Pick one of your absolute favourites who disappointed you in International cricket

[karan_fromthestands]

Sreesanth bowled properly quick a lot of times too. Swing at early 140s and late 130s most of the time.

Yap, he was quick too. And one of those bowlers who'll bowl absolute peaches along with some absolutely rubbish bowling.

 

[chris.hinton]

Hick

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Mark Ramprakash.

But he redeemed himself :
"In the winter of 2006-07 he astonished team-mates and fans by taking part in Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC TV reality show which had been won the previous year by the much more extrovert Darren Gough. Ramprakash finally did what he hadn't done for England: he conquered his nerves, came out of his shell and rose to the big occasion, scoring a perfect 40 (10/10 from all four judges) for his salsa in the final. And he did it in a range of slinky shirts with not many buttons done up." - cricinfo

 

[Kirkut]

I don't think Shoaib was interested in bowling if he couldn't bowl that fast tbh. He easily had ATG potential. Ridiculous bowler.

I believe he did not manage himself well, was quite erratic according to Bob Woolmer. He set unrealistic goals sometimes.

 

[Jayro]

Ajit Agarkar

 

[Smudge]

160 kph guy, who never existed.

Ian Pont's PR scam

Some of the all time great **** fights on CW involved Pont coming on here to defend the myth that was Sharma.

 

[jcas0167]

Graeme Hick in test cricket. He was scoring FC tons at the best rate since Bradman then had a horror debut series where Ambrose and Walsh targeted him. He adjusted his technique to better handle the short ball and from 93-95 had good series against the Windies and South Africa plus the infamous 98 not out against Australia.

He was a victim of 90's English selectors chopping and changing though and was dropped and recalled around a dozen times. Duncan Fletcher said in his book that if he had been English coach in the 90's he would have always picked Hick and Ramprakash.

 

[thierry henry]

Yep, as mentioned by many others, Franklin was a huge disappointment. Looked to have really cracked international cricket in 2005-2007, was even starting to show greater consistency in ODI's in his final season.

His action was always very prone to going wonky though. Big tendency to fall away in his delivery stride if his coaches weren't on point. He had a close relationship with Vaughan Johnson who seemed to get the best out of him for a while, but once Johnson moved down to Otago and began the process of ruining Jacob Duffy's nascent career, Franklin just seemed to get bored with putting the hard yards in at the bowling crease and just embraced the futile dream of a becoming a batting allrounder.

It seems ridiculous that we basically just allowed one of our best bowlers to stop bowling properly. So ridiculous that I thought there must have been more to it, but no, it seems like everyone else remembers it just like I do.

 

[Bahnz]

It seems ridiculous that we basically just allowed one of our best bowlers to stop bowling properly. So ridiculous that I thought there must have been more to it, but no, it seems like everyone else remembers it just like I do.

He had a bad knee injury after the 2007 World Cup that required him to miss the entirety of the 2007/08 season. Maybe he decided that bowling was too high risk to his career prospects.

 

[thierry henry]

He had a bad knee injury after the 2007 World Cup that required him to miss the entirety of the 2007/08 season. Maybe he decided that bowling was too high risk to his career prospects.

I know the pitches were slow but still, I remember him bowling that 120kph rubbish during the 2007 World Cup anyway

 

[stephen]

Michael Bevan in tests. Can you imagine the rope he'd be given in today's side? He'd legitimately be picked on his test record these days.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

This thread screams James Franklin

 

[Daemon]

Some of the all time great **** fights on CW involved Pont coming on here to defend the myth that was Sharma.

What was his username?

 

[karan_fromthestands]

Some of the all time great **** fights on CW involved Pont coming on here to defend the myth that was Sharma.

Woah, is Pont here too? What's his user id?

 

[Smudge]

Here's his first post on the original Atul Sharma thread - http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/threads/atul-sharma.42037/post-1883438

 

[Daemon]

hahah

karan316

www.cricketweb.net

Context

Unofficial Atul Sharma and Ian Pont Jokes

This Atul Sharma thing is never going to end. Was a nice marketing ploy by Mr. Pont to sell his book. Feel free to post all Atul Sharma jokes here. And yes, Ian Pont has turned Simon Kerrigan into a tear away fast bowler. He was quite impressed with the pace which he bowled in the Ashes...

www.cricketweb.net

Him on Atul Sharma

Atul Sharma

There's this over from the first T20 at the MCG vs SA earlier in the year (was there :cool:) Sounds more like it - surely in the same league as Lee and Akhtar. Hasn't Tait also broken the 160?

www.cricketweb.net

 

[karan_fromthestands]

hahah

karan316

www.cricketweb.net

Context

Unofficial Atul Sharma and Ian Pont Jokes

This Atul Sharma thing is never going to end. Was a nice marketing ploy by Mr. Pont to sell his book. Feel free to post all Atul Sharma jokes here. And yes, Ian Pont has turned Simon Kerrigan into a tear away fast bowler. He was quite impressed with the pace which he bowled in the Ashes...

www.cricketweb.net

Him on Atul Sharma

Atul Sharma

There's this over from the first T20 at the MCG vs SA earlier in the year (was there :cool:) Sounds more like it - surely in the same league as Lee and Akhtar. Hasn't Tait also broken the 160?

www.cricketweb.net

LOL, there is a guy on CW with the same name as me(at least that's what I assume from his username) who was talking **** about Atul Sharma.

Also, Pont seems reasonable to me, he was against people overhyping Atul Sharma which is fair. It's a tough situation for him, coz Atul Sharma was just a net bowler, high chances that he would fail and that would also hurt Pont's reputation. Would have been great if Atul Sharma would have ended up like Bumrah(even he was a net bowler and got picked for the Mumbai Indians).

 

[honestbharani]

Wasn't Ian Pont one of Greg Chappell's guys?

 

[Chewie]

James' post closing that thread looks very much like he copy pasted it from an email he received from a lawyer cos it's a different font

 

[Blenkinsop]

I always thought Devendra Bishoo would be a world beater but it never quite happened.