Favourite english batsmen from the dark age of english cricket? (mid 90s-00s)

[harsh.ag]

My favorite was Stewart when he was opening. Looked absolutely top class. The best was probably Thorpe though. Athers and Hussain just below him. Hussain, though, got himself out in ways when set that turned you off sometimes.

 

[ImpatientLime]

i think stewart averaged around 45 when opening, compared to his career average of 39.

thorpe clearly the best though for my money.

fairbrother our most overrated odi bat. 1 century in 75 games is poor form.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Athers was brilliant - terrific batsman, decent bowler and hugely entertaining grump - as cpr commented would have broken lots more records without the dodgy back, although he probably wouldn't have been such a miserable ****er

Atherton so incredibly overrated. I don't doubt he was the best option around at the time, but I find it hard to say that it was solely his back to blame for the technical flaws he had. I've never seen anyone before or since with such an alarming tendency to get squared up to a ball just short of a length on or around the off stump. The number of edges to the slips that he gave away as a result of that flaw was astronomical.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Thrope a pretty easy number 1 imo. WAFG he was.

I loved Stewart too. Think he's underrated as a batsman..

 

[NZTailender]

i think stewart averaged around 45 when opening, compared to his career average of 39.

thorpe clearly the best though for my money.

fairbrother our most overrated odi bat. 1 century in 75 games is poor form.

He mostly batted at 5 in a time where that role would be to guide a chase home or finish an innings. Hitting lots of centuries at 5 in ODIs is barely a thing and only a thing of recent times.

Batting records | One-Day Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[superkingdave]

Crawley my favourite FTR.

 

[GIMH]

Nasser my favourite. Was going to say Thorpe the best but Goughy and wpd have sufficiently reminded me that it was actually Stewart.

That being said, I wasn't a huge follower of cricket as a kid. So don't claim to have the most informed opinions on those times anyhow.

 

[anil1405]

i think stewart averaged around 45 when opening, compared to his career average of 39.

thorpe clearly the best though for my money.

fairbrother our most overrated odi bat. 1 century in 75 games is poor form.

Scoring 100's for a batsman batting at no.5 or lower (as Neil did for most part of his ODI career) in the 90's wasn't a common phenomenon as it is now.

But I agree with you in the sense that he seemed an average batsman while batting first and very calculated when England were chasing.

 

[JTemperance]

Butcher was a curious one: he could play an all-time great innings against an all-time great attack but on other occasions would frequently chuck it away when set against the lesser sides. His average reflects his inconsistency.

Thorpe was a fine player and one of the few England players of the era the Australians seemed to have much regard for.

Stewart was a world-class attacking opening batsman damned with the wicket-keeping gloves and consequently pushed down the order. A strength sacrificed for a weakness.

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Loved Nick Knight.

 

[Dan]

Loved Nick Knight.

Better than Gilchrist.

 

[Shri]

Ed Smith should have got more chances.

 

[YorksLanka]

Thorpe for his consistency in scoring runs and Stewart for his bottle IMO..

 

[Pratters]

Alistair Brown. The good Al'stair.

 

[mr_mister]

i loved richard kettleborough lol. always used him in my county games for his cool last name. Funny how he's an umpire now

 

[ImpatientLime]

Ed Smith should have got more chances.

lol no

 

[Tangles]

I liked Thorpes grit but preferred watching Stewart bat. Such a better player when he didn't keep.

 

[Stapel]

I'm not saying he was the best, but he was my favourite: Mark Ramprakash.

 

[Geoffboycott]

Atherton and Stewart are the best 2 by a mile

 

[AldoRaine18]

Graham Thorpe easily.