Most Exciting Batsmen
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Topic: Most Exciting Batsmen
Posted By: Zeeshan
Subject: Most Exciting Batsmen
Date Posted: 02 December 2005 at 6:00am
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Who is the most exciting Batsmen in ODI today ? Sorry for misspellings. |
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Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 02 December 2005 at 6:40am
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They're all spelt correctly mate!! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 02 December 2005 at 9:23am
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I have to say Sehwag...I can't believe Gilchrist isn't one of the 5. I would love to vote for Afridi but as I've mentioned a 100 times, he isn't consistent enough. I call him a slogger.
Sehwag is a fast player, he is explosive, and exciting to watch. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: vize
Date Posted: 02 December 2005 at 8:27pm
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I would go with Sehwag as well.The way he plays, he can destroy an
attack in seconds not to mention how excellent his strokeplay is. Why is trescothick there? I dont think he is a very exciting batsman. HE is good, but not exciting ------------- |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 02 December 2005 at 10:22pm
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yea, he is a good batsman but not really exciting. If Gilchrist was in that list, I would vote for him. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: abub
Date Posted: 07 December 2005 at 4:51pm
| i go with afridi can help u alot with his slogs even tho hes a slogger |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 08 December 2005 at 12:34am
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Afridi is exciting but he isn't consistent. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: TANZ
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 6:26pm
its not being constant if you want entertainment go watch afridi he will entertain you. if not with his bat then with his bowl
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Posted By: TANZ
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 6:27pm
| who made these polls how could you out Trescothick in |
Posted By: Zeeshan
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 9:13pm
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I made the poll ... don't like trescothick as an exciting player ? who would you prefer was there ? ... gillchrist ? Once again ... im no expert i just ilke cricket and have limited knowledge of the game... tell me if someone is more explosive.
I happen to think Afridi is the most exciting BECAUSE he is not consistent ... infact he in consistently INCONSISTENT.. MADDINGLY inconsistent ... but TO ME that's what makes him exciting...
Afridi ... like Mr Gump said of life... "... is like a box of chocolates, you never know whacha gonna get ." Forest Gump |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 10:57pm
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On his day, Trescothick can be just as exciting as Afridi/Gilchrist or whoever. I will find some evidence of this and post it shortly. Here we go: http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/129793.html - http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/129793.html 86 off 55 balls. Not bad, eh? More ODI hundreds than other Englishman too, for the record. |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 11:39pm
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Gilchrist is a very exciting batsman. He is explosive, aggressive, and consistent. To me, consistency really matters. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: safran
Date Posted: 14 December 2005 at 2:54am
| Gilchrist is my choice and Sehwag 2nd. Flintoff is also an entertainer. Did you guys see West Indies opener open up against aussies in the all star game., forget his name now,but he is an entertainer, |
Posted By: ansinha1
Date Posted: 14 December 2005 at 3:49am
| When Sehwag is on row its amazing to watch, Multan ka Sultan what a great ining 309!!!!!! |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 14 December 2005 at 11:30pm
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The Sultan of Multan, or as we say it in Urdu, "Multan ka Sultan" is Inzamam-Ul-Haq, not Sehwag. I don't know who gave him that title, but it's Inzamam who is from Multan. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Clapo
Date Posted: 15 December 2005 at 2:18pm
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Andrew Symonds.... 152 off of 116 (i think that many balls) against NZ just last week is no mean feat... and he is consistent... Sehwag and Gilly are definetly the next 2 though |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 16 December 2005 at 1:23am
