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Worst Domestic Side Ever?

Jarquis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Right, thought it could be an idea to discuss this (or somebody else prompted me to :p) but yeah...
Who are the contenders for the worst domestic side ever?
Or even the worst performing domestic side ever?

I'll open the discussion by nominating the current Southern Rocks side who are getting smashed by everybody else in this season's Logan Cup.

They seemingly peaked far too early in the season and in the very first innings of their opening match of the season they made a respectable 266 (the only time this season they've passed 207) before bowling their opposition, Mashonaland Eagles, out for 147 (the only time they've lead on first innings this season).
However, they then transpired to lose by 3 wickets after setting their opponents 339 to win.
Not disgraceful you might suggest but the trauma of losing 6/29 in their second innings and allowing the opposition to recover from 26/3 was just too much.

They've since gone on to lose by :
An innings and 215 runs
9 wickets
An innings and 114 runs
An innings and 89 runs

They're currently 94/6 in their ongoing game too
Southern Rocks 98/6 (48.5 ov, H Matanga 22*, T Kamungozi 14*, MT Chinouya 0/21) | Live Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

They've managed to take an impressive 49 wickets this season in 5 games, only bowling their opposition out in an innings 3 times.
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Bahahaha you stole my thread; WAC.

But yeah, the Rocks are seriously ****ing bad. Zimbabwean domestic cricket as a whole has really improved tenfold since they introduced the franchise system but the Rocks have gone backwards. Their batting is really unbelievably bad and they're an entire class below the rest of the competition.
 
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Jarquis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Bahahaha you stole my thread; WAC.

But yeah, the Rocks are seriously ****ing bad. Zimbabwean domestic cricket as a whole has really improved tenfold since they introduced the franchise system but the Rocks have gone backwards. Their batting is really unbelievably bad and they're an entire class below the rest of the competition.
They do have Taibu though
 

Neil Pickup

Cricket Web Moderator
There is only one answer to this question:

Dera Ismail Khan's frist first-class match

DIK then lost first-class status for 19 years, before returning to the Quaid-e-Azam trophy in 1983/84, where they lost four matches, all by an innings, to Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Hazara. The following season included another two innings defeats to Peshawar and Rawalpindi, but a near-miss against Hazara as they fell to 98 all out chasing only 116. 1985/86 began with another innings defeat in Peshawar, before the elements prevented completion of their fixture with Hazara.

In 11 FC matches, they were beaten by an innings 9 times, and were bowled out for below 100 on no fewer than 11 occasions.
 

fredfertang

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Obviously Neil wins this thread by a street but honourable mention to the Northants team of the 1930s who over that decade finished 17th (out of 17) in the County Championship 7 times, 16th twice, and once got to the giddy heights of 13th
 

Jarquis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Wonder what odds I could get on the Rocks losing this current game by an innings?
 

GotSpin

Hall of Fame Member
There is only one answer to this question:

Dera Ismail Khan's frist first-class match

DIK then lost first-class status for 19 years, before returning to the Quaid-e-Azam trophy in 1983/84, where they lost four matches, all by an innings, to Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi and Hazara. The following season included another two innings defeats to Peshawar and Rawalpindi, but a near-miss against Hazara as they fell to 98 all out chasing only 116. 1985/86 began with another innings defeat in Peshawar, before the elements prevented completion of their fixture with Hazara.

In 11 FC matches, they were beaten by an innings 9 times, and were bowled out for below 100 on no fewer than 11 occasions.
What an execution :laugh:
 

Chubb

International Regular
The thing with the Southern Rocks, I think, is that they come from the least developed cricketing part of Zimbabwe. Masvingo has only produced two internationals - Blessing Mahwire and Brian Vitori. The standard of cricket down there has always been relatively poor compared to the rest of the country. That doesn't excuse their poor performances, but they don't have that base of cricketing people to use as Harare, Bulawayo and even Kwekwe and Mutare have for the other teams.
 

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