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  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,471
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    carly burn said:
    Could Root be the greatest sportsman we've ever produced?
    Gotta be up there.
    Not even close.

    I reckon if you asked 100 people to name their top 5, he would be unlikely to feature at all.
    Go on then
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,335
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Strauss (c)
    Cook
    Trott
    Kp
    Root
    Bell
    Prior (w)
    Swann
    Jones
    Gough 
    Anderson

    Ask me later and I'll change 5 of them.
    You do realise that England played outside of the 2010-11 Ashes, right
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,471
    The way he's batting reckon he could clock 300+ here!
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Leuth said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Strauss (c)
    Cook
    Trott
    Kp
    Root
    Bell
    Prior (w)
    Swann
    Jones
    Gough 
    Anderson

    Ask me later and I'll change 5 of them.
    You do realise that England played outside of the 2010-11 Ashes, right
    The one that Gough, Root and Sijo famously played in?
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600


    You can not do that Joe Root!!
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,335
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Leuth said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Strauss (c)
    Cook
    Trott
    Kp
    Root
    Bell
    Prior (w)
    Swann
    Jones
    Gough 
    Anderson

    Ask me later and I'll change 5 of them.
    You do realise that England played outside of the 2010-11 Ashes, right
    The one that Gough, Root and Sijo famously played in?
    Yeah, but picking 8 of the team is a bit steep! 
  • Leuth
    Leuth Posts: 23,335
    Southee copping a fearful mauling in this game
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    edited June 2022
    Leuth said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Leuth said:
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Strauss (c)
    Cook
    Trott
    Kp
    Root
    Bell
    Prior (w)
    Swann
    Jones
    Gough 
    Anderson

    Ask me later and I'll change 5 of them.
    You do realise that England played outside of the 2010-11 Ashes, right
    The one that Gough, Root and Sijo famously played in?
    Yeah, but picking 8 of the team is a bit steep! 
    You mean the team that was ranked number 1 in the world, like all those other England teams of our life times?

    Strauss 7,000 runs at over 40
    Cook 12,000+ runs at over 45
    Trott 4,000+ runs at 44
    KP 8,000 @ 47
    Bell 7,000 @ 42
    Prior averaged over 40
    Swann the best English spinner for a generation
    I don't think I need to justify Anderson

    Like I said I might change some of them but 4 of them would always be in my team.
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,810

  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,879
    killerandflash said:
    Root is definitely in my all time England 11, just counting players I've seen (live or on TV)
    After throwing it away for 176, I'm replacing Root with Dominic Sibley

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  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,810
    Now that is a catch!!!!
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,810
    I see Crawley and Bairstow, such is their newly found expertise over the course of the last couple of days, have decided to enter the World Sudoku Championships.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,033
    carly burn said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    carly burn said:
    Could Root be the greatest sportsman we've ever produced?
    Gotta be up there.
    Not even close.

    I reckon if you asked 100 people to name their top 5, he would be unlikely to feature at all.
    Go on then
    Hamilton, Murray, Redgrave, Lennox Lewis, Chris Hoy, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Faldo, Mo Farah are just some off the top of my head.

    Root is of course only 31 though, so let's see where he's got to in a few more years.
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    carly burn said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    carly burn said:
    Could Root be the greatest sportsman we've ever produced?
    Gotta be up there.
    Not even close.

    I reckon if you asked 100 people to name their top 5, he would be unlikely to feature at all.
    Go on then
    Hamilton, Murray, Redgrave, Lennox Lewis, Chris Hoy, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Faldo, Mo Farah are just some off the top of my head.

    Root is of course only 31 though, so let's see where he's got to in a few more years.
    The thing that counts against Root, and Murray, is they have never been clearly the best in the world.  Obviously that's more a result of when they were born.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,879
    A shame for Foakes that. Bizarrely we could still end up with a 1st innings deficit
  • Gary Poole
    Gary Poole Posts: 1,874
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    carly burn said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    carly burn said:
    Could Root be the greatest sportsman we've ever produced?
    Gotta be up there.
    Not even close.

    I reckon if you asked 100 people to name their top 5, he would be unlikely to feature at all.
    Go on then
    Hamilton, Murray, Redgrave, Lennox Lewis, Chris Hoy, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Faldo, Mo Farah are just some off the top of my head.

    Root is of course only 31 though, so let's see where he's got to in a few more years.
    Jimmy Anderson and Mark Cavendish would have to be on that list and probably Jason Kenny and Laura Kenny.

  • DubaiCAFC
    DubaiCAFC Posts: 2,461
    edited June 2022
    Strauss (c)
    Cook
    Trott
    Root
    KP
    Stokes
    Flintoff 
    Prior (w)
    Swann
    Broad 
    Anderson

    I am basing this one my memory having grown up watching.. Botham would be in the side if I was older no doubt.
  • kentaddick
    kentaddick Posts: 18,729
    time for the burnley lara to show us all how its done.
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 2,960
    How abhor about some oldies, Edrich, Compton, Laker, etc. they can’t all be minders day wonders as cricket was played prior to the year 2000.

