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Your Favorite Player from each Country ?

Only include those players who are playing and are not retired..
Mine are
Aus - Starc
Eng - Root
SA - ABD
Nz - Boult / Baz
Ind - Dhoni
Pak - Misbah
Sl - Sanga / Mathews
Bangla - Sabbir
WI - Holder
Zim - Taylor / Williams
Urs?
 
Pakistan - Haris
Australia - Clarke
South Africa - :amla Lol joking, du Plessis
India - Rahane
England - Hard to pick since I've three favourites - Bell, Root and Anderson
West Indies - was Narine before he turned out to be a chucker, now I don't have any favourite there
New Zealand - Boult
Sri Lanka - Sangakkara
Bangladesh - Shakib
Zimbabwe - Was Taylor, but since he left, have no favourites there.
 
Pakistan - Haris
Australia - Clarke
South Africa - :amla Lol joking, du Plessis
India - Rahane
England - Hard to pick since I've three favourites - Bell, Root and Anderson
West Indies - was Narine before he turned out to be a chucker, now I don't have any favourite there
New Zealand - Boult
Sri Lanka - Sangakkara
Bangladesh - Shakib
Zimbabwe - Was Taylor, but since he left, have no favourites there.
Whixh is second fav team after Pakistan?
I think it would be England..
(i am nt sure ur first fav team is pak :D)
 
Aus - Starc (plays for Yorkshire)
Eng - Root (plays for Yorkshire)
SA - Jacques Rudolph (played for Yorkshire)
Nz - Kane Williamson (played for Yorkshire)
Ind - P Kumar
Pak - Younus Khan
 
Pakistan - Wahab Riaz
Australia - Steven Smith
South Africa - AB De Villiers
India - MS Dhoni
England - Anderson
West Indies - Gayle
New Zealand - Boult & KW
Sri Lanka - Sangakkara
Bangladesh - Soumya Sarkar
Zimbabwe - Sean Williams
 
Australia - Mitchell Starc
Bangladesh - Mushfiq ur Rahman
England - James Taylor
India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni
New Zealand - Matt Henry
Srilanka - Angelo Mathews
South Africa - None
West Indies - Jason Holder
 
Aus - Clarke
SA - De Villiers
Ind - Raina
Pak - Wahab
Eng - No one really but if I had to pick one then I love Sir Jimmy bowling in english conditions
Nz - Boult
Sl - Matthews
WI - Holder
 
India: Raina
SL: Mathews
England: Buttler
NZ: Baz
Zimbabwe: Sean Williams
Australia: Mitchell Marsh
SA: Morkel
Ban: Sabbir
Pak: Rizwan
WI: Simmons
 
India: Rahane
Pakistan: Misbah
Australia: Steve Smith (but not when he's playing India :sanga)
Sri Lanka: Herath
England: Ballance
South Africa: Steyn
New Zealand: Boult
West Indies: Brathwaite
Bangladesh: Mushfiqur
 
India: Kohli,Rahane,Yadav,Shami
Pakistan: Rahat Ali,Yasir Shah
Australia: Starc,Clarke,Harris
NZ: Boult,Milne,Matt Henry
SA: Steyn, AB,
SL: Sanga,Mathews
WI: none
ENG: Ballance,Root
 
BD - Atahar Ali - Current: Shakib
Pak - Imran - Current: Azhar Ali
SL - De Sliva - Current: Sanga. Future: Dushmantha Chameera
Afgan - Nabi
SA - Amla
Aus - S Waugh - Current: Warner
NZ - Hadlee - Current: McCullum
WI - Viv - Current: Gayle. Future: Brathwaite
Zim - Masakadza
Ind - Munaf Patel
 
Aus: Ryan Harris
Ban: Mushfiqur Rahim
Eng: Joe Root
Ind: Ajinkya Rahane
NZ: Trent Boult
Pak: Misbah ul Haq
SA: Hashim Amla
SL: none
WI: Jason Holder
Zim: none
 
BD - Atahar Ali - Current: Shakib
Pak - Imran - Current: Azhar Ali
SL - De Sliva - Current: Sanga. Future: Dushmantha Chameera
Afgan - Nabi
SA - Amla
Aus - S Waugh - Current: Warner
NZ - Hadlee - Current: McCullum
WI - Viv - Current: Gayle. Future: Brathwaite
Zim - Masakadza
Ind - Munaf Patel
Munaf Patel ?:D seriously ?
 
