Best cricketer you've ever watched.

[Breezeblock]

Derek Randall. Brilliant batsman, brilliant fielder, brilliant attitude and all-round good guy.

[The Left Side]

Allan Donald for his lightning quick bowling, Trevor Penney for his fielding and Lara, Hick, Moody and many more Bears for their batting.

[cheltenhamlion]

Warne was one hell of a player to watch. I was lucky enough to see many years of Courtney Walsh at Gloucestershire as well so he would be right up there for me.

[Andy Poole]

Derek Randall. Brilliant batsman, brilliant fielder, brilliant attitude and all-round good guy.

Didn't think I'd see his name here!

As a kid I enjoyed watching him more than anyone else. Won't say he was the best I've ever seen but he had me enthralled whenever I saw him play.

Willis, Donald, Lara, Kallicharran, Amiss. Paul Smith even, were all great players but the greatest I've ever seen?

Has to be Shane Warne.

[UK Redsox]

Derek Randall. Brilliant batsman, brilliant fielder, brilliant attitude and all-round good guy.

My favourite non-Glos cricketer when I was a kid.

[Rotterdam]

Warne as a bowler and probably Lara when in his pomp.

[SteveN]

This thread has taken me back to the 60s when I used to go to Edgbaston with my dad.   It's mainly the batsmen who live in my memory, elegant  Bob Barber,  the sometimes brutal John Jameson, Rohan Kanhai and his falling over hook shot and Jim Stewart. who I'm sure I saw hit one into Canons Hill Park, but that just might be my memory playing tricks.

Of the bowlers, Lance Gibbs, a huge star at that time and Tom Cartright who just seemd to trundle up and bowl medium paced deliveries that looked destined for the middle of the bat...but rarely were,.

Happy days.

[Gareth]

My first day at New Road was 1991 vs West Indies, Hicky was in overnight so rocked up expecting to see him show the Windies what to expect, he was out after 6 or 7 balls so I guess he did in a way for that summer.....however in came a certain Ian Terence Botham who clubbed a beautifully powerful 161....great introduction for me!

[Steve kirk]

Got to be Shane Warne, ok he used to revel in embarrassing us and just about every other cricket nation but what an unbelievable spin bowler, one of the greatest of all time.

[Simon Ward]

Bowler - Denis Lillee
Batsman - Rohan Kanhai
Wicketkeeper- Derek Murray
Fielder - Derek Randall

[PaulWinch again]

Bowler - Warne
Batsman - Lara
Fielder - Jonty Rhodes
Wicketkeeper - Gilchrist(all round package)

[Dave Cooper please]

Bowler - Malcolm Marshall
Batsmen - Lara
Fielder - Collingwood
Wickie - Jack Russell

[devilla]

I've only been to one top class cricket match and that was in 1982 I think. It was the quarter finals of the NatWest trophy between Somerset and Warwickshire. There were some great players on that pitch - Ian Botham, Bob Willis and Viv Richards. My vote would be for Viv Richards. I'll never forget his deep wail of "stayyyy" when he was batting and telling the other batsman that he didn't want him to run. Bob Willis looked really scary as he was bowling, all hair, legs and arms but Richards was the main man for me.

[dcdavecollett]

Watched live:

Fast bowler -Dennis Lillee
Spinner -Michael Vaughan (bowled Tendulkar!)
Batsman -Viv
Fielder -Randall
W/keeper -Bob Taylor

[Exeter 77]

Batsman - Viv Richards
Bowler - Allan Donald
Fielder - Jonty Rhodes
All Rounder - Ian Botham