Disapperaring Cricketers

[tooextracool]

hasan raza played in the third test against australia in sharjah 02/03 and top scored in both innings for the pakis with scores of 54 and 68. hafta wonder why he was dropped after that...anybody know?

 

[Richard]

Disciplinary problems, most likely.
Not as if he hasn't been in and out of the side enough times, though.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

He didn't have much problem with pace. Infact he looked in his first making around 30 odd against bowlers like Streak and Strang.

Strang was never the quickest though.

 

[Craig]

He is settled in US of A. My Cousin once saw him in Disney world where he was signing autograph for some Indians. Trust only Indians to recognise a player like Adam Huckle

Well I'm sure Huckle would like to be recognised by Indians then to be forgotten completely. I think Huckle went to presue his farming career, but he's a smart man now to be living in the USA (more safer) or even in South Africa.

 

[Neil Pickup]

That's stupid enough, too - poor girl.
It's not quite as stupid as selecting a 14-year-old boy to play against men, but it still strains belief.

She's quite obviously up to it.

 

[aussiefan]

If i speak of australia then

Matthew Elliot
Greg Blewett
Micheal Slater

for India

rajesh chauhan ( played very well in 96-97)
Robin Singh

.....


:!(

 

[harry674]

robin singh retired recently. he is coach of u19.
dunno why he was dropped.

 

[Craig]

Age?

 

[tooextracool]

Age?

umm he was still the fittest player in the side and was one of the best fielders around

 

[Craig]

Age has nothing to do with fitness etc. in why he may have been axed.

 

[Richard]

She's quite obviously up to it.

Up to it or not, it still strains belief that you're lobbing a 14-year-old into a grown woman's game.

 

[SquidAU]

If i speak of australia then

Matthew Elliot
Greg Blewett
Micheal Slater

They all still play domestically, but I think Elliot and Blewett were dropped for being largely inconsistent and Slater was dropped for poor performances during the 2001 Ashes series and then for good after it was found that Langer and Hayden make great opening partners!

 

[Langeveldt]

That's stupid enough, too - poor girl.
It's not quite as stupid as selecting a 14-year-old boy to play against men, but it still strains belief.
Laura Harper wasn't quite as young at 16, but I remember being staggered when I heard about it.

She hit 70 odd against England having just turned 14... Has a technique to shame a lot of people in the mens game and is by far and away SA's best batswoman.. (although that isnt saying that much )


It doesnt really matter if its a grown ups game, if she is scoring runs, then playing at the top is going to improve her a lot more quickly.... anyway they need her..

 

[Rik]

Strang was never the quickest though.

Accurate, persistant and very useful at keeping the runs down, even if he didn't take many wickets. In the right conditions he was unplayable, in others he was mearly economical.

 

[Rik]

Gavin Rennie IMO never did justice to his talent.

Never really was given a proper chance. He showed promise but was messed around by the selectors. He was picked for the ODI side a while ago, but ODers have never been his strong point and he didn't really come off and they ignored him from then on. A much better opener than either Sibanda (obviously!) or Ebrahim (who's mainly a middle order batsman pushed up to open).

 

[Richard]

Accurate, persistant and very useful at keeping the runs down, even if he didn't take many wickets. In the right conditions he was unplayable, in others he was mearly economical.

In short, good one-day bowler, good in First-Class in some conditions.

 

[Rik]

Who was Crawley dropped for the most recent time - was it Key?

With hindsight, that was a pretty stupid decision. But not quite as stupid as putting Key in the ODI side when he was in that appauling run of form. Crawley was unlucky, he had scored a hundred the previous year and was batting better than Key, and then Key just lost it.

 

[Richard]

Never really was given a proper chance. He showed promise but was messed around by the selectors. He was picked for the ODI side a while ago, but ODers have never been his strong point and he didn't really come off and they ignored him from then on. A much better opener than either Sibanda (obviously!) or Ebrahim (who's mainly a middle order batsman pushed up to open).

Ebrahim's actually an opener who's sometimes been made to bat in the middle-order. IMO he's as poor in one position as the other. Not quite as bad as Sibanda, though.
Gavin Rennie should have been Grant Flower's opening partner for ages IMO. Gripper's OK, but not as good as Rennie. Never rated him as a OD player at all.

 

[Richard]

With hindsight, that was a pretty stupid decision. But not quite as stupid as putting Key in the ODI side when he was in that appauling run of form. Crawley was unlucky, he had scored a hundred the previous year and was batting better than Key, and then Key just lost it.

Key should never have been picked in the middle-order in the first place - he's an opener. To take him to Australia was an error and to keep him on after was stupidity.

 

[Rik]

Amazingly he was persevered with for five tests, it must have been a soul destroying experience...

Now known as the "Blessing Mahwire Effect"