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Do you have an irrational dislike for a player?

Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan

Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan

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Not the usual suspects, Warner, Kohli etc but random County Championship players.

For me....

Current - Oliver Hannon-Dalby - Something about his bowling action irritates me.
The Past - Colin Dredge - Bearing in mind I followed cricket in the 1970's via the scores in the Northern Echo and probably never even saw a photo of him, I suspect it was just because of his name.

No need to explain why you don't like them if you don't want to, there doesn't need to be a reason, but the pettier the better and the more 'minor' the player for extra batting/bowling points.
 

I met Rob Key once and he was a bit of an arsehole over signing a bat so he will never be forgiven.

Chris Gayle for being fat and lazy.

Bowling actions are an interesting one, I thought Dominic Cork's looked really ungainly so I was never a fan. On a similar note, I hated watching Chanderpaul bat, ugly technique and rarely played an attacking shot in anger.

I developed a real dislike for Jade Dernbach when he played for England because he kept bowling slower balls. I've mellowed on that as he seems a really nice bloke.

Joe Denly for looking old.
 
I remember back in 2007 going to the Test at CLS against the Windies as a kid, stood next to the pavilion steps to get the autographs from the England players and all bar 2 - Pietersen (not really a surprise) and Sidebottom stopped to give autographs. So for that reason I've always had an irrational dislike for both of them :lol:
 
SuperSub said:
I remember back in 2007 going to the Test at CLS against the Windies as a kid, stood next to the pavilion steps to get the autographs from the England players and all bar 2 - Pietersen (not really a surprise) and Sidebottom stopped to give autographs. So for that reason I've always had an irrational dislike for both of them :lol:
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The "non-signers" do tend to leave a lasting impression don't they, or even ones who do do sign but seem a bit difficult about it!
 
SuperSub said:
Especially when you're a kid, although I always found cricketers to be a lot more friendlier when asked for an autograph compared to footballers.
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They 100% are, there's not many I can recall leaving a bad impression tbh, I've even managed a chat and a couple if autographs from Sir Geoffrey before!

The Australians used to be tricky when they played at CLS, but some of them were still great.
 
Dan..Dan..Dan..Dan said:
Not the usual suspects, Warner, Kohli etc but random County Championship players.

For me....

Current - Oliver Hannon-Dalby - Something about his bowling action irritates me.
The Past - Colin Dredge - Bearing in mind I followed cricket in the 1970's via the scores in the Northern Echo and probably never even saw a photo of him, I suspect it was just because of his name.

No need to explain why you don't like them if you don't want to, there doesn't need to be a reason, but the pettier the better and the more 'minor' the player for extra batting/bowling points.
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Sam Curran, arrogant little shit. Followed closely by his brother.
 
Joe Sayers of Yorkshire - the original claimer of a catch at Ch le St when his foot was well over the rope - even more blatant than the usual suspect Hales.
 
Parkside said:
Agree but the dislike isn't irrational ,it's perfectly justifiable.
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I wish Curran had been brave enough to get within striking distance of Alex Lees during his outburst in the T20 QF last season. Now that would have been interesting 😂
 
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