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Yea, Gilchrist is very exciting to watch and so is Sehwag. Sehwag has very less foot work and that sometimes goes against him. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Superbokkie
Date Posted: 16 December 2005 at 10:10pm
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This poll is missing Gilchrist, Hussey, Kemp and Smith. It is therefore void. ------------- JH Kallis is the only player in history to have 8000 runs, 200 wickets and 100 catches in BOTH forms of the game. Only Sobers (tests) and Jayasuriya (one dayers) have achieved half that feat. |
Posted By: GingerPrince
Date Posted: 16 December 2005 at 10:25pm
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Im not going to vote in this poll for 1 reason and 1 reasone only,There is no GILCHRIST!!!!!!!!!How could you keep Gilchrist out of this poll????He is 1 of the best batsman in the world today,and is the most entertaining batsmen i have seen in my life!!Trescothick is not exciting,Dhoni.....no comment........where is Pietersen,Flintoff,G@yle and as we seen in the ODI series England vs SA in SA Justin Kemp hit 80 off 50 balls,this poll should not be here. ------------- Mae hen wlad fy nhadau |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 18 December 2005 at 1:17am
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Yea, Gilchrist should certainly be in there. He is a very exciting batsman. The other's you mentioned should also be in there. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Black_cap_95
Date Posted: 18 December 2005 at 8:18am
| lara is the most exciting for me he punishes the bowlers excellently |
Posted By: Black_cap_95
Date Posted: 18 December 2005 at 8:20am
| what about cairns most test match 6s |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 18 December 2005 at 2:19pm
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Yea, Cairns is a very exciting batsman and so is Lara. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 19 December 2005 at 5:35am
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Compare Afridi, Sehwag, Dhoni and Tendulkar,s most exiting innings, forget about consistancy, I believe Afridi ranks the best, But dont forget Pieterson, Flintoff, Razzak, Cairns, Jayasuria all of these have proven themselves time and again. Well Gilchrist has done the same so many times, most exciting no doubt. |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 20 December 2005 at 3:16am
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If you look at each aggressive player's best and most aggressive inning, then Afridi's ranks highest, but if you look at how many times they have given us excitement, then Gilchrist ranks highest. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: snell77
Date Posted: 20 December 2005 at 10:18pm
| Im taking Afridi for this one for his unforgetable innings against Engalnd in a TEST alone |
Posted By: GingerPrince
Date Posted: 20 December 2005 at 11:05pm
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The Pakistanis and Indians are soooo byast towards Asian Batsman/Bowlers and are always voting for them in the poll when clearly there are other choices which are better.........all I hear about in the Batting Threads is Inzimam-Ul-Haq.......Its getting Annoying now. ------------- Mae hen wlad fy nhadau |
Posted By: MiNiWaRnEy
Date Posted: 21 December 2005 at 7:43am
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If u want entertainment Afridi aint the man coz of his inconsistencies he does not always perform, thus doesnt excite, u go to the cricket to see him and he gets a first ball duck, bowled middle stump. Choose a real batsman to entertain u
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Posted By: Clapo
Date Posted: 21 December 2005 at 10:45am
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Why does every1 keep overlooking andrew symonds and sehwag???? yes afridi may have a high strike rate... but who cares when he only ever gets 20 or 30 with the occasional 50... there is nothing spectacular or exciting about making 20 runs from the 1st three overs and then losing your wicket straight away... He is i have to say one of the most overrated players in the game... If you looking for excitement Symonds or Sehwag are clearly the 2 batsmen to look for... they consistantly score a decent (when i say decent i mean 50's) amount of runs... and at a strike rate of 98/99... no it's not as high as Afridi... but it sure is a lot more exciting because it lasts longer... and happens a lot more often.... |
Posted By: snell77
Date Posted: 21 December 2005 at 4:02pm
I am 100% English and i chose Afridi  |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 21 December 2005 at 11:33pm
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Afridi is the most exciting batsman in terms of how fast they play. He hits huge sixes and everything to excite the crowd but he doesn't last. If he could last longer, he would by far be the most exciting batsman ever to bless cricket.
