Worst bowler to take n or more wickets in Tests?

[Daemon]

Chris Martin 233

 

[Athlai]

Chris Martin 233

Martin and Ishant are both actually better than Sobers.

 

[hendrix]

Chris Martin 233

yeah possible.

How many wickets did Caddick take?

Really pretty good workhorse bowlers.

 

[smash84]

Sami 85
Ian Salisbury played 15 tests for England, took 20 wickets at an average of 77. He has to feature in the list

 

[Bahnz]

Ishant 201

 

[Daemon]

Martin and Ishant are both actually better than Sobers.

No idea how to rate Sobers really. **** SR and wpm is all I know for arguments against him.

 

[Daemon]

Vettori 362

 

[Athlai]

No idea how to rate Sobers really. **** SR and wpm is all I know for arguments against him.

I mean, if Sobers wanted to be, I think he very well could have been a top class bowler. But he wasn't.

 

[Red]

Hooper 114 wickets at 49. Very good shout as a bowler. He was a really useful batsman though.

He was a useful bowler too.

 

[Athlai]

He was a useful bowler too.

Yeah, I'd say pretty much everyone in my list that is clearly a parttime or "allround" option was useful. They just weren't better bowlers than any fulltimer. Hooper probably is a tad better than a few of the really really bad Bangers/Zim guys who have a few dozen wickets, but Astle isn't.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Ian Salisbury played 15 tests for England, took 20 wickets at an average of 77. He has to feature in the list

Definitely.

 

[OverratedSanity]

No idea how to rate Sobers really. **** SR and wpm is all I know for arguments against him.

Actually, his wpm is one of the things he doesn't get enough credit for. It's pretty amazing for a guy whose bowling was clearly his weaker discipline.

 

[doesitmatter]

1 important number missing from welldone's list

0. Bryce McGain.. Hey still inspirational for never say die attitude..

 

[GIMH]

Alastair Cook 1

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Alastair Cook 1

Gower 1 Lamb 1 both taken in India.

Chris Cowdrey 4

 

[Howe_zat]

Alastair Cook 1

This is true, his only bowling in an England team before that 'spell' against India was some declaration bowling in a tour game. I remember him and Eoin Morgan conceding something like 100 in 10 overs

 

[mr_mister]

yeah but tons of specialist bats have taken a wicket or two, michael slater and mark taylor both got one each and i cant even visualise their bowling actions

my point is there's a reason this thread was meant to be big numbers like 50, 100, 150 etc

 

[kiwiviktor81]

There surely can't be a less threatening wicket taker than Vettori who has more wickets.

Vettori got the most out of a very, very long international career, but as Test matches are all about wickets he was not a very strong Test bowler.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Vettori's better than Ntini imo, Ntini has 390

 

[mr_mister]

i always thought people rated ntini highly