let’s remember some guys

[jimmy101]

Bored at work (hence my return) & came across this article from 2013 which has aged horribly. Describes Steve Smith, Shoaib Malik & Ishant Sharma three of the worst cricketers of all time.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Bored at work (hence my return) & came across this article from 2013 which has aged horribly. Describes Steve Smith, Shoaib Malik & Ishant Sharma three of the worst cricketers of all time.

CW Worst 15 Cricketers of All Time - The Results

Yes should feature in this list some time in 2018 give or take Steady on old bean, I'd have to up my output considerably to get to Sinclair before 2018. At the current rate of an update every year, I'd be forecasting Sinclair somewhere around 2030.

www.cricketweb.net

 

[morgieb]

Steve Rhodes

An odd (read: Raymond Illingworth inspired) selection as England's test keeper in 1994 whose 11 match tenure was a bit of an interregnum between the Jack Russell and the Alec Stewart eras. Although the noble Gloucestershire eccentric master gloveman was recalled to the colours periodically thereafter, the gaffer was mostly saddled with keeping for the next decade.

Anyhoo, Raymondo had some strongly held ideas about selection (essentially Yorkshire and allrounders: good; Gus Fraser and specialists: bad) and dear old Bumpy (Bumpy Rhodes, you see?) was the beneficiary/victim of this.

Although a Worcestershire stalwart by the time of his selection, Rhodes had started his career with God's Own County and was a native son of France, hailing from Bradford as he did.

Illingworth wanted to use another Frenchman (albeit one with an Ocker accent) in Craig White at #6 to give his test XI a fifth bowling option and let it be known his keeper needed to score runs from #7, tacitly admitting he didn't much fancy Jack's batting by calling up Bumpy for the first time.

Started pretty well against NZ in the first series of the summer, 49 on debut & batting out the final day at Lord's to secure a draw with 8 wickets down, but then looked less at home against RSA's bowlers in the second rubber of 94, despite an average boosting 65* on a uncharacteristically flat Headingley, which was to remain his only test 50, in fact.

It was felt (by Illingworth) that Rhodes had done enough for the winter's Ashes where, with admirably selectorial consistency, he was given all five tests, got into double figures twice, averaged 9 for the series, was generally thoroughly cornholed by McDermott & never played for his country again.

Apparently he's a massive **** too.

 

[Prince EWS]

CW Worst 15 Cricketers of All Time - The Results

Yes should feature in this list some time in 2018 give or take Steady on old bean, I'd have to up my output considerably to get to Sinclair before 2018. At the current rate of an update every year, I'd be forecasting Sinclair somewhere around 2030.

www.cricketweb.net

What a post this turned out to be:

Don't know why Johnson is batting ahead of Smith but one thing is sure that Steve Smith is slowly but surely turning into a joke player, nobody knows what his role is in the side yet he is always in the XI, atm he is kind of like an Australian version of Ravinder Jadeja..!

 

[jimmy101]

If internet forums were a thing back in the early 90's I'm sure there would be a few shockers regarding a young SR Tendulkar.

 

[straw man]

Ian Bradshaw bowled innocuous left arm mediums and somehow won man of the match in an ICC tournament final. He even played 5 tests for some reason.

Definitely a guy. Ian Bradshaw was actually quite good at what he did, but did it in a very nondescript way.

 

[TheJediBrah]

That Bradshaw/Browne matchwinning partnership was great. It was also the only time in international cricket that Courtney Browne ever showed he could hold a bat

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

What a post this turned out to be:

They're right

 

[cnerd123]

I can't tell apart Varun Aaron and Vinay Kumar

one was quick the other slow and could bat. both crap tho.

 

[Prince EWS]

They're right

I always laugh at the concept of a "joke player".

Fan: Why the **** is this useless bastard playing?
Selector: It's just a joke bro.

 

[honestbharani]

I always laugh at the concept of a "joke player".

Fan: Why the **** is this useless bastard playing?
Selector: It's just a joke bro.

You think you kid and then you realize Cam White was legit selected as the sole spinner for an Australian test side.

 

[Prince EWS]

I just put on the Super Smash, and who do I see batting other than proud guy Neil Broom.

 

[straw man]

An England team of the 21st century to seamlessly play across all formats

Michael Carberry
Joe Denly
Rob Key*
Gary Ballance
Owais Shah
Anthony McGrath
Tim Ambrose+
Alex Tudor
Gareth Batty
Richard Johnson
James Kirtley

This post gave me amnesia

 

[Daemon]

I thought of Sidhu but according to migara he was the undisputed king of playing spin, matched only by Shewag

 

[_Ed_]

I thought of Sidhu but according to migara he was the undisputed king of playing spin, matched only by Shewag

He also killed someone (maybe plural?) and was an incredibly strange commentator - both a bit outside of 'guy' territory, IMO.

 

[cnerd123]

He also killed someone (maybe plural?) and was an incredibly strange commentator - both a bit outside of 'guy' territory, IMO.

was a popular TV celeb in India too, mainly for just sitting in a throne and laughing loudly during skit comedy shows. Think he ran for politics as well?

 

[TheJediBrah]

proud guy Neil Broom.

Is that like the Proud Boys

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

John Bracewell bowled him out in a Test match so I'm cancelling him just for that.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Is that like the Proud Boys

Come on, Broom wasn't quite that bad

 

[Daemon]

fakhar zaman