Most disliked cricketer of all time

[Langeveldt]

Im interested to see peoples most disliked player.. For whatever reason, it could be their on/off field attitude, irritating performances, gamesmanship, whatever..

And please, on behalf of everyone who reads the forum, try to keep the opinions sane, and keep any abuse at home

I've come up with a shortlist which should cover most bases!

 

[Sanz]

I think Ganguly takes the cake here, undisputed no. 1 in this category.

 

[steds]

The one that sprung to my mind immediately was Jardine, but I hate Ganguly

 

[Langeveldt]

Poll up, obviously I cant cover everyone but its a try

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Jardine will get a few votes I suspect, not from me though.

I'm not too keen on Alan Lamb, big gob on him.

 

[steds]

But Lamby does those amazing adverts with Beefy! How can you not like him?

 

[DanielFullard]

As much as I admire the guys ability and enjoy seeing him play, I hate Ricky Ponting very much

 

[Pedro Delgado]

From the list I'd go for Cronje I suppose.

 

[Goughy]

Jardine will get a few votes I suspect, not from me though.

Absolutely. If the vote was for who I think should be the most disliked then I would vote for Jardine, but as it is for who I dislike then I voted differently.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

But Lamby does those amazing adverts with Beefy! How can you not like him?

It'll take more than a few cheesey adverts to sway my opinion

 

[Tom Halsey]

I don't particularly hate the older ones, I wasn't around then, didn't know them, and to me it's purely history.

So that is why my vote goes to my personally most hated cricketer, Grame Smith. Though it could easily have been Cronje - South Africans not doing too well!

 

[Armadillo]

Sarfraz Nawaz should be on this list, he hasn't done anything apart from **** people off in Pakistan since he retired.

 

[Richard]

I don't particularly hate the older ones, I wasn't around then, didn't know them, and to me it's purely history.

So that is why my vote goes to my personally most hated cricketer, Grame Smith. Though it could easily have been Cronje - South Africans not doing too well!

Well, of course not - you're English, aren't you?
English cricket fans don't like South African cricketers - basic fact of life.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Well, of course not - you're English, aren't you?
English cricket fans don't like South African cricketers - basic fact of life.

I can stand most South Africans perfectly well, but Smith opens his trap too much for my liking, and his arrogance annoys the **** out of me to say the least.

Thinking about it, Ponting does run him close for his reaction when Jones was at hospital, and his ability to whinge at anything, as well as his inability to take a joke (only learned about that recently).

 

[steds]

Well, of course not - you're English, aren't you?
English cricket fans don't like South African cricketers - basic fact of life.

I do. Smith, Dippenaar, Rudolph and Nel are among my favourite cricketers. (Nel only because of the hilarity of his on pitch "mad dog", as my mum puts it, aggression. The other three because I genuinely like them)

 

[archie mac]

Jardine or as they called him in Aust. Sardine

'Leave our flies alone'

'Their the only friends you have'

 

[Pedro Delgado]

I also like Nel, one minute a snarling lion the next beaming like the Cheshire Cat . Jonty is another favourite.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Cronje for me. It may be wrong to speak ill of the dead, but the man was an avaricious hypocrite who sold the integrity of his sport & his country for 30 pieces of silver. Or a leather jacket or whatever it was.

 

[Langeveldt]

Well, of course not - you're English, aren't you?
English cricket fans don't like South African cricketers - basic fact of life.

Im an SA fan and I don't like Smith..

Although I agree with you, generally people not assosciated with SA cricket generally dislike our supposedly boring playing style.. After all, Klusener, Symmo, Jonty, AAD were all naff.. With the exception of Indians, they seem to quite like SA for some reason

 

[sirjeremy11]

I went for Graeme Smith because he stole woman off me. B'stard.