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Who is your favourite cricketer from each Test playing country?

Australia - Starc
Bangladesh - Mustafizur
England - Root
India - Kohli/Rohit
New Zealand - Milne
Pakistan - Babar (see username and join date - I jumped on the bandwagon early)
South Africa - David Miller
Sri Lanka -Chandimal
West Indies - Bravo
Zimbabwe - Chigumbura
 
What are yours
Country Current Histtry

Australia - Starc - Brett Lee
Bangladesh - Mustafiz - (too new for a hisotical one)
India - Mohammad Shami - Zaheer Khan
Pakistan - Sarfraz - Wasim Akram
Engalnd - Anderson - Darren Gough
South Africa - Rabada -
New Zealand - Boult - Bond
Zimbabwe - Graeme Cremer - (haven't watched enough for historical one)
Sri Lanka - Herath - Vaas
West Indies - Alzarri Joseph - Holding ( love that action and run up)
Afghanistan - Hamid Hasan
You can see my clear bias towards bowling:yk
 
Australia - he's not in the team anymore but I always liked Peter Siddle. Johnson was such a legend too.
Bangladesh - Mustafizur, such an exciting youngsta beauty :waqar
England - Cook, I respect him because he's so difficult to dismiss
India - Virat, the best batsman in the world. I also like Rahane
New Zealand - Ross Taylor is alright, but generally they are not a team I like. Also Jimmy Neesham is a funny contributor on Reddit and Twitter
Pakistan - Misbah, obviously, is just so awesome, he must be the most universally admired and respected cricketer at the moment. And Yasir Shah, not just for his great skill but his personality. Watching Yasir bowl is one of the great sights in cricket today, as much for his big smiles and energy as for his leg breaks baffling batsmen.
South Africa - Dale Steyn carries on in an unpleasant manner on the pitch sometimes but he's a top bowler. Youngsta beauty Rabada is cool too
Sri Lanka - :herath enough said!
West Indies - I like and sympathise a lot with Jason Holder. Clearly playing for West Indies means a lot to him but there's only so much you can do with the available talent. Marlon Samuels is a bit of a joker, but I don't like that he is a bad influence on the test match team.
Zimbabwe - I don't know honestly. Who's that guy who got the hundred against NZ? He showed some good character. In the past I liked Sean Ervine and Ray Price.
 
Currently playing

Pakistan : Babar/Amir
India : Kohli
England : Buttler
SA : AB
NZ : Williamson
West Indies : Brathwaite
Australia : Starc
Bangladesh : Sabbir
 
Australia - Usman Khwaja
Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal
England - Moeen Ali
India - Mohammed Shami
New Zealand - None
Pakistan - Mohammed Amir
South Africa - Hashim Amla
Sri Lanka - Maharoof
West Indies - Sulieman Jamaal Benn
Zimbabwe - Sikander Raza

:moyo
 
Aus - Smith
Ban - :shakib
Eng - Root
Ind - Rahane
Nz - Williamson
Pak - Sarfaraz
SA - :amla
SL - Mathews
WI - Kragg Brathwaite (gritty fella)
Zimboks - Raza
 
Australia- Smith
Bangladesh- Mustafizur
England- Cook
India- Dhoni
New Zealand- Kane
Pakistan- Misbah
South Africa- Amla
Sri Lanka- Matthews
West Indies- Gayle
Zimbabwe- Masakadza
 
Australia; Steven Smith

England; Alastair Cook

India; Virat Kohli

New Zealand; Kane Williamson

Pakistan; Azhar Ali

South Africa; AB de Villiers
 
Aus - Starc
Eng - Root and Butler
Ind- Ashwin
NZ- Kane Williamson
Pak - Asad Shafiq
SA- still only ABD
SL- Chandimal
WI- Carlos Braithwaite

among current lots.
 
Australia: Chris Lynn
Bangladesh: Litton Das
England: Mark Wood
India: Sheldon Jackson
New Zealand: Colin Munro
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan
South Africa: Dwaine Pretorius
Sri Lanka: Dashun Shanaka
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite
Zimbabwe: Tendai Chatara
Ireland: Craig Young
 
[MENTION=141804]QalandarFan[/MENTION] assuming you're asking for current players:

Australia - Mitchell Starc
Bangladesh - Mominul Haque
England - Jonny Bairstow
India - Virat Kohli
New Zealand - Kane Williamson
Pakistan - Mohammad Amir
South Africa - AB de Villiers
Sri Lanka - Angelo Mathews
West Indies - Jason Holder
Zimbabwe - Sikander Raza
 
Australia: Chris Lynn
Bangladesh: Litton Das
England: Mark Wood
India: Sheldon Jackson
New Zealand: Colin Munro
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan
South Africa: Dwaine Pretorius
Sri Lanka: Dashun Shanaka
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite
Zimbabwe: Tendai Chatara
Ireland: Craig Young

He is the next Ashraful.
 
