Worst Ever Tailenders XI!

[MenInG]

Feel free to add yours and with justfication!

 

[Last Monetarist]

Surely Danny Morrison merits inclusion ahead of Agarkar who has a century at Lord's for crying out loud.

 

[Ab Fan]

Agarkar is far from a tailender, he has a test hundred at Lord's.

Add Donald in the list. Jimmy Anderson also.

 

[Azzurri]

Muhammad asif should be in there too

 

[TeymurBlake]

I was thinking of Danish Kaneria or Rao Iftikhar Anjum.

 

[Ab Fan]

From India, Ashish Nehra was a solid no.11. Chahal isn't far off. Bhagwat Chandrasekhar was another legendary no.11, India's best spinner in overseas conditions.

 

[Srtfan]

Replace agarkar with bumrah

 

[MMHS]

I think Danny Morrison & Chandrasekhar has to be there.

In olden days (1920s-30s), there was an Aussie SLAO spinner - Bert Ironmonger. He was a genuine No. 11 in those days standard but quite a decent spinner to play for Bradman’s team.

Now, one day this guy was playing for NSW and those were the days of analog phones - once you get connected, you better hold on to it. His batting time came (those were eight ball overs) and he started for his turn - normally his Captains won’t bother him for that trouble (declare at 9 down) but this time the game was on knife edge and a settled top order was at other end, so Ironmonger had to go.

He took guard and was ready to face his first ball - a phone call came at dressing room; it’s from Mrs. Ironmonger

: Hi there, is Bert available? It’s a bit urgent
: Sorry mam, he has just started batting
: Ok, no problem. I can hold on for few minutes.

Bert Ironmonger played 14 Tests for a great Australian generation - winning 12 of those 14 Tests and took 74 wickets at an astonishing average of <18 (In time less Test era of 1920s-30s when average of 29 was considered excellent) with two 10fors..... and scored 42 runs at 2.6 in 21 innings, of which two brought 22 and 20 of those 22 came from edged boundaries. A rough estimate is that, of his 42 runs, almost 80% came from boundaries .... when opponents’ foolish captain withdrew 3rd man & fine leg to plug covers & mid wicket!!!!

 

[sweep_shot]

Agarkar shouldn't be on the list. He has a Test century.

Rest are fine.

 

[MenInG]

So where does the current Pakistan tail stand in this?

 

[Hitman]

Venkatesh Prasad is the worst tailender I've seen till date.

 

[gazza619]

Azam Khan fits the role.

 

[hafizexpress]

Junaid Khan and M Irfan were pretty bad. Irfan couldn't score 2 runs off Maxwell

 

[Rightarmfast]

Agarkar isnt a tailender. Bumrah is more than a decent tailend batsman.
The worst Indian tail ender was Maninder Singh. It doesnt get worse than him.

 

[Ab Fan]

Current:-

Mohammad Siraj
Prasidh Krishna
Yuzvendra Chahal

 

[BouncerGuy]

How can you not name Mohammad Irfan in that 11. He was the worst from Pakistan.

 

[AAli98]

Kushdil Asif Ifty Nawaz shadab danny Morrison Courtney Walsh

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Currently Pakistan has the worst ever tail specially in Test cricket.

We can't expect them to score even in double digits.

 

[Saj]

Pakistan's tail seems to start at number 7 these days which is a huge concern in all formats.

 

[PakEngFan]

Azam Khan should be there.

 

[jeetu]

