Crap players you don't want to see playing for your country

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I really can't understand how he got injured and all. His strength knew no bounds. Have you heard of any other cricketer who was hit on the head while batting without wearing a helmet and no ill effects occuring?

He quit cricket only to pursue a modelling career. Because of that, cricket lost a great bowler.

Thank you for the memories.

I don't know what smiley to use to answer that one.

The love and the hate brings a little tear to an old man's eye, it has to be said.









TOUGHEN UP says Heath, you ****ers.

 

[haroon510]

Mohammad Sami - Largely very crap, potentially good in ODI cricket.
Naved-ul-Hasan - Crap.
Salman Butt - Potential in both forms, particularly ODIs. Should get more of a chance.
Imran Nazir - Total rubbish.
Faisal Iqbal - Mediocre.
Shahid Afridi - Good all-rounder in ODI cricket, shouldn't get near the Test side. Play him as a bowler who can bat/pinch-hit.
Kamran Akmal - Good for a start, terrible last year. Pakistan must have better options.
Iftikhar Anjum - Not a bad ODI bowler.
Mohammad Hafeez - Specialist spin bowler in ODI cricket? Possibly worth a chance. Give him a few more Tests.

afridi has better test bating average than odi.. so i think he should play more test matches...afridi is peaking now as an all rounder so he should be played all form of cricket for at least a couple of years.. he has been amazing this year spacially with his bowling...

 

[Perm]

As an India supporter, I'd make a long list, but some of them have achieved a lot in the past, so they're not, as the title suggests, but they don't fit in now. But these truly fit the bill-

• Agarkar
• Dinesh Karthik (hopeless in ODI's and will get unstuck in Tests)
• Munaf (unless we see him sliding and diving in the field and scoring runs in quick chunks)
• Parthiv (one wicketkeeper-batsman too many, way too many in India)
• Maninder Bisla- not yet got a match for India; opener-turned-wicketkeeper; let it stay that way
• Deep Dasgupta and Dinesh Mongia- no comments, they're with ICL

So long as Munaf can bowl well he shouldn't have to be a batsman of any note. Decent fielding will suffice, he doesn't need to be Symonds or Collingwood. Expectations are far too high.

 

[Perm]

afridi has better test bating average than odi.. so i think he should play more test matches...afridi is peaking now as an all rounder so he should be played all form of cricket for at least a couple of years.. he has been amazing this year spacially with his bowling...

Averages aren't everything though, and he's only played a few matches so it's quite difficult to gauge how good he really is. As it is, I doubt he'll be much good playing Test cricket because he doesn't have the temperament.

 

[Goughy]

Heath Davis.

Gun. Though that was Phlegms joke to be had.

So what's crap about Heath Davis then?

I was going to say Heath Davis and Chris Martin, but was beaten to it. I'll say Oram just for psxpro or kiwipostereborn or whatever his name is this week.

If I see Ross Taylor at three in tests I just might cry.

Nothing. On a good day he can get within a foot of a legal delivery.




(No offence to Heath)

Look at his test stats:

v England 2 57 186 2 1/50 1/93 93.00 3.26 171.0 0 0
v Sri Lanka 2 78.2 211 10 5/63 6/98 21.10 2.69 47.0 1 0
v Zimbabwe 1 33 102 5 3/57 5/102 20.40 3.09 39.6 0 0

England was dire in the 90s. So not indicative. Even Vinod Kambli averaged 90s against them. Lanka in New Zealand was dire any ways and Zimbabwe doesn't count.

Too kind TBH, on a good day he can get at least half his deliveries on the pitch.




(Take that Heathster)

I will say this for Heath though, if he hadn't gotten injured every morning and sorted the extras problem he could have made a decent bowler.

I really can't understand how he got injured and all. His strength knew no bounds. Have you heard of any other cricketer who was hit on the head while batting without wearing a helmet and no ill effects occuring?

He quit cricket only to pursue a modelling career. Because of that, cricket lost a great bowler.

Thank you for the memories.