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Since its from Test playing country, I'll pick Test players. Of current squad
AUS - none (may be Smith)
BAN - Sakib
ENG - Jimmi
IND - Ash
NZ - Will
PAK - Aamir (YK as well)
SAF - Amla
SRL - Herath
WI - none (Chase can be in future)
ZIM - none

All time -
AUS - Warne (I watched every time to see him fail, kept me dissapointed for 15 years). Haven't seen them but the next 2 are Lillee & Greg.
BAN - Rafique. Born is a wrong time, but Raquibul was indeed a quality player, but I have hardly seen him. Ash could been, but he messed with himself.
ENG - KP & Botham, but my memory is from Both's fading days, so it comes very close to Jimmy again as 2nd choice. Liked Arthurs lot, but just not the player to mention. For few years, Andrew was probably at ATG level. Respect Goochi lot, but as a batsman he never excited me.
IND - Kumble (tough choice ahead of Azhar & Kapil, but Anil is probably the best pro coming out of South Asia, a perfect role model & honest trier). I have hardly seen Kapil in his prime, so his memory is mostly from ODI, where he was a champion allrounder.
NZL - Hadlee (Hardly seen him, Cairns & Will among those I have seen lot). Few days back I asked a question regarding the most under rated cricketer in PP - the answer is actually Sir Richard. Hardly any discussion for the one man army, who was as good a bowler if not better than Mac & a batsman probably better than Moeen.
PAK - Khan - few others as well - Waquar, Wasim, Saeed, Inzi, Javed, Shoaib, Saq....) but none comes close to Khan. If I take him out, it's tight between 2Ws, probably Waquar, my boyhood hero.
SAF - Polly (tight between Jaques, Polly, Amla & Donald). Liked Cronje lot, for a limited player like him until, you know.
SRL - Murali (Sanga as well). The greatest one man army - controversial, but I am judge him only on his achievements.
WI - Viv (one of 2 of my greatest cricketers). Taking out him, it's Brian, Ambi & Marshall in that order. Lots of respect for Gordon, but for being our coach mostly.
ZIM - Andy & Streak - can't separate. Probably the lone wolf Andy.
 
Australia: Mitchell Starc
Bangladesh: Shakib-al-Hasan
England: Alastair Cook
India: Ajinka Rahane
New Zealand: Trent Boult
Pakistan: Younis Khan
Sri Lanka: Rangana Herath
South Africa: Quinton de Kock
West Indies: none. I don't think they have a single Test class player.
Zimbabwe: Kyle Jarvis
 
Country past. current. future

1.BD. ashraful sabbir. mustafiz
2.Pak. Wasim. Amir. none
3.Ind. Dravid Dhoni. Rahul
4.SL. Jayasuriya Sangakkara kushal
5.WI. Lara. none. none
6.Zim. Taylor. none. none
7.Aus. Gilchrist. smith. none
8.Eng. None. Anderson. none
9.NZ. Vittori. Kane. none
10.SA. Kallis. ABD. rabada
 
Australia: Steve Smith
Bangladesh : Tamim Iqbal
India : Pujara
Pakistan : Yasir Shah
NZ : Boult
SA : AB
WI : none
SL : Mathews
 
Australia: Starc
England: Anderson
Pakistan: Shafiq
South Africa: Steyn
India: Rahane
SL: Chameera
NZ: Williamson
Bangladesh: Sabbir

WI, Zim - None.
 
Overall:

Australia - Gilchrist.
South Africa - Steyn.
England - KP.
New Zealand - Bond.
West Indies - Lara.
Pakistan - Wasim.
India - Sachin.
Sri Lanka - Sanga.
 
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Just sticking with current players.

Australia steve smith
Bangladesh sahib
England bairstow
India kohli
New Zealand Williamson
Pakistan azhar ali
South Africa de kock
Sri Lanka don't really have one tbh
West indies Darren bravo
Zimbabwe Sean williams
 
India - Ravi Ashwin
England - Ben Stokes
Australia - Mitchell Starc
South Africa - ABD
West Indies - DreRuss (wish he played test matches)
Pakistan - Asad Shafiq
New Zealand - Trent Boult
Sri Lanka - Rangana Herath

Don't really rate or care about other teams.
 
