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    Decade of Death Draft

    Picked by morgieb
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    Decade of Death Draft

    Harold Larwood (1990s)
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    Decade of Death Draft

    Monty Noble, 1940s
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    You can make an XI who batted right-handed, bowled left: Wilfred Rhodes Vinoo Mankad Frank Worrell* Denis Compton Charles Macartney Michael Clarke George Hirst Murray Bisset+ Hedley Verity Bill Voce Trent Boult or vice-versa Alastair Cook Graeme Smith* Sourav Ganguly Graeme Pollock Mike Hussey...
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    Pioneers Draft

    Percy Sherwell to finish. Final XI: Arthur Shrewsbury Bobby Abel Duleep Mendis Martin Donnelly Walter Read George Ulyett Learie Constantine Percy Sherwell*+ Somachandra de Silva Reggie Schwarz Henry Olonga
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    Pioneers Draft

    Walter Read
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    Interesting note

    The first official MCC team to tour Australia was PF Warner's side in 1903-4. You might be thinking of the MCC v Australia match from 1878 which has never had Test status - if it had, it would have set several records which would still stand: the MCC were bowled out for 33 and 19, and lost by 9...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Apparently so - though this is for the last four of those six seasons: "Yet, between 1930 and 1933 Kent were so dependent upon Freeman for bowling that he took 951 County Championship wickets - over 55 percent of Kent's total - for only 15.21 runs each" says Wikipedia. (Admittedly Championship...
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Well for one thing, they weren't all for Kent.
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Freeman took 250+ wickets in each season from 1928 to 1933, including 1122 wickets across the first 4. Tom Richardson had previously taken 1005 wickets in 1894-97, which is perhaps even more remarkable as he was a fast bowler. (This may over-exerted him - he didn't have a great Ashes series in...
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    Pioneers Draft

    Duleep Mendis
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Rhodes took over 4000; Tich Freeman, Charles Parker and Jack Hearne each took 3000+.
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Andy Roberts, Wes Hall and Alan Davidson are also possible pace bowlers for the "less than 50 Tests" XI.
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    The Records and Milestones thread

    Rahul did (90, 51, 67, 60, 51*, 57, 85).
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    Decade of Death Draft

    Ranjitsinhji (1930s)
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    Pioneers Draft

    Reggie Schwarz
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    Decade of Death Draft

    Herbert Sutcliffe (1970s)
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    This must have been done before in this thread, but I can't wade through 677 pages: Northern Hemisphere: Jack Hobbs Len Hutton Viv Richards Sachin Tendulkar Kumar Sangakkara Gary Sobers Imran Khan Alan Knott Malcolm Marshall Muttiah Muralitharan Sydney Barnes Southern Hemisphere Barry Richards...
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    Decade of Death Draft

    George Lohmann (1900s)
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    Pioneers Draft

    Henry Olonga
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