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Alphabetical Name Draft
- Thread starter weeman27bob
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kingkallis
International Coach
Rob screwed up my plans @ the last minute
I would have loved having Donald and Lara!
I would have loved having Donald and Lara!
Blaze 18
Banned
You ruined everyone's plans by picking Sir Donald Bradman
weeman27bob
International Vice-Captain
Far too many players to pick from.
Still could do with fast bowling so I'll go for the statistically improbable George Lohmann
Still could do with fast bowling so I'll go for the statistically improbable George Lohmann
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
With any of those 2 openers, I love my batting lineup.
Bruce Mitchell/Vijay Merchant
Jack Hobbs*
Ken Barrington
KS Ranjitsinhji
Clyde Walcott
Kapil Dev
Mike Procter
Godfrey Evans+
Iqbal Qasim
Neil Adcock
John Snow
The allround skill in my team is phenomenal with Kapil and Procter around. I love my pace bowling lineup comprising of Adcock, Procter, Snow and Kapil. Evans was a fine fine keeper. The only place where I could have done better is spin bowling. While Qasim is among the best spinners Pakistan has produced, he doesn't compare to the likes of Murali, O'Reilly, Warne, Grimmett, Laker or Verity.
Bruce Mitchell/Vijay Merchant
Jack Hobbs*
Ken Barrington
KS Ranjitsinhji
Clyde Walcott
Kapil Dev
Mike Procter
Godfrey Evans+
Iqbal Qasim
Neil Adcock
John Snow
The allround skill in my team is phenomenal with Kapil and Procter around. I love my pace bowling lineup comprising of Adcock, Procter, Snow and Kapil. Evans was a fine fine keeper. The only place where I could have done better is spin bowling. While Qasim is among the best spinners Pakistan has produced, he doesn't compare to the likes of Murali, O'Reilly, Warne, Grimmett, Laker or Verity.
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kingkallis
International Coach
lol - but.............................I was 1st there.
Woman boob didnt appear for long enough to give me some hopes and then all of a sudden he strikes and grabs white lightening
Blakus
State Vice-Captain
I'm in the same situation as you. Although I'd also add Bill Lawry to that list
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah, on a second thought I will do that too.
I shall select the opening partnership (Morris-Hobbs) that Bradman selected for his dream XI
Weldone's final XI (provided that fly doesn't take Morris):
Arthur Morris
Jack Hobbs*
Ken Barrington
KS Ranjitsinhji
Clyde Walcott
Kapil Dev
Mike Procter
Godfrey Evans+
Iqbal Qasim
Neil Adcock
John Snow
ankitj
Hall of Fame Member
Bradman selected Morris and Barry Richards.Yeah, on a second thought I will do that too.
I shall select the opening partnership (Morris-Hobbs) that Bradman selected for his dream XI
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
I don't recall exactly. Did he? If he did, it's very surprising since he once told that he idolized Hobbs during his initial days as a cricketer.
weeman27bob
International Vice-Captain
1. Bob Simpson [ 4869 runs @ 46.81 and 71 wickets @ 42.26]
2. Len Hutton* [6971 runs @ 56.67]
3. Dudley Nourse [2960 runs @ 53.81]
4. Eddie Paynter [1540 runs @ 59.23]
5. C.B Fry [1223 runs @ 32.18 and 30866 FC runs at 50.22]
6. Tony Greig [3599 @ 40.34 and 141 wickets @32.20]
7. Farokh Engineer [2611 runs @ 31.08 and 66 catches, 16 stumpings]
8. Hedley Verity [669 runs @ 20.90 and 144 wickets @ 24.37]
9. Allan Donald [ 652 runs @ 10.68 and 330 wickets @ 22.25]
10. Derek Underwood [937 runs @ 11.56 and 297 wickets @ 25.83]
11. George Lohmann [ 26 runs @ 8.86 and 112 wickets @ 10.57]
12. Jacob Oram [ 1780 runs @ 36.32 and 60 wickets @ 33.05]
Three of the top four average in excess of 50 and actually when opening the batting so does Bob Simpson, meaning there's clear strength at the top of the order. Bob Simpson was also a fairly handy legspinner if needed.
CB Fry looks like the weak link here, and in terms of test statistics he clearly is. However a first class average of 50+ and 94 centuries shows he was no slouch with the bat.
Tony Greig is next in, with a solid batting average and will certainly get a bowl. Farokh Engineer was one of the world's best wicket keepers behind the stumps and was pretty handy with the bat too. I'd presume therefore that he would stand up to Gerig putting the stumping into play.
The front line bowling is lead by the ineffable George Lohmann, a quality bowler and ridiculous wicket taker. He's backed up by the pace and swing of Allan Donald to provide a fiery new ball pairing.
