Australia’s surprising inclusion of Tim Paine for the first two Ashes 2017-18 series took everyone for a spin. He was picked ahead of Matthew Wade, Peter Nevill and Alex Carey. Paine, who stars in the playing XI for Australia in the first Test, has equalled Brad Hogg’s undesired record for Australia.
Paine’s last Test for Australia was back in October 2010 against India, thus missing 78 matches during his 7-year interval. Hogg too missed 78 Tests between 1996-97 and 2003 before playing against West Indies at Guyana. Given below is the list of top 16 players who missed most Tests.
Missed
Player
Team
Gap
142
Gareth Batty
England
2005 — 2016-17
114
Martin Bicknell
England
1993 — 2003
109
Floyd Reifer
West Indies
1998-99 — 2009
104
Younis Ahmed
Pakistan
1969-70 — 1986-87
103
Derek Shackleton
England
1951-52 — 1963
96
Les Jackson
England
1949 — 1961
86
Pat Pocock
England
1976 — 1984
85
Wayne Larkins
England
1981 — 1989-90
85
Liam Plunkett
England
2007 — 2014
83
Parthiv Patel
India
2008 — 2016-17
81
Rawl Lewis
West Indies
1998-99 — 2005-06
79
Keith Andrew
England
1954-55 — 1963
78
Brad Hogg
Australia
1996-97 — 2003
78
Ryan Sidebottom
England
2001 — 2007
78
Tim Paine
Australia
2010-11 — 2017-18
The overall tally is topped by England’s Gareth Batty. He missed 142 Tests before making a comeback in the English setup in 2016-17 series against Bangladesh. Second on the list is Martin Bicknell who missed 114 Tests from 1993-2003 playing for England. West Indies’ Floyd Reifer missed 109 Tests from 1998-99 to 2009.
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