Year in Review: Flop Test XI of the year 2013

Matt Prior (England)

Matt Prior

Matches – 13

Innings – 24

Runs – 594

Average – 31.26

Highest – 110*

Andy Flower was certainly pointing his finger at Matt Prior when he expressed his disappointment over the senior players’ reluctance to take up responsibility when it mattered the most. Clearly, Prior’s poor form and irresponsible batting made him a culprit in the 3-0 Ashes drubbing Down Under.

In 13 matches, he could muster only 594 runs with a solitary ton and three half-centuries. He is only second to James Anderson on the list of most number of ducks this year, having failed to open his account on 5 different occasions. He has had an average year behind the stumps and may well face the axe in case England opts for a revamp in the Test squad.