Most Underrated Cricketers in Cricket Chat

[Red]

Whether he opened or not, Jayasuriya would actually pretty much make any test team in history. He’d be better than the worst batsman in almost any team.

 

[mr_mister]

You could say that about any 40+ averaging bat

 

[subshakerz]

I know it may be strange, but I feel Steve Waugh as a bat maybe slightly underrated. He gets overshadowed a bit by Ponting but I think he has a case to be better as nobody has a better record against high quality pace.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I know it may be strange, but I feel Steve Waugh as a bat maybe slightly underrated. He gets overshadowed a bit by Ponting but I think he has a case to be better as nobody has a better record against high quality pace.

Steve Waugh was great but he batted 5/6 which is usually easier than batting no 3. He also had a lot of not outs and was seen by some as a bit selfish like Chanderpaul.

 

[Red]

You could say that about any 40+ averaging bat

Sure. He’s good.

He’d easily open in any test team in the world at the moment

 

[Gob]

Yeah, except those old England sides with Hobbs, Hutton, Sutcliffe etc., he will be at least banging the doors for all sides if not a certainty. Gets over Langer and gets over Haynes in the great Aussie and Windies teams. Definitely over Gambhir as well.

Not sure which other team had two strong ATG openers.

No way he was getting over Langer.

 

[Red]

No way he was getting over Langer.

Langer went up a notch as an opener. Became a much better player when he started opening.

why the hell Usman wasn’t given the same extended chance is beyond me

 

[Gob]

Langer went up a notch as an opener. Became a much better player when he started opening.

why the hell Usman wasn’t given the same extended chance is beyond me

Langer was the best Aust batsman in 05 imo

I think Usman was always perceived as a middle order batsman despite opening occasionally. He should definitely be opening now over Harris who is averaging in the mid 20s

 

[tony p]

Admittedly, these are some of my favourite players, but I think they are underrated here,

Gary Kirsten,
Mark Richardson,
Andrew Strauss,
Colin Miller,
Simon Katich,
Daniel Vettori.

 

[ankitj]

Simon Katich

@honestbharani you can't miss this

 

[Gob]

Don Bradman by lesser men like Gnske

 

[Jayro]

I think Gary Kirsten as an opener hasn't been given his dues especially in Odi's, in the mid 90's he was the price wicket, there was a method to his batting which was probably not as charismatic and flamboyant as Jaysuriya or Anwar but he was almost as/or-more prolific and effective as an opener, also a great fielder.

 

[ImpatientLime]

bob willis

took 325 @ 25 and no one talks about him among the best of his era. played in some nasty english teams.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Rassie Van Der Dussen. Quality all-format cricketer

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Rassie Van Der Dussen. Quality all-format cricketer

 

[Flametree]

Australian bowlers from the 90s/00s who weren't McGrath or Warne tend to be forgotten. (Ok , maybe not Lee, who isn't rated particularly highly, but that is correct...).

Thinking of Gillespie, Reiffel, Fleming, Clark.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

And MacGill

 

[OverratedSanity]

Reiffel was class. Think his contribution to the 95 win in WI goes overlooked.