpires when he's not bowling and cracks jokes with other players and the crowd, I've always liked Dravid, Lara, Trescothick and Laxman But Ponting has always been my favorite, confident in shots and doesn't hesitate
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Posted By: Tendulkarrules
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 2:48am
| Tendulkar for me. Those cut shots are brilliant |
Posted By: MiNiWaRnEy
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 6:54am
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Have a guess....(cough,cough) look at my username. Followed by Gilly then Punter then Bing then Zulu (Klusener) then Roy. ------------- |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 6:57am
| afridi murali and the srilankan team and the pakistani team |
Posted By: qasi
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 6:58am
| I like Brian Lara and Shoaib Akhtar |
Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 7:00am
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Akhtar as well as Salman Butt! ------------- Pakistan Rocks and Own the Cricket Stadium!!! World Cup 2007 here we COME..... |
Posted By: Jyothika
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 11:47am
| I love Dravid! |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 11:52am
| dravid played for scotland facanating |
Posted By: Majestic Khan
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 12:30pm
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Here is my list Test ODI Inzamam Inzamam Ponting Ponting Dravid Razzaq Flintoff Shoaib Malik McGrath Hussey Younis Akmal Pollock* Afridi Sarwan Clarke & the classy strokemakers Yousuf, Martyn, Laxman * also because we were born on the same date - 16 July, 1973 |
Posted By: The CCC
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 1:04pm
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My favourite must be Dominic Gerald Cork.
He was the one who inspired me to play cricket. ------------- CCC-Carcassonne Cricket Club Support us, then play us!!!Second hand equipment etc highly welcomed!!! |
Posted By: OwzatWarrior
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 1:11pm
Mine has to be the imperious Brett Lee. A great paceman who really gives it to the batsmen. He's also a great character and entertains the crowd when fielding by the boundaries... and boy can he hit a six!!... It's just exciting to watch him bowl when he comes at unwilling batsmen with raw pace and swing... He also caused severe problems for South Africa captain Graeme Smith in the VB Series, Owzat Crick?  ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- Honourable Mention: Shane Warne (Fanstastic Showman and a true legend) Honourable Mention: Kumar Sangakkara (Love The Way He Shouts "Bowled 'Im" after Murali bowls a batsman!  )Honourable Mention: Michael Hussey (Exciting Emergence onto the Test scene) |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 7:24pm
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BRIAN CHARLES LARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- |
Posted By: crick
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 7:40pm
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he got him out a few times, but wouldn't go so far as gave him problems, smiths problem was his form and lee just happened to be the bowler who got him out a couple times, i would say though that lee troubled kallis in the test series, eventhough kallis hadn't played any cricket for a while, it was probably the best fast bowling i had seen in years |
Posted By: SEHWAG NO.1
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 9:38pm
| VIRENDER SEHWAG! |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 1:43pm
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That was obvious!!!!!! ------------- |
Posted By: happy_chap100
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 6:54pm
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it would have to be shane warne for me, he has turned the world of spin around for cricket. not just his playing side is gud bt he will have a laugh with the crowd, what a guy |
Posted By: Binish Yelling
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 8:14pm
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Lee,Kallis,Yusuf,Asif,Gilly,Lara ,Inzi and alot. ------------- How strange that in every special case one praises one's own way! If Islam means "surrender into God's will" it's in Islam that we all live and die. --- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe |
Posted By: DRAVID FAN
Date Posted: 22 February 2006 at 9:07pm
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Rahul Dravid (obvious). Yuvraj following close behin. ------------- |
Posted By: Chez_luvs_smith
Date Posted: 23 February 2006 at 12:07pm
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my fave players have to be G.Smith, M.Boucher, 'Freddie' Flintoff, B.Lee,M.Clarke, B.Lara, K.Pietersen, S.Warne,A.Gilchrist ; But if i had to choose 1 i would say........prob Brian Lara coz the guy is a legend. ------------- manchester united fanatic 4 eva |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 23 February 2006 at 11:36pm
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I like your choices Chez_luvs_smith.... ------------- |
Posted By: qasi
Date Posted: 24 February 2006 at 4:39am
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BRIAN CHARLES LARA simply "THE BEST"
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 24 February 2006 at 7:56am
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Simply for the buzz when he comes on to bowl , it has to be Warne. The batsman that gets me to the ground faster than any other is Lara - if he stays a couple of hours you'll have seen all the shots! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: MiNiWaRnEy
Date Posted: 24 February 2006 at 8:42am
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From recent players my favourites are: - look at my username (there is an obvious favourite, my all time favourite to be more precise), Gilchrist, Lee, Ponting and Lance ' Zulu ' Klusener. ------------- |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 9:21am
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My all time favourite player is CHAUDRY WASIM AKRAM. I've copied his bowling action, his run-up, and his batting style. I've even copied his hair style.
