Worst players of spin bowling?

[ret]

Courtney Walsh

 

[deeps]

ok walsh and martin were crap against any bowling, so i don't think they were particularly bad at spin alone...

i think the thread was meant to ask who was significantly worse aagainst spin over pace

 

[Xuhaib]

Basit Ali, Ejaz Ahmed.

 

[Xuhaib]

Basit Ali, Ejaz Ahmed.

I forgot to add Razzaq and Azhar Mehmood.

 

[Top_Cat]

My impressions of Graeme Hick against spin were forever coloured when I saw how much of a mess Mushie made of him the 1992 WC. Since then, he only did slightly better at international level.

Robin Smith, for sure. Shane Watson is a bit dodgy against spin with his carbon-fibre technique and m'thinks Phil Jaques isn't real comfortable against spin either.

 

[andruid]

Me with a career average of 4 runs of 20 odd deliveries against a school teacher bowling harmless long hops

 

[sideshowtim]

Brett Lee is a better batsman than Warne was.

Problem is 9 10 and 11, all of them are interchangeable no 11s. Not that it matters because theyre 3 of the 4 best bowlers in Australia

What's wrong with Johnson's batting? Averages 28.45 in First-class cricket...A very decent average for a bowler in the Pura Cup. Clark's batting has improved out of sight recently too. Can hit some shots that make him look like a batsman...Needs to know when to cool his jets though. Often goes McCullum and plays the dumb, big shots when not needed. And MacGill...won't get many runs but has shown he can stick around under pressure in state cricket. He looks like dirt when he tries to score runs though.

 

[Richard]

What's wrong with Johnson's batting? Averages 28.45 in First-class cricket

Blimey, that good, I'd never looked. That's not all that far short of all-rounder status, if he can keep that up.

 

[lord brown]

Quite suprised no one has mentioned Richard Blakey!

 

[Migara]

To be honest when Warne was at his best he could make anyone look rubbish.

He hoped that when he toured India. Warne was Sidhu's bitch whenever they faced up.

 

[Migara]

For people from the sub continent I always thought Pakistani batsmen were poorer players of spin then say India or even Sri Lanka traditionally. I'm no expert but I guess Indian pitches would take more spin then the Pakistani ones or at least how I've always viewed it. I could be wrong though.

I thought the effect of not playing India or plaing in India has had an effect. Before that period where no cricket was played head-to-head bw India and Pakistan, pakistanis were good players of spin. It shows in figures of the Indian spinners lke Bedi, Chandra or Venkat. After that period Pakistanis became poorer and poorer in spin play.

 

[Migara]

Robin Smith was the first name I thought of. If not the worst player of spin his was probably the biggest difference between proficiency at facing seam & proficiency at facing spin.

Alec Stewart wasn't too flash either, but did get better as he went on in his career.

How about Ricardo Powell?

 

[BoyBrumby]

How about Ricardo Powell?

Haven't really seen enough of him against spin to say, in all honesty. Not such a good batsman as Smith or Stewart generally tho.

 

[Richard]

Indeed, not even close.

Ricardo Powell is quite the worst batsman I've ever seen play 100 ODIs, and one of the worst I've seen play even a single Test.

 

[Flem274*]

Sinclair isn't the greatest even when he was good.

 

[Craig]

ok walsh and martin were crap against any bowling, so i don't think they were particularly bad at spin alone...

i think the thread was meant to ask who was significantly worse aagainst spin over pace

If people can't work that out for themselves then are struggling. Hey I have some prime swamp land real estate they might be interested in.

 

[Craig]

I thought the effect of not playing India or plaing in India has had an effect. Before that period where no cricket was played head-to-head bw India and Pakistan, pakistanis were good players of spin. It shows in figures of the Indian spinners lke Bedi, Chandra or Venkat. After that period Pakistanis became poorer and poorer in spin play.

Sorry I meant more present day (90's onwards) Pakistani batsmen. Of course I can't commentabout how well they played against Venkat or Bedi since I wasn't born then.

He hoped that when he toured India. Warne was Sidhu's bitch whenever they faced up.

How many spinners in India have no been made to look second rate? And I mean non sub-continent spinners (ie English, Australian etc).

 

[Top_Cat]

How many spinners in India have no been made to look second rate? And I mean non sub-continent spinners (ie English, Australian etc).

I remember having a look at this a while back and indeed, most foreign spinners have barely taken a wicket in India in the last 40 years. That said, Sidhu belted everyone that series. I watched most of it and it was glorious watching how he took to all of the bowlers. Best example I've ever seen of an opener taking on the opposition all by himself to make it easier for all who followed. Shame he didn't get a ton that series because he deserved at least one. That Azhar and Sachin were able to dominate that series was due in no small part to the great starts they were given.

 

[neville cardus]

Not just current, but some former players can count as well. I'll put forward Shane Warne's bitch Daryll Cullinan.

And I'll raise you any of Cullinan's mid-'nineties South African coevals.

 

[silentstriker]

For an Indian batsman, Yuvraj Singh is pretty bad against spin. I was surprised he made it to the national team in India with his ability against spin.