To put it mildly, he didn't care enough. He generally came out with the team not in the worst position, had a little cameo and prepared for a bowl. He really had the ability to be a more than decent batsman and had all rounder potential.
Better bowler too. I’d argue he was a better batsman than Imran too.
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Proctor's bowling is way too overrated. His odd action would have got batsmen difficult to pick the release. But we also know, the novelty wears off at the highest level, unlike in FC. No way he is good as Imran or Hadlee. May be as Kapil and Botham, has a case.
Makes sense.
What do you expect? Brian Statham's and Bill Bowes' are better for example. Crowe averaged like 57 with bat in FC.
If FC is a measure of all rounders, then Kumar Dharmasena is a top class all rounder too.
All wickets were uncovered the Bowes played and a lot were when Statham did (pitch covering only came in gradually in England). Hadlee turned out numbers that belonged in an earlier era.
If FC stats was all that the Procter comparison was based on which it is not, considering the amount of success he had in his shortened test career as well as the ROW match and WSC. And lets not even compare Sri Lankan domestic competition at any point in time with the South African and English comps throughout the 70’s and 80’s.
I can do the same with Ajantha Mendis. In his short test career (before the novelty wwas worn off), he too returned with ridiculous stats similar to Proctor. We know where Mendis ended up with. Being a fast bowler having brute force, Proctor may not slide down to that low, but comparing him to Hadlee and Imran (who were world class at tests) as a bowler is bit of a joke.
Probably because you don't venture out of your own corner that much. We Aussie ****s talk about him all the time. Davidson is an ATG.
Exactly. He is not in the same class with the ball.
Davidson didn't come close to fulfilling the potential his FC record indicated, though he still managed to play some important knocks and averaged more than all mentioned here.
