Who are your favourite mediocre England cricketers over the years?

[norwaysaint]

Unbelievably, a team of one time heroes has just become the worst England touring Ashes team and therefore probably the worst England team ever.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/25631389

 

amazing that the likes of KP, Bell, Trott, Cook, Broad, Anderson, Prior, Swann, etc have managed to be even more mediocre than some of our mediocre greats of the last 30 years, who stood out for you as a low point in that time?

 

I'd name Atherton, long serving captain, batsman who averaged about 35, always lost. Phil DeFreitas, bowler who never seemed to average better than 30. Dean headley, Chris Lewis? Chris Cowdrey?

 

What mediocre greats can you not believe this lot have been worse than?

[shurlock]

Devon Malcolm was like a cricketing Michail Antonio.

 

And Devon's 29 against the Aussies in 95 still ranks as one of the most surreal and brilliant innings i've seen (or at least heard on TMS).

Edited 8 January, 2014 by shurlock

[Trader]

Unbelievably, a team of one time heroes has just become the worst England touring Ashes team and therefore probably the worst England team ever.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/25631389

 

amazing that the likes of KP, Bell, Trott, Cook, Broad, Anderson, Prior, Swann, etc have managed to be even more mediocre than some of our mediocre greats of the last 30 years, who stood out for you as a low point in that time?

 

I'd name Atherton, long serving captain, batsman who averaged about 35, always lost. Phil DeFreitas, bowler who never seemed to average better than 30. Dean headley, Chris Lewis? Chris Cowdrey?

 

What mediocre greats can you not believe this lot have been worse than?

 

At least Atherton didn't go to pieces facing aggresive fast bowling.