The Worst Wicketkeepers

[TheJediBrah]

funny thing is Matty Wade could bat when he first came into the test side

what happened

Played in Asia. Even just last summer he was smashing ODI tons from no. 7

 

[Burgey]

Well this bloke had passed away a couple of years earlier (arguably NZ's best ever keeper): Ken Wadsworth | New Zealand Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

this bloke hadn't started this first-class career Ian Smith | New Zealand Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

and this one was controversially not selected Warren Lees | New Zealand Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

For Lees, Cricinfo says: "He was very unfortunate to be left out of the tour of England in 1978, arguably being a better wicketkeeper and batsman than Jock Edwards, his replacement, who was described by one journalists as the worst wicketkeeper he had ever seen!"

Cheers. Lees was the bloke who I thought would have played around that time. Was a good keeper. Remember him fondly from the early 80s.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Belinda Carlisle is a poor keeper.

 

[smash84]

Akmal, and it's not even close.

That Sydney test in 2010 still makes my blood boil. Can't recall another instance of a wicket keeper losing the team a match single handedly as khatmal did in that one.

 

[quincywagstaff]

Courtney Browne gets my vote; made some dreadful errors and had a dire batting average as well.

 

[cnerd123]

Courtney Browne gets my vote; made some dreadful errors and had a dire batting average as well.

won a Champions Trophy tho

 

[morgieb]

Courtney Browne gets my vote; made some dreadful errors and had a dire batting average as well.

Wasn't he the one that dropped Steve Waugh on 0 in that famous 95 series?

 

[Burgey]

Dropped him on 60 odd I think.

 

[Burgey]

won a Champions Trophy tho

Sure, but I mean Greg Dyer won a WC too

 

[quincywagstaff]

Apart from the Steve Waugh drop, Browne also infamous missed a sitter (from Tendulkar) that was pivotal in India beating the Windies in a 1996 WC Group match, and he had some howlers during the SCG 96/97 Test as well. When you factor in his dire batting record, how he got 20 Tests is a complete mystery.

 

[Starfighter]

When David Williams and Junior Murray are the competition I can see how it's possible.

 

[_Ed_]

Good point, although I think Browne was selected ahead of the vastly superior Ridley Jacobs at times.

 

[mr_mister]

Jacobs got his due in the end. Great fighter

 

[fredfertang]

From what I saw of him in the nets at the Nursery End at Lord's David Williams was a very good pace bowler

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Richard Blakey was one of the more curious selections by England for a couple Tests. He still gets kudos to this day for not conceding a bye in a total of 560 odd for 6, but my recollection of that is the might of Salisbury and Tufnell getting zero turn and never beating the bat and going at 4 an over.

 

[weldone]

Handscomb is the worst I have seen keeping in an International match