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    The best ATG fast attack

    England fast rather than fast-medium: Richardson, Larwood, Tyson, Wood.
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    Geoff Armstrong- The 100 Greatest Cricketers

    A lot to take in here. First impressions. It is good to see some proper wicket-keepers who don't always receive their due: Blackham, Kirmani, Wasim Bari. On the other hand, arguably the finest Australian and English keepers have been excluded: Oldfield, Tallon, Bob Taylor. Geoff Armstrong is...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Some more recent ones: 2009 England [Cricinfo - 10 English journalists]: Hobbs, Hutton, Hammond, Barrington, Pietersen, Botham, Knott+, Larwood, Trueman, Underwood, Barnes. 7 changes from 1977 2009 Australia [Cricinfo - 10 Australian journalists]: Trumper, Morris, Bradman, Greg Chappell...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    For an idea of the establishment view at the time, The Cricketer complemented their selection with a similar exercise six years later when Arlott, Swanton and Frith chose all-time England and Australia teams shortly before the Centenary Test. They have already been posted here but are repeated...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    In 1971 The Cricketer magazine celebrated its 50th anniversary by asking four eminent senior figures to choose their greatest twenty cricketers since 1921. The four were Ames, Gubby Allen, O'Reilly and Fingleton. Bradman was invited but declined. All four played most of their cricket during...
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    What did Bradman think of that Windies team?

    In 1999 Bill Frindall and TMS producer Peter Baxter both included Weekes in their all-time world XI. Tony Cozier thought Weekes was the best of the 3 Ws. Trueman considered Worrell the hardest of the three to dismiss on seaming/spinning pitches because he was more orthodox and played...
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    What did Bradman think of that Windies team?

    Didn't the crowds at Queen's Park Oval and Bourda routinely support India and Pakistan against their "home" team?
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    What did Bradman think of that Windies team?

    Sobers: "If you call Gower a great player, you will have to invent a new word to describe the all-time great players like Bradman and Weekes." Not sure to what extent this view is confined to Barbados and the wider Caribbean.
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    What did Bradman think of that Windies team?

    Others here will know more, but Bradman, from his long career as a selector, was usually reluctant to compare teams and players, especially Australian ones. The all-time team he was said to have chosen was published only after his death, which raised suspicions in some quarters. Opinions he...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Before his football-related knee injury became chronic in 1949, Compton was averaging 61 in Tests (50 away from home) and had scored 20,737 runs in first-class cricket, average 60.99, with 74 hundreds. His game was based on a keen eye, improvisation and very fast footwork. Without the fast...
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    *Official* Second Test (Lord's, London) 28 June–2 July

    Exactly right. Preamble to The Laws of Cricket below. The Spirit of Cricket is both within the Laws and outside them, which doesn't make sense. The umpires should intervene if they consider actions fall outside the spirit of the game. Cricket owes much of its appeal and enjoyment to the fact...
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    Bairstow Dismissal

    Problem is the ten-year-old now thinks it's the way to play the game.
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Averages in England v Australia Tests when Bradman batted. Qualification 1000 runs. Excludes Oval Test of 1938 when Bradman played but didn't bat. Bradman 89 Morris 79 Compton 56 Ponsford 56 Sutcliffe 53 Leyland 52 Hammond 46 McCabe 45 Woodfull 42 Selected others with fewer than 1000 runs...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    An interesting point. Bradman is a good example. While he was playing he faced constant sniping and criticism, much of it from Australians. Most was unfair and may have been related to his personality. Macartney referred to his batting as “crude hitting”. Gubby Allen said he was scared of fast...
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    Trumper vs Hill

    Impression is that in Australia they were judged to be close. English writers placed Trumper way ahead, due mainly to his ability on rain-damaged pitches, which was actually probably superior to any of the English batsmen who had much more experience of them. Few realised that Trumper practised...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Blackham was undisputed best-ever from anywhere for nearly half a century. Oldfield was rated higher than Tallon in England because more was seen of him, especially up to the stumps. In 1948 Tallon spent most of his time standing back as there wasn't much spin. Tallon's non-selection in 1938...
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    All time Asian-XI

    In 1950 statistician Gerald Brodribb selected the following all-time team of rapid scorers: Hobbs Trumper Ranjitsinhji Woolley Macartney Cameron + Jessop Constantine Wellard Robins Tate
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    Highest Average in First Class Cricket

    As memories of rain-damaged pitches faded, so did Trumper's reputation. He was probably the only one regularly to attack successfully on the worst of these surfaces. Others concentrated on survival. For half a century or more he was considered one of the four or five greatest ever batsmen. Many...
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    Gundappa Viswanath vs Ian Bell

    Probably a few. He was a very wristy player, with plenty of time against the quicks. Not as stylish as Bell though. Gavaskar said Viswanath was better than himself - but they were brothers-in-law.
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    Highest Average in First Class Cricket

    Yes. And Woodfull's last game (average 64.99) was also Ponsford's.

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