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Least talented guys to have played international cricket?
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Furball
Evil Scotsman
Wasn't Mitchell Johnson, was it?
flibbertyjibber
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Only played ODI's and T20 but Dernbach has to come into consideration.
Just seen that his next international will be his 50th. Has any player made as many appearances before despite being totally crap and hardly anyone anywhere rates him at all?
Just seen that his next international will be his 50th. Has any player made as many appearances before despite being totally crap and hardly anyone anywhere rates him at all?
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karan316
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Some unwanted criticism directed towards me here..
I never said that these players are not good enough, but some players are more gifted as compared to others, the reason behind it might be the kind of natural fitness they have, or some activities they might have done in their early years which give them an edge over others.
Sachin had never played bowlers with extreme pace in domestic matches while growing up, but he hardly took any time in adjusting in the international arena, he looked completely at ease against the fastest bowlers, and it seemed as if he had ample of time while playing his shots. Such things aren't developed in nets, practice does help, but its a gradual process, u don't practice and learn something overnight.
Practicing is a must for any sport, but, each individual has to put a different amount of time and effort for attaining a particular result, something which one guy learns in one week, the other might require a month to master.
I didn't mean to underestimate anyone by starting the thread, I was in fact lauding the guys who go that extra mile to achieve something which is a bit more difficult for them as compared to others.
I never said that these players are not good enough, but some players are more gifted as compared to others, the reason behind it might be the kind of natural fitness they have, or some activities they might have done in their early years which give them an edge over others.
Sachin had never played bowlers with extreme pace in domestic matches while growing up, but he hardly took any time in adjusting in the international arena, he looked completely at ease against the fastest bowlers, and it seemed as if he had ample of time while playing his shots. Such things aren't developed in nets, practice does help, but its a gradual process, u don't practice and learn something overnight.
Practicing is a must for any sport, but, each individual has to put a different amount of time and effort for attaining a particular result, something which one guy learns in one week, the other might require a month to master.
I didn't mean to underestimate anyone by starting the thread, I was in fact lauding the guys who go that extra mile to achieve something which is a bit more difficult for them as compared to others.
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Hooksey
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I think that was the spell. Matthews bowled 3.5 overs for 18 runs with 3 wides and a no ball. He got injured bowling his forth over - and what would be his final over in test cricket - but was never going to get another over that day anyway.
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karan316
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I think it was clearly evident in his stance and some of his shots that he batted a bit differently as compared to a normal left hander..
Stylish? Yes.. but wasn't that gifted.. growing up as a right hander, if you just switch and start playing left handed, it does get really difficult..
Maximas
Cricketer Of The Year
You would travel far and wide to find someone who times the ball better than Ganguly, timing is often a sign of what we may call "talent". Yeah it might have been weird and unnatural for him, but he still had natural elegance and timing that someone like Ed Cowan could only dream of
absolutely, very well said...
karan316
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Yap, his timing was pretty good, but changing from being right handed to left handed would have made it a lot more difficult for him. Not batting with your natural stance does bring some limitations in your batting..
Yes Karan, all this is accepted, he changed from right to left and it made it lot more difficult for him and so on and so forth (People often found his footwork so problematic, specially when he was not getting runs...), but the thing is the fact that he has almost 20000 international runs playing all over the world against all sorts of oppositions does only hint at the fact that he was talented enough...actually that even after having so many fundamental things wrong, the fact that he could achieve what he did achieved only meant that he was very gifted, even more so...and frankly, it quite surprises me that the name of Sourav Ganguly is even mentioned in a thread named " Least talented guys to have played international cricket"...it's very unjust
Prince EWS
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Lots of players bat "wrong handed" anyway; Ganguly isn't even close to be unique on that front.