Most unceremonious exits from international cricket

[subshakerz]

We all remember the times greats leave on a high like Imran after the 1992 World Cup or McWarne after the 2007 Ashes.

What are the worst exits for cricketers with full careers in international cricket?

One immediate example is Miandad who chose to come out of retirement for the 96 WC just to be one of the last men on a sinking boat against India in Bangalore.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Akhtar's last match was him getting smashed all around the park by Ross Taylor.

 

[Chubb]

After a career of losing to Australia, Thorpe was dropped just before the Greatest Series Of All Time following tests against Bangladesh.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Vettori in the 2015 CWC final. Got a nasty sledge and send off from Haddin when he was the last chance to stay with Elliott and get a defendable score, and then took 0-25 off 5 overs as the Aussies cruised to victory.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Anyway it was the bloke who just needed to score 4 runs and got cleaned up for a duck.

 

[Athlai]

Oh yeah Haddin. What an absolute piece of ****

 

[Starfighter]

Alan Donald's wasn't too hot. Yank a hammy as the opposition piles up about ten million runs.

 

[Athlai]

I feel like Trescothick wasn't treated as well as he should've been or would be these days.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Hanse Cronje

 

[TheJediBrah]

After a career of losing to Australia, Thorpe was dropped just before the Greatest Series Of All Time following tests against Bangladesh.

Probably for the best as KP was vital to that series

 

[Adders]

Talking of KP......he's possibly the answer to this thread.

Opinion will always be divided if it was his fault or everybody else's......either way his exit from international cricket was anything but ceremonious.

 

[Coronis]

George Headley, Walter Hammond.

 

[TheJediBrah]

KP was the leading run-scorer for England in his last series, sounds like going out on top to me

 

[social]

Ian Healy & Dean Jones were both dropped after allegedly asking for farewell appearances

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[Prince EWS]

Ian Healy & Dean Jones were both dropped after allegedly asking for farewell appearances

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Rested.

The final rest.

 

[TheJediBrah]

The final rest.

This got dark

 

[Everton Seymour]

Liam Plunkett , last international match was the 2019 World Cup final for England , gets 3/42 in the match as England are crowned champions...

Gets dumped like yesterday's trash , excluded from a national contract after the World Cup which he finds out about on Twitter.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Liam Plunkett , last international match was the 2019 World Cup final for England , gets 3/42 in the match as England are crowned champions...

very well put

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Jack Hobbs Imo.Lost the Ashes series,1930 despite being seen as a way superior team.And didn’t get all the attention he deserved due to a bloke who scored nearly 1000 runs.

 

[mr_mister]

Mohammad Azharuddins controversial exit happened on 99 tests. So close to immortality