Best HuB ODI Team(Post 90s) - #4 Position

[Plum]

As we go through the poll in the other thread, time to start thinking #4.
Options open. Don't worry about who will win #3. Nominate irrespective of that. You can nominate upto 10 options each

[P_R]

Aravinda Madmax de Silva

2 wickets for 1 run
Waeld cup semifinal
Hostile bottle hurling crowd
Openers known for all succes hitherto in the tourney
Home team bleddy assumes they have won the match
Dude comes in cool as cucumber
66 in 47 balls with 14 intercoursing boundaries
NOT A SINGLE ON OF THEM SLOG SHOTS

#whatay 'mbAingaLE

[Maniraj]

desilva,inzamam,azaruddin,cronje,ijaz ahmed,yuvraj,steve waugh,micheal hussey

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Aravinda Madmax de Silva

2 wickets for 1 run
Waeld cup semifinal
Hostile bottle hurling crowd
Openers known for all succes hitherto in the tourney
Home team bleddy assumes they have won the match
Dude comes in cool as cucumber
66 in 47 balls with 14 intercoursing boundaries
NOT A SINGLE ON OF THEM SLOG SHOTS

#whatay 'mbAingaLE
18-aavadhu (ethanai thadavaidhaan +1,+2 laye irukkaradhu :D)

[P_R]

azaruddin,cronje
Amount fellows
ijaz ahmed, bimodal disbeesan
yuvraj,:rotfl:

steve waugh, disproporsanEt ispet

husseyavinga oorlayE unseletted saar

[Maniraj]

Mr.Cricket pathi thappa paesathinga :hammer:. Mathavanga pathi no comments :mrgreen:

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Allo PR, 10 nomination kaetteenga kuduthurukkaaru. List-la first-a namma aalu irukkaarennu sandhosapaduradhai vittuttu discourage panreengale :lol2:

[HonestRaj]

one day'va test match'ah?

[Puliyan_Biryani]

one day'va test match'ah?
Topic Title-laam padikkira vazhakkame illaiya :twisted:. One Day-dhaan.

Plum, it is better to add 'Post 90s' in the title.

[Maniraj]

honest. . Thread title paakalaya?

[HonestRaj]

oh ayam saary.. #4 mattumthan parthen

[HonestRaj]

naama yaravenumnalum sollalaama illai #4 specialist'ai than nominate pannanuma?

[P_R]

naama yaravenumnalum sollalaama illai #4 specialist'ai than nominate pannanuma? murugEsannu pEr vainga

[HonestRaj]

Kallis, Aravinda de silva, chanderpaul, Cullinan, craig mcmilan

ivangala ellam en kaila kudutha #4'la erakkuven.. atleast in a kambuter game

[Dhakshan]

Inzy and Aravinda :D

[VinodKumar's]

oh ayam saary.. #4 mattumthan parthen

aanest, intha position la varavanga CAPTAIN aaga neriya saans irruku :D

[Benny Lava]

ijaz ahmed, bimodal disbeesan:rotfl:

What is disproporsanEt ispet ? :thinking:

[Riyazz]

ajay jadeja

[ajithfederer]

Edhukku?. Ingayum vandhu match pixing pannava?

ajay jadeja

[P_R]

ijaz ahmed, bimodal disbeesan:rotfl:

nesamA thaan solREn.

# ODI innings: 250
# ODI innings < 10 runs 104 (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/40551.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;r unsmax1=10;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=bat ting;view=innings) !

47 50 + scores.

ninnuttA adippApla.


What is disproporsanEt ispet ? :thinking: StevevA appidi enna paNNittapla. WC 99, 2000 WI tour maadhiri oru sila viral vittu eNNa koodiya wonday match. thassaal.

summA iceman, niceman 'nga vENdiyadhu.

That he is possibly as good a backfoot player as Dravid himself is another story altogether

[ajithfederer]

Hallo, Steve waugh is an Excellent middle order batsman. Has nearly 7500 runs and 45 fifties (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8192.html). Finisher of the game. Can consolidate and attack at ease. Has 195 wickets. Can bowl in middle overs as well.

Late 90's Cronje team kooda ODI's in SA jeciha orae team Aus thaan. Steve Waugh is a must for 5th/6th batsman.




ijaz ahmed, bimodal disbeesan:rotfl:

nesamA thaan solREn.

# ODI innings: 250
# ODI innings < 10 runs 104 (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/40551.html?class=2;filter=advanced;orderby=start;r unsmax1=10;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=bat ting;view=innings) !

47 50 + scores.

ninnuttA adippApla.


What is disproporsanEt ispet ? :thinking: StevevA appidi enna paNNittapla. WC 99, 2000 WI tour maadhiri oru sila viral vittu eNNa koodiya wonday match. thassaal.

summA iceman, niceman 'nga vENdiyadhu.

That he is possibly as good a backfoot player as Dravid himself is another story altogether

[raghavendran]

lara dhan...10405 runs wid an avg of 41..and ofcourese a legend..desilvan lam venam :evil:

[Movie Cop]

#4 batting nominations:

1. Aravinda De silva: Great batsman, elegance/gracefulness personified, murderous on his day, great user of his feet, equally at ease against pace or spin, could play every shot in the book and can bat in all kinds of wicket/surface. Like many great batsmen in world cricket, has the ability to change the complexion of a game in a few overs. His off-spin is a great utility/value add.

2. Mohd Azharuddin: Azhar's batting is a sight for the gods. Silken elegance is the rule of Azhar's batting. Watching Azhar in full flow, is like watching an artist going into a zone. Wristy, Azhoo bhai can hit the same ball on either side of the wicket at his own discretion (VVS is a carbon copy of Azhar but technically more correct) thus reducing a bowler to a joke. His razor sharp fielding can easily save 20-30 runs in a single game not to mention some unbelivable catching than can turn a half-chance into full.

3. Inzamam Ul Haq: Inzy, like Aravinda, is a class act. He plays his shots with lazy elegance and is also a technically correct batsman like Aravinda. Every shot that Inzy plays is a sheer delight to watch. Being a big man, Inzy's biggest strength is, besides playing proper cricketing shots, that he can really press the accelerator pedal during slog overs by playing big shots. He can consistently hit the ball out of the ground. However, his sloppy running between the wickets could be his undoing. Outside of the slip cordon, Inzy is not one of the best fielders in the world.

4. Carl Hooper: Hooper is tailor made for limited overs cricket. A very elegant batsman, he is extremely effective in the middle overs by keeping the score board ticking without taking big risks. As far as his batting is concerned his best position is 4, since Hooper needs some time to settle in before unleashing his big shots. A very calculative batsman, Hooper can step up the gas by playing some really big shots, if required. Very good player of spin and uses his feet very well against them. Like Azhar, Hooper is a very sharp catcher and can pull off some stunning catches on the field and yet still make them look ridiculously easy. His off-spinners can make him fill-up the fifth bowler slot full time. Hooper can easily provide a solid batting all rounder option.

