Reminds me of a bowler I faced about two years back who a local club had signed for £9k for the summer. He was on the books for the Mumbai Indians, at the time. Fortunately, he didn't quite understand the fact he was playing club cricket and the best way to get us out was not bowling short ALL of the time.
The best pro's I have played against are the clever ones. About 10 years ago (Baring in mind I am only 29) John Emburey was playing for Maidenhead and Bray CC. He was in his late 40s but he was an incredibly good bowler, and probably the best spin bowler I have faced to date.
Others included Alex Hales (Notts and England), Aftab Habib (England), Alan Jones (Glamorgan), Trevor Gripper (Zimbabwe), Jon Moss (Australia), Krishamar Santokie and Gavin Tonge (West Indies) and most recently Ashton Agar (When he was playing for Henley CC). I wouldn't say all are what I would consider to be 'light years' ahead of me as a player, but certainly can appreciate the ability of these guys to make things happen when needed.
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