Pakistan : Mohammad Sami
Australia : Hate them all
Southafrica : A.B.Devillers
India : Dhoni
Westindies : Darren Sammy
England : hate them all
Newzealand : Mccullum
Srilanka : Kaushal Silva
Bangladesh : Mushfiqur Rahim
Afghanistan :Hamid Hassan
Zimbabwe : Brendon Taylor
 
Pakistan : All of them.

India : Yuvraj Singh. MS Dhoni.

South Africa : AB. Faf.

Sri Lanka : Sangakarra. Malinga.

NZ : Brendon McCullum. Southee.

WI : Darren Sammy. Marlon Samuels.

Eng : Anderson. Kevin Pieterson.

Aus : Johnson. Maxwel.
 
Pakistan - Haris
New Zealand - Williamson
Australia - Faulkner
South Africa - AB
India - Dhoni
Sri Lanka - Mathews
England - Anderson
West Indies - Holder
BD - Shakib
Zimbabwe - Sean Williams
 
Aus: Clarke
Ban: Mushfiqur
Eng: Root
Ind: Kohli/Pujara
NZ: Boult/McCullum
Pak: Misbah
SA: ABD (Fav among all)
SL: Sanga/Herath
WI: Holder
Zim: Williams
 
Aus: Smith
Ban: Mushfiqur
Eng: Moeen Ali
Ind: None of them
NZ: McCullum
Pak: Haris
SA: Amla
SL: Herath
WI: Holder
Zim: Sean Williams
 
Aus - Johnson
Eng - Jimmy Anderson
SA - ABDV
Nz - Boult
Pak - Wahab
Sl - Malinga
Bangla - Sabbir Rahman
WI - Roach
Zim - Chingumbura
 
Pakistan: Wahab
Windies: Used to be Roach
S Africa: De Villiers
Australia: Johnson
England: None
India: Rahane
Bangladesh: Sarkar
New Zealand: Latham
Sri Lanka: Mathews
 
Aus - Michael Clarke

Ban - Mushfiqur Rahim

Eng - KP

India - All of them

NZ - Southee , Boult

SA - ABD , Steyn

SL - Sanga

Pak - Misbah

Wi - none
 
Australia: Michael Clarke
Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim
England: Alastair Cook
India: MS Dhoni
New Zealand: Brendon McCullum
Pakistan: Misbah-ul-Haq
South Africa: AB de Villiers
Sri Lanka: Mahela Jayawardene
West Indies: Kemar Roach
Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza
 
Just realised Jayawardene is retired from all formats so Sanga but since he'll retire soon too it'll probably have to be Mathews since I don't know any players from the new Lanka team.
 
Australia - Warner

South Africa - ABDV

India - Dhoni

Pakistan - :afridi

Sri Lanka - No one

West Indies - :gayle

New Zealand - B-Mac

Bangludesh - No one
 
AUS - Shane Watson
NZL - Jesse Ryder but among active players Kane Williamson
IND - R Ashwin
RSA - Hashim Amla
SLN - Mahela but now no body or may be Ajantha Mendis
PAK - Haris Sohail / Mohammed Aamer
ENG - Moeen Ali
WI - Chris Gayle
BAN - Tamim Iqbal / Mushfiqur Rahim
ZIM - Taylor but now Sean Williams
 
Australia: Clarke
Bangladesh: Mahmudullah
England: Root & Moeen
India: Dhoni (if I really had to choose one)
NZ: B Mac & Boult
Pakistan: Umar Akmal & Wahab Riaz
South Africa: AB de Villiers
Sri Lanka: Mathews
West Indies: Darren Sammy
Zimbabwe: Sean Williams & Sikander Raza
 
