Battle of the bits-and-pieces players

[NZTailender]

IMO,any player who is not capable of making a top quality side on the basis of one of the two main disciplines & plays as an "allrounder" is a bits & pieces player.Some of them are:

Shahid Afridi
Irfan Pathan
Shoaib Malik
Abdur Razzaq
Manoj Prabhakar
Azhar Mahmood
Andrew Hall
Adam Hollioake
Mark Ealham
Liam Plunket
Shane Watson
Ian Bravo
Ajit Agarkar
Farveez Maharoof
Jacob Oram

and most of Bangladeshi & some other players.

Bolded those I disagree with.

Shoaib Malik is a pretty darn good batsman for mine. Bowling a bonus.

Liam Plunkett is someone who is picked to be a bowler.

Shane Watson has an extremely good technique and is a fine batsman in his own right.

Ian Bravo? I had to do a search which found nothing but I assume you mean Dwayne Bravo? If so you're again mistaken. All-rounder he is, IMO, bits and pieces? No.

Ajit Agarker & Farveez Maharoof: see Liam Plunkett

Jacob Oram I might've agreed with you a few years ago, but of late he's become an extremely valuable all-rounder.

I'm not quite sure what Pathans EXACT role in the side is but I'm pretty sure he is also picked mainly for bowling.


People like Chris Harris, James Hopes and Luke Wright are bits and pieces players. They usually bat lower order (but sometimes open) and aren't the best batsman in the side, nor are they the best bowler and often bowl 5th or so.

 

[Prince EWS]

Harsh on Ryan Hinds I feel. I guess it means I'll just keep voting for him.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

People like Chris Harris, James Hopes and Luke Wright are bits and pieces players. They usually bat lower order (but sometimes open) and aren't the best batsman in the side, nor are they the best bowler and often bowl 5th or so.

Exactly.

 

[BhupinderSingh]

I think you have the wrong idea.

Then who exactly is a bits & pieces player.Anyone plays as an allronder and is useless & of no good to his team is a bits & pieces player in my books.

 

[NUFAN]

The funny thing is are you meant to pick the best player in the battle or the best at being a bits and peices cricketer? lol.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

You don't vote for the "worst" or the "best", you vote for Shane Lee.

 

[BhupinderSingh]

The funny thing is are you meant to pick the best player in the battle or the best at being a bits and peices cricketer? lol.

Khaled Mahmud.

 

[pasag]

Imran Khan.

 

[Jono]

 

[BhupinderSingh]

Bolded those I disagree with.

Shoaib Malik is a pretty darn good batsman for mine. Bowling a bonus.

Liam Plunkett is someone who is picked to be a bowler.

Shane Watson has an extremely good technique and is a fine batsman in his own right.

Ian Bravo? I had to do a search which found nothing but I assume you mean Dwayne Bravo? If so you're again mistaken. All-rounder he is, IMO, bits and pieces? No.

Ajit Agarker & Farveez Maharoof: see Liam Plunkett

Jacob Oram I might've agreed with you a few years ago, but of late he's become an extremely valuable all-rounder.

I'm not quite sure what Pathans EXACT role in the side is but I'm pretty sure he is also picked mainly for bowling.


People like Chris Harris, James Hopes and Luke Wright are bits and pieces players. They usually bat lower order (but sometimes open) and aren't the best batsman in the side, nor are they the best bowler and often bowl 5th or so.

Agarkar,Pathan,Maharoof & Bravo are picked these days(whenever they are selected) as allrounders but the first three used to be picked as bowlers in start of their careers.I've heard people like Chetan Sharma,Arun Lal,Maninder Singh,Laxman Shivramakrishan & Ravi Shastri(during commentary/cricket shows) & some people linked to BCCI saying that Pathan & Agarkar are picked as allrounders.

Shoaib Malik has a worst FC record and has played only one test innings of note until now.

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

 

[KiWiNiNjA]

Then who exactly is a bits & pieces player.Anyone plays as an allronder and is useless & of no good to his team is a bits & pieces player in my books.

IMO,any player who is not capable of making a top quality side on the basis of one of the two main disciplines & plays as an "allrounder" is a bits & pieces player.Some of them are:

Shahid Afridi
Irfan Pathan
Shoaib Malik
Abdur Razzaq
Manoj Prabhakar
Azhar Mahmood
Andrew Hall
Adam Hallioake
Mark Ealham
Liam Plunket
Shane Watson
Dwayne Bravo
Ajit Agarkar
Farveez Maharoof
Jacob Oram

and most of Bangladeshi & some other players.

Definitely not useless to their teams.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

IMO,any player who is not capable of making a top quality side on the basis of one of the two main disciplines & plays as an "allrounder" is a bits & pieces player.Some of them are:

Shahid Afridi
Irfan Pathan
Shoaib Malik
Abdur Razzaq
Manoj Prabhakar
Azhar Mahmood
Andrew Hall
Adam Hallioake
Mark Ealham
Liam Plunket
Shane Watson
Dwayne Bravo
Ajit Agarkar
Farveez Maharoof
Jacob Oram

and most of Bangladeshi & some other players.

This post is disastrous.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

This is my first attempt at starting one. They appear useless, but sometimes come useful in a match. Let's make the list. There may be some gems in these.

1. James Hopes
2. Shane Lee
3. Ian Harvey
4. Matthew Fleming
5. Dougie Brown
6. Ronnie Irani
7. Adam Hollioake
8. Dermot Reeve
9. Dmitri Mascarenhas
10. Abid Ali
11. Roger Binny
12. Andre Adams
13. Azhar Mahmood
14. Zander de Bruyn
15. Justin Kemp
16. Dilhara Lokuhettige
17. Hashantha Fernando
18. Gayan Wijekoon
19. Dwayne Smith
20. Darren Sammy
21. Ryan Hinds

More to come.

Edit: Added a few

Ryan Hinds has an outstanding record with the bat. He's a batsman who bowls sometimes. He's neither bits-and-pieces nor useless. I also rate de Bruyn.

 

[Uppercut]

Stuart Broad

 

[Prince EWS]

Ryan Hinds has an outstanding record with the bat. He's a batsman who bowls sometimes. He's neither bits-and-pieces nor useless.

Indeed. And for a batsman who bowls sometimes, he a bloody good First Class record with the ball too.

His limited Test opportunities and the fact that West Indies inexplicably batted him at 9 throughout his ODI career are clouding people's judgement. It'd be like calling Thilan Samaraweera a bits-and-pieces player.

 

[Prince EWS]

Andre Adams was a specialist bowler as well TBF. The fact that he could bat a bit does not change what he was selected as.

 

[BoyBrumby]

England's ODI travails since the 92 WC has seen us recourse to the bits-and-piecesers on more than one occasion. Aside from those already named:

NMK Smith

Ian "Bunny" Austin

Vince Wells

Jeremy Snape

Anthony McGrath

Alex Wharf

 

[stumpski]

Roger Harper?

 

[Prince EWS]

England's ODI travails since the 92 WC has seen us recourse to the bits-and-piecesers on more than one occasion. Aside from those already named:

NMK Smith

Ian "Bunny" Austin

Vince Wells

Jeremy Snape

Anthony McGrath

Alex Wharf

Alex Wharf was picked as a specialist bowler on the back of one outstanding performance of 6/8 or something at domestic level UIMM - I don't think his batting factored in to why he was picked.