Your worst Australia XI

[LostDoggy]

Criteria - since you've been watching and has to have played a test.

From memory there were some bad ones during WSC.

This one is thrown together quickly.

Rick Darling
Andrew Hilditch
Craig Seargent
Greg Ritchie
Dirk Welham
Shaun Young
Greg Dyer(WK)
Chris Matthews
Scott Muller
Jo Angel
Bob Holland

[ledge]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Taylor the red headed spinner they pulled out of nowhere, couldnt bat against my mother and only got wickets on pitches that my mum would get wickets on too, eg Sydney in THE spinner days.
Graeme Wood, the run out king.

[GVGjr]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Taylor the red headed spinner they pulled out of nowhere, couldnt bat against my mother and only got wickets on pitches that my mum would get wickets on too, eg Sydney in THE spinner days.
Graeme Wood, the run out king.

Peter Taylor?
IMO, He was a decent cricketer.

[Axe Man]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

My memory of watching test cricket only really begins in the late 80's (and even that's a bit hazy). There have been plenty of dud bowlers who have pulled on the baggy green in my time, but not too many batsmen as the batting line-up has always been settled and successful (up until recently anyway).

I would like to throw up a nomination of Shaun Tait though; 3 tests with a bowling average over 60. Will have to play more tests if he is to redeem himself.

Some others in the mix could be Gavin Robertson, Dan Cullen & Paul Wilson.

[bulldogtragic]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

My memory of watching test cricket only really begins in the late 80's (and even that's a bit hazy). There have been plenty of dud bowlers who have pulled on the baggy green in my time, but not too many batsmen as the batting line-up has always been settled and successful (up until recently anyway).

I would like to throw up a nomination of Shaun Tait though; 3 tests with a bowling average over 60. Will have to play more tests if he is to redeem himself.

Some others in the mix could be Gavin Robertson, Dan Cullen & Paul Wilson.

Agree with the final 3. Lee should have been picked over Muller for the game. Bad decision by the selectors.
Peter Macintyre, Stuart Law (good state player) and Phil Emery.
Chris Rogers one match was pretty unmemorable although he is a fantastic player at state level.

I think it's a testiment to our batting stocks not too many batsmen come to mind, while our bowlers are not quite as strong. Or that batsmen do not get sacked, moved on or retire unless they want to while bowlers get chopped easily...

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Wayne Phillips (Victorian- not the SA batsman/wk)
Paul Hibbert
David Ogilvie
Trevor Laughlin
Phil Carlson
Roger Woolley
Simon O'Donnell
Gavin Robertson
Dave Gilbert
Chris Matthews
Scott Muller

12th Man Mike Veletta

Now many of these guys were very good 1st class cricketers over a long period of time such as Dave Gilbert, Chris Matthews, O'Donnell, Woolley, Veletta & Hibbert, but were found out in their Test Careers. That's what I'm looking at here, is Worst Aussie Test Cricketers, of my era (late 70's to current). I'm not including their ODI careers, of which some of these had more respectable careers in.
No surprise the majority of this team either gained selection as a result of the World Series exodus, or due to the Rebel Tour bans.

[Yankee Hotel Foxtrot]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Taylor the red headed spinner they pulled out of nowhere, couldnt bat against my mother and only got wickets on pitches that my mum would get wickets on too, eg Sydney in THE spinner days.
Graeme Wood, the run out king.

Peter Taylor went OK I thought, I'd pick him over Peter Sleep or Murray Bennet any day.

And Graeme Wood for me, redeemed himself with a couple of his innings against the Mighty Windies. To score 2 centuries against the Windies at the height of their power was no mean feat. And overall he scored 9 Test centuries. Plenty of other players who had worse careers for Australia than Wood.

[Happy Days]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Ok...this is only since around 2002-ish, so don't be too harsh...btw its on a spinning deck in the sub-continent, which explains the top heavy bowling line up

Rogers
Elliot
Love
Haddin (+)
Symonds
White
Casson
Hauritz
Cullen
Williams
Tait

Geez that was hard.

We've had some bloody consistent bats recently haven't we?

[hujsh]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Feel sorry for Haddin Being in the worst anything but i guess he's not better than Gilly

[ledge]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Ok...this is only since around 2002-ish, so don't be too harsh...btw its on a spinning deck in the sub-continent, which explains the top heavy bowling line up

Rogers
Elliot
Love
Haddin (+)Symonds
White
Casson
Hauritz
Cullen
Williams
Tait

Geez that was hard.

We've had some bloody consistent bats recently haven't we?

Whats with the bum picture next to Haddin?

[Happy Days]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Whats with the bum picture next to Haddin?

Its the keeper symbol.

I can't use that fancy cross as its not on my keyboard

[LostDoggy]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Ok...this is only since around 2002-ish, so don't be too harsh...btw its on a spinning deck in the sub-continent, which explains the top heavy bowling line up

Rogers
Elliot
Love
Haddin (+)
Symonds
White
Casson
Hauritz
Cullen
Williams
Tait

Geez that was hard.

We've had some bloody consistent bats recently haven't we?

Bit harsh on Haddin....how about Dyer?

[Sockeye Salmon]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Where's Martin Kent?

[LostDoggy]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Where's Martin Kent?

Did he play? I remember his WSC career, wasn't he picked for a test, then did his back and never played again?

[Topdog]

Re: Your worst Australia XI

Peter Taylor?
IMO, He was a decent cricketer.

Plus he took that great catch