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Yes and no, about the same difference as between openers Gavaskar and Greenidge who played in the same era. Not saying Melville was as good as Mitchell, but you take my point.
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Dual draft thread. Drafting the best pre WW2 and post WW2 team(so it'l be 22 rounds)
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Ian Healy
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I wasn't sure how long he would last, great keeper Healy
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International Vice-Captain
Classic
1. Stewie Dempster
2. Bill Brown
3. Arthur Shrewsbury
4. Andrew Stoddart
5.
6. Frank Woolley
7. Gilbert Jessop
8. Stan Nichols
9. George Geary
10.
11. Colin Blythe
Modern
1. Barry Richards
2. Graeme Smith*
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Damien Martyn
6. Garry Sobers
7.
8. Alan Davidson
9. Shaun Pollock
10. Alec Bedser
11. Lance Gibbs
1. Stewie Dempster
2. Bill Brown
3. Arthur Shrewsbury
4. Andrew Stoddart
5.
6. Frank Woolley
7. Gilbert Jessop
8. Stan Nichols
9. George Geary
10.
11. Colin Blythe
Modern
1. Barry Richards
2. Graeme Smith*
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Damien Martyn
6. Garry Sobers
7.
8. Alan Davidson
9. Shaun Pollock
10. Alec Bedser
11. Lance Gibbs
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Modern
Virender Sehwag /
Justin Langer /
David Gower /
Mahela Jayawardene /
Steve Waugh /o
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Adam Gilchrist+
Abdul Qadir o
John Snow o
Jeff Thomson o
James Anderson o
Classic
Wilfred Rhodes /o
Tom Hayward /
Johnny Tyldesley /
R.E. Foster /
Stan McCabe /
Jack Ryder /
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Jack Blackham+
JT Hearne o
Manny Martindale o
Fred Spofforth o
Virender Sehwag /
Justin Langer /
David Gower /
Mahela Jayawardene /
Steve Waugh /o
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Adam Gilchrist+
Abdul Qadir o
John Snow o
Jeff Thomson o
James Anderson o
Classic
Wilfred Rhodes /o
Tom Hayward /
Johnny Tyldesley /
R.E. Foster /
Stan McCabe /
Jack Ryder /
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Jack Blackham+
JT Hearne o
Manny Martindale o
Fred Spofforth o
Zinzan
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Just an update, as just realised I'd left George Giffen out of the previous side I posted.
Struggling with the batting order of my classic team. I have 6 bowlers already & feel the like of Giffen and Tate are already batting too low, the perks of having so many allrounders in Noble, Tate, Trott & Giffen and even Bobby Peel was no mug with the bat, averaging 19 in FC cricket back when it was good to average 30 including a double hundred. Any advice on my batting order would be appreciated.
Modern
1.Conrad Hunte
2.Saeed Anwar
3.Ken Barrington 6
4.Brian Lara
5.Martin Crowe
6.Ian Botham 3
7.Chris Cairns 4
8.
9.Malcolm Marshall 1
10.Derek Underwood 5
11.Frank Tyson 2
Classic
1.W G Grace 6
2.Alan Melville
3.Ernest Tyldesley
4.Patsy Hendren
5.
6. Monty Noble 2
7. George Giffen 3
8. Maurice Tate 1
9. (WK)
10.Albert Trott 5
11.Bobby Peel 4
Struggling with the batting order of my classic team. I have 6 bowlers already & feel the like of Giffen and Tate are already batting too low, the perks of having so many allrounders in Noble, Tate, Trott & Giffen and even Bobby Peel was no mug with the bat, averaging 19 in FC cricket back when it was good to average 30 including a double hundred. Any advice on my batting order would be appreciated.
Modern
1.Conrad Hunte
2.Saeed Anwar
3.Ken Barrington 6
4.Brian Lara
5.Martin Crowe
6.Ian Botham 3
7.Chris Cairns 4
8.
9.Malcolm Marshall 1
10.Derek Underwood 5
11.Frank Tyson 2
Classic
1.W G Grace 6
2.Alan Melville
3.Ernest Tyldesley
4.Patsy Hendren
5.
6. Monty Noble 2
7. George Giffen 3
8. Maurice Tate 1
9. (WK)
10.Albert Trott 5
11.Bobby Peel 4
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Maybe Noble and Giffen up a spot, Noble could handle number 5.
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Giffen batted most often at No.3, so anywhere from 3-6 really. Or 7 if you want real batting depth.
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Knew he'd be just around the corner....one of those much better than his average indicates.
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Cheers mate, yeah Noble mostly batted at 4 for Australia.
The Battlers Prince
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True, but Giffen normally batted at 3
watson
Banned
Dexter and Simpson handy with ball so Hussey and Lindsay to add some depth to the batting.
Vintage
01. Bill Woodfull *
02. Bill Ponsford
03. Charlie Macartney 6
04. Alan Kippax
05. Archie MacLaren
06. Dave Nourse 5
07. Learie Constantine 2
08. Frank Foster 3
09. Jack Gregory 1
10. Bert Oldfield +
11. Arthur Mailey 4
Modern Era
01. Bob Simpson 6
02.
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Peter May *
05. Ted Dexter 5
06. Mike Hussey
07. Denis Lindsay +
08. Ray Lindwall 2
09.
10. Curtly Ambrose 1
11. Courtney Walsh 3
Vintage
01. Bill Woodfull *
02. Bill Ponsford
03. Charlie Macartney 6
04. Alan Kippax
05. Archie MacLaren
06. Dave Nourse 5
07. Learie Constantine 2
08. Frank Foster 3
09. Jack Gregory 1
10. Bert Oldfield +
11. Arthur Mailey 4
Modern Era
01. Bob Simpson 6
02.
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Peter May *
05. Ted Dexter 5
06. Mike Hussey
07. Denis Lindsay +
08. Ray Lindwall 2
09.
10. Curtly Ambrose 1
11. Courtney Walsh 3
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yeah but with that many all-rounders and bowling options already, I think I need a middle-order batsman & a keeper, so will probably follow you advice and bat Noble @ 5... select a middle order bat at 6 and shuffle Giffen to 7... damn long batting line-up