International cricketers who are part of folklore & not known for their cricketing achievements

[freelance_cricketer]

Some names that come to mind straightaway :-

Henry Olonga
Poster boy of bongo bongo in Cricket. Mostly famous for his long hair and frequent confrontations with the Indian team when India were only good enough to have a rivalry with Zimbabwe lol. Remembered vividly for getting phainty from Sachin but he had the last laugh when he knocked India down in world cup 1999.


Dilip Doshi
Javed Miandad trolled him so bad in a test match it became stuff of history. Now any talk show involving ex Indian-Pakistani players is incomplete without any mention of the incident.


Abbey Kuruvilla
India's wish for a Curtly Ambrose of their own in the 1990s but was bashed again and again by Saeed Anwar


Trevor Chappell
His big bro made him bowl under-arm.

[Stewie]

Colin miller.. dennis rodman of cricket.

[j_kazmi]

Atul Sharma

[barah_admi]

Some names that come to mind straightaway :-

Henry Olonga
Poster boy of bongo bongo in Cricket. Mostly famous for his long hair and frequent confrontations with the Indian team when India were only good enough to have a rivalry with Zimbabwe lol. Remembered vividly for getting phainty from Sachin but he had the last laugh when he knocked India down in world cup 1999.


Dilip Doshi
Javed Miandad trolled him so bad in a test match it became stuff of history. Now any talk show involving ex Indian-Pakistani players is incomplete without any mention of the incident.


Abbey Kuruvilla
India's wish for a Curtly Ambrose of their own in the 1990s but was bashed again and again by Saeed Anwar


Trevor Chappell
His big bro made him bowl under-arm.

Gave me a chuckle at work. I'll try and think of some examples later.

[freelance_cricketer]

Marvan Attapattu

He might have been a very good cricketer but kids of 90s will always remember for his legendary name more. Still remember teasing school mates by calling them Attapattu.

[TM Riddle]

Mohammed Amir

[rhony]

Vinoo Mankad

[Savage]

Joginder Sharma?

[BreadPakoda]

Vinod Kambli
S Sreesanth
Adam Hollioake
Tino Best
Paul Adams
Andre Nel

[Hawkeye]

Shahid Afridi

For ducks.

[Sadozai]

Shahid Afridi

For ducks.

At least, it's a cricketing achievement LOL

[Hawkeye]

At least, it's a cricketing achievement LOL

Eating the ball.

Now, that's not a cricketing achievement bud.

[JattMaula]

Vinoo Mankad

Mankad's achievement are quite well known in cricket followers of India. He is a legend.

[Rana]

Junior Dala

Why is he not in the PSL already?

[Rana]

Zulqarnain Haider, the king himself!

Man asked for his passport to get a sim, a few hours later claims asylum in England!

[jnaveen1980]

Shivalkar and Rajinder Goel. Great spinners who couldn't play because presence of spin quartet.

[Rana]

Used to love that guy called Ramesh Pawar. Proper swagger don.

Also Andre Nel for his anger issues. Scary bloke!

[PakLFC]

Chetan "Miandad" Sharma

[Bubby]

Palla maheshweri the first genuine fast bowler from Asia, nobody know how quick he was, as he was bowling in late 1890's but story goes that he was frighteningly quick and genuinely use to intimidate British with his pace.

[freelance_cricketer]

Palla maheshweri the first genuine fast bowler from Asia, nobody know how quick he was, as he was bowling in late 1890's but story goes that he was frighteningly quick and genuinely use to intimidate British with his pace.

I am glad you stopped at 1890 because Indians would go as far back as Mahabharata to prove they had fast bowlers.

[Bubby]

I am glad you stopped at 1890 because Indians would go as far back as Mahabharata to prove they had fast bowlers.

Bhai you can check article on Google about him, also this was during British India. We had archers and mace welders during Mahabhaarat

[freelance_cricketer]

Bhai you can check article on Google about him, also this was during British India. We had archers and mace welders during Mahabhaarat

And fighter jets and aeronauts and teleportation technology and much more? Am i correct son of Bharat?

[TM Riddle]

Yasser Arafat for his famous name.

[freelance_cricketer]

I am surprised no one has mentioned the legendary Paul Adams yet.

Fanous for his once in a millenium bowling action.

[freelance_cricketer]

Used to love that guy called Ramesh Pawar. Proper swagger don.

Also Andre Nel for his anger issues. Scary bloke!

