Most likable cricketer - currently?

[Howe_zat]

It's affable villainy though. Everyone loves an angry fast bowler.

Spot the troper

 

[Spark]

TV Tropes is an awesome website.

 

[pup11]

Cricket villains..?! Don't think that breed still exists with so many cameras keeping an eye on your every action and hefty fines being handed out to players over any misconduct has lead to most players from across the world to mellow down a bit.

 

[GotSpin]

cricket villains..?! Don't think that breed still exists with so many cameras keeping an eye on your every action and hefty fines being handed out to players over any misconduct has lead to most players from across the world to mellow down a bit.

reminds me of when the mentally inbalanced kid got fined for kicking a boundary rope. Yawn

 

[wpdavid]

Tremlett deserves a vote for being a throwback to the days when opening bowlers simply ran in, terrorised batsmen but never said a word apart from when appealing. Breath of fresh air imo.

Elsewhere, SRT, Dravid & Jayawardene seem like absolute gents.

 

[MW1304]

Tremlett deserves a vote for being a throwback to the days when opening bowlers simply ran in, terrorised batsmen but never said a word apart from when appealing. Breath of fresh air imo.

Elsewhere, SRT, Dravid & Jayawardene seem like absolute gents.

Yeah how could we forget about Tremmers? Extremely likeable.

 

[marc71178]

Louis van der Westhuizen

 

[Rush]

Louis van der Westhuizen

Wow Burger definitely put in a MotM performance, 53 off 30 and then 1 for 16 in 4 overs. WAG!

 

[Daemon]

Why did Kenya send a second string side? How insulting to the Namibians and their fans. Sad day for cricket imo.

 

[Athlai]

Why did Kenya send a second string side? How insulting to the Namibians and their fans. Sad day for cricket imo.

It also means Kenya is out of the World T20.

 

[BlazeDragon]

Kenyan team now is just a sad shadow of their former self.

 

[marc71178]

Why did Kenya send a second string side? How insulting to the Namibians and their fans. Sad day for cricket imo.

I'm guessing it's got to be something to do with cost and time off required from dayjobs. If the Kenyan team have had to use holiday to play in the World Cup then can they afford to travel for this as well?

Of course a cynic might suggest the World Cup was too long...

 

[G.I.Joe]

Why did Kenya send a second string side? How insulting to the Namibians and their fans. Sad day for cricket imo.

Yeah. We would never do such a thing

 

[zaremba]

Tremlett deserves a vote for being a throwback to the days when opening bowlers simply ran in, terrorised batsmen but never said a word apart from when appealing. Breath of fresh air imo.

Elsewhere, SRT, Dravid & Jayawardene seem like absolute gents.

This.

 

[Bun]

amongst mortals bishoo, jayawardene, tremlete, sammy, bollinger,

 

[GotSpin]

Shiv

Courtney Walsh

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

Of the established players, Dravid, Laxman, Katich, Hussey, Sangakkara, Shiv, Fidel, Matt Prior, Anderson, Amla, ABdeV and Younis Khan seem to be the most likeable blokes.

There are also some of the (relatively) newer crop that look to have pleasing personalities and play the game with a figurative straight bat. D. Sammy, Bishoo, Barath, Azhar Ali, Kane Williamson, Siddle, Ryan Harris, Mahmudullah, Tremlett, Dernbach and Jon Trott are some guys that I have a healthy respect for.

 

[smash84]

Amla seems like a really nice bloke.........

though nowhere near as nice as..........Afridi

 

[JimmyGS]

Dernbach

Aye?! He's behaved like an absolute **** on every occasion I've seen him play.

 

[FBU]

Aye?! He's behaved like an absolute **** on every occasion I've seen him play.

He's been on his best behaviour with England. I have seen him almost having a tantrum when a fielder has misfielded a ball off his bowling. Probably the worst temper I have seen in a bowler.