One-Test wonder

In cricket, a one-Test wonder is usually a cricketer who is only selected for one Test match during his career and never represents his country again (not necessarily due to poor performance).[1][2][3] The term may derive from "one-hit wonder", which is used to describe singers who have only one hit song.

As of September 2006, there had been 377 one-Test wonders.[4] Some of the best performances by one test wonders are:

About one in eight Test cricketers are only picked once.[1] Occasionally, one-Test wonders have been recalled to Test cricket after a gap of several years. One example was Ryan Sidebottom, who was recalled for his second Test in 2007 after his debut in 2001.[14] Coincidentally his father, Arnie Sidebottom, was a one-Test wonder.[15]

Darren Pattinson is an unusual one-test wonder in that he played a single test for England, while his brother James Pattinson had a more successful Test career with Australia.

As of May 2007, fourteen one-Test wonders have also played in a single One Day International for their team.[12]

More rarely, the term may refer to a player who has played in more than one Test, but was very successful only once. Examples include the bowlers India's Narendra Hirwani,[16] and Australia's Bob Massie,[17] both of whom took eight wickets in each innings of their debut matches, but then failed to live up to their early promise.

The term is also used in rugby.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 Huw Richards (6 June 2007). "Cricket: Sidebottom lifts family curse". New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  2. Martin Bowerman (14 December 2006). "No shame in one-Test wonder". The Daily Telegraph (Australia). Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  3. "Is WA's Chris Rogers a one-Test wonder". The Sunday Times (Western Australia). 18 January 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  4. The 377 One-Test wonders in September 2006 exclude Alan Jones, who played one "Test" for England against a Rest of the World XI in 1970 which was later stripped of Test status, and never played for England again - The uncapped One-Test wonder, Cricinfo, September 9, 2006.
  5. Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Stuart Law
  6. Best performances by One-Test wonders, Stump Bearders No 33, BBC Sport, 20 August 2002.
  7. 1 2 One-match wonders, and Shah's second chance, Cricinfo, May 16, 2007
  8. Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Rajindernath
  9. Cricinfo - Glowing in the cold
  10. Cricinfo - Sidebottom ready for long-awaited second chance
  11. Narendra Hirwani took 8/61 and 8/75 for India in the fourth Test against West Indies at Madras in January 1988.
  12. Bob Massie took 8/84 and 8/53 for Australia in the second Test against England at Lord's in June 1972.
  13. Darren Walton (6 November 2008). "Turner no longer a one-Test wonder". Retrieved 29 April 2013.

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