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Wesley Hall was inducted into ICC Hall of fame, nothing against him but he took 192 wickets at an average of 26. So does it mean that anyone with close to 200 wickets walks into the Hall of Fame? Jason Gillespie has 259 test wickets @ 26. Craig McDermott helped Australia win a World cup and has 291 test Wickets @ 28 and 203 ODI wickets at 24, yet neither one of them in the Hall Of fame.

Even if Gillespie and McDermott don't deserve to be inducted, there is also Allan Donald who took 330 test wickets @ 22 and 272 ODI wickets @21. In spite of that he hasn't been inducted into ICC Hall of Fame but Wesley Hall has been. Does it make any sense?

Jerome Taylor helped WI square the series against England with a match winning spell.

Then he started the 2nd test vs Australia at Kingston with 6 consecutive maiden overs. At one stage his figures were 6.4- 6- 0-2 and I thought Bapu Nadkarni's long standing record of 22 consecutive maidens was in real danger. He has now taken 5 for 33 despite not getting any help from the support cast.

At the Oval it was Ross Taylor who went berserk and scored a brutal 100 to help NZ post 398/5.

Current players only

Novak Djokovic Vs Andy Murray

Stan Wawrinka Vs Jo Wilfried Tsonga

Novak Djokovic Vs Rafael Nadal

David Ferrer Vs Andy Murray

Serena Williams Vs Sara Errani

Timea Bacsinszky Vs Alison Van Uytvanck

If we want to ascertain how good someone is Test Cricket + ODI Cricket what criteria should we use? Case in point there are some players ( Bell, Cook, Samraweera, Strauss) these guys are/were good test cricketers, but they are pants in ODI cricket. If we are to measure these one trick ponies against players who perform well in both forms of the game ( AB, Amla, Kohli, Smith, Mathews) What formula should we use?

I have this formula test average+ Odi average ÷ 2

Then add some bonus points if a batsman ( not a slogger) has a healthy strike rate in ODI cricket/ test cricket, deduct points for having a bad strike rate in both forms of the game.

Lets look at a few examples Alastair Cook Test average= 46 Odi average= 36 46+36 = 82 ÷ 2 = 41 and then we deduct marks for Cooks low strike rate in both forms of the game. I am subtracting 2 marks. conclusion Cook's final rating as a batsman is 39.

Now lets see how he compares with a real star AB de Villiers. Test average + odi average 53+52 ÷ 2 = 52.5 + he gets bonus points for his healthy strike rate in test cricket and his outstanding strike rate of 99 in ODi cricket. I am adding + 6 points. Conclusion: Tests+ ODIs AB de Vlliers has a rating of 58.5

If this formula i am using is incorrect, what other method should be used to determine greatness? of course we take into account the quality of opposition, length of service and other factors, but how exactly do we judge someone's caliber when we combine both forms of the game?

Men's singles

Roger Federer vs Gael Monfils

Kei Nishikori vs Teymuraz Gabashvili

Tomas Berdych Vs Jo Wilfried Tsonga

Stan Wawrinka Vs Giles Simon

Ladies Singles

Maria Sharapova Vs Lucie Safarova

Ana Ivanovic Vs Ekaterina Makarova

Alize Cornet vs Elina Svitolina

Flavia Pennetta Vs Garbine Muguruza

Predict the winner of these matches

Men's singles

Rafael Nadal vs Alex Kuznetsov

Novak Djokvic vs Thanasi Kokkinakis

Andy Murray vs Nick Kyrgios

Borna Coric vs Jack Sock

Marin Cilic vs Leonardo Mayer

David Goffin vs Jeremy Chardy

David Ferrer vs Simone Bolelli

Richard Gasquet vs Kevin Anderson

Women's singles

Petra Kvitova vs I. Begu

Serena Williams Vs Victoria Azarenka

Sloane Stephens vs Prionkova

Andrea Petkovic vs Sara Errani

Andreea Mitu vs Francesca Schiavone

Madison Keys vs Timea Bacsinszky

Irina Falconi v Julia Goerges

Kristina Mladenovic vs Alison Van Uytvanck

Should be a good match.

She played a few matches for Australia and performed reasonably well. If I am not wrong she is Very Tall, Blonde and Good looking. When you talk about all these attributes, Tall, Blonde, Good looking the first sportswoman that comes to your mind is Maria Sharapova. Ferling could have been the Sharapova of cricket. Where is she now.?

Men's Singles Champion?

Ladies Singles Champion?

I remember just one such incident In 1999 Steve Waugh and Jason Gillespie ran into each other. The collision resulted in both sustaining serious injuries. Apart from this freak accident, are there any other incidents of Cricket players getting seriously injured while playing? I am only talking about International matches not about first class or list A games.

Worst or least effective bowlers you have ever seen. In the Words of Geoffrey Boycott buffet bowlers or lollipop bowlers.

This is the top 10 list

1) Eugenie Bouchard – Tennis, Canada

2) Neymar – Soccer, Brazil

3) Jordan Spieth – Golf, USA

4) Missy Franklin – Swimming, USA

5) Lewis Hamilton – Motorsport, UK

6) Virat Kohli – Cricket, India

7) Stephen Curry – Basketball, USA

8) Kei Nishikori – Tennis, Japan

9) Katarina Johnson-Thompson – Athletics, UK

10) Usain Bolt – Athletics, Jamaica

What do you think about Eugenie Bouchard as the most Marketable athlete in the world?

This is the top 10 list

1) Eugenie Bouchard – Tennis, Canada

2) Neymar – Soccer, Brazil

3) Jordan Spieth – Golf, USA

4) Missy Franklin – Swimming, USA

5) Lewis Hamilton – Motorsport, UK

6) Virat Kohli – Cricket, India

7) Stephen Curry – Basketball, USA

8) Kei Nishikori – Tennis, Japan

9) Katarina Johnson-Thompson – Athletics, UK

10) Usain Bolt – Athletics, Jamaica

I think its good for cricket that Kohli made it to that list. What do you think about Kohli's inclusion in this list? who are some of the other cricketers who in your opinion should have made it to this list?

Obviously there was Bradman but I am talking more about the MODERN Cricketers Players.Jordan, Woods, Maradona and Federer are modern SPORTING greats. Ali even though he was past his best come early 70s, but lets not forget that his last boxing match was in 1981. So I think we can still put his as a modern Sporting Great. How do the modern Cricketing greats, compare with these sporting greats from other major sports.

Give reasons why do you detest them, Current players + former players.