TuffersTheCat
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Did you realise Afridi is only third player in ODI history to achieve the combination of 5000 runs and 200 wickets. The other players being Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya and South African Jacques Kallis.
i take your point on board.Averages...
I don't rate Afridi at all, his output has been incredibly mediocre for somebody who has played the amount of ODIs he has.i take your point on board.
i feel all three are great cricketers. Jayasuria is one of the few possessing Afridi's talent and Kallis has a great temparement.
He doesn't though, because he doesn't have the mental ability.I hope he one day wakes up and realises he has the potential to be the best allrounder in the world.
he needs 2 work on that by seein a zen master or hypnotist. something of that natureHe doesn't though, because he doesn't have the mental ability.
Or the technical ability. Lots of players could bat the exact same way Afridi does to the same effectiveness or better if they devoted their whole careers to batting like that like he has done. His batting talent is vastly over-rated.He doesn't though, because he doesn't have the mental ability.
no they couldnt or there would be someone who did. u shouldnt be allowed to talk like that on a public forumOr the technical ability. Lots of players could bat the exact same way Afridi does to the same effectiveness or better if they devoted their whole careers to batting like that like he has done. His batting talent is vastly over-rated.
No, because everyone else recognises the fact that it isn't a good idea at all.no they couldnt or there would be someone who did.
He's one of a kind because no other top class players are as brainless as him when it comes to batting.TuffersTheCat said:thats why he is one of a kind
no they couldnt or there would be someone who did. u shouldnt be allowed to talk like that on a public forum
thats a disgraceful comment mate. no one has comparible power to the great man. thats why he is one of a kind
It pretty much is. I guess the man who suggested otherwise is just new to the game.I thought it was quite widely acknowledged that he had some of the best hand eye co-ordination in world cricket, which is why his striking of the ball (when he does strike it) is so magnificent. .
I have no doubt that if many current international batsmen had decided they wanted to bat like Afridi does at a young age, they'd be just as good if not better at it than he is now. His talent is over-stated - he bats like he does because he's not good enough to bat any other way. There's a lot more to being a talented batsman than having good hand-eye co-ordination. Being able to pick which ball is there to hit and which isn't is a huge part of it and it really doesn't have anything to do with intelligence - it's about judgement. That's what he really lacks and it isn't because he's an idiot; it's just because he isn't a very good batsman.I thought it was quite widely acknowledged that he had some of the best hand eye co-ordination in world cricket, which is why his striking of the ball (when he does strike it) is so magnificent. Though his concentration or possibly his temperament meant that he just had to go after everything, and due to sometimes bowlers actually not just serving up pies he often got out.
who called him god.In the past when a "new" user came up with this nonsense about the God Afridi someone would post a picture of a shop with the word "Bling" or something on it.
who called him god.
i dont think it is rite to refer to him as that as there is only 1 god but 1 of his problems is it seems he is a bit into the westernised ideas of bling etc so i agree on that part