Topic: Who is the most boring batsman to watch ? (Read 963 times)

srinath · « **on:** March 14, 2006, 12:33:00 PM »

Simon Katich.

some of the other boring batsmen

Chanderpal
Ashwel Prince
Mohd Kaif
Stephen Fleming
Samaraweera

tombaan · « **Reply #1 on:** March 14, 2006, 12:37:43 PM »

dilip vengeskar
mudazzar nazar

achutank · « **Reply #2 on:** March 14, 2006, 12:37:59 PM »

mathew hayden

sachin tendulkar

justforkix · « **Reply #3 on:** March 14, 2006, 12:41:26 PM »

Katich, Gilchrist, Ponting, Hussey, Smith, Gibbs, Boucher

tombaan · « **Reply #4 on:** March 14, 2006, 12:42:34 PM »

yeah add sehwag yuvraj and ganguly too

poondu · « **Reply #5 on:** March 14, 2006, 01:06:22 PM »

Chris Tavare, Ravi Shastri

achutank · « **Reply #6 on:** March 14, 2006, 01:34:59 PM »

inzaman ul haq
david gower
ian botham
viv richards

all so predictably brilliant ... boringgggg

give me the the will he , won't hit a four this session of shastri bua

OldPal · « **Reply #7 on:** March 14, 2006, 01:36:54 PM »

And the Answer is ......
Ravi Shastri

sgusa · « **Reply #8 on:** March 14, 2006, 08:43:13 PM »

Ravi Shastri

colonel · « **Reply #9 on:** March 14, 2006, 08:46:05 PM »

most boring batsman of all time from what i have seen - devang *hi.and this from a bengali.....

dextrous · « **Reply #10 on:** March 14, 2006, 08:51:17 PM »

Sujith Somasunder in the 2 or 3 ODIs he played. Boy, was he out of his league!

justforkix · « **Reply #11 on:** March 14, 2006, 08:58:09 PM »

Quote from: dextrous on March 14, 2006, 08:51:17 PM

Sujith Somasunder in the 2 or 3 ODIs he played. Boy, was he out of his league!

dextrous : we are talking about batsmen here, not golfers

rajeshlister · « **Reply #12 on:** March 15, 2006, 05:27:03 AM »

katich,chanderpayl,padams,

proactive · « **Reply #13 on:** March 15, 2006, 12:48:47 PM »

Chanderpaul...boring, ugly...eeeks!!
Shastri .....Chappathi...Chappathi....and that too dry
Kaif..... Oh !! Opposition complains of ennui when he bats

OldPal · « **Reply #14 on:** March 15, 2006, 01:25:07 PM »

Quote from: justforkix on March 14, 2006, 08:58:09 PM

Quote from: dextrous on March 14, 2006, 08:51:17 PM
Sujith Somasunder in the 2 or 3 ODIs he played. Boy, was he out of his league!

dextrous : we are talking about batsmen here, not golfers

toney · « **Reply #15 on:** March 15, 2006, 01:54:17 PM »

Quote from: dextrous on March 14, 2006, 08:51:17 PM

Sujith Somasunder in the 2 or 3 ODIs he played. Boy, was he out of his league!

He definitely wasnt boring. I enjoyed Donald's spell against him!!!

gouravk · « **Reply #16 on:** March 15, 2006, 03:23:04 PM »

ooo .. lovely as I enjoyed Donald's spell against Sultan Zarwani of the UAE !

sudzz · « **Reply #17 on:** March 15, 2006, 06:24:52 PM »

Chanderpaul
Many Many Kiwi batsmen-Gavin Larsen, Chris Harris etc..absolutely no technique
The entire English team under Adam Hollioke
Of course our very own Shastri (though when he first came on the scene he was great), Anshuman Gaekwad, Arun Lal that paklu opener from Orissa
Salim Malik, Ejaz Ahmed

gouravk · « **Reply #18 on:** March 15, 2006, 06:25:31 PM »

gary kirsten.

Sahir · « **Reply #19 on:** March 15, 2006, 07:04:24 PM »

Hashan Tillekeratne, especially later in his career-- a real pain to watch

pieterSAN · « **Reply #20 on:** March 15, 2006, 08:22:31 PM »

Jimmy Adams

gouravk · « **Reply #21 on:** March 15, 2006, 08:28:28 PM »

Yup. Jimmy Adams was pathetic.

