Most overrated cricketer

[Bert]

Great bowlers 1850 - 1987 presented by Peter West, alongside David Frith, lists his 3 greatest bowlers as
1 - S. Barnes
2 - R. Lindwall
3 - Abdul Qadir

 

[capt_Luffy]

Okay, I think the question should rather be on the 2nd most overrated cricketer Ever....... Ponting IMO.

 

[akilana]

Imran Khan

 

[akilana]

Also Wasim Akram.. he's rated based on what he could do with the ball instead of what he actually did. His record isn't even better than Pollock's.

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Also Wasim Akram.. he's rated based on what he could do with the ball instead of what he actually did. His record isn't even better than Pollock's.

Andrew Flintoff fits that bill better than Wasim , if Flintoff had Pollock's record would never hear the end of it.

 

[ankitj]

Andrew Flintoff fits that bill better than Wasim , if Flintoff had Pollock's record would never hear the end of it.

I have lived through hype cycles of Vaughan, Harmison and even Atherton. So I agree.

 

[subshakerz]

Don't think it's possible For Kallis to be the most overrated cricketer ever. He is legit a top 10-15 cricketer even without overrating, even if someone elevates him to the top 5, that's not enough for him to be more overrated than Qadir imo.

Qadir shouldn't make it into any top 20 spinners list, still often rated alongside Warne and Murali.

Qadir is very overrated.

 

[sayon basak]

Qadir is very overrated.

Yeah, don't know if anybody else is nearly as overrated as Qadir.

 

[sayon basak]

Okay, I think the question should rather be on the 2nd most overrated cricketer Ever....... Ponting IMO.

Where do you rate Ponting??? Even If you rate him below Sanga/Kallis, that's not enough for him to be as overrated as Flintoff.

Top 2 most overrated players:-
1)Qadir
3) Flintoff
Brett Lee is a good shout for no.3 spot.

 

[subshakerz]

Yeah, don't know if anybody else is nearly as overrated as Qadir.

Well it depends on what the rating is relative to record. Qadir is considered the best spinner of the 80s, he likely was or near thereabouts. Anyone calling him an ATG is overrating him.

Warne was called the greatest bowler ever LOL whereas Kallis by some cricketers (not pundits) nowadays is called the greatest cricketer ever. That's serious overrating.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Where do you rate Ponting??? Even If you rate him below Sanga/Kallis, that's not enough for him to be as overrated as Flintoff.

Top 2 most overrated players:-
1)Qadir
3) Flintoff
Brett Lee is a good shout for no.3 spot.

Ponting was just a dig as a varified Ponting hater.

 

[sayon basak]

Well it depends on what the rating is relative to record. Qadir is considered the best spinner of the 80s, he likely was or near thereabouts. Anyone calling him an ATG is overrating him.

Warne was called the greatest bowler ever LOL whereas Kallis by some cricketers (not pundits) nowadays is called the greatest cricketer ever. That's serious overrating.

Warne is generally rated as the top 5-6 bowler in CW, so elevating him in the 1st position might be a massive overrating, but not as severe as Rating Qadir in the same tier as Warne.

Same goes for Kallis.

 

[sayon basak]

Ponting was just a dig as a varified Ponting hater.

You're just a hater.

 

[Fanboy375]

Is Corey Anderson overrated or underrated

 

[Daemon]

KW

 

[Qlder]

Easily Imran Khan on CW. Guy was a #8 bat when competing with the big 4 1980's allrounders, but then made sure he played as a bat only to get his averages up to Keith Miller standard. Biggest allrounder fraud ever

 

[thierry henry]

KW at this point is massively underrated because he’s been subjected to incoherent pig 3 metrics which are totally unrelated to his actual career

 

[subshakerz]

Easily Imran Khan on CW. Guy was a #8 bat when competing with the big 4 1980's allrounders, but then made sure he played as a bat only to get his averages up to Keith Miller standard. Biggest allrounder fraud ever

Yeah why don't more cricketers do that? Just decide to switch from part time bowler to mainstay through sheer desire?

 

[Daemon]

KW at this point is massively underrated because he’s been subjected to incoherent pig 3 metrics which are totally unrelated to his actual career

Haha i was only partially trolling but why are they unrelated to his actual career?

 

[trundler]

Imran Khan