This is a better choice as a combo anyway imho.Saw it was my turn & didn't even look. Guess I'll have to go to my backup plan and ensure Sam doesn't get that famed duo.
Herbert Sutcliffe
Bert Sutcliffe
Sir, its GARRY Sobers and NOT Gary Sobers.Garry Cosier and some other hack Sobers
This is the reason why I didn't pick Sobers with other Gary.Unfortunately for TBP, KK is right. Names are spelled differently. Andrew needs to make a call here.
EDIT: It seems Sobers has been spelled both Gary and Garry, however, are we going off of how their names are spelled on cricinfo as a steadfast rule?
Cosier's name isn't Garfield.If their full names are both Garfield then it's irrelevant if it's Gary or Garry right
Lets stick to Cricinfo as mentioned in the rule.In an attempt to make the rules unambiguous:
A player's Cricinfo "Player Profile" page will generally refer to them by a two-word name; e.g. Viv Richards or Jack Russell (ignoring any title such as "Sir"). Either of these names may be used.
Often a player's first name is clearly a shortened form of one of their "formal" names; e.g. "Viv" is short for "Vivian", This formal name may also be used.
None of their other names may be used; so for Viv Richards you can use "Viv", "Vivian" or "Richards" but not "Isaac" or "Alexander"; for Jack Russell you can use "Jack" or "Russell" but not "Robert" or "Charles".
Just to keep things simple: names must be spelt the same to count as being the same.
Also, the usual "no Bradman" rule applies.
Are there any obvious problems with the rules as stated here? If not, we can begin.
DANG! I had them lined up as my next round pick.Gregory Chappell and Jack Gregory.
Xavier (very) briefly flashed across my mind, but I must admit Hamish didn't, nor his brother, nor indeed Roy's brotherHamish Marshall is throwing his hat to the floor right about now.
haha. Do you think I would miss a thing like that? Check the spellings of their names and you will know why I 'couldn't' pick Compton.It appears KK already picked Lillee which quite massively ****s things up for me. Should've picked Compton alongside though.