India - Ravi Ashwin
England - Ben Stokes
Australia - Mitchell Starc
South Africa - ABD
West Indies - DreRuss (wish he played test matches)
Pakistan - Asad Shafiq
New Zealand - Trent Boult
Sri Lanka - Rangana Herath

Don't really rate or care about other teams.

Russell could actually improve the WI Test team with his 20s and 30s.
 
Australia- Starc
Bangladesh- Shakib
England- Anderson
India- Rahane
New Zealand- Taylor
Pakistan- Misbah
South Africa- Steyn
Sri Lanka- Herath
West Indies- Kraigg Brathwaite
Zimbabwe- Sean Williams
 
CURRENT:
Pakistan:Azhar Ali(Tests)/Babar Azam(ODI's)
England:Jason Roy(LOI's)/Cook(Tests)
NZ:Williamson.
Australia:Starc
Sri Lanka:Chandimal.
South Africa:Rabada
B'Desh:Mominul Haque.
India:Kohli.
Zimbabwe:Chatara
West Indies:Sammy.
 
India - Virat Kohli
Pakistan - Misbah
Sri Lanka - Mathews
England - Root
Zimbabwe - Hamliton Masakadza
West Indies - Chris Gayle
Australia - Mitchel Starc
NZ- Kane Williamson
SA- ABDV
BD- Shakib Al Hasan
 
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Australia- Starc
Bangladesh- Tamim
England- Anderson
India- Kohli
New Zealand- Ross Taylor
Pakistan- Yasir Shah
South Africa- Steyn
Sri Lanka- Rangana Herath
West Indies- None at present
 
Australia: Mitchell Starc
Bangladesh: Shakib-al-Hasan
England: Alastair Cook
India: Ajinka Rahane
New Zealand: Trent Boult
Pakistan: Younis Khan
Sri Lanka: Rangana Herath
South Africa: Quinton de Kock
West Indies: none. I don't think they have a single Test class player.
Zimbabwe: Kyle Jarvis

Oh my my..how did this happen? I was expecting some one else's name... :butt
 
Pakistan: Waqar Younis
Australia: Shane Warne
New Zealand: Daniel Vettori
South Africa: Alan Donald
England: Paul Collingwood
West Indies : Malcolm Marshall
India: Sourav Ganguly
 
My list just for the sake of the thread:
Aus: David Warner
Ban: Shakib Al Hasan
Eng: Stuart Broad
Ind: Virat Kohli
NZ: Kane Williamson
Pak: Yasir Shah
SL: Angelo Mathews
SA: Quinton De Kock
WI: Darren Bravo


My List of cricketers with no regard to the title thread:
Aus: Glenn Maxwell
Ban: Shakib
Eng: Jason Roy
Ind: Virat Kohli
NZ: Corey Anderson
Pak: Mohammad Aamir
SL: Angelo Mathews
SA: AB De Villiers
WI: Andre Russell
 
Pakistan - Azhar, Babar Azam, Shafiq, Rizwan
England - Cook, Root, Bairstow, Anderson, Buttler, Stokes, Woakes, Roy
India - Kohli, Rahane, B. Kumar, Ashwin, K. L. Rahul
Australia - Starc
South Africa - Rabada
New Zealand - Boult
Sri Lanka - Mathews, Herath
Bangladesh - Sabbir Rahman
West Indies - N/A
Zimbabwe - N/A
 
Didn't pay much attention to the thread title but these are the names:

Pakistan: Yasir Shah, Misbah, Younis, Amir

England: Ali, Woakes and Root

Australia: David Warner

South Africa: Dale Steyn

Sri Lanka: Herath and Matthews

Bangladesh: Mohammad Ashraful, Shakib, Tamim Iqbal and [MENTION=45836]Ashraful_Rox[/MENTION]

West Indies: Chris Gayle and Sunil Narine

Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza

Afghanistan: Mohammad Shehzad , Hamid Hassan and Shapoor Zadran

Ireland: Boyd Rankin, Eoin Morgan, Kevin O'Brien and [MENTION=136108]Donal Cozzie[/MENTION]

Netherlands: Peter Borren
 
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Australia: Pattinson
England: Woakes
India: Kohli
NZ: Boult
Pakistan: Misbah
South Africa: Steyn
SL: Herath
WI: Samuels
 
