Current Underrated XI

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

1. Imran Farhat
2. Mark Richardson
3. Chris Gayle
4. Darren Lehmann
5. Marvan Attapattu
6. Yuvraj Singh
7. Ridley Jacobs
8. James Franklin
9. Raymond Price
10. Corey Colleymore
11. Andre Nel

I wouldn't have Gayle there for Tests. I don't think he's under or over-rated in Tests. I think he's rated about right - hit or miss.

 

[Prince EWS]

1. Devon Smith
2. Akash Chopra
3. Mark Vermeulen
4. Scott Styris
5. Tillekeratne Dilshan
6. S Chanderpaul
7. Chris Read
8. Upul Chandana
9. Raymond Price
10. Tapash Baisya
11. James Kirtley

 

[Gaijin-san]

Simon Katich

If he's under-rated then I'm Bob Dole.

 

[Waughney]

Most people here know who you are.

 

[Andre]

If he's under-rated then I'm Bob Dole.

Hi, Bob.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Right ho.

1) Atapattu
2) Trescothick
3) Butcher
4) Katich
5) Dilshan
6) Yuvraj
7) Chris Read
8) Chandana
9) Ashley Giles
10) Ray Price
11) James Kirtley

 

[superkingdave]

Right ho.

1) Atapattu
2) Trescothick
3) Butcher
4) Katich
5) Dilshan
6) Yuvraj
7) Chris Read
8) Chandana
9) Ashley Giles
10) Ray Price
11) James Kirtley

Who's opening your bowling with Kirtley? Trescothick?

 

[Tom Halsey]

Nah, I was planning Bucher to open it with Atapattu...

 

[Craig]

Well, Farhat is an opening batsman after all....

That being said, I'd have Atapattu at 3 - if my memory serves me correctly he has batted in the middle order at various stages of his career.

Gayle at 6.

Anyway, my underrated XI would be:

Devon Smith
Imran Farhat
Mark Butcher
Tillekaratne Dilshan
Asim Kamal
Ridley Jacobs (c)
Azhar Mahmood
Upul Chandana
Ashley Giles
Shabbir Ahmed
Dewlad Pretorius

12th man: Tapash Bayisa.

I think I've got enough batting at 7, 8 and 9 to justify the exclusion of a seventh batsman, and while Jacobs isn't exactly fun to watch he certainly wouldn't let anyone down.

IMo, Atapattu is overrated and Irfan Pathan is the most over-hyped cricketer I've come across in a long while. Hes still got everything to prove.

Dewald Pretorious intrests me as I'm struggling to think what he has done at international level...

 

[Craig]

Nah, I was planning Bucher to open it with Atapattu...

And the two opening batsman are licking their lips with glee.

 

[marc71178]

Why?!

 

[Mr. P]

Because Marc if you had actually read it, Craig was stating the obvious. Who wouldn't be happy if Atapattu was opening the bowling?

Stop bringing up old threads for the sake of your post count with pointless, one word comments.

 

[cbuts]

styris should be in the overrated team. not the underrated

 

[marc71178]

Stop bringing up old threads for the sake of your post count with pointless, one word comments.

They're not old threads to me, they're threads I would've read an posted in at the first available opportunity.

 

[tooextracool]

ahh craig you were right abt the number of topic notifications we would see when marc came back.....right into the 2nd page