I'd say the most exciting batsman is Gilchrist. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: snell77
Date Posted: 22 December 2005 at 5:08pm
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I still with Afridi no matter how many ducks or low scores he has its the high innings i remember i wish he had scored a century against engalnd he truly deserved it |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 22 December 2005 at 6:42pm
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He almost scored a century in the second test but got out at 93 I think. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: daisy77
Date Posted: 22 December 2005 at 7:56pm
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Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 24 December 2005 at 1:34pm
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Ofcourse, Lara is a great player and very exciting to watch. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: MiNiWaRnEy
Date Posted: 28 December 2005 at 9:25am
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Afridi is too inconsistent to be exciting, he gets a good score once every 7 or 8 innings at the least. Lara, Gilly or Ponting for me. ------------- |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 28 December 2005 at 2:59pm
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Thats the thing about Afridi. He is just not consistent enough. He is way to aggressive and doesn't care about anything but hitting every single ball out of the ground.
Lara and Gilchrist are both very exciting batsman. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: sri_l_77
Date Posted: 09 January 2006 at 11:41am
| East or West Sachin is the best. In real pressure situations he has come to his best. Take into any world cup since sachin was playing. He was at his best and will be best for the forthcoming series against pak. He has teared part shoaib and nobody actually count the number of pieces. |
Posted By: Sledger
Date Posted: 09 January 2006 at 12:21pm
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Murali wins hands down!! He has ONE shot and plays it to every single delivery - when he connects , it soars!!
Nobody to touch the wide-eyed-wonder!!! ------------- Mental disintegration works for me !! |
Posted By: qasi
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 6:15pm
| Well every body talks about AFRIDI and Shewag but i like Gilchrist because he is the only player espacialy in one day cricket who can destroy any bowling line up.he is the only player who smashed fours and sixes even on the bowls which looks unplayable.In test cricket no one can compete Brian Lara espacialy when he get started after 50 runs.Players like lara, Crains, Mohammad yousaf, Ponting, Sachin, Inzi and many others who are techniqualy correct are more dangerous and more exciting than the batsmans like Afridi and Sehwag.Whenever Afridi try to stop the ball correctly he gets himself in trouble. No doubt on his day he more dangerous than others. |
Posted By: capital_s
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 2:46am
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I reckon sehwag is the most exciting because although afridi is the
biggest hitter, he gets out stupidly more often than he actually has an
exciting innings, which makes him kind of annoying to watch. Sehwag
however, is more consistent, which makes watching him all the better.
------------- 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: MiNiWaRnEy
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 5:26am
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Bowl straight and fill to Afridi and eventually he'll get bowled. ------------- |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 7:14pm
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Yea, because he's obviously going to close his eyes and try and hit it straight over the bowlers head, but eventually he'll miss and get clean bowled. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: robdawg
Date Posted: 21 January 2006 at 3:13pm
| symonds for sure can play cricket always trying to attack can also defend not just slog like afridi also probaly the biggest six hitter in the world (muralis scared of him) |
Posted By: TANZ
Date Posted: 21 January 2006 at 9:58pm
| see how afridi played today i would say he is much more exciting then symonds and its better to watch him bowl he just gets on with it |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 21 January 2006 at 10:31pm
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most exciting to watch would be sarwan and yuvraj singh there strokes and drives are just what excites me ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 12:49am
| Afridi has been the most exciting recently. He hit a century against India in the first test and is going for another one in the ongoing one. |
Posted By: robdawg
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 2:07pm
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ahhh symmo kick afridi anyday youd rather watch a slogger other than powerful classic cricket shots and lofted sixes over cover even jaysuria beats afridi probaly even ricky ponting any one can swing a bat and gte lucky on occasions e.g afridi averages 25 at a strike rate of 107 symonds averages a touch under 40 with a strike rate of 90 and he has batted extremely well in the last 3 years and is thr 3rd best allrounder in the world |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 2:29pm
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Afridi has batted extremely well lately. He has been really exciting. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: robdawg
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 2:32pm
| aint hard when your versing india on 65 metre boundaries thats a symonds miss hit (same as afridi thats why his doing well) and batsmen paradise the pitch |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 2:53pm
