Worst Nation of the decade?

[Xuhaib]

That bowling attack is better than most Indian bowling attacks (pace) in the decade.

maybe for odi's in tests this is as dire as it can get

 

[Shri]

very easy since this was our worst decade since the 60's.

Naved Latif
Imran Farhat
Yasir Hameed
Faisal Iqbal
Misbah ul Haq
Kamran Akmal
Abdur Razzaq
Sohail Khan
Rao Iftikhar
Rana Naveed
Mohd Khalil

Missed Sami. Rana > Sami imo.


Though thats not saying much.

 

[Xuhaib]

Missed Sami. Rana > Sami imo.


Though thats not saying much.

Sami has two fivers.Forgot about Sami maybe still the first morning hang over on 2nd thoughts I think Rao>Sami.

 

[Flem274*]

^lmao @ that bowling attack.
But on your basis stated above Broom & Flynn would be considered too young aswell one would think. Plus James Marshall has an epic 161 to his name

Was pretty hard to find really dire bats. Some of the ODI batsmen this decade have at least been meh, but not absolute no hopers.

Harsh on Flynn and Broom, but they suffer because the ODI line up has been so settled with Astle, Fleming, Styris, Macka, Marshall, Oram, Harris, Cairns, McCullum etc (plus the recent additions) with the likes of Vincent and Sinclair floating around, who arent great but arent disgraces either.

 

[Prince EWS]

Saudi Arabia IMO.

 

[Howsie]

All those batsmen > James Marshall . No Papps either? Horne and How are better imo. I didnt include Guptill because of his age, likewise for Southee. Harris is a fair shout, shame he wasnt given a go in a position he might actualy succeed in but on what we know he is right er...up...there.

Nah, Matt Horne was the worst IMO. He batted in 20 innings from 2000-03 and averaged 16 with 335 runs. He did score one 100 during this time but that was against Zimbabwe and if you take that out he averages 11 in 19 innings, not even Michael Papps was that bad.

The reason I have Jamie How ahead of the likes of Papps and co is because he played 19 matches and had 35 innings, which was 24 more then Marshall and 19 more then Papps. Imo someone who plays that much more should be ranked lower/higher (however you want to put it) then guys that only played in a few games.

As for Martin Guptill and Tim Southee, well I didn't take age into consideration and I see no reason why somebody would. Fact is they played test cricket, age shouldn't matter. Southee wasn't ready for test cricket until just recently IMO, but he played and didn't do so well so tough luck. Same could be said for Guptill but unlike everyone else that failed at the top this decade he didn't even have a decent FC record.

 

[Jarquis]

Saudi Arabia IMO.

 

[bryce]

Hard to say Southee wasn't ready, especially after his emphatic debut. I reckon he got a bit relaxed about international cricket and just gradually let his standards slip, culminating in 0/105 off 10 overs.
I reckon he'll be alot better off this time round with crucial lessons about top class international cricket already under his belt.

 

[DaRick]

Well, here are my picks. In the case of Tests, many of these players probably would've had distinguished careers playing for other countries, were just unlucky with the pitch or with selectors, or they only played a little. Nevertheless:

TESTS:
- GS Blewett (was in horrible form by the time 2000 came around)
- CJL Rogers (only played one Test, but looked thoroughly uncomfortable)
- MTG Elliott (only played one Test on a minefield, but flopped spectacularly)
- ML Love (was unlucky not to play more, but didn't do quite as well as he could've when he did)
- A Symonds (yes, he's the worst batsman I found who actually batted here)
- AB McDonald (too high for a batsman of his 'skill')
- GA Manou (skillful keeper, but not Test class)
- CL White (mind, he was picked as a spinner in India)
- BA Williams (mishandled somewhat, but his FC record wasn't all that)
- SW Tait (possessed little beyond extreme pace, reverse swing and the ability to bow the odd jaffa + wasn't much as a fielder or batsman)
- BE McGain (not the worst FC record, but his Test debut was one for the ages)
12th man: NW Bracken (for conditions where two 'spinners' aren't required)

The likes of Dan Cullen, Jason Krejza and Beau Casson had crappier FC records than McGrain, but did not perform nearly as badly when they actually played at the highest level.

