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rusty17
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GOAT's

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Bit of something to cure the COVID madness. I'm too young for most of these guys in their prime, so thank god for robelinda2 on yt.

๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ Who is your favourite player of all time from each cricketing country?
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ - Australia - Adam Gilchrist/ Dean Jones
๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ - England - Andrew Flintoff
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ - India - VVS Laxman
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ - New Zealand - Shane Bond
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ - Pakistan - Wasim Akram
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ - South Africa - Dale Steyn
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ - Sri Lanka - Kumar Sangakkara
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น - West Indies - Curtly Ambrose/ Brian Lara
:W: Zimbabwe- Brendan Taylor
Favourite Zim Keeper - Tatenda Taibu
Favourite Zim Bat - BT (vs India 2015)
Favourite Zim Quick - Henry Olonga
Favourite Zim Spinner - Ray Price

Copy and paste to do your own list

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Australia: Damien Martyn
Bangladesh: Mohammad Rafique
England: Alistair Cook
Kenya: Steve Tikolo
India: VVS Laxman
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum
Pakistan: Wasim Akram
South Africa: Jonty Rhodes
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya
West Indies: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Zimbabwe: Andy Flower

I added Bangladesh and Kenya in since they have added a lot to cricket over my lifetime.
Neil Johnson, Alistair Campbell, Murray Goodwin, Andy Flower (w), Grant Flower, Dave Houghton, Guy Whittall, Heath Streak (c), Andy Blignaut, Ray Price, Eddo Brandes

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I should have noticed them Eugene. I gave this a watch the other night it was awesome, I'm sure you'd say the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=796VCW2mDSc

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Australia: Merv Hughes
Bangladesh: Mashrafe Mortaza
England: Graham Gooch
Kenya: Collins Obuya
India: manoj Prabhakar
New Zealand: Simon Doull
Pakistan: Wasim Akram
South Africa: Jonty Rhodes
Sri Lanka: ranatunga
West Indies: Brendan Nash
Zimbabwe: Gus Mackay
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Australia: Brett Lee
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal
England: Marcus Trescothick
Kenya: Ravi Patel (what a batter he was)
India: Zaheer Khan
New Zealand: Shane Bond (followed closely by Stephen Fleming)
Pakistan: Babar Azam (Big call but, absolutely as good as Kholi)
South Africa: Herschelle Gibbs
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakara
West Indies: Shai Hope (Always loved watching Fidel Edwards).
Zimbabwe: Ray Price (Just loved the guys competitiveness).

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sloandog wrote: โ†‘
Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:00 pm
Australia: Brett Lee
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal
England: Marcus Trescothick
Kenya: Ravi Patel (what a batter he was)
India: Zaheer Khan
New Zealand: Shane Bond (followed closely by Stephen Fleming)
Pakistan: Babar Azam (Big call but, absolutely as good as Kholi)
South Africa: Herschelle Gibbs
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakara
West Indies: Shai Hope (Always loved watching Fidel Edwards).
Zimbabwe: Ray Price (Just loved the guys competitiveness).
Australia - Steve Waugh
๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ - England - Greene Hicks /
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ - India - Sachin Tendukar
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ - New Zealand - Vetorri
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ - Pakistan - Afiridi
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ - South Africa - Hanse Cronje / Alan Donald
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ - Sri Lanka - Muli
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น - West Indies - Chandepual / Brian Lara
:W: Zimbabwe- Sean Williams
Favourite Zim Keeper - Andy Flower
Favourite Zim Bat - Guy Whitall his double century match
Favourite Zim Quick - Henry Olonga
Favourite Zim Spinner - Paul Strang

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sloandog wrote: โ†‘
Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:00 pm
Australia: Brett Lee
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal
England: Marcus Trescothick
Kenya: Ravi Patel (what a batter he was)
India: Zaheer Khan
New Zealand: Shane Bond (followed closely by Stephen Fleming)
Pakistan: Babar Azam (Big call but, absolutely as good as Kholi)
South Africa: Herschelle Gibbs
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakara
West Indies: Shai Hope (Always loved watching Fidel Edwards).
Zimbabwe: Ray Price (Just loved the guys competitiveness).
Ravi Patel or Ravi Shah??
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jaybro wrote: โ†‘
Mon Mar 30, 2020 7:28 pm
sloandog wrote: โ†‘
Mon Mar 30, 2020 3:00 pm
Australia: Brett Lee
Bangladesh: Tamim Iqbal
England: Marcus Trescothick
Kenya: Ravi Patel (what a batter he was)
India: Zaheer Khan
New Zealand: Shane Bond (followed closely by Stephen Fleming)
Pakistan: Babar Azam (Big call but, absolutely as good as Kholi)
South Africa: Herschelle Gibbs
Sri Lanka: Kumar Sangakara
West Indies: Shai Hope (Always loved watching Fidel Edwards).
Zimbabwe: Ray Price (Just loved the guys competitiveness).
Ravi Patel or Ravi Shah??
ahA Sorry, Shah

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Australia: Stephen Waugh
Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar
England: SF Barnes
Kenya: M Suji
India: Dilip Vengsakar
New Zealand: Kane Williamson
Pakistan: Wasim Akram
South Africa: Shaun Pollock
Sri Lanka: Rangana Herath
West Indies: Phil Dujon
Zimbabwe: Guy Whittall

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Very hard to choose my favourites; obviously I have plenty of favourites from Australia, Zimbabwe, Pakistan & the Windies. I cheated a little to include 3 guys from the Windies picking my favourites from Jamaica, Trinidad & Antigua. I also included Namibia as I follow them very closely as well.


๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Rahmat Shah
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Steve Smith
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Mashrafe Mortaza
๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ Kevin Pietersen
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Eoin Morgan
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ Virat Kohli
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Ravi Shah
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ JP Kotze
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Brendan McCullam
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Waqar Younis
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ AB DeVilliers
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kumar Sangakkara
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Chris Gayle
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Brian Lara
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Curtley Ambrose
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Sean Ervine
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