The Inaugural CW "Worst Dismissal Ever" Competition

[duffer]

Originally Posted by Burgey

And lol Kohli. What a dickhead.

One thing I can agree with.

[BoyBrumby]

Kohli's ticks an awful lot of boxes, tbh.

Dire ball - check

Team up against it - check

Rank shot execution - check

Subfielder who'd never held a catch in tests before - check

[duffer]

Originally Posted by BoyBrumby

Kohli's ticks an awful lot of boxes, tbh.

Dire ball - check

Team up against it - check

Rank shot execution - check

Subfielder who'd never held a catch in tests before - check

Leaving aside that it was Kohli who did it,Bell's was still worse as far as this series goes.

[flibbertyjibber]

Originally Posted by duffer

Leaving aside that it was Kohli who did it,Bell's was still worse as far as this series goes.

Probably but I still think KP and his premeditated sweep shot was worse.

[Spark]

Nominees thus far:

Ian Bell, Eng vs Ind 1st Test 2012, Ahmedebad, 1st innings
Brad Haddin, Aus vs SA 1st Test 2011, Cape Town, 2nd innings
Shane Watson, Aus vs SA 2nd Test 2011, Jo'burg, 2nd innings
Virender Sehwag, Aus vs Ind 4th Test 2012, Adelaide, 2nd innings
Ian Bell, Aus vs Pak 3rd Test 2012, Dubai, 2nd innings
Ijaz Ahmed, Eng vs Pak, 1st Test 1996, Lord's, 1st innings (I think)
Graham Gooch, Aus vs Eng, 2nd Test 1994, MCG, 1st innings
Abdul Razzaq, Aus vs Pak, 1st Test 1999, Gabba, 2nd innings
Harbhajan Singh, Eng vs Ind, 1st Test 2011, Lord's, 2nd innings
Shaun Tait, Aus vs Eng, 3rd Test 2005, Trent Bridge, 2nd innings
Andrew Strauss, Eng vs SL, 1st Test 2012, Galle, 2nd innings
Kevin Pietersen, Aus vs Eng, 1st Test 2009, Cardiff, 1st innings
Phil Hughes, Aus vs Eng, 5th Test 2011, Sydney, 2nd innings
Ashwell Prince, Eng vs SA, 2nd Test 2009, Durban, 2nd innings
Damien Martyn, Aus vs SA, 2nd Test 1994, Sydney, 2nd innings
Shane Warne, Aus vs NZ, 3rd Test 2001, Perth, 1st innings
Chris Read, Eng vs NZ, 2nd Test 1999, Lord's, 1st innings
Mike Hussey, Aus vs SA, 1st Test 2011, Cape Town, 2nd innings
Adam Hollioake, Aus vs Eng, 6th Test 1997, The Oval, 1st innings
Dwayne Bravo, WI vs SA, 4th Test 2005, Antigua, 1st innings
AB de Villiers, SA vs Ban, 1st Test 2008, Mirpur, 1st innings
Rodney Hogg, Aus vs WI, 1st Test 1984, Perth, 1st innings
Mark Waugh, Aus vs SL, 2nd Test 1995, MCG, 1st innings
Carl Hooper, Aus vs WI, 2nd Test 1992, MCG, 2nd innings
Kevin Pietersen, Eng vs WI, 3rd Test 2007, Old Trafford, 2nd innings
Inzamam ul-Haq, Eng vs Pak, 3rd Test 2006, Headingley, 1st innings
Kevin Pietersen, Eng vs Ind, 1st Test 2012, Ahmedebad, 2nd innings
David Gower, Aus vs Eng, 4th Test 1991, Adelaide, 1st innings
Mark Ramprakash, Aus vs Eng, 3rd Test 2001, Trent Bridge, 2nd innings
Shane Thompson, NZ vs SA, 3rd Test 1995, Cape Town, 2nd innings
Geraint Jones, Aus vs Eng, 3rd Test 2006, Perth, 1st innings
Curtly Ambrose, Aus vs WI, 5th Test 1996, Perth, 1st innings
Michael Clarke, Aus vs Eng, 2nd Test 2005, Edgbaston, 2nd innings
Steve Waugh, Aus vs WI, 4th Test 1997, Adelaide, 1st innings
Ricky Ponting, Aus vs SA, 2nd Test 2012, Adelaide, 1st innings
Chris Lewis, Aus vs Eng, 2nd Test 1993, Lord's, 2nd innings
Virat Kohli, Eng vs Ind, 2nd Test 2012, Mumbai, 2nd innings
Ravi Ashwin, Eng vs Ind, 2nd Test 2012, Mumbai, 2nd innings

[Cevno]

Yuvraj's charge down the wicket premeditated too, fiddle around on a turning/bouncy track was worse than Ashwin's for mine.

At least the intention from Ashwin was right from the start.

[Cevno]

Originally Posted by Satyanash89

Ashwin a decent nom for stupidity and lack of awareness of match situation

So, it would have been fine for Match awareness had he got out edging to slip on 4 like Dhoni or charging down the pitch to do nothing like Yuvraj ?

[Spark]

Yuvraj's a bit run-of-the-mill for this stable.

[Howe_zat]

Presumably you're going to wait for the end of this series before closing nominations?

[Spark]

Would seem a sensible idea.

Might leave this up for a while, tbh, hell of a lot of Test cricket being played for the next while.

[BoyBrumby]

Originally Posted by duffer

Leaving aside that it was Kohli who did it,Bell's was still worse as far as this series goes.

Reckon? Dire and painful as it was it wasn't to a rank full-bunger. Bell's probably does Kohli's on "batsman's thought process", but I think on "match situation" and "quality of delivery" I'm favouring the future Mr Augustus.

[grecian]

Ashwin right to attack, and despite the plaudits, primarily a bowler. Doesn't belong here IMHO.

[duffer]

Jono's Boyfriend did it at a bad time but so did Bell. I think as far as match situation goes they're even. To the day I'm still blown away by a guy charging down the track first ball when his team were staring down the barrel of a huge first innings deficit, while I think JB had every right to attack the full toss. Have seen Stuart McGill take a ton of wickets off ful tosses, so it's not a first by any stretch.

[GIMH]

I don't see Brumby's nomination of the below in the list so nominating it myself

Vaughan V Simon Katich, 3rd Ashes Test Old Trafford 05

[NasserFan207]

Originally Posted by Cevno

So, it would have been fine for Match awareness had he got out edging to slip on 4 like Dhoni or charging down the pitch to do nothing like Yuvraj ?

Yep, nothing wrong with Ashwin's. At that point all that matters is runs, a ball will have your name on it anyway