Pakistan: Wahab riaz.
BD: Shakib
England: Root
India: Dhoni
NZ: Boult
SA: ABD
Srilanka: Mathews
WI: Samuels
Zim: Sean Williams
 
Not adding players who are retired in one or more formats
Pakistan- Wahab
BD- Mushfiq
England- Joe root
India- Rahane
NZ- Boult
Aus- Smith
SA- AB
Lanka- Noone
WI- Darren Bravo
 
India - Virat Kohli
Pakistan - Misbah
Australia - Steve Smith
England - none
South Africa - AB de Villiers
Sri Lanka - Mathews
New Zealand - Williamson
West Indies - Sammy
Bangladesh - Saumya Sarkar
Zimbabwe - Sean Williams (Brendon Taylor left :( )
 
Australia- Clarke
BD- Shakib
England- Cook
India- Dhoni
NZ- Brendon
SA- Amla
SL- Sangakara
Pak- Misbah
Zim- Taylor
WI- Gayle
 
Aus - Rhino
Eng - Root
SA - Amla
NZ - nobody
Ind - Pujara
Pak - Misbah
Sl - Matthews
Bangla - nobody
WI - nobody
Zim - nobody
 
Ever:

Aus - Lillee
Eng - Botham
SA - Donald
NZ - Hadlee
Ind - Azhar
Pak - Imran
Sl - Matthews
Bangla - nobody
WI - Haynes
Zim - nobody
 
Pakistan - Misbah
England - Anderson
India - Dhoni
Australia - Smith
New Zealand - McCullum
Sri Lanka - Sangakkara
South Africa - ABD
West Indies - Gayle
Bangladesh - Shakib
 
I don't have many favourites but I like watching the following players play: Dhoni (India), McCullum (NZ), Maxwell/Clarke/Johnson (Aus), Steyn/De Villiers (SA) and Gayle (WI). I find Lanka and England boring.

From Pakistan it used to be Afridi and M. Aamir but these none is my fav I just support the team.
 
Pakistan: Ahmod Shedzada, Babar azam
England: Alastar cook
India: Virat Kholi
Australia: Ryan Harris
New Zealand: Kanye Williamson
Sri Lanka: None of them
South Africa: Quinton De Cock
West Indies: Kiran Pollard
Bangladesh: Mo Ashraful
 
Current ODI ONLY:
Australia - Watson
Bangladesh - All of them
England - NO One
India - MS Dhoni
New Zealand - MacCullum
Pakistan - NO one
South Africa - AB D
West Indies - Marlon Samuels
Zimbabwe - No one.
 
ABD is loved by everyone ..:)
Most loved player in the world

I don't like him. Just indifferent towards him.

I find his batting and shots ugly, breathtaking but ugly. I prefer classical and orthodox batsman with a great gift of timing and finesse.
 
I don't like him. Just indifferent towards him.

I find his batting and shots ugly, breathtaking but ugly. I prefer classical and orthodox batsman with a great gift of timing and finesse.

Nothin beats saeed anwar.
Only started watching cricket bcoz of him in 1999.
Still remember trying to copy his stance, shots ( even the smirk on his face when he was in his stance) in the reflection of my tv screen.
Didnt hv a mirror in a spatious place back then.

When he used to get out, i usually lost all interest in the match.

Such was the craze back then and it hurts when today, the same jersey is worn by dross like saad nasim, fawad n what not.
Bcoz of this i dont blame my little bro being part of a younger discourse that only follows n values the epl, champions league and bundesliga.

Cricket aint a craze or passion anymore
 
Aus- Starc
Eng- Buttler
NZ- Boult
Ind- Dhawa
SL- Matthews
SA- DeVilliers
Bang- Mushfiqar
Zimb- Brendan Taylor
 
Nothin beats saeed anwar.
Only started watching cricket bcoz of him in 1999.
Still remember trying to copy his stance, shots ( even the smirk on his face when he was in his stance) in the reflection of my tv screen.
Didnt hv a mirror in a spatious place back then.

When he used to get out, i usually lost all interest in the match.

