Worst tail ever

[Darky]

WA circa 1990 - Alderman-Capes-Reid

Pakistan circa 1990 - Waqar Younis-Nadeem Ghauri-Aaqib Javed

NSW circa 2003/04 - MacGill-Bollinger-Clark

SA circa 1991 - George-McIntyre-Hickey

NSW 2003/04 - Clark-MacGill-Bracken... can't believe they batted Bracken after the other two!

Any others?

 

[DaveW]

Bangladesh from their openers down.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

England 1990-91 Fraser, Tufnell, Malcolm.

 

[Ricketts]

Macgill batting at 9.

 

[Want A Beer Mate]

Bangladesh from their openers down.

GOLD

 

[johnnyhoward]

I seem to remember back in the 98/99 season when Bracken was still developing that he was actually considered a batsman? What went wrong with his batting anyway?

 

[wang]

Bishop, Walsh, Cuffy, Thompson

4th test 1996/97 WI vs Aus

 

[Squeak]

Best tail = NZ.

Mills, bats 11 with a first-class average in the high 30s. Surely no worse a batsman than Scott Styris, who batted at 4 in the first test.

 

[ARDENSTREETforever]

Best Tail:
8. Brendon McCullum
9.Chris Harris
10. Daniel Vettori
11. Kyle Mills

 

[GrahamH]

Australia in the WI 1991

Hughes
McDermott
Reid
Alderman

For memory, didnt make too many in that series

 

[johnnyhoward]

Best tail = NZ.

Mills, bats 11 with a first-class average in the high 30s. Surely no worse a batsman than Scott Styris, who batted at 4 in the first test.

The problem with NZ's batting line up is that they have too many all rounders, and the class they have at the bottom of the order are continually forced to make up the innings when the top order fails. But the lineup is very deep, Kyle Mills batted well in the Tests as well as the one dayer, and the only bunny they brought on tour was Martin.

 

[Sinn]

Tasmania during the 90's, well actually, the whole line-up for most of the 90's would be the worst.

 

[Dipper]

England had Caddick batting at 8 once which tells you how bad 9,10, jack were.

I think it was Mullaley, Tufnell & maybe Malcom.


Mind you I dare say that 1-7 weren't that much better.

 

[Fred Yeomans]

The West Indies have had some very ordinary tails in recent years. Earlier this year, they played some games with a #8 to #11 of:-
Best ....... Career average 7.45
Collins ........................... 6.38
Edwards ........................ 3.81
Lawson ......................... 5.00

 

[Milenko]

Look no further that this coming Pakistan Test Series....

Kamran
Sami
Akhtar
Kaneria (the world's worst number 11, makes mcgrath look like bradman)

 

[wagstaff]

England had Caddick batting at 8 once which tells you how bad 9,10, jack were.

I think it was Mullaley, Tufnell & maybe Malcom.


Mind you I dare say that 1-7 weren't that much better.

There was a Test match in 1999 when England's tail was Caddick, Mullally, Tufnell and Giddens. Any tail that had Mullally at 9 was seriously bad.

 

[eddiesmith]

Gillespie
Lee
McGrath
MacGill

I'm sure they would have played together at some time

I want to see the 'Full strength' Blues one game, that would be the longest tail in the history of the game

 

[johnnyhoward]

I hope you're joking eddie. Gillespie and Lee are fine late order batsman.

BTW, anyone know what happened to Bracken?

 

[Karbassiyoon]

no mention of the indian tails with agarkar in them....

Kumble
Agarkar
Prasaad
Srinath

has to be a contender

 

[DaveW]

Despite Agarkar's famous 1999/2000 Test series, he's actually an OK bat. In fact he's made a Test century. At Lord's.

I seem to recall Agarkar being talked of as an all-rounder when he first came onto the international scene.

 

[Karbassiyoon]

and i seem to remember more eggs than easter when he toured in 1999

 

[ThePope]

Despite Agarkar's famous 1999/2000 Test series, he's actually an OK bat. In fact he's made a Test century. At Lord's.

I seem to recall Agarkar being talked of as an all-rounder when he first came onto the international scene.

Pretty sure he still holds the Test record for lowest batting average of all test century makers, about 14.

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Pretty sure he still holds the Test record for lowest batting average of all test century makers, about 14.

I'm sure every time Shane Warne hears that Argarkar has a Test century he wants to vomit.

 

[Scottroo]

(insert redbacks whole team here)

 

[F/D]

Boucher ave= 30.91
Pollock ave= 32.60
Boje ave= 23.13
Ntini ave= 9.65


How bout that



Go the Proteas....