The ATG World XI's game

[marc71178]

Dravid
Lara
Hammond

 

[vic_orthdox]

Lara

Genius, and shown himself to basically hold superhuman qualities with the bat and raise his level to whatever he has to.

Pollock

Commanding, intimidating, and enormously effective.

Hammond

Ridiculous appetite for runs, brings a heap to the table for me as an all-round cricketer.

 

[Jager]

15 votes so far, Lara leads with 12, Hammond second with 10, whilst Pollock and Headley are neck and neck on 6 apiece. Still surprised so many people rate Hammond so highly, but then again, he bowled relatively effectively as well as being a superb slipper.

 

[kyear2]

Hammond was a superb all round cricketer as well in addition to being a top tier batsman.

 

[Jager]

Hammond was a superb all round cricketer as batsman.

He was indeed very, very good. At one stage, he was probably my favourite batsman of all, until I read into his life and career in detail.

 

[Cabinet96]

Kallis, Headley, Hammond.

 

[smash84]

He was indeed very, very good. At one stage, he was probably my favourite batsman of all, until I read into his life and career in detail.

Why? What did you find there?

 

[Eds]

Why? What did you find there?

Wally Hammond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interesting, that. Had no idea, previous to Jager's post.

 

[Himannv]

Wally Hammond
Graeme Pollock
Brian Lara

 

[Himannv]

Had no idea about Hammond's personal life either. I did read his cricinfo profile some years back but I don't think there was much mentioned about it at the time. Doesn't really change my opinion of him as a player though.

 

[Camo999]

Headley
Lara
Hammond

 

[Cabinet96]

had no idea about hammond's personal life either. I did read his cricinfo profile some years back but i don't think there was much mentioned about it at the time. Doesn't really change my opinion of him as a player though.

awta.

 

[Jager]

Had no idea about Hammond's personal life either. I did read his cricinfo profile some years back but I don't think there was much mentioned about it at the time. Doesn't really change my opinion of him as a player though.

Apart from the on-field struggles that I have previously mentioned, I'd say his personal life and apparent character sours his legacy slightly to me, even if it is only by a small amount.

 

[G.I.Joe]

I generally rate Hammond highly because he would have been the best batsman of the immediate post-Hobbs era, were it not for Bradman.

 

[morgieb]

Lara, Hammond, Pollock.

 

[jaideep]

Brian Lara
George Headley
Greg Chappell

 

[NUFAN]

I'll call this in an hour from now, its tight for third spot.

 

[The Sean]

Walter Hammond
Brian Lara
Greg Chappell

 

[NUFAN]

Results
Brian Lara 17
Walter Hammond 16
George Headley 9

World A XI so far
1 S. Gavaskar
2 H. Sutcliffe
3 G. Headley
4 B. Lara
5 W. Hammond
6
7 A. Knott

Headley just beats Pollock for the final batting position (or is it). Now it's difficult to work out the batting order. I'll ask everyone what order they want later.

 

[NUFAN]

Please select two pace bowlers who you would like to share the new ball duties with. Also, select a spin bowler. After we've decided these 3 positions, we'll have a fourth bowling spot up for grabs who could end up being a bowling all rounder, genuine quick or spinner.

Pace Bowlers shortlist (McGrath and Marshall in the World XI)
Neil Adcock, Shoaib Akhtar, Curtly Ambrose, Wasim Akram, Sydney Barnes, Alec Bedser, Ian Bishop, Ian Botham, Alan Davidson, Kapil Dev, Allan Donald, Joel Garner, Richard Hadlee, Michael Holding, Harold Larwood, Ray Lindwall, Fazal Mahmood, Dennis Lillee, George Lohmann, Keith Miller, Shaun Pollock, Mike Procter, Andy Roberts, John Snow, Fred Spofforth, Brian Statham, Dale Steyn, Frank Tyson, Fred Trueman, Charlie Turner, Chaminda Vaas, Courtney Walsh, Bob Willis, Waqar Younis.

Spinners shortlist (Warne in the World XI)
Bishan Bedi, Richie Benaud, Bhajwath Chandrasekhar, Lance Gibbs, Clarrie Grimmett, Subhash Gupte, Anil Kumble, Jim Laker, Tony Lock, Stuart MacGill, Saqlain Mushtaq, Muttiah Muralitharan, Bill O’Reilly, Erapalli Prasanna, Abdul Qadir, Wilfred Rhodes, Graeme Swann, Hugh Tayfield, Derek Underwood, Hedley Verity.

1) Select 2 quicks
2) Select 1 spinner
3) Do we even want a spinner? For the people who answer this question, if 50% say no spinner, the third paceman will make the XI.