Worst Century/High Score

BC_fan_abored · 27-02-2013, 11:51 PM

What's the worst century or high score you've seen where the batsmen was ridiculously lucky the whole inning?. My nomination is this pretty awful innings by Imran Farhat against NZ.

3rd Test: New Zealand v Pakistan at Napier, Dec 11-15, 2009 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

You can watch a long video series of it on youtube

New Zealand v Pakistan - 3rd Test Cricket, Day 1, Highlights, (1-7) - YouTube

Just so many false shots and almost edges

Satyanash89 · 27-02-2013, 11:58 PM

Worst ive seen is BY FAR Ajay Ratra's hundred.. was against WI iirc. Virtually every boundary he got hit the bat a mile away from the middle. Dont think ive ever seen anyone edging the ball so consistently.

Honorable mention to Gary Kirsten's double at Durban.... dead boring

African Monkey · 28-02-2013, 12:07 AM

Michael Clarke against South Africa at the SCG in 2009. It was terrible to watch but somehow managed to socre a century.

ajdude · 28-02-2013, 12:30 AM

johnson charles v australia recently at the mcg, was awful haha

fredfertang · 28-02-2013, 01:02 AM

Ian Botham was ridiculously fortunate during his 149 at Headingley in '81 - wonderful innings though

flibbertyjibber · 28-02-2013, 01:21 AM

Wasn't a century but Pietersen's 80 v Pakistan in 2010 was as bad an innings by a top player I have seen.

The first 100 runs of the Strauss 177 at Napier on the last tour to NZ were pretty dire viewing too.

Howe_zat · 28-02-2013, 02:49 AM

Wasn't exactly lucky but Eoin Morgan's hundred against India was probably the easiest Test hundred I've ever seen

GingerFurball · 28-02-2013, 04:02 AM

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Originally Posted by flibbertyjibber

Wasn't a century but Pietersen's 80 v Pakistan in 2010 was as bad an innings by a top player I have seen.

The first 100 runs of the Strauss 177 at Napier on the last tour to NZ were pretty dire viewing too.

Was going to post the Pietersen one. Dreadful innings.

wpdavid · 28-02-2013, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Howe_zat

Wasn't exactly lucky but Eoin Morgan's hundred against India was probably the easiest Test hundred I've ever seen

Wasn't he dropped more than once during that innings, or was that another time during the series? I remember being hugely unimpressed with his that summer.

robelinda · 28-02-2013, 04:09 AM

Gary Kirsten's 210 vs England in 1998 at Old Trafford. OUCH.

Would have to admit Mark Taylor's 129 ashes 1997 was awful to watch.

flibbertyjibber · 28-02-2013, 04:10 AM

How many times did West indies drop Ravi Bopara in those 3 centuries he got in a row?

Burgey · 28-02-2013, 04:19 AM

Fat Gatt's ton in Adelaide on his last tour here was bad. Credit to the bloke, who was a decade past it, but the papers described it as "Mary Mackillop's second miracle".

Xuhaib · 28-02-2013, 04:31 AM

what about bowlers.

Fin's 6fer in Australia was one lucky haul also Starc recently had a very lucky 5 fer vs SA.

Howe_zat · 28-02-2013, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by wpdavid

Wasn't he dropped more than once during that innings, or was that another time during the series? I remember being hugely unimpressed with his that summer.

Getting dropped isn't really lucky as much as it's just the opposition being ****.

Spark · 28-02-2013, 05:09 AM

Defs the KP one for mine, even though it wasn't a hundred.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howe_zat

Wasn't exactly lucky but Eoin Morgan's hundred against India was probably the easiest Test hundred I've ever seen

Haha yeah remember making a comment like "Well, Test centuries are never strictly easy or without merit buuut...."

27-02-2013, 11:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
BC_fan_abored Cricket Spectator Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 33	Worst Century/High Score What's the worst century or high score you've seen where the batsmen was ridiculously lucky the whole inning?. My nomination is this pretty awful innings by Imran Farhat against NZ. 3rd Test: New Zealand v Pakistan at Napier, Dec 11-15, 2009 \| Cricket Scorecard \| ESPN Cricinfo You can watch a long video series of it on youtube New Zealand v Pakistan - 3rd Test Cricket, Day 1, Highlights, (1-7) - YouTube Just so many false shots and almost edges

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flibbertyjibber Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 7,933	Wasn't a century but Pietersen's 80 v Pakistan in 2010 was as bad an innings by a top player I have seen. The first 100 runs of the Strauss 177 at Napier on the last tour to NZ were pretty dire viewing too. Last edited by flibbertyjibber; 28-02-2013 at 01:23 AM.

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Satyanash89 Banned Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Pune, India Posts: 816	Worst ive seen is BY FAR Ajay Ratra's hundred.. was against WI iirc. Virtually every boundary he got hit the bat a mile away from the middle. Dont think ive ever seen anyone edging the ball so consistently. Honorable mention to Gary Kirsten's double at Durban.... dead boring

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African Monkey U19 12th Man Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: auckland nz Posts: 216	Michael Clarke against South Africa at the SCG in 2009. It was terrible to watch but somehow managed to socre a century.

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ajdude International Regular Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 3,177	johnson charles v australia recently at the mcg, was awful haha

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fredfertang Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: high dudgeon Posts: 9,717	Ian Botham was ridiculously fortunate during his 149 at Headingley in '81 - wonderful innings though

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flibbertyjibber Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 7,933	How many times did West indies drop Ravi Bopara in those 3 centuries he got in a row?

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Xuhaib Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Karachi Posts: 9,394	what about bowlers. Fin's 6fer in Australia was one lucky haul also Starc recently had a very lucky 5 fer vs SA.

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