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I recently watched an amazing anime where the protagonist possessed an extraordinary superpower – defeating the toughest opponents with just one punch. While it may sounds impressive, in the early episodes, despite his numerous heroic feats, he was never given the respect he deserved, likely because he made it look too easy. People were looking with excuses, claiming he was a fraud, only fought weak Villains, or attacked when they were already tired. The protagonist reminds me of AB de Villiers, one of the most talented cricketer ever, who I believe also made things look too easy with the bat.

People forget that he is arguably the most complete batter the game has ever seen. He can make fastest century but also make 40 of 300 balls to save team from defeat in 5th day.

Statistically he was the best batsmen of 2010s decade. I see no reason why he shouldn't be compared with recent ATGs like Sachin, Lara, Kallis, Ponting.

Instead I saw a thread of comparison between him vs Jayawardena, KP etc. People forget that AB at on point was no 1 ranked batsmen in both ODIs and Test and he stayed at top for couple years.

How many batsmen has ever done that?

Besides IPL fans, I don't think AB Devilliers gets the respect that he deserved from Cricketing community.
 
Some of the most underappreciated cricketers of 21st century:

Chanderpaul
Marvan Atapattu
Stuart Clark
Rahane
Bhuvi
Junaid Khan
Yasir Shah
Nazmul Hossain
Chandimal
Corey James Anderson
Angelo Matthews
Handscomb.
 
sweep_shot said:
Some of the most underappreciated cricketers of 21st century:

Chanderpaul
Marvan Atapattu
Stuart Clark
Rahane
Bhuvi
Junaid Khan
Yasir Shah
Nazmul Hossain
Chandimal
Corey James Anderson
Angelo Matthews
Handscomb.
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Chanderpaul, Stuart Clark and Matthews are solid picks.
 
sweep_shot said:
Some of the most underappreciated cricketers of 21st century:

Chanderpaul
Marvan Atapattu
Stuart Clark
Rahane
Bhuvi
Junaid Khan
Yasir Shah
Nazmul Hossain
Chandimal
Corey James Anderson
Angelo Matthews
Handscomb.
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add faulkner to that list
 
sweep_shot said:
Some of the most underappreciated cricketers of 21st century:

Chanderpaul
Marvan Atapattu
Stuart Clark
Rahane
Bhuvi
Junaid Khan
Yasir Shah
Nazmul Hossain
Chandimal
Corey James Anderson
Angelo Matthews
Handscomb.
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Lol most of the players in your list not worthy of appreciation like Handscomb, Corey Anderson, Junaid Khan, Shanto, Stuart Clarke, Chandimal etc.

Also some from you list are over appreciated than what they deserve like Rahane, Yasir Shah, Matthews etc.

I think you are confusing between players who had talent but couldnt sustain the performance in international cricket. That is not what OP is asking. He wants to know players who had a decent/good run in international cricket but people don't talk about often.

With the above information in mind, I can think of following players immidiately - Flintoff, Bevan, Jayawardene, M.Hussey, Sehwag, Gambhir, Kamran Akmal, Hayden, Ryan Haris, Nathan Lyon, Mornie Morkel etc.

I am sure there will be many more names but these guys comes to my mindnimmidiately.
 
Rajdeep said:
Lol most of the players in your list not worthy of appreciation like Handscomb, Corey Anderson, Junaid Khan, Shanto, Stuart Clarke, Chandimal etc.

Also some from you list are over appreciated than what they deserve like Rahane, Yasir Shah, Matthews etc.

I think you are confusing between players who had talent but couldnt sustain the performance in international cricket. That is not what OP is asking. He wants to know players who had a decent/good run in international cricket but people don't talk about often.

With the above information in mind, I can think of following players immidiately - Flintoff, Bevan, Jayawardene, M.Hussey, Sehwag, Gambhir, Kamran Akmal, Hayden, Ryan Haris, Nathan Lyon, Mornie Morkel etc.

