Worst Test XI from your country

[Howe_zat]

Doherty was worse than Smith. At least Smith managed to put a few decent innings together.

 

[smash84]

Smith has no place in one of these teams. Cam White - for the role he was selected in - arguably does, though.

for the role of leg spinner Smith is right up there as Sami is in the role of fast bowler I think

 

[howardj]

Smith has no place in one of these teams. Cam White - for the role he was selected in - arguably does, though.

I always wondered which role he was actually selected for. He batted at eight in his Test appearances, and doesn't even bowl himself let alone the selectors thinking that Ponting would turn to him.

 

[keeper]

Well there you go HDS, our posts crossed and Paul Taylor is on one side of the line or the other. You're probably right I suppose. Ilott was a good county bowler (and a serious player at club level I happen to know) but was pretty conclusively proved to be out of his depth as a Test player. I suppose there are others one could draft in though. Neil Mallender, Neil Williams, Joey Benjamin. Christ, we are well catered for in the crap Test bowler department aren't we?

Harsh on Mallender I feel. He was a fine county pro who was a clear horse-for-courses selection on a green Headingley wicket and did his job quite superbly. Second cap was a selection too far of course but not embarrassingly so. Admittedly not an international class player in normal conditions but at least did a job very well when called upon.

My other thought was Mark Lathwell. Actually, his performance in his 2 Tests looks not so bad in hindsight. Selection policy back then was a joke of course. Still, a contender.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Sticking to those who debuted since 1990.

1. Wayne Philips (Vic)
2. Phil Hughes
3. Martin Love
4. Stuart Law
5. Shaun Young
6. Graeme Manou
7. Phil Emery
8. Paul McIntyre
9. Brad Williams
10. Scott Muller
11. Simon Cook


For a worst XI you've got some pretty good quality players. The Hughes, Love and Law are all damn good, and the middle's only bad as its got 2 keepers in it. Bowling looks pretty dire though.

Manou's a bloody good keeper too. He's probably not a test #7 (certainly not a six), but his glovework looked a cut above Haddin's & Paine's in the one test he got in 2009.

Might be tempted to include Rogers for Hughes in your line up. Fine FC batsman, obvz, but 19 runs in 2 innings at test level speaks for itself.

Be tempted to find room for Dan Cullen too.

 

[Spark]

No way you can include Phil Hughes in this.

 

[Howe_zat]

Worst current World XI?

Edit: Yeah, that was harder than I thought. Don't wanna go round making it look like I think people's fave players are **** when I think they're just okay. Not a fun line of thought tbh.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

James Franklin

I see you're banking on our NZ contingent being raptured?

 

[Cevno]

@Howe_zat

Ishant Sharma being there is harsh.

 

[Cevno]

btw,doing a Indian one will be tough .

Many bad players have played for us(specially bowlers and all rounders) over the years.

 

[smash84]

btw,doing a Indian one will be tough .

Many bad players have played for us(specially bowlers and all rounders) over the years.

Abey Kuruvilla and Debashish Mohanty...........

incidentally mohanty used to reserve his best for pakistan

 

[Hogey]

West Indies?

Travis Dowlin
Floyd Reifer
Stuart Williams
Lincoln Roberts
Dave Joseph
Sylvester Joseph
Andre Fletcher (keeper)
Rawl Lewis
Adam Sanford
Kerry Jeremy
Dwight Washington

 

[Outswinger@Pace]

btw,doing a Indian one will be tough .

Many bad players have played for us(specially bowlers and all rounders) over the years.

True, indeed. Let me give it a shot!

1) W V Raman
2) Madhav Mantri (*)
3) Vikram Rathour
4) Ashok Malhotra
5) Ashok Mankad
6) Syed Abid Ali
7) Sameer Dighe (+)
8) Aashish Kapoor
9) Rajesh Chauhan
10) Balwinder Sandhu
11) Debasis Mohanty

Additional notes:

-- Madhav Mantri (Sunny's uncle) could keep as well, but I decided to include him as the specialist opener. Dighe is the keeper to further weaken both the departments!

-- Syed Abid Ali was a good ODI player and a couple of players here were very good at f/c level. Only their test performances have been kept in mind here. Abid Ali is to be looked at predominantly as a batsman in this line-up. He'd be the 5th bowling option.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Worst current World XI?

Edit: Yeah, that was harder than I thought. Don't wanna go round making it look like I think people's fave players are **** when I think they're just okay. Not a fun line of thought tbh.

Hand in your man card. If you stick your neck out, don't retract so easily. You're not a tortoise.

 

[Howe_zat]

Hand in your man card. If you stick your neck out, don't retract so easily. You're not a tortoise.

It wasn't so much that, it just wasn't a good post.

But yeah, I'm cowardly, what of it

 

[Dan]

True, indeed. Let me give it a shot!

1) W V Raman
2) Madhav Mantri (*)
3) Vikram Rathour
4) Ashok Malhotra
5) Ashok Mankad
6) Syed Abid Ali
7) Sameer Dighe (+)
8) Aashish Kapoor
9) Rajesh Chauhan
10) Balwinder Sandhu
11) Debasis Mohanty

Additional notes:

-- Madhav Mantri (Sunny's uncle) could keep as well, but I decided to include him as the specialist opener. Dighe is the keeper to further weaken both the departments!

-- Syed Abid Ali was a good ODI player and a couple of players here were very good at f/c level. Only their test performances have been kept in mind here. Abid Ali is to be looked at predominantly as a batsman in this line-up. He'd be the 5th bowling option.

What about that pace bowler who played one test in 1996? Can't recall his name, but his only test wicket was that of Michael Slater, and led to Slats being dropped.

 

[smash84]

-- Madhav Mantri (Sunny's uncle) could keep as well, but I decided to include him as the specialist opener. Dighe is the keeper to further weaken both the departments!

 

[Howe_zat]

What about that pace bowler who played one test in 1996? Can't recall his name, but his only test wicket was that of Michael Slater, and led to Slats being dropped.

David Johnson.

 

[smash84]

David Johnson.

you could well apply for cricinfo's stats editor's position (S Rajesh I think)

 

[Blaze 18]

SS Das has got to be there, surely.