Players who didn't reach their full potential

[stefan]

Gibbs and jacquess rudolph. Still time for rudolph though, believe he is making himself available for SA again from next season. Such a great player watching him making tons of runs for the titans, though that 100 in perth against warne and co would have been the turning but he just faded after it. Still with prince really struggling as an opener he may have a chance for a comeback.

 

[Fatal Shot]

Say what you want about Gibbs, but I wouldn't change one thing about Gibbs. One of my favorite all-time players, and on his day he was breath-taking. Sure his day wasn't as consistent as we would have liked, but his numbers in ODI's are pretty amazing. Almost 10,000 runs, 20+ centuries, good strike rate and he was a brilliant fielder. Saved so many runs over the years. Still hoping we can bring him back into the ODI side. He deserves the mile-stone of 10,000 runs.

 

[khalek]

Gibbs was in really great form in the MTN Pro40 and was rightly selected for the India ODIs.

 

[War]

Shane Bond, Brett Lee and Shoaib Akhtar would be the obvious ones, they all had the potential to become legendary pace bowlers (though they are all great bowlers respectivley) but with injury getting the best of Bond and Lee, and with Akhtar not being able to handle his personal life they were all unable to reach the full potential which they could have IMO.

So post any cricketers whom you think didn't reach their full potential or in other words underachieved.

Unlike Akhtar & Bond who indeed didn't reach their full potential thanks to injuries in tests. Brett Lee certainly did fullfill his potential as i test bowler.

After yeas of bowling in the shadow of McGrath/Gillespie & being crap in test - Lee officially became a test standard bowler after the 2005 Ashes. Between West Indies 05/06 series - WI 08/09 series was Lee's "peak" as a test bowler, before injuries started to affect him.

 

[AngryPixel]

Agarkar, yuvi in test matches

 

[irottev]

Yeah Brett Lee hasn't been injured that much for a quickie. You can expect people bowling at those paces 150s to get injuries along the way. Brett Lee up until now hasn't had many problems.

 

[aussie1st]

Mark Waugh, should have averaged a lot more than what he did. Concentration let him down badly, there was no reason why he should have got biggie 100s or a 50+ Test average.

 

[pcfan123]

Monty Panesar.

 

[Robelinda]

Vinod Kambli. Massive talent.

 

[stereotype]

Can go past Graeme Hick and Mark Ramprakash. 100 tons and not many test tons.

Also Greg Blewett, Matthew Elliott, Michael Slater- I thought he was awesome, and couldve played over 100 tests, but I guess 73 is a good career, and changed the openers role to aggressive way before Sehwag.

Slater would have had one of the best conversion rates in the history of the game if he didn't get so nervous in the 90s. I think there were 9 90s? 14 test centuries, 21 50s could have been 23 centuries and 12 fifties.

 

[Robelinda]

Tell me about it, so many 90's, not more than Steve Waugh though! But yeah I was so frustrated at how many times he got out at 96 just going for a slog. One of the every best entertaining players from the 90's, and doesnt get a lot of credit these days for his great approach. I loved his 77 on day 1 of the 2001 Ashes- we only had to face 20 overs or something on day 1 after bowling England out, and he hit 16 of the first over. Super entertainer.

 

[stereotype]

It was a sad day he got dropped, he was dropped Phil Hughes style in the previous Ashes and he lost form so badly from then he could barely get a run in grade cricket.

Got to see him hit is only ODD ton though in his twilight v England when they toured I think it was 2003.

 

[Robelinda]

He actually physically couldnt play anymore anyway, his disease he had pretty much killed any sporting ambitions he had left. A whole year he couldnt run or anything. All of that contributed to his demise in 2001, he couldnt even train properly. His last season was 02/03 I think, he tried hard but was really short on patience towards the end. He got himself really buff and big and strong, but when he got sick he lost a huge amount of weight and ende dup being almost underweight. In his book he explains it all, good read it is too, passionate dude, I like him.

 

[gougie]

Darren Gough, great bowler on his day never got the chance to become Englands no 1 leading test wicket taker, which im sure he would have if it hadent been for persistant injuries throughout his career, also a handy batsmen down the order early in his career, untill he started thinking he was a genuine allrounder.

 

[stereotype]

He was a good attacking bowler as good as any English quick since. Because he was so attacking he was a little expensive but that is ok if you are picking up wickets.

His bowling average in Australia was lower than his career average which tells me he lived for the big occasion.

Another one for mine is Michael Bevan as a test match cricketer. His supposed weakness against the short ball must have been absent in FC cricket because he averaged 57 in both form of the game. 68 FC hundreds and handy with the ball as well.