Which players do you regret the most for not having watched them play during their time?

[Hitman]

I have quite a few player whom I wish could have watched play during my life time. Let me name them -

1. Garry Sobers (My biggest regret)
2. Viv Richards
3. Dennis Lillee
3. Sunny Gavaskar
4. Those 4 West Indian legendary bowlers in the 70's and 80's by the names of Holding, Marshall, Garner and Roberts.

Of course there are many more, but these are the players I regret the most of not watching play during their time.

It would be nice to know of other posters who feel the same about other players whom they missed watching during their time.

 

[ExpressPacer]

The one, the only, Imran Khan. Would've been a privilege to watch him bowl in the 80's.

 

[Hitman]

The one, the only, Imran Khan. Would've been a privilege to watch him bowl in the 80's.

He was one of the finest bowlers of the 80's. I know a lot of people from my extended family who till this day claim that Imran was an even better bowler than Akram. Just imagine how great of a bowler he was.

 

[Ellipsism]

Waqar Younus.

 

[Hasan123]

Ambrose
Donald
Waqar
Lara (peak)
Saqlain
Border
Atherton

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Imran Khan, Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Maybe after 20-25 years young people would reply to this question that they regret not watching Younis Khan play.

 

[Amirforpresident]

Dravid
Wasim
Waqar
Shoaib Akhtar
Murali
Amla
Kohli (not yet)

 

[SarfiBabarHaris]

Sir Donald Bradman
Sir Viv Richards
Sir Garry Sobers
Sir Barry Richards
Sir Imran Khan
Sir Malcom Marshal

 

[TalentSpotterPk]

Imran Khan

Sobers

Viv

Bradman

Marshall

ZA

 

[TahirFan]

Gary Sobers

 

[TQ89]

Javed Miandad. Always wanted to see him bat. Wanted to see how he played umorthodox shots & witness his running in person.

Viv Richards. Of course I miss him. Nowadays the hook shot has disappeared which he made look so casual. Perefect dream for me would be the sight of fast bowler running in all his pomp & deliver a short pitch to Viv & Viv hooking the ball to midwicket fence.

Sachin of the 90's. I started watching sachin after 2003 world cup. So in a nutshell, I missed his whole prime & that has to be my biggest regret ever. I still love watching his 1996 world cup innings. True master blaster in those days.

 

[Smbhayi]

not many but just one name. and he's the magician, Mohammed Azharuddin.

 

[omorst7]

Bradman, sobers, w.g grace,

 

[ahmadharis1]

I'm a young pakistani living in the USA, however I've always been a cricket fan, but only since the 2015 World Cup have I been intensely following (staying up to date on all matches, following domestic tournaments, engaging in discussion). Before the 2015 world cup, i would just casually watch matches but usually only tournaments like the Champions Trophy or the World Cup, and only matches Pakistan were playing in.

As a result, I missed the days of Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam ul-Haq, young Afridi, Abdur Razzaq and other relatively modern Pakistan greats. I also wished I could have watched non-Pakistani legends like Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar (in their later years).

I'm just super glad that I've been able to watch and enjoy Misbah ul-Haq and Younis Khan for these past few years. It would have sucked to have missed their careers

 

[Finisher]

The Goat Sir Viv and Kaptaan.

 

[The_Odd_One]

Gary Sobers
Viv Richards
Imran Khan
Malcolm Marshall
Dennis Lillee

 

[Chrish]

Viv Richards

 

[jeetu]

Don Bradman , Kieth Miller , Gary Sobers ,Rohan Kanhai, Lillee, Bedi , Prasanna , Chandrashekhar.

 

[bleaf27]

Sachin... Biggest regret to not have been able to watch the God of cricket play, and I mean live

 

[sshakir411]

Javed Miandad. Watching his old clips really does make me wish I was born 10 years before.

 

[RehanG]

Bradman, VV Richards, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan, Ian Botham (all of them LIVE)

 

[Anwar_194]

For me it is.
1. Zaheer Abbas (Wish I could have seen live those cover drive I have heard off)
2. Imran Khan (Didnt start watching cricket until 1992)
3. Wasim (Although I saw him till he retired from 1992 but feel it wasnt enough, I just loved watching him play)
4. Viven Richard (nuff said)
5. Allan Donald (My fav foreign fast bowler, I still think he retired too early)

 

[Zahid87]

Viv Richards
Michael Holding
Malcom Marshall
Zaheer Abbas
Abdul Qadir......


......


Bhagwat Chandrasekhar - just to see how much polio did have an affect on his bowling (was he the inspiration behind that character in Lagaan)

 

[Citizen4]

world cup winning team of '92

 

[Last Monetarist]

Viv Richards and Malcolm Marshall.

 

[Shahvaaaaaaaiz]

Viv Richards would definitely take the first spot as a batsmen!
Wasim akram would be my bowler!
Would have paid millions to watch these legends!

