Forgotten Cricketers?

[Anna]

Jamie Cox. Probably the most talented batsman never to play test cricket. Well, At least Somerset had the best of him

 

[Johnners]

Jamie Siddons

 

[Pratters]

Jamie Cox. Probably the most talented batsman never to play test cricket. Well, At least Somerset had the best of him

Speaking of talented and never to play (bowlers), Rajinder Goel of India comes to mind.

 

[NZTailender]

No Roger Twose is not a forgotten cricketer. Everytime I get into a discussion about great NZ cricketers he always comes up and he was a crowd favourite.

Everytime the wicket-keeper batsman discussion comes up, so does the name Andy Flower. So I don't think he's quite forgotten.


unlike Heath Streak, who is often left out of modern day all-rounders (of all sorts) when names like Pollock, Flintoff, Afridi, Kallis, Cairns, Pathan, Vettori, Bravo are thrown about.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Everytime the wicket-keeper batsman discussion comes up, so does the name Andy Flower. So I don't think he's quite forgotten.


unlike Heath Streak, who is often left out of modern day all-rounders (of all sorts) when names like Pollock, Flintoff, Afridi, Kallis, Cairns, Pathan, Vettori, Bravo are thrown about.

TBH Streak's batting only really took off when Zimbabwe began to fall apart.

 

[steds]

Ryan Sidebottom

 

[NZTailender]

TBH Streak's batting only really took off when Zimbabwe began to fall apart.

True, because they had to rely on him more which IMO works in his favour, rather than him scoring easy runs with a decent score on the board.

 

[steds]

This guy.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

we agreed that he was the best Zimbarbwiewan player

Dare I say "duh".

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

No Roger Twose is not a forgotten cricketer. Everytime I get into a discussion about great NZ cricketers he always comes up and he was a crowd favourite.

I think you'll find that a lot of people outside of New Zealand don't know much or anything about Twose. Was one of my favourite players, mind.

Or Parthiv Patel? Was ment to be the next great indian batsman

According to who??

 

[Richard]

I don't think Andy Flower forgotten he gets mentioned alot, especially when people talk about how crap Zimbabwe are.

Avishka Gurasingha for me, very good batsmen but retired at his peck due to off field reasons. If he kept going on i think he would have been remembered as one of Sri Lanka greats.

Asanka Gurasinha?

 

[Richard]

Paul Franks - one ODI cap as far back as 2000 & has been constantly troubled by injuries since. A pity because he's not woeful with the bat either, in fact opened for Notts a few times last year.

The fact he's barely been able to hit the cut strip for most of the last 3 seasons hasn't helped, either.

 

[Richard]

Everytime the wicket-keeper batsman discussion comes up, so does the name Andy Flower. So I don't think he's quite forgotten.


unlike Heath Streak, who is often left out of modern day all-rounders (of all sorts) when names like Pollock, Flintoff, Afridi, Kallis, Cairns, Pathan, Vettori, Bravo are thrown about.

Afridi and Pathan!

Anyone who throws those 2 into company like that deserves second-lesson to be dedicated to "cricket".

 

[Richard]

who are some great yet forgotten cricketers in your opinion.

Dean Jones is up there IMO.

The way some (emphasis - some) people think of him you'd imagine he barely had a Test career outside Chennai.

And yet he was arguably every bit as good as the Boons, Taylors, Marshes, Martyns, Langers, Haydens, M Waughs and basically everyone except the Borders, S Waughs, Pontings and Lehmanns.

 

[Richard]

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/36986.html

england

 

[Richard]

TBH Streak's batting only really took off when Zimbabwe began to fall apart.

Indeed, is something of a poor man's Hadlee IMO.

 

[NZTailender]

Anyone who throws those 2 into company like that deserves second-lesson to be dedicated to "cricket".

Exactly. Which annoys me quite a bit, tbh.

 

[Richard]

Eh? How did you get JJ's name and that link on that quote?

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

Haha, that's taking misquoting to an extreme.

 

[Richard]

You believe Afridi and Pathan to be top-ranking all-rounders, then?