11 players who made their test debuts in 11 different decades DRAFT thread

[AndrewB]

Really nice team Andrew, but Worrell, Root, and Waugh are naturals at 3-4-5. Although Faulkner did score a double century at 3 against Australia.

You're probably right there - I think of Faulkner as a #3 because that's where he scored a lot in Australia, but if he's in the side as the second spinner he should probably move down to #6.

I was following mr_mister's approach of avoiding relative "duds" at the possible expense of missing out on star players; but the batting worked out fine with 5 who average(d) 50 or so plus Faulkner, Gregory and Knott at 30-40; the bowling has one ATG in Murali and three fearsome fast bowlers, and Faulkner and Worrell as decent support.

 

[watson]

I suppose I need to post my final line-up in the lead-up to the voting thread. Headley only knows one batting position, number 3, so he stays there.


01. Graeme Smith *
02. Bill Ponsford
03. George Headley
04. Brian Lara
05. Neil Harvey
06. Frank Woolley
07. Farokh Engineer +
08. Malcolm Marshall
09. George Lohmann
10. Fazal Mahmood
11. Waqar Younis


Definitely fighting an up-hill battle against the other teams on the previous page....

 

[mr_mister]

Really? I think yours looks fine

 

[OverratedSanity]

He's being stupid on purpose. It's one of the strongest teams on show.

 

[Saint Kopite]

Reverse jinxing by Sheldon bro!