    Ok I admit I’m an old git, and was at the Oval when Colin Cowdrey caught Fiery Fred’s 300 test wicket.
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    If you're compiling a list of the greatest sportsmen this country has produced, surely there has to be a place for someone who won an Olympic gold at tennis at Wimbledon, scored a century at Lord's, captained England at football and Britain in the Davis Cup, and made a 147-break in snooker?  (Max Woosnam) 

    Or someone who played football and cricket for England, and rugby for Blackheath and the Barbarians? (CB Fry) 

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  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,879
    Gary Poole said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    carly burn said:
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    carly burn said:
    Could Root be the greatest sportsman we've ever produced?
    Gotta be up there.
    Not even close.

    I reckon if you asked 100 people to name their top 5, he would be unlikely to feature at all.
    Go on then
    Hamilton, Murray, Redgrave, Lennox Lewis, Chris Hoy, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Faldo, Mo Farah are just some off the top of my head.

    Root is of course only 31 though, so let's see where he's got to in a few more years.
    Jimmy Anderson and Mark Cavendish would have to be on that list and probably Jason Kenny and Laura Kenny.

    Just within cricket Ian Botham has to be in with a shout as well, in Tests 5,200 runs at 33 and 383 wickets at 28. At his peak, Botham was a lethal bowler

    Fred has 3,845 wickets at 32, 226 wickets at 33
    Stokes has 5,116 at 36 but only 175 wickets at 32

  • SE7toSG3
    SE7toSG3 Posts: 3,140
    Chizz said:
    If you're compiling a list of the greatest sportsmen this country has produced, surely there has to be a place for someone who won an Olympic gold at tennis at Wimbledon, scored a century at Lord's, captained England at football and Britain in the Davis Cup, and made a 147-break in snooker?  (Max Woosnam) 

    Or someone who played football and cricket for England, and rugby for Blackheath and the Barbarians? (CB Fry) 
    Max Woosnam was a legend in life generally, alongside the notable sporting achievements above he had fought at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, was on the board of directors for ICI and once beat Charlie Chaplin at Table Tennis.....despite using a butter knife as a bat!   
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Chizz said:
    If you're compiling a list of the greatest sportsmen this country has produced, surely there has to be a place for someone who won an Olympic gold at tennis at Wimbledon, scored a century at Lord's, captained England at football and Britain in the Davis Cup, and made a 147-break in snooker?  (Max Woosnam) 

    Or someone who played football and cricket for England, and rugby for Blackheath and the Barbarians? (CB Fry) 
    And Fry was offered the kingdom or Romania.  Which one was it that played Charlie Caplin at table tennis with a butter knife?
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,341
    Cafc43v3r said:
    Chizz said:
    If you're compiling a list of the greatest sportsmen this country has produced, surely there has to be a place for someone who won an Olympic gold at tennis at Wimbledon, scored a century at Lord's, captained England at football and Britain in the Davis Cup, and made a 147-break in snooker?  (Max Woosnam) 

    Or someone who played football and cricket for England, and rugby for Blackheath and the Barbarians? (CB Fry) 
    And Fry was offered the kingdom or Romania.  Which one was it that played Charlie Caplin at table tennis with a butter knife?
    *Albania
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,879
    CharltonKerry said:
    How abhor about some oldies, Edrich, Compton, Laker, etc. they can’t all be minders day wonders as cricket was played prior to the year 2000.

    Ok I admit I’m an old git, and was at the Oval when Colin Cowdrey caught Fiery Fred’s 300 test wicket.
    You can talk, as you went and left out WG Grace  ;)
  • CharltonKerry
    CharltonKerry Posts: 2,960
    killerandflash said:
    CharltonKerry said:
    How abhor about some oldies, Edrich, Compton, Laker, etc. they can’t all be minders day wonders as cricket was played prior to the year 2000.

    Ok I admit I’m an old git, and was at the Oval when Colin Cowdrey caught Fiery Fred’s 300 test wicket.
    You can talk, as you went and left out WG Grace  ;)
    Funny enough I was going to put him in, but I had 2nd thoughts as there’s some dispute re his character.
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,879
    650 up for Jimmy after a complete brain fart from Latham
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    What have the done to the pitch between innings?
  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    Winviz is basically saying New Zealand can't win and that England can.

    I agree but looking at the score you would say its 50/50?
  • Johnnysummers5
    Johnnysummers5 Posts: 8,469
    arny23394 said:
    Johnnysummers5 said:
    RonnieMoore said:
    Stupid stupid Stokes ….. gave his wicket away when we are still long way behind in the match he has to think of the team now not just himself 

    Your the stupid one
    @RonnieMoore will go down in history for his astonishingly low IQ, but you can’t call somebody stupid and not know the difference between your & you’re.
    Your telling me

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