karan_fromthestands
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Yap, he was quick too. And one of those bowlers who'll bowl absolute peaches along with some absolutely rubbish bowling.
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Pick one of your absolute favourites who disappointed you in International cricket
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chris.hinton
International Captain
Hick
karan_fromthestands
State Captain
Mark Ramprakash.
But he redeemed himself
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"In the winter of 2006-07 he astonished team-mates and fans by taking part in Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC TV reality show which had been won the previous year by the much more extrovert Darren Gough. Ramprakash finally did what he hadn't done for England: he conquered his nerves, came out of his shell and rose to the big occasion, scoring a perfect 40 (10/10 from all four judges) for his salsa in the final. And he did it in a range of slinky shirts with not many buttons done up." - cricinfo
But he redeemed himself
:"In the winter of 2006-07 he astonished team-mates and fans by taking part in Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC TV reality show which had been won the previous year by the much more extrovert Darren Gough. Ramprakash finally did what he hadn't done for England: he conquered his nerves, came out of his shell and rose to the big occasion, scoring a perfect 40 (10/10 from all four judges) for his salsa in the final. And he did it in a range of slinky shirts with not many buttons done up." - cricinfo
I believe he did not manage himself well, was quite erratic according to Bob Woolmer. He set unrealistic goals sometimes.
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Some of the all time great **** fights on CW involved Pont coming on here to defend the myth that was Sharma.
jcas0167
International Regular
Graeme Hick in test cricket. He was scoring FC tons at the best rate since Bradman then had a horror debut series where Ambrose and Walsh targeted him. He adjusted his technique to better handle the short ball and from 93-95 had good series against the Windies and South Africa plus the infamous 98 not out against Australia.
He was a victim of 90's English selectors chopping and changing though and was dropped and recalled around a dozen times. Duncan Fletcher said in his book that if he had been English coach in the 90's he would have always picked Hick and Ramprakash.
He was a victim of 90's English selectors chopping and changing though and was dropped and recalled around a dozen times. Duncan Fletcher said in his book that if he had been English coach in the 90's he would have always picked Hick and Ramprakash.
thierry henry
International Coach
It seems ridiculous that we basically just allowed one of our best bowlers to stop bowling properly. So ridiculous that I thought there must have been more to it, but no, it seems like everyone else remembers it just like I do.
Bahnz
Hall of Fame Member
He had a bad knee injury after the 2007 World Cup that required him to miss the entirety of the 2007/08 season. Maybe he decided that bowling was too high risk to his career prospects.
thierry henry
International Coach
I know the pitches were slow but still, I remember him bowling that 120kph rubbish during the 2007 World Cup anyway
SillyCowCorner1
Moooo
This thread screams James Franklin
Daemon
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What was his username?
karan_fromthestands
State Captain
Woah, is Pont here too? What's his user id?
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
Here's his first post on the original Atul Sharma thread - http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/atul-sharma.42037/post-1883438
Daemon
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hahah
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Him on Atul Sharma
karan316
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Unofficial Atul Sharma and Ian Pont Jokes
This Atul Sharma thing is never going to end. Was a nice marketing ploy by Mr. Pont to sell his book. Feel free to post all Atul Sharma jokes here. And yes, Ian Pont has turned Simon Kerrigan into a tear away fast bowler. He was quite impressed with the pace which he bowled in the Ashes...
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Him on Atul Sharma
Atul Sharma
There's this over from the first T20 at the MCG vs SA earlier in the year (was there :cool:) Sounds more like it - surely in the same league as Lee and Akhtar. Hasn't Tait also broken the 160?
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karan_fromthestands
State Captain
LOL, there is a guy on CW with the same name as me(at least that's what I assume from his username) who was talking **** about Atul Sharma.hahah
karan316
www.cricketweb.net
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Unofficial Atul Sharma and Ian Pont Jokes
This Atul Sharma thing is never going to end. Was a nice marketing ploy by Mr. Pont to sell his book. Feel free to post all Atul Sharma jokes here. And yes, Ian Pont has turned Simon Kerrigan into a tear away fast bowler. He was quite impressed with the pace which he bowled in the Ashes...www.cricketweb.net
Him on Atul Sharma
Atul Sharma
There's this over from the first T20 at the MCG vs SA earlier in the year (was there :cool:) Sounds more like it - surely in the same league as Lee and Akhtar. Hasn't Tait also broken the 160?www.cricketweb.net
Also, Pont seems reasonable to me, he was against people overhyping Atul Sharma which is fair. It's a tough situation for him, coz Atul Sharma was just a net bowler, high chances that he would fail and that would also hurt Pont's reputation. Would have been great if Atul Sharma would have ended up like Bumrah(even he was a net bowler and got picked for the Mumbai Indians).
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Wasn't Ian Pont one of Greg Chappell's guys?
Blenkinsop
U19 Captain
I always thought Devendra Bishoo would be a world beater but it never quite happened.