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Actually, I am sure that Afridi was actually trying to make a good score instead of just slogging. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Chilly
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 4:23pm
Why the hell isn't Brett Lee on that list?!? ------------- Little Man Tate |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 4:47pm
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Because he is a tail-ender and he bats lower down the order. He is not even capable of hitting a double century. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 4:57pm
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yap lee is a bowling all rounder wasim akram one of the best bowling all rounders for pakistan ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 5:05pm
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Yea, he batted well under pressure. He was aggressive and exciting to watch. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 5:13pm
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holds the record for most sixes in a test match thats quite a remarkable effort ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 5:16pm
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Yea, but sadly he played that inning against Zimbabwe. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 5:19pm
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its still a great achievment even doe it was against the zimbabwiens ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: Chilly
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 5:20pm
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Lee's sixes in the Ashes were absolutely amazing though!! ------------- Little Man Tate |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 5:25pm
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yes smashing flintoff out of the ground remarkable hard hitting ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 5:26pm
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Yea, that's true. He does hit massive Sixes. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: vize
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 6:00pm
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Yeah and now he is in good form so he is exciting to watch
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Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 22 January 2006 at 11:13pm
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We are talking about Lee here right?? ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 27 February 2006 at 12:05pm
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this is sick thread after thread afridi is the best kridy here that every body loves afridi i think there should be a show (like every body loves raymond) |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 28 February 2006 at 5:32am
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Good one! I didn't think they showed that in Afghanistan!  ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02 March 2006 at 4:17am
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yes but i live in australia i come form afganistan and have lived hALF OF MY LIFE IN PAKISTAN AND THE OTHER HALF IN AUSTRALIA I HAVE NEVER LIVED IN AFGANISTAN NOW I LIVE IN AUSTRALIA PERTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA |
Posted By: SEHWAG NO.1
Date Posted: 02 March 2006 at 4:25am
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iss all bout dhoni man
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 02 March 2006 at 8:54am
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no it's all about afridi look at the poll noob |
Posted By: wiseguy
Date Posted: 02 March 2006 at 9:42am
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Exciting is the term, Afridi is the choice! |
Posted By: Jyothika
Date Posted: 02 March 2006 at 5:54pm
I agree. |
Posted By: SYMMO
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 9:58am
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id rather watch symonds bat plays powerful strokes over cover for six and shots like that really are exiting and he can hit them just as good as afridi, they are both attacking but symonds only puts away bad balls and then puts away any ball at the end of the innings. afridi goes for anything and that explains why his average is (23 so symonds his the most attacking batsmen in my opinion afridi attacking slogger (it isnt a fluke but it takes luck or it has to be his day to make a hundred) |
)Posted By: SYMMO
Date Posted: 09 March 2006 at 10:02am
| i cant believe he isnt even on the list he made 2 150s in 2 months and if a 150 in od cricket isnt exiting what is???? 8 sixes in the 156 and 4 in the 151 |
Posted By: praveen samaras
Date Posted: 11 March 2006 at 3:49pm
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Afridi is good. But why you can't include jayasuriya in to this list.He had 10,000 runs with srike rate of just about 90.He is pleasure to watch. |
Posted By: DRAVID FAN
Date Posted: 23 March 2006 at 10:29pm
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I agree. Sehwag in full flpw is also exciting. Maybe not as exciting as Sfridi but he makes 26 runs an over man. ------------- |
Posted By: RISE_OF_MACCA
Date Posted: 24 March 2006 at 2:17pm
| symonds is very exciting just watched his test match 72 for about the thousandth time very clean hitting!!!! |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 26 March 2006 at 8:55am
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Afridi's batting does get very annoying because he only hits one good inning per year! He has been on the International stage for more than about 10 years now and until now, he still doesn't even have a total of 10 centuries. But his best innings are certianly very exciting to watch. Still, I would not rate him as the most exciting anymore!
