Worst regular bowler for a top side

[Mr Miyagi]

As promised; same as the batting thread, avoid the minnows.

Post your nominees for the worst pie chuckers of recent times who just kept on getting selected.

You can go retrospective - but extra points for recency. Poll to come after nominees discussed.

Mark Wood has to be a recent contender. With a healthy +40 average.

Rahat Ali has broken the 40 barrier, but only just.

Mark Craig from NZ may get a mention too (or Matt Henry - but he is on the improve).

Surprisingly to many, "unlucky" Ishant Sharma may not make the shortlist. His numbers are actually not the worst, but it is a very very long career at +35 for him.

Lakmal?

 

[trundler]

Gamage, post return Amir, Muhammad Sami, Cummins all come to mind.

 

[cnerd123]

Pre 2015 Ishant Sharma fits this bill nicely.

Mohammad Sami had a weirdly high average

Darren Powell played a lot of games

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Post return Amir isn't bowling all that badly imo. Pakistan aren't making catches off him.

Sami is a good shout. Cummins is getting better. Gamage I know nothing about

 

[OverratedSanity]

Pews' boy Sami wins.

Ishant was a lock to win the longevity argument but he's actually not that bad anymore.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Yeah I think Sami is going to qualify, well done.

 

[fredfertang]

Ian Salisbury

 

[Shri]

Stuart Binny

 

[Mr Miyagi]

It is more fun if we don't have a winner from the get go. Shall we Bradman-esque rule out Sami?

 

[Mr Miyagi]

ian salisbury

woooooooooooooooooooooooow!

Well done!

This is 15 tests, 20 wickets at a fraction under 77!

http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20051.html

 

[Bolo]

RSA spinners and Lankan seamers are the ones who seem to get decent runs despite averaging above 40 with the ball.

Today, I'm nominating boje.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Boje played a part in SA winning a series in India

 

[Shri]

Boje had heart.

 

[sledger]

Brett Lee.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

While his numbers are fairly respectable (compared to Salisbury anyway), Aaqib Javed looks pretty damn ordinary next to Imran, Qadir/Mustaq, Akram and Younis.

Manoj Probhakar needed his batting to play as many games as he did too I think. He was actually pretty good for an allrounder.

 

[cnerd123]

Boje did his job very well, its just that his job basically meant being a 40 average bowler with a sub-3 economy rate who also managed to score some runs and take some catches.

I think him and Giles are probably amongst the most limited skill wise to play as a Test regular, but they weren't that bad. Early Ishant was worse.

Sami wasn't that bad too, in terms of raw skills he was actually pretty good. Just couldn't take wickets. I don't understand why.

 

[Burgey]

Sami bowled that really good spell in that test in Sydney when Pakistan rolled Australia for **** all then lost anyway (was a bit sus tbh). Remember watching him and wondering why everyone thought he was so ****e.

Darren Powell belongs in this argument too.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Stuart Binny

Stuart Binny for India and a **** load of 90s players.

Shri has now voted for Stuart Binny as worst bat and worst bowler. So I think a worst all rounder thread will follow when this loses traction. Mitch Marsh has stiff competition.

 

[morgieb]

Boje played a part in SA winning a series in India

Yeah while Boje was pretty average, I still don't think he was worse than Robbie P or even Tahir in Tests. SA spinners barring Maharaj since readmission have been mostly crap, though.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Yeah while Boje was pretty average, I still don't think he was worse than Robbie P or even Tahir in Tests. SA spinners barring Maharaj since readmission have been mostly crap, though.

Maybe so, but I think that Pat Symcox would eat Ben Stokes in a street brawl.