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Alphabet Teams

irfan

irfan

State Captain
The U Team

1. Uthappa, R (IND)
2. Uttam Sarkar (BAN)
3. Udawatte, M (SRI)
4. Usman Tariq (PAK)
5. Umrigar, P (IND)
6. Utseya, P (ZIM)
7. Ulyett, G (ENG)
8. Udal, S (ENG)
9. Upashantha, E (SRI)
10. Umar Gul (PAK)
11. Underwood, D (ENG)

Boy was I struggling. This team certainly typifies the letter U where U stands for Unknown with only Underwood, Umrigar & Ulyett worthy of making it to any other alphabet team
 
irfan

irfan

State Captain
^ Thx. Glad to be sigged btw !

The Q Team

1. Qayyum, K (3368 runs @ 40.6)
2. Quinn, M (1490 runs @ 31.04)
3. Qaiser HUssain (1296 runs @ 27)
4. Quaife, W (931 wkts @ 27 & 36012 runs @ 35)
5. Quinton, F (2393 runs @ 27.8 and 30 wkts @ 28.5)
6. Qasim Shera (115 wkts @24 & 1201 runs @ 23)
7. Quaife, B (k 9594 runs @ 20 - 186 ct 54 st)
8. Quick, I (195 wkts @ 30.5)
9. Qasim, A (82 wkts @ 20.9)
10. Qayoom, A (152 wkts @ 30.7)
11. Quinn, N (186 wkts @ 21 - 35 @ 32 (Test Match))

Only Quaife, W and Quinn, N can be considered gun - the rest are a motley crew assembled from first class teams
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Here's another interesting one

  • GG - Graham Gooch
  • GG - Gordon Greenidge
  • CC - Colin Cowdrey
  • RR - Ritchie Richardson
  • BB - Basil Butcher
  • MM - Mushtaq Mohammad
  • TT - Tataenda Taibu
  • PP - Peter Pollock
  • MM - Malcolm Marshall
  • CC - Colin Croft
  • BB - Bishen Bedi
  • MM - Muthiah Muralitharan
 
stumpski

stumpski

International Captain
biased indian said:
some body can have a 'O' team ???
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Was about to start on the 'R's - but since you ask ...


Jack O'Connor
'Tuppy' Owen-Smith
David Ogilvie
Norm O'Neill
Jacob Oram
Simon O'Donnell
Chris Old
Bert Oldfield
Kerry O'Keeffe
Henry Olonga
Bill O'Reilly

12th man: Alan Oakman


No obvious skipper (did O'Donnell captain Victoria for a while?), and I know Owen-smith wasn't really an opener, but it's the only vacancy for him - unless O'Keeffe stands in as he did in the Centenary Test. Would be fun to see O'Reilly and O'Keeffe in tandem.
 
Matt79

Matt79

Hall of Fame Member
Well, neither turned the ball a great deal, that would be the only similarity you'd think. Bit of a worry having O'Donnell at 6 but options aren't thick on the ground.
 
Matt79

Matt79

Hall of Fame Member
SJS said:
Here's another interesting one

  • GG - Graham Gooch
  • GG - Gordon Greenidge
  • CC - Colin Cowdrey
  • RR - Ritchie Richardson
  • BB - Basil Butcher
  • MM - Mushtaq Mohammad
  • TT - Tataenda Taibu
  • PP - Peter Pollock
  • MM - Malcolm Marshall
  • CC - Colin Croft
  • BB - Bishen Bedi
  • MM - Muthiah Muralitharan
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George Giffen
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Here are 11 players listed in the order of their test debuts. The first, Blackham made his debut in the very first test match and in the year of his last test the next player made his debut and so on.

  • Blackham........1877-1894
  • Ernest Jones...1894-1902
  • Duff................1902-1905
  • Spooner..........1905-1912
  • Herbie Taylor...1912-1932
  • Orielly.............1932-1946
  • Alec Bedser.....1946-1955
  • Goddard T........1955-1970
  • Greg Chappell..1970-1984
  • Dean Jones......1984-1994
  • Murali...............1994 todate

In batting order

  1. Herbie taylor
  2. Reggie Duff
  3. Spooner
  4. Chappell
  5. Jones Dean
  6. Goddard
  7. Blackham
  8. Orielly
  9. Bedser
  10. Jones Ernest
  11. Murali

It can probably be bettered but its quite an effort :)
 
The Sean

The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
SJS said:
Here are 11 players listed in the order of their test debuts. The first, Blackham made his debut in the very first test match and in the year of his last test the next player made his debut and so on.

