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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Updating this team: Lawry for McDonald, Kanhai for Weekes, Borde for Dexter and McKenzie for Davidson. Peter Pollock and Farokh Engineer (hopefully) become eligible in a month or so.
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    Cataloguing the best innings of X runs in test history

    Yes in that he scored 56 while Botham scored 57; no in that he faced 75 balls while Botham faced 36. The forgotten man of that innings is of course Chris Old, who (after Dilley was out) scored 29 off 32, while Botham was scoring 34 off 42 - so forgotten he wasn't even listed in the "great...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    They weren't in 1984-5: West Indies beat Australia 7-1 in ODIs (and 3-1 in Tests), and most of the wins were with 5+ overs and wickets to spare. (They also beat Sri Lanka 5-0, and Australia beat SL 4-1, and most of those matches weren't close either). But you're right about the attendances...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    It's in this article. Just checking who had actually taken the new ball ahead of him (it happened reasonably often - in 55 Test innings he bowled first or second change) and was surprised to find that Milton Small did at Lord's in 1984.
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    Cataloguing the best innings of X runs in test history

    Doesn't answer your question, but this article by Charles Davis relates to the subject.
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    Slightly Wacky Draft

    I feel a bit bad about not using any of my wildcards - I was expecting to near the end but didn't have access to the forum for long periods so had some catch-up picks late on, making the wildcards fairly uselss. I was tempted in Round 5 to steal Andy Flower, skip AndyZaltzHair (who could...
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    Slightly Wacky Draft

    Barry Richards Farokh Engineer+ Kane Williamson Steve Smith Clyde Walcott Shivnarine Chanderpaul Gary Sobers* Hedley Verity Ian Bishop Bob Willis Sydney Barnes
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    Slightly Wacky Draft

    Shivnarine Chanderpaul
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    Slightly Wacky Draft

    Farokh Engineer
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    Slightly Wacky Draft

    Bob Willis
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    Slightly Wacky Draft

    Hedley Verity @honestbharani
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    Slightly Wacky Draft

    Kane Williamson
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    ATG/ATVG XI which didn't perform as per their reputation against your side

    Some other possible batsmen: Gavaskar (38 v England, 51 overall) Sangakkara (40 v England, 57 overall) Kallis (44 v England (35 in England), 55 overall) Bowlers: Grimmett (32 v England, 24 overall) Wasim Akram (30 v England, 23 overall) Kapil would qualify as a bowler (37 v England) but not as...
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    If Headley and G Pollock are considered ATGS, does Adam Voges have an argument?

    The last is hardly relevant: SA only played against Australia, England and NZ back then. Also, I don't know if Sangakkara's FC average was late 30s at some point, but it was 52 at the end of his career.
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    Why did David Hookes struggle at international level?

    Richard Ellison was missing due to injury.
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    Why did David Hookes struggle at international level?

    Tom Hayward
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    Why did David Hookes struggle at international level?

    I note that Hookes's Cricinfo page refers to him as a "first-class destroyer of second-rate bowling"... his 306 was against a weakened Tasmanian attack (Kirkman, Brown, Tame and Milosz). Incidentally, in that season, Mike Veletta was well clear at the top of the Australian FC averages, and he...
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    Why did David Hookes struggle at international level?

    That's the Australian FC partnership record - it was just outside the all-time top 10 at the time. As part of the 5 in 6 innings he scored 4 centuries in 2 matches, which had only been done once before.
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    Slightly Wacky Draft

    Clyde Walcott and Ian Bishop
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    A history of fast bowling

    It's strange how virtually every article says that the "only two behind square" rule was brought in as a response to bodyline, when it didn't happen for over 20 years.

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