Who is the worst batsman in world cricket?

[Barney Rubble]

Tait did look horrible in England - his attempted stepping away to off at Trent Bridge was criminal, and very embarrassing given the way his stumps were comprehensively destroyed.

 

[shaka]

Toss up between Martin and MacGill, but Macgill is more likely to do better in the bowling than Martin.

 

[Jono]

Martin. He's hilarious to watch.

 

[Scaly piscine]

Don't see how anyone can look beyond Chris Martin, I think Tait's 2 foot wander to the off-side has to be the worst 'shot' in the last few years of international cricket tho.

 

[honestbharani]

There was a time when India had Venkatesh Prasad at 10 and RAju at 11. Nowadays, India don't produce the normal no.11s anymore, although Sourav tries his best to make up for it at times.

 

[honestbharani]

No way, the work Steve Waugh did with him has really paid off

sorry, but he still seems rather hopeless against spin of any kind. Although, I do agree he has improved against faster guys. I have never seen Martin bat and I have seen MacGill get a 40 odd.

 

[Neil Pickup]

If you've never see Martin bat, I can understand why you're thinking that. You need to see this man bat to believe it.

England's 9-10-11 of Mullally-Giddins-Tufnell against the Kiwis in 99 takes some beating!

 

[honestbharani]

so would some of the Windies tails over the past few years.

 

[Barney Rubble]

If you've never see Martin bat, I can understand why you're thinking that. You need to see this man bat to believe it.

England's 9-10-11 of Mullally-Giddins-Tufnell against the Kiwis in 99 takes some beating!

Didn't we also field Mullally-Tufnell-Malcolm a couple of times? That might actually be worse......

 

[open365]

I'm going with Tino Best just because he succumbed to Flintoffs 'mind the windows,Tino' sledge.

 

[steds]

Didn't we also field Mullally-Tufnell-Malcolm a couple of times? That might actually be worse......

No. Mullally and Malcolm never played together

 

[greg]

If you've never see Martin bat, I can understand why you're thinking that. You need to see this man bat to believe it.

England's 9-10-11 of Mullally-Giddins-Tufnell against the Kiwis in 99 takes some beating!

Caddick-Mullaly-Giddins-Tufnell!

With Irani at no7 for good measure.

 

[Neil Pickup]

With Rampers at six and Darren Maddy opening...

Looking back, why were people surprised that we lost?

 

[Jamee999]

Because of that legend at Number 2.

The answer's Pickup, btw.

 

[Chubb]

Because it was New Zealand. And the british cricket press always assume New Zealand are rubbish, despite the fact we had a world-class allrounder, a more-than-useful attack, the best non-subcontinental finger spinner in the world, a brilliant, intuitive captain and a strong top order. Three of those things England lacked, and the captain, well, Nasser was sold down the river in that series.

Worst batsman by the way- Pommie Mbangwa when he was around (sub-Martin, if that's possible), now, probably Tait. Gideon Haigh said that Trent Bridge ought to be called "Taits Match" because he lost it for Australia with that shot and his second-innings bowling.

 

[crickhowell]

Im gonna forget well known cricketers and say me, I could only score 1 run in seven games in 10D grade in the Wellington schools competition at the start of the year.

 

[Deja moo]

Never seen Martin bat. I'll have to go with Ashish Nehra, ironically the man responsible for Indias only 10 wicket win in ODIs .

 

[sqwerty]

Do you have a job, sqwerty?

um.... yes why?

 

[King_Ponting]

if we're gonna go actual specialist batsman and or all rounders, i'd say Watson. Martin for the tail enders

 

[ramkumar_gr]

Venkatesh prasad for the tail enders. Dion Ebrahim and Sibanda for the top order.