I am sure there will be many more names but these guys comes to my mindnimmidiately.
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I didn't mean Shanto. There was another Nazmul Hossain (pacer). I feel like BCB didn't handle him correctly. Anyway, Nazmul was ordinary by world standard but he was one of the best BD bowlers during those days.

Yasir Shah, Rahane, Angelo are not overappreciated. I feel they are underrated.

I agree with you that Kamran Akmal and Ryan Harris are underappreciated.
 
This might be contraversial for alot of cricket fans. But for me Asif was underappreciated because of one blemish on his cricketing legacy for ever.

Besides that. For me he was the most skilful new ball bowler I've ever seen. Whilst we had champions like Hashim Amla and KP who demolished alot of Great bowlers, Asif was a bowler who had them in knots. Infact he had majority of the quality bats in his time under wraps.
 
I would also like to add Younis Khan to the conversation.

He doesn't get as much credit as he deserves. He has a solid record at home and away from home and was consistent throughout his whole career.

He deserves to be in the conversation when we discuss the truly great batsmen.
 
I don't think AB is under-appreciated. There is a consensus in the intelligent cricketing community that he is a top 4 odi batsmen of all time. (Richards, Tendulkar, Kohli, being the other 3).

A top 3 T20 batsmen of all time (Warner, Gayle). Had a HOF test career. Close to 9k runs @ 50+. An ATG fielder and could keep wickets as well.

He is the best batsmen to have debuted in the 21st century. Best batsmen of the post SRT-Lara era.

He would have been regarded even higher had he not quit so early. And carried South Africa post the retirement of Smith and Kallis and through Amla's decline. He did not so that hurts him.

Anyways, The 2nd best pure bat i have seen after Tendulkar. Better than even Lara.

As far as most underrated goes, my vote goes to Ryan Harris. Best Aussie bowler between Mcgrath and Cummins.
 
sweep_shot said:
Some of the most underappreciated cricketers of 21st century:

Chanderpaul
Marvan Atapattu
Stuart Clark
Rahane
Bhuvi
Junaid Khan
Yasir Shah
Nazmul Hossain
Chandimal
Corey James Anderson
Angelo Matthews
Handscomb.
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Marvan Atapattu was a phenomenal player who seldom gets much mention by cricket fans.
 
starpain said:
Chanderpaul, Stuart Clark and Matthews are solid picks.
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Not to forget Stuart MacGill who played under the shadow of the great Shane Warne. 208 wickets from 44 test matches is quite impressive. Sad he didn’t get to play many matches as the preference, rightfully, was late Shane Warne.
 
Yes in this forum, he is underrated a bit due to not winning the World Cup.
 
ABDV is not at all underated. I would even say he is overrated in T20Is. Almost everyone will pick him in their all time teams and if he misses out, it will probably to other ATGs in the same slot.

Some solid performers who are underrated include

Mathews,
Rohit as a test opener (he is not as bad as he made out to be at all)
Vaas
Gambir
Srinath

and such players
 
India- Srinath- was very fast but his support were all trundlers most of his career so got branded as one.

England- Trescothick- ahead of his time

New Zealand- Chris Martin- people talk about his batting but he was also a gun red ball bowler in SENA conditions

Pak- Md.Rizwan. He is the glue that is holding the team together.

Australia- Damien Martyn- no one talks about him that much but what a player

South Africa- Keshav Maharaj. Always gives his 100 percent but slips under the radar.

Westindies- Kraig Brathwaite- only test quality player among t20 tullas.

Srilanka- all of the current team. They seem to some how compete.

Bangladesh- Fizz, while he didn’t live up to the intial promise, still the only threatening Loi bowler they have in the right conditions.
 
A few other names I want to mention:

Marcus Trescothick
Ian Bell
Mervyn Dillon
Nathan Astle
Nathan Bracken.
 
