Youngest Has-Been's
Dean Jarratt
that he could well be a has-been already.
This puts him on my list Has-Been's. Most likely he is the youngest has-been
ever.
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John Hall
Dean Jarratt <mar...@eidosnet.spamless.co.uk> writes:
>Just looking at the way Anderson's career is developing leads me to believe
>that he could well be a has-been already.
I think it's way premature to write him off.
>
>This puts him on my list Has-Been's. Most likely he is the youngest has-been
>ever.
>
How about Brian Close, who at Test level never really fulfilled the
promise that he showed when selected against NZ in 1949 when (IIRC) he
was still a teenager?
--
John Hall
"I am not young enough to know everything."
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
Chris Henderson
Dean Jarratt
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Yep a 'never-has-been' in my book.
Dean Jarratt
"John Hall" <nospam...@jhall.co.uk> wrote in message
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> In article <3fe865b7$0$25958$fa0f...@lovejoy.zen.co.uk>,
> Dean Jarratt <mar...@eidosnet.spamless.co.uk> writes:
> >Just looking at the way Anderson's career is developing leads me to
believe
> >that he could well be a has-been already.
>
> I think it's way premature to write him off.
He will need to bring back his old form...he's got time on his side.
> >
> >This puts him on my list Has-Been's. Most likely he is the youngest
has-been
> >ever.
> >
> How about Brian Close, who at Test level never really fulfilled the
> promise that he showed when selected against NZ in 1949 when (IIRC) he
> was still a teenager?
In that case, it would make Close the Youngest and the Oldest has-been.
Hawkeye
> Dean Jarratt <mar...@eidosnet.spamless.co.uk> writes:
> >Just looking at the way Anderson's career is developing leads me to
believe
> >that he could well be a has-been already.
>
> I think it's way premature to write him off.
> >
> >This puts him on my list Has-Been's. Most likely he is the youngest
has-been
> >ever.
> >
> How about Brian Close, who at Test level never really fulfilled the
> promise that he showed when selected against NZ in 1949 when (IIRC) he
> was still a teenager?
wow! Thanks John. I had thought very highly of Close. After seeing your
post,
went to Cricinfo, and lo and behold Close's statistics are quite
awful. 22 matches, 887 runs, avg around 25 and no centuries
Is his legacy garnished by the 1976 display against WI ?
John Hall
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>> >
>> promise that he showed when selected against NZ in 1949 when (IIRC) he
>> was still a teenager?
>
>wow! Thanks John. I had thought very highly of Close. After seeing your
>post,
>went to Cricinfo, and lo and behold Close's statistics are quite
>awful. 22 matches, 887 runs, avg around 25 and no centuries
>
>Is his legacy garnished by the 1976 display against WI ?
>
>
against Hall and Griffith. You could never doubt his courage.
Of course, at county level he had great success over a very long period.
--
John Hall
"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts;
but if he will be content to begin with doubts,
he shall end in certainties." Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
Rob
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in the Summer and he's been injured twice in that time. Two
possibilities - either he's not being handled properly or he needs to bloody
well sort himself out fitness wise. A little more time in the gym and less
in the hairdressers might be a good idea.
Rob
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Mad Hamish
<nospam...@jhall.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <3fe865b7$0$25958$fa0f...@lovejoy.zen.co.uk>,
> Dean Jarratt <mar...@eidosnet.spamless.co.uk> writes:
>>Just looking at the way Anderson's career is developing leads me to believe
>>that he could well be a has-been already.
>
>I think it's way premature to write him off.
>>
>>This puts him on my list Has-Been's. Most likely he is the youngest has-been
>>ever.
>>
>How about Brian Close, who at Test level never really fulfilled the
>promise that he showed when selected against NZ in 1949 when (IIRC) he
>was still a teenager?
Ian Craig?
--
"Hope is replaced by fear and dreams by survival, most of us get by."
Stuart Adamson 1958-2001
Mad Hamish
Hamish Laws
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Mad Hamish
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I've just been looking through old posts (having moved back to using
Agent rather than google)
New contender for worst ever call in cricket?
jack fredricks
> New contender for worst ever call in cricket?
John Hall
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John Hall
"Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people
from coughing."
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dnorth
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wrote:
him as a top international player. Decent but easier to replace than a
true top class player. David Willey gives me the same feeling.
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Mad Hamish
Willey here.
I'd agree that Collingwood was never a top drawer international player
but his record is reasonable for the period.
Willey, with an average of 26.9 is well below an acceptable record for
the period (admittedly almost all of his tests came against Aus and
the Windies who were probably the strongest attacks during his career
but 1 50 and only 2 other innings over 20 from 9 tests vs Aus tells
its own story)
jack fredricks
> I'd say you're being a bit harsh on collingwood or flattering to
> Willey here.
Collingwood might not have been a global super star, but he absolutely deserved his spot on THAT England team.