Your favourite batsman and bowler ever?

[Hitman]

There's no space for naming a few of your favorite batsman or bowler. You will have to name just one of each

My turn -

Batsman - Sachin (Yes, I'm biased)

Bowler - Warne


Yours? (It'll be fun when we all name just one of our favorite batsman and bowler )

 

[Slog]

Ricky Ponting
Wasim Akram

 

[Syed1]

Michael Hussey
Shoaib Akhtar

 

[Hitman]

Ricky Ponting

One of my all time favorites

Wasim Akram

My favorite fast bowler after Allan Donald (Doesn't make Donald superior to Akram though)

 

[JibranAnsari]

Saeed anwar and shane bond.

 

[Chief Destroyer]

Gibbs
Shoaib

 

[Hitman]

Shoaib Akhtar

An incredible talent who wasted his talent like no other player ever has. He was naturally talented with extraordinary speed and skills.

 

[santos11]

Sachin the Greatest
Shane Bond

 

[Nikhil_cric]

1. Mark Waugh
2.Steyn/Wasim

 

[Rayyman]

Not sure about bowler, but fav. batsman is Mahela Jayawardene.

 

[sshakir411]

Mark Waugh
Wasim Akram

 

[TahirFan]

Brian Charles Lara

Shoaib Akhtar

 

[Hamza_]

Adam Gilchrist & Shane Bond.

 

[A.A.Z]

Loved Saeed Anwar but didn't see enough of him so I'll go with Younis Khan.
Loved Shane Bond but didn't see enough of him because he was always injured so I'll go with Dale Steyn.

I'm sure if I saw Miandad's career he would have been my favourite batsman. Same applies to Imran or if I saw all of Wasim and Waqar's careers.

 

[silent ischemia]

Saeed Anwar
Wasim Akram

 

[Saurav]

Sehwag
Bond

 

[Finisher]

Mohammed Yousaf

Shaoib Akhtar

 

[Markhor]

Inzamam and Allan Donald.

 

[imranq]

Saeed Anwar
Wasim/Shoaib

 

[aloo paratha]

Not sure about batsmen
Bowler: Zaheer Khan

 

[Sachin136]

Sachin and Steyn

 

[ahmadharis1]

Favorite Batsmen: Younis Khan, Shoaib Malik, ABD, Ricky Ponting
Favorite Bowlers: Shane Warne, James Anderson

 

[Bilal7]

Tough to name just one of each but:

Batsman: Hashim Amla.
Bowler: Saeed Ajmal.

 

[RagingJ]

I only started to properly follow Pakistan cricket from around 2008

Batsman: Yousuf Youhana/Mohammed Yousuf
Bowler: Umar Gul from 2007-2011, he was something to watch

I would have put Shoaib Akhtar for favourite bowler, but unfortunately I never seen him enough, just odd flashes here and there, unlike Mohammed Yousuf who was fit and consistently in the team from when I could remember and actually followed a little.

 

[Hasan123]

Kumar Sangkara and Allan Donald.

 

[QalandarFan]

Batsman - Easy AB de Villiers Favorite batsman easily love watching him bat!
Bowler - Wasim Akram doesn't matter if I didn't see him play highlights are enough for him to be my favorite. Although from the bowlers I've seen I'd have to say Dale Steyn.

 

[Rinnegan Sasuke]

Batsman: Faisal Iqbal

Bowler: Ashok Dinda

 

[Ellipsism]

Bowler- Jason Gillespie

Batsman- Lara

 

[Pete Rose]

Saeed Anwar
Ambrose

 

[stevewittry]

Ricky Ponting
Glen Mcgrath

 

[dildildalwalla]

Ricky Ponting
Wasim Akram

 

[Moiza]

King Kohli
James Anderson when bowling in England.

 

[Sarfarazian92]

Saeed Anwar
Shoaib Akhtar

 

[Shutdown Corner]

Batsman: Sachin (admittedly I didn't get to watch him live much due to being US based)
Bowler: none

Out of current players:
Batsman: Mominul
Bowler: Taskin

 

[czar]

Sachin and Steyn

 

[Sadevdesai]

SRT and Warne.

 

[shaz619]

Younis Khan, Brian Lara and KP

Shoaib Akhtar, Shane Warne and Darren Gough

Honourable mention: Shahid Afridi, Misbah ul Tuk, Dale Steyn, Mohammad Ashraful, Tamim Iqbal and Wasim Akram

 

[Specialisttailender]

Favorite Batsman: Sachin
Favorite Bowler: Murali

 

[todfod 11]

tendulkar
wasim akram

 

[bleaf27]

Batsman - Sachin - pure bliss
Bowler - Donald, ambrose

 

[PakLFC]

Brian Lara. Never seen a batsman playing with such fluency, grace and timing.
Malcolm Marshall. The greatest fast bowler as far as I am concerned. Sheer pace, the ability to swing it and a vicious bouncer, he had it all. The great man left this world to soon.

 

[shafkath]

Favourite bowler without even having to think about it is Akhtar. Pure box office. Edge of the seat stuff. The reason i got into the game was my dad and akhtar. My dad would have had his work cut out getting me into the game with the quick bowlers around today. I assumed 94-97mph most delieveries would be a fairly normal thing, only now do i realise how spoilt i was by akhtar and brett lee in the same generation.

 

[Arsalan Pro]

Virat Kohli
Mohammed Amir

 

[Chrish]

Len Hutton

Larwood

 

[khurram39]

Saeed Anwar
Waqar Younis

 

[ocfan]

Brain Lara
Shoaib Akhtar

 

[ayemgilani86]

how about we add wicket keeper to the list too, pure wkt keeper so lets not just keeo hearing Gilchrist

 

[Red Devil]

Sanath
Akhtar

 

[Test fan]

King Kohli
zak

 

[saeedhk]

Sehwag
Steyn

 

[Mamoon]

All-time:

Martyn/Gibbs
Waqar/Bond

Currently:

Root
Boult

 

[GoUgandaCranes]

All-time favorites.

1. viv
2. khan
3. lillee

and no ive not seen them play. i am more in sort of love with their legend and that will never change.

 

[NauV]

Brian Lara
Wasim Akram (Although I loved watching Shoaib Akhtar bowl too)

 

[The_Odd_One]

Batsman: AB Devilliers
I have not watched a more complete batsman than him in my lifetime.

Bowler: Curtly Ambrose
He was unplayable at times. Look at his ER in ODIs.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Tendulkar among the batsmen.
Head and shoulders above everyone in his era. You simply couldn't ignore the aura he carried with such style, grace and humility. The most well balanced batsman, textbook technique, with god given gift of majestic timing. Had the highest range of strokes. Was among the best against spin and pace, both home and away. Fortunate to have witnessed his career. He's the player i am always going to miss the most.


Among bowlers, there are a few. Can't isolate one with the same interest as i could do for Sachin among batsmen which also explains why he is apart from being the best among the batsmen, always remains the best overall cricketer as well by far in his era.

 

[roshanrocks]

Sachin and Warne

 

[Naseef]

AB de Villiers
Shoaib Akhter

 

[JaDed]

Sachin
Wasim/saqlain

 

[SL_Fan]

All time I'll go with Viv and Ambrose.

Post 2000s AB/Kohli and maybe Malinga.

 

[hamaadqureshi819]

sangakara
not sure about bowler but I'll go with saeed ajmal