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Kevin PietersenWho are some players who have had large amounts of talent but haven't had a go for selection or injury reasons.
Kevin PietersenWho are some players who have had large amounts of talent but haven't had a go for selection or injury reasons.
But South Africa never saw his talent understandably because he was a lower order batsman who bowled part time spin.Kevin Pietersen
I don't know the circumstances under which he played his ODI games, but it's probably very likely they had him bat at #7 and expected him to perform like a 50-FC-avg batsman, which is probably pretty tough. Then again, I'm just guessing, cuz at the time of his playing India had a fairly solid ODI batting lineup of Tendulkar/Ganguly/Dravid/Azhar/Jadeja and other miscellaneous players... I would tend to agree with you that he might have done better in tests.Karim had more more (34 is a fair number) ODIs to prove his worth, and really never looked extra ordinary as his FC avg suggests. Maybe he could have been a better player in test matches. But his OD records were mediocre. With Dharmani, he had such a fantastic OD and FC record, and bizzarely played just one ODI.
Or Thomas Odoyo, or Ravi Shah (49 FC average)It's a great shame Steve Tikolo hasn't had a boat to get on
Speaking of Indian talents, how about Ajay Sharma...Hemang Badani- Decent ODI batsmen, Great fielder, Can bowl slow left arm
Sadagoppan Ramesh
Abey Kuruvilla
HAHA - genius.Andrew Flintoff. Literally.
He didn't miss it, he just mishandled it. And it capsized, as boats do if you don't sail\row\balance them properly.Andrew Flintoff. Literally.
KILLJOY!He didn't miss it, he just mishandled it. And it capsized, as boats do if you don't sail\row\balance them properly.
Mhm, it's a joke!He didn't miss it, he just mishandled it. And it capsized, as boats do if you don't sail\row\balance them properly.
Add great Greame Pollock!There's a whole generation of SA players who missed out on longer test careers or, indeed, test careers at all because of the Apartheid-era exclusion.
Barry Richards
Mike Procter
Clive Rice
Vince van der Bijl
You're getting almost as bad as Darren Murphy. And don't take that as a compliment, because it's not.Mhm, it's a joke!
Yeah the Mohammad Zahid case has interested me for a little while now.Mohammad Zahid from Pakistan comes to mind. Took 11 wickets on debut, then went and impressed in Australia. He actually beat Lara five times in a row out of sheer pace and took his wicket off the last ball of the over. Lara described him at that point as the fastest he ever saw. Here's what Carl Hooper had to say about him:
"The first time I really felt that I had to watch a guy was against Mohammad Zahid at the Gabba in a Benson & Hedges game. It was probably the fastest spell I faced. I was in good form but the ball was just a blur. He was looking for wickets and and he had me thinking that if he got it on target, there was a very good chance of getting hit."
But then he got a back injury. How typical of Pakistan cricket...
Yeah I was watching that Brisbane game at the time. The raw speed from Zahid was phenomenal. He definitely had Hooper on the hop. Hard to say, of course, but he didn't look any quicker than Akhtar, though.Mohammad Zahid from Pakistan comes to mind. Took 11 wickets on debut, then went and impressed in Australia. He actually beat Lara five times in a row out of sheer pace and took his wicket off the last ball of the over. Lara described him at that point as the fastest he ever saw. Here's what Carl Hooper had to say about him:
"The first time I really felt that I had to watch a guy was against Mohammad Zahid at the Gabba in a Benson & Hedges game. It was probably the fastest spell I faced. I was in good form but the ball was just a blur. He was looking for wickets and and he had me thinking that if he got it on target, there was a very good chance of getting hit."
But then he got a back injury. How typical of Pakistan cricket...