5. Andy Flower: Consistency is one of the biggest forte of Flower. For a left hander, his batting is not necessarily elegant but he brings a workman like discipline to the middle order. And he is particularly adept in holding the batting together. In situations of collapse, he can really anchor one end safe. Keeping in mind that Gilly is out of picture as an opener (:twisted:), Flower provides the wicket keeping option for free besides his batting.

6. Stephen Flemming: Flemming is best known for his shrewd captaincy and maximizing the minimum resources he always had in his hand. But his batting (particularly in limited overs cricket) is very understated. Flemming takes time to settle down, but once he sets his eye in, he can play some really free flowing strokes. Like Inzy and Hooper, Flemming can also play some big shots when the asking rate climbs up.

[Plum]

Thanks guys. Let's keep this thread alive till Friday. After that, I will count and put up a poll

[Movie Cop]

Couple of other nominations that crossed my mind for #4 slot and below are my reasons:

7. Steve Tikolo: It is very unfortunate that Tikolo played for Kenya. If only, had he played for any other Test playing nation, he would have had a career that would have fulfilled his potential. From whatever little I have seen of him, Tikolo, is a class act. Very powerfully built, Tikolo can play shots all round the wicket with elan. His stylish knock of 65 in his debut ODI aganist India in '96 WC had class written over it. "Oru pAnai sothukku, oru sOru padham stuff". Superb execution of strokes that was. He also scored a century against India few years later, I think. Easily the best batsman Kenya has produced till data (IMO), Tikolo is just ideal at #4 and is worthy enough for a world XI conisderation.

8. Kevin Pieterson: Big hitter, consistent scorer in ODI cricket with a pretty good average, Pieterson is not a bad choice to consider for #4, as well. He may lack the elegance of some of the other batsman in my list but nevertheless effective.

[P_R]

lara dhan...10405 runs wid an avg of 41 orutharukku oru gaaji dhaan
..desilvan lam venam :evil: Benz car theriyumA...oru kilometer neeLathukku irukkum, adhukku munnAdi sakkaramAttam roundA irukkum. adhellAm nee yenga paathirukka pOre

[raajarasigan]

I thought of nominating Lara at # 4 but it is almost certain that he will sweep the poll for # 3...

nominations for # 4... almost same as Movie Cop :D

1. Carl Hooper - again, nominated him for # 3 posisan but he won't be selected anyway (aenna naane avarukku vote podala :oops: )
2. Azhar
3. Aravinda DeSilva
4. Inzamam
5. Damien Martyn

Pieterson, Hussey, Yuvraj -- a bit early to nominate these fellows...

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Benz car theriyumA...oru kilometer neeLathukku irukkum, adhukku munnAdi sakkaramAttam roundA irukkum. adhellAm nee yenga paathirukka pOre
:rotfl3:

innum Paramu yaen Seyasooriyaa-vai #4ku nomoinate pannalai :think:

[Movie Cop]

RR,
Hussey (alongside Bevan) is ideal @ #5. These guys are all post-30'th over specialists. Dhoni could also be considered @ #4 since we don't have a WK yet (but I didn't inlcude him because rest of #4 in my list are just too good for him).

[P_R]

Hallo, Steve waugh is an Excellent middle order batsman. Has nearly 7500 runs and 45 fifties (http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/8192.html). Finisher of the game. Can consolidate and attack at ease. Has 195 wickets. Can bowl in middle overs as well.

Yeah I like him a lot actually. I used to be a bit bummed about Markvik getting a lot of attention for a phase (though he truly deserved that).

de Silva comparison-la lightA pongittEn.



Steve Waugh is a must for 5th/6th batsman. appo saravaNa bevan vaazhkai ?
Hat tip to B(K)

[Movie Cop]

RR,
In ODI, Lara is better at #3 than #4. In ODI, it is always good to send your best batsman early so that he can utilize the maximum of the 50 overs his side gets to play. :) Plus LAra has scored lot of mathc winning centuires batting at #3. (His 169 vs. SL At Sharjah, century against SA in '96 Wc Quarter final, centruay against Australia in Brisbane chasing 290+ etc.) all came batting at #3.

Test cricket is a different ball game, and over there Lara's ideal slot (like Sachin) is #4.

So, I'd happy if Lara wins the #3 position.

[raghavendran]

lara dhan...10405 runs wid an avg of 41 orutharukku oru gaaji dhaan
..desilvan lam venam :evil: Benz car theriyumA...oru kilometer neeLathukku irukkum, adhukku munnAdi sakkaramAttam roundA irukkum. adhellAm nee yenga paathirukka pOre :lol: ..for postitions 3 and 4 lara dhan bestu..edhule irundhalum ok..

[raghavendran]

hooper is my choice.. :)

[raajarasigan]

RR,
In ODI, Lara is better at #3 than #4. In ODI, it is always good to send your best batsman early so that he can utilize the maximum of the 50 overs his side gets to play. :) Plus LAra has scored lot of mathc winning centuires batting at #3. (His 169 vs. SL At Sharjah, century against SA in '96 Wc Quarter final, centruay against Australia in Brisbane chasing 290+ etc.) all came batting at #3.

Test cricket is a different ball game, and over there Lara's ideal slot (like Sachin) is #4.

So, I'd happy if Lara wins the #3 position.agree with you... :) in the earlier part of his carrer, he was batting more at # 3.. still remember that 96' WC 111 smashing 5 fours in an over of pat symcox...

reg Hussey, yes.. can be an ideal #5 with his stats... but still, we have a pretty good # 5 batsman post 90. # 5 will be the most interesting poll, I assume... :D

[raajarasigan]

hooper is my choice.. :)+1
already decided to vote...

[Vivasaayi]

Aravindha de silva

On one side - Lara who makes batting look like the toughest art to master

indha pakkam aravandha de silva - who makes batting look like the easiest job on a sporting field..

[Riyazz]

andy flower......... my choice

[19thmay]

Some one should nominate Lara for 4, arasiyal-la enna venaalum nadakkalaam, solliputten aama..

[raajarasigan]

Some one should nominate Lara for 4, arasiyal-la enna venaalum nadakkalaam, solliputten aama..19th May, if lara wins # 3 position(almost won already), how he can be nominated for # 4? :roll:

[Dinesh84]

andy flower......... my choice He scores heavily only against India.. intha maathiri neraya players irukkanga.. they only score heavily against India.. egjampuzh Salman Butt, Chanderpaul, Younis Khan...

