Is Jacques Kallis the Most BoRing Cricketer in the History of Cricket?

[BazBall21]

Ambrose was far more exciting than McGrath despite their styles being very similar.

 

[Chin Music]

Emburey was a very negative bowler.

Yep, a real contender for one of the most boring.

 

[BazBall21]

Burns and Sibley being the openers in an England team that tried to go back to traditional test cricket had some great irony. One of the most unorthodox opening pairings of all time.

 

[Chin Music]

Have you ever watched him bowl? He could make even Anderson entertaining in comparison.

He was probably a yard and a half quicker in his pomp which made a difference.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Have you ever watched him bowl? He could make even Anderson entertaining in comparison.

He had a smooth action, just the right amount of movement and on-point accuracy. Don't know what you are talking about.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

Ambrose was far more exciting than McGrath despite their styles being very similar.

Yeah extremely strange but it's true. Not like Ambrose could move the ball like Asif or Philander. And he was also pretty negative towards the end of his career. Probably has to do with him being a yard faster.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Yeah extremely strange but it's true. Not like Ambrose could move the ball like Asif or Philander. And he was also pretty negative towards the end of his career. Probably has to do with him being a yard faster.

What does that even mean? You can't succeed in test cricket with just negative bowling.

 

[Burgey]

I think Glenn McGrath has them both covered. But McGrath's batting must have been quite funny tbf

Yeah was comedy gold tbh

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kallis was boring but also elegant and quite good to watch aesthetically. Had a ***y cover drive and a cool looking pull shot too.

 

[Socerer 01]

Kallis being bad is absolutely a CW meme now. But it came about due to him being retroacticely overrated by a lot of people. Pretty sure 95% of the time people talk about Kallis being bad (in Tests) it's mostly in jest.

Anderson definitely underrated here though, but not nearly by as much as he's overrated everywhere else

only because reddit and every other internet place overrates him to the moon and Saturn

 

[Bahseph]

I personally loved the pick up pull he used off spinners who dropped short. Hardly seemed to hit it and it would fly for six.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I personally loved the pick up pull he used off spinners who dropped short. Hardly seemed to hit it and it would fly for six.

He had a jab pull with one leg in the air to the quicks that was pretty unique too.

 

[Ali TT]

While Kallis had some text book perfect shots, especially that cover drive, as a big guy he lacked the grace of others. Made him a bit more mechanical to watch. I don't think his batting was boring though, but his late career bowling definitely was.

Of players with high averages, Shiv would be the most boring for me except that his technique was so unwatchable that I'd change the channel.

 

[Coronis]

I personally find players who succeed with unique or “unwatchable” techniques far more interesting to watch than those with more classical techniques.

 

[Adorable Asshole]

I personally find players who succeed with unique or “unwatchable” techniques far more interesting to watch than those with more classical techniques.

Wow so quirky

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Tavare close thread

 

[Coronis]

Wow so quirky

I try as hard as I can.

 

[Ali TT]

I personally find players who succeed with unique or “unwatchable” techniques far more interesting to watch than those with more classical techniques.

If Shiv was slapping the ball to the boundary on a regular basis then fine, but all that funkiness in his set up just to leave ball after ball? No, ta.

 

[Prince EWS]

McGrath was far more boring than Kallis or Anderson. By far the most boring ATG along with Boycott.

At least Garner hit dingers.

 

[Coronis]

If Shiv was slapping the ball to the boundary on a regular basis then fine, but all that funkiness in his set up just to leave ball after ball? No, ta.

Personally I enjoy the funk. The whole funk. And nothing but the funk.