All Time England XI game

[Teuton]

Vaughan
Higgs
Caddick
Briggs
Hayward
Bell

 

[Himannv]

Tony Lock doesn't even make an England F XI? Really surprised by that. Have the legitimacy of his quicker deliveries played a part?

 

[Starfighter]

Jardine

Hirst
Higgs
Briggs
Hayward
Hardstaff Jr

 

[Starfighter]

Tony Lock doesn't even make an England F XI? Really surprised by that. Have the legitimacy of his quicker deliveries played a part?

I disliked the idea of picking a thrower ahead of bowlers of similar (maybe) quality like Underwood, Briggs and Peel and Verity. England's been chock full of good finger spinners, especially before covered wickets. I'm disappointed that people here are too blinkered by 'three pace bowlers + one spinner' to pick a two spinner attack. E with Bailey as third pacer was a great chance but Bowes was picked rather than Briggs.

 

[a massive zebra]

Douglas Jardine
Matthew Hoggard
George Hirst
Johnny Briggs
Tom Hayward
Ian Bell

 

[a massive zebra]

Tony Lock doesn't even make an England F XI? Really surprised by that. Have the legitimacy of his quicker deliveries played a part?

What's so great about Tony Lock? He absolutely decimated New Zealand who were the minnows of his time and his overall average against all the other teams was 32. When you consider he played on uncovered wickets, with the support of a great bowling attack, and in a relatively low scoring era in which his spin bowling colleagues averaged 21 (Laker), 20 (Wardle) and 17 (Appleyard), it is a pretty mediocre record. Considering the above factors, I struggle to understand why he should be rated as noticeably superior to the likes of Steel, Blythe, Freeman, White, Allen, Titmus, Edmonds, Tufnell and Panesar, none of whom have yet been selected.

 

[watson]

Douglas Jardine
Dave Brown
Ken Higgs
Colin Blythe
Allan Lamb
Basil D’Oliveira

 

[Flametree]

JArdine

HIrst
Hendrick

Briggs

Hayward
Hardstaff jr

 

[NUFAN]

England F XI
1. C Washbrook
2. MP Vaughan
3. WJ Edrich
4. KS Duleepsinhji
5. RA Smith
6. DR Jardine*
7. JH Parks +
8. GOB Allen
9. WH Lockwood
10. R Peel
11. K Farnes



England G XI
1 A Strauss
2 M Atherton
3 E Tyldesley
4 T Hayward
5 J Hardstaff Jr
6
7 M Prior
8 G Hirst
9 J Briggs
10 K Higgs
11

 

[NUFAN]

- Select a 3rd quick second spinner to be the 4th main bowler selected for England G XI
- Name a batsman or all rounder to bat 6 or 7 for the G team.

- Runnerups from above with make the Eng H team
- Select the England H XI keeper

 

[jimmy101]

Freeman
D'Oliveira

Strudwick

 

[Teuton]

Colin Blythe
Billy Barnes

Dick Lilley

 

[Starfighter]

Brown
Wyatt

Strudwick

 

[watson]

Dave Brown

It must be Basil D’Oliveira’s turn by now as the No.6 who can bowl a bit.

Herbert Strudwick

 

[a massive zebra]

Matthew Hoggard
Basil D'Oliveira
Herbert Strudwick

 

[Flametree]

Hendrick
D'Oliveira

Duckworth

 

[NUFAN]

England G XI
1 A Strauss
2 M Atherton
3 E Tyldesley
4 T Hayward
5 J Hardstaff Jr
6 B D'Oliveira
7 M Prior
8 G Hirst
9 J Briggs
10 K Higgs
11 D Brown


England H XI
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10 C Blythe
11 H Strudwick+

Ive included Blythe as the next best bowler but couldnt justify the guys who were behind Basil.

 

[NUFAN]

- Name the England G captain

- Select the England H XI numbers 3 4 and 5 batsman
- Name two pace bowlers for the Eng H side.

 

[Pothas]

Atherton

Hussain
Bell
Lamb

Caddick
Hoggard

 

[Starfighter]

Strauss

J Tyldesley
Sheppard
Lamb

Hendrick
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