Adam Parore

[slippy888]

How good was he a wicket batsman all rounder for you

 

[Flem274*]

world class gloveman, ho hum bat, though perfectly fine for his era. underachieved with the bat a bit because by his own admission he thought batting was boring.

retired young as well.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Pretty much what Flem wrote. Superb wicketkeeper and perhaps NZ's greatest sledger. No surprise his book was called "The Wicked Keeper". Played as a no 3 batsman for a while when Germon was keeping, so certainly had (unfulfilled) ability with the bat.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Gilchrist with the gloves and Healy with the bat. A very lazy answer, but too much thought into one of these random slippy threads leaves you feeling you've been had.

 

[slippy888]

his life could have been made into a movie

 

[James]

The only international cricketer to summit Mount Everest?

 

[SteveNZ]

Wicketkeeper, one of the best. His keeping to peak Vettori around 2000-01 was insanely good, and he never dropped a thing standing back either. Worked extensively with Steve Rixon to become world class with the gloves.

Batting, as someone else said - not overly interested a lot of the time. Was, however, one of the best players of his era (non sub-continental) of spin. He played Warne better than most. However, his Test average of 26 was symptomatic of his lack of desire to fulfil his potential, the environment in the team during his career that protected your spot if you were one of the big egos etc. He said in his book that Martin Crowe called him 'Maverick' early on in his career (he borrowed Sir Richard's sponsored car in England, crashed and abandoned it amongst other things) and thus felt like he should live up to that tag and make good on that perceived arrogance.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Nearly scored a century in an ODI without hitting a single boundary, a record which I doubt will ever be broken.

 

[Bahnz]

Always thought Parore was sloppy-as with the gloves until the very end of Rixon’s tenure but was undeniably one of the world’s best during his last couple years in the side.

I think he was only 30 when he retired? Hard to know whether his attitude was at fault or whether the selectors were for taking the piss with picking Chris Nevin ahead of him even though the later couldn’t catch a cold.

 

[mr_mister]

interesting to hear he found batting "boring". it's considered the most fun thing to do in cricket for most

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Nearly scored a century in an ODI without hitting a single boundary, a record which I doubt will ever be broken.

Did it India too (assume it was hot), kept in that game, then ran back to the hotel. Very fit

 

[Bahnz]

interesting to hear he found batting "boring". it's considered the most fun thing to do in cricket for most

He also said in his autobiography that he has no idea why anybody would want to be a bowler. Just sounds like he wasn't a big fan of the game tbh.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Nearly scored a century in an ODI without hitting a single boundary, a record which I doubt will ever be broken.

Nearly doing something isn't really a record

 

[mr_mister]

Nearly doing something isn't really a record

Highest score without a boundary is the record

 

[TheJediBrah]

Highest score without a boundary is the record

oh really

 

[Fuller Pilch]

He got 96 off 138 and Ken Rutherford got 108 off 102, but India chased it down due to a Sachin century.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Still looks like he probably could have gone harder in hindsight. Still had plenty of batting left at the end.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

New Zealand batsman have historically hit fewer boundaries in ODI's than the average. One day it may come back to haunt them.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hard to reach the boundary on bigger venues like Eden Park

or Lords

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Nearly doing something isn't really a record

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