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Really Bad Cricketers

Camo999

Camo999

State 12th Man
Red Hill said:
Donald bowled within the laws of the game.
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At the time in ODIs, wasn't everything over shoulder height a no-ball? From my recollection bouncers were virtually never bowled in ODIs in that period. Always thought Zarawani can feel a bit unlucky about receiving that one.
 
Pratters

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Howe_zat said:
People who didn't understand the point of this thread: We are not talking about international players with relatively few achievements and so you don't rate very much. We are talking about really bad cricketers.
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Stuart Binny still.
 
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AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
When the counties tried to maintain the tradition of amateur captains in the 1940s, a lot of them found it was difficult to find a competent cricketer to do the job. In several cases (Nigel Bennett at Surrey, Peter Murray-Willis at Northants) this ended in embarrassing failure. On the other hand, Jack Fallows at Lancashire was one of the worst cricketers among the amateur captains (batting average 8, didn't bowl), but was popular with his players and led them well to 3rd in the table.
 
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social

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
TheGreatest said:
Paul Jarvis..does anyone remembers him?
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Played with him

Very good bowler that was undone by injuries

As a youngster, he bowled seriously rapid outswing which is always a potential recipe for success

However, he had to slightly change his action and lost a bit of pace (still slippery mind) plus much of the swing

His test figures dont really tell the tale IMO
 
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91Jmay

International Coach
If he played Test cricket he de facto doesn't belong near this thread. Just to underscore the stupidity of that call, Jarvis' career FC and List A figures:

FC 654 wickets @ 28.92
List A 399 wickets @ 24.22
 
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the big bambino

the big bambino

International Captain
***** said:
in hindsight given recent cricketing events, Allan Donald comes off as a bit of a dick here.
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Exactly. At some point your concern for another person's well being has to take priority. Surely you can place it higher than bouncing some brave stupid novice from the UAE. I can't see the justification that it was a WC game as an excuse. Donald should have been trying to win the game. You do that by taking wickets whereas the ball he bowled was spiteful, malicious and potentially deadly. Statham was once encouraged to bounce a tailender in revenge. He responded by saying he'll just bowl him out. I think he way both reacted reflects on their character. Statham was hard but no bully and Donald could have yorked his man. At least Donald isn't as much of a dick as Brett Lee. Fist pumping and death staring a fat middle aged man after you've pinged him. What a ****.

As an aside it does make you wonder about the wisdom of playing associates against test teams
 
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