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Old 02-12-2006, 04:17 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Overrated Cricketers//Underrated Cricketers

I think the following cricketers are overrated:

Brett Lee
Shoaib Akhtar
Virender Sehwag
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Marcus Trescothick(only sometimes overrated)






I think the following cricketers are underrated and shoudn't be:

Nathan Bracken
Ashley Giles(only a little bit underrated)
VVS Laxman
Zaheer Khan
Stuart MacGill
Matthew Hoggard

These are all of course, my opinion, so give me your opinion on my list of overrated and underrated players.
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Old 02-12-2006, 04:37 AM   #2 (permalink)
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I think the following cricketers are overrated:

Brett Lee
Shoaib Akhtar
Virender Sehwag
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Marcus Trescothick(only sometimes overrated)






I think the following cricketers are underrated and shoudn't be:

Nathan Bracken
Ashley Giles(only a little bit underrated)
VVS Laxman
Zaheer Khan
Stuart MacGill
Matthew Hoggard

These are all of course, my opinion, so give me your opinion on my list of overrated and underrated players.
I haven't got a list of over/under rated players...but to answer the question in your sig - haven't you been watching him play for the last 15 years?
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Old 02-12-2006, 04:43 AM   #3 (permalink)
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I'm sure there's a thread about 500 pages long on this somewhere, although it may be a few months old.
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Old 02-12-2006, 08:27 AM   #4 (permalink)
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I think the following cricketers are overrated:

Brett Lee
Shoaib Akhtar
Virender Sehwag
Inzamam Ul-Haq
Marcus Trescothick(only sometimes overrated)






I think the following cricketers are underrated and shoudn't be:

Nathan Bracken
Ashley Giles(only a little bit underrated)
VVS Laxman
Zaheer Khan
Stuart MacGill
Matthew Hoggard

These are all of course, my opinion, so give me your opinion on my list of overrated and underrated players.
How old r u? 9 or 10
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Old 02-12-2006, 10:09 AM   #5 (permalink)
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How old r u? 9 or 10
15 actually how old r u 90?
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Old 02-12-2006, 10:45 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Over Rated
Monty Panesar (come on, he's done well, but people are going on about him like he's a left armed Warne)
AB de Villiers
Steve Harmison
Brett Lee
Irfan Pathan

Under Rated
Rahul Dravid
Justin Kemp
Jacques Kallis
Chaminda Vaas
Graham Smith (yeah he's been absolutely god awful recently, but people seem to forget what he achieved below the age of 23, probably due to hating him)
Mark Boucher (may not score loads, but he always scores such valuable runs and he is a very good keeper)
Mahela Jayawardene
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Old 02-12-2006, 10:58 AM   #7 (permalink)
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I don't think its possible for Irfan Pathan to be rated below where he currently is in the eyes of most people.

I am not allowed to trash him until tomorrow, so I won't give my opinion on it.
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Old 02-12-2006, 11:56 AM   #8 (permalink)
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I don't think its possible for Irfan Pathan to be rated below where he currently is in the eyes of most people.

I am not allowed to trash him until tomorrow, so I won't give my opinion on it.
Until tommorow, 3:30 pm, the time the game ended. Till then, won't you like to explain to the members how great he is.
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Old 02-12-2006, 12:27 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Yuvraj Singh
Jacques Kallis
Rahul Dravid
Nathan Bracken
Chris Read
Ashley Giles
Stuart MacGill
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Old 02-12-2006, 01:29 PM   #10 (permalink)
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underated

P.Collingwood
J.Langer
M.Hayden
G.Jones
A.Strauss

overrated

A.Flintoff
A.Gilchrist
Inzamam
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Overrated (test cricket)

Tendulkar
Gilchrist
Ponting
Brett Lee
Graeme SMith
Harmison
Zaheer KHan
Irfan Pathan
TRescothick
Shame Watson's bowling
Makhaya Ntini
Shaun Pollock
Fidel Edwards
Chris Gayle
Saurav Ganguly
Mohammad Sami
Afridi


Underrated

Michael Clarke
Collingwood
Hoggard
VVS Laxman

Jury still out on
Hussey
Wasim Jaffer
Hafeez
Shoiab Malik
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Old 02-12-2006, 02:13 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Overrated (test cricket)

Tendulkar One of the greatest batsmen of all time, no way is he overated
Gilchrist
Ponting Pretty much same as Sachin, but not quite as good.
Brett Lee
Graeme SMith
Harmison He was the best bowler in the world about 2 years ago, suddenly hes overated because in a poor run of form.
Zaheer KHan Underated in my opinion.
Irfan Pathan
TRescothick One of England's most underated players of recent times
Shame Watson's bowling
Makhaya Ntini Severley underated, especially in recent times.
Shaun Pollock Same as Ntini, have you seen his ODI record?
Fidel Edwards
Chris Gayle A very good player, did you see him bat in the CT?
Saurav Ganguly Used to a great, but just ran out of it.
Mohammad Sami Who rates him?
Afridi


Underrated

Michael Clarke
Collingwood
Hoggard
VVS Laxman

Jury still out on
Hussey
Wasim Jaffer
Hafeez
Shoiab Malik
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Underrated
Justin Langer
Damien Martyn
James Franklin
Mark Boucher (very good keeper and handy for runs)
Graeme Smith (he's had a bad run but being made captain at his age was ridiculous)
Matthew Hoggard
Darren Ganga
Corey Collymore

Overrated
Matthew Hayden
Brett Lee (test cricket)
Daniel Vettori
Herschelle Gibbs
Fidel Edwards
Chris Gayle (test's only)
Ramnaresh Sarwan (test's only)

Didn't do any of the subcontinent nations because I don't know much about them.
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Daniel Vettori (one of the worst test bowlers in the world based on the last 5 or 6 years of his career)
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