Alphabet Teams

[SJS]

One of the more 'rare' ones, The Y's. Its easy since there isn't too much choice. Thank God there is a keeper and in Norman Yrdley and Brian Young some one to bowl with the new ball

Unlikely to beat anyone except the X's or the Q's

1. Young, Bryan
2. Yallop, Graham
3. Younis Khan
4. Yuvraj Singh
5. Yashpal Sharma
6. Yardley, Norman
7. Yadav, Vijay
8. Yardley, Bruce
9. Yuile, Bryan
10. Yadav, Nandlal
11. Young, Harding

 

[SJS]

Eleven players exactly (six of them Pakistanis) with names starting from Z have played in tests so they select themselves but believe me they have three who have opened batting more than a couple for opening the bowling and two wicket keepers !! I am playing Tim Zoerer as a batsman since the other keeper Zulquarnain would be an embarassment as a batsman

1. Zulch, John
2. Zahoor Elahi
3. Zaheer Abbas
4. Zahid Fazal
5. Zulfiqar Ahmed
6. Zondeki
7. Zoehrer, Tim
8. Zulquarnain
9. Zaheer Khan
10. Zakir Khan
11. Zoysa

 

[NUFAN]

1 Compton, Dennis
2 Cowper, Bob
3 Chappell, Ian
4 Chappell, Greg
5 Cowdrey, Colin
6 Crowe, Martin
7 Cairns, Chris,
8 Cameron, Jock
9 Chandrasehkar
10 Caddick, Andy
11 Colin Croft

LOL some help with the bowling!!

 

[SJS]

THE DASHING D'S

What a side. Look at the figures in brackets.

1. Duff, Reginald (35.6)
2. Dempster, Charles (65.7)
3. Dravid, Rahul (56.5)
4. Duleepsinhji (58.5)
5. Dexter, Ted (47.9)
6. Durani, Salim (A century and 7 50's, a 10 for and 3 five for's in 29 tests)
7. Davidson, Alan (24.5 with bat - 20.5 with ball)
8. Duckworth, George (a legend behind the stumps)
9. Dymock, Geoff (27.1)
10. De Villiers, (24.2 at nearly 5 wkts per test)
11. Donald, Allan (330 wkts at 22.2)

 

[SJS]

1 Compton, Dennis
2 Cowper, Bob
3 Chappell, Ian
4 Chappell, Greg
5 Cowdrey, Colin
6 Crowe, Martin
7 Cairns, Chris,
8 Cameron, Jock
9 Chandrasehkar
10 Caddick, Andy
11 Clark, Stuart

LOL some help with the bowling!!

Colin Croft. 125 wkts at 23.3 each !

 

[NUFAN]

Is Duckworth better then Dujon?

 

[NUFAN]

Colin Croft. 125 wkts at 23.3 each !

Cheers mate, added him in.

 

[Joe Ninety]

Colin Croft. 125 wkts at 23.3 each !

Of course Colin Croft! I've been racking my brain for some C's. Great thread,will have to see if I can come up with some teams.

 

[SJS]

The V's

1. Vaughan, Michael
2. van der Bijl, Pieter
3. Vengsarkar, Dillip
4. Viswanath, Gundappa
5. Valentine, Brian
6. Veivers, Thomas
7. Verity, Hedley
8. Vaas, Chaminda
9. Vogler, Albert
10. Viswanath, Sandanand
11. Voce, Bill

 

[SJS]

Is Duckworth better then Dujon?

Absolutely. As a keeper he is surely amongst the 5-6 greatest of all time. Many consider him THE GREATEST.

 

[Matt79]

Can anyone suggest a decent spinner starting with H? Not Harbajhan Singh as he'd be an S in my system.

 

[NUFAN]

Hirwani?

 

[SJS]

The I's

1. Imran Farhat
2. Imran Nazir
3. Inzamam-ul-Haq
4. Irvine, Brian
5. Ijaz Ahmed
6. Imran Khan
7. Imtiaz Ahmed
8. Intikhab Alam
9. Illingworth, Ray
10. Iqbal Qasim
11. Ironside, David

 

[SJS]

Hirwani?

There is also Herbert Hordern of Australia (early 20th century. Right arm leg spinner.
46 wickets in just 7 test matches !!

avg 23.37 and strike rate 46.7 - fabulous for a spinner.

Five five fors and 2 10 fors in just 7 tests.

Amazing figures in a short career.

 

[NUFAN]

P
1 Pullar, Geoff
2 Paynter, Eddie
3 Ponting, Ricky
4 Ponsford, Bill
5 Pollock, Graeme
6 Pietersen, Kevin
7 Parore, Adam
8 Pollock Shaun
9 Pollock, Peter
10 Procter, Mike
11 Patterson, Patrick

 

[SJS]

The Fabulous F's

1. Fredericks, Roy
2. Fingleton
3. Fry, C B
4. Foster, Reginald E
5. Flower,
6. Faulkner
7. Flintoff
8. Farnes, Ken
9. Fazal Mahmood
10. Freeman
11. Ferris, John

 

[NUFAN]

Was Angus Fraser close to making your side?

 

[SJS]

P
1 Pullar, Geoff
2 Paynter, Eddie
3 Ponting, Ricky
4 Ponsford, Bill
5 Pollock, Graeme
6 Pietersen, Kevin
7 Parore, Adam
8 Pollock Shaun
9 Pollock, Peter
10 Procter, Mike
11 Patterson, Patrick

Jim Parks might make a better keeper (and batsman) than Parore.

 

[SJS]

Was Angus Fraser close to making your side?

Ken Farnes makes it by being the fastest of the lot and figures very similar (marginally better ) to Fraser

Fazal was a fabulous medium pacer compared by many to Bedser. Ferris is a legend with 61 wkts in 9 tests !! and Flintoff is an all rounder.

 

[andyc]

P
1 Pullar, Geoff
2 Paynter, Eddie
3 Ponting, Ricky
4 Ponsford, Bill
5 Pollock, Graeme
6 Pietersen, Kevin
7 Parore, Adam
8 Pollock Shaun
9 Pollock, Peter
10 Procter, Mike
11 Patterson, Patrick

Procter below Peter (and arguably Shaun) is a bit harsh. Long batting line up all the same.