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Worst player to take a 5 wicket haul in Tests
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Days of Grace
International Captain
Here we ****ing go 
and, Mitchell Johnson, for mine
and, Mitchell Johnson, for mine
oldmancraigy
U19 12th Man
I agree - Bevo was a bit wild at times - but sometimes one expects a wrist spinner to have a loose deliver (MacGill's career was full of the ol' bad ball per over).
But even then Bevans' 3.28rpo at test level and 3.65 at first class is better than Krejza's 4.53 at test level and 3.89 at first class.
Bevo's got him for strike rate and average too.
What's Krejza's excuse for being so loose with the ball? He's not a wrist spinner - I thought offies had more control.
Worst
Bowler
To
Ever
Take
5
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Not a chance. Worse English spinners in the 90s took five-fors than Such. He'd have played a lot more were it not for his merde batting.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Croft, Giles, Hemmings...
Such was decent; had pretty much everything an offie needs: flight, drift, dip.
Check his figures, better than any of the gentlemen I named.
Migara
International Coach
Kumar Dharmasena?
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Basil Butcher played 44 Test matches for West Indies. He was a very powerful middle order batsman and a non serious leg spinner.
He was playing in his 32nd Test match against England at Queens Park in 1968. Till then he had just once bowled 6 overs against India at Feroze Shah Kotla. The match had half an hour or so left, it was doomed to be a draw and skipper Alexander asked Hunte nd Butcher to bowl out the match. It was in the spirit of fun as was befitting his bowling skills.
In 1968, England were 373 for 5, Cowdrey had heading for a big hundred and had put on over a hundred runs with D'Oliviera and they looked inseparable.
Sobers brought in Butcher as the sixth bowler, also because Griffith was indisposed and had bowled just 3 overs in the innings. Butcher went on to have Cowdrey caught behind in his very first over I think. He then proceeded to clean England up and took 4 wickets in his first three overs as England slipped from 373 for 5 to 381 for 9. He also got last man Jones to end up with 5 for 34 from 13.5 overs.
Sobers thought this made their spin attack pretty formidable (with him and Gibbs and Willie Rodriguez already in the side) and declared Windies second innings at 92 for 2 leaving England 215 to win. Sobers and Gibbs opened the bowling, Butcher bowled five overs for 17, Sobers, Gibbs and Rodriguez bowled 41.4 between them and England scored the runs for the loss of just 3 wickets. Griffith again couldn't bowled. Sobers could never live down the fun that was made of his captaincy though in his autobiography he talks of the strength of their spin attack the condition of the wicket and the fact that Butcher had taken five quick wickets in the first innings for next to nothing as justification !
Sobers made Butcher bowl another 15 uneventful (and reasonably frugal) overs in the next Test and that was the end of Butchers career as a Test bowler.
He bowled just 3 more overs in his career, at Lord's in his penultimate test.
There are only six bowlers in history who have a five wicket haul in Tests but only five wickets as their aggregate. But five of them have played just 2 Tests or less. Butcher played 44 !
Besides he took another 35 wickets in 125 FC matches (not counting the 44 Tests)with 4 for 30 against Leeward Islands as his best.
It will be difficult to find a bowler whose five wicket haul was a bigger surprise.
He was playing in his 32nd Test match against England at Queens Park in 1968. Till then he had just once bowled 6 overs against India at Feroze Shah Kotla. The match had half an hour or so left, it was doomed to be a draw and skipper Alexander asked Hunte nd Butcher to bowl out the match. It was in the spirit of fun as was befitting his bowling skills.
In 1968, England were 373 for 5, Cowdrey had heading for a big hundred and had put on over a hundred runs with D'Oliviera and they looked inseparable.
Sobers brought in Butcher as the sixth bowler, also because Griffith was indisposed and had bowled just 3 overs in the innings. Butcher went on to have Cowdrey caught behind in his very first over I think. He then proceeded to clean England up and took 4 wickets in his first three overs as England slipped from 373 for 5 to 381 for 9. He also got last man Jones to end up with 5 for 34 from 13.5 overs.
