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Establishing Forum Definitions of Good, Great, Average etc - mugatiya - 03-07-2023
Kind of a random thread but would be keen to put together some general definitions around how we bracket players into a category.
I think the loose definitions (borrowed) are
All-time great: Among the very best of all time, and would fit into an all-time team. Eg: Bradman, Tendulkar, Lara, Marshall, Murali and Imran. I think there's only about a max of 50 of these. Maybe over time a new player gets in but this is rarified air that is being breathed.
Great: Among the best players from their country, with consistently excellent performances over many years. Dravid, De Silva, Walsh, Vaas
World-class: Very good players who have had impressive performances, but not consistently enough to be considered greats. Eg
Good: Solid players who are important members of their team and have impressive performances, but are not quite at the same level as the very best.
Average: Decent players who can justify their place in the team, but are not standout performers.
RE: Establishing Forum Definitions of Good, Great, Average etc - mugatiya - 03-07-2023
Who would you consider World Class but not great from SL ?
Mathews? Marvan?
I think Sanga is a good shout for ATG imo, Mahela a great and so on is how I've always seen those 2.
RE: Establishing Forum Definitions of Good, Great, Average etc - Bada - 03-07-2023
ATG from SL
Test - Murali and Sanga
ODI - Sana and Murali
RE: Establishing Forum Definitions of Good, Great, Average etc - slcricfan1 - 03-07-2023
Matthews borderlline great imo
RE: Establishing Forum Definitions of Good, Great, Average etc - slcricfan1 - 03-07-2023
Can we talk about one format here. Otherwise could be very complicated lol
RE: Establishing Forum Definitions of Good, Great, Average etc - Bada - 03-07-2023
(03-07-2023, 08:01 AM)slcricfan1 Wrote: Can we talk about one format here. Otherwise could be very complicated lol
You can post like this
(03-07-2023, 08:00 AM)Bada Wrote: ATG from SL
Test - Murali and Sanga
ODI - Sana and Murali
RE: Establishing Forum Definitions of Good, Great, Average etc - slcricfan1 - 03-07-2023
Samaraweera and Hashan tillikaratne are probably world-class in test right?
RE: Establishing Forum Definitions of Good, Great, Average etc - pj57 - 03-07-2023
(03-07-2023, 08:00 AM)slcricfan1 Wrote: Matthews borderlline great imo
You have already made it complicated by a "borderline" tag. They are either world class or great.
RE: Establishing Forum Definitions of Good, Great, Average etc - slcricfan1 - 03-07-2023
(03-07-2023, 08:17 AM)pj57 Wrote:(03-07-2023, 08:00 AM)slcricfan1 Wrote: Matthews borderlline great imo
You have already made it complicated by a "borderline" tag. They are either world class or great.
Nah, not that simple.
RE: Establishing Forum Definitions of Good, Great, Average etc - pj57 - 03-07-2023
(03-07-2023, 08:19 AM)slcricfan1 Wrote:(03-07-2023, 08:17 AM)pj57 Wrote: You have already made it complicated by a "borderline" tag. They are either world class or great.
Nah, not that simple.
It will be never ending if we keep doing that. Why is that you want everything to get so complicated LOL.