Should Graham Napier be in either ODI or T/20 sides?

[Napier16]

Or maybe an argument could be made even for tests the way it is at the moment.

Do you think he would get found out at this level in a similar way to Luke Wright? Vettori didn't even celebrate getting him out in the last ODI because of how easy it was to expose him. That's how lowly the oppositions opinion of him is in the world game.

Would Napier be a case of the same?

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

A poor bowler and nothing better than a slogger. No thanks.

 

[GIMH]

Actually wouldn't be surprised to see him get a game in the T20, otherwise nah

 

[Napier16]

A poor bowler and nothing better than a slogger. No thanks.

I understand where you are coming from. I doubt he'd be a success.

Another one in this catagory would be James Kirtley. I remember seeing how devastating he looked at the death of a county T/20 last year, he kept bowling everyone with big swingers so was picked for the Worlds on the back of it, where he was possibly the worst bowler on show in the entire tournament.

I like him but realistically Napier would be fodder, TBH.

 

[Richard]

ODIs? Hope to God not but many equally poor players have played for England in the last decade.

Twenty20 Internationals? Couldn't care less, pick whoever you want. Would be quite surprised if he wasn't picked though, and more worryingly, could see him having success there seeing him picked for ODIs ahead of many better candidates.

BTW:

 

[Prince EWS]

I don't think it is, Richard.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I don't think it is, Richard.

If it's not it might as well be as anyone who was reading the board yesterday afternoon will testify.

 

[Richard]

I don't think it is, Richard.

As said, it's extraordinarily similar. I don't have IP-addles access, obviously, so you can presumably say for certain (or near-certain - I suppose the guy might move around) but if you check-out his posts you'll see why the possibility could be countenanced.

 

[Napier16]

What on earth have you done to my world class thread with this nonsense?

Knock it off, Richard.

 

[TT Boy]

According to the texters on Sky Sports News, Graham Napier should be in the England test team alongside Dawid Malan, Robert Key and Joe Denly.

 

[Richard]

What on earth have you done to my world class thread with this nonsense?

Knock it off, Richard.

Where you're concerned, I don't do knocking it off, any more than I do allowing your crap to spam-up the forums without saying something about it.

This thread was hardly rip-roaring anyway, was it?

 

[GIMH]

I don't think it is, Richard.

Wow, those posts yesterday were carbon copies of some of BLE's Ashes posts

 

[Smith108]

Possibly the Twenty20 side, but he's a bit overrated IMO.

 

[Wiglad]

Possibly the Twenty20 side, but he's a bit overrated IMO.

1 very impressive innings does not make an international player.

 

[pskov]

I rate his bowling better than his batting, tbh.

Wouldn't be the worst pick in the world for the Twenty20, but I would be unhappy to see him selected for ODIs. His coach at Essex said as much when he was interviewed today on Sky Sports during the Essex game. When asked if he was dissapointed if Foster and Napier weren't selected he said he thinks Foster is the best gloveman in the country and should be in both Tests and ODI teams, but regarding Napier "Well... everyone has a great month every now and then don't they?".

 

[Smith108]

I'm likin' the avatar 'Wiglad'