Most boring cricketer ever

[neutralguy]

Most boring cricketer ever.

 

[Pratters]

Most boring cricketer ever.

Rajin Saleh. He ducks the balls and is 4 feet some thing tall. People find him brave and exciting.

Duh.. the purpose of batting is not to protect yourself from getting hit by the ball but to actually make runs.

He just avoids the ball hitting his bat and his body and stays for ages on the crease without any intention of making runs. Funny if you look at this style for the first two times.

Extremely boring after that.

 

[neutralguy]

Though there is a thread in this forum with lot of players, i want to take a poll to see who wins this race.

 

[Smudge]

Richie Richardson? What is he doing in this list?

Mark Richardson I would accept...

 

[Bouncer]

Richi Richardson...dude did u ever care to watch him bat...he was one of the most exciting players to watch....and id never put Michael Atherton among the players who make one bore while battinbg, i always enjoyed his batting...to me one of the two best opening batsmen of 1990's...great technique..good strokes and all that one woul want.

U could have Gurusinha in that list of SL.

 

[Mr Casson]

Geoffrey Boycott.

 

[Camel56]

Bill Lawry

 

[Pinkline Jones]

Steve Winthrop Sebastian Waugh - about as exciting as watching a fat woman mow a lawn in a g string.

 

[age_master]

Geoffrey Boycott.

didn't ever see him bat myself but from what people tell me he wins this by a country mile

 

[shaka]

I would have to say Chanderpaul. Especially when he was on more than 75 and heading for a well earned hundred

 

[nzidol]

It would have to be "the corpse with pads on" - Bill Lawry.

Big nose = Big hose.

Or so Bill would have us believe.

 

[KennyD]

I would have to say Chanderpaul. Especially when he was on more than 75 and heading for a well earned hundred

Chanderpaul might win ugly tequnique batsman but certainly not boring, hes a flyer these days.

 

[shaka]

That was from what I have seen of him, not throughout, I havent seen him for a few years now

 

[Buddhmaster]

From what i've heard Chris Tavare was very boring, but from this list i'd go with Keppler Wessels.

 

[shaka]

who is Chris Tavare?

 

[mavric41]

who is Chris Tavare?

Chris Tavare - English opener from the 80's. He gets my vote. Mark Rampakash gets a nod too - although he was hardly out at the crease for long enough to get boring.

 

[wpdavid]

who is Chris Tavare?

Sacrilege.

He was an England batsman from 1981 to 1983. Originally batting at 3, he was promoted to open when Gooch & Boycott got themselves banned for 3 years and Lamb became available. His role was to provide a solid backbone to the side whilst Gower, Lamb, Randall & Botham provided the thrills, but he took it to the nth degree. The Aus fans loved him in 1982/83.

Famously, Statto interrupted one of his more spectacularly boring innings (against India, IIRC), to offer him a seat as he had obviously worn himself out lovingly caressing the ball back to the bowler for hour after hour.

 

[twctopcat]

Boycott, the epitome of the forward defensive.

 

[miheershah]

Jimmy Adams: Umpires Started Giving Leg Before when no shot offered after seeing him

OFF COURSE JIMMY ADAMS

The most boring cricketer i have ever seen . I remember his gutsy 178 in india at delhi when he played for 3 days and scored 178 he faced 550 odd balls and most of them where padded out..

And after that test innings Umpires became brave enough to gave LBW when no stroke is offered even though the nbatsman is to far Forward.

Miheer Shah

 

[howardj]

OFF COURSE JIMMY ADAMS

The most boring cricketer i have ever seen . I remember his gutsy 178 in india at delhi when he played for 3 days and scored 178 he faced 550 odd balls and most of them where padded out..

Miheer Shah

Hell yeah, Jimmy Adams was a box-office nightmare!