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Re: World's Worst Team of the Decade
Otto Nothling – The man who was better than Bradman.
Otto is the man who replaced Bradman. He never played international cricket again: just the one test.
Kenny Meulman – Blink and you miss my international career.
Like Otto Nothling, Ken Meulman is another member of the Australian one test club. He played his one test against New Zealand in the 1960s. Australia won comfortably by an innings, meaning Ken just had the one innings to prove himself. Ken scored a first ball duck and never played at that level again.
Rick Darling – Hard to swallow
In a 1979 test, Australian batsman Rick Darling nearly died when a ball from English speedster Bob Willis hit him. No, it didn’t break his skull, or any other part of his body. The impact of the ball resulted in the gum Darling was chewing to get lodged in his throat. Luckily, one of the English fielders, John Emburey, took prompt action and managed to dislodge the gum and save Darling’s life, but not his batting career.
Trevor Chappell
Glenn Trimble – Son of Sam.
Glen Trimble never got past the lofty heights of his One Day International selection, but it was a cracker of a performance. He averaged 4.0 with the bat – a snick through slips - and bowled 4 overs for 32 runs. So wide and full, the umpire finally felt sorry for him and stopped calling them
Paul Wilson – 12 overs of glory.
A string of horrid injuries to the Australian fast bowler battery, in the Australian 1999 tour of India, allowed an opening for this big strong fast bowler. Wilson was a greatly feared West Australian bowler, but in his first test he broke down after just 12 overs. He never played for Australia again.
Scott Muller – Big, Strong and on the outer.
Big Scotty Muller scored six runs and was never dismissed. He also took seven wickets and was part of a record consecutive amount of Test wins by the Australian cricket team - Like it matters.
Chris Mathews. Big, fast raw-boned bowler. Often the slip fieldsman were at more of a risk at getting hit then the stumps.
Greg Campbell. I think he was picked on the '89 Ashes tour to give Boony a Tasmanian friend. Somehow he managed to play a few test matches.
Wayne Holdsworth. He got wickets in 3 or 4 consecutive matches, all of a sudden he was no longer considered as merely a fast (and crap) state bowler, but also good enough for an Ashes tour. Sanity prevailed and he never played a test.
Otto Nothling – The man who was better than Bradman.
Otto is the man who replaced Bradman. He never played international cricket again: just the one test.
Kenny Meulman – Blink and you miss my international career.
Like Otto Nothling, Ken Meulman is another member of the Australian one test club. He played his one test against New Zealand in the 1960s. Australia won comfortably by an innings, meaning Ken just had the one innings to prove himself. Ken scored a first ball duck and never played at that level again.
Rick Darling – Hard to swallow
In a 1979 test, Australian batsman Rick Darling nearly died when a ball from English speedster Bob Willis hit him. No, it didn’t break his skull, or any other part of his body. The impact of the ball resulted in the gum Darling was chewing to get lodged in his throat. Luckily, one of the English fielders, John Emburey, took prompt action and managed to dislodge the gum and save Darling’s life, but not his batting career.
Trevor Chappell
Glenn Trimble – Son of Sam.
Glen Trimble never got past the lofty heights of his One Day International selection, but it was a cracker of a performance. He averaged 4.0 with the bat – a snick through slips - and bowled 4 overs for 32 runs. So wide and full, the umpire finally felt sorry for him and stopped calling them
Paul Wilson – 12 overs of glory.
A string of horrid injuries to the Australian fast bowler battery, in the Australian 1999 tour of India, allowed an opening for this big strong fast bowler. Wilson was a greatly feared West Australian bowler, but in his first test he broke down after just 12 overs. He never played for Australia again.
Scott Muller – Big, Strong and on the outer.
Big Scotty Muller scored six runs and was never dismissed. He also took seven wickets and was part of a record consecutive amount of Test wins by the Australian cricket team - Like it matters.
Chris Mathews. Big, fast raw-boned bowler. Often the slip fieldsman were at more of a risk at getting hit then the stumps.
Greg Campbell. I think he was picked on the '89 Ashes tour to give Boony a Tasmanian friend. Somehow he managed to play a few test matches.
Wayne Holdsworth. He got wickets in 3 or 4 consecutive matches, all of a sudden he was no longer considered as merely a fast (and crap) state bowler, but also good enough for an Ashes tour. Sanity prevailed and he never played a test.