Min 25 test
[table=class: grid, align: center]
[tr][td]Player [/td][td]Span [/td][td]Mat [/td][td]Runs [/td][td]HS [/td][td]Avg [/td][td]0 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CS Martin (NZ) [/td][td]2000-2013 [/td][td]71 [/td][td]123 [/td][td]12* [/td][td]2.36 [/td][td]36 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Maninder Singh (IND) [/td][td]1982-1993 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]99 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]3.8 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]N Pradeep (SL) [/td][td]2011-2017 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]132 [/td][td]17* [/td][td]4 [/td][td]18 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BS Chandrasekhar (IND) [/td][td]1964-1979 [/td][td]58 [/td][td]167 [/td][td]22 [/td][td]4.07 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ST Gabriel (WI) [/td][td]2012-2023 [/td][td]59 [/td][td]229 [/td][td]20* [/td][td]4.24 [/td][td]23 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CBRLS Kumara (SL) [/td][td]2016-2023 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]85 [/td][td]13* [/td][td]4.47 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DR Doshi (IND) [/td][td]1979-1983 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]129 [/td][td]20 [/td][td]4.6 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BA Reid (AUS) [/td][td]1985-1992 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]93 [/td][td]13 [/td][td]4.65 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]AL Valentine (WI) [/td][td]1950-1962 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]141 [/td][td]14 [/td][td]4.7 [/td][td]12 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MS Panesar (ENG) [/td][td]2006-2013 [/td][td]50 [/td][td]220 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]4.88 [/td][td]20 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]PCR Tufnell (ENG) [/td][td]1990-2001 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]153 [/td][td]22* [/td][td]5.1 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]NAT Adcock (SA) [/td][td]1953-1962 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]146 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]5.4 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]HK Olonga (ZIM) [/td][td]1995-2002 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]184 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]5.41 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Mohammad Abbas (PAK) [/td][td]2017-2021 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]110 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]5.5 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]PT Collins (WI) [/td][td]1999-2006 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]235 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]5.87 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DE Malcolm (ENG) [/td][td]1989-1997 [/td][td]40 [/td][td]236 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]6.05 [/td][td]16 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]PI Pocock (ENG) [/td][td]1968-1985 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]206 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]6.24 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SL Boock (NZ) [/td][td]1978-1989 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]207 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]6.27 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SP Gupte (IND) [/td][td]1951-1961 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]183 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]6.31 [/td][td]6 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Sikander Bakht (PAK) [/td][td]1976-1983 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]146 [/td][td]22* [/td][td]6.34 [/td][td]4 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Hendrick (ENG) [/td][td]1974-1981 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]128 [/td][td]15 [/td][td]6.4 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK) [/td][td]2018-2023 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]182 [/td][td]21 [/td][td]6.5 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]TM Alderman (AUS) [/td][td]1981-1991 [/td][td]41 [/td][td]203 [/td][td]26* [/td][td]6.54 [/td][td]13 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]FH Edwards (WI) [/td][td]2003-2012 [/td][td]55 [/td][td]394 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]6.56 [/td][td]19 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BP Patterson (WI) [/td][td]1986-1992 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]145 [/td][td]21* [/td][td]6.59 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JJ Bumrah (IND) [/td][td]2018-2024 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]213 [/td][td]34* [/td][td]6.65 