Thread: The most overrated 11
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Old 07-04-2008, 11:02 PM in reply to John's post starting "It depends what you mean by overated...."
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Originally Posted by John View Post
For example when I was first watching cricket I was living in England as I am now and there seemed to wide spread opinion about David Gower being a great batsmen. I thought that Gower was overated. Yes Gower was a good batsmen, great to watch but I never thought he dilvered what the hype seemed to be.
A lot of people say that Gower was a real under-performer, even inconsistent. Yet he played over 100 Tests, scored 18 centuries and averaged 44, which is good by the standards of any time. Maybe he was an underperformer, but statistically he still measures up to "grittier" batsmen like Gooch.
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