Still don't think Dan Vettori still gets the credit he deserves at one stage he was literally New Zealand cricket. He was the captain, coach, selector and on the board all at the same time!
 
Mamoon said:
Younis Khan.

Far better Test batsman than Kohli and Rohit but never gets talked about as much as he deserves.
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1. Grouping Rohit and Kohli together in Test Cricket is wild. There is a clear delta between the two of them.

2. Younis was a terrible odi batsman. Odi cricket was the glitz and glamour format in Asia for most of his career. Him being awful there meant that nobody really cared about him.

Even in Test cricket, he hopped and jumped and bounced around. Looked so damn convincing but runs is the currency that matters and he did score a lot. Even then, there is no version of YK that could score 4 centuries in a single tour in Australia or average close to 50 in South Africa.

Simply put, there is a huge class difference between Younis and Kohli even if the former has superior numbers on paper.
 
Dolund Trump said:
1. Grouping Rohit and Kohli together in Test Cricket is wild. There is a clear delta between the two of them.

2. Younis was a terrible odi batsman. Odi cricket was the glitz and glamour format in Asia for most of his career. Him being awful there meant that nobody really cared about him.

Even in Test cricket, he hopped and jumped and bounced around. Looked so damn convincing but runs is the currency that matters and he did score a lot. Even then, there is no version of YK that could score 4 centuries in a single tour in Australia or average close to 50 in South Africa.

Simply put, there is a huge class difference between Younis and Kohli even if the former has superior numbers on paper.
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Can you articulate the class difference?
 
Dolund Trump said:
1. Grouping Rohit and Kohli together in Test Cricket is wild. There is a clear delta between the two of them.

2. Younis was a terrible odi batsman. Odi cricket was the glitz and glamour format in Asia for most of his career. Him being awful there meant that nobody really cared about him.

Even in Test cricket, he hopped and jumped and bounced around. Looked so damn convincing but runs is the currency that matters and he did score a lot. Even then, there is no version of YK that could score 4 centuries in a single tour in Australia or average close to 50 in South Africa.

Simply put, there is a huge class difference between Younis and Kohli even if the former has superior numbers on paper.
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In tests, not really to be honest. The gulf of difference in class is there when playing pace and bounce but so is the case when playing spin. Against swing and seam, both equal I would say.
 
Players who have achieved a lot but still are under appreciated and out of lime light :-

Tim Southee (overshadowed by Trent Boult)
Usman Khawaja (silent scorer)
Ishant Sharma (loyal servant)
Kemar Roach (highly underrated)
Jason Holder (world class allrounder)
Joel Garner (better than Holding)
Umar Gul (controversy free guy)
Azhar Ali (on Par with Pujara, better than Rahane)
Josh Hazlewood (better than Starc for sure)
Ian Bell (best cover drive)
Graham Thorpe (best English batsman of his time)
Gautam Gambhir (controversial but great player)
Shikhar Dhawan (Had weaker PR than Kohli and Rohit)
MS Dhoni (underated in tests)
Thilan Samaraweera (better than Jayawardene outside Asia)
Nathan Bracken (never out of form in ODIs)
Mathew Hayden (ATG opener, better than Smith, Cook and Sehwag)
Shaun Pollock (great great bowler but McGrth was better)
Shakib Al Hasan (less appreciated by Indians)
Hebert Sutcliffe (average of 60, still unknown)

And many many more..
 
Ab Fan said:
In tests, not really to be honest. The gulf of difference in class is there when playing pace and bounce but so is the case when playing spin. Against swing and seam, both equal I would say.
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Not saying that there isn't a difference between their abilities against spin but some of it is down to DRS and Indian wickets. YK had those UAE featherbeds to feast in the second half of his career. Part of the reason he was so successful in his late 30s.
For example, Kohli averages 66 against SLA spin in Tests compared to YK who goes at 65.

Also, i don't believe they should be judged by the same yardstick. Younis was a grinder who accumulated big runs away from the spotlight. Was Never viewed as a threat to the big boys and rightfully so.

