Most boring batsman in the world

[Shabash Tapash]

Just wondering who everyone thinks is the most boring batsman in the world. Personally i'd have to say Alistair Cook - never plays a shot just gets easy runs into leg side.

 

[superkingdave]

Cook has 3 hundreds and in each of them he has scored more runs to off than leg...

probably in the wrong forum tbh

 

[Alysum]

Kallis from a long way....he wasted my ticket at the last test at the SCG day 1

 

[Mister Wright]

Has to be Gillespie. Yawn fest every time he walks out to bat.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Thread moved.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Matthew Hoggard. There's only so much 3 (30) you can take.

Oh, and "Shabash Tapash" - great username!

 

[Johnners]

Kallis from a long way....he wasted my ticket at the last test at the SCG day 1

Lucky you didn't have to put up with his batting at the T20 match at the Gabba!! At least i had Kerry O'keefe to make it interesting though... it was one of his greatest 10 mins!!!

 

[Rajeev]

Simon Katich

His stance to start with ..

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

I don't actually find Gillespie that boring, simply because he's a tail ender and there's always an interest in watching rearguard performances. Ashwell Prince is pretty dull for mine.

 

[Mister Wright]

I don't actually find Gillespie that boring, simply because he's a tail ender and there's always an interest in watching rearguard performances. Ashwell Prince is pretty dull for mine.

I don't pay my money to watch bowlers bat. As soon as that 7th wicket falls, it always frustrates me when tailenders dig in, usually in Australia's case to put the game out of reach.

I long for the days when batsman 9,10 & 11 were bunnies and were sent back as quickly as the came in.

 

[ClownSymonds]

Rangana Herath of Sri Lanka. Kallis at least has a good looking forward defensive shot.

 

[age_master]

Kallis

 

[silentstriker]

I don't pay my money to watch bowlers bat. As soon as that 7th wicket falls, it always frustrates me when tailenders dig in, usually in Australia's case to put the game out of reach.

I long for the days when batsman 9,10 & 11 were bunnies and were sent back as quickly as the came in.

Actually, the contribution from the tail has remained relatively steady for the past fifty-sixty years. So the days you 'long' for, never existed.

 

[C_C]

Clearly none of you guys have ever seen Tavare bat.

 

[Mister Wright]

Actually, the contribution from the tail has remained relatively steady for the past fifty-sixty years. So the days you 'long' for, never existed.

Where'd you pluck that one from?

Obviously didn't watch a lot of the West Indies bat in the late 80s early 90s.

I should clarify what I mean by what I said. I don't mind if the bowlers hang around batting as long as they look like they shouldn't be there. I'm sick of 9,10 & 11 having perfect forward defence and an a text book cover drive. ***** me no-end.

 

[FRAZ]

As far as what I remember , Mudassar Nazar was quite a tortise tbh..I was just a little kid and I used to get very very very angry while watching him bat .. Hmmm Shoaib Mohammad comes up in my mind as a very slow batsman and in the current bunch believe me or not Abdul Razzaq (some times) ...

 

[nightprowler10]

As far as what I remember , Mudassar Nazar was quite a tortise tbh..I was just a little kid and I used to get very very very angry while watching him bat .. Hmmm Shoaib Mohammad comes up in my mind as a very slow batsman and in the current bunch believe me or not Abdul Razzaq (some times) ...

Razzaq has always played according to the situation. The man is capable of hitting aa 75 ball 100 or a 250 ball 100, depending on the situation.

 

[Langeveldt]

Mahela Jayawardena
Simon Katich

 

[aussie]

Currently its probably Prince for me, but they aren't much around TBH, the last real boring one IMO was Mark Richardson.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I wouldn't Kallis boring as such, when the mood takes him (usually against Zimbabwe or Bangladesh) he can absolutely flay attacks. IIRC he holds the all-time test record for fastest 50 in terms of balls faced. Selfish, but not boring.

If we exclude Dizzy & Hoggy on the grounds that it's not their job to bat I'd say (admirable as he is) Chanderpaul has to be up (or down) there as most tedious to watch.