It really is a shame isn't it? Good chance hede be the best bat in the current team aside from bavuma given Elgar's recent decline, would make the balance of the side a hell of a lot better.
I will say that if Mulder hadn't played any international cricket we'd be saying exactly the same thing about how well he'd balance the current side. Some players just end up not making the step up for any number of reasons.
There's so many random players that are absolute beasts in ICC that are great to sign haha. If I do a BBL game i just buy Beyers swaenpool. Dirt cheap in the first 2 years of a save and basically always has full availability. Takes wickets for fun and scores quick runs down the order.
He was always a popular pick in CPL/CWPL too. @Huntcore a big fan, even made him part of his team's logo once IIRC.
Mulder even on domestic FC performance is a level below Morkel, no? He's more of a 35/30 player while Morkel seems like a 45/30. Plus Morkel made a higher score in the only test he played than Mulder has managed in his test career so far.
I'm not even convinced Morne was actually a better player. He got more opportunities because they needed a first-change bowler a lot more than they needed a batting allrounder, but we'll never really know.
One of the most overrated players of the last 20 years
Yeah this is all definitely true but it doesn't contradict what I said - we'd definitely be bigging up Mulder if he wasn't actually playing. Albie's batting record did get better after his bowling prime too.
Fair.
Another ICC monster. Can't remember if I had him at the same time as Morkel in my team, as the two overseas pros, but I do remember him being an absolute beast for my ODI side, and a golden arm for the FC side after the first 4 options had been tried.
There is such a fine line with allrounders. A little bit of skill improvement shows immediate and big gains in performance. They're a longer term investment as well (young allrounders usually suck at tests for a bit) that you back to pay off big time later.