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let’s remember some guys
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Hilton Cartwright was a BBL no-rounder for the Perth Scorchers who somehow established himself as a 50-averaging FC batsman who bowled handy medium pace - making him a prime option when Mitch Marsh was cycled out of the team due to form or injury. His debut knock in an SCG dead rubber was promising, but his bowling was less so. After a second unsuccessful Test against Bangladesh, he was inexplicably picked in the ODI side as an opener. He unintentionally became a bowling all-rounder during a stint an Middlesex, has dropped about 17 points of his peak FC batting average, and now makes 40-odd in the BBL twice a season.
Johann Louw was a proud member of the Fringe Late 00s South African Seamers Named Johan(n) Who Could Bat A Bit And Went Kolpak club, alongside Johan van der Wath. Louw chased summer for much of his career, turning out for a variety of South African franchise sides while spending significant periods at Northamptonshire, earning himself the better part of 750 professional wickets at an average in the high 20s. Louw debuted for South Africa in November 2008, dismissing Morris Ouma and Mashrafe Mortaza across his two-ODI, one-T20i stint. A recall beckoned in March of 2009 for a T20i against Australia, where Louw took two wickets while successfully defending 25 off the final over. This match is more notable as being the debut of Yusuf Abdulla.
Derek Crookes played 32 ODIs for South Africa over six years, returning a batting average of under 15 and a bowling average of over 40 - a career that could only occur in the 1990s. Crookes batted everywhere from number 3 to number 10 in the order, but is most known for the one occasion on which he opened the bowling. However, this was not ahead-of-its-time funky T20 captaincy - it was straight-up spot fixing from Hansie. So, y'know, we'll remember him for that and not his Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winning c. Moody b. Robertson 3 (5) in 1998.
Sajeewa Weerakoon was an International Cricket Captain overseas player stalwart, alongside Chanaka Komasaru and, in earlier editions, the likes of Dissanayake Dissanayake and Herath Herath. Having toiled away in Colombo First Grade (and curiously dusty virtual county grounds) since the mid-90s, imaging this poster's surprise when he was inexplicably called up to play ODIs against Pakistan in 2012. His debut match was abandoned early, but his second ODI saw him return the tidy figures of 1/49 off 10 (Asad Shafiq LBW for 25) as the searing pace of...*checks notes*...Thisara Perera tore through Pakistan's lower order to comfortably defend 243. He never played again for Sri Lanka, but continued to churn out bulk wickets in the low 20s for Galle and in someone's ICC save for years to come.
Dolar Mahmud played 7 ODIs for Bangladesh in the late 2000s, called up after a long stint in Bangladesh's Under 19s program. At first glance his numbers look alright - 8 wickets at 32 with a best of 4/28. Unfortunately he was leaking upwards of 7 an over and his only success came against Zimbabwe - his attempts to bowl at then-Test nations resulted in combined figures of 2/118 off 11 overs. His final act in international cricket was to be removed from the attack and fined 15 per cent of his match fee for hitting Elton Chigumbura in the head with a beamer.
Johann Louw was a proud member of the Fringe Late 00s South African Seamers Named Johan(n) Who Could Bat A Bit And Went Kolpak club, alongside Johan van der Wath. Louw chased summer for much of his career, turning out for a variety of South African franchise sides while spending significant periods at Northamptonshire, earning himself the better part of 750 professional wickets at an average in the high 20s. Louw debuted for South Africa in November 2008, dismissing Morris Ouma and Mashrafe Mortaza across his two-ODI, one-T20i stint. A recall beckoned in March of 2009 for a T20i against Australia, where Louw took two wickets while successfully defending 25 off the final over. This match is more notable as being the debut of Yusuf Abdulla.
Derek Crookes played 32 ODIs for South Africa over six years, returning a batting average of under 15 and a bowling average of over 40 - a career that could only occur in the 1990s. Crookes batted everywhere from number 3 to number 10 in the order, but is most known for the one occasion on which he opened the bowling. However, this was not ahead-of-its-time funky T20 captaincy - it was straight-up spot fixing from Hansie. So, y'know, we'll remember him for that and not his Commonwealth Games Gold Medal winning c. Moody b. Robertson 3 (5) in 1998.
