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Players that should have been man of the match
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Fri Jan 15, 2021 8:34 pmby The Professor
There has been a HUGE trend over the last 6 months of the wrong players being awarded the Man of the Match erroneously.
This can fall into one of two camps:
a) Batsmen drawing the eye more than bowlers
or
b) A contributor from a losing side being overlooked.
I will dedicate this thread to those who should be honoured
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The first in this hall of fame is Adam Zampa whose figures of 3.2-0-17-5 were overlooked for Andre Fletcher's 89. Was an incredible display from Zampa but because it wasn;t accompanied by pyrotechnics it was overlooked.
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Fri Jan 15, 2021 10:51 pmby Arthur Crabtree
Bob Willis, Headingley, 1981?
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Fri Jan 15, 2021 11:38 pmby The Professor
Its not just a modern day plight
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Sat Jan 16, 2021 8:00 amby Arthur Crabtree
Not sure there were POTMs much further back than that. I think it started informally among commentators.
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Sun Jan 24, 2021 6:31 pmby The Professor
Today Paul Stirling got more runs at a higher strike rate than Rahmat Shah but was on the losing side so lost out on a rightful MOTM.
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Fri Jan 29, 2021 8:26 pmby The Professor
A classic example of batting bias in the BBL. Marnus got 3-13 in 3 overs and executed a run out but was overlooked by Jimmy Pierson who got 47 runs off 44 balls.
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Fri Jan 29, 2021 8:41 pmby The Professor
A not so classic example of a bowler being favoured over a batsman in the very shortest form.
Amad Butt's figures of 2-0-1-7 were decent but Evin Lewis got 55 runs off 16 ball for crying out loud.
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Sun Feb 21, 2021 7:28 pmby The Professor
Mohammad Rizwan continued his fine spell of form with 71 off 53 but Lewis Gregory won the MOTM award for 49 off 31 because his team won.
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Tue Feb 23, 2021 7:08 pmby The Professor
James Vince 84 off 55 was overlooked for fellow Englishman's Tom Kohler-Cadmore's 53 off 32.
Just because they end up on the losing side should be MOTM if it's worthwhile.
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Wed Feb 24, 2021 8:32 pmby The Professor
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Tue Apr 13, 2021 7:47 pmby The Professor
Brendan Taylor being overlooked for his score of 140 in a T20 match today is peak 'He can't be Man of the Match if he lost' mentality.
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Sat Aug 28, 2021 8:05 pmby The Professor
Bamboozled that Devon Thomas (55 ball 54) was give MOTM over Evin Lewis (39 ball 62).
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Sat Sep 25, 2021 7:41 pmby The Professor
All day long the player of the match in the RHT Triohy should have been Georgia Adams (4-35) and not Emily Windsor (47 off 97)
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Mon Oct 04, 2021 7:08 pmby The Professor
How does a man with two wickets get player of the match over a guy who scores a century? Absurd. This is the worst one yet.
https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/csa ... -scorecard
Re: Players that should have been man of the match
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Tue Oct 05, 2021 9:32 amby sussexpob