Obscure Players That You Remember

[JUBJUB]

Hamish Marshall?

and his twin [?] James

 

[JUBJUB]

Keppler Wessels.. Is that the spelling? Just remember him being a outcast and a kind of newboy for the 70s

Good player and was there thought of as an australian. He was a star of his time.

Not sure you can classify Keppler as obscure.He played Test cricket for 12 years for Aus & SA.

 

[Torz]

Aasif Karim from Kenya for his spell of 8.2 overs 3-7 against us during our dominant era. At age 39 no less!

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Wilf Slack. Toured with the Poms in 86/87 without getting a run in the tests. During a Jeremy Beadle Christmas show the tourists were able to speak to their family via satellite live on the show. All the players were jokey jokey, christmas wishes etc, Slack spoke to his sister and all he spoke about was how he was batting in the nets/tour games, causing Beadle to take the piss out of him a bit. Suffered blackouts that a cause couldn't be found for, and died of a heart attack while batting a few years after the tour.

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Azeem Hafeez. Toured with the Pakistanis early 80's, not a bad left arm quick, had a couple of fingers missing from his right hand.

 

[krisholio14]

Azeem Hafeez. Toured with the Pakistanis early 80's, not a bad left arm quick, had a couple of fingers missing from his right hand.

Hafeez Handmissing

 

[corbies]

Aasif Karim from Kenya for his spell of 8.2 overs 3-7 against us during our dominant era. At age 39 no less!

Fun Fact. That video was uploaded onto youtube be Karim himself.

Great article on the "Master of Mombasa" by Jarrod kimber below:

http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/900135/the-master-of-mombasa

 

[Damon_3388]

Hafeez Handmissing

Wasi Akrim?

 

[krisholio14]

Wasi Akrim?

Wasim Ranamadruta

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Used to see Richard Soule around (and I do mean round - the guy made Danny Buckingham look merely large) a bit back in the day. Quite possibly would have been the back-up keeper on the 1989 tour of England if not for his size.

I seem to remember him ducking under a Steve Waugh full toss in a ListA game and getting bowled.

 

[western royboy]

Brendon Kurrupu

 

[western royboy]

D.S. de Dilva leg break & googly bowler for Sri Lanka - Richie used to love him and calked him Somachandra - the others could only manage DS.

 

[ioppolo]

WA all rounder David Bandy.

 

[Van_Dyke]

WA all rounder David Bandy.

Good one. IIRC he was the bloke Nannes was bowling to when he got sent off for dangerous bowling.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

WA all rounder David Bandy.

Brother of Daniel?

 

[krisholio14]

Brendon Kurrupu

Brendon Kangaroopoo

 

[Swanny69]

Harry Frei ..

 

[Shane Sheridan]

Harry Frei ..

Big left arm Queenslander?

 

[Swanny69]

Big left arm Queenslander?

Yep .. rocked a 5 star 'tache too

 

[JUBJUB]

Chris Lewis,England all-rounder.
I think twice he got called into the England team when they toured here because he was playing district cricket in Sydney at the time.
of course for the last 6 years [got sentenced to 13 years,but got out in June] he's been holidaying at Her Majestys pleasure for drug trafficking.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

With a similar name, I remember Jon Lewis being a big tall seamer that came here for England for some ODIs. Can't remember how much he played, will have to look it up.

1 Test, 13 ODIs. Excellent record in FC and List A cricket, didn't disgrace himself in the ODIs either.

 

[Hellgood]

WA all rounder David Bandy.

Gun at grade level. Found it much harder at domestic level, but doesn't help when you get knocked out by a wild shy at the stumps taking a quick single - different circumstances to the McLeneghan one but still as sickening.

With a similar name, I remember Jon Lewis being a big tall seamer that came here for England for some ODIs. Can't remember how much he played, will have to look it up.

1 Test, 13 ODIs. Excellent record in FC and List A cricket, didn't disgrace himself in the ODIs either.

Handy enough bowler, but was pace very dibbly-dobbly which naturally didn't go down too well bowling to Gilchrist in a T20.

 

[krisholio14]

Harry Frei ..

Yep .. rocked a 5 star 'tache too

also played some senior footy for Footscray back in the 70's

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Speaking of Jon Lewis reminded me of the bald, aggro keeper...no doubt he has already been mentioned in this thread...but Paul Nixon was always entertaining, for one reason or another.

 

[ioppolo]

Speaking of Jon Lewis reminded me of the bald, aggro keeper...no doubt he has already been mentioned in this thread...but Paul Nixon was always entertaining, for one reason or another.

Dalrymple, Nixon, Lewis, Mal Loye...quite the team England had that tri series...and they won it.