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Bad cricketers who played too long
- Thread starter subshakerz
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Neil Young
State Vice-Captain
You should have seen the alternatives.
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
In his debut test the top 3 for NZ was Jamie How, Aaron Redmond and James Marshall. I remember we all had great hopes for How at one stage, and even Redmond (I was a fan) and there was a general sentiment at one point Flynn was unfairly treated because he played every spot from 1-7 and never seemed to be given a 'fair run'. He didn't take his chances but pretty much everyone was being given a gig to hopefully fill the spots outside Taylor and McCullum at that point.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Blenkinsop
U19 Vice-Captain
Bit harsh on Jerome Taylor.
SillyCowCorner1
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Dwayne Bravo was more than decent as an all-rounder in tests for us.
Flem274*
123/5
Big Jesse, Greg Hay and probably a couple of others were much better players with stronger cases.
Marshall and Flynn got in because reasons. Neither were ever unfairly treated and their final domestic averages reflect that. They were given preferential treatment they never qualified for.
Kenneth Viljoen
International Debutant
People outside South Africa must look at Wiaan Mulder and wonder what is all the fuss about
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Jesse, certainly. Hay will always remain a what if.
As we've seen with Mitchell, sometimes taking a punt on a guy with ordinary numbers pays off. Sometimes it doesn't. Flynn had a good stonewalling temperament and valued his wicket. He also averaged 60+ in the 2007/08 season before earning a trip to England for his debut. It was one season after 3 ordinary ones though, but it wasn't 100% unwarranted.
J. Marshall was a bit more egregious with his initial picking though. Even so, the year he went to England he averaged 57 in FC.
TheJediBrah
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Got hit for the biggest 6 in the history of cricket
Moss
International Vice-Captain
What’s the general feeling about Alistair Campbell? A sub-30 average in tests and just about 30 in ODIs is disappointing for someone of his talent, more so considering he part of the “leadership group” for at least half his career. Even allowing that Zimbabwe didn’t have an embarrassment of riches, the numbers are very surprising.
capt_Luffy
International Regular
The fact Campbell almost makes Zimbabwe AT XI (certainly did as a specialist opener when CW made one 5-6 years ago) ; can speak for itself.....
There was an English (maybe Scottish) poster on the old board I was on who used to moan about the quota system whenever South Africa had a match. Players like Mulder were always a good rebuttal to his nonsense.
The same guy would probably nominate Moeen for this thread.
Immenso
International Vice-Captain
Definitely doesn't fit this thread. He stopped playing internationals at 29 when in his prime. For Turneresque reasons, not cricketing reasons
Would definitely fit well into a " ... cricketers who started to soon" thread, though.
subshakerz
International Coach
Jimmy Adams.
capt_Luffy
International Regular
Averages 40+ for a relatively weak team over 50 matches and saved a series in India..... He surely was a quite good player.
Migara
Cricketer Of The Year
The major reason for WI team not got white washed in India in that tour where Venkathapathy Raju toyed Lara.