Most underrated and overrated cricketer

[allan harper]

Glen Chappell should have played for England more than he did.

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

Over rated: Mike Gatting - only got his chances because he was Middlesex captain (and Ramprakash was another who had more chances because of who he played for) he finally came good, well was above average for a couple of years, after years of watching him get out cheaply.

Under rated: Struggling a bit here because for decades as soon as we got a decent player he was lauded as the second coming (after Botham). So i will pop for Graham Onions, deserves more of a chance for me.<br /><br />-- Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:40 pm --<br /><br />

Here's one for you. If you could pick any 11 to go and watch play who would you include?

Mine would be:

Michael Slater
Rahul Dravid
Brian Lara
Aravinda De Silva
Damian Martyn
Vinod Kambli
AB De Villiers (wk)
Wasim Akram
Curtly Ambrose
James Anderson
Mutiah Muralitharan

Pay to watch

Sehwag
Greenidge
Gower
Lara
Richards
Gilchrist
Botham
Flintoff
Warne
Akram
Marshall

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Derek Pringle. How did he ever play for England. It was almost cruel watching him bowl to Viv Richards.

 

[Rascal]

Here's one for you. If you could pick any 11 to go and watch play who would you include?

Mine would be:

Michael Slater
Rahul Dravid
Brian Lara
Aravinda De Silva
Damian Martyn
Vinod Kambli
AB De Villiers (wk)
Wasim Akram
Curtly Ambrose
James Anderson
Mutiah Muralitharan

In a test match for excitement it would be

Gordon Greenidge
Roy Fredericks
KP
Sir Viv
Lara
Botham
Gilchrist
Wasim Akram
Richard Hadlee
Warne
Holding

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

Here's one for you. If you could pick any 11 to go and watch play who would you include?

Mine would be:

Michael Slater
Rahul Dravid
Brian Lara
Aravinda De Silva
Damian Martyn
Vinod Kambli
AB De Villiers (wk)
Wasim Akram
Curtly Ambrose
James Anderson
Mutiah Muralitharan

In a test match for excitement it would be

Gordon Greenidge
Roy Fredericks
KP
Sir Viv
Lara
Botham
Gilchrist
Wasim Akram
Richard Hadlee
Warne
Holding

Very similar to mine - you have KP, i have the elegance of Gower. You have Hadlee i have gone for Freddie, yours a much better cricketer however Freddie had that thing for getting the crowd going much like Botham. Holding/Marshall/Garner is another i could pick any of them on any different day. I went Sehwag, as Fredericks was a bit before my time.

 

[worsleyweb]

Graham smith - great cricketer

 

[Rascal]

I went Sehwag, as Fredericks was a bit before my time.

I went Fredericks basically for one innings in Perth

He was short and Lillie and Tomo thought they could bounce him out.

Major fail


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih2jOGgY_48[/youtube]<br /><br />-- Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:26 pm --<br /><br />A bit more of Roy

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c90Cvm_a30k[/youtube]

 

[noely]

Over rated Ashley Giles hows he involved in the england set up now??

Under rated got to be Glenn Chapple how he didnt pick up a rake of caps at one day and test level when as a nation at the time of his prime were pretty shite is beyond me

 

[Paul Lake's Left Knee]

I went Sehwag, as Fredericks was a bit before my time.

I went Fredericks basically for one innings in Perth

He was short and Lillie and Tomo thought they could bounce him out.

Major fail


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih2jOGgY_48[/youtube]

-- Thu Sep 12, 2013 8:26 pm --

A bit more of Roy

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c90Cvm_a30k[/youtube]

Thanks for those Rasc, liked the Ian Chappell one and watching him, very much like Lara, when pulling and cover driving, Lara had a higher pick up though. Lara listed him, Gower and Border as his idols growing up in an interview i once saw.

Chappell talking about that series reminded me of Fire in Babylon. Probably the best cricket film i have seen, i highly recommend it to any cricket lover who hasnt seen it.

 

[Causeway_Boy]

Underrated - Michael Atherton/Mike Smith/Will Gidman
Overrated - Stuart Broad/Beefy/Flintoff