Players who didn't reach their full potential

[Robelinda]

Bevan just wasnt given enough opportunities, and it was felt his record around the country in FC cricket was not as strong as at the SCG. Also he did fail numerous times against the short ball in FC cricket, yet he punished weak attacks and spin bowling and his end of season average covered up his short ball weakness, much like Phil Hughes now. He did ok in 96/97 vs WI but was dropped after 3 failures in the 97 Ashes, played one more test in 98 vs SA and that was it, Deserved more opportunites after 98 because he really sparkled in FC cricket from 2000 onwards, but Maryn and Lehmann and Katich got the chances.

 

[gougie]

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.

Dont think it helped him playing in a poor team, remember him having loads of edges put down in the slips.

Got to agree with Beven great player, saw quite abit of him when he played for Yorkshire along with Darren Lehman best 2 overs seas batters ive seen at Yorkshire, but Beven was an outsdanding one day batsmen for Ausrailia, never made it in tests.

 

[gougie]

Flintoff must be one his career figures are nowhere near what his potential was.

 

[stereotype]

Bevan just wasnt given enough opportunities, and it was felt his record around the country in FC cricket was not as strong as at the SCG. Also he did fail numerous times against the short ball in FC cricket, yet he punished weak attacks and spin bowling and his end of season average covered up his short ball weakness, much like Phil Hughes now. He did ok in 96/97 vs WI but was dropped after 3 failures in the 97 Ashes, played one more test in 98 vs SA and that was it, Deserved more opportunites after 98 because he really sparkled in FC cricket from 2000 onwards, but Maryn and Lehmann and Katich got the chances.

Another thing with Bevan and his lack of chances was that he wasn't an outstanding fieldsman either and although many people don't use that as a guide when it comes down to a shortlist of 3-4 high quality batters sometimes that is what makes the difference, he had a pretty soft throwing arm as well but really guys like Martyn weren't great either sitting down at mid off all day. His form in the early 2000s was similar to the type of form that Katich showed before returning to the test team.

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Flintoff must be one his career figures are nowhere near what his potential was.

Yeah in the Flintoff bowling thread his penetration was quite poor apart from that purple patch from 2004 till the Super World XI test. Strike rate of over 66 which is a wicket every 11 overs compared to guys like Botham 56, Ambrose, 54, Lee 53, Gough 52 etc. Even Steve Harmison had a strike rate of 59.

 

[Howsie]

Flintoff must be one his career figures are nowhere near what his potential was.

That's because he was picked far too early. If you look at his figures from 03 onwards the guy was a freak.

 

[Amiya]

Md. Kaif for me. He was a good batsman but was massive failure. He managed to score few match innings including the one in Natwest series. But he failed to grab the oppurtunies.
Not to forget Rudoloph, he was one of my best player that time but couldn't manage to maintain his place in side.

 

[sifter132]

From an Australian perspective: Andrew Symonds. Only after 6 years of persistence did he come good in ODIs and when he finally started contributing consistently in Test cricket he got injured, then went fishing and drinking. And in a similar vein, some other big hitting all-rounders were disappointments: Shane Lee and Tom Moody. Should have been able to dominate.

Right now it's Shaun Tait. 3rd fasted bowler ever recorded and he's played only a couple of Tests and 20-odd ODIs.

 

[War]

Md. Kaif for me. He was a good batsman but was massive failure. He managed to score few match innings including the one in Natwest series. But he failed to grab the oppurtunies.
Not to forget Rudoloph, he was one of my best player that time but couldn't manage to maintain his place in side.

I would have to disagree with the notion that Kaif was a wasted talent, especially in test TBH. He never like a test cricketer.

I would put him in alongside the likes of Ajay Sharma, Amre, Kambli, Yuvraj, Jadeja, Bhardwaj, Kanitkar, Badani. As one of the many average IND back-up middle-order batsmen to the "Fabulous 5" (Tendy, Dravid, VVS, Ganguly, Azhar) who didn't cut it at test level.

 

[stereotype]

Although he ended up with an average of 26 Dizzy Gillespie if not for injuries or one or two large losses of form one in 2001 the other in the 2005 ashes series should have been a sub 23 average bowler. At his peak imo he bowled the absolute perfect line and length and did it at a good pace too. McGrath was always just behind what the ideal length was and it suited his height and pace, but Gillespie pitched it up further and at his peak probably got more chances off his bowling.

Any young quick who wants to know the absolute perfect line and length look at some of Gillespie and his bowling if you can.

 

[Amiya]

I would have to disagree with the notion that Kaif was a wasted talent, especially in test TBH. He never like a test cricketer.

I would put him in alongside the likes of Ajay Sharma, Amre, Kambli, Yuvraj, Jadeja, Bhardwaj, Kanitkar, Badani. As one of the many average IND back-up middle-order batsmen to the "Fabulous 5" (Tendy, Dravid, VVS, Ganguly, Azhar) who didn't cut it at test level.

I am talking about his Odi performance. Natwest is a ODI series, isn't it?

 

[drainpipe32]

Archie Jackson, or so I've heard. A better bat than Bradman they say, but died of Tuberculosis at 23.

He's got a marvellous record 8 match record, one difficult pitches and with match winning innings.

Barry Richards is another one. Desperately unlucky victim of the isolation of RSA.

 

[pcfan123]

Stuart Broad never achieved his full potential in womens cricket before they let him make the transition to the mens team.

 

[drainpipe32]

:laugh

 

[stereotype]

He needs to find Nathan Bracken's stylist though.

 

[piriyanth]

Misbah ul haq imo.

We saw his batting talent in T20 world cup 2007 but after that he started to fall.