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Post by Henry Tue 12 Oct 2010, 07:02

1. MS Dhoni
2.MS Dhoni
3. MS Dhoni.
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5.


Not sure about four and five but I was thinking that MS Dhoni must be pretty close.
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Post by skully Tue 12 Oct 2010, 07:04

Ah, here he is. Amazing how much bitching he does when Australia's opposition collapses. Cool
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Post by tac Tue 12 Oct 2010, 07:25

Mind you, skull, Trev is pretty close to spot on on this one . . .
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Post by skully Tue 12 Oct 2010, 07:26

Aye. Was rather an odd performance by Emma in the last 30 minutes.
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Post by SG Tue 12 Oct 2010, 07:33

I'd devote last 2 spots to Dhoni as well.

Got to be sh!t* WK bat in world cricket atm.

Hardly ever plays any meaningful knock in test cricket.

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Post by Fred Nerk Tue 12 Oct 2010, 07:35

Yeah, there's no obvious competition for Minestrone in this category....he and he alone among current Test captains can make our guy look like Einstein.

Obv Tendles doesn't want the Akela gig and Dravid is past it, but there must be other candidates. Frinstance, have they ever seriously looked at Laxman? Or even the Turbanned Turd?

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Post by Henry Tue 12 Oct 2010, 08:05

Sehwag would be a good captain I reckon. Or Gambhir.
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Post by Basil Tue 12 Oct 2010, 09:28

Excellent piece of keeping to stump Clarke though.
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Post by philcric Tue 12 Oct 2010, 09:41

Dhoni is the best WK we've got. He's definitely over-rated as a test batsman and as a 'big-hitter'. He's still a very good ODI batsman though.

Captaincy .. it's not v obvious either way. He looks v defensive a lot of times, but the results back him up. Also need to take into consideration the indian bowling attack which is crap most of the time. He's definitely not a clueless captain though, whatever he does on the field as a captain has some kind of strategy/method to it.
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Post by doremi Tue 12 Oct 2010, 22:43

Dhoni is a good keeper, excellent standing up to a bowler, pace or spin. He's the best batsman of the one's available to us (Parthiv Patel does not count as a WK). And IMHO, except when he goes ultra-defensive, he's a damn good captain as well.

The ultra-defensiveness is the effect of our bowlers.
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Post by doremi Tue 12 Oct 2010, 22:47

And let's be realistic of what to expect from him in tests. He has an effective technique, capable of 50s, but not big 100s. He'll never be a premium WK-Batsman. And he hasn't been a big hitter since the last 3 years atleast, even when we needed him to be.
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Post by Henry Tue 12 Oct 2010, 23:06

Spanky said it the other day- Dhoni has a great feel for leadership, but no feel whatsoever for cricket.
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Post by Josh Carney Tue 12 Oct 2010, 23:54

Henry wrote:Spanky said it the other day- Dhoni has a great feel for leadership, but no feel whatsoever for cricket.
Pretty spot on assessment. I have had my doubts about Dhoni all along. Pathan and Yuvi were the other two I thought were overrated.

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Post by The One Wed 13 Oct 2010, 04:38

yeah. but you also thought tendulkar was over-rated

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Post by Josh Carney Wed 13 Oct 2010, 04:50

The One wrote:yeah. but you also thought tendulkar was over-rated
Nonsense, dig up the post and show me where I have said that. You like many others in India are ultra sensitive about your "clan" heroes and take it all personal when anything about the likes of Tendulkar is brought up such as his age, fitness or the ferrari matter or bending of other rules to accomodate these guys. Basically you want to believe that your chosen ones are beyond criticism. I don't.

Your needless response to drag Tendulkar into this thread only proves my above point.

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Post by The One Wed 13 Oct 2010, 06:19

Very Happy

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Post by Mick Sawyer Wed 13 Oct 2010, 06:25

Rusi Surti
Gary Cosier
Keith Arthurton
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Post by horace Wed 13 Oct 2010, 07:38

i may have over rated Agit Aquacker
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Post by Josh Carney Wed 13 Oct 2010, 22:23

Ajit Agarkar was outstanding from a bowling perspective down under in that ill fated 0-3 series (1999-2000 ?).

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