A bit like comparing Cook and Pietersen. Only a comparison on paper.
 
Test batsman - Graeme Smith
Test bowler - Rangana Herath

ODI batsman - Dilshan
ODI bowler - Ntini

T20 batter - Aaron Finch
T20 bowler- Shakib
 
starpain said:
I recently watched an amazing anime where the protagonist possessed an extraordinary superpower – defeating the toughest opponents with just one punch. While it may sounds impressive, in the early episodes, despite his numerous heroic feats, he was never given the respect he deserved, likely because he made it look too easy. People were looking with excuses, claiming he was a fraud, only fought weak Villains, or attacked when they were already tired. The protagonist reminds me of AB de Villiers, one of the most talented cricketer ever, who I believe also made things look too easy with the bat.

People forget that he is arguably the most complete batter the game has ever seen. He can make fastest century but also make 40 of 300 balls to save team from defeat in 5th day.

Statistically he was the best batsmen of 2010s decade. I see no reason why he shouldn't be compared with recent ATGs like Sachin, Lara, Kallis, Ponting.

Instead I saw a thread of comparison between him vs Jayawardena, KP etc. People forget that AB at on point was no 1 ranked batsmen in both ODIs and Test and he stayed at top for couple years.

How many batsmen has ever done that?

Besides IPL fans, I don't think AB Devilliers gets the respect that he deserved from Cricketing commun
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You forgot Sangakarra, Sanga for sure belongs with Lara and Sachin.
 
Ross Taylor -- nobody talks about him and his contributions to NZ cricket. Almost 9K ODI runs and 8K test runs. Carried their batting

Shane Bond -- what a talent. Would have been best fast bowler of this generation

TM Dilshan -- 10K+ ODi runs, also very good test stats

Angelo Matthews -- high averages and runs in all formats of the game and is a matchwinner. 2014 was an insane year and if it wasn't for injuries he would have surely gone down as one of the greatest all-rounders ever

Damien Martyn -- overlooked bc of Aussie's other great players. High test average, 88 not out in 2003 WC final, etc.

Junaid Khan -- spearheaded the pace attack in 2012-2013 when Pak really needed it and did a great job at it and IMO was the primary reason we beat India in their den in aane do series. Won many home and away series both tests and LOis. Also went on to win the CT'17. If it wasn't for his injuries in 2014, he would have 250+ test wickets and is the type of personality we need right in the bowling attack right now.

Tamim Iqbal -- idk what BD would have been without him, their run machine, hundreds in all formats

Mushfiqur Rahim -- similar reason ^, instrumental player for BD

Matt Henry -- his contributions often go overlooked due to Boult and Southee but he's really kept things together for NZ bowling attacks behind the scenes with some great tournament performances. 95 test wickets in 25 matches

Younis Khan -- mentioned in above posts. Simply a legend of the game who doesn't get treated as one.

Rangana Herath -- phenomenal test bowler. 400+ wickets
 
I would also add Sachin Tendulkar to the list because outside crunch situations he was a solid hand and a reliable Misbah ul Haq type batsman, every line up needs at least one of those right?
 
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Marcus Trescothick - He gets abused a lot for his depression but he was a pioneer for potent Batting at the top order and changed how English openers ought to play, also smashed the Aussies to bits
 
rabada, his name gets lost in the hype of the big three's players but hes arguably a true ATG fast bowler, not just a generational quick. a lot of south africans fall in this list because they have a relatively smaller fan base, klusener is another, absolute legend of an impact player, yet hes forgotten because ODIs arent an important format anymore. pollock is a third, whos test record matches up to any of the great bowling all rounders, but he doesnt get into the atg all rounder conversation very often. jacques kallis of course is obvious, but mentioned before.
 
shaz619 said:
Marcus Trescothick - He gets abused a lot for his depression but he was a pioneer for potent Batting at the top order and changed how English openers ought to play, also smashed the Aussies to bits
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englands most talent opener imo, was a shoe in for a 10k career if he didnt have mental health issues, was great to watch too.
 
