Muppet-esque dismissals

[morgieb]

That Kohli slog that became Jono's avatar for a few months deserves mention imo

 

[wpdavid]

Atherton running himself out for 99 at Lord's in 1993.

 

[Prince EWS]

This one always springs to mind. An even worse example of the Clarke/Maxwell brain fade leaves:

 

[Raffski]

Ian Bell's dismissal 2nd innings of the 3rd Test vs Pakistan in 2012 deserves a shot, if only for the reaction it provoked here.

Wasn't even the worst Bell dismissal that year.

 

[Spark]

Wasn't even the worst Bell dismissal that year.

Yeah the 1st baller at Ahmedebad was probably worse.

 

[Howe_zat]

Ian Bell's dismissal 2nd innings of the 3rd Test vs Pakistan in 2012 deserves a shot, if only for the reaction it provoked here.

no no no that's where he deserved to get shot

easy mistake to make

 

[Furball]

Was it Clarke who had a really weird one against New Zealand in the 2007 World Cup? Got an absolutely nothing 70mph delivery on middle stump (IIRC Franklin or Styris would have been bowling), shaped up to drive it then stopped at the top of his backswing and just watched the ball as it hit his middle peg.

 

[AndrewB]

Was it Clarke who had a really weird one against New Zealand in the 2007 World Cup? Got an absolutely nothing 70mph delivery on middle stump (IIRC Franklin or Styris would have been bowling), shaped up to drive it then stopped at the top of his backswing and just watched the ball as it hit his middle peg.

It's about a minute into the Try Using Your Bat compilation.

 

[_Ed_]

Some truly glorious footage in this thread.

 

[SteveNZ]

Some truly glorious footage in this thread.

None more so than the OP. Women's cricket will continue to battle for relevancy unless hilarious stuff like that happens more often.

 

[Daemon]

 

[Starfighter]

Chris Roger's LBW to a loopy full toss from Swann at Lord's is 2013 comes to mind. Was going down leg too.
Also every Shane Watson LBW review ever...

 

[Howe_zat]

Watson video

The amount of armchair psychology that could be done on this. Every single time he walks of shaking his head at the decision.

Amusingly it still doesn't contain the bonus two in his last test.

 

[SteveNZ]

For an obscure one, McCullum v England at Napier (?) in 08. Sidebottom operating round the wicket, bowled off stump (not chopped on by a long shot) playing an expansive CUT SHOT. It truly baffled all that saw it. And given we got humped in that game to lose the series from 1-0 up, I'm sure we were in trouble when he played it.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

 

[OverratedSanity]

That video will never get old

 

[Dan]

England being bounced out by Ishant Sharma imo

 

[AndrewB]

About 50 seconds into this footage from the Bodyline series; it's not very clear, but that looks like a pretty dumb run out (blocking then running when there's a guy at short leg, out by yards).

 

[Niall]

Obviously much worse over last few years, but does anybody remember the Jadeja innings when they were trying to save the 2nd test against South Africa in 2013?

61.2
Peterson to Jadeja, no run, lunges forward to reach the pitch and ensure the rough outside off doesn't play too much havoc
61.3
Peterson to Jadeja, 2 runs, changes the length as he sees Jadeja advancing, but he does tap the short ball through point for a couple
61.4
Peterson to Jadeja, SIX, forget the tension, forget the wicket two balls ago, I'll wade into this flighted ball outside off stump and smack it straight over long off! What a strike!
61.5
Peterson to Jadeja, no run, leans forward with bat close to pad and blocks this full ball outside off
61.6
Peterson to Jadeja, OUT, he has two in the over and Peterson's joy knows no bounds. The India change room is absolutely stunned as Jadeja's intention to go over the top again results in a leading edge and he's safely pouched at mid-off. Absolute sillyness after he had just struck a six a couple of balls previously. He wasn't to the pitch of this which added to his downfall. Morkel gives a kiss to the ball and India flounder
RA Jadeja c Morkel b Peterson 8 (4m 5b 0x4 1x6) SR: 160.00

 

[OverratedSanity]

Obviously much worse over last few years, but does anybody remember the Jadeja innings when they were trying to save the 2nd test against South Africa in 2013?

I had almost forgotten this. Thanks for refreshing my memory. ****head.