unrealized potential

There are a lot of players from the subcontinent who were naturally gifted but failed to realize their potential.

Basit Ali – I ‘ve watched him play once at Sharjah. One of the cleanest and hardest striker of the ball. Some how he lost his form.

Azhar Mehmood- Fantastic allrounder. Better batsman than Razaaq ... had he improved his bowling he would’ve also been a better bowler.

For India

Praveen Amre

For Srilanka,

Gunawardane, Kalu and Kalpage.
 
Vijay.

When he was born his life was full of promise. Unfortunately his brain never developed.
 
Retired from test cricket to focus on the fecking World Cup. :wenger:

I really don't understand how Asian audiences continue to sustain the one day market when they're hit with the stuff 60 times a year.

Every committed cricket fan I know in this country is utterly fed up with one day cricket despite Australia not playing nearly as many matches.
 
Slabber said:
How does it mean that?
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You are at soccerbest's house.. aren't you?

You must go out for a change.

Why don’t you climb onto that special needs tricycle of yours with the fourth wheel attached for extra-ensured retard stability and pedal your fat arse down to the drainage and do some outdoors stuff for a change. If you don’t like it, you can always offer to lick-clean the jockstraps.
 
Sultan said:
Afridi announces 'retirement' from Tests
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I think that it is a good decision as he is seen as a one day specialist and if he doesn't play tests he will be considered one of the greatest one day players of the era. If he only plays one day cricket it will also increase the length of his career whcih can only be a good thing for Pakistan's hope of winning the one day world cup in the next decade.
 
There are a lot of NZ cricketers that go unrated by the world for a long time. Vettori is one of the best cricketers in the world right now, he is one of the best left hand bowlers in the world whilst has averaged 50 with the bat for the last 4 years.
Brendon Mcullum is a fantastic wicket keeper with tremendous keeping ability, and is also very useful with the bat, yet never gets a mention.
Big Jake Oram on his day is also a classy allrounder, he is a consistent bowler and his centuries against SA and Aussie show he is a good batsmen.

Outside of New Zealand, I personally rate AB DeVilliers, Andrew Strauss and Pathan
 
the most naturally gifted player I've seen not even come close to fulfilling his potential has to be Ajit Agarkar

he still holds the record for fastest 50 wickets in ODIs I believe

gets good pace, extracts bounce, can move the ball both ways, in the air and off the pitch, has a decent batting technique too

if he could just control his bowling and concentrate a bit more while batting, he might still turn out to be a great player. at the moment he remains far too inconsistent.
 
I dont think test cricket is dying - on the contrary with the amount of runs being scored by the players these days its become even more exciting than it ever was giving even more chance of a win over the five days.

last years ashes was superb with lots of games going to the wire. the recent series against sri lanka was excellent - sri lanka coming back into it and if pakistan had played on regardless in the last match of the series they could have won making it 2-1 to england

sri lanka versus south africa was excellent with sri lanka getting a deserved series win and the next ashes series was sold out within days of the tickets going on sale.

ritchie richardson never realised the potential they had built up for him but as cricket is a sport where as a batsman longevity can be achieved perhaps he found his level.

bowlers especially fast ones can have a short shelf life and cricket can be a very cruel game sometimes you can be excellent for a few years the next your game gets picked apart and the loss of confidence can be devestating.

i like all forms of the game - but test cricket will always be the ultimate type.
look at all the magnificent innings that we would not have seen had it not existed- and players from the sub - continent are just as capable of long extended innings, with patience and superb stroke play.

Also I wont forget the bowlers - having large totals and extended time allows bowlers to fine tune their art and the chance to think batsmen out.

yes sometimes i eat mcdonalds and pop into subway but i also like sitting in a restaurant for an evening with a good bottle of wine or three some good friends and a variety of courses.

life is never too short for the ebb and flow of test cricket either
 
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