Most underrated cricketer

[shortpitched713]

We've got a recently created, active thread for most overrated so figure I'd start the opposite. I'll start with:

Vernon Philander

Was part of a new ball partnership with Steyn, that led South Africa to their most successful period in Test cricket history ( 2012-16 ) as the number 1 team, which South Africa never before experienced. And he was no clear "junior" partner as Gillespie was to McGrath. They have literally the same bowling average, ( with Philander being .63 superior to Steyn ).

Yes, I know the criticism is that he was a good seam bowling conditions bowler. Still, ****, he must have been the GOAT seam conditions abusing bowler with the kind of record he ended up with. He even won a higher percentage of his matches than Steyn ( winning 54.7% of his matches to Steyn's 51.6% ) , making him a better match-winner.

Okay, that last one is a bit of a stretch, but the overall point is that barely anyone on the whole site rates him, in spite of his accomplishments and contributions.

 

[Coronis]

Herbert Sutcliffe, Jacques Kallis, Don Bradman, Allan Davidson.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

We've got a recently created, active thread for most overrated so figure I'd start the opposite. I'll start with:

Vernon Philander

Was part of a new ball partnership with Steyn, that led South Africa to their most successful period in Test cricket history ( 2012-16 ) as the number 1 team, which South Africa never before experienced. And he was no clear "junior" partner as Gillespie was to McGrath. They have literally the same bowling average, ( with Philander being .63 superior to Steyn ).

Yes, I know the criticism is that he was a good seam bowling conditions bowler. Still, ****, he must have been the GOAT seam conditions abusing bowler with the kind of record he ended up with. He even won a higher percentage of his matches than Steyn ( winning 54.7% of his matches to Steyn's 51.6% ) , making him a better match-winner.

Okay, that last one is a bit of a stretch, but the overall point is that barely anyone on the whole site rates him, in spite of his accomplishments and contributions.

Decent with the bat too. I rate Philander btw and others here do too.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Colin De Grandhomme.
Useful 1st change bowler - got swing and kept it tight. Devastating batter with lovely fluidity and grace while hammering the ball.
Elite, worldclass averages.

 

[The Sean]

Clem Hill.

 

[ataraxia]

Bradman's overrated imo. Definitely was not a 100-averaging batsman. Still pretty good tho

That said, my opinion being such actually means that Coronis' opinion he is underrated is now more correct in his eyes. These threads are stupid after all – if people ever agree on an answer to the thread, it would normally really become not an answer to the thread.

 

[ZK$]

Jacques Kallis
Ravindra Jadeja

 

[Coronis]

Clem Hill.

100% agree

 

[subshakerz]

Shaun Pollock. Gary Kirsten. Saeed Anwar. Younis Khan. Ntini.

On this forum, Steve Waugh.

 

[Chrish]

Hash..

Didn’t abandon his team when going got tough unlike his gifted teammate who was busy playing IPL..

 

[Burgey]

Clem Hill.

Yeah this is a very good shout tbh. Was reading about him the other day. Hell of a player.

 

[FBU]

Decent with the bat too. I rate Philander btw and others here do too.

I remember thinking there was less chance of Steyn's 5fers when Philander came on the scene in 2011.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Most mentioned so far are massively overrated

 

[CricAddict]

Most mentioned so far are massively overrated

When you/anyone else say they are over-rated, it means they are under-rated. When you say they are under-rated, it means they are over-rated.

 

[TheJediBrah]

When you/anyone else say they are over-rated, it means they are under-rated. When you say they are under-rated, it means they are over-rated.

I'm wondering if half of these are being mentioned because of me constantly going on about how they are overrated

 

[honestbharani]

Yet another thread where the answer is...

 

[Adders]

Most mentioned so far are massively overrated

As soon as I saw this thread I thought we're gonna see the same names here as in the overrated thread but from those on other side of the fence.

The answer here is James Anderson.......675 test wickets and half the forum reckon he's a club bowler.

 

[Adders]

When you/anyone else say they are over-rated, it means they are under-rated. When you say they are under-rated, it means they are over-rated.

I have a policy that whatever the TJB opinion the opposite is true.......on the odd occasion I found myself agreeing with him, you take 5 mins, go away and think about it some more and you find......yep both wrong. It's a fail safe method tbh.

 

[Gob]

As soon as I saw this thread I thought we're gonna see the same names here as in the overrated thread but from those on other side of the fence.

The answer here is James Anderson.......675 test wickets and half the forum reckon he's a club bowler.

This can't be any farther from the truth.

Most people rate him somewhere between club to county level when its sunny

 

[Flem274*]

counties call themselves clubs, so when he plays for lancashire he is in fact a club bowler.