Yes a midget version of Snoop Dogg he was

And while we are at it who can forget Laxmipathi Balaji and rockstar reception by Pakistani brothers during Jeet lo Dil series in 2004. He was the originally bongo bongo of Indian cricket before Hardik Pandya claimed it.

[big_gamer007]

Palla maheshweri the first genuine fast bowler from Asia, nobody know how quick he was, as he was bowling in late 1890's but story goes that he was frighteningly quick and genuinely use to intimidate British with his pace.

India have produced two of the fastest bowlers in cricket history.. It's a travesty that they couldn't showcase their ferocious pace to the world.

Palla maheshwari used to bowl at 160+ regularly and is faster than any bowler in history of the game barring one.
Atul Sharma has been clocked at 175kmph and his average speed at his peak was 163.2kmph, because of injuries he couldn't make it to international cricket otherwise he would have made the so called fast bowlers look like trundling teletubbies..
@freelance_cricketer might not be aware of these two legends sincd he is a young kid so he needs to read a bit more about them..

[Gullycricket]

Stuart Binny-Known because of his wife

[Mamoon]

Moeen Ali.

A mediocre player who gets too much coverage for his persona and background story.

[Slim]

Some names that come to mind straightaway :-

Henry Olonga
Poster boy of bongo bongo in Cricket. Mostly famous for his long hair and frequent confrontations with the Indian team when India were only good enough to have a rivalry with Zimbabwe lol. Remembered vividly for getting phainty from Sachin but he had the last laugh when he knocked India down in world cup 1999.


Dilip Doshi
Javed Miandad trolled him so bad in a test match it became stuff of history. Now any talk show involving ex Indian-Pakistani players is incomplete without any mention of the incident.


Abbey Kuruvilla
India's wish for a Curtly Ambrose of their own in the 1990s but was bashed again and again by Saeed Anwar


Trevor Chappell
His big bro made him bowl under-arm.

I am glad you stopped at 1890 because Indians would go as far back as Mahabharata to prove they had fast bowlers.

And fighter jets and aeronauts and teleportation technology and much more? Am i correct son of Bharat?

Gold from bhaijaan.

Fun thread.

I would name Nasir Jamshed for being the big NAS @shaz619

[ftbno1]

Actually name of Robin Singh. He is very regarded in Indian considering his mediocre stats.

[BreadPakoda]

I am surprised no one has mentioned the legendary Paul Adams yet.

Fanous for his once in a millenium bowling action.

Vinod Kambli
S Sreesanth
Adam Hollioake
Tino Best
Paul Adams
Andre Nel

Here

[Bubby]

India have produced two of the fastest bowlers in cricket history.. It's a travesty that they couldn't showcase their ferocious pace to the world.

Palla maheshwari used to bowl at 160+ regularly and is faster than any bowler in history of the game barring one.
Atul Sharma has been clocked at 175kmph and his average speed at his peak was 163.2kmph, because of injuries he couldn't make it to international cricket otherwise he would have made the so called fast bowlers look like trundling teletubbies..
@freelance_cricketer might not be aware of these two legends sincd he is a young kid so he needs to read a bit more about them..

No need to ridicule palla maheshwari, if I am not Wrong their is not a lot mentioned about him except that he was from Gujarat And use to bowl quick.

[big_gamer007]

No need to ridicule palla maheshwari, if I am not Wrong their is not a lot mentioned about him except that he was from Gujarat And use to bowl quick.

When did I ridicule him? He is a legend and one of the fastest bowlers the world has ever seen.

[Sher Khan]

Sreesanth remembered for that slap and his on field shenanigans.
Zulqarnain haider for that whole fixing fiasco

[WhenSultansBowled]

Chetan "Miandad" Sharma

As soon as I saw the thread I expected Chetan Sharma's name to be there.

To be fair, the guy was a good pacer. Just had the bad luck to be in front of Miandad on that day... And in a documentary even Miandad himself defended him. Indian fans were too harsh on him after the 6er

Later, he redeemed by getting a (match-winning) 5fer in England. He was not a hack!

[WhenSultansBowled]

How about Adnan Akmal?

[freelance_cricketer]

Ronnie Irani

He became a cult hero with the crowds everywhere he went especially the Barmy army.

[freelance_cricketer]

Anyone remembers that West Indian spinner who issued statement against Indian batsmen that he allows nobody to dominate him in his home lol. He sounded very serious. It was like 5-6 years ago i guess.

[Abdullah719]

Dwayne Leverock

[freelance_cricketer]

Dwayne Leverock

Body shaming is not cool.

If this was a woman there would have been outrage.

