Worst International "Batter" currently????

[NUFAN]

I think that Syed Rasel is a worthy candidate for second worst batter.

He averages under 5 in all 3 forms of International Cricket.

 

[NZTailender]

Anyone remember Alan Mullaly and his potential world record in the Ashes quite a few back? Came out and hit a couple of fours in a 14 IIRC. Was one of the most entertaining innings by a tailender I've ever seen

 

[Uppercut]

Also annoys me that you blame me as if I'd invented the damn thing (ie, the abysmal pun). Obviously, I did nothing of the sort.

And TBH, I didn't watch so much as one single ball of that O'Diren not-so-dire batting in the second-innings. Had I done so, I might quite possibly have not criticised his batting to any great degree.

Anyway, you won't get far with me by punning names of players.

Richard Direnson.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Also annoys me that you blame me as if I'd invented the damn thing (ie, the abysmal pun). Obviously, I did nothing of the sort.

And TBH, I didn't watch so much as one single ball of that O'Diren not-so-dire batting in the second-innings. Had I done so, I might quite possibly have not criticised his batting to any great degree.

Anyway, you won't get far with me by punning names of players.

Yet you are the person STILL using the derogatory nickname for him.

Your hypocrisy staggers me. Only yesterday on another thread, you were saying that Atherton shouldn't be judged on his initial performances when he wasn't ready for test cricket. As such, I would expect that you wouldn't have called him "Atherturd" or "Atherbysmal" based on those early games, but its different for a player that you don't deem fashionable and isn't a Pom.

You were more than willing to make crass assumptions about O'Brien's ability based on a couple of poor early games, despite the testament of other members who've seen a lot more of him that those games were not a fair reflection of his ability.

And as for you getting fed up of me calling you out for making digs at O'Brien, I'm guaranteed to keep doing it if you don't put that ****ter of a nickname to bed.

 

[Shaggy Alfresco]

Anyone remember Alan Mullaly and his potential world record in the Ashes quite a few back? Came out and hit a couple of fours in a 14 IIRC. Was one of the most entertaining innings by a tailender I've ever seen

It is The Oval, 1996; the third Test against Pakistan; the England coach David Lloyd again. "I made Alan a bet. I said: 'You get 30 and I'll buy you 30 pints of Guinness. That's a promise.' Now, he wasn't a big drinker but he took it on."

Remarkably, against Wasim and Waqar, Mullally started to score - quickly, too. Within a quarter of an hour he had hit five boundaries and made 24. "It was then that he gestured to the dressing room," remembers Lloyd. "He made a drinking-a-pint sign with his hand. I even heard him shout to me, 'Get 'em in!'"

That was enough for Wasim Akram, who promptly knocked out Mullally's poles, with the hero six short of an unlikely prize. He got so close.

Did Lloyd pay out anyway? "No. Of course not."

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/303300.html

 

[zaremba]

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/303300.html

Great article. The thing is, I remember Mullally smacking McGrath around in one glorious innings of 20 odd. Tufnell never did that and could never be that. Tufnell wins.

But even Tufnell wasn't quite in the Chris Martin class.

I have to say, watching Jimmy Anderson bowl bouncers at Chris Martin in the recent Test series was a pretty unedifying sight.

 

[NZTailender]

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/england/content/story/303300.html

Interesting article, cheers.

And the innings I was thinking of was this one.

 

[Uppercut]

Interesting article, cheers.

And the innings I was thinking of was this one.

Ah, Dean Headley! The Simon Jones of the late nineties.

 

[Langeveldt]

Remember this match?

The commentators were screaming, "Nel needs to get a single! Get Boucher on strike if South Africa are to have any chance of stealing this one!"

Then Nel hit consecutive cover drives for four and won them the match with a single. All off the last three balls of the innings.

That was the match I had in mind

 

[NZTailender]

Ah, Dean Headley! The Simon Jones of the late nineties.

I remember watching that Test, was very impressive bowling.

 

[Somerset]

Thought Martin had never hit a boundary against a Test-class team?

