What is the worst spell of bowling in international cricket ?

[Langeveldt]

Would have to be one of Saj Mahmood's many woeful spells

 

[social]

Would have to be one of Saj Mahmood's many woeful spells

No worse than Khan, Srinath and Nehra in the 2003 WC Final on an absolute greentop

Oz got 370 but probably wouldnt have been chasing much more than 150 if McGrath had bowled first on that deck

 

[Fidel Castro]

No worse than Khan, Srinath and Nehra in the 2003 WC Final on an absolute greentop

Oz got 370 but probably wouldnt have been chasing much more than 150 if McGrath had bowled first on that deck

Was never a greentop tbh. But was not a 370 pitch either. Khan pissed in his pants as soon as the openers cut into him (esp Gilly) and there was some excrutiatingly torrid death bowling by Srinath and Nehra.

 

[Krishna_j]

4.Patterson Thomson - WI Vs NZ 1996 Bridgetown ( 8-58-2)

while trawling thru cricinfo


One of the worst debuts in Test history, statistically and actually. When the chunky Barbadian fast bowler Patterson Thompson was called up against New Zealand in 1995-96, it all went wrong from the start. His first over went for 17, his second for eight, and he ended up with figures of 8-0-58-2, including a staggering 19 no-balls. It didn't get much better: his second-innings figures were 14-1-77-2. All this against a distinctly modest New Zealand side. For the next Test, Thompson suffered the ultimate ignominy for a Caribbean fast bowler: he was replaced by a legspinner, Rajindra Dhanraj. He did play one other Test, in Australia the following winter, when his figures were almost thrifty by his standards: 16-0-80-1.

Just adding from memory - Patterson was bowling to Nathan Astle in sublime form

 

[Evermind]

Was never a greentop tbh. But was not a 370 pitch either. Khan pissed in his pants as soon as the openers cut into him (esp Gilly) and there was some excrutiatingly torrid death bowling by Srinath and Nehra.

One of the legendary chokes, right up there with the Zulu/Donald run-out.