Which New Zealand cricketers would you immortalise in statues?
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Vaughn Brown - for denying Richard Hadlee 10 wkts in an innings in Brisbane in 1985 - and also Stephen Boock and John Bracewell for putting on 124 for the 10th wicket in Sydney in the same series. Oh - and of course Brian McKechnie throwing his bat away after the underarm.
I would immortalize Mark Greatbatch in stone.....if they could find enough stone to build a statue of him of course.....
Fleming and Cris Crains...best allrounder NZ has produced ever
Bond. Shane Bond. I don't think I have enjoyed fast bowling as much ever since he retired. Pace, swing, accuracy. He was perhaps the only bowler that instilled fear amongst an Australian side that seemed unbeatable in the 2000s.
Fleming has the highest career runs for NZ, and he is the 41st in the world [Are you sure that's a good enough position to be immortalized?], Vetorri is the 17th highest wicket take ... bit closer than Fleming I suppose. Hadlee is 7th ever, and had been holding number 1 for a while during his time, and even after he retired till Kapil Dev dragged himself to that record. Hadlee had been up there and made the rest of the world talk about Kiwi cricket.
Nathan Astle and Stephen Fleming!
Adam Parore -best and most shapely wicket keeper
Groff Allott.. the bowler of 99 world cup. (no offense warney)
Glenn Turner, Richard Hadlee, Martin Crowe, Stephen Fleming for his good batting and brilliant captaincy. Perhaps Daniel Vettori, Jack Cowie, Shane Bond, Stewie Dempster and Martin Donnelly as well?
Mark Richardson - in the famous cramps pose
Vaughn Brown - for denying Richard Hadlee 10 wkts in an innings in Brisbane in 1985 - and also Stephen Boock and John Bracewell for putting on 124 for the 10th wicket in Sydney in the same series. Oh - and of course Brian McKechnie throwing his bat away after the underarm.
I would immortalize Mark Greatbatch in stone.....if they could find enough stone to build a statue of him of course.....
Fleming and Cris Crains...best allrounder NZ has produced ever
Bond. Shane Bond. I don't think I have enjoyed fast bowling as much ever since he retired. Pace, swing, accuracy. He was perhaps the only bowler that instilled fear amongst an Australian side that seemed unbeatable in the 2000s.
Fleming has the highest career runs for NZ, and he is the 41st in the world [Are you sure that's a good enough position to be immortalized?], Vetorri is the 17th highest wicket take ... bit closer than Fleming I suppose. Hadlee is 7th ever, and had been holding number 1 for a while during his time, and even after he retired till Kapil Dev dragged himself to that record. Hadlee had been up there and made the rest of the world talk about Kiwi cricket.
Nathan Astle and Stephen Fleming!
Adam Parore -best and most shapely wicket keeper
Groff Allott.. the bowler of 99 world cup. (no offense warney)
Glenn Turner, Richard Hadlee, Martin Crowe, Stephen Fleming for his good batting and brilliant captaincy. Perhaps Daniel Vettori, Jack Cowie, Shane Bond, Stewie Dempster and Martin Donnelly as well?
Mark Richardson - in the famous cramps pose
One and only one. Richard Hadlee.
New Zealand all time XI -S Fleming,N Astle,Martin Crowe,G Turner,B Suttcliffe,B Cullum,Craig Mac Millan,D Vettori,R Hadlee,S Bond[5 Batsman 1 Wk/Batsman ,1 awesome spinner/handy batsman 1 allrounder, 2 great bowlers,And lastly ny favourite for one days-G Larsen,for tests-T Southee/M Clenagahn
Hamish Marshall circa the first ever T20 match. That afro was worth preserving.
everyone forgot Nathan Astle..... hello??
Chris Martin or Jesse Ryder. They're not Hadlee, but they're legends in their own ways.
Without a doubt, Craig McMillan... the ultimate Kiwi battler.
And maybe a mailbox dedicated to Gavin "The Postman" Larsen... Always delivered!
Glenn Turner and Martin Crowe - Best Batsmen. Richard Hadlee - Best Bowler. Geoff Howarth and Stephen Fleming - Best Captains.
chris cairns - outstanding allrounder .Miss him
Martin Donnelly, Bert Sutcliffe and John Reid.
Tough choice from Hadlee, Crowe, Fleming, Vettori. In a team sport, character outweighs skills, so I will narrow down to Fleming.
John Reid, Sutcliffe, Congdon, Richard Hadlee, Fleming, Vettori and Martin Crowe .
bert sutcliffe would be up there, obviously hadlee, maybe crowe, i'd actually like to see fleming get some brass, he was the greatest captain in world cricket in his era, his tactics ambushed the aussies and nearly derailed them when they were invincable, his innings in the world cup to knock out south africa was the best nz odi innings of all time in my opinion, we won a champions trophy under his reign, still the only silverware we have ever won. sure he never converted half centuries into centuries but he was the brains behind most of our wins and we actually owe fleming alot for dragging the black caps off the bottom of the rankings, all the way up to second at one stage, its no coincidence since he left the black caps have headed back down to the bottom of the rankings. give fleming a statue.
Sir Richard Hadlee and Daniel Vettori. As an afterthought I would also add their best ever batsman Martin Crowe.
Ewen Chatfield. Batting, performing that perfect defensive prod that somehow managed to cover the stumps, but miraculously manage to not edge the ball.
hadlee is the only one. No doubt abt that.
Sir Richard Hadlee & Shane Bond would be top of the list of kiwis worthy of monuments dedicated to them. Ross Taylor & Kane Williamson have the potential to be greats.
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Sir Richard Hadlee & Shane Bond would be top of the list of kiwis worthy of monuments dedicated to them. Ross Taylor & Kane Williamson have the potential to be greats.
hadlee is the only one. No doubt abt that.
Ewen Chatfield. Batting, performing that perfect defensive prod that somehow managed to cover the stumps, but miraculously manage to not edge the ball.
Sir Richard Hadlee and Daniel Vettori. As an afterthought I would also add their best ever batsman Martin Crowe.
bert sutcliffe would be up there, obviously hadlee, maybe crowe, i'd actually like to see fleming get some brass, he was the greatest captain in world cricket in his era, his tactics ambushed the aussies and nearly derailed them when they were invincable, his innings in the world cup to knock out south africa was the best nz odi innings of all time in my opinion, we won a champions trophy under his reign, still the only silverware we have ever won. sure he never converted half centuries into centuries but he was the brains behind most of our wins and we actually owe fleming alot for dragging the black caps off the bottom of the rankings, all the way up to second at one stage, its no coincidence since he left the black caps have headed back down to the bottom of the rankings. give fleming a statue.
John Reid, Sutcliffe, Congdon, Richard Hadlee, Fleming, Vettori and Martin Crowe .
Tough choice from Hadlee, Crowe, Fleming, Vettori. In a team sport, character outweighs skills, so I will narrow down to Fleming.
Martin Donnelly, Bert Sutcliffe and John Reid.
chris cairns - outstanding allrounder .Miss him
Glenn Turner and Martin Crowe - Best Batsmen. Richard Hadlee - Best Bowler. Geoff Howarth and Stephen Fleming - Best Captains.