Players who are exceptional in one format and dire in another

[Maximas]

Playing half your home games on the WACA would also sap your will to live as a spinner.

Averages mid-30's away from Perth, fair bit less than his overall FC average. Reckon that would compare favourably to the vast majority of left-arm wristies. It's a tough art.

Especially given he has no height to work with, Hogg's main strength was deception, and he really needed a bit of turn for batsmen to be challenged by him. He also greatly benefited from batsmen who were trying to get him away, which was more common in ODI cricket.

 

[kingkallis]

I remember his knock of 173 against Australia in 2001. Great innings;

4th Test: England v Australia at Leeds, Aug 16-20, 2001 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

That seriously was one hell of a knock! All classy...

 

[Valer]

On steyn sure now. Over his net career to date tho not so much.

 

[vic_orthdox]

RE: Hogg, have brought it up before on the forum, but remember people talking about his wrong'un being a lot easier to pick with the red ball than the white one, with the scrambled seam harder to pick up on the white pill.

 

[Expressway76]

RE: Hogg, have brought it up before on the forum, but remember people talking about his wrong'un being a lot easier to pick with the red ball than the white one, with the scrambled seam harder to pick up on the white pill.

Yeah his wrong-un was deadly in ODI games (especially against England but then when hasn't it been?).

 

[BeeGee]

The choice to use the word 'exceptional' has ruined this thread.

No.

If people want to discuss players who were "decent in one format and dire in another" that's fine, but that's a reasonably common phenomena. I was after those players with a ludicrous contrast in performance.

 

[kingpin]

Dhoni!!

 

[Jono]

No.

If people want to discuss players who were "decent in one format and dire in another" that's fine, but that's a reasonably common phenomena. I was after those players with a ludicrous contrast in performance.

Haha fair enough.

 

[zaremba]

Mike Yardy played T20 internationals, more or less as a specialist bowler, despite a first class bowling record of 28 wickets in 162 matches at an average of 74.21.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Roger Twose - at one stage was rated no 2 ODI batsmen in the world behind Bevan (2000), but only averaged 25 in tests

 

[honestbharani]

Roger Twose - at one stage was rated no 2 ODI batsmen in the world behind Bevan (2000), but only averaged 25 in tests

Always thought of Twose and Fairbrother as NZ and Eng's Bevans.. Or at least Poor man's Bevans..

 

[hendrix]

Twose was my favourite player for a long time.

Exceptional fielder also.

 

[BeeGee]

Roger Twose - at one stage was rated no 2 ODI batsmen in the world behind Bevan (2000), but only averaged 25 in tests

Had a critical weakness to short balls delivered at his body and head. In his last few innings he would walk to the crease looking like the Michelin Man, due to the amount of protective padding he was wearing.

 

[Dan]

Abdur Razzak

The closest thing Bangladesh has to a world-class specialist bowler in ODIs, with 201 wickets @ 28 (ER under 4.5)
18 wickets in Tests (2 per match) @ 66

 

[BeeGee]

Hamish Rutherford averages 49 in test cricket and about 8 in ODI/List A cricket after 16 games

I'm sure that test average will be a lot closer to his ODI average in a few seasons.

Check.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Leslie Crowther.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Always thought of Twose and Fairbrother as NZ and Eng's Bevans.. Or at least Poor man's Bevans..

Roger Twose - at one stage was rated no 2 ODI batsmen in the world behind Bevan (2000), but only averaged 25 in tests

My memories of Twose are from the 99 World Cup, of him tonking Warne as he led to New Zealand to an amazing win in the group stages.

 

[mr_mister]

The Twose situation always fascinats me. I was only like 9 when he retired and only remember a few innings of his, (him blasting us at the '99 world cup), but I've always wanted to find out more about the guy and how there was such a difference between his really good ODI record and his abysmal test record. It wasn't really like a Bevan thing I imagine. Pity there's no youtube footage of Twose

Graeme Hick had a really impressive ODI record and though I wouldn't call him dire, was pretty underwhelming in tests as wel all know

Malcolm Marshall also has a tame ODI bowling record compared to his test stats for some weird reason

 

[smash84]

Younis Khan (cbf looking it up if he has been mentioned)

 

[Daemon]

Younis Khan (cbf looking it up if he has been mentioned)

Yep, we have a winner