Sajeewa Weerakoon was an International Cricket Captain overseas player stalwart, alongside Chanaka Komasaru and, in earlier editions, the likes of Dissanayake Dissanayake and Herath Herath. Having toiled away in Colombo First Grade (and curiously dusty virtual county grounds) since the mid-90s, imaging this poster's surprise when he was inexplicably called up to play ODIs against Pakistan in 2012. His debut match was abandoned early, but his second ODI saw him return the tidy figures of 1/49 off 10 (Asad Shafiq LBW for 25) as the searing pace of...*checks notes*...Thisara Perera tore through Pakistan's lower order to comfortably defend 243. He never played again for Sri Lanka, but continued to churn out bulk wickets in the low 20s for Galle and in someone's ICC save for years to come.
Dolar Mahmud played 7 ODIs for Bangladesh in the late 2000s, called up after a long stint in Bangladesh's Under 19s program. At first glance his numbers look alright - 8 wickets at 32 with a best of 4/28. Unfortunately he was leaking upwards of 7 an over and his only success came against Zimbabwe - his attempts to bowl at then-Test nations resulted in combined figures of 2/118 off 11 overs. His final act in international cricket was to be removed from the attack and fined 15 per cent of his match fee for hitting Elton Chigumbura in the head with a beamer.
weeman27bob
International Vice-Captain
Are there any Guys who have played international cricket?
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Ziaur Rahman was some random Bangladeshi who pinch hit against us in an ODI, all of his 30 odd runs coming from slogs and edges. Never saw him again.
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
One of my favourites was Kamrul Islam Rabbi. Complete crap even by Bangladesh fast bowler standards. His bowling average of 63 accurately reflects his ability and I remember someone once asking if he'd won a raffle to play test cricket. His action has a strong resemblance to Johnson, David Johnson that is.
What he could do, however, was block. Even though his career featured five ducks in fourteen innings he managed a wonderful 2 (63) against NZ and a particularly glorious 3* (70) against India.
What he could do, however, was block. Even though his career featured five ducks in fourteen innings he managed a wonderful 2 (63) against NZ and a particularly glorious 3* (70) against India.
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
Will always remember Zulqarnain for Stuart Broad spitting the dummy at him and then getting off appalingly lightly for it
Daemon
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I’ll remember him for the news headline “Haider and seek”
Chubb
International Regular
He was occasionally in conversations, kind of as a proto-Moeen Ali, but never put up the numbers consistently.
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
John Guy played for NZ.
Almost like a bad pseudonym for someone in witness protection.
Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
Dwayne Leverock played ODIs for Bermuda. At 20 stone he was best remembered for his weight - a weight since surpassed by West Indian offie Rahkeem Cornwall (22 stone). The highlight of Leverock's career, apart from taking 5-53 against Kenya, would have to be this catch.
Gnske
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I think it was his hundred that was particularly shocking IIRC, so much wasted energy.
TheJediBrah
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That's Clint "statistically one of Australia's greatest ever ODI bowlers" McKay to you
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
Along the same lines, John Hastings
Chubb
International Regular
Frankston entrepreneur John Hastings. https://www.domain.com.au/domain-re...tings-dishes-up-a-new-cafe-mr-frankie-846738/
GoodAreasShane
Cricketer Of The Year
That's the Democratic People's Republic of Franghanistan to you
Although tbf the cafe is in the nicer bit up on the hill I believe
cnerd123
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Venugopal Rao
Probably had a bit of a short career to be qualified as a 'guy' - played just 16 ODIs for India and his entire international career was done in under 12 months. He ended with a batting average of 24.22 and one fifty, 61* vs Pakistan in Abu Dhabhi from number 6.
I saw the 2nd ODI of that series live at the ground, and while I didn't get to see Venugopal bat, he did take an excellent catch in the field. Naved Ul Hasan Rana hit it up extremely high in the air, under lights, and I remember being impressed by how composed Venugopal was when settling under the catch.
Despite being known as a useful part-time offspinner he never bowled in international cricket. His Cricinfo profile talks about the time he hit 228* against England A during a warmup game -his highest ever FC score- and he was part of the U-19 WC winning side in 2000.
Probably had a bit of a short career to be qualified as a 'guy' - played just 16 ODIs for India and his entire international career was done in under 12 months. He ended with a batting average of 24.22 and one fifty, 61* vs Pakistan in Abu Dhabhi from number 6.
I saw the 2nd ODI of that series live at the ground, and while I didn't get to see Venugopal bat, he did take an excellent catch in the field. Naved Ul Hasan Rana hit it up extremely high in the air, under lights, and I remember being impressed by how composed Venugopal was when settling under the catch.
Despite being known as a useful part-time offspinner he never bowled in international cricket. His Cricinfo profile talks about the time he hit 228* against England A during a warmup game -his highest ever FC score- and he was part of the U-19 WC winning side in 2000.