I think the statistic is that hes never hit a boundary in tests in front of square of the wicket, or so we've been informed.

 

[Natman20]

Chris Martin scored 7 off 23 balls against South Africa in his debut match. Classy. His highest score is 12* against BD this year

 

[Jonty Lathwal]

good to see some people supporting Martin.......

but he's still loosing badly..........3-40

 

[Langeveldt]

Martin reminds me of playing Brian Lara Cricket 2005, when you get the tailend batsmen who have a different style to the real batters..

 

[Xuhaib]

Shabbir Ahmed is the only one who can give Martin competition.

 

[Flem274*]

Yet you are the person STILL using the derogatory nickname for him.

Your hypocrisy staggers me. Only yesterday on another thread, you were saying that Atherton shouldn't be judged on his initial performances when he wasn't ready for test cricket. As such, I would expect that you wouldn't have called him "Atherturd" or "Atherbysmal" based on those early games, but its different for a player that you don't deem fashionable and isn't a Pom.

You were more than willing to make crass assumptions about O'Brien's ability based on a couple of poor early games, despite the testament of other members who've seen a lot more of him that those games were not a fair reflection of his ability.

And as for you getting fed up of me calling you out for making digs at O'Brien, I'm guaranteed to keep doing it if you don't put that ****ter of a nickname to bed.

AWTA.

Iain O'Brien>>>>Michael Atherton>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Dominic Cork

 

[Richard]

Anyone remember Alan Mullaly and his potential world record in the Ashes quite a few back? Came out and hit a couple of fours in a 14 IIRC. Was one of the most entertaining innings by a tailender I've ever seen

The 1998/99 series? Where his 16 (3 fours) at The MCG played a huge part in England winning their only Test on the tour?

Mullally, however, once batted nine in a Test. With Tufnell and Giddins adjudged - rightly - to be even worse. David Graveney promised after that game that England would never again pick such a weak bottom four (Caddick was at eight). So what happens in Sri Lanka 8-and-a-half years later? Yes - they pick Sidebottom, Hoggard, Anderson, Panesar. Which was even worse.

 

[Richard]

Your hypocrisy staggers me. Only yesterday on another thread, you were saying that Atherton shouldn't be judged on his initial performances when he wasn't ready for test cricket. As such, I would expect that you wouldn't have called him "Atherturd" or "Atherbysmal" based on those early games, but its different for a player that you don't deem fashionable and isn't a Pom.

I don't think so somehow. I don't have bias towards or against players based on their nationality, and I couldn't give two hoots for fashionability.

If O'Brien should go on to have a long successful career (unlikely, I'm sure you'll agree, as he's already 31) then of course he'd have earnt the right to have those first 4 games ignored. In the unlikely event such a thing happens of couse I'll do such a thing. However, O'Brien's age, combined with the fact he isn't that good, just vastly improved from his first few games, means he's unlikely to play more than a handful more games as of this point.

But clearly, it makes little sense to do anything other than separate his first 4 games from his most recent 4 (or however many it is AGAINST TEST-CLASS TEAMS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! since he's gotten better - or started to bowl as he's normally bowled rather than woefully worse, or however you wish to look at it). There is absolutely no way I'm grouping the two sets together.

 

[Richard]

I have to say, watching Jimmy Anderson bowl bouncers at Chris Martin in the recent Test series was a pretty unedifying sight.

Yeah he was roundly condemned by the few posters who were sitting on here in the middle of the night for doing such a thing.

 

[Precambrian]

The 1998/99 series? Where his 16 (3 fours) at The MCG played a huge part in England winning their only Test on the tour?

Mullally, however, once batted nine in a Test. With Tufnell and Giddins adjudged - rightly - to be even worse. David Graveney promised after that game that England would never again pick such a weak bottom four (Caddick was at eight). So what happens in Sri Lanka 8-and-a-half years later? Yes - they pick Sidebottom, Hoggard, Anderson, Panesar. Which was even worse.

I thought Sidey was a decent tailender. As too Hoggy, Isnt he one of the best nightwatchmen around? Anderson and Panesat are mugs.