  • Blackham........1877-1894
  • Ernest Jones...1894-1902
  • Duff................1902-1905
  • Spooner..........1905-1912
  • Herbie Taylor...1912-1932
  • Orielly.............1932-1946
  • Alec Bedser.....1946-1955
  • Goddard T........1955-1970
  • Greg Chappell..1970-1984
  • Dean Jones......1984-1994
  • Murali...............1994 todate

In batting order

  1. Herbie taylor
  2. Reggie Duff
  3. Spooner
  4. Chappell
  5. Jones Dean
  6. Goddard
  7. Blackham
  8. Orielly
  9. Bedser
  10. Jones Ernest
  11. Murali

It can probably be bettered but its quite an effort :)
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Give yourself a wrap, son. ;) :p
 
stumpski

stumpski

International Captain
I got round to it eventually ... this side looks pretty handy.


Barry Richards
Ian Redpath
Vivian Richards
KS Ranjitsinjhi
Jonty Rhodes
John Reid
Wilfred Rhodes
Jack Russell
Franklyn Rose
Andy Roberts
Bruce Reid


Doug Ring for Bruce Reid if a 2nd spinner is required. Paul Reiffel, Tim Robinson, Lawrence Rowe, Graham Roope and Ramiz Raja were among others considered.



Oh and Derek Randall of course. Virtually nothing between him and Jonty Rhodes - it just looks a little more representative with another Saffie in there.
 
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E

Engle

State Vice-Captain
SJS said:
Here is a quick one

  1. Robert Simpson
  2. Ravi Shastri
  3. George Headley
  4. Sachin Tendulkar
  5. Jacques Kallis
  6. Alan Border
  7. James Kelly (keeper)
  8. Alec Bedser
  9. Mohammad Nissar/Mkhaya Ntini
  10. Colin Blythe
  11. Bhagwat Chandrashekhar

12th Man : Brian Close

:)
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Colin Blythe can be replaced by either Shaun Tait or George Hirst.
Mudassar Nissar, Dr.Jehangir Khan, Charlie Davis could vie for a full tour
 
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neville cardus

neville cardus

International Debutant
Engle said:
Colin Blythe can be replaced by either Shaun Tait or George Hirst.
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Well I'll be dipped in poop and rolled in breadcrumbs! You're not suggesting, surely, that those two are in anything like the same league? Or, indeed, that Tait would add more value than the epileptic man?
 
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SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Engle said:
Colin Blythe can be replaced by either Shaun Tait or George Hirst.
Mudassar Nissar, Dr.Jehangir Khan, Charlie Davis could vie for a full tour
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I can understand wanting to replace Colin Bluthe sice the alphabets are in the wrong order in the name. But I would then have both Nissar and Ntini in the team. On second thoughts, George Hirst would be a better option :)
 
stumpski

stumpski

International Captain
neville cardus said:
Well I'll dipped in poop and rolled in breadcrumbs! You're not suggesting, surely, that those two are in anything like the same league? Or, indeed, that Tait would add more value than the epileptic man?
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Agree re: Tait, obviously. But George Hirst would be acclaimed as a great all-rounder if he were playing today. Still the only man ever to score 2000 runs and take 200 wickets in the same season. Rather pointless to try and compare him with a left-arm spinner who batted at # 11, though.

Sorry, just read that through again, I think I see what you were getting at now.:)
 
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Engle

State Vice-Captain
neville cardus said:
Well I'll dipped in poop and rolled in breadcrumbs! You're not suggesting, surely, that those two are in anything like the same league? Or, indeed, that Tait would add more value than the epileptic man?
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Surely not, my good man. What I am suggesting is that since Colin Blythe's initials are CB, that would constitute a 'reverse sweep' of my criteria for being in consecutive alpha sequence.

Robin Smith, R.Sarwan anyone ?
 
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