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Post by horace Fri 11 May 2012, 09:25

Now the Belf is iconic...no question...he's in his own malteser world no doubt..

but are there players in other countries that have the potential to be as ludicrous as the shermanator?

some suggestions

from Oz - S Smith, M Johnson
from saffies - Morne Morkel (in the team because of the quota)
from the bannies - Youvraj Singh, Turbanator Singh
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Post by skully Fri 11 May 2012, 11:48

I think Midg is a fair call for Aus's version of the Belf. Stylish action, looks like he has the potential to dismantle the opposition, but is generally shit except for a once-every-2-year MoM performance. However, I don't believe he even has that outrider performance left in him these days.
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Post by tricycle Fri 11 May 2012, 17:08

horace wrote:Now the Belf is iconic...no question...he's in his own malteser world no doubt..

but are there players in other countries that have the potential to be as ludicrous as the shermanator?

some suggestions

from Oz - S Smith, M Johnson
from saffies - Morne Morkel (in the team because of the quota)
from the bannies - Youvraj Singh, Turbanator Singh
Steve Smith seems too rubbish to even be on this shitlist.

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Post by horace Fri 11 May 2012, 17:16

hmmn...fair enough...he does good junk food ads tho
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Post by LeFromage Fri 11 May 2012, 18:11

horace wrote:Now the Belf is iconic...no question...he's in his own malteser world no doubt..

but are there players in other countries that have the potential to be as ludicrous as the shermanator?

some suggestions

from Oz - S Smith, M Johnson
from saffies - Morne Morkel (in the team because of the quota)
from the bannies - Youvraj Singh, Turbanator Singh

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Post by lardbucket Fri 11 May 2012, 18:26

Not sure why Morne gets mentioned here ... Hendrik Human, now.

And it must be time for a re-run of Jaques' famous scootering to KFC.

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Post by beamer Sat 12 May 2012, 05:24

I'm sure Dipsy didn't have the talent of Belf. I guess you mean players with all the ability but rarely put it together when the pressure is on? Get easy runs/wickets but rarely tough ones.

A few of the Indian batsmen must be candidates. Raina fell apart against the short ball over here. Gambhir's been criticised for a lack of toughness as well hasn't he?

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Post by lardbucket Sat 12 May 2012, 12:57

Belf: The new Hickramps ...

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Post by tricycle Sat 12 May 2012, 17:18

beamer wrote:I'm sure Dipsy didn't have the talent of Belf. I guess you mean players with all the ability but rarely put it together when the pressure is on? Get easy runs/wickets but rarely tough ones.

A few of the Indian batsmen must be candidates. Raina fell apart against the short ball over here. Gambhir's been criticised for a lack of toughness as well hasn't he?
Don't think Raina was ever good enough. Gambhir definitely is similar.

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Post by beamer Sun 13 May 2012, 02:24

lardbucket wrote:Belf: The new Hickramps ...
Not quite, they actually had shit averages, because they didn't even score runs for England when it was easy... maybe there just weren't many easy runs in those days?

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Post by JKLever Sun 13 May 2012, 06:59

lardbucket wrote:Belf: The new Hickramps ...

Nonsense, the belf is a 3 times Ashes winner. Are you qunts still writing off the belf after 1 poor winter following 2 VERY good ones? Evil or Very Mad
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Post by lardbucket Sun 13 May 2012, 08:15

Belf is still being written off (predominantly by his own countrymen) as a malteser-balled under-achiever, unable to cut it psychologically at Test level. Like Hick. Like Ramps.

My earlier post was short-hand for this, JKL.

I didn't think I had to spell it out - but a) this place has gone to the dogs; and b) if you're not here for a while, the ability to detect such nuance disappears quickly.

I still think he's your next captain.

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Post by JKLever Sun 13 May 2012, 22:58

Ah...

yes, didn't Damien Martyn suffer similar from a lot of Aussie fans?
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Post by Brass Monkey Mon 14 May 2012, 04:14

Gotta be a make or break time for him, this next year. He should be tested a lot of the time.
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Post by lardbucket Tue 15 May 2012, 08:37

JKLever wrote:Ah...

yes, didn't Damien Martyn suffer similar from a lot of Aussie fans?

yep

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