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Some one should nominate Lara for 4, arasiyal-la enna venaalum nadakkalaam, solliputten aama..19th May, if lara wins # 3 position(almost won already), how he can be nominated for # 4? :roll:
Gilchrist-Jayasuriya maadhiri aayida pogudhunnu solla varraaru :wink:. Ponting-ku vera 5 votes vizhundhurukku :shaking:

[Plum]

If Lara wins #3, even if he gets 100 nominations here, we'll not put him up as a poll option. We'll chose the next 10 in terms of highest nominations received in this thread.

But if he loses there, and there is no nomination here, then there is the danger of Lara not being in the poll here - that is 19th May's point, although I guess that would be too procedural an approach and we understand the general consensus in favour of Lara being a contender for #4, if he loses #3.

[raajarasigan]

Some one should nominate Lara for 4, arasiyal-la enna venaalum nadakkalaam, solliputten aama..19th May, if lara wins # 3 position(almost won already), how he can be nominated for # 4? :roll:
Gilchrist-Jayasuriya maadhiri aayida pogudhunnu solla varraaru :wink:. Ponting-ku vera 5 votes vizhundhurukku :shaking:Ponting'ku vizhundha 5 votela onnu naan pottathu... innonnu LM pottathu (hope so)... oru velai, Plum / 19th May vote pandra panel choice'a (athane?) manasula vachikittu solraaro...

ethukkum naan Lara'vaiyum nominate pandren..

# 4 position - Brian Charles Lara

[raghavendran]

If Lara wins #3, even if he gets 100 nominations here, we'll not put him up as a poll option. We'll chose the next 10 in terms of highest nominations received in this thread.

But if he loses there, and there is no nomination here, then there is the danger of Lara not being in the poll here - that is 19th May's point, although I guess that would be too procedural an approach and we understand the general consensus in favour of Lara being a contender for #4, if he loses #3.he wil win any 1 poll for sure..both postions heis thebest choice.. :notworthy:

[raghavendran]

eppo poll start pannuvinga?

[Plum]

I was planning on Friday but I am stuck with work(Unbelievably) now.

19th May, can you count and finalise the nominations? I'll put up the poll after that

[Plum]

[tscii:0b528b374c]Ok, so 19thMay has absconded(as expected)
Let me do the hardwork then.
Aravinda de Silva – P_R, maniraj, honestraj, Dhakshan, moviecop, raajarasigan, vivasaayi - 7

Inzamam – maniraj, Dhakshan, moviecop, raajarasigan - 4
Azharuddin – maniraj, moviecop, raajarasigan -3
Hansie Cronje - maniraj - 1
Ijaz Ahmed - maniraj - 1
Yuvraj - maniraj - 1
Steve Waugh - maniraj - 1
Michael Hussey – maniraj - 1
Jacques Kallis – honestraj - 1
S.Chanderpaul – honestraj - 1
D.Cullinan – honestraj - 1
C.McMillan – honestraj - 1
A.Jadeja – riyazz - 1
Lara – raghavendran, raajarasigan - 2
Carl Hooper – moviecop, raajarasigan, raghavendran - 3
Andy Flower – moviecop, riyazz - 2
S. Fleming – moviecop - 1
S. Tikolo – moviecop - 1
K.Pietersen – moviecop - 1
D.Martyn - raajarasigan - 1


Those who want to nominate Lara for #4 also, go ahead. Just in case he loses the #3, he will have enough nominations here. In case he wins #3, we'll ignore him.[/tscii:0b528b374c]

[steveaustin]

Damien Martyn(AUS), Kevin Pieterson(ENG), Roger Twose(NZ) and A.B. de Villiers(SA).

For me, the best ever 2 down is former innovative Kiwi captain Martin Crowe. :roll: Since he played till 1995.

[ajithfederer]

:rotfl:.

Thread aarambikkum podhe sonnen, that it is a very long cumbersome process.

[tscii]Ok, so 19thMay has absconded(as expected)

[raajarasigan]

Damien Martyn(AUS), Kevin Pieterson(ENG), Roger Twose(NZ) and A.B. de Villiers(SA).

For me, the best ever 2 down is former innovative Kiwi captain Martin Crowe. :roll: Since he played till 1995.Steve, I don't think they deserve a nomination here.. ABD is still a long way to go.. Twose :roll:

I think Martin Crowe played most of his innings at # 3 right.. ?

[P_R]

Twose-A :lol:

99 Waeld Cup-la reNdoru thadavai thenpattAr. mathapadi avunga oorlayE kooda nominate paNNuradhu kastam.

[Movie Cop]

Twose-A :lol:

99 Waeld Cup-la reNdoru thadavai thenpattAr. mathapadi avunga oorlayE kooda nominate paNNuradhu kastam.
:rotfl2:
Baady ellam bayangarama "built up" panirupaarpla. Aalu paarka, remba "hard"-uhh irupaarpla. Aana, batting-nu vandhutha, Twousu oda rousu thaanga mudiyaadhu. soft-nu na soft, appadi oru soft. :lol:

[Movie Cop]

RR,
Crowe played mostly at #4 in his career.

[Plum]

TwoseA? Apram allott, neil johnsonlAm koNdu varuvIngaLA?

If martin crowe, then what about miandad who played till 1996?

[raajarasigan]

Twose-A :lol:

99 Waeld Cup-la reNdoru thadavai thenpattAr. mathapadi avunga oorlayE kooda nominate paNNuradhu kastam.
:rotfl2:
Baady ellam bayangarama "built up" panirupaarpla. Aalu paarka, remba "hard"-uhh irupaarpla. Aana, batting-nu vandhutha, Twousu oda rousu thaanga mudiyaadhu. soft-nu na soft, appadi oru soft. :lol:Yes.. :lol: konjam David Warner'kku annan maadhiri iruppar...

[steveaustin]

Plum you seems to be one-sided. :)

Our fellow hubbers including a moderator :oops: made me to look at the statistics of other players. Then look at few other nominations too. They too are hyped players.

Ijaz Ahmed at #4 (everyone knows he never possessed a good technique and he is inconsistent too and not to tell about his batting style) solla pOnA enga ooru pAlkAran avana mAdhiri Aduvaru. However, he played well against Australia whether at home or away. He is a better horizontal bat player.

Played 52 matches, scored 1963 runs, at an average of 43.62 runs, strike rate of 75.55. Scored 2 100s and 14 50s.

Steve Tikolo at #4
Played 76 matches scored 2043 runs at an average of 30.49 runs with strike rate of 76.03. Scored 2 100s and 14 50s.

Stephen Fleming at #4
Played 82 matches scored 2365 runs at an average of 32.84 runs with strike rate of 71.10. Scored 3 100s and 11 50s.

Yuvraj Singh at #4
Played 78 matches scored 2426 runs at an average of 34.16 with St. rate 90.84 4 100s and 12 50s.

Roger Twose at #4
Played 44 matches scored 1828 runs at an average of 46.87 runs with a strike rate of 75.85. 1 100 and 15 50s.