Australia: Shane Watson
Bangladesh: Mustafizur Rahman
England: Chris Woakes
India: Ajinkya Rahane
New Zealand: Kane Williamson
Pakistan: King Misbah
South Africa: AB De Villiers
Sri Lanka: Rangana Herath
West Indies: Jason Holder
Zimbabwe: none
 
Australia - David Warner
Bangladesh - None
England - Joe Root
India - Virat Kohli
New Zealand - Kane Williamson
Pakistan - Misbah ul Haq
South Africa - ABD
Sri Lanka - None
West Indies - None
Zimbabwe - None
 
Bangladesh - Tamim Iqbal
Pakistan - Ahmed Shehzad
NZ - Ross Taylor
Australia - David Warner
South Africa - AB De Villiers
England - Jos Buttler
India - Virat Kohli
SL - Dinesh Chandimal
Zimbabwe - Sean Williams
WI - Lendl Simmons
 
All time:

Australia - Ponting
England - Stewart
India - Dravid
NZ - Vettori
Pakistan - Waqar
South Africa - Donald
Sri Lanka - de Silva
West Indies - Ambrose
 
From the current lot

Aus: Starc
Bangla: The Fizz
Eng: Root
India: Kohli
NZ: KW
Pak: Yasir
SL: Kusal Mendis
SA: AB
WI: DreRuss

All-time from the ones I have either seen live or through past match footage, Youtube etc

Aus: Gilly
Bangla: The Fizz
Eng: KP
India: Sachin
NZ: BMac
Pak: Wasim
SL: Jayasuriya
SA: AB
WI: Viv
 
All time: Only from the lot I watched.

SA - Steyn
Aus - Warne
Pakistan - Wasim
India - SRT
Eng - Flintoff
SL - Murali
NZ - Crowe
WI - Ambrose
 
From the current lot

Pak: Yasir/Amir/Azhar/Asad/Sami
India: no one
Australia: Starc
South Africa: ABDV/Rabada
England: Bairstow/Root/Woakes/Ali
Sri Lanka: no one
Bangladesh: no one
West Indies: Samuels
 
Just sticking with current players.

Australia steve smith
Bangladesh sahib
England bairstow
India kohli
New Zealand Williamson
Pakistan azhar ali
South Africa de kock
Sri Lanka don't really have one tbh
West indies Darren bravo
Zimbabwe Sean williams


Updating my list as I have thought about it a bit more.

Australia, Smith, Starc,Hazelwood, Pattinson,Zampa, Mitch Marsh.

Bangladesh-l, Sakhib, Taskin.

England, Butler,Bairstow,root,

India,Kohli,Rahane,Jadeja,Yadav,Kumar,Vijay,MSD.

New Zealand,Williamson,Boult,Santner,Henry,Milne

Pakistan,Azhar,Shafiq,Rizwan,Amir,Misbah,

South Africa, De kock, Faf,Ab,Elgar,Rabada,Steyn

Sri Lanka, maybe Mathews starting to like Mendis, other than don't really have one.

West indies, Russell,Darren Bravo.

Zimbabwe,Sean Williams,
 
AUS-Starc
ENG-Woakes/YJB
IND-Ash/Rahul
NZ-Williamson/Milne
PAK-Yasir/YK
SA-Steyn/Rabada
SL-Herath
WI- maybe Alzarri?
 
Aus - Smith
SA- Steyn
NZ- Boult, Taylor
Eng- Cook
WI - Samuels
SL- Matthews, Chandimal and mendis
Ind - Rahane
Pak - Azhar Ali, Misbah
Ban- Mustafizur
 
Pakistan - Amir
India - kohli
Bangladesh - fiz
Sri Lanka - Chandimal
Aussies - the Pakistani guy
England - stokes
Sa - devillers
West Indies - Gabriel
 
Pak - Saeed Anwar, Waqar Younis
Ind - Rahul Dravid, Virat Kohli
SL - Kumar Sangakkara
BD - Tamim Iqbal
Eng - Pietersen, Flintoff
Australia - Ponting, Warne
South Africa - Dale Steyn
New Zealand - Kane Williamson, Shane Bond
Zimbabwe - Andy Flower
West Indies - Ambrose, Lara
 
Among those currently playing:

India - Virat Kohli
Pakistan - Misbah Ul Haq
Sri Lanka - Angelo Mathews
Bangladesh - Mushfiqur Rahim
England - Joe Root
South Africa - A B De Villers
Australia - David Warner/ Steve Smith
New Zealand - Trent Boult
West Indies - Darren Bravo

