Obscure Players That You Remember

[The Speaker]

I wouldn't consider Sinclair obscure.

I would. Name always escapes me for a while.

He hovered around the NZ team long enough that if you were someone who paid a lot of attention you would notice him, but I don't think most people would remember him.

 

[Van_Dyke]

Not so old, but Theo doropoulos. Wes Robinson. Aaron Heal.

 

[DrVanNostrand]

Jeff "Goldy" Wilson - plodding NZ one-day allrounder who only got a game because he was an All Black

Rawl Lewis - West Indian, possibly the worst specialist legspinner ever to play Test cricket

Hiral Patel - Canadian opener who belted a quick 50 against Australia at the 2011 World Cup

Balaji Rao - another 2011WC star for Canada, obese legspinner who wasn't too bad actually

 

[western royboy]

How obscure are some of the Zimbo blokes like Gavin Ewing and Neil Johnson and Trevor Gripper?

Not that obscure but I was surprised to recently hear that Mohammad Sami is still playing

Neil Johnson was a pretty fair player - Zimbots had a very good side and then they all exited the country;

Flowers
Johnson
Goodwin
Strang
Streak

 

[western royboy]

Faoud Bacchus & Richard Gabriel - both filled in as openers when Greenidge was injured / indisposed. Bacchus used to bat in an ice hockey helmet and later played for the US or Canada.

 

[the universal]

Dwayne Leverock of 2007 WC fame for Bermuda. A fantastic diving catch against India immortalised by David Lloyd's commentary.

 

[Cainozz]

What ever happened to Peter George? Tall lanky fast bowler who made his debut in India 2010 and got Tendulkar as his first wicket I think?

 

[Cainozz]

Dwayne Leverock of 2007 WC fame for Bermuda. A fantastic diving catch against India immortalised by David Lloyd's commentary.

Ah yes! Bumble's commentary makes the catch that much better too!

 

[The Speaker]

Neil Johnson was a pretty fair player - Zimbots had a very good side and then they all exited the country;

Flowers
Johnson
Goodwin
Strang
Streak

A best ever Zimbabwe side would be dominated by mid-to-late 90s players.

Campbell
G Flower
Goodwin
Taylor
A Flower+
Houghton*
Johnson
Streak
P Strang
Price
Brandes

H Masakadza
Taibu
B Strang
Whittall
Carlisle
Blignaut
Olonga

 

[Carbine Chaos]

What ever happened to Peter George? Tall lanky fast bowler who made his debut in India 2010 and got Tendulkar as his first wicket I think?

 

[Van_Dyke]

What ever happened to Peter George? Tall lanky fast bowler who made his debut in India 2010 and got Tendulkar as his first wicket I think?

Plays for QLD in the shield these days.

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Dirk Wellham

 

[Damon_3388]

South Africa loved their obscure players! Zondecki I would include, though to be fair he ended with a Test bowling average of 25!

I'll see your Monde Zondeki, and raise you a Mfuneko Ngam!

 

[STFU Donnie]

Glenn Trimble. Was supposed to be the next Aussie allrounder. But he couldn't hit the pitch and only bowled 4 overs before being flicked. Amazingly, he played one more ODI as a specialist batsman. All up, his batting career lasted 5 balls.

 

[GreekLunatic]

Tom mcurdy

 

[the_interloper]

What ever happened to Peter George? Tall lanky fast bowler who made his debut in India 2010 and got Tendulkar as his first wicket I think?

On a similar note Paul Rofe had good wraps on him, not sure if he ever played an ODI or not.

 

[Cleavy]

Clayton Lambert and Phillo Wallace from the Windies. Both T20 style openers, if I recall.

 

[Scotland]

Nantie Hayward

 

[The_Reaper]

On a similar note Paul Rofe had good wraps on him, not sure if he ever played an ODI or not.

I remember Manou standing up to the stumps when keeping to Rofe.

South Australia has a lot of young players coming through at the same time - Tait, Cullen, Cullen Bailey, Rofe, Cleary, Ferguson, Cosgrove, Skews, Borgas - none of them have ever amounted to anything.

 

[Scotland]

Anthony Stuart

Only played 26 FC matches and 27 List A matches for NSW but showed promise in List A cricket and took 45 wickets @ 23.

Played 3 ODIs for Australia and took 8 wickets including a hat-trick against Pakistan. Not sighted since.

 

[Sammo360]

Karl Whatham

 

[Pugsley]

Martin McCague

 

[The_Reaper]

Brad McNamara.

Not sure what he is doing now. Maybe flipping burgers?

 

[Globular]

Simon Cook played 2 tests in 1997 replacing Glenn McGrath and then never heard from again

 

[ioppolo]

Anderson Cummins, played some matches for the Windies in the 90s, was playing the 2007 WC with Canada.

Floyd Reifer, played for the Windies in the 90s, was captain of that terrible team during 2009 when the pay disputes started.