What was the lowest point for your cricket team?

[subshakerz]

If you had to choose a series or season that represented the lowest point for your cricket side in terms of its overall quality in tests, what would it be? To make it easier, we can take the modern period of 1970s onwards.

For Pakistan, I think the last series in Australia in 2020 when they were annihilated was perhaps the poorest quality side that I have seen Pakistan field in this period.

 

[Heboric]

Whenever my team gets whitewashed in a test series. When that happens its very low. No fighting draw not even the old "playing for pride" result

 

[Flem274*]

Sticking like glue to quality, Lord's 2008 was a Ross Taylor away from associate batting. Think on how scary it would be to support say England's batting sans Root and Stokes, then realise NZ 2008 were worse.

The West Indian tour of 2012 was my biggest moment of doubt though. That tour was far less dramatic than others but something about watching that NZ side was truly bleak.

 

[Himannv]

They're generally all low - would be easier to count the high points.

 

[trundler]

If you had to choose a series or season that represented the lowest point for your cricket side in terms of its overall quality in tests, what would it be? To make it easier, we can take the modern period of 1970s onwards.

For Pakistan, I think the last series in Australia in 2020 when they were annihilated was perhaps the poorest quality side that I have seen Pakistan field in this period.

Getting outscored by Hayden.

 

[CricAddict]

Apart from match fixing saga, 8-0 felt so.

 

[wpdavid]

The 1989 Ashes was probably the nadir, especially as we hadn't a home test since 1985, apart from a one-off against SL.

 

[Burgey]

Losing at home to India. Easily worse than the mid-80s or the WSC fiascos.

 

[chris.hinton]

Losing to New Zealand in 1999. Although at the moment this is running close

 

[CricAddict]

Losing at home to India. Easily worse than the mid-80s or the WSC fiascos.

There have been quite a few matches and last couple of series. Which one do you mean?

 

[srbhkshk]

8 - 0 easily, coming right after the WC win just made it that much worse.

 

[subshakerz]

Getting outscored by Hayden.

Yeah that was horrible but at least we were getting rolled over by an ATG team.

 

[subshakerz]

Losing to New Zealand in 1999. Although at the moment this is running close

That series felt like a culmination of all the 90s England mediocrity.

 

[honestbharani]

The most hopeless I felt as an Indian fan is the 8-0 in 2011. But the worst was easily the fixing saga and the dark 2000 we had.

 

[honestbharani]

Losing at home to India. Easily worse than the mid-80s or the WSC fiascos.

Twice

 

[Slifer]

Everything post 2000. But the lowest point imo was losing 2-0 in Bangladesh in 2018.

 

[subshakerz]

I think in hindsight, the spotfixing scandal in 2010 was the real knockout blow for Pakistan cricket. Aside from the disgrace, Pakistan lost two worldclass bowlers in Asif and Aamir. England was lost as Pakistan's home venue. Mohd Yousuf retired just after and Younis Khan was still out of the team. It really left the team in a shambles.

 

[ImpatientLime]

Losing to New Zealand in 1999. Although at the moment this is running close

that caddick, mullally, tufnell and giddins tail was something else.

 

[honestbharani]

that caddick, mullally, tufnell and giddins tail was something else.

Mate we have been honoring them for the last 5-6 years even in LO cricket.

 

[SteveNZ]

Some point that I've repressed around the late 2000s, although the early to mid 1990s are also up there. Didn't win a Test series that wasn't Zimbabwe from 1990 to 96/97, got beaten by SA/Windies/Sri Lanka at home in our centenary series (1995/96) then put the cherry on top by scoring 130 in 50 overs in the final of our centenary ODI tournament, which Australia wiped in 31 overs.