[Plum]

Steve, one-sidedA? NAn enna twoseai nominationla sekka mattennu sonnEnA?

EllAm ninga nominate pandradhu dhaan.
I haven't counted after my last counting exercise. Count paNdrachE dinesh mongia yaaravadhu sonnaalum count paNNuvEn.
But ijaz ahmed, twose ellaam...
Feeyaar lol-ed at ijaz also

[raajarasigan]

Steve,

I did NOT nominate anyone mentioned in your list.. :) but still, I am :shock: looking at Twose's stats.. ODI average 46.. (though he played only 44 matches)..

ling plz...

[steveaustin]

Steve, one-sidedA? NAn enna twoseai nominationla sekka mattennu sonnEnA?

EllAm ninga nominate pandradhu dhaan.
I haven't counted after my last counting exercise. Count paNdrachE dinesh mongia yaaravadhu sonnaalum count paNNuvEn.
But ijaz ahmed, twose ellaam...
Feeyaar lol-ed at ijaz also

Plum,
nAn solla vandhadhu ennavenRAl niinga maththa nominationgaLai kiNdal adikkavillaiyE enbadhu dhAn. I am not the person to worry about nominations because this is not the end of the world. :lol:

Further I want to say one more thing. I've watched and loved more international cricket matches than Indian cricket matches. Frankly to say, for me, Indian cricket is little bit boring except for Sachin, Yuvraj as of now.

Raja rasigan
Here is the link (http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/38624.html?class=2;template=results;type=batting)

[Vivasaayi]

Ijaz Ahmed at #4

Steve Tikolo at #4

Stephen Fleming at #4

Yuvraj Singh at #4

Roger Twose at #4


warre waaa!

[19thmay]

[tscii:48e6c8fddc]Ok, so 19thMay has absconded(as expected)
Let me do the hardwork then.

P_R avatar pose
Abscond ellam illing....konjam busy! :oops:



Aravinda de Silva – P_R, maniraj, honestraj, Dhakshan, moviecop, raajarasigan, vivasaayi - 7

Inzamam – maniraj, Dhakshan, moviecop, raajarasigan - 4
Azharuddin – maniraj, moviecop, raajarasigan -3
Hansie Cronje - maniraj - 1
Ijaz Ahmed - maniraj - 1
Yuvraj - maniraj - 1
Steve Waugh - maniraj - 1
Michael Hussey – maniraj - 1
Jacques Kallis – honestraj - 1
S.Chanderpaul – honestraj - 1
D.Cullinan – honestraj - 1
C.McMillan – honestraj - 1
A.Jadeja – riyazz - 1
Lara – raghavendran, raajarasigan - 2
Carl Hooper – moviecop, raajarasigan, raghavendran - 3
Andy Flower – moviecop, riyazz - 2
S. Fleming – moviecop - 1
S. Tikolo – moviecop - 1
K.Pietersen – moviecop - 1
D.Martyn - raajarasigan - 1


Those who want to nominate Lara for #4 also, go ahead. Just in case he loses the #3, he will have enough nominations here. In case he wins #3, we'll ignore him.[/tscii:48e6c8fddc]

20 nominations? Plum, please advice how to design the poll?

[19thmay]

:rotfl:.

Thread aarambikkum podhe sonnen, that it is a very long cumbersome process.

[tscii]Ok, so 19thMay has absconded(as expected)


Enna sirippu? :evil:

Plum will make it :thumbsup:

Plum - Ennoda help eppa theva pattalum sollunga, panniduvom! 8-)

[ajithfederer]

j/k maams ;) :)

[19thmay]

j/k maams ;) :)

Ada, I know that! 8-)

[Plum]

19thMay:
Aravinda, Inzy can be considered already.

Let's give hubbers a couple of more days to choose among the rest. By Friday, I will put up the poll.
Hubbers of the world, unite and nominate among the choices above.

19, Meanwhile can you start the #5 thread:
Let's also define what we want from a #5:
Given we have Sachin, surya, lara and(likely) aravinda,b should we go for a solid rebuilder( a la Dravid/Kallis) or go with stats or look for batting all-rounder or what?

[Ramakrishna]

Mohammad yusuf

[Plum]

Irukkura optionsla choose paNNa sonnA teknikA pudhu option koNdu varrAngappA!

Ramki, apart from yousuf, do you endorse any of the non-aravinda options above. You are allowed to make 10 nominations

[Vivasaayi]

Given we have Sachin, surya, lara and(likely) aravinda,b should we go for a solid rebuilder( a la Dravid/Kallis) or go with stats or look for batting all-rounder or what?

dravid / kallislam outright rejected frm ODI teams..

number 5 - The BIG Inzi :) - solid and explosive

[littlemaster1982]

Inzamam is a right choice, but rejecting Dravid outright :notthatway:

[19thmay]

19, Meanwhile can you start the #5 thread:
Let's also define what we want from a #5:
Given we have Sachin, surya, lara and(likely) aravinda,b should we go for a solid rebuilder( a la Dravid/Kallis) or go with stats or look for batting all-rounder or what?

Plumji, can I start the thread after the poll for #4 begins?

[Plum]

Inzamam sari, more options kudunga. Pollnu oNNu pOttA 10 options irukkaNumla? - Opener spotku Nathan AstlelAm nominate paNNi nadathinOm. oppukku chapPANinAlum, 10 pEru irukkaNum

[19thmay]

Given we have Sachin, surya, lara and(likely) aravinda,b should we go for a solid rebuilder( a la Dravid/Kallis) or go with stats or look for batting all-rounder or what?

dravid / kallislam outright rejected frm ODI teams..

number 5 - The BIG Inzi :) - solid and explosive

Kallis avg in ODI is 45.84, I agree his strike rate is not great, but 72.77 is a descent one considering his long career. His last 10 ODI innings includes 1 Century and 5 half centuries. In the last few years his strike rate is > 80.

He is a handy bowler too. I am surprised why this hub always underrate him? :roll:

[P_R]

Kallis avg in ODI is 45.84, I agree his strike rate is not great, but 72.77 is a descent one considering his long career. His last 10 ODI innings includes 1 Century and 5 half centuries. In the last few years his strike rate is > 80.

He is a handy bowler too. I am surprised why this hub always underrate him? :roll:

heh heh
I very happy :-)

enna mukkunaalum nadakkAdhu :poke:

[19thmay]

Medium fast - All rounder-nu oru slot naanga create pannuvom, appo enna pannuveenga? :poke:

[P_R]

Medium fast - All rounder-nu oru slot naanga create pannuvom, appo enna pannuveenga? :poke:

S: enakku oNNu theriyudhuNNE
GM: ennadhu
S: oruthanukku pala vElai therinjAlum, oru vElai dhaan seyyaNum
GM: adEi oruthanukku oru vElai dhaan dA theriyin. pala vElai therinjA maadhiri kAttikkiradhu
VV: enakku oNNu theriyudhuNNE
GM: ennadhu?
VV: annaiyum pidhAvum munnari deivamnu avvaiyAr sonnadhu theriyudhu.