The brunt of the bowling would be done by two of England's finest spinners. Hedley Verity and Derek Underwood weren't slow spinners by any means, and would have the ball shooting all over the place. Jacob Oram in his allrounder role makes up the team, and would probably come in for Underwood on a particularly seam friendly wicket.
Given the relative strengths of the players, and 7 Englishmen in the team, I'd have thought playing on uncovered English pitches would be hugely beneficial to the team.
2. Len Hutton* [6971 runs @ 56.67]
3. Dudley Nourse [2960 runs @ 53.81]
4. Eddie Paynter [1540 runs @ 59.23]
5. C.B Fry [1223 runs @ 32.18 and 30866 FC runs at 50.22]
6. Tony Greig [3599 @ 40.34 and 141 wickets @32.20]
7. Farokh Engineer [2611 runs @ 31.08 and 66 catches, 16 stumpings]
8. Hedley Verity [669 runs @ 20.90 and 144 wickets @ 24.37]
9. Allan Donald [ 652 runs @ 10.68 and 330 wickets @ 22.25]
10. Derek Underwood [937 runs @ 11.56 and 297 wickets @ 25.83]
11. George Lohmann [ 26 runs @ 8.86 and 112 wickets @ 10.57]
12. Jacob Oram [ 1780 runs @ 36.32 and 60 wickets @ 33.05]
Three of the top four average in excess of 50 and actually when opening the batting so does Bob Simpson, meaning there's clear strength at the top of the order. Bob Simpson was also a fairly handy legspinner if needed.
CB Fry looks like the weak link here, and in terms of test statistics he clearly is. However a first class average of 50+ and 94 centuries shows he was no slouch with the bat.
Tony Greig is next in, with a solid batting average and will certainly get a bowl. Farokh Engineer was one of the world's best wicket keepers behind the stumps and was pretty handy with the bat too. I'd presume therefore that he would stand up to Gerig putting the stumping into play.
The front line bowling is lead by the ineffable George Lohmann, a quality bowler and ridiculous wicket taker. He's backed up by the pace and swing of Allan Donald to provide a fiery new ball pairing.
The brunt of the bowling would be done by two of England's finest spinners. Hedley Verity and Derek Underwood weren't slow spinners by any means, and would have the ball shooting all over the place. Jacob Oram in his allrounder role makes up the team, and would probably come in for Underwood on a particularly seam friendly wicket.
Given the relative strengths of the players, and 7 Englishmen in the team, I'd have thought playing on uncovered English pitches would be hugely beneficial to the team.
Flyonthewall
U19 Captain
Will selct Doug Walters and Rod Marsh to round off my side. Team is as follows:
1. John Edrich
2. Virender Sehwag
3. Dilip Vengsarkar
4. Doug Walters
5. Allan Border (capt)
6. Alvin Kallicharan
7. Wilfred Rhodes
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Rod Marsh (wkt)
10. Richard Hadlee
11. Jack Iverson
12. Neville Quinn
Batting depth for the win!
1. John Edrich
2. Virender Sehwag
3. Dilip Vengsarkar
4. Doug Walters
5. Allan Border (capt)
6. Alvin Kallicharan
7. Wilfred Rhodes
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Rod Marsh (wkt)
10. Richard Hadlee
11. Jack Iverson
12. Neville Quinn
Batting depth for the win!
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Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Team is going to look something like this:
Sunil Gavaskar
Frank Worrell
Jacques Kallis
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Warwick Armstrong/Grahap Yallop
Keith Miller
Imran Khan*
Jack Russell+
Michael Holding
Frederick Spofforth
Bobby Abel
Its got a slight old school swagger to it I'd say.
Sunil Gavaskar
Frank Worrell
Jacques Kallis
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Warwick Armstrong/Grahap Yallop
Keith Miller
Imran Khan*
Jack Russell+
Michael Holding
Frederick Spofforth
Bobby Abel
Its got a slight old school swagger to it I'd say.
weeman27bob
International Vice-Captain
Joao - Brian Lara
Kingkallis - Malcolm Marshall
weeman27bob - George Lohmann
Flyonthewall - Rod Marsh
weldone - Arthur Morris
himannv - Keith Miller
Blaze 18
Michaelf7777
Cevno
Howe_zat
Honestbharani
Blakus
Kingkallis - Malcolm Marshall
weeman27bob - George Lohmann
Flyonthewall - Rod Marsh
weldone - Arthur Morris
himannv - Keith Miller
Blaze 18
Michaelf7777
Cevno
Howe_zat
Honestbharani
Blakus
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
Ha ha you are probably the first person to say this about Keith Miller
