Battle of the Australians: Bill Brown vs Hugh Trumble

[langerrox]

This is a very tough one, I think Bob Simpson just for me.

 

[Wildwil]

Yeah Very tough. But Bob Simpson looks a bit better than Lawry plus he could bowl a bit.

 

[BigCrickNan]

Hmm i would go for Lawry he was very good batsman and captain. Finally this is an even battle. As i've said before how can you compare Stuart Macgill to Allan Border?!?!?!

 

[barmyarmy]

I think Simpson just edges it for me.

 

[aussie_ben91]

Bobby Simpson

 

[puddleduck]

Do we include commentary skills This is indeed a mighty tough one, but I will probably go for Simpson just.

 

[nightprowler10]

Hmm i would go for Lawry he was very good batsman and captain. Finally this is an even battle. As i've said before how can you compare Stuart Macgill to Allan Border?!?!?!

Vote for whomever you think is the greater cricketer. I'm not asking people to compare a cricketer with a baseball player.

Anyway, 5-1 to Simpson.

Round 1: Battle 6

Jeff Thompson

Test: 51 matches, 200 wickets @ 28.00, 8 5-fers
ODI: 50 matches, 55 wickets @ 35.30

vs

Paul Reiffel

Test: 35 matches, 955 runs @ 26.52, 6 50s | 104 wickets @ 26.96, 5 5-fers
ODI: 92 matches, 106 wickets @ 29.20

 

[Wildwil]

Jeff Thomson

 

[andrew_nixon]

Another no-contest. Thompson all the way.

 

[barmyarmy]

Well I know who I'd rather play against!
The better player however is Thompson.

 

[nightprowler10]

Another no-contest. Thompson all the way.

Will have a few of these in the first round at least.

Just a thought, never knew Thomson's average got to 28 at the end of his career. The guy had one 5-fer in his last 5 years (19 tests), and some bad matches forced his average from 25.6 to 28. Probably shoud've retired a couple of years earlier.

 

[Left_Hander]

Well this should be a walkover.

But any, I pick Thompson

 

[aussie1st]

As good as Reiffel was just no hope against the speed master in Jeff Thompson.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Jeff.
Would it be possible to have one for India or Bangladesh? Or Zimbabwe even...

 

[puddleduck]

Definately Thommo, despite the statistics suggesting otherwise, he scared the life, and with it wicket, out of plenty of batsman.