Who is the worst player to have a Cricket World Cup Winner's Medal?

[Starfighter]

Sunil Vason, who was part of India's 1983 squad, didn't play a match and never played an international.

But I'd still bet he was a better cricketer than Doherty.

 

[vcs]

Sreesanth is hard to beat if that's the criteria. Not only did he play, but put in a horrible performance which led to him getting dropped from the format for good.

 

[Starfighter]

The intent of the thread was to discuss only those players who played in the final but can't fault anyone for pointing out Vince and Doherty

Kirti Azad would be a good shout. Average of 14 and 7 wickets at 39 in 25 matches for a supposed 'allrounder'. His grand contribution in the '83 final was a duck, three overs for seven with no wickets, and no catches.

 

[morgieb]

Xavier Doherty 2015


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He wasn't in the Winning XI....thankfully.

Actually hard to think of one in the Aussie winning teams (well, other than 87). Moody probably in 99? Bichel probably the weakest link in 03 but he still had a gun World Cup, that XI was utterly ridiculous on paper. Tait had the worst career out of our 07 contingent but again, he was brilliant that World Cup. Hogg probably has a case for both of them, harsh as that is. 2015 probably Haddin on ability, Faulkner on career. All of 2003, 07 and 15 had insane first XI's on paper, which probably explains how only one game was lost in those World Cup's.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Nothing to do with the thread, but Gordon Greenidge played in three finals, got two winners medals and barely scored a run (or 20 odd).

 

[Burgey]

Of those who've played in a winning final, I think the following are in the reckoning here:

Vanburn Holder, Bernard Julien, Risti Azad, Greg Dyer, Wickramasinghe, Tait.

 

[vcs]

Kirti Azad would be a good shout. Average of 14 and 7 wickets at 39 in 25 matches for a supposed 'allrounder'. His grand contribution in the '83 final was a duck, three overs for seven with no wickets, and no catches.

Good shout. Loving his Wikipedia entry haha

It was alleged, probably rightly, that he made it to the Indian team not because he was talented, but because his father, Bhagwat Jha Azad, a former Union minister and chief minister of Bihar, was an influential politician. The so-called all-rounder's poor record for India lends credence to this widely-held belief.

 

[Flem274*]

shaun tait really turned it on in the 07 wc. in the preceding commonwealth bank series he was rapid but pretty comfortably played. i remember flashes of a game where he kept feeding peter fulton's pads.

showed up in the windies as an unplayable god.

 

[vcs]

Think he got some stick on here when he sprayed it around and relieved the pressure when Australia had us in trouble in the 2011 WC QF.

 

[ankitj]

Didn't Tait get Tendulkar in that game after he got to a pretty good fifty.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Stokes didn't even showed up for NZ

 

[fredfertang]

As oppose to if you bumped in six, because I was thinking about James Vince and his unillustrious contribution to the 2019 squad's victory. Liam Dawson also managed to snag a winner's medal.

I was gambhiring, for once successfully

 

[Daemon]

Kirti Azad would be a good shout. Average of 14 and 7 wickets at 39 in 25 matches for a supposed 'allrounder'. His grand contribution in the '83 final was a duck, three overs for seven with no wickets, and no catches.

Haha I've played against his son. Absolutely destroyed us, which was not unexpected since he's played for Delhi age groups.

https://scores.cricketsingapore.com...erId=1016641&clubId=7683#parentHorizontalTab1

 

[grecian]

http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/61102-worst-world-cup-winner.html

I'm only bitter because it's already got more posts than mine. Wasn't that long ago though.....

You are all ****ing ****s, no wonder I left.