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Unlucky Dip Player #65: :sri: :bwl: Roger Wijesuriya Nominated by: @ddrap14 Received by: @Paranoid Kendroid Roger Wijesuriya bowled 97.4 overs in Test cricket, and was rewarded with only one Test cricket. I wish I had that kind of resilience, and I think he should be admired for it...

Unlucky Dip Player #64: :nzf: :bwl: Doug Freeman Nominated by: @ahmedleo414 Received by: @Yash. New Zealand's schoolboy leggie was only 18 years old when he played his two Test matches against England. He got absolutely met by Wally Hammond and Herbert Sutcliffe, and played only one more...

Unlucky Dip Player #63: :ind: :wk: Khershed Meherhomji Nominated by: @Yash. Received by: @Aravind. Now this is a tricky one. A nice specialist wicket-keeper is usually a very helpful kind of player to pull in an Unlucky Dip, but Aravind already has one of those. It means that Meherhomji...

Unlucky Dip Player #62: :pak: :bwl: Usman Khan Shinwari Nominated by: @CerealKiller Received by: @Neptune One of the most impressive teenage swing bowlers I've ever seen, I was simultaneously surprised to find that Shinwari had played a Test match, and surprised that he hadn't played a dozen...

Unlucky Dip Player #61: :pak: :wk: Asma Farzand Nominated by: @Yash. Received by: @Aislabie Surprisingly, Yash was the only one amongst us to nominate a female player for the Unlucky Dip. I am extremely grateful, however, to receive a wicket-keeper for my team. Aislabie's XI so far: 7...

Unlucky Dip Player #60: :saf: :ar: Jacques Kallis Nominated by: @Paranoid Kendroid Received by: @Yash. Well, Yash might not have got Sobers back, but he got the next best thing. A brave gamble from Kendroid made that possible, so chapeau. Yash's XI so far: :ind: :bat: Vikram Rathour :saf...

Unlucky Dip Player #59: :aus: :bat: Harry Musgrove Nominated by: @Aislabie Received by: @ahmedleo414 Another specialist batter with a sub-10 first-class average who played in the second Test after the entire Australian team walked out on the eve of the 1885 New Year Test. An actor by trade...

Unlucky Dip Player #58: :ind: :bwl: Vivek Razdan Nominated by: @icyman Received by: @Perfect Square An extremely exciting fast bowler who was parachuted into the Indian Test team without so much as a sniff of Ranji cricket: he was the real deal, but his uncoached action ruined his body in no...

Unlucky Dip Player #57: :aus: :bwl:Dave Gilbert Nominated by: @Aravind Received by: @Aislabie A good honest Shield & county seamer whose shot at the big time came when the first-choice bowlers had opted to go on a Rebel Tour, he wasn't much of a Test bowler but will certainly do a job in my...

Unlucky Dip Player #56: :sri: :ar: Chamika Karunaratne Nominated by: @Yash. Received by: @Neptune Karunaratne's one Test match didn't exactly go to plan, but I really like him as a cricketer. He's an all-rounder in the mould of the T10 & T20 age: explosive, excellent in short bursts and...

Unlucky Dip Player #55: :zim: :bwl: Ujesh Ranchod Nominated by: @Yash. Received by: @CerealKiller Ujesh Ranchod is a hard man to find: as far as I can tell there's not a single photo on the internet, but there is a grainy video of him getting battered by Vinod Kambli in his only Test...

Unlucky Dip Player #54: :eng: :wk: Arthur Dolphin Nominated by: @ahmedleo414 Received by: @mohsin7827 Arthur Dolphin was a strictly specialist wicket-keeper and a world class one at that - he had to be, to keep his place in the Yorkshire team for 20 years. His son, also Arthur Dolphin, would...

Unlucky Dip Player #53: :eng: :bat: John Morris Nominated by: @icyman Received by: @Neptune An unfashionable player who batted his way into the Test team anyway, John Morris might have got a longer rope if he'd had a different physique. But then again, perhaps he wouldn't have: this was...

Unlucky Dip Player #52: :zim: :ar: Gary Crocker Nominated by: @Perfect Square Received by: @CerealKiller Gary Crocker's international stats aren't all that, but his story is: called up in the middle of the night to make his international debut the following morning. That wasn't ideal because...

Unlucky Dip Player #51: :eng: :bwl: Ian Salisbury Nominated by: @Aislabie Received by: @ahmedleo414 The perfect teammate for Brooke Walker, I'm sure we can all agree! Ahmedleo's XI so far: :afg: :ar: Karim Janat :nzf: :bwl: Brooke Walker :eng: :bwl: Ian Salisbury

Unlucky Dip Player #50: :eng: :x: Emile McMaster Nominated by: @Neptune Received by: @CerealKiller The prototypical "we need a crap player" draft pick. Makes the English Charles Coventry look like Don Bradman. CerealKiller's XI so far: :ban: :bwl: Tapash Baisya :eng: :x: Emile McMaster

Unlucky Dip Player #49: :ind: :bwl:David Johnson Nominated by: @Till Valhalla Received by: @Supreme General A slingy fast bowler, David Johnson played twice for India during which he struggled desperately to hit a line and length. He tragically died at only 52 years of age earlier this year...

Unlucky Dip Player #48: :wi: :bwl: George Gladstone Marais Nominated by: @ahmedleo414 Received by: @Till Valhalla Gladstone's first-class career was a unique two-parter: in the first game, he was rampant for Jamaica against the touring Englishmen. Weeks later, he was ineffectual for the West...

Unlucky Dip Player #47: :eng: :bwl: Josh Hull Nominated by: @Till Valhalla Received by: @Yash. The bowler who inspired the Rob Key Selection Bonus, possibly England's most baffling ever Test selection. Yash's XI so far: :ind: :bat: Vikram Rathour :wi: :bat: Ricardo Powell :eng: :bwl: Josh Hull

Unlucky Dip Player #46: :pak: :bwl: Mohammad Sami Nominated by: @CerealKiller Received by: @ddrap14 I will never understand how Mohammad Sami was so bad at Test cricket - his bowling average of over 52 makes less sense to me than Bradman's batting average. However, he should be more than...