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]LR Gibbs (WI) [/td][td]1958-1976 [/td][td]79 [/td][td]488 [/td][td]25 [/td][td]6.97 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Danish Kaneria (PAK) [/td][td]2000-2010 [/td][td]61 [/td][td]360 [/td][td]29 [/td][td]7.05 [/td][td]25 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]MJ Hoggard (ENG) [/td][td]2000-2008 [/td][td]67 [/td][td]473 [/td][td]38 [/td][td]7.27 [/td][td]19 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GD McGrath (AUS) [/td][td]1993-2007 [/td][td]124 [/td][td]641 [/td][td]61 [/td][td]7.36 [/td][td]35 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]ARC Fraser (ENG) [/td][td]1989-1998 [/td][td]46 [/td][td]388 [/td][td]32 [/td][td]7.46 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BKV Prasad (IND) [/td][td]1996-2001 [/td][td]33 [/td][td]203 [/td][td]30* [/td][td]7.51 [/td][td]10 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CA Walsh (WI) [/td][td]1984-2001 [/td][td]132 [/td][td]936 [/td][td]30* [/td][td]7.54 [/td][td]43 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DBL Powell (WI) [/td][td]2002-2009 [/td][td]37 [/td][td]407 [/td][td]36* [/td][td]7.82 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CD Collymore (WI) [/td][td]1999-2007 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]197 [/td][td]16* [/td][td]7.88 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]KCG Benjamin (WI) [/td][td]1992-1998 [/td][td]26 [/td][td]222 [/td][td]43* [/td][td]7.92 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]H Strudwick (ENG) [/td][td]1910-1926 [/td][td]28 [/td][td]230 [/td][td]24 [/td][td]7.93 [/td][td]5 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SF Barnes (ENG) [/td][td]1901-1914 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]242 [/td][td]38* [/td][td]8.06 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]S Ramadhin (WI) [/td][td]1950-1961 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]361 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]8.2 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]I Sharma (IND) [/td][td]2007-2021 [/td][td]105 [/td][td]785 [/td][td]57 [/td][td]8.26 [/td][td]34 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]CRD Fernando (SL) [/td][td]2000-2012 [/td][td]40 [/td][td]249 [/td][td]39* [/td][td]8.3 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DK Morrison (NZ) [/td][td]1987-1997 [/td][td]48 [/td][td]379 [/td][td]42 [/td][td]8.42 [/td][td]24 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Dillon (WI) [/td][td]1997-2004 [/td][td]38 [/td][td]549 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]8.44 [/td][td]26 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]DNT Zoysa (SL) [/td][td]1997-2004 [/td][td]30 [/td][td]288 [/td][td]28* [/td][td]8.47 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Wahab Riaz (PAK) [/td][td]2010-2018 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]306 [/td][td]39 [/td][td]8.5 [/td][td]9 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]EJ Chatfield (NZ) [/td][td]1975-1989 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]180 [/td][td]21* [/td][td]8.57 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Taijul Islam (BAN) [/td][td]2014-2023 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]565 [/td][td]39* [/td][td]8.96 [/td][td]12 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]BS Bedi (IND) [/td][td]1966-1979 [/td][td]67 [/td][td]656 [/td][td]50* [/td][td]8.98 [/td][td]20 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]PR Adams (SA) [/td][td]1995-2004 [/td][td]45 [/td][td]360 [/td][td]35 [/td][td]9 [/td][td]8 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]JM Anderson (ENG) [/td][td]2003-2023 [/td][td]183 [/td][td]1340 [/td][td]81 [/td][td]9.17 [/td][td]31 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]GP Wickramasinghe (SL) [/td][td]1991-2001 [/td][td]40 [/td][td]555 [/td][td]51 [/td][td]9.4 [/td][td]17 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Rubel Hossain (BAN) [/td][td]2009-2020 [/td][td]27 [/td][td]265 [/td][td]45* [/td][td]9.46 [/td][td]7 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]SCG MacGill (AUS) [/td][td]1998-2008 [/td][td]44 [/td][td]349 [/td][td]43 [/td][td]9.69 [/td][td]12 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]RM Hogg (AUS) [/td][td]1978-1984 [/td][td]38 [/td][td]439 [/td][td]52 [/td][td]9.75 [/td][td]14 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]M Ntini (SA) [/td][td]1998-2009 [/td][td]101 [/td][td]699 [/td][td]32* [/td][td]9.84 [/td][td]21 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]A Nel (SA) [/td][td]2001-2008 [/td][td]36 [/td][td]337 [/td][td]34 [/td][td]9.91 [/td][td]11 [/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Umar Gul (PAK) [/td][td]2003-2013 [/td][td]47 [/td][td]577 [/td][td]65* [/td][td]9.94 [/td][td]15 [/td][/tr]
[/table]

