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). Examples include Andy Ganteaume, who scored 112 for the West Indies in his only Test innings in 1948. [Andy Ganteaume scored 112 for West Indies in the 2nd Test against England at the Queen's Park Oval in February 1948. He did not bat in the second innings. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62682.html] ] The term may derive from the term One-hit wonder, which is used to describe singers who only have one hit song.

Players who are picked for only one Test are often bowlers: batsmen tend to be given a longer run to establish themselves at Test level. One Test Wonders also tend to be picked for a home series, as a stop-gap replacement. As of September 2006, there had been 377 One Test Wonders. [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 - [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/259050.html The uncapped one-Test wonder] , Cricinfo, September 9 2006.] Many were unlucky never to be picked again: in addition to Ganteaume, Rodney Redmond is the only other player to have scored a century in his only Test, scoring 107 and 56 while opening the batting for New Zealand in 1973; [Rodney Redmond scored 107 and 56 for New Zealand in the 3rd Test against Pakistan at Eden Park in February 1973, but the match was drawn. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/63099.html] ] and West Indian Vic Stollmeyer, brother of Jeff Stollmeyer, is the only player to have recorded a score in the 90s in his only Test; no other One Test Wonder has scored more than 80. [Vic Stollmeyer was stumped on 96 in his only Test innings, for West Indies in the 3rd Test against England at the Oval in August 1939. His side did not bat a second time and the match was drawn. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62660.html] ] Stuart Law scored 54 not out in his only Test innings for Australia, leaving him without a Test average [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/6274.html Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Stuart Law ] ] . Gobo Ashley took 7 for 95 for South Africa in the first innings of his single Test in 1889, [Gobo Ashley took 7/95 for South Africa in the 2nd Test against England at Newlands in March 1889. His side lost by an innings, so he did not bowl again. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/62427.html] ] and Charles Marriott recorded match figures of 11 for 96 (5/37 and 6/59) in his only match for England in 1933. [Charles Marriott took match figures of 11 for 96 (5/37 and 6/59) for England in the 3rd Test against West Indies at the Oval in August 1933. [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1930S/1933/WI_IN_ENG/WI_ENG_T3_12-15AUG1933.html] ] [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/sports_talk/2205807.stm Best performances by One-test wonders] , Stump Bearders No 33, BBC Sport, 20 August 2002.] No other bowler has taken more than 5 wickets in an innings, or 10 wickets in the match, in their only Test. Among wicket-keepers, Indian player Rajindernath made four stumpings in his only Test, but was not called on to bat [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/33027.html Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Rajindernath ] ] .

Occasionally, One Test Wonders have been recalled to Test cricket after a gap of several years. The most extreme example was John Traicos, who made his Test debut for South Africa in 1970 and played his second Test for Zimbabwe in 1993 [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/zimbabwe/content/player/55802.html Cricinfo - Players and Officials - John Traicos ] ] . The most recent example was Ryan Sidebottom, who was recalled for his second Test in 2007 after his debut in 2001 [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/296285.html Cricinfo - Glowing in the cold ] ] . Coincidentally his father Arnie Sidebottom is a One Test Wonder [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/295611.html Cricinfo - Sidebottom ready for long-awaited second chance ] ] .

Fourteen One Test Wonders have also played in a single One Day International for their team. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/294164.html One-match wonders, and Shah's second chance] , Cricinfo, May 16 2007] Kim Barnett is the only batsman to have scored more than 55, [ Kim Barnett scored 83 for England in the 3rd ODI against West Indies at Lords on 27 May 1991. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65002.html] ] and David Lawrence is the only bowler to have taken four or more wickets, [David Lawrence took 4/67 for England in the one-off ODI against Sri Lanka at the Oval on 4 September 1988. [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64992.html] ] in their only ODI (both for England).