Such was the craze back then and it hurts when today, the same jersey is worn by dross like saad nasim, fawad n what not.
Bcoz of this i dont blame my little bro being part of a younger discourse that only follows n values the epl, champions league and bundesliga.

Cricket aint a craze or passion anymore
I don't think so ..cricket is still far more popular and passionate sports ...bundesliga has very few supporters , most of Pakistani football supporters only watxh el classico , fifa wc and uefa champs league knockouts ..thats it no one bothers watching the entire football league and rightly so xcept epl all are too predictable ...crkt is in our blood a defeat hurts and win. Gives real happiness... Unless we get a decent football team there is no chance that passion for crkt dies
 
I don't think so ..cricket is still far more popular ind passionate sports ...bundesliga has very few supporters , most of Pakpaani football supporters only watxh el classico , fifa wc and uefa champs league knockouts ..thats it no one bothers watching the entire football league and rightly so xcept epl all are too predictable ...crkt is in our blood a defeat hurts and win. Gives real happiness... Unless we get a decent football team there is no chance that passion for crkt dies


I agree on the the football assessment about el classico n stuff as i didnt go into detail on that in my post.
but the argument on cricket is in our blood is false.
That is simply a discourse that is getting obscelete now .
This used to be the case in the 90's up till the early 2000's when we had very little entertainment alternatives. football is only followed by the rich folk( most of em wannabees) and cricket has predominantly been persued by the lower strata.
the boom in telecommunication has meant that even this demographic has found other ways to keep themselves busy.

With parties(for the lower class), brothels and other forms of night life banned, these people r just busy on their phones looking for a hook up.
I hv seen so many examples around me with guys who just gave up playing coz they were too excited about a new phone number they had got hold off

With smartphones getting cheaper and facebook becoming more accessible, expect this to increase.
Amidst all this, pak cricket is on the decline which doesnt help matters. expect interest to dwindle further
 
Pakistan- Haris Sohail/Wahab Riaz
India- MSD
Bangladesh- Taskin Ahmad
Sri Lanka- Sangakkara forever and ever
South Africa- ABD/Faf
Australia- George Bailey, the smiling assassin :yk
New Zealand- Kane Williamson
England- :moeen
 
Pakistan - Umar Akmal
India - Shikhar Dhawan
Srilanka - Kumar Sangakarra
Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal
Australia - Mitchell Starc
South Africa - Ab De Villiers/ Dale Steyn
New Zealand - Brendan McCullum / Adam Milne
West Indies - Chris Gayle
England - Kevin Pietersen
 
Pakistan : whole team
India : Ms dhoni
Sri lanka : Mathews
Bangladesh : mushfiq
Afghanistan : mohammad nabi
England : KP and root
Australia : smith and starc
New zealand : williamson
South afirca : hashim bhai and ab devillers
 
Ever:

Aus - Lillee
Eng - Botham
SA - Donald
NZ - Hadlee
Ind - Azhar
Pak - Imran
Sl - Matthews
Bangla - nobody
WI - Haynes
Zim - nobody

My All time

India - :sachin
Australia - Brett Lee
England - Flintoff
Pakistan - Wasim Akram
South Africa - Klusener
Sri Lanka - Jayasuriya
New Zealand - Chris Cairns
West Indies - Lara
Zimbabwe - Andy Flower
Bangladesh - Rafique
 
Current Players
Batting/Bowling

PAK- Haris/Wahab
NZ - Williamson/Boult
AU - Smith/Starc
SA - ABD/Steyn
IND - Rahane/Shami
SL - Sangakarra/?
BD - Shakib/Shakib :shakib
ZIM - Sean Williams/?
ENG - Root/Anderson
WI - Holder/Holder :yk
 
Oz - Gilchrist
England - Flintoff
South Africa - Klusener
New Zealand - Hadlee
Pakistan - Wasim
India - SRT
Lanka - Sanath
Windies - Lara
Zimbabwe - Andy Flower
Bangladesh - Shakib

Not necessarily the best players from their respective countries but my favourites nonetheless.
 
