Pakistani’s have always been cool. Imran, Safraz, Abdul, Mushtaq, Afridi, Inzy… Hell the list is endless.
The other sub continent sides have been severely lacking in the coolness department. They have had the odd Fonz, like Ahzurrdin and Shastri, but they were the exceptions.
Times have changed though.
Somehow in spite of themselves India and Sri Lanka have produced cool players.
My thoughts on Yuvraj (sourav who) and Dhoni have been well known for a while.
But Sri Lanka has some dudes in their team now that are also quite cool. Malinga has a hair style that makes Nathan Bracken look straight, an eyebrow piercing and a bowling action that makes him look slightly retarded.
And yet the boy is still cool.
But he has nothing on the King.
Kumar is like Charlie Bronson in the dirty dozen, tough, talented and a mother f*cker to boot.
He is the prototype of what Sub Continental players should be.
Talented, gutsy, brilliant, aesthetically pleasing, and a player who loves a scrap.
He sledges like Steve Waugh in a world cup.
He bats like Lara used to when he was interested.
He keeps better than most of the worlds stoppers.
And of recent times he is as close to batting perfection as I have seen.
I think for the good of world cricket, he came along at the right time. The Proboters are starting to take over, and we need the likes of Kumar to fight the good fight.
Too many batsmen play like they are fighting for their mortagage, he bats like he is trying to win a cricket match.
Keith Miller style.
His innings in Tasmania was more than enough reason to keep Hobart on the map for the next few years.
Now he takes on England.
The Poms would have to be favourite for this series, but Australia only had to face him once and he damn near drew the series on his own.
If he averages under 70, England will win, if not, good luck England.
No one fu©ks with the king baby.
UncleJ,I think Sreesanth is the coollest guy in the subcontinent.He is for one an Indian,can play jungle drums ( watch him drumming on the pitch after Haydens dismissal in the T20) and has also the nerve to clap in the face of Ponting(Whatever it means).On top of it according to Symonds he has the ‘whiteline fever’.BTW, he also bowls very well and by his own admittance has a Dr.Jerkyll and Mr. Hyde personality.Sorry, UncleJ, you are way off the mark.
i think yuvraj is the coolest guy…they way he is cooling his heels in dressing room waiting his trn will soon become ‘cool’ for anything…
I think the suavest, coolest cat of ‘em all is Anil Kumble. He does not sledge. He does not need to open his mouth, for his eyes speak a thousand languages (that is one less than the number Murali’s eyes speak). He can bowl all day from one end in hot and humid conditions and come out looking like he barely broke a sweat.Plus Sangakkara aint ever made proper runs against Kumble. One hundred, no fifties, and his average drops fifteen units against India.
You are all off.Ganguly is the coolest. (I have lost all my anger for him by now)Who pulled off his shirt and then swung it in the air after winning against England?Who dared to engage Ponting in the psychological war of words during WC 2003?Who made a superb comeback after being embarrassed at the hands of a foreign coach?When Stuart Broad called him “uncle”, who had the guts to respond, “don’t try it with me, son”?Who lead India to WC final and broke Ozzie 16-win record?Who eloped with his gf despite family objections? (Now that’s pretty darn cool, isn’t it?)I wanna be like Ganguly when I grow up. Well, I always have. Duh.But, I think King, Sree, Yuvi, and Kumble are all quite cool.
Sreesanth, could be cool, but is clearly too nuts. Yuvraj, could be the coolest but needs to play test cricket, onl the coolest play test cricket. Anil, is cool, but more in a Richie benaud kind of way, not in a keith miller kind of way. Ganguly, Dinnie you are kicked off the site for mentioning him in in this post.
sanga is deff the coolest. that bit of sledging against pollock is funny shit. if uz havnt seen it go to youtube type in sangakkara and look it up