Warne absolutely was, and he was a bit lazy as a result. There was a very famous incident were Terry Jenner ripped him a new one for being a fat, arrogant prick after his debut test against India. 6 months later, and he was well on his way to being the greatest leggie of all time.
For some who may not be good enough, that self confidence is behind them putting in some performances above what most think they should be capable of.
Yeah Warne is a point in your favour - very ****y guy. Who else.
Yeah it should be pretty obvious to all that Sodhi doesn't actually deserve his spot in the side. Sodhi could recognise this while still backing himself to get the job done anyway and cement the spot he's been given. Confidence and acceptance of reality aren't mutually exclusive.. so I disagree with Hurricane but I still don't think Sodhi thinking he deserves his spot in the side, if true, is any way a good thing.
The reality is that almost none of the NZ posters would pick Sodhi. But yet we still get into arguments with Blocky about it because of the fact that he a) refuses to ever acknowledge anything in Sodhi's favour (e.g. the fact that a leggie, even a poor one, is probably a better option than an equally poor offspinner against a lineup with no lefties and on a very slow wicket) and b) he has an "I told you so" condescending tone even though all of us have constantly agreed that he's nowhere near NZ's best spinner.
Every top order batsman I have ever met has been ****y to a degree but the extra ****y never reached their potential as they had no character (see my post about Dean Jones he only made that knock because he changed his attitude imho)
not fair on tastle tbf. whatever you think of him as a test prospect, he's been a rare shining light in the domestic game for spin bowling. his returns are better than jeets in the shield.
Maybe.
He doesn't want to put his county contract at risk for likely eventuality of him playing a couple of Tests, getting hammered and then being dropped again.
Made himself unavailable for the WI tour earlier in the year because he wanted to shore up his prospects with Warwickshire. Hasn't been considered since. Apparently he and Bruce Edgar are still in touch though - you never know, given his experience of English conditions he might still get a call up for the tour next year.
I didn't follow his career but if he was ****y then he didn't achieve a great test match average so he would be a point in my favour.
He's from a different era of keeping though, compared to more natural contemporaries like Healy his record isn't too bad. And his keeping was slicker than anyone before or since.
Is it true that he eventually gave up the gloves because he fancied himself as a batsman
