Mediocre cricketers who you support

[Starfighter]

Liam Bowe. The game needs more nerdy-looking unathletic spinners.

 

[Burgey]

Liam Bowe. The game needs more nerdy-looking unathletic spinners.

Man, you must love the Big Bash

 

[Burgey]

Always liked Praveen kumar, who wasn’t so much mediocre but was cut short. Good operator

 

[honestbharani]

Always liked Praveen kumar, who wasn’t so much mediocre but was cut short. Good operator

A lot of his issues were sadly self-inflicted.

 

[Burgey]

A lot of his issues were sadly self-inflicted.

Was he an addict or something?

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Always liked Praveen kumar, who wasn’t so much mediocre but was cut short. Good operator

Anger issues.

Head butted an umpire, multiple incidents of bashing up people.

 

[honestbharani]

Was he an addict or something?

Anger issues.

Yeah, beat up an umpire IIRC.

 

[Blenkinsop]

I still regret I never managed to lay my hands on one of the legendary misprinted mugs that said 'Ashley Giles -- King of Spain'.

 

[Kirkut]

*cries in Karun Nair*

He was never the same after Starc yorked him at 154 kph.

 

[Kirkut]

Not really a mediocre cricketer, but Tim Bresnan looked red hot in 2010 and 2011, sometimes more difficult to face than Broad and Anderson.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Russel Arnold. Because of his adaptability, he could bat at any batting position and his quick off breaks were also enjoyable to watch.

 

[vcs]

JP Duminy. Reserved all his best work for the Aussies in Tests and went through long periods of terrible form vs everyone else. Always rated the guy. Loved his part-time offspin as well.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I was always hoping that John Morris would make a mark of some sort aside from being a co-pilot. A good batsman to watch but should never have been selected for England, but I was willing him on.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Not really a mediocre cricketer, but Tim Bresnan looked red hot in 2010 and 2011, sometimes more difficult to face than Broad and Anderson.

Broad deservedly gets most of the credit for the infamous 4-0 in 2011, but Bresnan killed us almost as much with both bat and ball.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Yasir Arafat. I don't know how every delivery he'd bowl would skid, just don't know what the trick was. I think with the kind of skid he got, slightly better seam presentation would have made him even more effective. Not up to the mark at international level, but a perfect guy for franchise cricket with his pinch hitting and good death bowling.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Seems like I support too many ordinary players.

Johan van der Wath is another name that I want to add to this thread. If you had seen him bowl or bat when he was young, you'd have felt that he might end up as a very good bowling-allrounder, but the guy never took his game to the next level. Also, SA having too many all-rounders didn't help either, he got limited opportunities.

 

[palehorse]

Australia - Shane Lee
India - Robin Singh, Sanjay Manjrekar
England - Dominic Cork, Ryan Sidebottom
New Zealand - Craig Spearman, Dion Nash, Adam Parore
Pakistan - Shahid Afridi
South Africa - Pat Symcox
Sri Lanka - Roshan Mahanama, Hashan Tilakratne
West Indies - Sherwin Campbell
Zimbabwe - Andy Blignaut, Eddo Brandes, Alastair Campbell

 

[TT Boy]

Yasir Arafat. I don't know how every delivery he'd bowl would skid, just don't know what the trick was. I think with the kind of skid he got, slightly better seam presentation would have made him even more effective. Not up to the mark at international level, but a perfect guy for franchise cricket with his pinch hitting and good death bowling.

I was a big fan of Arafat. Similar sort of cricketer that I liked as well was Rana Naved. Hasan Ali following a similar trajectory as well.

 

[karan_fromthestands]

I was a big fan of Arafat. Similar sort of cricketer that I liked as well was Rana Naved. Hasan Ali following a similar trajectory as well.

Rana Naved had developed into such a good death bowler. Had a great action too!

 

[ImpatientLime]

Broad deservedly gets most of the credit for the infamous 4-0 in 2011, but Bresnan killed us almost as much with both bat and ball.

bresnan was legit until his elbow went. then he lost his zip and was never the same.

robert croft for me.
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