The Best of Each Decade Birthday DRAFT

[watson]

Thanks guys,

I know Bill Ponsford (1900) was best known as an opener but he played a bit in the middle order in tests and according to his profile 'He was second to none as a player of spin bowling, and O'Reilly reckoned him to be an even tougher opponent than Bradman to bowl at...'

Plus I've seen a fair bit of my cricket (and footy) sitting in his stand at the MCG so I'll stick him in my middle order somewhere.

Hobbs, Grace, .... Javed, Ponsford, ..... Benaud, Akram, ..... ..... B Johnston, .......

Bill Ponsford scored one of his 400s while batting at. No.5, so batting in the middle order doesn't seem a problem to him.

 

[chasingthedon]

Bill Ponsford scored one of his 400s while batting at. No.5, so batting in the middle order doesn't seem a problem to him.

Amazing that you can use the phrase "one of his 400s" about a batsman!

 

[morgieb]

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2.
3.
4.
5. Allan Border
6. Monty Noble
7. John Waite
8.
9. Fazal Mahmood
10. Bill O'Reilly
11. Glenn McGrath

 

[watson]

Amazing that you can use the phrase "one of his 400s" about a batsman!

And here they are;

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(Note that the team score for Victoria against Tasmania was 1059 runs. Outrageous)

 

[watson]

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2.
3.
4.
5. Allan Border
6. Monty Noble
7. John Waite
8.
9. Fazal Mahmood
10. Bill O'Reilly
11. Glenn McGrath

Already a strong bowling attack - I'm now wondering who will end up batting at No.8 ?!

 

[ankitj]

**** both Fazal Mahmood and Arthur Morris gone from 1920s. Guess I will have to give up on that decade and pick Patsy Hendren from 1880s instead. Going quite tactical about filling up most difficult decades right now.

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Ken Barrington
Sachin Tendulkar
Patsy Hendren
Steve Waugh
Imran Khan (c)
Les Ames (+)
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Clarie Grimmet
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[AldoRaine18]

Lance Gibbs
Born : 1934

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[chasingthedon]

Next up, the man immortalised in song by Half Man, Half Biscuit - Hedley Verity. Born at Headingley in 1905, he died of wounds sustained in action during the Second World War. Several Yorkshire-born members of the 1954-55 touring Ashes party, including captain Len Hutton, stopped off at Caserta en route to Australia, laying white roses on his grave.

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[watson]

Yeah Verity and Faulkner are a nice complementary combination. Like it.

 

[Howe_zat]

both turned the ball the same way so no thanks

 

[ankitj]

Updated:

<=1870s

1880s

1890s

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

>=1980s

AldoRaine18

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Ankitj

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Blakus

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Camo999

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Chasingthedon

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Fredfertang

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Howe_Zat

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Kyear2

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Monk

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Morgieb

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ohnoitsyou

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Pothas

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Saint Kopite

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watson

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[watson]

both turned the ball the same way so no thanks

Facing-up to a leg-break googly bowler, and a 'fast' left-arm orthodox bowler, requires a different set of skills. Especially when Faulkner is bowling the googly.

It's like saying that batting against Warne and Underwood (for example) requires the same technique. Which I don't think is true.

 

[Howe_zat]

titter

 

[watson]

ROUND 7
85. Howe_Zat - Derek Underwood
86. watson - Matthew Hayden
87. Blakus - Bob Simpson
88. Fredfertang - Ted McDonald
89. Morgieb - Fazal Mahmood
90. Monk - Arthur Morris
91. ohnoitsyou - Archie Jackson
92. Camo999 - Bill Ponsford
93. Pothas - Hashim Amla
94. Ankitj - Patsy Hendren
95. AldoRaine18 - Lance Gibbs
96. Chasingthedon - Hedley Verity
97. Saint Kopite - George Lohmann
98. Kyear2 - Inzamam-ul-Haq

ROUND 8
99. Kyear2 - Vijay Merchant
100. Saint Kopite
101. Chasingthedon
102. AldoRaine18
103. Ankitj
104. Pothas
105. Camo999
106. ohnoitsyou
107. Monk
108. Morgieb
109. Fredfertang
110. Blakus
111. watson
112. Howe_Zat

 

[Saint Kopite]

GEORGE LOHMANN

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[Saint Kopite]

This was by far the toughest round for me to pick a player. Was confused between two to three players but ultimately went with Lohmann.

 

[chasingthedon]

both turned the ball the same way so no thanks

I know, but couldn't resist either.

Good thing it's not real, eh?

 

[kyear2]

Sorry for the delay. Was driving on the road all day.

Inzamam Ul-Haq

Second pick to come shortly. Deciding between two players.

 

[kyear2]

Vijay Merchant 1910's

 

[kyear2]

Kirksland XI

01. Bruce Mitchell
02. Vijay Merchant
03. Sir I.V.A. Richards
04. Inzamam Ul-Haq
05. A.B. de Villiers
06.
07.
08. Sir Wesley Hall
09. Jim Laker
10. Dennis Lillee
11.