JBMAC
State Captain
He always described himself as a "frustrated leggie" .From memory he has only one test wicket. Have no idea what ,if any, first class wickets he took
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A bowling lineup of part time bowlers.
- Thread starter karan316
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Xuhaib
International Coach
Ijaz Ahmed. Had an Akram-esque action.
sunilreddy
Banned
Cronje
Hooper
Sachin
Yuvraj
Aravinda De silva
Hooper
Sachin
Yuvraj
Aravinda De silva
karan316
State Vice-Captain
Yap,there are very few left hand medium pacers to pick from as compared to right arm medium pacers, and I wanted a left arm medium pacer instead of Bopara to create more variety.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Brendan Nash?
fredfertang
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I don't think so - I tried to pick batsmen who had had one memorable performance with the ball and I vividly remember Mudassar in 1982 cutting a swathe through England's batting and ending up with 5 or 6 for not many (6-32) - I dont think he ever came close to repeating the feat and I'm sure he averaged less than one wicket per Test (he did 66/76)
On the other hand Asif did start as an all rounder, and I think he may have opened the bowling on occasion (he did at the beginning of his career a number of times) - like Mudassar he could swing the ball a long way, but was strictly medium
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karan316
State Vice-Captain
I know about him. But I don't think he can be effective, you can't expect too much from a part timer tbh
, but atleast he has to be a decent bowler like Sourav or Bopara.
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kingkallis
International Coach
Hansie Cronje
Greg Blewett
Steve Waugh
Nathan Astle
Mohammed Hafeez
Greg Blewett
Steve Waugh
Nathan Astle
Mohammed Hafeez
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Almost exclusively bowls spin now ftr (not that it changes your point as such).
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Astle and Styris haven't had mentions yet. I don't know whether that's because people considered them Test allrounders or because people didn't rate their bowling but they'd be right up there in terms of part-timers I've seen throughout my lifetime. Sehwag is a lock for my side though; someone I earnestly think should've bowled a lot more.
kingkallis
International Coach
I did mention Astle. He is one of my fav. part timers. What line and length!
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
After re-reading the thread, both have them have been mentioned (Astle multiple times). Zinzan even mentioned them in the same post. I'm going to go over there now.
kingkallis
International Coach
He was pretty effective against Brian Lara...
karan316
State Vice-Captain
Styris is an allrounder and has contributed much more with the ball, I don't think its right to call him or even Jayasuriya as a part time bowler.
and you are right about Astle, was a fantastic part timer.
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karan316
State Vice-Captain
I haven't seen him bowl and he is from England, and in his profile its written that he is a right arm medium bowler.
zaremba
Cricketer Of The Year
No need for that, sir. Just about everyone here will know (or know of) just about all of those players.