Hadlee.
Could land it on a dime and move it both ways, and hit over the top with ease.
Could land it on a dime and move it both ways, and hit over the top with ease.
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I realise that the OP made clear the terms about playing cricket at international level, but a lot of guys being mentioned in this thread played quite a bit of the format (Klusener, Harvey both played over 50 T20's)
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Stan McCabe.
Could hit big and score quickly, plus had useful medium pace. Would have been a million dollar man at the IPL auction.
Could hit big and score quickly, plus had useful medium pace. Would have been a million dollar man at the IPL auction.
100%. Opening bowler - do you want seam or spin? Or a bit of both?
Handy slogger, too.
Simon O'Donnell would have been great. Fabulous hitter, plus one of the first bowlers to really develop the slower ball to the level it is today.
A forgotten one - Arthur Wellard. Pom who played in the 1930s. PLayed a couple of tests as an opening bowler. Not the worst batsman - averaged 20 in his career and made a couple of 100s. The thing about his batting was that he basically hit sixes. it is estimated that over a quarter of all his runs were 6s - this was in the 1930s, when 6s were rare. Give him today's bats and boundaries and who knows?
Didn't you have to hit the ball over the stands to get a 6 in those days?
There was a fella in the 40's, bloke called Cec Pepper, played for NSW, played in the post war victory Tests and was considered the best all-rounder after Miller. Huge percentage of his runs came from 4s/6s.
Had a bit of a lip on him, and bowling in a Shield game, after 3 appeals against Bradman, he give the Don a serve. Supposedly his papers were stamped there and than, he ended up migrating to England and ended up a First Class umpire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cec_Pepper
As from the bio, you couldn't get higher endorsements than from Miller, Sobers and a Taciturn Bradman.
Had a bit of a lip on him, and bowling in a Shield game, after 3 appeals against Bradman, he give the Don a serve. Supposedly his papers were stamped there and than, he ended up migrating to England and ended up a First Class umpire.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cec_Pepper
As from the bio, you couldn't get higher endorsements than from Miller, Sobers and a Taciturn Bradman.
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absolutely, he'd be your prototypical T20 player. Would probably even dye his hair in team colours for good measure.
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If Hoggy could do it, why not Bert ?.
If Hoggy could do it, why not Bert ?.
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Why? Fast bowlers can bowl slower balls and leg spinners can bowl wronguns. This is no different, other than being far more obvious.
I wasn't sure on rule interpretations.
Both those videos were quite funny. One of the ugliest batting styles you'll ever see!
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Heheh, I once looked at Funky Miller's LinkedIn profile and he contacted me the next day with an offer to connect. It's not often I can say I've been invited to connect with a former Australian test cricketer, so I accepted the offer as quickly as I could.
He's running a golfing tour company out of Las Vegas, if memory serves.
I would have posted Thommo, had he not already been posted. If Shaun Tait can be a T20 specialist, then surely Thommo would have been a shoe-in. In that vein, I'll nominate Curtly Ambrose. In 178 ODIs (between 1988 and 2000), his economy rate was 3.48 runs per over.
He's running a golfing tour company out of Las Vegas, if memory serves.
I would have posted Thommo, had he not already been posted. If Shaun Tait can be a T20 specialist, then surely Thommo would have been a shoe-in. In that vein, I'll nominate Curtly Ambrose. In 178 ODIs (between 1988 and 2000), his economy rate was 3.48 runs per over.
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have played grade cricket against an old bloke who bowled right arm over the wicket medium pace and left arm around the wicket off spinners. none of us could believe it, though neither were particularly threatening to be honest.
Lewis Talay in Sydney has played plenty of first grade cricket for UNSW. In school he used to bowl both left arm and right arm, and I assume he continued this into his grade career. Had a good record in first grade, but hasn't played this year for some reason. Maybe off travelling. I thought he might have started pushing into the shield ranks at some point.
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there was also a young girl playing either state or like premier cricket up in queensland or nsw a while ago who was swinging it both ways with both arms, not sure what happened to her though, they showed her on the news as a novelty basically.
"I would have posted Thommo, had he not already been posted. If Shaun Tait can be a T20 specialist, then surely Thommo would have been a shoe-in."
Surprisingly, Thommo's ODI record is utter rubbish. One of the worst. Not sure why.
Surprisingly, Thommo's ODI record is utter rubbish. One of the worst. Not sure why.
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great find, bloke sounds like a legend!
It's funny how many stories are out there that show just what a prick Bradman could be.
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viv with one of the newer larger bats of today!
wasim or even waqar bowling in swinning yorkers,
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