Sobers thought this made their spin attack pretty formidable (with him and Gibbs and Willie Rodriguez already in the side) and declared Windies second innings at 92 for 2 leaving England 215 to win. Sobers and Gibbs opened the bowling, Butcher bowled five overs for 17, Sobers, Gibbs and Rodriguez bowled 41.4 between them and England scored the runs for the loss of just 3 wickets. Griffith again couldn't bowled. Sobers could never live down the fun that was made of his captaincy though in his autobiography he talks of the strength of their spin attack the condition of the wicket and the fact that Butcher had taken five quick wickets in the first innings for next to nothing as justification !
Sobers made Butcher bowl another 15 uneventful (and reasonably frugal) overs in the next Test and that was the end of Butchers career as a Test bowler.
He bowled just 3 more overs in his career, at Lord's in his penultimate test.
There are only six bowlers in history who have a five wicket haul in Tests but only five wickets as their aggregate. But five of them have played just 2 Tests or less. Butcher played 44 !
Besides he took another 35 wickets in 125 FC matches (not counting the 44 Tests)with 4 for 30 against Leeward Islands as his best.
It will be difficult to find a bowler whose five wicket haul was a bigger surprise.
SJS
Hall of Fame Member
Jimmy Adams took 5 for 17 against Kiwis in April 1996. Take away this spell of 9 overs and he took 22 wickets in 54 test matches at 60 runs each with a strike rate of over 125 !
Like Butcher this he has no other 5 wicket haul in FC matches. But he bowled more regularly than Butcher.
Like Butcher this he has no other 5 wicket haul in FC matches. But he bowled more regularly than Butcher.
Migara
International Coach
Umpteen times better spinner than Bevan or Krezja
grant28
School Boy/Girl Captain
Stuart Broad??? You gotta be having a laugh! He's a decent bowler now and will develop into an extremely good bowler! Knowhere near the worst player to take a 5 wicket haul in Tests!
grant28
School Boy/Girl Captain
Haha! Brilliant!
Natman20
International Debutant
oldmancraigy
U19 12th Man
Yeah - but despite the fact they're both primarily batsmen, their FC spin record is much better than Krejza's.
If Krejza could bat as well as them, then we'd consider him a part time spinner - sadly some seem to think he's a full time one!!
Trumpers_Ghost
U19 Cricketer
Awesome postWilliams wasn't too bad though, and I was going to nominate Cook.
Of non specialist bowlers, Katich (against Zim, does that count) would have to take the cake. His pies were far worse than Border, Bevan (was very awkward but wayward as well) and Clarke.
But the winner is Krezja, how he took so many wickets on debut is as big a mystery as how he got a game. I would have been less surprised if White hadda taken a bag.
Just noticed that I only mentioned Aus players so add in these (I'm presuming all have 5fors, apologies if not I can't be frazed checking): Agikar, Nehra, Chris Lewis, Alan Mullaly, Klusener, Chandana, Giles, Embury, Hemmings.... gotta stop, the direness is depressing me
Noble One
International Vice-Captain
Many players from the past 15 years fit the criteria. I would say a couple of New Zealand spinners in Matthew Hart and Paul Wiseman.
Little suprise such average cricketers in Sami and Agarkar managed the feat. Given numerous opportunities to achieve a 5 wicket haul. As toothless as Agarkar was for much of his career, his spell of bowling against the Australians in Adelaide was one of the finer swing bowling performances I have ever witnessed.
Little suprise such average cricketers in Sami and Agarkar managed the feat. Given numerous opportunities to achieve a 5 wicket haul. As toothless as Agarkar was for much of his career, his spell of bowling against the Australians in Adelaide was one of the finer swing bowling performances I have ever witnessed.