The worst player to have achieved a given thing and the best player not to

Yeah, yeah, 0/10 for catchy thread title

Anyway, just for a bit of fun discussion, a thread where an achievement or milestone of some sort is chosen, then we decide on the worst player to have achieved said thing and also the best player not to have done so. Once each item is quickly run into the ground, we move onto the next.

So, we'll get going with something fairly safe and vanilla: Scored a test double-century

I suppose the worst to have got one would have to be Jason Gillespie (so pleased the innings happened, though). Best to have not got one is a bit trickier - plenty of very good batsmen haven't: Mark Waugh, Mike Hussey to name but a couple.Not sure who gets the honour tbh.

Couple which stand out to me are the likes of Warne, Tendulkar and Ponting not being on the Lord's Honour Board, but batting plonkers like Agarkar or Broad are there with hundreds.

There'll be a lot of those sort of things at individual ground I suppose, but that's one which stands out to me.

Misbah's lack of an ODI century

Lol first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title was Gillespie making a 200 and Mark Waugh not.

Johnson Charles easily the worst player I've ever seen that wasn't English to score an ODI century.

Poor Misbah.

Moeen Ali's metamorphosis as this generation's Tillakaratknee Dilshan.

I thought by the opening post we were supposed to initially be sticking to the double century discussion rather than throwing in random stuff of our own?
Anyway Colin Cowdrey never made a double century despite playing 114 Tests and scoring 22 centuries.

Yes, fair enough. On the double century thing, Mike Hussey and Damien Martyn never made one either.

Herb Sutcliffe never made a double century, oddly.

Faoud Bacchus managed to score a Test 250 despite averaging 26 in 19 Tests (and 35 in his FC career).

TheJediBrah said:

Lol first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title was Gillespie making a 200 and Mark Waugh not.

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Mark Waugh wasn't even close to getting a double ton remarkably enough; only managed to reach 150 once. Even Stuart Broad has a higher Test score than him.

Bryan's Young unbeaten 267 looks pretty flukey compared to his average and overall batting record



And although he did still get one, it was only 211, and Jack Hobbs probably should have gotten more than 1 double century considering his skill. Was apparently due to losing concentration/getting bored after reaching the ton, similar to Mark Waugh's excuse

quincywagstaff said:

Mark Waugh wasn't even close to getting a double ton remarkably enough; only managed to reach 150 once. Even Stuart Broad has a higher Test score than him.

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He seems like the kind of guy who would get bored easily, short attention span etc. I'm not surprised he consistently through his wicket away after 100.

More talented then Steve but had barely a fraction of his brother's mental fortitude and determination.

Who's the worst bowler to get a test 7-for? And are part timers included? For specialists I think Chris Pringle would be a good bet, maybe Jason Krezja. As for the best to never get a 7-for, gotta be Joel Garner.

TheJediBrah said:

He seems like the kind of guy who would get bored easily, short attention span etc. I'm not surprised he consistently through his wicket away after 100.

More talented then Steve but had barely a fraction of his brother's mental fortitude and determination.

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Pretty sure he was dismissed by good balls too.

Starfighter said:

Who's the worst bowler to get a test 7-for? And are part timers included? For specialists I think Chris Pringle would be a good bet, maybe Jason Krezja. As for the best to never get a 7-for, gotta be Joel Garner.

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Ishant?

And on double centuries, Matthew Sinclair was an odd one.

honestbharani said:

Ishant?

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Yes, that was who I thought of first

But I think it would be hard to make a case that he's worse than Pringle.

honestbharani said:

And on double centuries, Matthew Sinclair was an odd one.

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His double-tons (and 150 in SA) were undoubtedly quality innings, though. Frustrating as ****.

Starfighter said:

Who's the worst bowler to get a test 7-for? And are part timers included? For specialists I think Chris Pringle would be a good bet, maybe Jason Krezja. As for the best to never get a 7-for, gotta be Joel Garner.

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Of course, the greatest 7-fer in test history was taken by TOTAB in Sydney against the mighty West Indies side in 88-89. He should have bowled more.