Your favourite nobodies

Who are your favourite players who weren't much chop and why?

Personally I love Peter Taylor. His bowling action was great and he made me appreciate spin bowling.

Nizakat Khan

good guy IRL too.

Blessing Muzurabani. Wish he was playing for Zimbabwe.

favourite:

trundler

least favourite:

*****

stephen said:

Who are your favourite players who weren't much chop and why?

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Tim Lamb and Ian "Porky" Austin.

It's a bit harsh to call them "nobodies", what with them being international cricketers and all, but two players I have affection for above and beyond what their actual output and success would merit are Daren Ganga and Ramesh Powar.

Ganga's batting was very easy on the eye, almost like a right handed Lord Gah, and gave the distinct impression he should be averaging a lot more than ~25.

& Powar had the most gorgeous, classic offie's action. He played during the post-Murali bent arm era when the Ajmals and Bothas of the world were chucking away with impunity, and here was a short, tubby little chap whose action was a paragon of orthodox rectitude. Loved that little guy.

Graeme Hick if he counts

Mohammad Irfan (the tall Pakistani bowler), seemed like a genuinely nice guy and a very good bowler as well but you had to take just one look at him fielding to know that his body won't hold up in International cricket.

Ashwell Prince... was an excellent but overall undervalued player.

But my favourite nobody is probably Dave Callaghan.

Anil Kumble. Just seemed like a decent bloke, despite being very obviously mediocre.

ali brown.

born 20 years too soon. one of the most destructive limited overs players of his era.

Daren Powell.

SillyCowCorner1 said:

Daren Powell.

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i know the west indies were awful during his time but they were never 'daren powell = 37 test match caps' awful.

he 100% has compromising pictures of one of the selectors.

the graeme hick of fast bowling,

mohammad sami is the mark ramprakash of fast bowling.

ImpatientLime said:

i know the west indies were awful during his time but they were never 'daren powell = 37 test match caps' awful.

he 100% has compromising pictures of one of the selectors.

the graeme hick of fast bowling,

mohammed shami is the mark ramprakash of fast bowling.

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There were two instances in his test career you would have to ask yourself, 'why tf is this guy playing international cricket?'

Those two instances were in NZ and ENG....

Not really a nobody given he was an excellent county batsman and played some good test innings, but he’s not someone who will be remembered too much.

John Crawley - found him to be an elegant player, loved his flicks through mid wicket and even enjoyed his cover drive and other shots like his cut against the spinners.

Dwayne Leverock - a certifiable ' nobody ' who for 1 moment only became a legendary ' somebody '

Ricardo Powell

Derek Randall - absolutely bonkers and one breathtaking innings

oh and also Robin Singh

he was cool

Engle said:

Dwayne Leverock - a certifiable ' nobody ' who for 1 moment only became a legendary ' somebody '

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or several-bodies