Name at least one worse player with minimum 30 tests.
Given how many more Tests there are today than there used to be, this is a silly 'dare'.
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Name at least one worse player with minimum 30 tests.
Given how many more Tests there are today than there used to be, this is a silly 'dare'.
Name at least one worse player with minimum 30 tests.
I almost fell like people don’t want to give Wade another shot even though he currently deserves a go back on form (as a batsman not a keeper) because he comes across as a flog.
I’d rather we pump some in form flogs with a bit of an up yours mentally into the team that would help us show a winning mentality and a bit of fight, rather than some of these run of the mill form, pathetic, weak, feeble minded, nice guys who are too scared to express themselves because of the Cape Town incident.
This team is crying out for some characters that show some fire. Maybe we should just throw both Maxwell and Wade back in there as well as Pattinson when he is ready to return. Renshaw to open with Harris, Khawaja and either Head/Burns 3 and 4. Maxwell/Labaschagne to fight it out for 5 and act as a part time spinner to help Lyon out. Wade 6, Paine 7, Cummins 8, and have Pattinson come in for either Starc or Hazlewood, Lyon.
It's what I said the entire time. I said name a worse player with at least 30 tests. I've said this exact same thing at least 4 times already.So now you're shifting the goalposts to a 30 Test minimum.
Want to narrow it down more? How about worst player over 6 foot from WA who debuted against Sri Lanka to play at least 30 Tests for Australia this decade.
It's what I said the entire time. I said name a worse player with at least 30 tests. I've said this exact same thing at least 4 times already.
Shaun Marsh and Mitchell Marsh are arguably two of the worst players to play test cricket for Australia this decade. I call it as it is, not because they're a couple of clowns from WA.
And in that first post, I didn't say, "name me a worse player with at least 30 tests played", did I?It's not what you said in the post I was responding to.
It's what I said the entire time. I said name a worse player with at least 30 tests. I've said this exact same thing at least 4 times already.
It's not what you said, it was a shifting of the goalposts and a silly one at that. Did you know Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh are the worst players to have played more than 160 Tests for Australia in forever?It's what I said the entire time. I said name a worse player with at least 30 tests. I've said this exact same thing at least 4 times already.
Close enough toWhat? That's exactly what I just said.
Beer o'clock in Melbourne already?
Sure, but plenty have played 30 tests for Australia.It's not what you said, it was a shifting of the goalposts and a silly one at that. Did you know Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh are the worst player to have played more than 160 Tests for Australia in forever?
If that concerns you so, let's move the goal posts to say 15 tests.And I've already pointed out why that is a stupid caveat.
Your "Hot takes 'r us" shtick is getting pretty boring.
If that concerns you so, let's move the goal posts to say 15 tests.
Challenge accepted:Sure, but plenty have played 30 tests for Australia.
If that concerns you so, let's move the goal posts to say 15 tests.
******* Marshes. Getting a free ride in the test side.Geoff Marsh 50
Strangely was my favourite cricketer growing up, probably due to a healthy does of WA bias.Geoff batted all day at Trent Bridge once. He wasn't pretty but he was a real grafter.
There was lots of whinging back then over Matthew Elliot being 'robbed' by selectors of another Test spot, funny stuff.Challenge accepted:
Specialist batsmen, 15 or more tests, post-WWII only, with a worse batting average than Shaun Marsh (34.31)
Greg Blewett 46 tests
Paul Sheahan 31
Matthew Elliott 21
Geoff Marsh 50
Phillip Hughes 26
Graeme Wood 59
Peter Toohey 15
Andrew Hilditch 18
Ed Cowan 18
Michael Bevan 18
Les Favell 19
Ian Davis 15
Graeme Hole 18
John Dyson 30
NB: Wayne B Phillips 27 has a batting average lower than Shaun Marsh, but he averaged 40 when not keeping so I'l leave him off the list.
Oh come on, Blewett, Elliot, Cowan, Bevan and Hughes were definitely better. Sure, they sucked just as bad with the bat, but at least they didn't go 14 innings in a row batting like they had two left feet.Challenge accepted:
Specialist batsmen, 15 or more tests, post-WWII only, with a worse batting average than Shaun Marsh (34.31)
Greg Blewett 46 tests
Paul Sheahan 31
Matthew Elliott 21
Geoff Marsh 50
Phillip Hughes 26
Graeme Wood 59
Peter Toohey 15
Andrew Hilditch 18
Ed Cowan 18
Michael Bevan 18
Les Favell 19
Ian Davis 15
Graeme Hole 18
John Dyson 30
NB: Wayne B Phillips 27 has a batting average lower than Shaun Marsh, but he averaged 40 when not keeping so I'l leave him off the list.
So does any batter. Takes the pressure off and he's someone that has really struggled with pressure and the weight of expectation. Just look at his innings vs India - made his only half-century of the series when the match was virtually dead-and-buried in Adelaide, then made a decent 40 on the only good day to bat in Perth, then knocked his next 40 when there was no hope of a result.Strangely was my favourite cricketer growing up, probably due to a healthy does of WA bias.
Just on Shaun for a bit, was browing ye olde cricinfo stats and notices he averaged 43 under Smith but only 16 under Paine. Also averages 42 batting at 5 and 25 batting at 4.
Probably not a good look, but he averages far more when there's someone competent at the other end basically.
You can lump iron mitts in that list too. He was garbage until he finally got it all pieced together.******* Marshes. Getting a free ride in the test side.
Oh come on, Blewett, Elliot, Cowan, Bevan and Hughes were definitely better. Sure, they sucked just as bad with the bat, but at least they didn't go 14 innings in a row batting like they had two left feet.