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Title: Batting out the day
Post by: Uniquedan90 on March 26, 2013, 01:34:56 AM

If you could pick three batsmen to bat out a days play which three would you pick from modern cricket era ?

Rahul Dravid
Shiv Chanderpaul
Alistair Cook ( Slightly biased English pick haha )

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: i12breakfree on March 26, 2013, 01:40:50 AM

Dravid

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: The_Bird on March 26, 2013, 01:41:54 AM

Faf Du Plessis
AB de Villiers
Steven Finn...

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: mattw on March 26, 2013, 01:45:47 AM

Monty
Finn
Chris Martin

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: LNB on March 26, 2013, 02:05:05 AM

Misbah-ul-Haq
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Rahul Dravid

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: Buzz on March 26, 2013, 08:06:23 AM

Matt Prior anyone?

Che Pujara, Amla and AB. would be great to watch too.

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: alba caerulea on March 26, 2013, 08:15:05 AM

Steve Waugh all day long

VVS Laxman

Atherton as long as McGrath wasn't in the opposition

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: Alvaro on March 26, 2013, 08:37:00 AM

Or Courtney Walsh...

It's hard, Collingwood in his day.
Ricky Ponting?
Mark Richardson?

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: justnotcricket86 on March 26, 2013, 08:37:45 AM

Matt Prior, Stuart Broad & Peter Such

Anyone remember Such's massive duck against the kiwis? (Think that was the oppo anyway)

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: wayward_hayward on March 26, 2013, 08:55:07 AM

My three would be:
Dravid
Cook
Collingwood

If you fancied going down in a ball of flames, why not try:
Gayle
Afridi
Pollard

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: joeylough on March 26, 2013, 09:02:13 AM

Faf
Prior
Shiv

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: toenails97 on March 26, 2013, 09:03:04 AM

My three would be:
Michael Clarke
Chris Gayle
Brendan McCullum

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: Rew162 on March 26, 2013, 10:57:43 AM

OK so I was struggling keeping it to 3 so thought which 3 from each test playing nation, here was my list:

Australia
Michael Clarke
Mike Hussy
Steve Waugh

England
Mike Atherton
Alistair Cook
Andrew Strauss

India
Raul Dravid
Cheteshwar Pujara
VVS Laxman

New Zealand
Nathan Astle
Steven Fleming
Peter Fulton - just on the last test

Pakistan
Mohammad Yousuf
Younis Khan
Inzamam-ul-Haq – has the second siring to his bow of not bringing the team out, so not to lose the game :D

South Africa
Garry Kirsten
Grahame Smith
Hashim Amla

Sri Lanka
Mahela Jayawardene
Kumar Sangakkara
Sanith Jayasuriya

West Indies
Chris Gayle
Brian Lara
Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Zimbabwe
Murray Goodwin
Andy Flower
Eddo Brandes (just for that Sledge with McGrath)

Sorry could be bothered with Bangladesh.

Some countries were hard as there were too many options while others too few!

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: ajmw89 on March 26, 2013, 11:03:17 AM

Current players, I'd go Shiv, Kallis and Cook.
Recently retired (In the last 10 or so years), I'd have to say Ponting, Colly and Athers

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: dmacwana on March 26, 2013, 11:51:06 AM

Last 10 years or so mine will be

Amla
Dravid
Shiv

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: Alvaro on March 26, 2013, 12:09:12 PM

Danny Morrison?

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: PaceKing29 on April 06, 2013, 10:13:32 PM

VVS Laxman anyone?

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: alexhilly1492 on April 06, 2013, 10:41:10 PM

amla
dravid
cook

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: ammo on April 06, 2013, 11:12:32 PM

Dravid
Amla
Shiv C

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: shazz on April 07, 2013, 11:55:42 AM

greame smith
chris gayle
ahsley giles

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on April 07, 2013, 12:06:19 PM

Afridi, Pollard and Gayle

Forget batting out the day, go for the win!  ;)

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: IQ on April 07, 2013, 10:02:41 PM

Quote from: CameronPye94 on April 07, 2013, 12:06:19 PM

Afridi, Pollard and Gayle

Forget batting out the day, go for the win!  ;)

If you really wanted to win you wouldn't have picked Afridi!   :D

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: Vitas Cricket on April 07, 2013, 10:20:10 PM

Jacques Kallis
Steve Waugh
Shiv Chanderpaul

Boycott, Graeme Smith, Rahul Dravid and Trott are all worth a mention too.

Title: Re: Batting out the day
Post by: jamesisapayne on April 07, 2013, 10:27:22 PM

Quote from: Vitas Cricket on April 07, 2013, 10:20:10 PM

Jacques Kallis
Steve Waugh
Shiv Chanderpaul

They'd be my three picks too Jake