Aloo Kashmiri Ul Haq · « **Reply #22 on:** March 15, 2006, 11:44:57 PM »

in the first 2 years of his odi career, rahul dravid.....come on dont deny it

colonel · « **Reply #23 on:** March 16, 2006, 01:09:58 AM »

Quote from: gouravk on March 15, 2006, 08:28:28 PM

Yup. Jimmy Adams was pathetic.

you mean paddams?

gouravk · « **Reply #24 on:** March 16, 2006, 09:49:56 PM »

rahul dravid ? have you gone crazy ?

toney · « **Reply #25 on:** March 16, 2006, 09:55:20 PM »

Quote from: desi yankee on March 15, 2006, 11:44:57 PM

in the first 2 years of his odi career, rahul dravid.....come on dont deny it

He didnt bat quickly and he frustrated me with his scoring rate. But at no time did I find his batting unattractive. His batting was a thing of beauty then too.

If Chanderpaul makes 100 ball 150 and Dravid makes a 100 ball 80, I can guarantee the 80 will be several times more attractive.

feverpitch · « **Reply #26 on:** March 17, 2006, 12:17:21 AM »

In my opinion, these are the most boring batsmen of the modern era:

Steve Waugh
Andrew Hudson
Gary Kirsten
Michael Atherton
Graham Gooch
Keith Arthurton
Shivnaraine Chanderpaul
Jimmy Padams
Ravi Shastri
Shoaib Mohammed
Andy Flower

What is funny is that most of these batsmen, with the exception of Arthurton, would qualify as players you'd look up to for saving a test match!

toney · « **Reply #27 on:** March 17, 2006, 12:21:59 AM »

Quote from: feverpitch on March 17, 2006, 12:17:21 AM

In my opinion, these are the most boring batsmen of the modern era:
Andy Flower

What is funny is that most of these batsmen, with the exception of Arthurton, would qualify as players you'd look up to for saving a test match!

Not IMO. He wasnt particularly stylish but he was decent enough to watch.
Unrelated: he was a very very good batsman. He was probably among the top 5 at one point.

dextrous · « **Reply #28 on:** March 17, 2006, 01:22:11 AM »

Quote from: feverpitch on March 17, 2006, 12:17:21 AM

In my opinion, these are the most boring batsmen of the modern era:

Steve Waugh
Andrew Hudson
Gary Kirsten
Michael Atherton
Graham Gooch
Keith Arthurton
Shivnaraine Chanderpaul
Jimmy Padams
Ravi Shastri
Shoaib Mohammed
Andy Flower

What is funny is that most of these batsmen, with the exception of Arthurton, would qualify as players you'd look up to for saving a test match!

Can't agree with Gooch and Flower there....Gooch against India was esp. a lovely sight!

Flower--he's a highly underrate batsman. He was forced to defend a lot of times because he was playing for Zim -- but played some marvelously fluent knocks when given the opportunity.

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #29 on:** March 17, 2006, 08:17:50 AM »

Pravin Amre ... he used to dig a hole where he took guard

achutank · « **Reply #30 on:** March 17, 2006, 08:19:52 AM »

Quote from: gouravk on March 16, 2006, 09:49:56 PM

rahul dravid ? have you gone crazy ?

and you got his goat there buddy

tombaan · « **Reply #31 on:** March 17, 2006, 12:15:49 PM »

Quote from: keep-it-cool on March 17, 2006, 08:17:50 AM

Pravin Amre ... he used to dig a hole where he took guard

pravin amre was a very talented and complete team man but he played in an era where this was not respected much. he was as talented as say dravid or saurav or laxman.....and a good player of pace.

achutank · « **Reply #32 on:** March 17, 2006, 12:55:24 PM »

at least his debut innings was a classic

keep-it-cool · « **Reply #33 on:** March 17, 2006, 12:58:04 PM »

I agree about Amre's qualities as a batsman, but he was definitely not a pretty sight!! I think it was very unfair the way he was dropped - following the tour to NZ (I think), where he was picked in the squad and hardly played a match

achutank · « **Reply #34 on:** March 17, 2006, 01:00:10 PM »

no you guys lose. you have missed the august name of one Geoff Marsh. man drove boon to drink.

RicePlateReddy · « **Reply #35 on:** March 18, 2006, 01:37:53 AM »

Chris Tavare, Geoff Boycott, Anshuman Gaekwad.

pollock11 · « **Reply #36 on:** March 18, 2006, 01:39:14 AM »

sunil manohar gavaskar

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