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thegowerwaft

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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #15 on: September 05, 2014, 01:07:47 PM »
I was lucky enough to regularly watch Ali Brown batting when he was at school.  He was one of the few batsman who made it look as easy against that level of attack as he did at club, county and then international level.  Lovely bloke and a travesty he didn't play more! He used to launch attacks miles over the pavillion, squash courts, etc but was never big headed about it.  Worked really hard at fitness, etc.  Very good role model that was seen off by the system.

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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #16 on: September 05, 2014, 02:08:44 PM »
Gotta agree with Dave,,,Glenn Chapple should have had a chance to step up
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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #17 on: September 05, 2014, 02:14:51 PM »
Glen Chapple is the best shout!
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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #18 on: September 05, 2014, 02:21:45 PM »
james foster and chris read
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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #19 on: September 05, 2014, 02:39:43 PM »
Neil Harvey Fairbrother should have played more one day games and then been the coach of the one day players.

Ian Austin (exceptional death and one day bowler). Was the days before being of a larger build DIDN'T matter. Lol
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« Reply #20 on: September 05, 2014, 02:42:10 PM »
James Foster for me, if it wasn't for Prior he'd have been in for sure
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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #21 on: September 05, 2014, 02:50:35 PM »
Brad Hodge doesn't get beaten in this category.
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« Reply #22 on: September 05, 2014, 03:02:07 PM »
Stuart Law and Tom Moody must be right up there.

For England I think many of the best glovemen, Russell Read and Foster would have got many more caps if it wasn't England's obsession with keeper batsmen.

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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #23 on: September 05, 2014, 03:14:19 PM »
Watched Geoff Boycott scored 246 off 555 balls against India he was  dropped next match .
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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #24 on: September 05, 2014, 03:22:09 PM »
James Foster not playing for England and showing his glove skills to a wider audience has been a travesty. Anyone mentioned Nick Compton yet?
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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #25 on: September 05, 2014, 03:30:29 PM »
Surely Vinod Kambli from India wins this hands down?

The lad had a Test average of 50+, with 2 double centuries.

Was dropped aged 24. And the selectors wouldn't ever recall him despite him scoring truck loads for Bombay. And he was Tendulkar's BBF...
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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #26 on: September 05, 2014, 03:34:58 PM »
I think Kambli was a little bit mental, and that was part of the problem.
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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #27 on: September 05, 2014, 03:37:20 PM »
Kambli's average is largely due to two double hundreds he scored against Zimbabwe and weaker English side on Indian pitches  , when you take them out he is just ordinary , plus he is a bit of a tool too.
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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #28 on: September 05, 2014, 06:46:53 PM »
Lumb - gets a ODI ton on debut and has to make way for Cook of all people....
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Re: Unluckiest Players (with the selectors, that is...)
« Reply #29 on: September 05, 2014, 07:24:09 PM »
Kambli declared himself unavailable for a while due to taking up a role in Bollywood and I believe was never considered again

F.S Trueman was left out on many occasions for expressing his opinion (oh the liberty)








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