One test wonders

[Dogwatcher]

Manou added to the list.

[Ron Burgundy]

Better add Bryce McGain to the list.

[Sorry Dude]

Manou added to the list.

manou will play more than one test. it will be more like 3 test's!

[Lightning McQueen]

Manou added to the list.

Shame on you

[Dogwatcher]

Oi! Players get deleted as they add their second test bud. Just relax.

[rod_rooster]

Manou added to the list.

manou will play more than one test. it will be more like 3 test's!

Depends on Haddin's finger. With the next Test starting just 3 days after this one it is unlikely Haddin will play in that. Manou has a huge oppourtunity here. He will keep a lot better than Haddin and if he can make a big score he will put a lot of pressure on the selectors.

[Lightning McQueen]

Oi! Players get deleted as they add their second test bud. Just relax.

Phew!

[Adelaide Hawk]

I would have given just about anything to play 1 Test for Australia.

[silicone skyline]

I would have given just about anything to play 1 Test for Australia.

What about your right arm?

[Dogwatcher]

I would have given just about anything to play 1 Test for Australia.

Too true.
I think these guys have amazing stories - despite only having played one test.
How'd they get there? Why no more? How did it effect them afterwards?

[Ron Burgundy]

You should write a book DW.

[Adelaide Hawk]

I would have given just about anything to play 1 Test for Australia.

What about your right arm?

Well, I was a left arm bowler, so I'd still be able to do something ... you notice I covered myself by saying "almost"

[Adelaide Hawk]

I would have given just about anything to play 1 Test for Australia.

Too true.
I think these guys have amazing stories - despite only having played one test.
How'd they get there? Why no more? How did it effect them afterwards?

Spot on. I have a feeling some people regard the "one hit wonders" as failures, but that's a "failure" I could easily deal with. An almost brand new green baggy cap in the showcase would look very nice thank you.

[Dogwatcher]

http://www.theage.com.au/news/sport/onetest-wonders/2009/10/31/1256835193226.html

[Dogwatcher]

Bollinger removed from the list.

Clint McKay added.

[Lightning McQueen]

Bollinger removed from the list.

Clint McKay added.

Yeah that McKay, hasn't done a thing yet

[westozfalcon]

I would have given just about anything to play 1 Test for Australia.

Too true.
I think these guys have amazing stories - despite only having played one test.
How'd they get there? Why no more? How did it effect them afterwards?

There is a book on this very subject. I got it out from my local library about a year ago but can't remember the author's name or the exact name of the book. I do remember that David Boon wrote the foreword in it.

I'll try and track it down again.

[CK]

Paul Hibbert's story became sadder until his unforunate passing...

I know this is about one Test wonders specifically, but to digress very briefly into one-dayers, I remember when a number of people were clamouring for Glenn Trimble's inclusion into international cricket. If memory serves, he finished with 0/32 for 4 overs, and a number of those balls were either picnics for the batsmen, or that wide they were nearly impossible to hit. AH may know more about this one?

[Dogwatcher]

Yes, Hibbert's story was very sad. I have a clipping from when he died.

Also - Trimble played two ODIs, one in Perth, one in Adelaide I think.
Son of Sam Trimble, regarded by many of his era as the best Australian cricketer never to play for Australia.

[Booney]

McKay will be on that list forever IMO.