 

[SamNJ]

Bowlers who are walking wickets are really annoying unless they are ATG bowlers.
A batsman will not get to bowl. But a bowler will almost always get to bat. A bowler must spend time in nets to become a better batsman.

 

[Sher Khan]

Mohammad Irfan was by far the worst batsman I've seen in my life.

Guy couldn't even hold the bat the right way.

 

[Hitman]

Bowlers who are walking wickets are really annoying unless they are ATG bowlers.
A batsman will not get to bowl. But a bowler will almost always get to bat. A bowler must spend time in nets to become a better batsman.

True! Someone like the great Glenn McGrath probably never annoyed the Aussies for his batting for how good he was with the ball.

 

[sweep_shot]

My Worst Tail-ender XI:

Chris Martin
Courtney Walsh
Glenn McGrath
James Anderson
Chahal
Danish Kaneria
Rubel Hossain
Kuldeep Yadav
Curtley Ambrose
Matthew Hoggard
Allan Donald.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Likes of Venkatesh Prasad, Prasidh Krishna, Venkatapathy Raju and Mohammed Siraj will be ahead of bumrah and agarkar by a country mile in any compilation of worst tailenders eleven.

 

[umerz]

Min 25 test

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Avg	0
CS Martin (NZ)	2000-2013	71	123	12*	2.36	36
Maninder Singh (IND)	1982-1993	35	99	15	3.8	11
N Pradeep (SL)	2011-2017	28	132	17*	4	18
BS Chandrasekhar (IND)	1964-1979	58	167	22	4.07	23
ST Gabriel (WI)	2012-2023	59	229	20*	4.24	23
CBRLS Kumara (SL)	2016-2023	26	85	13*	4.47	11
DR Doshi (IND)	1979-1983	33	129	20	4.6	14
BA Reid (AUS)	1985-1992	27	93	13	4.65	6
AL Valentine (WI)	1950-1962	36	141	14	4.7	12
MS Panesar (ENG)	2006-2013	50	220	26	4.88	20
PCR Tufnell (ENG)	1990-2001	42	153	22*	5.1	15
NAT Adcock (SA)	1953-1962	26	146	24	5.4	9
HK Olonga (ZIM)	1995-2002	30	184	24	5.41	14
Mohammad Abbas (PAK)	2017-2021	25	110	29	5.5	5
PT Collins (WI)	1999-2006	32	235	24	5.87	14
DE Malcolm (ENG)	1989-1997	40	236	29	6.05	16
PI Pocock (ENG)	1968-1985	25	206	33	6.24	10
SL Boock (NZ)	1978-1989	30	207	37	6.27	10
SP Gupte (IND)	1951-1961	36	183	21	6.31	6
Sikander Bakht (PAK)	1976-1983	26	146	22*	6.34	4
M Hendrick (ENG)	1974-1981	30	128	15	6.4	8
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	2018-2023	29	182	21	6.5	9
TM Alderman (AUS)	1981-1991	41	203	26*	6.54	13
FH Edwards (WI)	2003-2012	55	394	30	6.56	19
BP Patterson (WI)	1986-1992	28	145	21*	6.59	8
JJ Bumrah (IND)	2018-2024	32	213	34*	6.65	17
LR Gibbs (WI)	1958-1976	79	488	25	6.97	15
Danish Kaneria (PAK)	2000-2010	61	360	29	7.05	25
MJ Hoggard (ENG)	2000-2008	67	473	38	7.27	19
GD McGrath (AUS)	1993-2007	124	641	61	7.36	35
ARC Fraser (ENG)	1989-1998	46	388	32	7.46	9
BKV Prasad (IND)	1996-2001	33	203	30*	7.51	10
CA Walsh (WI)	1984-2001	132	936	30*	7.54	43
DBL Powell (WI)	2002-2009	37	407	36*	7.82	15
CD Collymore (WI)	1999-2007	30	197	16*	7.88	11
KCG Benjamin (WI)	1992-1998	26	222	43*	7.92	8
H Strudwick (ENG)	1910-1926	28	230	24	7.93	5
SF Barnes (ENG)	1901-1914	27	242	38*	8.06	8
S Ramadhin (WI)	1950-1961	43	361	44	8.2	14
I Sharma (IND)	2007-2021	105	785	57	8.26	34
CRD Fernando (SL)	2000-2012	40	249	39*	8.3	8
DK Morrison (NZ)	1987-1997	48	379	42	8.42	24
M Dillon (WI)	1997-2004	38	549	43	8.44	26
DNT Zoysa (SL)	1997-2004	30	288	28*	8.47	9
Wahab Riaz (PAK)	2010-2018	27	306	39	8.5	9
EJ Chatfield (NZ)	1975-1989	43	180	21*	8.57	11
Taijul Islam (BAN)	2014-2023	44	565	39*	8.96	12
BS Bedi (IND)	1966-1979	67	656	50*	8.98	20
PR Adams (SA)	1995-2004	45	360	35	9	8
JM Anderson (ENG)	2003-2023	183	1340	81	9.17	31
GP Wickramasinghe (SL)	1991-2001	40	555	51	9.4	17
Rubel Hossain (BAN)	2009-2020	27	265	45*	9.46	7
SCG MacGill (AUS)	1998-2008	44	349	43	9.69	12
RM Hogg (AUS)	1978-1984	38	439	52	9.75	14
M Ntini (SA)	1998-2009	101	699	32*	9.84	21
A Nel (SA)	2001-2008	36	337	34	9.91	11
Umar Gul (PAK)	2003-2013	47	577	65*	9.94	15

Wow. SHaheen Shah Afridi averaging lower than Danish Kaneria