zen Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 List your favorite (not necessarily who you think is the best) cricketer from the ones that you have watched (can be from any format), one retired and one current, in the following categories (avoid repetition) ... You could copy and paste the below and fill in the names: Batsman Retired Current Bowler Retired Current WK Retired Current AR Retired Current Captain Retired Current With my interest in cricket on a decline (following the game since a long time), I do not have any serious favorites, but will give it a shot: Batsman Retired: Sehwag is the best bet for his high SR batting, Bradmanesque record against teams such as Pak, Ability to boss spin, and be a game changer. Sehwag's form gave Team Ind an edge. Even in ODIs, he was Ind's best batsman in the 2008-2011 period - Link Current: No real favorite but will go with Pujara as he is among the last breed of test focused batsman ... considering his performances in two back to back series in Aus which Ind won, probably the most impactful test batsman for Ind since 1990 Bowler Retired: Srinath ... I am used to Ind spinners from Raju, Joshi, Kumble to Ashwin, Jadeja & Axar create havoc on helpful pitches in Ind but when I saw Srinath, a genuine pace bowler, dismantle SA in a test at A'bad in 1996, I was a fan Current: I have not watched a lot of him but will go with Wagner for his ability to bowl short pitched stuff and keep the never say die spirit. He is in the last leg of his career WK Retired: Dhoni ... superb captain, batsman (at his peak) and WK Current: Pant ... brilliant batsman and his keeping should improve AR Retired: I have not watched Sobers so will go with Imran. Gave Pak two back to back titles in ODIs at major world events - 1989 Nehru Cup and 1992 WC. Drew a test series in WI in 1987-88, where he was the best bowler iirc. In WC 87 SF, it appeared as if he was taking Pak to victory before getting out trying to sweep ... Pak team appeared different under his captaincy Current: Sir Don Pandya ... Potentially, the most talented cricketer from Ind in the 21st century Captain Retired: Martin Crowe ... for brilliant performance both with the bat and as a captain in the 1992 WC. Was Man of the Series in it. Man of the series award was introduced in WC in 1992 Current: Captain Morgan ... for turning things around for Eng post 2015. Created a cultural change to device a new approach for Eng in LOIs (w/ failures being accepted) ... One of my articles on Eng: Link sscomp32 1 Link to comment
Norman Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, zen said: Batsman Retired - Yuvraj Singh Current - Rohit Sharma Bowler Retired - Dale Steyn Current - Jasprit Bumrah WK Retired - Adam Gilchrist Current - Pant AR Retired - Kapil Current - Jadeja Link to comment
Ankit_sharma03 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Batsman Retired- Lara & ABDV Current- Kohli Bowler Retired- Warne n Bond Current- Cummins test , LOI- Archer WK Retired- gilly Current - pant AR Retired - flintoff n watson Current- Russell Captain Retired - Dhoni Current - Morgan Edited June 11, 2021 by Ankit_sharma03 Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Batsman Bevan Gill Bowler Fannie De Villiers Bumrah WK Dhoni Butler AR Razzaq Pandya Captain Ganguly Williamson Link to comment
MechEng Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 My current favourite cricketer is Pat Cummins, very relentless as a bowler and never seen him to go through motions in the middle of a hot day in a test match. I am still coming to terms with as to how did our batsmen handle him both the times in Australia and won both the series' Link to comment
Vilander Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 good thread. Zen is fun when not talking about SDP. Pls keep it this way. Batsman Retired - Kevin Pietersen Current - Virat Kohli / Jos Buttler Bowler Retired - Dale Steyn Current - Cummins WK Retired - Boucher pure /Dhoni batting and keeping. Current - Saha pure keeping, Pant as a batting WK. AR Retired - Kallis Current - Hardick Captain Retired - Graeme Smith Current - Rahane I just love SA cricketers looks like. Dont know what - may the fact that they are the most stable in their exhibition of cricketing skill at the same time had remarkable peaks. Link to comment
Vilander Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 hey where is the spinner ?? Spinner Retired - Swann , Warne Current - Lyon , Ashwin Link to comment