[Vivasaayi]

Kallis avg in ODI is 45.84, I agree his strike rate is not great, but 72.77 is a descent one considering his long career. His last 10 ODI innings includes 1 Century and 5 half centuries. In the last few years his strike rate is > 80.

He is a handy bowler too. I am surprised why this hub always underrate him? :roll:

avan average 90 strike rate 190 naalum vendam... avan velayadradha paakuradhukku pakkathu veetu aayaa vada sudradha paakalaam..

batting na epdi irukkanum...bowling na epdi irukanum....summa ginnunnu..oru podappoda...

ivan suttadhayellam "appam"nu accept pannave mudiyadhu...taste mukkiyamthan..presentation konjamavadhu nalla irukanum

[P_R]

Actually 4-ku appuRam alEkkA oru break vittu 11ku pOyittu reverse-la varuvOmA?

[raajarasigan]

Actually 4-ku appuRam alEkkA oru break vittu 11ku pOyittu reverse-la varuvOmA?illatti captain yaarunnu? :wink:

[ajithfederer]

5th position : I will go with Dravid. Mohammed Yousuf is also a very good contender.

6th batsman only choice is Steve Waugh.

[P_R]

ivan suttadhayellam "appam"nu accept pannave mudiyadhu...taste mukkiyamthan..presentation konjamavadhu nalla irukanum :lol:

Actually to some extent this is applicable to Yousuf also.

I remember once B(K) described his clinical batting using the Senthil quote from sAthAn sollai thattAdhE: ting ting tigAna tang tang tagAnA
:rotfl2:

[19thmay]

These players has more than one nominations. So they get qualified for the poll

1. A'De Silva
2. Inzamam
3. Azhar
4. Hooper
5. A.Flower

Following players are disqualified as one hubber has nominated and the same hubber has nominated one of the player who has already qualified for the poll.

S.Fleming, S.Tikolo, K.Pietersen, D.Martyn, A.Jadeja, Steve Waugh, Cronje, I.Ahmed, Yuvraj.

So the remaining one hubber (Honest) nominated players are

1. Kallis :2thumbsup:
2. Chanderpaul
3. Cullinan
4. Mcmillan


So adding these 4, the final list will be


1. A'De Silva
2. Inzamam
3. Azhar
4. Hooper
5. A.Flower
6. Kallis
7. Chanderpaul
8. Cullinan
9. Mc.Millan

Plum brother is this fine? Please add your nomination as 10th choice and start the poll.

[raajarasigan]

Following players are disqualified as one hubber has nominated and the same hubber has nominated one of the player who has already qualified for the poll.

S.Fleming, S.Tikolo, K.Pietersen, D.Martyn, A.Jadeja, Steve Waugh, Cronje, I.Ahmed, Yuvraj.

So the remaining one hubber (Honest) nominated players are

1. Kallis :2thumbsup:
2. Chanderpaul
3. Cullinan
4. Mcmillan


So adding these 4, the final list will be
19th May, Is this a new rule? :roll: :roll:

[19thmay]

Idhu verum yosanai thaanga, Plum brother thaan final decision edukanum.

[raajarasigan]

Idhu verum yosanai thaanga, Plum brother thaan final decision edukanum.ok... because there is a problem here.. people who have nominated for more than one player can vote anyone from their own nominations..

anyway, lets decide..

[Movie Cop]

Idhu verum yosanai thaanga, Plum brother thaan final decision edukanum.ok... because there is a problem here.. people who have nominated for more than one player can vote anyone from their own nominations..
Yes, exactly.

[Movie Cop]

Following players are disqualified as one hubber has nominated and the same hubber has nominated one of the player who has already qualified for the poll.

S.Fleming, S.Tikolo, K.Pietersen, D.Martyn, A.Jadeja, Steve Waugh, Cronje, I.Ahmed, Yuvraj.

the final list will be

1. A'De Silva
2. Inzamam
3. Azhar
4. Hooper
5. A.Flower
6. Kallis
7. Chanderpaul
8. Cullinan
9. Mc.Millan

Plum brother is this fine? Please add your nomination as 10th choice and start the poll.
Kevin Pietersen would be a better contender than McMillan @ #4, IMHO.

Also, for #10 option in the poll - I request Plum/Sridhar to pick from one of these 3 - Tikolo or Martyn or Cronje.

Tikolo/Martyn - Same blood. Elegance personified and a treat to watch at #4. They are a great choice as they an build their innings nicely and potentially even bat through their innings.

Cronje - Besides being a very effective bat at #4, he can unleash some big shots (if required) during the slog overs. Also, his medium pace ca easily fill the fifth bowler slot.

[P_R]

Tikolo

டகிலோ-வா !

உங்க மனிதாபிமானம் எல்லை மீறி போயிட்டு இருக்கு.

க்ரோஞ்சே (வந்த புதுசுல அப்பிடி தான் சொன்னோம்) வுக்கு கட்-அவுட்னா ரோட்ஸுக்கு கெட் அவுட்டா?

[Plum]

19th May, unga method konjam enakku sariyA padalai.

I dont know how to take this forward. Hubbers dhAN thIrmAnikaNum. Simple solution, all hubbers choose a list among the following as your nominations(upto 10):

S.Fleming, S.Tikolo, K.Pietersen, D.Martyn, A.Jadeja, Steve Waugh, Cronje, I.Ahmed, Yuvraj, Kallis, Chanderpaul, Cullinan, Mcmillan

innum reNdu nAl time.

indha muRai response illainA i yAm resign.

[Plum]

My method is simple

Each hubber can have 10 nominations - you obviously will vote only for one of them still choosee 10.

We count the no. of nominations for each candidate.

The first 10 in this list will get through to the poll.

[Bala (Karthik)]

Aravindan

[Bala (Karthik)]

Tikolo-va? - Like one of my friends used to put it for B.K Venkatesh Prasad (remba harsh :oops: ), "avanukke avana pudikkaadhu da!"

[19thmay]

19th May, unga method konjam enakku sariyA padalai.

I dont know how to take this forward. Hubbers dhAN thIrmAnikaNum. Simple solution, all hubbers choose a list among the following as your nominations(upto 10):

S.Fleming, S.Tikolo, K.Pietersen, D.Martyn, A.Jadeja, Steve Waugh, Cronje, I.Ahmed, Yuvraj, Kallis, Chanderpaul, Cullinan, Mcmillan

innum reNdu nAl time.

indha muRai response illainA i yAm resign.

