Comments on: Andrew Flintoff Legacy

By: Neo Tshimole

Neo Tshimole — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:54:32 +0000

Kallis is a legend and Freddy is a good cricketer and player by all means. Kallis is one of those players say 15 years from now when record books are opened he’s gonna be in those books

By: Neo Tshimole

Neo Tshimole — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:47:30 +0000

I have to agree with you Rob on bowling. Lets not forget that Freddy doesn’t do this sort of thing very often like he did at Lord’s, he was AMAZING. Kallis v Freddy, personally I’d pick the Great Kallis because he is perfect in every department(bowling, batting,etc…)With Freddy you can never be certain that he will perform on a given day but with Kallis there’s a solid guarantee that the he can bat all day for his country

By: Neo Tshimole

Neo Tshimole — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:35:38 +0000

I have to agree with you Rob on bowling.But lets not forget that Freddy does’t often does this sort of thing very often like he did at Lord’s, he was AMAZING!In my opinion I think he is more of a bowler than a batsmen on the other hand you have the Great KALLIS who is good in every department. Lets face it people Kallis is much better at performing either with bat or ball and he has shown a lot of times. He is a legend and Freddy is just a good cricketer

By: Rob Marrs

Rob Marrs — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:07:08 +0000

Come, come… Flintoff was immense this morning but it isn’t as if he’s only played 10 tests. The guy has played 76 tests, it is reasonable to evaluate over that period rather than bits and bobs that standout.

Who would I rather have bowling? Probably Freddie because I’m a fan of his. Who would I rather have batting? Kallis… every single day of the year. This is only Flintoff’s third five-fer in 76 that isn’t great, in my opinion, even if he was great today. As an all-rounder who would I rather have in my team? Flintoff or Kallis? For one-off brilliance, Flintoff. For every game of the year excellence, Kallis.

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By: Ali Bourne

Ali Bourne — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:54:20 +0000

i personally believe that he would have had he not been plagued by injury throughout his career.

I know who i would have preferred to have had bowling out there today between Flintoff and Kallis.

I think players like Flintoff are what makes a team go from being an ok team to a team that can beat the world number 1′s.

Stats do not make players great. Kallis has a better bowling average but do you think that he is a better bowler than Flintoff? Flintoff doesn’t look great on the stats page but he puts his heart and body on the line when he steps out onto the field for England. for this reason i think he is a great and so would everyone that watched this mornings spell.

By: Rob Marrs

Rob Marrs — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:55:03 +0000

I beg to differ, Ali. A fine performance today (thankfully) but I don’t think he’s done it often enough, consistently enough to be compared with the real great all-rounders (Sobers, Botham, Dev, Hadlee, Khan) or even Kallis.

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By: Ali Bourne

Ali Bourne — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 12:01:48 +0000

I think we can see that at any given time Andrew Flintoff is the best bowling all-rounder in the world. I can’t see Kallis pulling out a bowling performance as great as that.

England owe hime the world for that amazing performance. He truly is one of the best ever when he isn’t injured.

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By: David Siddall

David Siddall — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 09:23:05 +0000

to extrapolate his figures in such a way is a very problematic process. Freddie had such an abismal start to his Test Match career. His bowling did not really see any results until the 2003/4 series in Sri Lanka and he didn’t score his first ton until 2001/2 in New Zealand.

I know some of the stats looking bk on full careers can be a cop out but still have some value.

I just hope he propells himself to greatness in his final series. He will have to be going some as you quite rightly point out.