Best ever minnow batsman?

[grecian]

England would become more minnow like for sure. Easily the best English player against Warne and spin.

Utterly ridiculous comment, guy who averaged 31 elevated us in any way, just because he played one guy in World cricket ok.

 

[morgieb]

it would certainly been an interesting timeline for Zim where Hick batted alongside the Flowers and Kevin Curran decided to play tests for them

The most interesting what if is if a certain South African bowlers parents stayed in Zimbabwe.

 

[Migara]

Always admired Arjuna and his combative nature - slightly surprised he's not President of the country tbh, or is he just biding his time?

Man gas gone down the drains with his morals. Corrupt as the rest. However, none of them involves cricket. He has been shunned away from SLC as well as the portfolio by all politicians, there is an actual chance that h might bring down people who are corrupt. Only thing the man is true to, is cricket.

 

[Migara]

I don't think Sri Lanka holds cricketers to a status as high as other countries in the area, not to the level of country leader anyway

Sanath and Arjuna have become ministers. Current sports minister, other than being the president's nephew and PMs son, was a Sri Lankan colorsman in Rugby. hAshan Tillekaratne some time back was involved in politics too. Somewhere between Pakistan and Western world would be the correct assessment.

 

[trundler]

The most interesting what if is if a certain South African bowlers parents stayed in Zimbabwe.

Who

 

[morgieb]

Who

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1270465893554966532

 

[trundler]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1270465893554966532

Zimbos robbed of a GOAT tier player. Scandalous

 

[Daemon]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1270465893554966532

Haha this is probably England's loss

 

[mr_mister]

I feel it's not a huge what if. Zimbabwe barely had test status during his career

 

[morgieb]

I feel it's not a huge what if. Zimbabwe barely had test status during his career

Because the country went to ****. In a situation where the Steyn's stayed in Zimbabwe the country would've been better and they'd play a lot more Test cricket as the side would've been way more competitive.

 

[mr_mister]

he could have bowled beamers at Mugabe

 

[Prince EWS]

Who

Paul Harris obviously.

 

[morgieb]

Paul Harris obviously.

Nah Scott Brant FTW.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Nah Scott Brant FTW.

Still holds the best Shield bowling average of any specialist bowler in the last 50odd years iirc

 

[Chubb]

Dale Benkenstein was also eligible for Zimbabwe, since we're having this discussion.

 

[CricAddict]

A pre-test minnow all time ODI 11:

Flower
Joyce
Tikolo
Ten Doeschate (this may be based on T20)
Morgan
Houghton
O'Brien K
R Khan
Brandes
2015 Afghan bowler 1
2015 Afghan bowler 2

12th Man: P Rawson

Collins Obuya can be in there instead of Afghan bowler 1

 

[CricAddict]

Nabi, Odoyo and Shahzad can also be in there.

 

[Teuton]

A good excuse to post the Associate Draft thread from many moons ago. We came up with some pretty decent teams in there: http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/associate-draft.62960/page-12

As promised, the 2022 version of an Associates draft is up now if any of the interested participants in this thread are keen to join.