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 [Narendra Hirwani took 8/61 and 8/75 for India in the 4th Test against West Indies at Madras in January 1988. [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1987-88/WI_IN_IND/WI_IND_T4_11-15JAN1988.html] ] and Australia's Bob Massie, [Bob Massie took 8/84 and 8/53 for Australia in the 2nd Test against England at Lord's in June 1972. [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1970S/1972/AUS_IN_ENG/AUS_ENG_T2_22-26JUN1972.html] ] both of whom took 8 wickets in each innings of their debut matches, but both failed to live up to their early promise.

England

*Charlie Absolom
*Kabir Ali
*Alfred Archer
*John Arnold
*Victor Barton
*Joey Benjamin
*Mark Benson
*Ian Blackwell
*Dennis Brookes
*Simon Brown
*Alan Butcher
*Douglas Carr
*William Chatterton
*Stanley Christopherson
*John Clay
*Cecil Cook
*Alec Coxon
*James Cranston
*Alfred Dipper
*Arthur Dolphin
*Andrew Ducat
*Jack Durston
*George Emmett
*John Evans
*Leslie Gay
*Edward Grace
*Fred Grace
*Gavin Hamilton
*Jon Lewis
*Andy Lloyd
*Jack MacBryan
*Charles Marriott
*Tony Pigott
*Arnie Sidebottom
*Mike Smith
*John Stephenson
*Fred Tate
*Neil Williams

Australia

*Harry Alexander
*Frank Allan
*Peter Allan
*Reginald Allen
*Ian Callen
*Arthur Coningham
*Bransby Cooper
*John Cottam
*George Coulthard
*Simon Davis
*Ross Duncan
*Ken Eastwood
*Hans Ebeling
*Phil Emery
*Frederick Freer
*Ned Gregory
*Thomas Groube
*Colin Guest
*Stuart Law
*Mick Malone
*Ken Meuleman
*Jeff Moss
*Lisle Nagel
*Keith Slater
*George Thoms
*Ashley Woodcock

outh Africa

*John Anderson
*Gobo Ashley
*Isaac Buys
*Grahame Chevalier
*John Cochran
*Dalton Conyngham
*Frederick Cook
*Alfred Cooper
*Godfrey Cripps
*Cecil Dixon
*Robert Dower
*Jacobus Du Toit
*Charles Finlason
*Claude Floquet
*William Frank
*Robert Gleeson
*George Glover

West Indies

*Imtiaz Ali
*David Bernard
*Gareth Breese
*Lennox Butler
*Herbert Chang
*Michael Frederick
*Dickie Fuller
*Andy Ganteaume
*Leon Garrick
*Glendon Gibbs
*George Gladstone
*Mervyn Grell
*Lincoln Roberts

New Zealand

*Andre Adams
*Mac Anderson
*Trevor Barber
*Harold Baumgartner
*Cecil Burke
*Leonard Butterfield
*Eric Fisher
*Harry Foley
*Norman Gallichan
*Stuart Gillespie
*Rodney Redmond

India

*Iqbal Siddiqui
*Salil Ankola
*Arvind Apte
*Shute Banerjee
*Subroto Banerjee
*Montu Banerjee
*Nikhil Chopra
*Hemchandra Dani
*Hiralal Gaekwad
*Morappakam Gopalan
*Gursharan Singh
*Baqa Jilani
*Rajindernath

Pakistan

*Agha Saadat Ali
*Agha Zahid
*Ali Hussain Rizvi
*Ashfaq Ahmed
*Atif Rauf
*Atiq-uz-Zaman
*Azam Khan
*Azhar Khan
*Azmat Rana
*Farhan Adil
*Farooq Hamid
*Farrukh Zaman
*Ghulam Abbas

ri Lanka

*Indika Gallage
*Roshan Guneratne

Zimbabwe

*Iain Butchart
*Neil Ferreira

Bangladesh

*Anwar Hossain
*Ehsanul Haque
*Faisal Hossain

Notes

References

*Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
* [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/230869.html Ultimate One Test wonder] , Cricinfo, December 31 2005