Weekes, Walcott or Worrell: Who was the best batsman?

[Engle]

Its quite insane to think about but a reasonable case can be made that only one (due to keeping) or none of these 3 belong in the ATG Windies side.

One option may be to replace Hunte with V.Richards seeing that he did quite well against a rampaging Lillee/Thomson on their own turf.



That would make room for Worrell to captain the side instead of Sobers who could be quite cavalier. Captaincy is generally given short shrift in ATG XI's. Yet, it could be the difference when you're going head-to-head in hard fought battles against the best of the rest.

 

[kyear2]

One option may be to replace Hunte with V.Richards seeing that he did quite well against a rampaging Lillee/Thomson on their own turf.

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That would make room for Worrell to captain the side instead of Sobers who could be quite cavalier. Captaincy is generally given short shrift in ATG XI's. Yet, it could be the difference when you're going head-to-head in hard fought battles against the best of the rest.

Could also possibly use Headley, who practically opened anyways during the most of his career or if I recall correctly, Worrell , who may have actually opened a couple of times.

With regards to captaincy, yes Sobers could be cavalier, and while Richards set the tone, was was seen by some as a passenger and so yes, Worrell could be seen as the best option.

Though to be honest, I've never been thoroughly convinced about how much of an impact captains would really have when teams such as these are involved.

 

[Jack1]

completely reasonable too, unless Headley gets shafted for 'muh longevity' they are they clear cut 5th, 6th and 7th best WI batsmen

Headley is a lock considering FC average too, I'm sure you could even open with him at 2 when he averages that much at 3. Just seen this was mentioned above too. To me having Hunte in that team is very questionable.

 

[trundler]

Eh, no one's a lock in such esteemed company. Could make the retrospective quality of opposition argument. With Viv one could bring up the extended slump towards the end. Lara's record isn't above nitpicking either. Certainly, the 3 Ws belong in any ATG XI even if one thinks they can be left out for slightly better bats.

 

[ataraxia]

My WI AT batting line-up is something ridiculous along the lines of:

Worrell / Greenidge
Headley
Lara
Richards
Weekes
Sobers
Walcott +

 

[mr_mister]

My WI AT batting line-up is something ridiculous along the lines of:

Worrell / Greenidge
Headley
Lara
Richards
Weekes
Sobers
Walcott +

Surely need at least one specialist opener hah

 

[Jack1]

My WI AT batting line-up is something ridiculous along the lines of:

Worrell / Greenidge
Headley
Lara
Richards
Weekes
Sobers
Walcott +

1. Richards
2. Headley
3. Lara
4. Weekes
5. Sobers
6. Chanderpaul
7. Walcott (wk)

I think this might be strongest. Worrell for Weekes is an alternative.

By the way, Richards only averaged 41 at 4. I would avoid batting him lower than 3 considering the competition.

 

[Ymaxxx]

Walcott is rhoti sharma in tests. Ineffective in away conditions. bs home statpadding.

Weekes is statpadded with minnows

Worrell is true to his stat but is an effective bowler so he gets the vote.

Playing wallcott in your atgs as a keeper is useless because that fat lad kept to spinners and is not diving around like dujon to the actual threatening windies pacers. Also he had back problems.

/threadclosed

 

[Jack1]

Walcott is rhoti sharma in tests. Ineffective in away conditions. bs home statpadding.

Weekes is statpadded with minnows

Worrell is true to his stat but is an effective bowler so he gets the vote.

Playing wallcott in your atgs as a keeper is useless because that fat lad kept to spinners and is not diving around like dujon to the actual threatening windies pacers. Also he had back problems.

/threadclosed

Those two teams are just to stack the batting. Look at ataraxia's first line, my team is a response to his "WI ATG batting line up". You obviously pick the best batsman as keeper if you are focused on batting mate. It is very close between the batsmen, you are basically telling us your deciding fact is Worrell's bowling, but this is about batting.

 

[Ymaxxx]

Those two teams are just to stack the batting. Look at ataraxia's first line, my team is a response to his "WI ATG batting line up". You obviously pick the best batsman as keeper if you are focused on batting mate. It is very close between the batsmen, you are basically telling us your deciding fact is Worrell's bowling, but this is about batting.

So Kamran akmal should be Pakistan's atg keeper with that logic.

The guys is definitely Not diving to Windies atg pacers. And will be costing runs left and right. You need to think out the box and think of dujons reflexes instead of relying on statsguru

for instance inzi would be a liability between wicket running, but these stuff arent reflected on stats and and ppl will just pick him because of being a better batsman (slightly) compared to yousuf, zaheer and younis.

An atg team should always have critical thinking and logic behind it rather then some blind stats for selection

 

[Jack1]

So Kamran akmal should be Pakistan's atg keeper with that logic.

The guys is definitely Not diving to Windies atg pacers. And will be costing runs left and right. You need to think out the box and think of dujons reflexes instead of relying on statsguru

Are you actually stupid? "AT Batting line-up". Yes, you pick the best batsman in the keeper position in an AT batting team. And no - you'd pick Rizwan over Akmal, he's a better batsman. Get it into your skull that it's an AT Batting line-up, not AT line-up...

So Kamran akmal should be Pakistan's atg keeper with that logic.

The guys is definitely Not diving to Windies atg pacers. And will be costing runs left and right. You need to think out the box and think of dujons reflexes instead of relying on statsguru

for instance inzi would be a liability between wicket running, but these stuff arent reflected on stats and and ppl will just pick him because of being a better batsman (slightly) compared to yousuf, zaheer and younis.

An atg team should always have critical thinking and logic behind it rather then some blind stats for selection

I can see you've edited and added more, so I'll quote you again. You are missing the point completely. It's just about batting..

 

[Ymaxxx]

I can see you've edited and added more, so I'll quote you again. You are missing the point completely. It's just about batting..

oh okay, fair enough