Re: All time SA team

by skully Mon 23 Nov 2009, 08:53

Funny. A great record but I felt Gary never watched the ball (a bit like Bevo). Obvo great eye-hand coordination, so no need to watch it right onto the bat. shrug

by Bradman Mon 23 Nov 2009, 08:53

Hansie if he had money on himself.

by JGK Mon 23 Nov 2009, 08:54

If I had to pick a Saffie to play for his own life it would be Kallis.

by lardbucket Mon 23 Nov 2009, 08:55

Bradman wrote:Hansie if he had money on himself.

'bat for my life', not 'bet for his life'. Oh.

by Fred Nerk Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:05

To broaden the selection criteria, here are a few more legendary Sith Effrikins:

Nelson Mandela
Christian Barnard
Allan Paton
JM Coetzee
Gary Player
Ernie Els
Amanda Coetzer
Desmond Tutu
Manfred Mann
And of course, this mob:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EmntlxTcPc

by PeterCS Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:10

Bit of a mixed bag there.

by PeterCS Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:11

Where is Shaka?

by taipan Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:20

PeterCS wrote:Where is Shaka?

Dead and buried.

by skully Mon 23 Nov 2009, 10:23

Morne du Plessis was pretty handy from my early memories.

by Red Mon 23 Nov 2009, 11:05

Gary 111 wrote:Bruce Mitchell wouldn't make my side - A decent grafter but not All Time XI class - the 1930s had even flatter pitches and fewer fast bowlers than the last decade.

f.

Interesting because all the reading I've done (and backed up by footage of pie chuckers) has suggested that it was a very batsmen-friendly era apart from the odd time when there were wet pitches because they were obviously uncovered back then. Yet many take umbrage if you mount such an argument in the context of the records of the great men of that era such as Bradman and Hammond.

by JGK Mon 23 Nov 2009, 11:54

Fred Nerk wrote:To broaden the selection criteria, here are a few more legendary Sith Effrikins:

Nelson Mandela
Christian Barnard
Allan Paton
JM Coetzee
Gary Player
Ernie Els
Amanda Coetzer
Desmond Tutu
Manfred Mann
And of course, this mob:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EmntlxTcPc

And this mob:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/350288/cricket_flash/

by Bradman Mon 23 Nov 2009, 12:17

What no Slovo, Tambo or Suzmann?

Thoough if you wanted some South Africans to play for your lives you could include: van den Bergh, a couple of Malans, a Verwoerd, some Bothas and a Vorster.

by taipan Mon 23 Nov 2009, 12:57

Bradman wrote:What no Slovo, Tambo or Suzmann?

Thoough if you wanted some South Africans to play for your lives you could include: van den Bergh, a couple of Malans, a Verwoerd, some Bothas and a Vorster.

Hey Bradders, the Bothas have been banned from the doos(ra)

by JKLever Mon 23 Nov 2009, 15:23

Wot no Kenny McEwan?

by Guest Mon 23 Nov 2009, 15:44

Put Johnny Clegg on vocals.

by Brass Monkey Mon 23 Nov 2009, 16:28

What, no Mark Fish or Rassie Erasmus? Well well well.....

by taipan Thu 26 Nov 2009, 06:51

Apparently the middle order is up but I can't access cricinfo from here to provide to a lonk

by taipan Fri 04 Dec 2009, 10:05

Middle Order

by taipan Fri 04 Dec 2009, 10:06

2 allrounders

by taipan Fri 04 Dec 2009, 10:08

Keepers

by Guest Fri 04 Dec 2009, 10:11

Charlize Theron

by ten years after Fri 04 Dec 2009, 12:15

Keepers - It's a straight choice between Cameron and Waite. Both were great keepers and decent batsmen. The others were/are decent keepers and decent batsmen.

by ten years after Fri 04 Dec 2009, 12:18

taipan wrote:2 allrounders

Faulkner as the number 6
Pollock or Procter as number 8. Probably Pollock but you get the feeling that Procter just might have been the greatest all rounder ever. If only....

by taipan Fri 04 Dec 2009, 19:50

ten years after wrote:Keepers - It's a straight choice between Cameron and Waite. Both were great keepers and decent batsmen. The others were/are decent keepers and decent batsmen.

I'm going for Lindsay, but cricinfo will go for Waite.

Better keeper but Lindsay was better than Gilchrist in 66/67

by ten years after Sat 05 Dec 2009, 05:47

taipan wrote:
ten years after wrote:Keepers - It's a straight choice between Cameron and Waite. Both were great keepers and decent batsmen. The others were/are decent keepers and decent batsmen.

I'm going for Lindsay, but cricinfo will go for Waite.

Better keeper but Lindsay was better than Gilchrist in 66/67

Other than that one series Waites record is better as a batsman. At first class level they had similar averages but Waite scored twice as many centuries. Waite was the better keeper.

Unless players are to be judged only on their best three months there is no reason to prefer Lindsay.

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