The most nondescript cricketers

[Burgey]

Gavin Robertson
Nathan Hauritz

Most finger spinners, in fact. And when they aren’t, they have to try oh so hard to prove it. Terrible species.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Craig Matthews. Actually was a very good reliable bowler, somewhat underrated I think, but was never going to stand out next to blokes like Allan Donald, Fanie de Villiers and Brett Schultz

 

[jimmy101]

Extremely underrated. You could throw Richard Snell in with the underrated 90's Saffer bowlers as well imo.

 

[straw man]

New Imran Khan. Non-descript is the perfect word for someone you'd barely notice bowling fill-in right arm medium pace without any notable characteristics between spells by Amir, Yasir, Hasan Ali etc.

Then suddenly he's selected to lead the attack backed only by a couple of teenagers, so you're forced for the first time to pay attention and only then does the mediocrity really swings into focus.

 

[MrPrez]

Boeta Dippenaar
Nicky Boje

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Dilruwan Perera
Upul Tharanga

 

[turnstyle]

Joe Denly. Doesn't look out of place on any cricket ground, but dead average.

 

[jimmy101]

After watching one of his innocuous ODI innings back in the day, a friend of mine & I came up with the nickname "Dot-ball Denly" for Joe. Probably unwarranted, if anything.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

The Burns'

Joe and Rory.

 

[jimmy101]

The Simpsons.

Bob & Reginald.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

When there's talk of the Fab Four...Babar Azam is nondescript.

 

[jimmy101]

Another Pakistani... Qasim Umar.

 

[Burgey]

Tendulkar.

 

[Senile Sentry]

Tendulkar.

Yep, unlike his illustrious dad.

 

[cnerd123]

Yep, unlike his illustrious dad.

He's only 20, give him some time

 

[GoodAreasShane]

If he wants a career with any sort of longevity, bowling left arm seam in India perhaps wasn't the brightest choice

 

[Burgey]

Yep, unlike his illustrious dad.

It's good to know the old mantra "There's only one Tendulkar" is the utter tosh I always thought it was.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Extremely underrated. You could throw Richard Snell in with the underrated 90's Saffer bowlers as well imo.

Snell wasn't nondescript as such, largely because he had a pretty distinctive bowling action. Definitely underrated though. Meyrick Pringle another good Saffer quick from the era, especially in one day stuff.

Genuinely sad I have never seen footage of Tertius Bosch bowling. Not as sad as the man's own life and death though, a horrific story that one

 

[jimmy101]

I was actually going to mention good old Meyrick Pringle as well :-)

 

[BoyBrumby]

Paul Wiseman.

So much the archetypal "mediocre offie who can bat slightly" it was like he barely registered.