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ElRaja said:
englands most talent opener imo, was a shoe in for a 10k career if he didnt have mental health issues, was great to watch too.
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And them GM bats with the yellow grip; 🔥🔥🔥, every school kid who was a fan of cricket had one, I’d say he inspired so many youngsters to take up the sport, for sure the most talented, possibly as much if not more than KP
 
Jonathan Trott was a sensational player but the Ashes 2013-2014 1st Test just dealt an indelible mental blow to him that he couldn't recover.
 
Mohammad Amir. Almost as good as someone like Venkatesh Prasad. If only he didn't decide to sell off his team in 2010, he would have probably been as appreciated as Prasad.
 
starpain said:
Besides IPL fans, I don't think AB Devilliers gets the respect that he deserved from Cricketing community.
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AB is widely apprecaited by cricket community.
Dolund Trump said:
I don't think AB is under-appreciated. There is a consensus in the intelligent cricketing community that he is a top 4 odi batsmen of all time. (Richards, Tendulkar, Kohli, being the other 3).
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+1 .. Bold part is the key.

Not just ODI, How many better batsmen have debuted in the last 35 years who could play well in longer and shorter fromats at that level?

Some posters in PP may give too much weight to volume and start distributing ATG tags to some good players, but in current era if your game is not up to mark for longer and shorter formats both then you surely lack something. Those players should be rated below by a wide margine. Yah, if you are like Smith then just being that good in test makes you ATG despite being ordinary in shorter formats. But that's very high bar for one format. With the same bar, AB makes the cut as ATG only due to ODI. Then you add his test exploits and you can't name more than handful of batsmen in entire history who can match AB.

Yes, he may be underappreciated by posters who simply focus on volume in one format and don't mind players frequently going missing on tough tours or they ignore that great players have to be great in long and short both formats.
 
I agree about Younis Khan. His name unfortunately got lumbered with Misbah with that MisYou cringe nonsense.

He was an ATG and he kept Misbah’s team’s batting afloat.

Interesting call out about ABDV. I would argue that he had his opportunity but didn’t deliver in the key moments. The 2015 WC was there for the taking, he should have owned that WC, was at his absolute peak - he failed. Then quitting test cricket early. I agree he was an amazing player, but not being appreciated as much is all self inflicted.
 
Dolund Trump said:
1. Grouping Rohit and Kohli together in Test Cricket is wild. There is a clear delta between the two of them.

2. Younis was a terrible odi batsman. Odi cricket was the glitz and glamour format in Asia for most of his career. Him being awful there meant that nobody really cared about him.

Even in Test cricket, he hopped and jumped and bounced around. Looked so damn convincing but runs is the currency that matters and he did score a lot. Even then, there is no version of YK that could score 4 centuries in a single tour in Australia or average close to 50 in South Africa.

Simply put, there is a huge class difference between Younis and Kohli even if the former has superior numbers on paper.
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Who is talking about ODIs? I mentioned Test cricket only. Kohli is obviously far better in ODIs and better overall as well, but Younis is better in Test.

It doesn’t matter if he danced or not, look at his average and amount of runs. Kohli is 36 and has less than 10k runs and less than 50 average. His Test legacy has complete gone down the drain.

The reality is that outside his 2014-2019 patch, Kohli has been a bang average Test cricketer and by far the most overhyped Test batsman of all time.
 
The Bald Eagle said:
Jonathan Trott was a sensational player but the Ashes 2013-2014 1st Test just dealt an indelible mental blow to him that he couldn't recover.
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I don’t feel sorry for any of that core 2014 team. They bottled it big time vs Mitch. Quitters

And then had the temerity to blame it all on KP
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Test batsman - Graeme Smith
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That's a great pick.