Among the retired ones:
India - Rahul Dravid
Pakistan - Inzamam ul Haq
Sri Lanka - Kumar Sangakkara
England - David Gower
South Africa - Graeme Smith
Australia - Ricky Ponting
New Zealand - Martin Crowe
West Indies - Brian Lara
 
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Currently

Australia: Starc
Bangladesh: Mustafizur and Mahmudullah
England: Root
India: No one
New Zealand: Williamson
Pakistan: Misbah (after he retires no one)
South Africa: ABDV and Rabada
Sri Lanka: No one
West Indies: Russell and Kraigg Brathwaite
Zimbabwe: Hamilton Masakadza
 
From the current lot

Pak: Yasir/Amir/Azhar/Asad/Sami
India: no one
Australia: Starc
South Africa: ABDV/Rabada
England: Bairstow/Root/Woakes/Ali
Sri Lanka: no one
Bangladesh: no one
West Indies: Samuels

I was expecting exactly the same from u.....love u man :kakmal
 
Your favourite cricketers from each country?

Not the best, just your favourites. Pick those you have seen obviously.

Aus: S. Warne
England:Ian Botham
India: Anil Kumble
South Africa: Allan Donald
Pakistan: Wasim Akram
NZ:R. Hadlee
West Indies: IVA Richards
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya
Bangladesh: Shakib
Zimbabwe: P. Strang

Dominated by bowlers, I guess.
 
Australia : Warne
England : Freddie
India : Dada
South Africa : Kallis
NZ : Crowe
WI : Ambrose
Sri Lanka : De Silva
BD : Shakib
Zimbabwe : Andy Flower
 
Of all time from those I have seen


Australia-Clarke
England-bell
India-Kohli
South Africa-Smith
NZ-Fleming
Pakistan-Moyo
Sri Lanka-Sanga
 
Australia; Steven Smith

England; Alastair Cook

India; Virat Kohli

New Zealand; Kane Williamson

Pakistan; Azhar Ali

South Africa; AB de Villiers

One change: Faf du Plessis in. Can't believe I liked the choker de Villiers at one point. Although, I think I put him there probably because no one else came to my mind.
 
Of all-time:

Aus- Damien Martyn, AB
Bangladesh- Shakib
England- Stuart Broad, Kevin Pietersen
India- SRT, Kapil Dev, Zak
NZ- Shane Bond, BMac
Pak- Wasim( pretty much most Indians will pick)
SA- Steyn , Gibbs
SL- Attapattu, Sangakkara
WI- Lara, Ambrose
Zim- Andy Flower
 
All time

Australia- Toss up between Shane Warne, Steve Waugh and Warner
England - none. It is a very boring team. Root might become in the future
India - Sehwag
South Africa - ABDV
NZ - Fleming
Pakistan - Inzi
Sri Lanka - Jayasurya
BD - Shakib
Zim- Andy Flower

80s
Australia- Lilli
England - Botham
India - Azhar/Shastri
South Africa - None
NZ - Rutherford
Pakistan - Imran
Sri Lanka - Ravi Ratnayake
Zimbawe - Hougton

90s
Australia- Steve Waugh and Shane warne
England - None - really boring team in 90s
India - Dravid and Later Saurav
South Africa - Mcmillan
NZ - Fleming
Pakistan - Waqar/Wasim
Sri Lanka -Jayasurya
Zimbawe - Heath Stream/Andy

00s
Australia- Hayden
England - Flintoff
India - Saurav and later Sehwag
South Africa - Smith and Later ABDV
NZ - Vettori
Pakistan - Razzaq
Sri Lanka - Sanga
Zimbawe - Taibu/Andy FLower
BD - Shakib


10s
Australia- Warner
England - Root
India - Kohli, Rohith
South Africa - ABDV
NZ - Willaimson
Pakistan - None for most of the time. Boring team most of the time
Sri Lanka - Sanga Until he retired.. Boring team after that.. DIckwella may be in future
Zimbawe - Taylor
BD - Shakib
 
Never seen this post beofe, time to make my own list:

Australia - Starc
Bangladesh - Shakib
England - Root
India - Kohli
New Zealand - Boult
Pakistan - Shadab
South Africa - Rabada
Sri Lanka - Kulasakera
West Indies - Shai Hope
Zimbabwe - Mazakadza
 
Aus-finch
Nz-boult
Pak-ahmed shahzad
Wi-gayle
Sa-morne
Eng-jason roy
Sl-dickwella
Afg-rashid
Ban-mushfiqur
Ind-king.
 
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