Plum brother sila samayam jananayagathil, sarvAdhigaramum thevainu nenaikiren.
Anyway lets wait.

[raajarasigan]

19th May, unga method konjam enakku sariyA padalai.

I dont know how to take this forward. Hubbers dhAN thIrmAnikaNum. Simple solution, all hubbers choose a list among the following as your nominations(upto 10):

S.Fleming, S.Tikolo, K.Pietersen, D.Martyn, A.Jadeja, Steve Waugh, Cronje, I.Ahmed, Yuvraj, Kallis, Chanderpaul, Cullinan, Mcmillan

innum reNdu nAl time.

indha muRai response illainA i yAm resign.

Plum brother sila samayam jananayagathil, sarvAdhigaramum thevainu nenaikiren.
Anyway lets wait.jananayagathil sarvAdhigaram - Oxymoron!!!

[Plum]

Aravindan
Aravindan already seletted. matha options choose paNNa help paNnunga

[raajarasigan]

Plum,

I think we should restrict the nominations for the poll.. why do you need 10 players for the poll? just have the players who have got the maximum # of nominations...

ore oru nomination ellam rejeeted..

[Plum]

summA mega serial mAdhiri OttalAmnu dhAn...
Dont have much time today so tomorrow final poll will be put up.

[Movie Cop]

Tikolo

டகிலோ-வா !
உங்க மனிதாபிமானம் எல்லை மீறி போயிட்டு இருக்கு.

க்ரோஞ்சே (வந்த புதுசுல அப்பிடி தான் சொன்னோம்) வுக்கு கட்-அவுட்னா ரோட்ஸுக்கு கெட் அவுட்டா?
:notthatway:

ennoda favorites-le - onnu kirikEt, innonu drinks... Idhe vechu paartha, TikOlan ~ Single malt Irish/Scotch or bitter stout (beer). Discerning drinker-kku thein arumai puriyin-baingale, andha maadhiri. Anyday, I would prefer the likes of TikOlan's 30's over the Kaalliappan's/Sandhira Falan's centuries. Beyond statistics/averages, just fersonal freference ambuthu thein. :)

As far Curunje, he is ideal @ 4. I see a hurried/busy Rhodes as a #5 candidate - a la Bevan/Hussey. Amongst pre-dominantly boring list of 90's SA batsmen (Wessels/Hudson/Kirsten(s)/Rhodes/Kaalliappan/Smith etc.) - Curunje batting thein konjam chEnnel maarthAma paarkarA maadhiri irrukum. And he is a very clean hitter too.

Enna thein en tharappil irundhu nomniations vandhaalum, final vote for #4 is for AravindaR.

[raajarasigan]

Curunje :lol: still remember thats how Tamil magazines was writing his name (dhinamani..).. naanum atha paarthu appadi than koopiduvom...

Movie Cop, I am nominating Cronje for # 5 slot... and also for captain for this Best ODI XI..

[Plum]

These players has more than one nominations. So they get qualified for the poll

1. A'De Silva
2. Inzamam
3. Azhar
4. Hooper
5. A.Flower

Following players are disqualified as one hubber has nominated and the same hubber has nominated one of the player who has already qualified for the poll.

S.Fleming, S.Tikolo, K.Pietersen, D.Martyn, A.Jadeja, Steve Waugh, Cronje, I.Ahmed, Yuvraj.

So the remaining one hubber (Honest) nominated players are

1. Kallis :2thumbsup:
2. Chanderpaul
3. Cullinan
4. Mcmillan


So adding these 4, the final list will be


1. A'De Silva
2. Inzamam
3. Azhar
4. Hooper
5. A.Flower
6. Kallis
7. Chanderpaul
8. Cullinan
9. Mc.Millan

Plum brother is this fine? Please add your nomination as 10th choice and start the poll.

Since Cronje has got much support since this post, adding him to
1. A'De Silva
2. Inzamam
3. Azhar
4. Hooper
5. A.Flower
6. Wessels Hansie Cronje

Since Kallis can fight for allrounder slot at #6 or #7, leaving him out.

With no clear cut favourite for other 4 slots, applying statistics (http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?batting_positionmax1=4;batting_position min1=4;batting_positionval1=batting_position;class =2;filter=advanced;orderby=runs;qualmax1=20000;qua lmin1=3000;qualval1=runs;spanmin1=01+Jan+1990;span val1=span;template=results;type=batting) and/or Poll officer bias
1. Damien Martyn(Stats+PO Bias)
2. Steve Waugh(PO Bias)
3. M Jayawardene(stats)
4. M Yousuf (stats)

10 Nominations =
1. A'De Silva (Hubbers' Popular Choice)
2. Inzamam (Hubbers' Popular Choice)
3. Azhar (Hubbers' Popular Choice)
4. Hooper (Hubbers' Popular Choice)
5. A.Flower (Hubbers' Popular Choice)
6. Wessels Hansie Cronje (Hubbers' Somewhat Popular Choice)
7. Damien Martyn(Stats+PO Bias)
8. Steve Waugh(PO Bias)
9. M Jayawardene(stats)
10. M Yousuf (stats)

[Plum]

Since 1990's, Batsmen with 3000+ Runs at #4
Overall figures Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0
PA de Silva (SL) 1990-2003 180 175 22 6053 145 39.56 7382 81.99 10 40 12

Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 1992-2007 151 147 19 5175 123 40.42 6814 75.94 6 37 8

DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL) 1998-2010 172 164 17 5156 128 35.07 6798 75.84 5 38 11

Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 1999-2010 123 121 20 4421 129 43.77 5999 73.69 7 31 7

M Azharuddin (India) 1990-2000 131 126 21 4326 153* 41.20 5554 77.88 3 31 3

R Dravid (Asia/India) 1996-2007 108 102 11 3301 109* 36.27 4655 70.91 2 26 5

DR Martyn (Aus) 1998-2006 108 102 25 3134 104* 40.70 4215 74.35 3 24 8

- Only Rahul Dravid misses out a nomination from this list
- Jayawardene can be replaced by Rahul Dravid in the nominations list if suffcient support is received
- Others are quite clearly above these two in stats
- Dravid gives a backup keeper option so rethinking on Jayawardene. Suggestions invited.
- Aravinda's going to win anyway so these are academic choices anyway!

