Flawed Geniuses Thread...

[MenInG]

Just Rtd a Tweet via @PakPassion which compared
Shoaib Akhtar with Man City's Balotelli as "interesting breed" of sportsmen - flawed geniuses

What do you think? Just throwing some names for arguments sake..

Shoaib Akhtar - Afridi from Pakistan
Sylvester Clarke/Chris Gayle WI
Lillee/Merv Hughes - Australia

[speed]

mohammad asif real genius with the ball

[MenInG]

mohammad asif real genius with the ball

Good one - I note that you didnt mention Amir - possibility of being reformed in the near future?

[Bullet Drive]

Good one - I note that you didnt mention Amir - possibility of being reformed in the near future?

And Asif too can be reformed, why not? He is only 29 years old.

[MenInG]

OK stepping away from Pak

Merv Hughes is another one...

[zid60]

Shoaib Akhtar - Mike Tyson ?

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Good one - I note that you didnt mention Amir - possibility of being reformed in the near future?

well asif could make the ball talk like no one else, amir well he only started his career so cant really call him a genius

[Zaz]

Vinod Kambli

[Statsman]

andrew symonds

[MenInG]

Sreesanth :31: Seems to bowl well but too much baggage with him.

[fusebulb]

Vinod Kambli undoubtedly .... he was almost lara like ... but screwed in the head...!!!!

[fusebulb]

Graeme Hick another one comes to mind .... !!!!

[Inswinger]

I know he hasn't done a lot in international cricket but Jesse Ryder deserves a mention.

[PIE_CHUCKER]

Tendu = He could have won all those matches for India, yet he only worried about his own records!!

[MenInG]

I know he hasn't done a lot in international cricket but Jesse Ryder deserves a mention.

:) has been in the news recently hasnt he ?

[Zaz]

Shane Warne - Genius on the pitch but was flawed off it

[Justcrazy]

:afridi says hello.

[Pete Rose]

genius is a strong word.
so difficult to say....
mohammad asif is the only one i can think of from a Pakistani point of view.
A genuine new ball bowler who had the best in the world groping to understand their midde and off-stump: sangakara, pietersen, clarke, ponting, cook
I will miss him more than aamir.

[Majid Khan]

Some commentators would use the term flawed genius when talking about Brian Lara... But i say, if he is flawed than may all batting genuises be blessed with the same flaws..

Give me a flawed genius like Brian Lara over a flawless machine like Tendulkar or Kallis any day of the week.

[chacha kashmiri]

genius is a strong word.
so difficult to say....
mohammad asif is the only one i can think of from a Pakistani point of view.
A genuine new ball bowler who had the best in the world groping to understand their midde and off-stump: sangakara, pietersen, clarke, ponting, cook
I will miss him more than aamir.


Someone speaking from my heart with that one

[Watsupdoc]

:misbah

Gets the team close but doesn't finish the job :\

[Saqs]

Shane Keith Warne :warne

Brian Charles Lara

Kevin Pieterson

There is something endearing about flawed geniuses, no?

[khalil1986]

:misbah

Gets the team close but doesn't finish the job :\

Misbah is not a genius.

Our two top contenders are Asif and Akhtar who were geniuses with ball in hand yet were self destructive too.

[Jo_Don]

What about Herbal Gibbs? Can add Shane Warne as well, he's been caught with his pants down many times. Literally. :D

[Saqs]

Hansie Cronje.

[musaarthali]

Warne,Lara,Hooper

[Watsupdoc]

Misbah is not a genius.

Our two top contenders are Asif and Akhtar who were geniuses with ball in hand yet were self destructive too.

Average of 40+ in both tests and ODIs say he is. A genius, but a flawed one...

[Gattuso]

L.Klusener

[dell79]

Carl Hooper he was the ultimate flawed geniuse

[saj001]

Hansie Cronje.

This.