One Test Wonders

[Line and Length]

Having posted Teams for Australia, England and South Africa comprising players who had never played Tests, I thought it might be interesting to put together team of XI who played just one Test. Their selection is to based on that sole Test appearance rather than on their entire first class career. Here goes:

A One Test Wonder XI

Rodney Redmond (NZ) 107 & 56
Andy Ganteaume (WI) 112
Vic Stollmeyer (WI) 96 (made in 150 minutes)
Stuart Law (A) 54*
Yuvraj of Patalia (I) 24 & 60
Zulqarnain Haider w/k 0 & 88
Mick Malone (A) 46; 5-63 & 1-11
Matthew Nicholson (A) 1-59 & 3-56
Charles Aubrey-Smith (E) 5-19 & 2-42
'Gobo' Ashley (SA) 7-95 (off 43.1 overs)
Charles Marriott (E) 5-37 & 6-59

An interesting line-up. Ganteaume was supposedly dropped because of his poor run rate.
Marriott was a top-class leggie - something that England sides have missed in recent years.

 

[_Ed_]

Andre Adams is worth a mention too - 3-44 and 3-61, and later an outstanding FC performer in England.

 

[tony p]

in the same match Vic Stollmeyer scored 96, Norman Oldfield of England scored 80 & 19, batting at number 3.

it was his only Test as well, The last before World War 2 at the Oval in August 1939.

 

[mr_mister]

I remember watching Zulqarnain Haider's 88 live and thinking Pakistan had their keeper for the next 10 years. It was such an atypical Pakistani innings, so gritty and determined, nothing like a Kamran Akmal knock...

It's a pity what happened to him

 

[Engle]

Graham Chevalier, SLA, played 1 Test for S.Africa vs Aus 1970 and captured 5 wkts @ 20 apiece for a win

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

A guy like Ted Tyler, who made his debut in 1896, took 4 wickets in his only match. All four wickets went via the caught mode of dismissal.

1 wicket was from the top order
2 wickets were from the middle order
1 wicket was from the tail.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

There is also Greg Loveridge. This NZ legspinner was picked as a 21 year-old for a test debut vs Zimbabwe in 1996 (a season before Vettori debuted v England). He had his hand broken while batting, so retired hurt on 4 and didn't bowl in the match as a result. That was his one and only match for NZ. He is now the general manager of Bob Jones's company and earning crazy money.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

What a change of fortunes...We'd never had gotten Dan Vettori...who I notice is on the list of people you wanna kick...

 

[TheJediBrah]

Vettori is living proof that you don't need to be naturally physically gifted to be a top-class athlete

although he is a lot taller than you think

 

[Fuller Pilch]

What a change of fortunes...We'd never had gotten Dan Vettori...who I notice is on the list of people you wanna kick...

Loveridge also averaged over 50 with the ball in 1st class cricket so I think we would have still got Dan.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Who wants to kick him? I think he makes everyone's all time NZ XIs.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Loveridge also averaged over 50 with the ball in 1st class cricket so I think we would have still got Dan.

How much cricket did he play after the injury?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Who wants to kick him? I think he makes everyone's all time NZ XIs.

I direct you to this thread

 

[Fuller Pilch]

That thread is new to me. Looks like some interesting reading.

Re Loveridge I will try to share some links if I have time later. (On phone at the mo).

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

That thread is new to me. Looks like some interesting reading.

Re Loveridge I will try to share some links if I have time later. (On phone at the mo).

New to me as well. I don't know how often you frequent the OT.

Oh please do, I look forward to seeing Loveridge.
Much appreciated.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

New to me as well. I don't know how often you frequent the OT.

Oh please do, I look forward to seeing Loveridge.
Much appreciated.

https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/857117/the-legspinner-who-never-bowled

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=12012119

The 2nd link has articles on NZ's other one-test wonders. Loveridge certainly has had an interesting life and worth about NZ 100 million these days.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Andy McKay - 1 test, 1 wicket, bowling average of 120.

That wicket belonged to Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar though - not a bad one to get!

 

[Daemon]

Vettori is living proof that you don't need to be naturally physically gifted to be a top-class athlete

although he is a lot taller than you think

Plenty of such examples in cricket. Probably more than any other ball sport.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Plenty of such examples in cricket. Probably more than any other ball sport.

very true. I'd say less than 5% of sub-continental cricketers look like athletes

Vettori just looked so nerdy

and Steve Smith, best cricketer in the world, has a body that looks like it would struggle to stay upright under normal Earth gravity

don't even get me started on whatever the **** Nathan Lyon is

 

[Flem274*]

he aged well though

he's also apparently really extroverted and likes to dress with style. he was just cursed to look like what he was not for 25 years.