Currently, my favourite player is Inzamam-Ul-Haq. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Jyothika
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 11:26am
| My favourite is always dravid. |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 12:50pm
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I agree all the way! ------------- |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 12:51pm
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Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 12:52pm
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Oh dear Saad!!!!!!!!!!! You are a Akram Fanatic! ------------- |
Posted By: bighitter
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 6:02pm
| i like geraint jones, brett lee, shane warne and murali |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 28 February 2006 at 7:15pm
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GERAINT JONES? Well, its your opinion I suppose. Anyway there's alot of support for a certain Mr. Lara here isn't there... ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: warnester
Date Posted: 28 February 2006 at 9:16pm
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my new shortlist is the england squad, warne, lee and harbhajan |
Posted By: quicky
Date Posted: 28 February 2006 at 9:22pm
| simon jones and marcus trescothick |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 01 March 2006 at 8:00pm
is that the WHOLE England squad? You cant possibly like them all? ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: Rind
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 10:46am
| Shahid Afridi |
Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 12:10pm
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Brian Lara, Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Sachin Tendulkar, Glenn McGrath. |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 12:23pm
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Australia-Shane Warne Bangladesh-Javed Omar England-Paul Collingwood India-Anil Kumble,M.Dhoni & D.Kartik Kenya-Thomas Odoyo & Steve Tikolo New Zealand-Daniel Vettori Pakistan-Shoaib Malik South Africa-Makhaya Ntini Sri Lanka-Kumar Sangakkara West Indies-Dwayne Bravo & Runaku Morton Zimbabwe-E.Chigumbra,A.Blignaut,C.Coventry,D.Hondo & P.Utseya ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 12:40pm
Anil Kumble don't you like Lara?????????? ------------- |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 1:04pm
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yeh but not as much as naughty morton and the greatest all rounder in the history of cricket bravo ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: MiNiWaRnEy
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 2:05pm
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My favos from each team are: -
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Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 2:07pm
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what about currently because half of them don't play anymore some play domestic competiton but they havent represented there country in a while klusener in particular ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: MiNiWaRnEy
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 2:15pm
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Zulu is my favourite non-Australain player.. Gough, Wasim, Saqlain and the Zim guys aren't playing internationally but they are all my favourite "RECENT" players.
All in all my favo player is Warne. ------------- |
Posted By: Jay dee
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 10:16pm
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Shahid afridi, akhtar, yousaf, dravid, tendulkar, pathan, yuvraj, murali, kp, gough, flintoff, warne, lee, pointing, bevan, lara etc etc ------------- “If women ran the world we wouldn't have wars, just intense negotiations every 28 days.” |
Posted By: capital_s
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 11:28pm
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JACQUES HENRY KALLIS. 196 test wickets. 7840 test runs. 160 runs and 4
wickets from becoming only the second player behind Garfield Sobers to score 8000 test runs and take 200 test wickets. Other faves would be Mark Boucher, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini, AB DeVilliers, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilcrest, Brad Hogg, Stephen Fleming, Kyle Mills, Chris Gayle, Brian Lara, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Yousuf Youhana, Kamran Akmal, Irvan Pathan, Sachin Tendulkar, Martin Trescothick, Muttaih Muralitharan, Russell Arnold, Javed Omar, Habibul Bashar, Mohammed Rafique and Rajin Saleh. ------------- My two favourite Batsmen: Jacques Kallis is a very solid but destructive batsmen and not to mention he can bowl as well. I also like Michael Clarke for his amazing batting talent at such a young age |
Posted By: nottsjoe
Date Posted: 16 April 2006 at 11:33pm
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Dravid, Collingwood, or D Hussey me thinks ------------- Great start Notts keep it up!!! |
Posted By: MiNiWaRnEy
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 7:30am
Did you miss anyone? ------------- |
Posted By: crownmethod
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 7:36am
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My favourite player would have to be Gilly! ------------- |
Posted By: skip_eng
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 1:44pm
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gilo! ------------- Ashley Giles took three good wickets, outbowling Shane Warne who matched him in the scorebook, but not on the field Best quote ever! Source: Cricinfo |
Posted By: dhoniisbest
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 1:52pm
 Do you know what?
All of the players of Indian team are my favorite players but,my favorite player is MS DHONI. He's goint to be NO.1 in few weeks |
Posted By: Jyothika
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 2:25pm
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ok, we'll see that soon.
