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Most Overrated Player?
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Neil Pickup
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Hoggard was overrated this summer (PwC #6), but now he's back towards a more accurate level.
Balaji fits it perfectly
Balaji fits it perfectly
cozmiccoyoete
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balaji?? he has played just one match, u can't be serious.The most overrated player gotta be Hoggard, he was suppose to give Aus a hard time in this Ashes series, not only that, he was also being rated as a better bowler than Akhter!Originally posted by Neil Pickup
Hoggard was overrated this summer (PwC #6), but now he's back towards a more accurate level.
Balaji fits it perfectly
Having said that, i must add that atleast he can last 5 days of a test match, thats something very unusual in England
Rik
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Hoggard was one of the fastest players to 50 wickets in English history, he is not that bad. And no this is not another cue for more England Bashing.Originally posted by cozmiccoyoete
balaji?? he has played just one match, u can't be serious.The most overrated player gotta be Hoggard, he was suppose to give Aus a hard time in this Ashes series, not only that, he was also being rated as a better bowler than Akhter!Originally posted by Neil Pickup
Hoggard was overrated this summer (PwC #6), but now he's back towards a more accurate level.
Balaji fits it perfectly
Having said that, i must add that atleast he can last 5 days of a test match, thats something very unusual in England
cozmiccoyoete
Banned
Eclipse
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I would go as far as saying Martyn can score as fast as anyone in the world when he gets going.
People forget when he was a young player he used to bat like Adam Gilchrist.
Hes still got all the shots like the six over cover the flick of the legs for six etc.
I think he is making a big mistake by fading out his pull shot in test cricket he does have a very good pull shot and used to be a compolsive hooker.
People forget when he was a young player he used to bat like Adam Gilchrist.
Hes still got all the shots like the six over cover the flick of the legs for six etc.
I think he is making a big mistake by fading out his pull shot in test cricket he does have a very good pull shot and used to be a compolsive hooker.
Bazza
International 12th Man
Like what? This was a serious post btw. I can go into detail but as a rough guide, I suggest that Tendulkar is overrated because 90% of people these days say he is as good a sBradman, or the only player you can compare with Bradman, or the 2nd best player ever after Bradman.Originally posted by marc71178
I could think of other words to describe it!Originally posted by CricketGuru
Sure is controversy
Laxman is underrated IMO because 90% of people seem to think he has only ever played one innings and lives off that. In truth they are the people creating that impression by refusing to acknowledge he is developing into a consistent test match batsman who deserves his place in a strong batting lineup.
cozmiccoyoete
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comming this from you is strange, Hoggard was being tipped as a better bowler than Shoaib (in the thread Hoggard vs Akhter) infact some Brits even compared Hoggard with Waseem/Waqar
I had said at that time that i will wait and see how Hoggard will perform against the Aussies, as judging a bowler by his performance against Australia was the criteria set by some experts!
Now we have seen it all!
Neil Pickup
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Reminder that the Hoggard scenario was a masquerade/split identity...Originally posted by cozmiccoyoete
Hoggard was being tipped as a better bowler than Shoaib (in the thread Hoggard vs Akhter) infact some Brits even compared Hoggard with Waseem/Waqar
I had said at that time that i will wait and see how Hoggard will perform against the Aussies, as judging a bowler by his performance against Australia was the criteria set by some experts!
Now we have seen it all!
All that Hoggard was overrated by was the PwC Ranking, however this is ironed out now.
marc71178
Eyes not spreadsheets
Just reviewed that thread, and it weas misinterpreted - he was not compared with Wasim or Waqar - what was said is this:
if hoggard was a pakisani the pakistani fans would call if the nect wasim or younis
At the time, he was taking loads of wickets early in his career, and I think that statement truly sums up what would've happened had he been Pakistani.
Incidentally, reviewing that thread, only one person said he'd pick Hoggard ahead of Shoaib in Tests, and that is someone who was quickly shouted down.
if hoggard was a pakisani the pakistani fans would call if the nect wasim or younis
At the time, he was taking loads of wickets early in his career, and I think that statement truly sums up what would've happened had he been Pakistani.
Incidentally, reviewing that thread, only one person said he'd pick Hoggard ahead of Shoaib in Tests, and that is someone who was quickly shouted down.
cozmiccoyoete
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Two things, if thats how things work in Sub continent, then why Akhter isn't tipped as the next Akram over there??
Secondarily, you said that only one person said that he would pick Hoggard over Akhter, but you forgot that only one person was prasing Balaji yet you included Balaji's name in the most overrated players lists!
Secondarily, you said that only one person said that he would pick Hoggard over Akhter, but you forgot that only one person was prasing Balaji yet you included Balaji's name in the most overrated players lists!