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Is Stokes the most overrated player in the history of cricket?

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Firebreaker

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Average bowler. Hit and miss type of batsmen suited more to LOIs yet England hype him as if he's Imran Khan and England would have won Ashes if he was playing lol
 

Mr Miyagi

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Stokes is right up there.

But I've seen worse.

Apparently Gilchrist invented batting for wicket keepers despite Flower and Ames.
 

TheJediBrah

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Meh maybe a little overrated, but he's a bloody good player regardless. Best allrounder in the world easily.

Shakib sux
 

harsh.ag

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Salim Malik underrated. Imagine how high his average would have been but for the match fixing.
 

Mr Miyagi

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Salim Malik underrated. Imagine how high his average would have been but for the match fixing.

Everyone forgets so swiftly how good the great match fixers really were when they weren't fixing. #shedatear

The sacrifices they made to their personal careers for a few rupees. #neverforget
 

TheJediBrah

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Stokes is right up there.

But I've seen worse.

Apparently Gilchrist invented batting for wicket keepers despite Flower and Ames.
No idea who ames is but flower was a shocking keeper. He was a champion batsman who kept for his team but was never that good at it. A bit like dravid when he kept.
 

Mr Miyagi

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No idea who ames is but flower was a shocking keeper. He was a champion batsman who kept for his team but was never that good at it. A bit like dravid when he kept.
lol. This argument reminds me of the the pressure of a billion dreams when Tendulkar batted.
 

trundler

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I've been lurking at this thread without an account form months. Went through all 500 pages of the ATG thread and other threads too then made an account. Anyway, on topic. Overhyped is too vague a word and Stokes isn't even hyped that much. One could make a case for any hyped cricketer, ever. Too subjective. Anderson is pretty overhyped too.
 

Mr Miyagi

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I've been lurking at this thread without an account form months. Went through all 500 pages of the ATG thread and other threads too then made an account. Anyway, on topic. Overhyped is too vague a word and Stokes isn't even hyped that much. One could make a case for any hyped cricketer, ever. Too subjective. Anderson is pretty overhyped too.
Anderson isn't overhyped. He is just Big 3 going through records like A Cook. Noone would seriously include either in an ATG discussion, yet. But maybe in the future ;)
 

TheJediBrah

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Anderson isn't overhyped. He is just Big 3 going through records like A Cook. Noone would seriously include either in an ATG discussion, yet. But maybe in the future ;)
If anything anderson is underhyped. Guy has like 500 wickets and people still don't rate him as highly as whoever the latest hit fast bowler on the block happens to be
 

trundler

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Must have let my personal judgement get in the way then. Cook and Anderson should get high praises for durability and temperament but that's about it.
 

Firebreaker

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Anderson isn't overhyped. He is just Big 3 going through records like A Cook. Noone would seriously include either in an ATG discussion, yet. But maybe in the future ;)
He's one of those people who think Wasim Akram was a fast bowler when in reality he was fast medium at best
 

trundler

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As far as I know, Ames didn't keep and bat well together on many occasions. Gilly didn't invent the wicketkeeper batsman role He revolutionized it.
 

Burgey

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Stokes is a mercurial cricketer and an entertainer rather than a bloke who plods along at a consistent level. They’re often good to watch because they’re always a chance of being in the game while always giving you a chance to take them out of it quickly too. Makes the game more interesting.
 
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