Re: Paul Collingwood - best 'worst' batsman?

by peterg Tue 10 Mar 2009, 03:48

Steve Waugh in his youth was a most attractive strokemaker.

He may sometimes have been made to look awkward against the short stuff but he developed a way to approach it and it rarely got himout thereafter.

by SG Tue 10 Mar 2009, 04:07

Dhoni mistimes the shots 50% of the time

Don't think he does, certainly not that %.

by doremi Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:46

Dhoni's an ugly (very) batsman but he's really talented.

by Brass Monkey Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:49

SC Ganguly seems to have been omitted. Talk about a wank-donkey dodging an obvious bullet.

Wank-donkey

by JKLever Tue 10 Mar 2009, 12:58

Brass Monkey wrote:SC Ganguly seems to have been omitted. Talk about a wank-donkey dodging an obvious bullet.

Wank-donkey

Easily more naturally talented than Colly though. Despite being grossly overated...

by Brass Monkey Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:00

JKLever wrote:
Easily more naturally talented than Colly though. Despite being grossly overated...

Oh yeah... yeah you're right. So's Vaughan and I've seem his name bandied around. And he's like a better version of Ganguly. Who, in all, has been shithouse.

by JKLever Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:02

No arguments from me there...

by HH_pink Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:36

JKLever wrote:
HH_pink wrote:@JKL: nope, Astle was always great to watch.

Not the point. He was still rather gash...

It's between Shastri & Astle then.

I thought that was one of the points. If it's just the averages, why have the discussion? Assign weights to the centuries and average and you can 'compute' your best worst batsman.

And Ganguly was atleast as good as Vaughan. Their records are similar, and both were great to watch in full flow, and both were sh!thouse most of the time, and both led from the front when it was really needed of them.

by doremi Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:38

And Ganguly is a LEGEND.

by JKLever Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:42

HH_pink wrote:
JKLever wrote:
HH_pink wrote:@JKL: nope, Astle was always great to watch.

Not the point. He was still rather gash...

It's between Shastri & Astle then.

I thought that was one of the points. If it's just the averages, why have the discussion?

It's not just averages plainly... but Aesthetics don't come into the argument.

Who made the most out of the least talent is perhaps a better way of phrasing it.

by HH_pink Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:42

doremi wrote:And Ganguly is a LEGEND.

Yeah, that too.

by doremi Tue 10 Mar 2009, 13:45

It's Shastri. Case closed.

by PeterCS Tue 10 Mar 2009, 18:16

Shastlei?

by Gary 111 Tue 10 Mar 2009, 20:40

9 Test Hundreds and an average of 51.07.

But every time I have watched him bat he has been an absolute gash-lord...

link

by Gary 111 Tue 10 Mar 2009, 20:53

On the original premise of looking ugly as sin at the crease but grafting out the runs - maybe Chanders and Peter Willey could be nominations?

by The One Tue 10 Mar 2009, 21:07

wrong thread

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