Oz - Gilchrist
England - Flintoff
South Africa - Klusener
New Zealand - Hadlee
Pakistan - Wasim
India - SRT
Lanka - Sanath
Windies - Lara
Zimbabwe - Andy Flower
Bangladesh - Shakib

Not necessarily the best players from their respective countries but my favourites nonetheless.

Got a thing for all-rounders?
 
India- Rahane
Pakistan - Wahab
SA- FAF
Aus - MJ
WI - Too hard to pick one but would go for J Holder for the commitment
Eng - Moeen
SL - MAthews
Bang- Mushi
NZ - Southee
 
India: Vijay
Pakistan: Wahab(well no other choice really)
SA- Faf(find his batting more pleasing to watch,ABD is an eyesore)
NZ- Boult
BD- lil Mush
SL- Matthews
Eng- Root
WI- Holder
Aus- Starc
 
India - Kohli
SA - Steyn
NZ - Boult
Aus - Starc
WI - Holder
Pak - Haris
SL - Sanga
Eng - Root
 
Munaf Patel ?:D seriously ?
An ugly person can have a spouse. :)
he may not have a game but ...

The heart Munaf Musa Patel has... you, me, name anyone here... heck name any cricketer, it would not measure. Ask Tendu, Dhoni. They played with him. :)
 
India - Dhoni
Australia - Clarke/Maxwell
England - James Taylor /KP
Sri - Herath
NZ - Ross Taylor
SA- ABDV
WI - Sammy
Zimb- chatara
Bang - .........
Pak - Haris
 
Alltime:

Pakistan - Akram
Australia - Warne
New Zealand - Vettori
WI - Lara
India - Ganguly/Dravid tie
SA - S Pollock
BD - Shakib
England - KPeterson
Sri Lanka - Sanga
Zimb - H Streak

Present:

Pakistan - I honestly don't know...Wahab I guess
Australia - Johnson
New Zealand - Mccullum
WI - Roach
India - Kohli
SA - Steyn
BD - Shakib
England - Root
Sri Lanka - Sanga
Zimb - Taylor
 
Bangladesh-Mushfiqur
Pakistan-Fawad Alam
India-Kohli
Srilanka-Sangakkara
Australia-Clark
Newzeland-Mcculum
South Africa-Amla
West Indies-Bravo
England-Buttler
Zimbabwe-Taylor
 
Got a thing for all-rounders?

Yeah I like those aggressive players who are the lynchpins for their sides and who provide good entertainment.

People might look at Sanath, Klusener and Flintoff's stats and wonder what all the fuss is about. But they were tremendous to watch.
 
I like dull, safe players. Players who don't take many risks and hit the ball along the ground.
 
BD - Mominul, Taskin, Mushfiq, Nasir, Sabbir, Soumya
PAK - none currently, all time fav was Anwar and Wasim
IND - none currently, all time favs were Laxman, Tendulkar, Dravid
SL - none ever, but will be following Dushmantha Chameera
AUS - Cummins, Pattinson, Starc
ENG - none
NZ - Williamson, Milne, Boult, Southee
SA - none, all time fav Kallis
WI - none
ZIM - Williams
AFG - Hamid, Ghani
IRE - Stirling, Dockrell
 
Yes it's England.

Any particular reasons? Do you / have you ever lived there? Just wondering, never heard any cricket fan having England as their favorite neutral team, it used to be Pakistan or West Indies, now a lot of them have South Africa and NZ
 
Any particular reasons? Do you / have you ever lived there? Just wondering, never heard any cricket fan having England as their favorite neutral team, it used to be Pakistan or West Indies, now a lot of them have South Africa and NZ
English team is basically a World XI they have 3-4 Englishmen , 2-3 South African , 1-2 kiwis , 1-2 guys from Caribbean and 2-3 Asians , so [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] loves each team therefore he supports "england"
 
English team is basically a World XI they have 3-4 Englishmen , 2-3 South African , 1-2 kiwis , 1-2 guys from Caribbean and 2-3 Asians , so [MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] loves each team therefore he supports "england"

Mamoon seems to enjoy being different.. going against the popular opinion just for the sake of it..
 