ODI's:
- R Campbell (had the worst domestic record out of all the prospective openers)
- DA Warner (averaged an incredible 15! )
- IJ Harvey (yes, he batted here!)
- DJ Hussey (distinctly poor at ODI level)
- JP Maher (ditto)
- MC Henriques (yes, he batted here - also picked for his 'bowling')
- GA Manou (not ODI class, either)
- DJ Cullen (offered little with the ball when tried)
- BW Hilfenhaus (his ODI outings have been rather bad)
- ML Lewis (a given)
- BR Dorey (picked for the wrong format and looked quite dire)
12th man: M Cosgrove (a fun sight to watch - this big blob streaming across the field)

Some others were worth considering, but their selections actually made some kind of sense (Laughlin), didn't play for long enough (Geeves) or didn't have bad domestic records (Jaques).

 

[popepouri]

Tests

Khan
Dippenaar
Ontong
Strydom
Z De Bruyn
Tsolekile
R. Peterson
Dawson
Willoughby
Hayward
Eksteen

ODIs
Strydom
Bodi
Ontong
V Van Jaarsveld
Benkenstein
Kent
Louw
Philander
Kruger
Abrahams
Tshabalala

Some of them didn't live up to potential and sum were just woeful selections.

 

[Prince EWS]

Tests

Khan
Dippenaar
Ontong
Strydom
Z De Bruyn
Tsolekile
R. Peterson
Dawson
Willoughby
Hayward
Eksteen

ODIs
Strydom
Bodi
Ontong
V Van Jaarsveld
Benkenstein
Kent
Louw
Philander
Kruger
Abrahams
Tshabalala

Some of them didn't live up to potential and sum were just woeful selections.

What did De Bruyn do wrong in Tests?

 

[popepouri]

Nothing really but it was toss up between him, Martin van Jaarsveld and Jacques Rudolph. The latter being better IMO. I can't think of another name. Bacher only went up to 1999.

If I played another bowler then it would be Zondeki.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Haven't put much thought into it, but throwing this out there for discussion:

World Worst Test XI
Jehan Mubarak (SL)
Brenton Parchment (WI)
Jack Marshall (NZ)
Hemang Badani (Ind)
Ed Smith (Eng)
Dwayne Smith (WI)
+ Courtney Browne (WI)
Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak)
Bryce McGain (Aus)
Amjad Khan (Eng)
Marlon Black (WI)

Going with a 6-1-4 formation with 3:1, seamers to spinners. No clue who the captain would be.

 

[Shri]

Nehra deserves a spot ahead of Rana in tests.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Nehra deserves a spot ahead of Rana in tests.

If Rana could take his wickets at 16 runs less and with the better part of a run better economy, he'd be thrilled. Especially when you've never taken more than 3 wickets in an innings.

 

[Shri]

If Rana could take his wickets at 16 runs less and with the better part of a run better economy, he'd be thrilled. Especially when you've never taken more than 3 wickets in an innings.

Haha, didn't know he was that bad. Fair enough.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

World Worst ODI XI
Xavier Marshall (WI)
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)
Daniel Flynn (NZ)
Anthony McGrath (Eng)
Jamie Dalrymple (Eng)
Rikki Clarke (Eng)
+ Tim Ambrose (Eng)
Ryan Hurley (WI)
Gareth Batty (Eng)
Mick Lewis (Aus)
Marlon Black (WI)

Perhaps a bit harsh on England there, but not an overwhelming amount of thought and effort went into the selections.

 

[slowfinger]

Haha nothing too wrong with that 9/10 for bad-ness(?).

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Jack Marshall (NZ)

So bad, it's not even worth spelling his name right.

 

[TT Boy]

Tests

Khan
Dippenaar
Ontong
Strydom
Z De Bruyn
Tsolekile
R. Peterson
Dawson
Willoughby
Hayward
Eksteen

ODIs
Strydom
Bodi
Ontong
V Van Jaarsveld
Benkenstein
Kent
Louw
Philander
Kruger
Abrahams
Tshabalala

Some of them didn't live up to potential and sum were just woeful selections.

Dewald Pretorius over Wayward.