McCullum

Over-rated? Averages 28 in ODI's and 31 in tests with the bat, but is constantly talked up as a superstar.

compared with the likes of Prior, Ambrose, Haddit he is...he is a better keeper than dhonut but not as good a bat...i have him on a par with Boucher, who will retire as a great of the game.

He's a Kiwi who does slightly better than many other Kiwis. Which makes him a superstar in NZ, but that's about it.

It wasn't that long ago (if you look at it in terms of the lifetime of test cricket) that a keeper ( a real keeper) averaging 31 would be first man picked.

It's mainly in the T20 form that he is considered a star: good average and good strike rate.

I had to google to make sure McCullum wasn't some Aussie I hadn't heard about.

I think it is the manner in which plays (when he comes off) that has provided much of his reputation

C'mon Woody ...Mucca is as Dubber as

How absent minded of me - and I haven't even been assassinated

Yet.

when is open season on Woody?

He's probably talked up because he can be a very dangerous player and a matchwinner with the bat. But he doesn't do it often enough.

Red wrote:He's probably talked up because he can be a very dangerous player and a matchwinner with the bat. But he doesn't do it often enough.

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horace wrote:when is open season on Woody?

The season is never closed.

He'd be better if anyone else in his team could bat.

Boucher, who will retire as a great of the game.

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