Who said there were no ill effects?

It will be interesting to see what Heath makes of all this when he comes online.

Am I the only one that finds it a little wierd and creepy that a guy has a forum name of an ex-international cricketer and people then almost treat him as such?

I mean why mention or criticise Heath Davis, what does that mean to a random guy that just chose it as a log on?

 

[Perm]

Am I the only one that finds it a little wierd and creepy that a guy has a forum name of an ex-international cricketer and people then almost treat him as such?

I mean why mention or criticise Heath Davis, what does that mean to a random guy that just chose it as a log on?

Not laughing at you or anything Goughy.

 

[Goughy]

Not laughing at you or anything Goughy.

Pls explain

 

[Athlai]

Am I the only one that finds it a little wierd and creepy that a guy has a forum name of an ex-international cricketer and people then almost treat him as such?

I mean why mention or criticise Heath Davis, what does that mean to a random guy that just chose it as a log on?

Heath Davis being Heath Davis? And if he's not then its a clever ruse. Being a rather obscure (sorry Heath) international cricketer at that.

He is after all an ex international cricketer.

 

[Goughy]

Heath Davis being Heath Davis? And if he's not then its a clever ruse. Being a rather obscure (sorry Heath) international cricketer at that.

He is after all an ex international cricketer.

He isnt. I cant believe anyone would think for a second that he was. Always came across as just a litle bit of fun he was having

 

[Perm]

Pls explain

Just the whole Heath Davis situation, what with the Staff discussion. It amuses me.

 

[Athlai]

He isnt. I cant believe anyone would think for a second that he was. Always came across as just a litle bit of fun he was having

Didn't think he was at first but I don't really mind either way. If he's not he's willing to pretend, and I think he's a good bloke either way, elaborate ruse or not.

 

[NZTailender]

Didn't think he was at first but I don't really mind either way. If he's not he's willing to pretend, and I think he's a good bloke either way, elaborate ruse or not.

Yeah, agreed. Feel the same.


Actually thought it was actually Lucky Eddie back from the dead at one point...

 

[Manee]

So long as Munaf can bowl well he shouldn't have to be a batsman of any note. Decent fielding will suffice, he doesn't need to be Symonds or Collingwood. Expectations are far too high.

He is a strike bowler who can't hit 130kph most games, cannot throw overarm or bend down and can barely hold a bat FFS.

 

[iamdavid]

Dan Cullen, Luke Butterworth.

 

[Goughy]

He is a strike bowler who can't hit 130kph most games, cannot throw overarm or bend down and can barely hold a bat FFS.

Who are you describing here, Glenn McGrath?

 

[Johnners]

Dan Cullen, Luke Butterworth.

Ohhhh, not a fan of Butters? He's a gun imo, see last seasons Pura Cup Final as my reference.

 

[Richard]

Am I the only one that finds it a little wierd and creepy that a guy has a forum name of an ex-international cricketer and people then almost treat him as such?

I mean why mention or criticise Heath Davis, what does that mean to a random guy that just chose it as a log on?

Even while he's not, he clearly has a fondness for Heath that surpasses all. Note the Hampshire Second XI game he knew about, as I said in the discussion which Perm alludes to.

Loads of people have chosen players' names as posting-IDs - no-one has ever treated them as the player him(\her)self before this case.

 

[Richard]

England was dire in the 90s.

 

[Pratters]

Knew you would say that. That post was not to make any particularly serious point though people might indeed argue that England was indeed dire in the 90s.

 

[iamdavid]

Ohhhh, not a fan of Butters? He's a gun imo, see last seasons Pura Cup Final as my reference.

Nope, I know he had a great game but to be fair thats all he's done at FC level so far and I just dont think he has the talent to take things further.
Yet on the basis of that game and the fact Ponting seems to rate him people seem to think he has international potential, rat-sh*t medium pacer and not any better a batsman than someone like a Damien Wright imo.
I believe Mark Divin is the more talented cricketer and will show it if he gets an extended run this season,