My next choice for most exciting batsman is Adam Gilchrist or Andrew Symonds. They're both exciting to watch. Symonds is just a pleasure to watch! |
Posted By: $uNnY
Date Posted: 28 March 2006 at 12:36am
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Afridi
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Posted By: RISE_OF_MACCA
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 12:53pm
| i like afridi aswell but symonds plays many good innings of 30-70 |
Posted By: cricket_mstr
Date Posted: 30 March 2006 at 5:57am
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Symonds is guranteed to hit the ball hard every over. Not only is his appearance very distinctive he can hit the ball hard ------------- Cricket watcher but tennis player :) |
Posted By: Clobber
Date Posted: 30 March 2006 at 9:32am
| I can hit the ball hard too....doesn't mean I'm any good |
Posted By: RISE_OF_MACCA
Date Posted: 30 March 2006 at 1:07pm
| yer face up to a 130km bowler and put him 40 metres into the crowd (over the sight screen) on the mcg then say symonds cant hit the ball |
Posted By: abubakar52
Date Posted: 30 March 2006 at 2:47pm
Sir,you are very sensitive when it comes to Symonds.------------- |
Posted By: RISE_OF_MACCA
Date Posted: 31 March 2006 at 12:14pm
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actually i was sticking up for cricket mstr not symonds and it just happened to be about symonds at the time. |
Posted By: dips_december
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 5:00am
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Gilchrist and Afridi
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Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 5:11am
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Brian Charles Lara for test match cricket, because of his ability to make bowling attacks pay. Adam Craig Gilchrist for one day internationals, because of how powerful he is when he strikes that cricket ball. |
Posted By: crownmethod
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 6:47am
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The most exciting batsman are those who can always get their strike rate above 100. ------------- |
Posted By: RISE_OF_MACCA
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 8:33am
| like gilchrist,afridi,hussey,symonds,razzaq |
Posted By: Boony06
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 9:10am
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Johan Van Der Wath for sure ------------- In memory of Malcolm Denzil Marshall 1958-1999 The greatest fast bowler in Test Cricket history. |
Posted By: RISE_OF_MACCA
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 11:38am
i think the most exciting batsmen is afridi because you know as an australian that australia are going to win the match so when he bats theres either gonna be a hit out or another cheap wicket  
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Posted By: spin_doctor
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 5:35pm
| It is obviously Afridi. Lets be honest he is the best ODI plsyer in the world. The speed he scores runs is an asset to any team and he is a handy bowler |
Posted By: RISE_OF_MACCA
Date Posted: 02 April 2006 at 7:09am
| nah he isn't the best, he doesnt score enough runs. Best odi batsmen atm would b Gilchrist or hussey (consistency). MY personal favourite is symonds and afridi as exciting |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 02 April 2006 at 7:15am
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top 10 most exciting batsmen to me is
------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: RISE_OF_MACCA
Date Posted: 02 April 2006 at 11:06am
| yer they are all ok but theres only 5 really big hitters in there. don't forgot van der wath, razzaq, symonds, flintoff and im sure there are many other more exciting than hershelle gibbs. When dhoni comes to australia im sure that many people wont regard him as high after he has some failures. |
Posted By: ANIL KUMBLE
Date Posted: 02 April 2006 at 11:16am
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oh yeah i forgot about symonds i would replace boucher with him i think dhoni will smash hogg or warne and macgill for 6 ------------- Check out my blog http://crictopia.blogspot.com/ pretty bad though... |
Posted By: RISE_OF_MACCA
Date Posted: 02 April 2006 at 11:40am
| Remember theres also much bigger boundaries, and yer hitting them for six isn't impossible symonds and ponting were hitting murali for six in the last vb match and peiterson was hitting warney for six on much smaller boundaries though |
Posted By: minimurali
Date Posted: 02 April 2006 at 4:08pm
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Trescothick?! Spot the odd one out!! Also no Aussies or South Africans even though they are the only international sides to hot 400? My vote goes to Afridi but a few players missed out from the list methinks. ------------- 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: RISE_OF_MACCA
Date Posted: 03 April 2006 at 9:49am
| hehehe the funny thing is hussey when he played state had a strike rate of 70. funny how things change so quickly. Maybe this shows that australia still have some good bowling prospects if theyve kept hussey's strike down all this time |