A gradual but inevitable descent into cricket-based loathing and bile.
The Unlikely Lads Tag Archive
Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads? #14: Jon Lewis
Archetypal English seamers don’t get many people excited, except for George Dobell, who bloody loves them. But one summer’s day back in 2005 archetypal English seamer Jon Lewis shook the cricket world to its very core.
Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads? #13: Dermot Reeve
After a brief sojourn around the world, the Unlikely Lads series gets back to its roots with someone who had no shortage of talent but never really performed for England at international level. Plus he got kicked off Channel 4’s commentary team for being addicted to cocaine, losing the opportunity to spend days at a time sat really close to Mark Nicholas.
Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads (International Edition)? #12: Vinod Kambli
The Unlikely Lads world tour reaches India, as guest writer Arjun Miglani takes us back to the 1996 World Cup and a man who used to outshine Sachin Tendulkar.
Whatever Happened to the Unlikely Lads (International Edition)? #11: Brad Hodge
Whilst England has served up a bevy of cricketers over the years who have failed miserably at International level, Australia excels at producing players who fail for very different reasons altogether.
Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads? #10: Jamie Dalrymple
Rain leads to boredom. Bordom leads to old scorecards. Old scorecards lead to anger. Welcome to the dark side, featuring Jamie Dalrymple.
Whatever Happened to the Unlikely Lads? #9: Chris Schofield
Hussain, Atherton, Caddick, Flintoff, Gough, Headley, Hick, Ramprakash, Schofield, Stewart, Vaughan and White. Hang on, Schofield? You just tried to slip that one in to check we were paying attention, didn’t you?
Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads? #8: Ajmal Shahzad
Yorkshire aren’t exactly setting the second division on fire this season, so what they obviously need is a very public falling out with one of their supposed best players. What exactly is going on with Ajmal Shahzad?
Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads? #7: Craig White
We turn to a man who looked incredibly unaccomplished at the start of his international career but against all odds, became a crucial member of a resurgent team. Before going quite shit again.
Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads? #6: Mark Ealham
We have an awful lot of posters in the 51allout flat. Most of them are used to prevent our landlord seeing the holes we made in the wall. The ones of Mark Ealham, however, are there because we bloody loved him back in the day. But was he actually any good? (Spoiler: no)
Whatever Happened To The Unlikely Lads? #5: Graeme Hick
Back in the day he was England’s great hope. It’s fair to say that it didn’t go to plan.
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