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The Inaugural CW "Worst Dismissal Ever" Competition

Furball

Evil Scotsman
In terms of hilarious dismissals, Warne getting stumped off Giles in one of the 2005 Tests where Warne ran down the wicket to smash the ball out of the ground and got nowhere near it was pretty funny.
 

Cabinet96

Global Moderator
Brumby being too harsh on Clarke IMO. What you have to remember is that the slower leg cutter dips. When Clarke first saw the ball leave the hand, not picking the slower one, which as Top_Cat said was very unexpected, he would have thought it would be a full toss on leg stump. I know he was playing for stumps, but with such a tight match situation you have to grab all the runs you can get, and it doesn't come much easier than a leg stump full toss. He failed to pick the slower ball, but his initial thinking wasn't really wrong, tbh.
 

grecian

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Yup, that's the one. Ultimately that was the dismissal that brought about the premature end of his test career. I know he played a few more tests, but Gooch didn't trust him any more.
It was done so elegantly though :(
 

robelinda

International Vice-Captain
In terms of hilarious dismissals, Warne getting stumped off Giles in one of the 2005 Tests where Warne ran down the wicket to smash the ball out of the ground and got nowhere near it was pretty funny.
Ramprakash vs Warne, 2001, 3rd test, jumped a mile out of is crease, hilarious stumping.
 

Howe_zat

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Thing about that Inzy dismissal is that he didn't really fall on his stumps at all. He knocked the bails off with his hands while losing his balance, before quite acrobatically avoiding the stumps and falling behind them.
 

Burgey

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Yup, that's the one. Ultimately that was the dismissal that brought about the premature end of his test career. I know he played a few more tests, but Gooch didn't trust him any more.
That's actually quite sad in its own way, seeing Gower play that shot and knowing it went a fair way to him losing his spot.
 

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