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Was more of a one-trick bully in his bowling as he would go on bowling back of the hand slower balls whole day, much like Unadkat, who just bowls off-cutter slower balls.
Although, loved his all round performance in the 2013 Ind vs Aus series.
Also, loved to bowl against SRH, as he took 5-fors in both the league stage matches against SRH in 2013.
NILAYSHAH60
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India and England always struggled to have good bowling attacks in that time in white ball Cricket. So I am not surprised why Faulkner always did well against them. But, honestly he always had that batting gear in him. He just faded off both with his batting and bowling unlike Stokes who improved himself every time he went down.Had a particular liking for the Indian bowlers
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I guess it will stay that way for a long, long time.
I too was going to post this. He never got a permanent place in the playing XI due to Ashwin and Jadeja.
He should have been the first choice spinner for a long time in the T20s at least.
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
I'm going to mention Ricardo Powell. In an age where fielding was not considered to be one of the major disciplines of the game as it is now, Powell showed amazing skill for the time period. Looking back at it now, you'll think...oh, nothing major, that's average. But in that time period, fielders just didn't throw themselves around unless your last name was Rhodes.
Add to that his striking ability...for a major part of his career he had more sixes than fours, and those came with regularity.
He was part of that winning Champions Trophy team in 2004 and while he never impressed much with the bat, it was his fielding that saved runs for the squad more often than not.
Add to that his striking ability...for a major part of his career he had more sixes than fours, and those came with regularity.
He was part of that winning Champions Trophy team in 2004 and while he never impressed much with the bat, it was his fielding that saved runs for the squad more often than not.
Bevab
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James Faulkner? MoM in WC 2015 Final and then spoof!
Vanished into thin air after that. Had a particular liking for the Indian bowlers
Faulkner lost his track due to fitness issues, injuries and that nasty drunk driving incident. He himself admits that his knee caused him far too much trouble when he should have been resting. He didn't fade into relative obscurity (lost his state contract for this season) due to him being an one trick pony, plenty of such players are still enjoying quite successful domestic careers at the very least. His tale mirrors another slightly forgotten player in Ajantha Mendis. The latter supposedly faded out after having one of the most incredible career starts one could dream of because he was 'figured out' when in reality he was another afflicted with a miserable run of injuries that forced him to reinvent himself as a batsman to salvage his doomed career. Plenty of tales of someone losing their way due to being figured out are in reality due to them suffering injuries, a loss of confidence or plain indiscipline. Unfortunately that is a tale which is not as romantic to sell years later though.
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Mendis was one hell of a player early on in his career. Not the first mystery spinner, but certainly he led the way for a lot more of those types of bowlers, especially in the shorter formats. He was such a good bowler that Sri Lanka bowled him as early as something like 12 overs in. Not exactly a Mohammed Hafeez, who could probably call Devon Smith and inform him that he's got his wicket, but Mendis was one amazing player who really is forgotten in the modern age. Mendis was part of a classic subcontinental bowling attack, where you just had quicks there to bowl the first few overs before handing it off to a spinner. That being said, the attack did feature Vaas, who is one of my top 10 fast bowlers ever.
What about Prasanna Jayawardene? I always thought he was a great wicketkeeper who didn't quite get the chance to shine due to the (arguably slightly better) Sangakarra.. It's very tough for a reserve keeper to get a game (search Da Silva, J and Hope, S...although the latter is in horrible form). I always had a high hope for Prasanna...do not by any means ask me his full name, my keyboard will explode with typing it.
What about Prasanna Jayawardene? I always thought he was a great wicketkeeper who didn't quite get the chance to shine due to the (arguably slightly better) Sangakarra.. It's very tough for a reserve keeper to get a game (search Da Silva, J and Hope, S...although the latter is in horrible form). I always had a high hope for Prasanna...do not by any means ask me his full name, my keyboard will explode with typing it.
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Brendan Nash is another player that I really liked. First came onto the field in an international match, strangely enough, as a substitute Australian fielder against the West Indies before he played Test cricket for the latter team. His style was akin to Chanderpaul, but of course there's only one Shiv. Brought the team through a couple of difficult games, but yet again, issues with the board prevented another promising player from going further. Nashy was good, could have gone further, but the WICB are a bunch of idiots. Yes, they are idiots, I do have the right to free speech in Trinidad and Tobago and I'm exercising my right. Idiots. From Ricky Skerritt right down.
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Bevab
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Jayawardene started playing a lot more after Sangakkara started playing as a specialist batsman. 58 tests are pretty good for a Lankan player given that the team did not rotate that much back in the older days (compared to now, where they keep changing players at will in every series). Only fifteen players have played more than him and they have all been very important players to their side too. Not sure about him underachieving too, Sri Lankan fans rate him very very highly I believe.
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Yes, he played quite a lot of Tests, but I keep thinking he felt like he was always compared to Sangas. I am not Sri Lankan, but I do definitely rate him up there as a pure keeper. Wicketkeepers are a hard thing to really come by, and for me I prefer a pure keeper than a wicketkeeper-batsman. I think Jeff Dujon was probably the last proper keeper I've known about. And hell, the guy had to stand behind the wicket for the original awesome foursome.
I mean, India had the Great Wall of Dravid keeping for quite a long time before MS Dhoni came onto the scene. And as a keeper, he wasn't bad. But why put a top order batsman behind the wicket?
I mean, India had the Great Wall of Dravid keeping for quite a long time before MS Dhoni came onto the scene. And as a keeper, he wasn't bad. But why put a top order batsman behind the wicket?
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In Tests, I’d say that a team should always have a pure keeper and not a makeshift one who could bat...
Wriddhiman Saha in the Indian team could probably be the same... He is just too good a keeper to be left out, especially for Rishabh Pant, whose keeping has come under the scanner quite frequently