 

[moghul]

Greame Pallock.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Viv

 

[ExplicitAI]

Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Javed Miandad
Mohammad Yousaf
Abdul Razzaq
Saqlain Mushtaq
Saeed Anwar
Shoaib Akhtar
Sachin Tendulkar
Saurav Ganguly
Rahul Dravid
Anil Kumble
Ricky Ponting
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Sanath Jayasuriya
Murali
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Malcolm Marshall

 

[Hitman]

Imran Khan
Wasim Akram
Waqar Younis
Javed Miandad
Mohammad Yousaf
Abdul Razzaq
Saqlain Mushtaq
Saeed Anwar
Shoaib Akhtar
Sachin Tendulkar
Saurav Ganguly
Rahul Dravid
Anil Kumble
Ricky Ponting
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Sanath Jayasuriya
Murali
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Malcolm Marshall

No disrespect here, when did you start watching cricket?

 

[Tusker]

Sachin... Biggest regret to not have been able to watch the God of cricket play, and I mean live

One of the best experiences ... the atmosphere is just electric ... something you will never ever forget.

 

[ExplicitAI]

No disrespect here, when did you start watching cricket?

2011, I was a kid then in school during that time. Followed cricket with a passion and I know a lot about it now, seen all these players play on youtube.

 

[Hitman]

2011, I was a kid then in school during that time. Followed cricket with a passion and I know a lot about it now, seen all these players play on youtube.

Great. Don't let your passion die

 

[starbuck]

As of now I can think of
Malcolm marshall
Imran Khan
Richard Hadlee
India's famous spin quartet

 

[Nil Dhumrojal]

70's-80's greats of WI. Didn't watch them play.

 

[ExplicitAI]

Great. Don't let your passion die

Good to know some people appreciate others that grew up watching cricket during different time periods.

 

[Tusker]

I miss nobody. Having watched cricket from the 90s and been lucky enough to watch the best of Tendulkar and a whole lot of other great cricketers and now Kohli, MSD, ABD etc ... I really think that I have caught the best that cricket has to offer. Especially after youtube became popular and I got to see the Greats from the past ERA's play where they look comical I really don't feel that I have missed anybody ... certainly no regrets.

naturally [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] might beg to differ

 

[JaDed]

Marshal and Viv

 

[rtramdas]

badly wished, watched a lot more of the great Kapil Dev, king Viv & Michael Holding in action....3 of my all time favourite players.Kapil .... one of the great naturally talented players & all rounders ever, King Viv ... the most brutal batsman of all time, Michael Holding.... still amazed at how smooth & effortless his action was & yet one of the most effective fast bowlers of all time.

 

[bleaf27]

One of the best experiences ... the atmosphere is just electric ... something you will never ever forget.

I know man ! It would have been an amazing story to tell if I had experienced it. I was never in the same country as him wherever he played and just wasn't able to make it happen. I really hope he continues to do the all star games in the US - that's my only chance now.

 

[Chrish]

Viv Richards

Add Marshall to the list as well..

 

[Major]

Javed Miandad and Waseem Akram

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I miss nobody. Having watched cricket from the 90s and been lucky enough to watch the best of Tendulkar and a whole lot of other great cricketers and now Kohli, MSD, ABD etc ... I really think that I have caught the best that cricket has to offer. Especially after youtube became popular and I got to see the Greats from the past ERA's play where they look comical I really don't feel that I have missed anybody ... certainly no regrets.

naturally [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] might beg to differ

Wouldn't you actually want to see the oldies play cricket and make an actual opinion instead of based on a couple of YouTube videos.

I know if I vastly wanted to differ from the crowd's opinion I would want to watch live footage instead of a couple of YouTube videos claiming that this was their standard.

Otherwise you are just being a tad biased.

 

[PakLFC]

Gary Sobers, Geoff Thompson, Michael Holding, Glenn Turner, Wasim Raja, Dennis Lillee and WG Grace

 

[MMHS]

I have some faded memory of Dennis Lillee & Greg Chappel - at least tv was on & was watching with someone, so won't consider them.

The 3 batsmen that I would have loved to watch at prime are

1. Rohan Kanhai
2. Grame Pollock
3. Neil Hervey

3 bowlers that comes to mind are
1. Fazal Mahmood
2. Fred Truman
3. Wes Hall

3 All rounders are
1. Kieth Miller
2. Gary Sobers
3. Richie Benaud

Over all 3 cricketers that I would have loved to see at their prime are
1. Keith Miller
2. Rohan Kanhai
3. Sir Garry

 

[Tusker]

Wouldn't you actually want to see the oldies play cricket and make an actual opinion instead of based on a couple of YouTube videos.

I know if I vastly wanted to differ from the crowd's opinion I would want to watch live footage instead of a couple of YouTube videos claiming that this was their standard.

Otherwise you are just being a tad biased.

I have been to live matches and the atmosphere is something else ... but as far as being able to minutely analyze skills and be able to make critical analysis there is no substitute for video footage.

BTW there is footage of significant length for the 1974/75 Ashes on YT .... it just can't compare with modern cricket. Painfully boring to watch even if I don't know the results.