Establishing the best decade for cricket: Finding the ATG XI from 12 decades of test cricket - then having a KO tourney to decide the best

[AndyZaltzHair]

Fair enough

 

[Coronis]

I’m sure he won’t be the only one snubbed due to a career spanning multiple decades.

 

[ataraxia]

Come on trumble not making either team will be a disaster imo.

My vote goes to Trumble as spinner

Rhodes is more unlucky IMO, he's my pfp and I think he just misses out for both 00s/10s and 20s.

 

[mr_mister]

Jackson is captain of the 1900s/10s side

and the other results stand, so we have this at the moment

Grace
Shrewsbury
Ranji
Murdoch
Abel
-
-
-
Peel
Lohmann
Spofforth


So now, choose:

the wicketkeeper
the third seamer

 

[mr_mister]

i'll vote for

Blackham and Richardson

 

[Line and Length]

i'll vote for

Blackham and Richardson

I concur.

 

[ataraxia]

Blackham
Turner

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Jack Blackham
Charles Turner

 

[Teuton]

Blackham & Turner

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Blackham
Turner

 

[Coronis]

Blackham Turner

 

[a massive zebra]

Blackham and Turner

 

[trundler]

Blackham
Turner

+6

 

[The Sean]

A thought on batting order. Abel was essentially an opener. So was Shrewsbury, but he also played quite a bit and very successfully at 3. Ranji and Murdoch both batted mainly at 3 but could bat lower too.

So, is it worth moving Abel to open, Shrewsbury to first drop and Ranji/Murdoch to 4/5?

 

[mr_mister]

i promise i'll keep the voting open longer when it's a close poll. this however is also as good as decided

Grace
Shrewsbury
Ranji
Murdoch
Abel
-
Blackham +
Peel
Lohmann
Turner
Spofforth


Choose the number 6
Should Shrewsbury move to 3 and Abel open(vote yes or no)

 

[mr_mister]

the batting order for the tail i went by FC stats btw

 

[a massive zebra]

AG Steel
No

 

[The Sean]

AG Steel

Yes (but not especially bothered if not!)

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Monty Noble

Yes

 

[mr_mister]

AG Steel

I'm gonna vote yes after looking at Shrewsbury's test record at 3. Pretty handy