Worst Test Cricketers of All Time

[Dan]

I once did a long-running (in time) thread on CricketWeb of the worst Test cricketers of all time and then wrote up bios of about 9 of the top 15.


The process was somewhat let down by not having that many nominations.


So, I thought I might re-do it.


Send me a list of your top ten worst Test cricketers of all time and I'll compile it into a list.


If someone on CricketWeb wants to post this thread on there, then I'd welcome nominations from CricketWeb people too.


Just e-mail me nominations to heathdavisspeed@gmail.com


Ta.

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[morgieb]

I wonder which future ATG makes this list.

 

[andmark]

So should we email Heath our lists?

 

[Starfighter]

It's still Ian Salisbury.

 

[Starfighter]

Actually, I gotta retract that, we had a thread maybe a year ago where we conclusively proved it's Rubel Hossain

 

[andmark]

Simon Kerrigan begs (literally on his knees) to differ.

 

[Bijed]

Simon Kerrigan begs (literally on his knees) to differ.

If we're going in terms of torrid single tests, I see your Kerrigan and raise you one Bryce McGain

 

[andmark]

If we're going in terms of torrid single tests, I see your Kerrigan and raise you one Bryce McGain

As incredibly bad as McGain's test was, Kerrigan's was surely worse given it was an Ashes test and he was replacing Swann. McGain was probably just amused he'd finish his long career being able to claim to have been a test cricketer.

 

[mr_mister]

Michael Beer

 

[fredfertang]

Vizzy

 

[Bijed]

As incredibly bad as McGain's test was, Kerrigan's was surely worse given it was an Ashes test and he was replacing Swann. McGain was probably just amused he'd finish his long career being able to claim to have been a test cricketer.

I'll grant you the higher-profile test, but Kerrigan didn't actually replace Swann, we went in with 2 spinners (effectively whittled down to 1 after Kerrigan's spell). I still can't look past McGain's 8+ RPO though

 

[andmark]

I'll grant you the higher-profile test, but Kerrigan didn't actually replace Swann, we went in with 2 spinners (effectively whittled down to 1 after Kerrigan's spell). I still can't look past McGain's 8+ RPO though

8 An over haha?! I didn't realise the run rate. You may actually be right here.

 

[Midwinter]

Vizzy

Head and shoulders above the rest

 

[Lillian Thomson]

If there’s no criteria in terms of number of matches Tony Pigott is a contender. A moderate English seamer who happened to be in New Zealand when a Test was being played and there was no time to fly anyone else in.

 

[stephen]

Poor McGain. Gets picked for his only test while he was injured and never gets another shot (He retired soon after tbf). Was pretty good at the domestic level.

 

[a massive zebra]

A while back we did a draft of the worst Test cricketers to play a minimum of 10 Tests. The teams selected were:

a massive zebra

Murray Chapple (5)
Louis Stricker
John Guy
Noel McGregor *
Maitland Hathorn
Craig Wishart
Jeetan Patel (3)
Mohammad Sharif (2)
Guy de Alwis +
Andy Whittall (4)
Manjural Islam (1)

fredfertang

Lawrie Miller 13 Tests average 13.84
John Parker 36 Tests average 24.55
Ashok Mankad 22 Tests average 25.41
*Datta Gaekwad 11 Tests average 18.92
Maurice Read 17 Tests average 17.87
Louis Tancred 14 Tests average 21.20
+Nana Joshi 12 Tests average 10.89
Daren Powell 37 Tests 87 wickets at 47.77 batting av 7.82
David O'Sullivan 11 Tests 18 wickets at 67.83 batting av 9.29
Champaka Ramanayake 18 Tests 44 wickets at 42.72 batting av 9.53
Cuan McCarthy 15 Tests 36 wickets at 41.94 batting av 3.11

kingkallis

1. Kris Srikkanth / (43)
2. Jehan Mubarak / (13)
3. Ken Rutherford / (c) (56)
4. Talat Ali / (10)
5. Evan Gray o / (10)
6. Ryan Hinds / o (15)
7. Peter Willey / o (26)
8. Tim Zoehrer + (10)
9. Ajit Agarkar o / (26)
10. Rahat Ali o (21)
11. Ashish Nehra o (17)

marc71178

Wayne Larkins: 13 games - 493 runs @ 20.54
Saleem Elahi: 13 games - 436 runs @ 18.95
Aftab Ahmed: 16 games - 582 runs @ 20.78
Carlton Baugh: 21 games - 610 runs @ 17.94
George Lohmann: 18 games - 213 runs @ 8.87
David Capel: 15 games - 374 runs @ 15.58, 21 wickets @ 50.66, S/R 95.20
Ken James: 11 games - 52 runs @ 4.72, 11 catches and 5 stumpings.
Abdur Razzak: 13 games - 28 wickets @ 59.75, S/R 107.60
Asoka de Silva: 10 games - 8 wickets @ 129.00, S/R 291.00
Tapash Baisya: 21 games - 36 wickets @ 59.36, S/R 93.60
Shafiul Islam: 11 games - 17 wickets @ 55.41, S/R 102.00

Michaelf7777777

William Shalders
Mick Commaille
John Morrison (*)
Jack Ikin
Maqsood Ahmed
John Sparling
Kamran Akmal (+)
Mark Craig
Alex Moir
Harry Cave
Geoff Allott

mr_mister

Adrian Griffith
Trevor Gripper
Ian Craig *
Syd Gregory
Dion Ebrahim
Mitch Marsh 5
Courtney Browne +
Nixon McLean 1
Ian Salisbury 4
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3
Pommie Mbangwa 2

SillyCowCorner1

1. Devon Smith *
2. Faoud Bacchus
3. Runako Morton
4. Narsingh Deonarine
5. Bruce Pairaudeau
6. David Williams +
7. Asif Mujtaba
8. Inshan Ali
9. Brian Murphy
10. Adam Sanford
11. Raphick Jumadeen

Teuton

Mike Shrimpton
Mark Dekker
Matt Poore
Ross Morgan
Mike Brearley
Ruwan Kalpage c
Mike Findlay
Mluleki Nkala
Rubel Hossain
Enamul Haque
Shahadat Hossain

trundler

Stoneman
Ashraful
Aminul Islam
Javed Omar
John Dyson
Lee Germon
Farveez Maharoof
Munaf Patel
Paul Allot
Muhammad Sami
Ishant Sharma

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Daren Powell 37 Tests 87 wickets at 47.77 batting av 7.82

This is the correct answer.

 

[SteveNZ]

Worst always seems harsh, given we could praise someone like Jamie Siddons but admonish someone who actually made it to the top level.

But if the topic got around to ODI cricketers, Andy Mathieson's name could come up. Just happened to be in the right country at the right time, played an ODI, got a wicket with his first ball, nothing else happened then retired two years later at 28 years old.

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Mathieson was somewhat of a Mike Whitney type situation, few injuries to the touring squad leave them short a bowler, just pick the nearest eligible player available.

John Watkins a name that springs to mind. A leggie who hadn't even been a NSW regular, was picked against Pakistan pretty much directly from Newcastle club cricket. Bowled about half a dozen overs where he barely hit the cut surface, but he did make a 36 that turned out to be very important for the game. Was taken to the Caribbean where his form didn't improve, was not risked in any of the tests, before fading back in to the obscurity from which he came from

 

[NZTailender]

As much as I was a fan for a while, Jamie How should be in contention. 19 tests, 4 fifties and an average of 22.