Battle of the Worst Cricketer

nick-o · 30-09-2011, 10:18 AM

Inspired by a thread in Off Topic, I was wondering who was the worst test cricketer?

But it would be too easy to name people who were called up for a match or two and then sank without trace, or people who played for minnow teams in their early years when they weren't yet test class; and surely there are people from the ancient days whose records are truly atrocious -- trawling StatsGuru for random names would be too easy.

So, out of the cricketers who established themselves in a competitive team and who enough of us have actually watched, who was the worst?

So, some parameters:

Played since 1970 -- that should mean that we aren't going purely by StatsGuru, there will be people here who saw them play

Played a minimum of 10 test matches, (20 for Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, who were all minnows at some stage during this timeframe)

Usual Battle rules: nominations, seconded (nominate as many as you like: seconded names go into the battle)

Deadline for nominations: three days from this post? First battle start Tuesday

Anyone in?

Daemon · 30-09-2011, 10:33 AM

Postpone this till after the other battle imo so we have something else to do when that one is over

HeathDavisSpeed · 30-09-2011, 03:10 PM

Ian Salisbury, Derek Pringle

Howe_zat · 30-09-2011, 03:11 PM

Imran Farhat, Matthew Bell.

HeathDavisSpeed · 30-09-2011, 03:12 PM

Michael Papps

GingerFurball · 30-09-2011, 03:18 PM

inb4 Marcuss North

turnstyle · 30-09-2011, 03:29 PM

In B4 Ashraful and Ganga.

GingerFurball · 30-09-2011, 03:51 PM

Can we change the criteria to 10 international matches played? That opens the field up to all sorts of completely arse cricketers like Albie Morkel who play the specialist number 8/5th bowler position with such distinction in limited overs cricket.

fredfertang · 30-09-2011, 03:55 PM

Adrian Griffith, Chris Schofield and Khaled Mahmud

Burgey · 30-09-2011, 04:10 PM

If GF's broadened parameters are accepted:

Tony Dodemaide
Simon Davis
Chris Matthews.

GotSpin · 30-09-2011, 05:38 PM

Just look at the West Indies over the past 10 years. Gotta be some fine candidates there

Pothas · 30-09-2011, 07:10 PM

Yeah Devon Smith for a start, the fact he qualifies three times over is the worst thing.

Cevno · 30-09-2011, 07:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daemon

Postpone this till after the other battle imo so we have something else to do when that one is over

This.

uvelocity · 30-09-2011, 08:05 PM

Tufnell & Fairbrother vs Sami & Hilditch

Zinzan · 30-09-2011, 08:14 PM

There's a reasonable argument for Blair Pocock as a Test opener off the top of my head

30-09-2011, 10:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
nick-o U19 Debutant Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Tokyo/London Posts: 324	Battle of the Worst Cricketer Inspired by a thread in Off Topic, I was wondering who was the worst test cricketer? But it would be too easy to name people who were called up for a match or two and then sank without trace, or people who played for minnow teams in their early years when they weren't yet test class; and surely there are people from the ancient days whose records are truly atrocious -- trawling StatsGuru for random names would be too easy. So, out of the cricketers who established themselves in a competitive team and who enough of us have actually watched, who was the worst? So, some parameters: Played since 1970 -- that should mean that we aren't going purely by StatsGuru, there will be people here who saw them play Played a minimum of 10 test matches, (20 for Bangladesh, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, who were all minnows at some stage during this timeframe) Usual Battle rules: nominations, seconded (nominate as many as you like: seconded names go into the battle) Deadline for nominations: three days from this post? First battle start Tuesday Anyone in?

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30-09-2011, 10:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
Daemon Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: . Posts: 8,736	Postpone this till after the other battle imo so we have something else to do when that one is over

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GingerFurball Hall of Fame Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Crabs Subbie Posts: 15,402	Can we change the criteria to 10 international matches played? That opens the field up to all sorts of completely arse cricketers like Albie Morkel who play the specialist number 8/5th bowler position with such distinction in limited overs cricket.

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fredfertang Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: high dudgeon Posts: 9,706	Adrian Griffith, Chris Schofield and Khaled Mahmud

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Pothas Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Surbiton, UK Posts: 8,416	Yeah Devon Smith for a start, the fact he qualifies three times over is the worst thing.

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uvelocity Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: seamy road Posts: 8,229	Tufnell & Fairbrother vs Sami & Hilditch

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Zinzan Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: cover point Posts: 9,731	There's a reasonable argument for Blair Pocock as a Test opener off the top of my head

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