[Plum]

Poll will be put up by EOD.
Meanwhile, discuss on Dravid vs Jayawardene vs Martyn

[Plum]

Reducing the qualification to 2000 following is the list:
Overall figures Player Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 0
PA de Silva (SL) 1990-2003 180 175 22 6053 145 39.56 7382 81.99 10 40 12
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) 1992-2007 151 147 19 5175 123 40.42 6814 75.94 6 37 8
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL) 1998-2010 172 164 17 5156 128 35.07 6798 75.84 5 38 11
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 1999-2010 123 121 20 4421 129 43.77 5999 73.69 7 31 7
M Azharuddin (India) 1990-2000 131 126 21 4326 153* 41.20 5554 77.88 3 31 3
R Dravid (Asia/India) 1996-2007 108 102 11 3301 109* 36.27 4655 70.91 2 26 5
DR Martyn (Aus) 1998-2006 108 102 25 3134 104* 40.70 4215 74.35 3 24 8
A Flower (Zim) 1995-2003 84 82 6 2867 142* 37.72 3517 81.51 2 24 8
MJ Clarke (Aus) 2004-2010 75 72 13 2698 130 45.72 3629 74.34 2 22 4
JH Kallis (ICC/SA) 1996-2010 76 73 17 2635 109* 47.05 3636 72.46 2 20 5
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 1991-2007 88 84 9 2515 156 33.53 3350 75.07 2 14 6
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India) 2000-2010 81 78 7 2426 138* 34.16 2684 90.38 4 12 3
SP Fleming (NZ) 1994-2006 82 82 10 2365 116* 32.84 3326 71.10 3 11 3
AB de Villiers (SA) 2006-2010 56 54 9 2362 109 52.48 2656 88.93 5 15 0
MG Bevan (Aus) 1994-2004 59 53 15 2265 108* 59.60 3257 69.54 3 17 0
CL Hooper (WI) 1990-2002 66 63 10 2169 111 40.92 2690 80.63 4 14 2
KC Sangakkara (SL) 2001-2010 67 62 8 2147 110 39.75 2781 77.20 3 17 2
SR Tendulkar (India) 1990-2007 65 61 8 2059 140* 38.84 2671 77.08 4 15 5
SO Tikolo (Afr/Kenya) 1996-2010 79 76 9 2043 111 30.49 2687 76.03 2 14 7
SB Styris (NZ) 2003-2008 71 65 13 2041 141 39.25 2547 80.13 3 13 4
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[Plum]

Some highlights of above stats

At #4
1. Sangakarra has better average and S/R than Tendulkar
2. Yuvraj Singh has the best S/R but average is only above Tikolo, Fleming and....Lara!
3. Lara has the third lowest average at a median strike rate among this list
4. Tikolo and Fleming are bottom of the list
5. Kallis has a better average than most of the nominations here and crowd favourites. At a decent strike rate. Plus his bowling skills
6. There are two candidates who didnt crop up in Hub discussions for #4
a) AB Devilliers has an average of 50+ at S/R 88+!
b) Bevan has a whopping average of 59 but at S/R 69, which is the lowest among this bunch.
7. There is one name no hubber might have imagined in his wildest dreams - Scott Styris!
8. One more surprising candidate - M Clarke - 2700 runs at 45+ at 74.38. The S/R, though higher than Yousuf, Dravid, Kallis, and more or less similar to Martyn, Lara, Inzy, Jaya, etc needs to be put in perspective - in that the modern era, 74 is a below par S/R as compared to th e90's when it was a top S/R.

[GP]

AB Devilliers

[Movie Cop]

Curunje :lol: still remember thats how Tamil magazines was writing his name (dhinamani..).. naanum atha paarthu appadi than koopiduvom...

Movie Cop, I am nominating Cronje for # 5 slot... and also for captain for this Best ODI XI..
Agree with you, RR. After a second thought, Curunje would be a better #5 than #4.

But GaptEncy visayathulla mattum konjam usArA irrukOnum. Curunje padhavile irundha, nAdhArithanam ellam pannuvaarplE. :lol:

[Movie Cop]

- Only Rahul Dravid misses out a nomination from this list
- Jayawardene can be replaced by Rahul Dravid in the nominations list if suffcient support is received
- Others are quite clearly above these two in stats
- Dravid gives a backup keeper option so rethinking on Jayawardene. Suggestions invited.
- Aravinda's going to win anyway so these are academic choices anyway!


Poll will be put up by EOD.
Meanwhile, discuss on Dravid vs Jayawardene vs Martyn

Dravid is not a bad saaice for 4 given we have quick scorers, flamboyant stroke makers - Jaysuriya, Sachin & Lara at the first 3 spots. However, for Dravid, the more lower he bats in the order the more risky it would be. If I were a coach or captain and I'm given both Lara & Dravid in my ODI squad by the selectors - then I would play Dravid @ 3 and Lara@ 4 simply because the more lower in the order that Dravid bats, the more discomfort for both Dravid and the team. So, if I pick Dravid, it directly conflicts with my wish that Lara should bat at #3.

OTOH, Martyn is more fluent @4 as well as equally attractive as a batsman. Seyavaradhan is also fluent/stylish but sometimes he is a nervous starter and has shown tendencies to struggle a bit on bouncy Aus/SA wickets against quality quicks.

Among Dravid/Martyn/Seyavaradhan - my preference would be Martyn.

[Movie Cop]

And Plum, if you looking for WK-ing options with Dravid, then DeVilliers or McCullum are worthy considerations than Dravid.

[Plum]

With a couple of additional support for Devilliers, I am replacing Jayawardene with Devilliers.
Since enough chance has been given to hubberrs on this poll, I am putting it up right now

[Dhakshan]

With a couple of additional support for Devilliers, I am replacing Jayawardene with Devilliers.
Since enough chance has been given to hubberrs on this poll, I am putting it up right now

Plum, cast my vote also for Devilliers in this list :)

[raajarasigan]

Vaakku Padhivu seyyappattathu..

[P_R]

aravinda adiyaargaLE vandhu kuthunga.
At no stage in the poll should he lag behind any of the others. Kamaan :2thumbsup:

[Plum]

With a couple of additional support for Devilliers, I am replacing Jayawardene with Devilliers.
Since enough chance has been given to hubberrs on this poll, I am putting it up right now

Plum, cast my vote also for Devilliers in this list :)

unga vote nInga dhAn pOdaNum. nAn pOttA adhu kaLLa vOttAyidum!

[Dhakshan]

With a couple of additional support for Devilliers, I am replacing Jayawardene with Devilliers.
Since enough chance has been given to hubberrs on this poll, I am putting it up right now

Plum, cast my vote also for Devilliers in this list :)

unga vote nInga dhAn pOdaNum. nAn pOttA adhu kaLLa vOttAyidum!

No.. Devilliers support panra indha list le ennayum sethukonga nu solla vandhaen...

[Maniraj]

Voted for Inzi :P

[Plum]

With a couple of additional support for Devilliers, I am replacing Jayawardene with Devilliers.
Since enough chance has been given to hubberrs on this poll, I am putting it up right now

Plum, cast my vote also for Devilliers in this list :)

unga vote nInga dhAn pOdaNum. nAn pOttA adhu kaLLa vOttAyidum!

