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

[loterry1994]

Looking at the previous pages I don’t know if Anderson is a boring bowler. It’s just boring how he usually needs the conditions and pitch in his favour to be at his best. Where as other all time greats aren’t relying on that all the time. Being boring doesn’t matter though as long as your effective in your team and helping them win matches

 

[karan_fromthestands]

I will take Rick

Take him then.

 

[Majestic]

Jadeja is pretty boring too.

 

[ashley bach]

Did anyone ever have the pleasure of watching Bob Taylor bat?

 

[Pup Clarke]

Xavier Doherty

Passable left arm darts. Wasn't completely terrible, but nothing noteworthy about his bowling

Had a good few years in the ODI side and was mediocre to good - then played during the 10/11 Ashes and you could see what a limited bowler he was

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Xavier Doherty

Passable left arm darts. Wasn't completely terrible, but nothing noteworthy about his bowling

Had a good few years in the ODI side and was mediocre to good - then played during the 10/11 Ashes and you could see what a limited bowler he was

He was an economical white ball bowler who did well in ODIs and T20s, far from boring and pretty similar to Vettori in a lot of ways. Not sure how/why he was pushed to the test side.

 

[Nintendo]

He was an economical white ball bowler who did well in ODIs and T20s, far from boring and pretty similar to Vettori in a lot of ways. Not sure how/why he was pushed to the test side.

Im not TOO familiar with that era of Australia cricket but I assume doherty would have been a result of the lack of spinners AUS had between warne and lyon, right? We tried a ton of other random solutions to that problem that where far worse than doherty (cough, marcus north, cough).

 

[Starfighter]

William Scotton

 

[TheJediBrah]

Xavier Doherty was ordinary, however if the exact same bowler was Sri Lankan or Bangladeshi he'd have been very successful in Test cricket.

Anywau he actually flighted and ripped the ball more than a lot of Australian finger spinners so he's not even close to being the most boring of that bunch. Steve O'Keefe probably would hold that title

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Glenn McGrath was probably the most boring, but he was boringly brilliant.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Xavier Doherty was ordinary, however if the exact same bowler was Sri Lankan or Bangladeshi he'd have been very successful in Test cricket.

Anywau he actually flighted and ripped the ball more than a lot of Australian finger spinners so he's not even close to being the most boring of that bunch. Steve O'Keefe probably would hold that title

How??

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Xavier Doherty was ordinary, however if the exact same bowler was Sri Lankan or Bangladeshi he'd have been very successful in Test cricket.

He wouldn't have played test cricket.

 

[TheJediBrah]

How??

Probably average about 20 on those pitches

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Probably average about 20 on those pitches

Played 3 games in India and picked 4 wickets. Good one!

 

[TheJediBrah]

Played 3 games in India and picked 4 wickets. Good one!

Firstly, I didn't say India did I? Secondly, he wouldn't be bowling to Indian batsmen, in India, in my scenario

 

[Qlder]

Yes

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Firstly, I didn't say India did I? Secondly, he wouldn't be bowling to Indian batsmen, in India, in my scenario

ok

 

[Coronis]

Glenn McGrath was probably the most boring, but he was boringly brilliant.

Just like Kallis.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Later years Dan Vettori a good shout imo. Probably from 2009 onwards he became a pretty defensive bowler, and usually looked really ungainly at the crease

 

[akilana]

Dravid was more boring than Kallis with a SR of 42 but he always escapes scrutiny.