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Posted By: mazzybabe.uk
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 3:18pm
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Hershelle Gibbs
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Posted By: hk143
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 3:37pm
| Shoaib Malik bret lee , Gillespie |
Posted By: DanielFullard
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 6:05pm
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Bowling.....Ntini, Warne, Flintoff
Batting....Pointing, Pietersen |
Posted By: skip_eng
Date Posted: 17 April 2006 at 10:20pm
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big fan of brett lee as well as gilo! ------------- Ashley Giles took three good wickets, outbowling Shane Warne who matched him in the scorebook, but not on the field Best quote ever! Source: Cricinfo |
Posted By: Clapo
Date Posted: 18 April 2006 at 1:34am
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Ponting!! Big fan of Brett Lee, Michael Clarke and AB DeVilliers as well ------------- 5-0 You Beauty!!!!! Thanks for the many fantastic memories Marto, Langer, Warney & Pidg |
Posted By: lost_mullet
Date Posted: 19 April 2006 at 7:15am
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hussey, shaun marsh, adam voges and andrew symonds ------------- cmon aussie cmon |
Posted By: dhoniisbest
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 1:58pm
Wicket keeper's highest score 183 |
Posted By: jumbo
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 2:00pm
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cool prediction mate. after just 3-4 days of your post he has become no.1 |
Posted By: CHAKA!
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 3:42pm
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ab de villiers has the potential of being the best and soon he will be his just a class player. ------------- KISS-KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID! |
Posted By: mazzybabe.uk
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 3:47pm
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AB has all the potential to get big hundreds 200's be the next Rhodes and replace Boucher when he retires a great sportsman ------------- The First Century I ever saw was Heschelle Gibbs' 228 against Pakistan |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 8:56pm
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A great fielder AB, following in the great Rhodes' footsteps. ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: Oracle
Date Posted: 25 April 2006 at 9:14pm
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I loved gary kirsten !!! now AB or Ponting |
Posted By: MP12
Date Posted: 26 April 2006 at 12:48am
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Adam Gilchrist for me
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Posted By: dhoniisbest
Date Posted: 26 April 2006 at 1:43pm
| Rahul Dravid |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 3:24pm
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Dravid has also become a tremendous captain, like Ponting, Vaughan etc. and so I also admire him for that. I still can't believe Chris Read doesn't play for the England team (not England A!) ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: dhoniisbest
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 4:29pm
| Rahul Dravid is keeping his avarege very well. He could break the world record for most centuries, but he got out 9 or 10 times between 90-100. And one time Ganguly declared when Dravid was on 94. |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 4:34pm
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Bet that didn't go down too well! Like the time Mike Atherton denied Graeme Hick what was to be his first and last Ashes century by declaring whilst Hick was unbeaten on 98. Oops! ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: jumbo
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 4:40pm
| sachin was also denied his double century by dravid.(against pakistan when sehwag scored 309.) |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 29 April 2006 at 4:41pm
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Not the cleverest decision to make as you may not be on speaking terms for a while! ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: lilliput
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 4:56am
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Without question it would be, Brett Lee.
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Posted By: afridi`
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 6:13am
| hmm.. obviously afridi for me, and martyn, love the way he bats |
Posted By: cricketluva
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 9:28am
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I have made a carbon copy of his back foot cover drive and defensive stroke ..Very funny ------------- See you later Gilly! Thanks for the memories! |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 11:19am
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Afridi is many peoples favourites, the way he slogs so well. ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: wccc
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 7:24pm
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Gilchrists the greatest wicky ever ------------- Blink 182 rule Travis Mark Tom |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 30 April 2006 at 8:17pm
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Not Ian Healy?! (Or Chris Read?!?!?!?!?! ------------- County Sim on extended break until I've got less work and more free time. When I have a specific date, I'll post it in the thread. |
Posted By: dhoniisbest
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 4:58am
After Gilchrist, its going to be MS Dhoni from Indian team |
Posted By: crownmethod
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 9:03am
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I don't like Dhoni's glove work. I really think boucher's keeping skills are much better that Dhoni. ------------- |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 9:07am
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Boucher drop's some of the most simpilest catche's,even though he has more test career dismissals then Gilchrist. ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: Rifat
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 9:10am
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After Gilchrist it should be Kumar Sangakkara
------------- You can't win unless you learn how to lose. |
Posted By: crownmethod
Date Posted: 06 May 2006 at 9:12am
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Every Keeper drops catches! Im just saying that Boucher's wicketkeeping skills are better that Dhoni's. ------------- |
Posted By: razzaq_fan
Date Posted: 09 May 2006 at 3:07am
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i think dhonis glovework isn't the best and yes boucher i would rate a better keeper ------------- razzaq is the next imran khan |
Posted By: razzaq_fan
Date Posted: 09 May 2006 at 3:07am
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My favourite player would have to be abdul razzaq ------------- razzaq is the next imran khan |
Posted By: Fergie
Date Posted: 09 May 2006 at 2:19pm
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Being a Glos fan it would have to be jack russell. waching him and Jonty on the same teem was unbleavable. hes dun some gd paintings too http://www.jackrussell.co.uk/pages/collection_originals.htm |
Posted By: Jyothika
Date Posted: 09 May 2006 at 2:25pm
That looks quite obvious.
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