Prabhdeep Singh Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Batsmen: V Sehwag R Sharma Fast Bowler: M Johnson J Archer Spin Bowler: Anil Kumble R Ashwin WK: A Gilchrist R Pant AR: G Sobers B Stokes Captain: VIv Richards Virat Kohli Selections based on Test Cricket Edited June 10, 2021 by Prabhdeep Singh Link to comment
Mariyam Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Batsman Sachin Rohit Sharma Bowler Balaji & Malinga Bumrah WK Dhoni Pant AR Yuvraj Pandya Captain Dhoni Kane Edited June 10, 2021 by Mariyam Link to comment
Adamant Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Batsman Retired - Sachin Tendulkar Current - Virat Kohli Fast Bowler Retired - Shoaib Akhtar Current - Ishant Sharma Spinner Retired - Murali Current - Ashwin Wicketkeeper Retired - Gilchrist Current - Gilchrist 2.0 Allrounder Retired - Yuvraj Singh Current - Ben Stokes Captain Retired - Ganguly Current - Morgan Link to comment
zen Posted June 10, 2021 Author Share Posted June 10, 2021 To keep it standard, use the categories listed in the OP ... Bowler includes both fast bowlers and spinners so pick whoever your favorite is from all types of bowlers Link to comment
Tibarn Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Batsman Retired: Dravid Current: ABD(technically not retired as he will likely play WT20) Bowler Retired: Steyn Current: Ishant WK Retired: Dhoni Current : Butler AR Retired: Watson Current: Jadeja Captain Retired: Clarke(Tests) or Dhoni(LOIs) Current: None in particular. There's no really aggressive Test captain in the Clarke mold. Kohli by default, at least he supports fast bowling for India. Link to comment
Jay Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, MechEng said: My current favourite cricketer is Pat Cummins, very relentless as a bowler and never seen him to go through motions in the middle of a hot day in a test match. I am still coming to terms with as to how did our batsmen handle him both the times in Australia and won both the series' Cause he sucks vs left handed batsmen. Look at his average vs left handed batsmen. He is not better than bumrah. But yes he is on par and probably amongst the best in the world. Also he conserves himself in ipl by treating it like a paid holiday in order to focus on red ball cricket. Edited June 10, 2021 by Jay Link to comment
Autonomous Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 (edited) Batsman: Saeed Anwar & Rohit Sharma Bowlers: Mitch Johnson & James Anderson WK: Adam Gilchrist & Rizwan AR: Shane Watson & Ben Stokes Captain: Brendan McCullum & Eoin Morgan Edited June 10, 2021 by Autonomous Link to comment
Autonomous Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Buttler is an amazing batsman but he is not a good wk at all Link to comment
Autonomous Posted June 10, 2021 Share Posted June 10, 2021 Vesse surprised no one mentioned Sangakkara as WK Link to comment
AuxiliA Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Batsman Retired - Dravid Current - ABD Bowler Retired - Srinath Current - Shami/Ashwin WK Retired - Dhoni Current - Pant AR Retired - Heath Streak Current - Jadeja Captain Retired - Ganguly Current - No one! Coach Retired - John Wright Current - Ravi Shastri Link to comment
Austin 3:!6 Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Vesse surprised no one mentioned Sangakkara as WKThink bcoz people remember him more as a batsman.Sent from my SM-G950F using Tapatalk Link to comment
MechEng Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 7 hours ago, Jay said: Cause he sucks vs left handed batsmen. Look at his average vs left handed batsmen. He is not better than bumrah. But yes he is on par and probably amongst the best in the world. Also he conserves himself in ipl by treating it like a paid holiday in order to focus on red ball cricket. No way, he's definitely better than Bumrah. Cummins ended the recent series with 21 wickets in 4 tests whereas Bumrah managed 11 wickets in 3 tests. Bumrah has not been the same bowler after his injury. Link to comment
Lone Wolf Posted June 11, 2021 Share Posted June 11, 2021 Batsman Dravid/Ponting Buttler Bowler Steyn Cummins overall & Ferguson in LOI WK Gilly Pant AR Kallis Stokes Spinner Warne Ashwin 2.0 Captain Ponting Rahane the unbeatable Coach Gary Kirsten Mahela for MI Link to comment
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