Battle of the Infamous

[doesitmatter]

Watson chokes,cries,weeps ..Is that the reason? or is it because of "I love me" persona..see its not cricket...anyhow Butt heads it among the 3

 

[burr]

Watson!!! I have never disliked an Australian cricketer more.

 

[Viscount Tom]

Must admit I'm suprised to read benchy describing him as "intelligent" too; have read more than one article openly questioning his smarts.

Doesn't that particular referrer make the reference a bit invalid?

In fairness to Watson though he's never sol out his country to get some cash. Hardly like he was poor before either was Butt.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Could you also put Kumar Sangakkara in the list as well since he whines all the time and cheats. Also Broad.

And Bresnan.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Could you also put Kumar Sangakkara in the list as well since he whines all the time and cheats. Also Broad.

And Bresnan.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Final Tally - Round 1

Salman Butt: 11
Neil Adcock: 2
Shane Watson: 4

Investigators are making enquiries about the final result.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Round 1, Battle 2

Some worthy contenders chucked in, along with an ATG. Remember, it's not so much about who defiles the spirit of the game the most (unless that's your sole criterion) but who gives you the most primal reaction of pure, unadulterated rage.

Johan Botha (South Africa)

Crimes:

- Well, duh.

'NO BAAAALLLL!' - Completely impartial Gabba crowd, 1st Twenty20 between Australia and South Africa, 2006

'I think the ultimate solution will be if they can have an on-field measurement, but that's very difficult with the clothing and the different camera angles' - Botha on why he can't afford a jumper


Saeed Ajmal (Pakistan)

Crimes:

- An ultimately unflattering doosra.
- Actually being supported by the PCB

‘The authorities are now allowing these mystery spinners, unorthodox off-spinners, to bend their elbows to a degree. If they are going to be allowed to do this England should be saying, “Shouldn’t we be teaching our young spinners to bowl like that as well?” - Bob Willis

'Someone is telling me my action is bad but the ICC allow me to bowl 23.5 degrees because my arm is not good but that’s my problem.' - Saeed Ajmal on his terrible orthopedic surgeon


Jacques Kallis (South Africa)

Crimes, according to the mainstream media:

- Not many

Crimes, according to CricketWeb:

It goes to show you that sometimes perceptions are correct (i.e. Kallis being seemingly selfish) and I get the impression of Kallis being a cricketer who certainly knew his numbers and played for them.

Kallis with his selfish slow batting begs to disagree

I'd worship Jaques Kallis if he did not seem to exude an aura of extreme selfishness at times, again I said 'seem to' I don't know if he really was selfish. He just seems to love a 'not-out' more than any other batsman.

I have the utmost respect for Kallis but those numbers make him look pretty selfish.

No, he's a selfish cricketer IMO, whether you think it's crap or not.

Kallis. Wac. Good riddance you selfish ****.

I don't think he's boring - I think he's selfish. Awesome cricketer though but wouldn't say 'the' cricketer of his generation.

Moreover what sort of sportsman thinks "ah, **** it, we can't win, I'll play for myself."? I'll answer my own question: a selfish one.

And the winner:

Its just everytime I see him, the vision of a nasty apharteid era policeman jumps into my mind.

Voting closes at 9pm AEST.

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Love Ajmal and feel indifferent towards Botha, so selfish Kallis it is.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Haha, great research.

 

[Noble One]

Botha - How did he not make the Olympic shot put team?

 

[uvelocity]

hard to split the chuckers, in fact I cant, abstain

 

[nightprowler10]

Kallis.

 

[smash84]

hilarious thread

Botha.....

I love Ajmal

 

[smash84]

"Its just everytime I see him, the vision of a nasty apharteid era policeman jumps into my mind. "

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Would vote any from the first battle over any of these three.

Guess I'll go for Botha but don't dislike any of 'em.

Would have voted Twatto in a heartbeat.

 

[ankitj]

Ajmal has a gun doosra

 

[BackFootPunch]

Really tough one here. Ajmal seems like too nice of a bloke. Botha clearly chucks it but he's still pretty **** compared to spinners with cleaner actions, I almost feel sorry for him. Like why's he doing it when it doesn't even make him better than those who don't throw?

I'll have to go with Kallis then. For being arguably the greatest all-round cricketer of his generation and still not managing to excite anyone. Get some flair ffs.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Well harsh on Kallis being in this. Don't actually like the bloke but aside from being slightly bland in his public utterances and (allegedly, etc) a bit dim the worst you can say is he's selfish and not to everyone's taste (including mine) as a batsman.

Hard to split Murali's two bastards tho. Both have truly, truly awful actions. Think I'll go with Botha as he's actually been banned from bowling his wrong 'un and has the face of a Waffen SS Panzer commander.

 

[Trichromatic]

trevor bailey?

Nominate: Anyone to play for lancashire. Especially glen chapple, warren hegg, mike atherton and ian austin

also nominate: Michael clarke, harbhajan singh, suresh raina, adam parore, brett lee

:-o

 

[fredfertang]

I find it almost impossible to form a view on Kallis who is by far the most impressive cricketer I have ever felt totally indifferent about - Ajmal I actually rather like, its hardly his fault if he's allowed to get away with his doosra, so that, on the same basis as for brumbers, leaves Botha