No.. Devilliers support panra indha list le ennayum sethukonga nu solla vandhaen...

theriyum. summA mokkai...

[Plum]

Vonly feeyar and me voted for Aravinda?
EdhAvadhu upset kipset AayidumO indha pOll-la?

[Dhakshan]

Vonly feeyar and me voted for Aravinda?
EdhAvadhu upset kipset AayidumO indha pOll-la?

:cool2: Voted for De Silva...

[Plum]

Dhakshan, :cool: - that is the spirit

[Dhakshan]

:cool: De Silva wins this poll :yes:

[raajarasigan]

Hooper'kku vote potta nabarkku :clap:

[Vivasaayi]

de silva voted!

[HonestRaj]

voted for De silva.. have seen him bowling offspinners in the first 15 overs & getting the openers.. esp. Gilchrist

[Movie Cop]

Vonly feeyar and me voted for Aravinda?
EdhAvadhu upset kipset AayidumO indha pOll-la?

:cool2: Voted for De Silva...
Namma aalu AravindaR kandippa jeipaar-ngra nambikkaile, adutha thErthal (#5) prachAram panna, Inzy-kku votu potEn. :froggrin:

[ajithfederer]

Plum,

I see your soolchi in adding steve waugh for the #4 batting position. He was supposed to be in 5th. :twisted:

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Aravindarukku vote-iyaachu :D. vetri namadhe :thumbsup:.

[HonestRaj]

adangokkamakka... puli.. avatar :thumbsup:

[Dhakshan]

//Puli, unga siggy 'Adangokkamaka' ne veikalaam :wink: //

[Puliyan_Biryani]

//:ty: Honest & Dhaks.

Honestu, andha Anjana pullaiya adhu-mada veettukulla ukkaandhuttu sirikka sollunga :lol2:.

Dhaks, actually my idea for siggy was "kazhudhai meikkira payyanukku evlo arivu paatheengala". sari makkal theerpe mahesan theerpu :).
//

[Dhakshan]

:2thumbsup:

[P_R]

THE POLL CLOSES ON 24th NOVEMBER

Please vote for Aravinda before that

[Riyazz]

voted for azharudeen....... :thumbsup:

[19thmay]

Very interesting, 3 days left and Hooper is just 1 vote behind of Silva.
Hmmm....

[19thmay]

8:7 now :)

[Puliyan_Biryani]

sandhu pondhu indu idukkula irukkaravanga yaaraachum irundhaa, vandhu Aravinda-vukku vote pannunga.

What is the decision if we end up in a tie?

[Plum]

Tie irundhA poll officers have casting vote ;-)

[raajarasigan]

wow :D Carl Hooper got 7 votes.. vote potta maha janagalukku nandri... :clap: :thumbsup:

kamaan... innum orey oru vottu...

[raajarasigan]

indha poll eppo close pandraanga.. naalaikka ? :roll:

[raajarasigan]

ada chey.. :evil: summa irundha thread'a oru post pottu Hooper'ku yaarayavaadhu vottu poda vaikkalamnu paartha.... marupadiyum Aravindar'kke oru vote vizhundhirukku... :oops: EKSI.. :x

[Puliyan_Biryani]

RR :rotfl2:. nandri hai :thumbsup:.

[Bala (Karthik)]

Manoharan at #4-a? What is this?

[P_R]

:x
What's going on here ???

de Silva should have gotten more votes than all the others put together.

[Maniraj]

Hooper :shock:

[Riyazz]

de silva & hopper a :banghead:

[Dinesh84]

De Silva ok..
Hooper :?

[raajarasigan]

De Silva ok..
Hooper :? :huh: he was very under-rated because of his NOT so encouraging stats... an under acheiver... but still, an excellent batsman for # 4...

[Bala (Karthik)]

Carl Hoopa Roja papa (Harper) ellam eppadi nomination aanaanga? :evil:

[jinju]

ippdi oru voting nadakkutha inga? is the voting over or still going on? no-brainer really. Mad Max all the way it shud be!

[Plum]

Jinj, voting on. And we'll slowly go over to the 11 also. Share thoughts

[P_R]

Roja papa (Harper) :lol:

[ajithfederer]

SananaAyagam, :noteeth:

:x
What's going on here ???
de Silva should have gotten more votes than all the others put together.

[Puliyan_Biryani]

Voting mudinjudhaa? jeyichuttomaa?

[P_R]

THE POLL CLOSES ON 24th NOVEMBER

Please vote for Aravinda before that

[Riyazz]

Today last day va

[jinju]

voted for de silva

[19thmay]

So Aravinda wins the race by 38%

[Maniraj]

Seekaram poll close pandrathulae kuriya irukeenga polae :lol2:

[Riyazz]

Nan azharku vote panan . Aravinda :thumbsup:

[raajarasigan]

So Aravinda wins the race by 38%what is the deadline? Nov 24th EOD ? India time OR US time?

[steveaustin]

:lol:
Rules ellAm bayangaramA follow paNNureenga pOla irukku. :P
In cricket history, if one man who never justified his talent completely, then he is Carl Hooper. Certainly he is one of the wonderful natural talents.

[Puliyan_Biryani]

So Aravinda wins the race by 38%what is the deadline? Nov 24th EOD ? India time OR US time?
Still this ooru believing in Carl Hooper :lol:. So sad :cry:.

[raajarasigan]

So Aravinda wins the race by 38%what is the deadline? Nov 24th EOD ? India time OR US time?
Still this ooru believing in Carl Hooper :lol:. So sad :cry:.allov.. 7 vottu vizhundhadhe engalukku vetri than.. at one stage, it was 8:7.. so far the closest poll for the Best ODI team...

[Puliyan_Biryani]

So Aravinda wins the race by 38%what is the deadline? Nov 24th EOD ? India time OR US time?
Still this ooru believing in Carl Hooper :lol:. So sad :cry:.allov.. 7 vottu vizhundhadhe engalukku vetri than.. at one stage, it was 8:7.. so far the closest poll for the Best ODI team...
Cool cool. Good pight :thumbsup:.

jeyicha medhappula 'Nagaraja Chozhan MA MLA'nu adichu vidaradhudhaan :D.

[HonestRaj]

So Aravinda wins the race by 38%what is the deadline? Nov 24th EOD ? India time OR US time?
Still this ooru believing in Carl Hooper :lol:. So sad :cry:.allov.. 7 vottu vizhundhadhe engalukku vetri than.. at one stage, it was 8:7.. so far the closest poll for the Best ODI team...

aarmbikkiradhukku munnadi ellorum 0-0 thaan

[Plum]

Saw WC 96 final highlights. Desilva off break to bowl healy :shock:

I dont think he is a part time bowler - he is just a regular bowler who happened to focus more on batting. I think at any stage of his career, he could have stopped and become an off-spinner who bats, if he had wanted.