Give me a batsman who can average 55 when playing away from home with 19 tons. Even more impressive when batsman was an opener.

Yah, some posters will make argument that what about him averaging 42. I will take any time some one who can stand tall in tough away tours and have respectable record at home vs some one who is home track bully and goes missing in tough tours. Reason is simple. Home track or weak teams bullies are dime and dozen but players who can rise during tough away tours are rare. Smith was one of those rare bastman and more importantly an opener.
 
Buffet said:
That's a great pick.

Give me a batsman who can average 55 when playing away from home with 19 tons. Even more impressive when batsman was an opener.

Yah, some posters will make argument that what about him averaging 42. I will take any time some one who can stand tall in tough away tours and have respectable record at home vs some one who is home track bully and goes missing in tough tours. Reason is simple. Home track or weak teams bullies are dime and dozen but players who can rise during tough away tours are rare. Smith was one of those rare bastman and more importantly an opener.
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Smith averaged 48.

Considering he was an opener and bore the brunt of captaincy for almost the entirety of his career ( and holds the record for matches as captain) that is exceptional
 
Mamoon said:
Who is talking about ODIs? I mentioned Test cricket only. Kohli is obviously far better in ODIs and better overall as well, but Younis is better in Test.

It doesn’t matter if he danced or not, look at his average and amount of runs. Kohli is 36 and has less than 10k runs and less than 50 average. His Test legacy has complete gone down the drain.
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Dancing did matter whenever he played outside Asia.

In his entire career, YK does not have a single series where he scored heavy runs consistently outside Asia. That's due to him not having skills to bat well outside Asia and dancing did not help.

YK_AwayfromAsia.jpg
 
DeadlyVenom said:
Smith averaged 48.

Considering he was an opener and bore the brunt of captaincy for almost the entirety of his career ( and holds the record for matches as captain) that is exceptional
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My bad, I meant to type home avg of 42.

I see it this way. 48 average for opener is fantastic. With 48 average, I will pick some one who can aeverage 55 away and 42 at home as comapred to some one who do the reverse. Simple reason is , very few people can bat well away and lots of bastmen can bat well at home.
 
Buffet said:
Dancing did matter whenever he played outside Asia.

In his entire career, YK does not have a single series where he scored heavy runs consistently outside Asia. That's due to him not having skills to bat well outside Asia and dancing did not help.

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Kohli has 13 tons outside Asia. Khan and Yousuf combined have 13.
 
Ab Fan said:
Kohli has 13 tons outside Asia. Khan and Yousuf combined have 13.
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I was not commenting on comparison at all.

I saw YK's entire career and he did not have technique to bat well outside Asia. He was a very gritty batsmen who scored some runs despite having poor play in those conditions and that's a huge credit for mental toughness. Not many players can do that. Lack of technique prevented him to score consistent big runs in any series.
 
Buffet said:
I was not commenting on comparison at all.

I saw YK's entire career and he did not have technique to bat well outside Asia. He was a very gritty batsmen who scored some runs despite having poor play in those conditions and that's a huge credit for mental toughness. Not many players can do that. Lack of technique prevented him to score consistent big runs in any series.
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Just to add,

YK is highly appreciated by fans for playing well in Asia. One of the best batsman in Asian conditions.
 
It's an interesting topic and some good shouts. I think we must break down the types of players who typically get overlooked by the cricket media and casual fans.

1) The cricketers ahead of their time.
2) The steady eddies. SC fans especially sometimes overlook the fact it's rare even for the great teams to have superstar players in every position. Even the ATG sides will have a few reliable 7/10 performers to complement the big names.

Category 1: Sanath Jayasuriya. Although the likes of Kris Srikkanth and Mark Greatbatch are credited for being the first attacking openers in ODI cricket, Sanath took it to another level. His breakout World Cup in 1996 saw him average 36 at SR of 131 ! This was an era when the gulf between Test and ODI cricket in both skillset and conditions wasn't as vast as today, and ODIs retained a degree of bat-ball balance.

