The hall of Shame thread (as well as Hall of Levers)

[TheParraboy]

It is my pleasure to formally induct two inductees

Rashid Khan and Alex Hales

Well done gentlemen, turning your back on red ball cricket. Especially Rashid who basically would be close to a lock in for the England test side this year.



https://www.cricket.com.au/news/adi...ll-yorkshire-moeen-ali-mason-crane/2018-02-16

England spinner opts to focus on white-ball cricket and not play first-class games in 2018


England leg-spinner Adil Rashid says he has not turned his back on Tests despite opting against playing first-class cricket with his county side Yorkshire in 2018.

But former Test skipper and fellow Yorkshireman Michael Vaughan has labelled the 29-year-old's decision "strange" given England are currently crying out for a frontline Test spinner.

Rashid, who took 38 wickets in 10 Tests in 2015-16, is England's premier spinner in both ODI and T20 cricket and has opted to play white-ball cricket only for Yorkshire this season.


https://www.cricket.com.au/news/ale...ball-england-notts-nottinghamshire/2018-02-20

Opener Alex Hales is the latest Englishman to turn his back on Test cricket, signing a two-year deal with county side Nottinghamshire to play white-ball cricket only.

Less than a week after leg-spinner Adil Rashid turned down a red-ball deal with his county side Yorkshire, his ODI and T20I teammate Hales has gone down a similar path

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Lol, Alex Hales is about as much chance of playing test cricket as Terence Trent Darby.

Add Chris Lynn to the Hall of Levers too.

 

[hineyrulz]

Surely Wadey is the founding father of this club???

 

[Eelectrica]

Lol, Alex Hales is about as much chance of playing test cricket as Terence Trent Darby.

Add Chris Lynn to the Hall of Levers too.

Given his injury problems, I think Lynn can be forgiven.

 

[TheParraboy]

What about Eden Park? Serious contender

MCG ?

I tell you what we have a lot of Shame in cricket if we really think about it...

 

[TheParraboy]

Surely Wadey is the founding father of this club???

The tough little nugget has no shame

 

[Timbo]

Hales was being mentioned semi-regularly as a smokey for the test spot.

When you consider the merry-go-round of 3's and partners for Cook they've tried, not so strange.

 

[hineyrulz]

Big Bad Bobby Quiney has to be in there somewhere.

 

[TheParraboy]

KP, Slater and Warne

I should have inducted these turkeys in the first post for how they have ruined cricket commentary

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Given his injury problems, I think Lynn can be forgiven.

Because he's Australian?

 

[JJ]

KInd of hoping Guptill and Santner will make a similar announcement

 

[simmo1]

Hales was being mentioned semi-regularly as a smokey for the test spot.

When you consider the merry-go-round of 3's and partners for Cook they've tried, not so strange.

Pretty sure he's played tests. Was about as successful as Adam Lyth.

 

[JJ]

Think he's played a dozen-ish test, with Guptill-like success

 

[hineyrulz]

Think he's played a dozen-ish test, with Guptill-like success

Bit harsh on Guppy IMO.

Guppy is Martin Crowe compared to a plodder like Hales.

 

[JJ]

Guppy is Martin Crowe compared to a plodder like Hales.

In tests? Nope - 47 tests with an average of 29... if Hales played that many he'd do better

If you take out the Windies, Bangers and Zimabwe his record against the better teams is disgraceful - 33 against Sri Lanka the best, and his best away record outside the 'minnows' is 24 against India - probably all edges too

 

[hineyrulz]

In tests? Nope - 47 tests with an average of 29... if Hales played that many he'd do better

If you take out the Windies, Bangers and Zimabwe his record against the better teams is disgraceful - 33 against Sri Lanka the best, and his best away record outside the 'minnows' is 24 against India - probably all edges too

I watched Hales struggle against a pop gun Sri Lankan attack.

I’d take Guptill any day of the week over Hales. The blokes defence is U11 like.

 

[Eelectrica]

Because he's Australian?

Injury has cut short many careers. I see the logic in him sticking to the shorter game to acoid injury is and keep playing.

As it is he's limited in the field. Don't see spending days in the field improving that situation.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

In tests? Nope - 47 tests with an average of 29... if Hales played that many he'd do better

If you take out the Windies, Bangers and Zimabwe his record against the better teams is disgraceful - 33 against Sri Lanka the best, and his best away record outside the 'minnows' is 24 against India - probably all edges too

Hales is shit. Can't score a run in the BBL, let alone at limited overs international level. A horrible fielder as well.

Guptil might not be the best test player NZ have produced but compared to Hales he's Bert Sutcliffe.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Injury has cut short many careers. I see the logic in him sticking to the shorter game to acoid injury is and keep playing.

As it is he's limited in the field. Don't see spending days in the field improving that situation.

Well it doesn't matter anyway because he would never get near the test side. As it is the jury is still out on his ability to be a long termer in the shorter formats.

 

[TheParraboy]

Pretty sure he's played tests. Was about as successful as Adam Lyth.

He has. had a purple patch initially but then dropped off last few test he played and was dropped