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When You Changed Your Mind About a Player

Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
My real turning point for Iain O'Brien was a spell by him against the Pom's where he bowled hard and fast into a gale force wind. Before that I was firmly in the O'Dire camp (soz Heathster) but afterwards I loved the bloke. Showed so much heart and talent in that one spell.

What are your moments when you either turned on a player you rated or began rating a player you hated?
 
Athlai

Athlai

Not Terrible
Oh and Mitchell Johnson, always thought he was a left arm quick with nothing else going for him at all and potentially just fodder to good batting. Yet THAT spell against the saffies was a turning point for me. Showed so much ability in that spell that I honestly didn't believe he had.
 
nightprowler10

nightprowler10

Global Moderator
Kamran Akmal is one that I loved since he came onto the scene but am really starting to dislike him. Other than that I'm pretty much the same as Smith.
 
pup11

pup11

International Coach
My views about Johnson has changed quite a bit, and its not only due to his performance at Perth but his performances right through the year have been pretty impressive, doesn't get people out orthodox ways but still picks a lot of wickets, so i rate him now as a test match bowler.
 
HeathDavisSpeed

HeathDavisSpeed

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Athlai said:
My real turning point for Iain O'Brien was a spell by him against the Pom's where he bowled hard and fast into a gale force wind. Before that I was firmly in the O'Dire camp (soz Heathster) but afterwards I loved the bloke. Showed so much heart and talent in that one spell.
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:ranting: :ranting: :ranting:

Should be added to the filter.

And you should cop a 7 day ban for using that name. Terrible. You're off my funeral invitation list.
 
krkode

krkode

State Captain
I didn't like Pietersen originally for some reason. Probably the jelly bean stuff, or maybe it was his "skunk" hairstyle but I've developed a respect for him in recent times, especially after the England tour of India. Definitely think he'll end up with a great career. He strikes me as kind of the Tendulkar of England... as in everyone seems to look to him to play the big innings and so far he's been delivering with consistency.

I didn't much care for Laxman at the start of his career. Kind of used to think he was a waste of space, especially since he used to open and I didn't really know much about him to understand that he was a middle order batsman by nature. Enter 281... I now bow down to his awesomeness.

Those are probably the two off the top of my head for whom I gained respect. There's a few players for whom I've lost some respect in recent times - Hayden and Ponting probably come first to mind, especially since I was a big Hayden fan back in the day ca. 2001 when he was owning India. He played some great innings in that series.
 
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Jono

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
Is this changed your mind liking, or changed your mind rating?

In terms of liking, I used to seriously dislike Andre Nel, but then I realised how much of a competitor he is, and that he's a genuine good bloke. Plus the way he handled the Australian crowd, and responded to their chants against him was hilarious.

In terms of rating, there's a couple. The first time Paul Harris played test cricket was against India, and I expected us to cream him over the park. When he was getting wickets it'd just annoy me. I used to not rate Damien Martyn too highly also and thought he was a bit overrated simply because of his attractive style of batting. Then he toured Sri Lanka and India in 2004 and batted like a dream.
 
NUFAN

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
I was at the Gabba watching Simon Katich's 100, thinking for the first time that this player is very good.

Before that I always felt like he was going to average in the 30s in Test Cricket, but dominate first class cricket.
 
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