Worst batsman ever to score a Test match 100

[Langeveldt]

I'm going to go for Jerome Taylor.. In terms of recent years, his competition would include

1. Jason Gillespie
2. Saqlain Mushtaq
3. Dwayne Smith

 

[Prince EWS]

I'm going to go for Jerome Taylor.. In terms of recent years, his competition would include

1. Jason Gillespie
2. Saqlain Mushtaq
3. Dwayne Smith

Rafique is worth a mention IMO. He's a little better than Saqlain though; I reckon he takes the cake.

 

[GIMH]

Mathew Sinclair

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Watched extended highlights of Dizzy not long ago, he played some absolutely terrific shots in that knock. Had forgotten just how well he played.

 

[Prince EWS]

Mathew Sinclair

Geraint Jones

 

[GIMH]

I knew that was coming

 

[Langeveldt]

Watched extended highlights of Dizzy not long ago, he played some absolutely terrific shots in that knock. Had forgotten just how well he played.

yeah he is a capable batsman, but not one good enough to deserve a test century.. Warnie on the other hand did I think

 

[fredfertang]

The worst batsmen I have seen (as opposed to bowlers/keepers who can bat a bit) who have recorded test centuries are Adrian Griffith and Trevor Franklin

 

[protea lover]

yeah he is a capable batsman, but not one good enough to deserve a test century.. Warnie on the other hand did I think

Warnie never really focused though. He would always try to smash the ball rather than finesse it. I liked dizzy more as a taileneder as he would be harder to dismiss IMO. especially if you have a guy like hussey at the other end smashing you to all parts and then a tailender that blocks and leaves alot.

 

[BoyBrumby]

If one goes by averages then Saqlain is the top (bottom?) boy of the ton-up brigade with a test tally of only 14.48 runs per innings.

Running him a close second tho with an average of 14.50 was an SA pre-war leggie who rejoiced in the quite wonderful name of Xenophon Constantine Balaskas who managed only 174 runs in his entire test career, but 122 of them coming in one unbeaten knock.

His overall FC record suggests he was probably a fair bit better than his test stats would have us believe tho.

 

[TT Boy]

Pure 'batsman', Daren Ganga from recent times.

 

[protea lover]

Pure 'batsman', Daren Ganga from recent times.

yeah he is a complete mug. I would rate him worse than How and redmond.

 

[Langeveldt]

yeah he is a complete mug. I would rate him worse than How and redmond.

Love watching him bat, fantastic technique but never fails to get out

 

[Prince EWS]

Pure 'batsman', Daren Ganga from recent times.

Ganga > Dwayne Smith IMO. At least Ganga scores runs at First Class level ocassionally - Smith only averages about 25 even there. I suppose you could argue that Smith's more of an allrounder than a pure batsman but he was selected as a specialist batsman when he made that debut ton.

 

[Jigga988]

Pure 'batsman', Daren Ganga from recent times.

Nah, there was a time where he could bat, deserved the centuries he got.

 

[Langeveldt]

Ganga > Dwayne Smith IMO. At least Ganga scores runs at First Class level ocassionally - Smith only averages about 25 even there. I suppose you could argue that Smith's more of an allrounder than a pure batsman but he was selected as a specialist batsman when he made that debut ton.

He (Smith) is the second worst cricketer to play for a test side other than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe that I've ever seen.. Absolutely appaling player and that century he scored against SA made me want to rip my eyes out

 

[Jigga988]

Ganga > Dwayne Smith IMO. At least Ganga scores runs at First Class level ocassionally - Smith only averages about 25 even there. I suppose you could argue that Smith's more of an allrounder than a pure batsman but he was selected as a specialist batsman when he made that debut ton.

There are lots of Windies batsman who will have the odd good flash innings, - Taylor, Smith and Marshall will probobly have one soon, but they will never have the temprament to do anything sustainable, as it goes though they arn't bad batsman, meaning they got some talent. It's just there temprament that weighs them down.

Ganga is a bit of an anomoly, don't know what to make of him, should in theorry be a good opener and a good foil to Gayle but just always gets out, quite baffling really.

 

[Jigga988]

He (Smith) is the second worst cricketer to play for a test side other than Bangladesh and Zimbabwe that I've ever seen.. Absolutely appaling player and that century he scored against SA made me want to rip my eyes out

Don't see why that century would have wanted to make you do that, it wasn't a bad innings, just like Taylor's really. He (Smith) will probobly get a nother run in England because one of either Marshall or Chatergoon will get dropped, hopefully it's the latter.

 

[Prince EWS]

Don't see why that century would have wanted to make you do that, it wasn't a bad innings, just like Taylor's really. He (Smith) will probobly get a nother run in England because one of either Marshall or Chatergoon will get dropped, hopefully it's the latter.

Dwayne Bravo is still to come back from injury though, so he'll be the one to replace Chattergoon or Marshall. There's a few seemingly ahead of Dwayne Smith in the queue right now anyway; I doubt he'll be playing a Test any time soon.

 

[protea lover]

This shows me how out of touch I am with their current side.
Last time I saw them play Chattergoon and Marshall were good up and comers and smith and bravo were on the way out.