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Worst tails ever
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fredfertang
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At least you can legitimately claim that was your 3rd eleven
Shady Slim
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sri lanka have had a pretty mediocre tail for everyone not named his roundness lately, they've normally either been stacked with useless tailenders from around nine down like lakmal or stacked with mediocre nonrounders from six down like thisara perera
Zinzan
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Given big Lance was never any more express than about 127 kms, that's saying a lot.
Only if you agree that they had 12 better batsman than Border at the time.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
And Hughes.
It was about their 2nd and a half wasn't it?
Perhaps those two would have been with Packer if WSC had happened 12 months later.
anil1405
International Captain
And the Pakistani tailenders have taken OS for the cleaners.
Him and McGrath at 11 were often paired and on a surprising number of occassions, McGrath would outscore him when Pigeon got out! But he was very good at being the not out batsman in the end of it all...
In fact I can remember Dizzy was with McGrath on 3 occassions when Pigeon passed his highest score. McGrath got out on those 3 occassions, but Gillespie had scored less than him each of these times.
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Amazing that not one NZ tail has been offered, and actually I can't remember any horrendous ones. O'Brien/Martin was a pretty unco 10-11 through the 2008-2012 sort of period, although both always sold their wicket with a high price - which couldn't be said for Southee and Patel above them.
In Simon Doull's first test (Zimbabwe 1992-93) 7-11 were D Patel, Su'a, Doull, Haslam, Watson. Doull became a decent no.9 but back then he was a 10 and a half at best....
The kiwi selectors saw the error of their ways... come Doull's 2nd test match (Australia at Hobart), and the 8-11 were Su'a, Morrison (at 9!!!), Doull and de Gron. Throw in Patel at 5, and Harris at 6. Easily the worst batting side I've seen NZ put out in my lifetime. Pocock, Greatbatch, Jones and Rutherford was hardly a stellar top 4 either. The whole side's combined average must have been about 220.
I heard Gus Fraser once interviewed and he said he was once picked to bat at number 8 for England. 6th test vs Australia 1993. Fraser, Watkin, Such, Malcolm. He did rise to the occasion with 28 and 13, but that tail is pretty hard to out-do.
CricAddict
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Saha-Ishant-Shami-Bumrah-Umesh that India played for a couple of tests in SA and Aus. Definitely one of the weakest tails to have played for India.
The tails for WI have been bad since Lara's days.
The tails for WI have been bad since Lara's days.
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I don't think this will happen again in the near future. Ash-Jaddu are going to play most of the tests together overseas as well post the success in Australia.
RossTaylorsBox
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This change as long as Oshane is in the team.
Fuller Pilch
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One of the best in the world now with Jason Holder, Joshua Da Silva, Alzarri Joseph, and Rakheem Cornwall
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Do they play together much though?
