Worst Australian Cricketers...Ever!

[sherb]

And don't forget :-
John Watkins - 6 overs of utter crap that ever tried to pass for spin.

I remember watching that, he struggled to get the ball on the wicket. It was embarrassing to the stage where you felt sorry for the guy.

The funny thing was, he still managed to make a mark in his only test - as a batsman! He and Massie put on 83 for the ninth wicket in Australia's second innings, giving Pakistan a relatively small target the Australian bowlers could try to defend.

Which they did - thanks to Lillee (stuffed back and all) and Walker.

 

[Rodion]

But surely his referee job on Gladiators cancels that out?

Wasn't he also the host of "Who dares wins"?

 

[Mog]

Wasn't he also the host of "Who dares wins"?

Yep. With Tania Zaetta (sp?) too. How their careers have kicked on.

 

[BB gun]

B Hogg

 

[dannyboy]

Anthony "but I got a hattrick" Stuart

 

[Adrian Shelton]

Shaun Graf
Robbie Kerr
Julian Weiner(last 2 were OK at the 4 day stuff, the next step just isn't for everyone)

 

[Becker]

Tom Hogan. I was a better player than he was.

 

[Kingpin]

Glen Trimble...daylight....second

I remember the head-high full tosses he bowled at Jeremy Coney for New Zealand in the mid 80's in WSC. Cringeworthy stuff.

 

[Mog]

Peter Toohey? Alan Hurst? Geoff Dymock? Trevor Laughlin? Rick Darling? Phil Carlson? Gary Cosier?

All stars of the 78-79 England tour down under.

 

[Sid]

Donald Bradman, Steve Waugh, Allan Border, Adam Gilchrist. They all suck . (If you don't know im joking, you need to get a sense of humour).

You ruined it.

 

[Sid]

But surely his referee job on Gladiators cancels that out?

I used to love that show. Best comedy ever.

 

[Karbassiyoon]

Anthony "but I got a hattrick" Stuart

he was better than most people thought. good honest cricketer who had to resort to the canberra comets to get a game.

 

[Karbassiyoon]

I used to love that show. Best comedy ever.

the best moment on that show was when they let a "brad bevan" onto the show - not knowing he would one day be the world triathalon champion, he smashed all the records and ran the final course in about 53 seconds - when anything under a minute was previously unheard of!

 

[Mog]

I used to love that show. Best comedy ever.

It was the logical extension to the It's A Knockout tradition.

 

[goaldrush1977]

Brett Lee...

Brett Lee isn't one of the worst. He's one of the best cricketers.

Paul Wilson

 

[Homer]

Brett Lee...

Seconded.

Since the World Cup he has played at a standard that could be bettered by drunken snails.

 

[Homer]

Brett Lee isn't one of the worst. He's one of the best cricketers.

Care to back the claim up with some stats or facts?

 

[Cooldude]

Yes he is, coz Suzi said so

 

[Fred Yeomans]

Peter Toohey? Alan Hurst? Geoff Dymock? Trevor Laughlin? Rick Darling? Phil Carlson? Gary Cosier?

All stars of the 78-79 England tour down under.

Hurst took 43 test wickets @ 27.90 & Dymock took 78 wickets @ 27.12. To suggest they were poor cricketers is ridiculous.

 

[GOALden Hawk]

Paul Blocker Wilson is a worthy nomination, but I think Sean Young is the least worthy to wear the baggy green - the guy basically got a game because he happened to be in England at the time.

Wayne Phillips and Craig Matthews are right up there.

Scott Muller deserves it - the ironic thing is the comment "can't bowl and can't throw" was totally deserving.

 

[Mog]

Hurst took 43 test wickets @ 27.90 & Dymock took 78 wickets @ 27.12. To suggest they were poor cricketers is ridiculous.

I didn't suggest they were bad cricketers (other than posting them under this thread). But they aren't household names now are they.

 

[Jars458]

As a test cricketer - Simon O'Donnell. He just wasn't good enough at either discipline.

 

[Ching]

Chris Matthews would have to be my favourite. I think he debuted in the same game as Merv Hughes, both performed badly but only Merv got dropped.

One of those matches was at he home ground and if it wasn't a wide, it was no ball or full toss.

 

[Ching]

Warwick Todd?

 

[Karbassiyoon]

i agree that muller was crap

never heard of him before his call up, heard of him only briefly after he was axed