Worst playing XI from a Test

[LongHopCassidy]

Who do you think?

Be creative and exclude Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.

 

[James90]

From current first-class players:

1. Sanjay Bangar
2. Akash Chopra
3. Michael Papps
4. Donovan Pagon
5. James Marshall
6. Andrew Symonds
7. Thami Tsolekele
8. Justin Ontong
9. Jeetan Patel
10. Dwight Washington
11. VRV Singh

Notable mentions to Gayan Wijekoon, Parthiv Patel and every one-test fast bowler.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Any Australian team with Mike Whitney.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Any Australian team with Mike Whitney.

Any Australian team without Tania Zaetta.

 

[SJS]

I think the South African side from February 1911 till the end of 1913 must be the worst in performance over a protracted (three year period). Here are the results of the ten matches they played in this time.

1. Feb 1911 - Lost by 530 runs to Aus
2. Mar 1911 - Lost by 7 wkts to Aus
3. May 1912 - Lost by innings and 88 runs to Aus
4. Jun 1912 - Lost by innings and 62 runs to Eng
5, Jul 1912 - Lost by innings and 174 runs to Eng
6. Jul 1912 - Lost by 10 wkts to Aus
7. Aug 1912 - Drew with Aus. Well Played !!!
8.Aug 1912 - Lost to Eng by 10 wkts
9. Dec 1913 - Lost to Eng by innings and 157 runs
10. Dec 1913 - Lost to Eng by innings and 91 runs

In the triangular series of 1912 their batsmen averaged 15.4 per innings over 6 tests. Nourse was the best with an average of 20.0 !

Their main bowlers were Pegler, Nourse, Faulkner, Llewyllyn and Schwarz and they had bowling averages of 47.9, 62.2, 57.1, 90.0 and 126.0 respectively

The team doesnt sound that bad on paper since they had Nourse, Faulkner, Herbie Taylor and Schwarz. But as a team performance this must rate amongst the worst ever.

 

[benchmark00]

McNamara on fire.

 

[Burpey]

Whits has accomplished more than McNamara ever will.

 

[benchmark00]

Whits has accomplished more than McNamara ever will.

The hair says one thing, whilst the snake proof jeans say another.

 

[SJS]

Any Australian team with Mike Whitney.

Any team in history with Ronnie Irani and Kabir Ali

 

[James90]

Australia have played some shockers in recent summers

West Indies - Adelaide 2000
SL Campbell
D Ganga
WW Hinds
BC Lara
*JC Adams
ML Samuels
+RD Jacobs
NAM McLean
M Dillon
MI Black
CA Walsh

England - Adelaide 2002
ME Trescothick
MP Vaughan
MA Butcher
*N Hussain
RWT Key
+AJ Stewart
C White
AJ Tudor
RKJ Dawson
CEW Silverwood
SJ Harmison

 

[steds]

England - Adelaide 2002
ME Trescothick
MP Vaughan
MA Butcher
*N Hussain
RWT Key
+AJ Stewart
C White
AJ Tudor
RKJ Dawson
CEW Silverwood
SJ Harmison

That's nothing on:
MA Atherton
DL Maddy
*N Hussain
GP Thorpe
+AJ Stewart
MR Ramprakash
RC Irani
AR Caddick
AD Mullally
PCR Tufnell
ESH Giddins

 

[Lillian Thomson]

The worst ever Australian XI would have to be when they had to choose their third choice players when the Packer Circus was going on.

This would be a fairly scarey England team

1. Wilf Slack(R.I.P)
2. Jon Terry
3. Allan Wells
4. James Whittaker
5. Paul Parker
6. Chris Cowdrey - capt
7. Bruce French
8. Geoff Cope
9. Syd Lawrence
10. Geoff Thomas
11. Mike Smith

 

[Goughy]

This would be a fairly scarey England team

1. Wilf Slack(R.I.P)
2. Jon Terry
3. Allan Wells
4. James Whittaker
5. Paul Parker
6. Chris Cowdrey - capt
7. Bruce French
8. Geoff Cope
9. Syd Lawrence
10. Geoff Thomas
11. Mike Smith

Ouch, a lot of County stalwarts in that team but it looks very weak at Test level.

 

[Goughy]

England - Adelaide 2002
ME Trescothick
MP Vaughan
MA Butcher
*N Hussain
RWT Key
+AJ Stewart
C White
AJ Tudor
RKJ Dawson
CEW Silverwood
SJ Harmison

Thats not a bad team at all. Maybe it shows the standard of English cricket but Ive seen a fair few worse

 

[Kweek]

^^ What Goughy said!

 

[Autobahn]

Australia have played some shockers in recent summers

England - Adelaide 2002
ME Trescothick
MP Vaughan
MA Butcher
*N Hussain
RWT Key
+AJ Stewart
C White
AJ Tudor
RKJ Dawson
CEW Silverwood
SJ Harmison

Batting isn't that bad, bowling is pants though but it would certainly beat..

England - Oval 1989 - 6th Ashes Test

GA Gooch
JP Stephenson
MA Atherton
RA Smith
*DI Gower
DJ Capel
+RC Russell
DR Pringle
GC Small
NGB Cook
AP Igglesden

 

[wpdavid]

The worst ever Australian XI would have to be when they had to choose their third choice players when the Packer Circus was going on.

This would be a fairly scarey England team

1. Wilf Slack(R.I.P)
2. Jon Terry
3. Allan Wells
4. James Whittaker
5. Paul Parker
6. Chris Cowdrey - capt
7. Bruce French
8. Geoff Cope
9. Syd Lawrence
10. Geoff Thomas
11. Mike Smith

Paul Terry, surely? And wasn't Geoff Thomas a Crystal Palace footballer who managed a couple of games under Graham Taylor in the early 90's? Greg Thomas from the mid80's maybe.

Beyond that, you've found a lot of one-cap wonders - Wells, Whittaker, Parker & Smith - and most of the others didn't play too often. Bruce French was good keeper actually, although his batting wasn't anything special.

 

[wpdavid]

Batting isn't that bad, bowling is pants though but it would certainly beat..

England - Oval 1989 - 6th Ashes Test

GA Gooch
JP Stephenson
MA Atherton
RA Smith
*DI Gower
DJ Capel
+RC Russell
DR Pringle
GC Small
NGB Cook
AP Igglesden

Yup, that's a pretty good time to find an all-time-bad England XI - at the end of an Ashes thrashing and when loads of players have just got banned for signing up for Gatting's "rebel" tour to SA.

There's some pretty uninspiring XI's from our tour of Pakistan in 1977/78. Botham was injured, Gower hadn't get appeared and we'd lost Greig, Knott, Woolmer, Underwood Amiss & Snow to Packer.

Oddly enough, the worst performances haven't always come from the obviously worst lineups. Christchurch in 1983/84 springs immediately to mind.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Paul Terry, surely? And wasn't Geoff Thomas a Crystal Palace footballer who managed a couple of games under Graham Taylor in the early 90's? Greg Thomas from the mid80's maybe.

You're right of course, I must have still been depressed over our awful performances in the Football World Cup. I dread to think what I'll write if the Cricket World Cup goes as badly as expected.

 

[marc71178]

Yup, that's a pretty good time to find an all-time-bad England XI - at the end of an Ashes thrashing and when loads of players have just got banned for signing up for Gatting's "rebel" tour to SA.

Yet you look at it and in Gooch, Gower, Smith, Russell and Gower there's some good players.

The bowlings a bit weak though, as is David "New Botham mark 12" Capel at 6!