Lillian Thomson
Hall of Fame Member
No rant necessary for these.
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Come in, sit down, rant about your favourite players
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haroon510
International 12th Man
Holly smokes lol i don't mind geting them refreshment and towels during a match..No rant necessary for these.
Rant about Irfan Pathan, out of what could have been.
And let me use this thread to state my long held belief that his bowling declined after *that* test in Karachi, where he bagged his first over hat-trick. Yet India squandered the advantage of having had Pakistan at 36-6and went on to lose the test.
Seems to me that Irfan's never reached his potential from there on. He's still only 24, but that summer people were saying he's only 21.
And let me use this thread to state my long held belief that his bowling declined after *that* test in Karachi, where he bagged his first over hat-trick. Yet India squandered the advantage of having had Pakistan at 36-6and went on to lose the test.
Seems to me that Irfan's never reached his potential from there on. He's still only 24, but that summer people were saying he's only 21.
masterblaster
International Captain
With Kris Srikkanth is the chairman of selectors, I seriously thought Badrinath would get more of a shot in the Indian side. Even after a good debut performance by him in Sri Lanka it hasn't happened at all and he's been forgotten about already.Subramaniam Badrinath, Would be blunting attacks and plundering runs all over the world.
Shame the Indian selectors haven't realised this
Uppercut
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I love watching Virender Sehwag bat, especially in tests. He'll slog across the line and nail a length ball for six, then play a textbook front-foot straight drive the very next ball. I don't think there's a shot in cricket I haven't seen him play, orthodox or otherwise. I've never seen a more entertaining batsman.
ozone
First Class Debutant
Not much of a rant but AB de Villiers is awesome. The innings he played in the 07 WC (the one where he batted on one leg) against WI will always be one which I remember watching.
Also, watching Sachin bat last night made me remember how much I love watching him play as well.
Also, watching Sachin bat last night made me remember how much I love watching him play as well.
Jigga988
State 12th Man
The Bravo brothers...
Dwayne brings so much exuberence, life and heart to the Windies team which sometimes is lacking.... posesses no great power but can score sixes for fun with brilliant timing and some whots that you just don't see (like the one in the ODI against SL where he smacked a back-foot six on the off-side) class talent and will mature very soon
Darren Bravo - touted as a better batsmen than his brother which is definitely saying something. Has shots all over the wicket and like his brother looks brilliant when batting... alot of people compare him to Lara, and hope this comparison wont bog him down as he, Barath and a host of other players are the future of West Indian cricket
Other mentions are:
Kallis
Cook
Gayle
Johnson
Steyn
Dwayne brings so much exuberence, life and heart to the Windies team which sometimes is lacking.... posesses no great power but can score sixes for fun with brilliant timing and some whots that you just don't see (like the one in the ODI against SL where he smacked a back-foot six on the off-side) class talent and will mature very soon
Darren Bravo - touted as a better batsmen than his brother which is definitely saying something. Has shots all over the wicket and like his brother looks brilliant when batting... alot of people compare him to Lara, and hope this comparison wont bog him down as he, Barath and a host of other players are the future of West Indian cricket
Other mentions are:
Kallis
Cook
Gayle
Johnson
Steyn
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Shane Watson 
Also... Michael Atherton, Justin Langer, Devon Malcolm and Graham Napier.
Also... Michael Atherton, Justin Langer, Devon Malcolm and Graham Napier.
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
itstl?
Jigga988
State 12th Man
Could add Napes to my list to...
four_or_six
Cricketer Of The Year
Napes is a legend, love the way he has conducted himself at Essex since he's become a cult hero. I really hope he keeps improving himself and gets a few England caps at some point.
Devon Malcolm probably shows my age. He was just so exciting when I was a kid. I remember his 9-57 very vividly.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
So do I - though his finest hour (the 10-for at the ground we're currently watching a Test at against an even higher repute team than SA in '94) was a little before I started watching.
1994 wasn't that long ago!
Anyway, Malcolm frustrated me far more than excited TBH. He just wasn't very good, but on the very rare occasion he was good he was just so good that people got so excited that he stayed in the team for ages and damaged England's prospects in so many matches.
1994 wasn't that long ago!
Anyway, Malcolm frustrated me far more than excited TBH. He just wasn't very good, but on the very rare occasion he was good he was just so good that people got so excited that he stayed in the team for ages and damaged England's prospects in so many matches.