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Who was the batter with Marilyn Manson as their walk-up music
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Cricketers you have probably never heard of
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RossTaylorsBox
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lmao at Crowe commenting that Pringle loves wearing overshirts.
GoodAreasShane
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From an Australian Shaun Young is another good example thereof. While he was a regular for Tasmania at the time he wasn't at all really on the radar for international duties when he played his one and only Test
honestbharani
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TN had a wicket keeper batsman called Reuben Paul. He was a very dashing strokemaker and I feel it is forever to our shame that he never got an opportunity in ODIs for India.
ataraxia
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3 FC hundreds with a HS of 100 is always interesting lol
thierry henry
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Legit looks the same pace he bowled at his peak
honestbharani
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Nah, with FC cricketers, at least in India, you have to understand there will be phases to their career. The initial phase when they are young and feel they can go to bigger things and then the phase when you are snubbed and see no opportunity to go to that next level. His first 3 or 4 seasons were amazing but I think once they did not pick him, he kinda gave up hope and probably moved to other things as a FC career of just about 6 years indicates. Also remember state level cricket is really not professional and he would have had to take up studies and some other job to provide for his family once it became clear he cant move beyond the FC level. Think 2001-02 was also when DK was coming through the ranks very quickly, so the selectors may have said his time was up even at the FC level.
ataraxia
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Just noted it, because I find random stats like it interesting.
thierry henry
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yeah I figured it was off-field related. And yeah I actually remember watching him play live in 1997/98 and he was bowling little cutters off a short run. Was never really in-shape anyway. Perhaps his early retirement was inevitable.
Has an unbelievable record against Australia, really Bond-esque. If you split his ODI stats up by season it’s baffling that he wasn’t in the 1991/92 WC squad.
honestbharani
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yeah and tbf, a keeper batsman averaging about 30 and striking at 70 would be amazing for that era of Indian cricket as well. lol. It was not like we had great keeper batsmen running around.
Of course, the biggest what if was always Pankaj Dharmani.
Line and Length
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Rob Langer - Uncle of Oz coach Justin Langer.
He was a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Langer's first class career extended from 1973–1974 until 1981–1982. He made 2,756 first-class runs in 44 matches at an average of 43.06 with a highest score of 150 not out.
In the 1974-75 Sheffield Shield season, when WA won the title, he headed the WA batting averages with an average of 89.75 (helped by the fact he remained not out in half of his knocks). His more illustrious team mates that year included Ross Edwards, Bruce Laird, John Inverarity, Dennis Lillee, Terry Alderman and Rod Marsh.
He was a left-handed middle order batsman and occasional right-arm medium pace bowler. Langer's first class career extended from 1973–1974 until 1981–1982. He made 2,756 first-class runs in 44 matches at an average of 43.06 with a highest score of 150 not out.
In the 1974-75 Sheffield Shield season, when WA won the title, he headed the WA batting averages with an average of 89.75 (helped by the fact he remained not out in half of his knocks). His more illustrious team mates that year included Ross Edwards, Bruce Laird, John Inverarity, Dennis Lillee, Terry Alderman and Rod Marsh.
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ankitj
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Averaged under 20 in List A with just one 50. Why do you think he should have played for India?
Yeah, especially when they picked Murphy Sua who never played a game (then told anyone who'd listen that racism was the reason he hadn't).
honestbharani
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lol yeah, I read it as saying his stats may not have been good enough for international selection. Sorry @ataraxia
@ankitj he was one of the quickest scoring batsmen in FC for a few seasons. And I think his List A stats took a hit more in his later years. And we had not yet had Ganguly opening with Sachin at that time.
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It was a very informative response lol. Just imagine ataraxia sitting there thinking "wtf"
The second game in Patrick Murphy's "Fifty Incredible Cricket Matches" is Hampshire v Derbyshire from 1876, which had a few interesting - though little-remembered - players in it.
The reason the game qualifies for inclusion in the book is that William Mycroft took 9-25 (and caught the other batsman to be dismissed) in Hampshire's first innings, and 8-78 in their second innings, yet Hampshire won by 1 wicket. Mycroft's name may live on in Sherlock Holmes's brother - it's often said that Conan Doyle named the character after him.
The other wicket to fall in Hampshire's second innings was taken by John Platts, when the Hampshire keeper (Hyslop) hit the ball to point where it bounced off the head of the Derbyshire captain (RP Smith) and was caught. Luckily Smith recovered - unlike George Summers, who had been hit on the head and killed by delivery from Platts in 1870.
Hampshire's victory owed a lot to Reginald Hargreaves, who top-scored with 35* in their second innings. He had an undistinguished cricketing career, but did later marry Alice Liddell, the inspiration for the Alice books by Lewis Carroll.
Finally, Samuel Richardson, who made a pair for Derbyshire in the game, was forced to flee to Spain in the 1880s after Fred Spofforth discovered that he'd been stealing money from the club (and from Derby County FC), and allegedly became the tailor to King Alfonso XII, eventually dying in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War.
The reason the game qualifies for inclusion in the book is that William Mycroft took 9-25 (and caught the other batsman to be dismissed) in Hampshire's first innings, and 8-78 in their second innings, yet Hampshire won by 1 wicket. Mycroft's name may live on in Sherlock Holmes's brother - it's often said that Conan Doyle named the character after him.
The other wicket to fall in Hampshire's second innings was taken by John Platts, when the Hampshire keeper (Hyslop) hit the ball to point where it bounced off the head of the Derbyshire captain (RP Smith) and was caught. Luckily Smith recovered - unlike George Summers, who had been hit on the head and killed by delivery from Platts in 1870.
Hampshire's victory owed a lot to Reginald Hargreaves, who top-scored with 35* in their second innings. He had an undistinguished cricketing career, but did later marry Alice Liddell, the inspiration for the Alice books by Lewis Carroll.
Finally, Samuel Richardson, who made a pair for Derbyshire in the game, was forced to flee to Spain in the 1880s after Fred Spofforth discovered that he'd been stealing money from the club (and from Derby County FC), and allegedly became the tailor to King Alfonso XII, eventually dying in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War.
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That can't all be true surely