srbhkshk
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Tends to depend on how his arm is feeling for the day.
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Most unhittable bowlers??
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Starfighter
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Those who mentioned Trevor Goddard get my concurrence
GoodAreasShane
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Adam Dale springs to mind here
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This. A lot of mentions for finger spinners and dobbly medium pacers just because they have low economy rates, but that doesn't mean they aren't hittable. Just that it was more rewarding, and less risky, to score off them a different way.
Senile Sentry
International Debutant
Yeah, he was a fine cricketer back in the day. But a very boring one. He batted as slowly as he bowled from what my old man told me.
Can't blame him, if a batsman shuffles across the off stump and plays the ramp shot to the yorker as if it were a full toss..
Shri
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woahOut of the bowlers I have faced, Zaheer KhanBecause I could barely see the ball, that made me wonder how tough it must be facing guys who are out and out pace bowlers, Zaheer was still fast-medium and not bowling at his 100% to me.
how did you get the chance to bat against zak
h_hurricane
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On a different note, Zaheer was certainly unplayable in the first over of 2003 WC final. Hayden would certify that.
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This isn’t a humblebrag cos I’m just a very average club cricketer, but I have faced a few guys who’ve played international cricket (weren’t great international cricketers but were very good state cricketers). I faced them past their prime when they returned to club cricket.
It‘s not that you can’t see the ball (you can) but it’s more that they just give you no scoring options. You can defend successfully for a while (perhaps) but scoring seems impossible.
It’s always staggered me how great international batsmen on occasion make it look reasonably fluent facing guys like McGrath, Ambrose or Garner. I literally can’t conceive of how you’d do anything against guys of their caliber except try and survive.
Which I guess is why I’m a very average club cricketer...
It‘s not that you can’t see the ball (you can) but it’s more that they just give you no scoring options. You can defend successfully for a while (perhaps) but scoring seems impossible.
It’s always staggered me how great international batsmen on occasion make it look reasonably fluent facing guys like McGrath, Ambrose or Garner. I literally can’t conceive of how you’d do anything against guys of their caliber except try and survive.
Which I guess is why I’m a very average club cricketer...
h_hurricane
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I’d make the same mistake that many did of underestimating how good he actually was.
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karan_fromthestands
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I've played for plenty of clubs in Mumbai. I faced Zaheer during one of the net sessions at Cross Maidan. Another famous bowler I have faced is Pravin Tambe at the Hindu Gymkhana ground during a match, this was after he got IPL fame. He was a very simple guy, and he blended in with his team mates as if he was just another player, very grounded.
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Based and redpilledHe Red-piled you?I will show myself out.
Only once in my entire career as opening bat have I faced a fast bowler who bowled so fast, I could literally not see the ball. It was like batting blind. Just protect your stumps from being shattered.
With the passage of time, he slows down a tad, while my eyes start to pick up and confidence grows.
I can empathize with how Boycott must have felt facing Holding, who for THAT 1 over was not just unhittable, he was untouchable.
With the passage of time, he slows down a tad, while my eyes start to pick up and confidence grows.
I can empathize with how Boycott must have felt facing Holding, who for THAT 1 over was not just unhittable, he was untouchable.
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I have no idea what this means but I'll assume it's funny?He Red-piled you?
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might get away with it once or twice but eventually he'd jag one off the pitch and I'd sky a thick edge to point
Chubb
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You played VTCA?