I meant,people who lost it all,not just went through a bad patch.Jungle Jumbo said:Lara - went through a rocky patch, now back to his best in recent years
He played superbly when he first got the captaincy. He played well until Cork's Test (we don't discuss details). Basically, he played well whilst the West Indies played well, then when the team collapsed to rubbish once more, he collapsed under the strain.open365 said:Didn't Jimmy Adams have a career threatening injury though?
Was a shame what happened with Adams, looked a really class act when he hit the scene. Still remember fondly that monster partnership he put on with Lara against the Aussies in '99.Mr Mxyzptlk said:He played superbly when he first got the captaincy. He played well until Cork's Test (we don't discuss details). Basically, he played well whilst the West Indies played well, then when the team collapsed to rubbish once more, he collapsed under the strain.
He did have a serious injury a few years before though, and was never the same batsman after that. Has a metal plate in his head IIRC.
EDIT: Still was one of my favourite batsmen.
Reminds me of Mark Vermeulen... just finding his feet on the international stage with a hundred v. WIndies and then top-edged a bouncer into his head. Had to have steel plates put in, was told to give up but came back, but could no longer play to his old strengths, on the back foot, and is now nowhere near as good as he was and probably never will be again. Also a candidate for the "Cricket's Greatest Whingers" thread.Mr Mxyzptlk said:He did have a serious injury a few years before though, and was never the same batsman after that. Has a metal plate in his head IIRC.
That was post-injury. He looked to have to put in so much more effort to score runs after the injury. Before the injury he was much more fluent. Still was a fine partnership. The hundred Adams scored against Zimbabwe in Jamaica in 2000 was as good as most that I've seen. A fantastic innings. I don't care what people say about the quality of opposition. Streak had taken 9 in the previous Test and Olonga/Bryan Strang/Murphy were bowling pretty decently.UncleTheOne said:Was a shame what happened with Adams, looked a really class act when he hit the scene. Still remember fondly that monster partnership he put on with Lara against the Aussies in '99.
Yep. I remember when he first came out and looked a top prospect. It's one of the more unfortunate injuries really. Any blow to the head is a severe injury.Chubb said:Reminds me of Mark Vermeulen... just finding his feet on the international stage with a hundred v. WIndies and then top-edged a bouncer into his head. Had to have steel plates put in, was told to give up but came back, but could no longer play to his old strengths, on the back foot, and is now nowhere near as good as he was and probably never will be again.
Pityson will besimmy said:Yeah Vaughan is a glaring example in the English line up.
Wow. Graeme Smith's got nothing on you!Langeveldt said:Pityson will be
in the runscoring department at the moment, it would seem not.. And I havent batted for monthsMr Mxyzptlk said:Wow. Graeme Smith's got nothing on you!
Err when did Atherton have any class to start with?Autobahn said:Mike Atherton.
He always seemed to struggle and be out of form when he was captain, i remember watching him on test match special and he always had this sort of depressed look on his face and and i remember not being susprised when he got out for single figures. Plus his cruel back problems didn't help.