Any particular reasons? Do you / have you ever lived there? Just wondering, never heard any cricket fan having England as their favorite neutral team, it used to be Pakistan or West Indies, now a lot of them have South Africa and NZ

Yes, half of my family are British Pakistanis and I've spent a lot of time there, most of the long summer holidays of my life.
 
Mamoon seems to enjoy being different.. going against the popular opinion just for the sake of it..

Well, don't be judgemental before knowing the actual reason just because someone else said so, even though he does not know me.
 
Well, don't be judgemental before knowing the actual reason just because someone else said so, even though he does not know me.

I can't quite comprehend how Du plessis can be your favorite player in a team consisting of De Villiers, Amla and Steyn.
 
Pakistan: Misbah Ul Haq
India: Virat Kohli
Sri lanka: Lasith Malinga
Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor
New Zealand: B. Mac
Australia: Mitchell Starc
England: KP
South Africa: Hashim Amla
Bangladesh: Nasir Hossein
West Indies: Chris Gayle
 
I can't quite comprehend how Du plessis can be your favorite player in a team consisting of De Villiers, Amla and Steyn.

Well then you have to improve your comprehension skills. Liking a player doesn't necessarily have to do with the quality of the player. You can like an average player (not implying that Faf is average) based on his batting/bowling style, his attitude, a certain performance etc. There can be many reasons.

I don't like de Villiers because of his batting style. Yes it's breathtaking and entertaining but I prefer classical, orthodox batsman. Amla has one of the ugliest batting stance I have seen and is a very boring cricketer, while I don't like Steyn's action and the fact that he does not bowl in-swingers with the new ball.

Not that I really like Faf, but for me he's the most likable SA cricketer.
 
Pakistan: :amir
India: :kohli
Sri lanka: :sanga
Zimbabwe: Brendan Taylor
New Zealand: :rosco
Australia: :mj
England: KP
South Africa: :ab
Bangladesh: :shakib
West Indies: :narine
 
Who is your favorite player from each test playing country?
List one player from each country.

Countries -

Pakistan
Australia
England
India
South Africa
Sri Lanka
West Indies
New Zealand
Bangladesh
Zimbabwe
 
Here's mine
Pakistan - Wasim Akram
Australia - Ricky Ponting
England - Alastair Cook/Joe Root
India - Virat Kohli/ Suresh Raina
South Africa - AB DE Villiers
Sri Lanka - Kumar Sangakara
West Indies - Chris Gayle
New Zealand - Shane Bond
Bangladesh - Rahim
Zimbabwe - Brendan Taylor
 
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From current players:

Pak- Shehzad

Australia- none

England - none

India - Kohli

South Africa - Amla

Sri Lanka - none

West Indies - Gayle

Newzealand - MG

Bangla - Fizzzz

Zimbabwe - None
 
Now this is for current players
Pakistan - Mohammad Amir/ Babar Azam
Australia - Steve Smith
England - Root/Cook
India - Kohli/Raina
South Africa - AB DE Villiers
Sri Lanka - None but I'll pick Dilshan
West Indies - Chris Gayle
New Zealand - Trent Boult
Bangladesh - None really but I'll pick Mushfiqur Rahim
Zimbabwe - NONE
 
Australia - Warner
England - Cook
India - Kohli
New Zealand - Williamson
Pakistan - Misbah
South Africa - AB
Srilanka - Hearth
West Indies - Samuels

Don't care about minnows..
 
Pakistan- Waqar Younis
England- David Gower
South Africa- Kagiso Rabada
West Indies- Curtly Ambrose
Australia- Ricky Ponting
New Zealand- Shane Bond
Zimbabwe- Grant Flower
Sri Lanka- Kumar Sangakara
Bangladesh- Mustafizur Rehman
India- Muhammad Azharuddin
 
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Australia- Smith
Bangladesh- Mushfiq
England- Moeen
India- Vijay
New Zealand- Santner
Pakistan- Sarfraz
South Africa- Duminy
Sri Lanka- Mathews
West Indies- Samuels
Zimbabwe- Chigumbura
 
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