[Amirforpresident]

Not sure, but Ian Healy maybe

[a_jawad]

Nantie Hayward
Dogded a real bullet from Inzi!

[freelance_cricketer]

Nantie Hayward
Dogded a real bullet from Inzi!

I will never forget that moment. Glad he survived. Had that ball hit him, his head would have been smashed into pieces.

[rhony]

Mankad's achievement are quite well known in cricket followers of India. He is a legend.

Not sure about his cricket prowess but mankading is infamous because of him

[rhony]

Dwayne Leverock

Legendary fielder and legendary celebration

[rhony]

As soon as I saw the thread I expected Chetan Sharma's name to be there.

To be fair, the guy was a good pacer. Just had the bad luck to be in front of Miandad on that day... And in a documentary even Miandad himself defended him. Indian fans were too harsh on him after the 6er

Later, he redeemed by getting a (match-winning) 5fer in England. He was not a hack!

Not sure how.many of you remember this but the first ODI when India toured Pak in 2000s, Pak were chasing 349 and a six was required on the last ball. Ashish Nehra bowled an absolute dolly of a full.toss to Moin and it was a catch instead of a six. Similar scenario, different batsman

[JattMaula]

Not sure about his cricket prowess but mankading is infamous because of him

He is respected enough in India to name their domestic U-19 OD trophy after him.

[Junaid_ahmed]

Amir Sohail bcz of his spat with prasad.

[Amjid Javed]

Muhammed hafeez

[Junaid_ahmed]

Salim malik

[Junaid_ahmed]

Marvan Attapattu

He might have been a very good cricketer but kids of 90s will always remember for his legendary name more. Still remember teasing school mates by calling them Attapattu.

Lol yeah and Kaluwitharana too. I am afraid a user name similar to me will me

[ILcricket]

Afridi for slyly dancing on pitch & eating the ball .

[Pete Rose]

Ata ur Rehman
Joginder Sharma
Scott Muller
Mohammad Hussain (he handed the bat to inzi to bash the fan in canada)
paul adams
and pretty much everyone who played cricket for england in the 90's

[PakLFC]

As soon as I saw the thread I expected Chetan Sharma's name to be there.

To be fair, the guy was a good pacer. Just had the bad luck to be in front of Miandad on that day... And in a documentary even Miandad himself defended him. Indian fans were too harsh on him after the 6er

Later, he redeemed by getting a (match-winning) 5fer in England. He was not a hack!

But sometimes one incident defines your career. Like it or not he will always be remembered for that six Javed hit him for. It was the last ball of the match in a major final.

[silentkiller187]

Alan Mullaly , Chris Lewis

[Bubby]

And fighter jets and aeronauts and teleportation technology and much more? Am i correct son of Bharat?

Yes Mr freelancer. And I am son of bharat there is no shame in that, mahabharat represents whole Asia not just India its a pity you have to take dig at it, considering it is one of the most fascinating epic of time but most importantly it gave one of the most beautiful lessons of living life in bhagvad Geeta

[Bubby]

When did I ridicule him? He is a legend and one of the fastest bowlers the world has ever seen.

The moment you took his name in same sentence along with Atul Sharma its clear that you are taking dig at him he is mentioned by Harsha bhogle ESPN star atleast we should respect our pre independence Era sportsmen like palla, Amar singh and Mohammad nissar or Ranji singh duleep singh

[dhump]

I will never forget that moment. Glad he survived. Had that ball hit him, his head would have been smashed into pieces.

Wow yes, I still remember the look on his face and ours watching back home that was a bullet dodged I don't want to see that on the cricket field.

[freelance_cricketer]

But sometimes one incident defines your career. Like it or not he will always be remembered for that six Javed hit him for. It was the last ball of the match in a major final.

True

Just like Bumrah will always only be remembered for that no ball in CT final and choking afrerwards.

[Ali_Pakistan]

Bravo for the champion Song!

[freelance_cricketer]

Sylvestor Clarke

The one that didn't make it to the pace quartet.

[freelance_cricketer]

Wajahtullah Wasti

For his funny stride.

[bones]

Moeen Ali.

A mediocre player who gets too much coverage for his persona and background story.

I don't know if anyone who's good enough to play so many test matches for England can be labelled mediocre. He clearly is one of the best cricketers in the country.

He gets positive and negative coverage and is often in the limelight because of how he impacts the balance of the side because of the question as to whether he can play as a sole spinner and hold up one end bowling 25-35 overs a day.

He averages 30 with the bat and 36 with the ball, that's not world beating, but definitely better than "mediocre".