His bowling is also overlooked with over 300 ODI wickets complementing Murali and co. Even his T20 SR is impressive. His last T20 was 2012 and still his SR is 140 ! Yes you can find statistical faults (naturally when discussing underappreciated cricketers who are typically Tier 2 players that sit below the ATGs) but he was an "impact player" long before the T20 era.

SL greats are particularly underappreciated because the Asian cricket narrative is dominated by India and Pakistan.

Category 2: Whenever Courtney Walsh's name is taken, it's rarely in isolation and mostly with Ambrose or the other great WI pacers. I've even read claims Walsh is overrated. However 500+ Test wickets over 17 years is a testament not just to fitness and work ethic, but how well he maintained his skills with time and changing conditions.

Walsh played 51 Tests before the age of 30 with an avg of 24.96. After the age of 30, he played 81 Tests with an avg of 24.15. His potency never dropped despite a declining team, weaker backup bowlers, and after ICC's introduction of limits on bouncers in 1991.

It's possibly true to say tall, high release point seamers less reliant on pace find it easier to achieve longevity, but it'd be fascinating to see a statistical deepdive comparing performances of other pacers pre and post-30.

There's plenty more names in each category but don't want to make post too long.
 
Buffet said:
Just to add,

YK is highly appreciated by fans for playing well in Asia. One of the best batsman in Asian conditions.
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An ATG player. He may have not had the best technique outside Asia but his numbers are phenomenal. What makes them so good is his unreal ability to convert 50s to 100s. He converted more than 50% of his half-centuries to tons.
 
Chris Cairns was one of the best all rounders New Zealand ever had but he didn’t receive the recognition he truly deserved.
 
Cricket Warrior said:
Chris Cairns was one of the best all rounders New Zealand ever had but he didn’t receive the recognition he truly deserved.
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Correct, posters don't talk much about him now.

Having said that he was seen as one of the top all rounders during his playing days. I rated his batting higher than his bowling due to his tons against SA and Aus. It was not easy to score tons against those two teams.
 
topspin said:
An ATG player. He may have not had the best technique outside Asia but his numbers are phenomenal. What makes them so good is his unreal ability to convert 50s to 100s. He converted more than 50% of his half-centuries to tons.
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He is probably the most gritty batsman I have seen. He had his limitations, but he knew how to dig in and convert a good start to big one. I rarely saw him throwing his wickets.
 
Imran Khan. Won world cup, 2 cancer hospitals, 1 University, health card, homeless shelters, restored dignity of Pakistanis, rewarded with jail for entire family.
 
mon858 said:
Imran Khan. Won world cup, 2 cancer hospitals, 1 University, health card, homeless shelters, restored dignity of Pakistanis, rewarded with jail for entire family.
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Ik?

He is always named among the top 3 all rounders in history of cricket. Just as a bowler , he is rated as a top tier pacer. He is a strong contender for a spot in all time test world XI.

I won't call it under appreciated. Some one posted in other thread that current government is trying to erase his name, but it will never happen. World wide fan base will ensure that he will be remembred as a great cricketer.


You are listing non-cricketing stuff. Him being in jail has to do with domestic politics.
 
Buffet said:
Ik?

He is always named among the top 3 all rounders in history of cricket. Just as a bowler , he is rated as a top tier pacer. He is a strong contender for a spot in all time test world XI.

I won't call it under appreciated. Some one posted in other thread that current government is trying to erase his name, but it will never happen. World wide fan base will ensure that he will be remembred as a great cricketer.


You are listing non-cricketing stuff. Him being in jail has to do with domestic politics.
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I understand if you are talking about appreciation for cricket and by cricket fans.

But if you broaden the criteria to the most underappreciated and cricketer, then he can be mentioned here.
 
I see nobody really talks about Kallis. This guy has a better batting record than Sachin and better Bowling stats than Zaheer Khan.
 
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