Sure, all of these batsman are recognised as openers. However, Gibb is already playing for Yorkshire.I didn't realise that the game wouldn't consider Bob Wyatt an openner so could I plese replace him with the first one of the following that the game recognises as an openning batsman:
Cyril Walters
Jack Robertson
Charlie Barnett
Reg Simpson
Harold Gimblett
Paul Gibb
Looks good mate. The only guys who might be a tad unlucky are Nayudu & Pataudi snr. All in all its a very solid looking squad though.Did I miss anyone good?
Can I make a late change to the squad - Norman Oldfield for Frank Watson?Lancashire squad:
Charles Hallows
Cyril Washbrook
Ernest Tyldesley
Eddie Paynter
Jack Ikin
Ken Cranston*
Bill Farrimond+
Brian Statham
Dick Pollard
Dick Tyldesley
Roy Tattersall
Frank Watson
Winston Place
Jack Iddon
Malcolm Hilton
Oldfield played most of his cricket for Northants, but since Michael is unlikely to select him I'll let you have him.Can I make a late change to the squad - Norman Oldfield for Frank Watson?
First 11 there is the XI for the first match.
RoE and NSW, probably.Oldfield played most of his cricket for Northants, but since Michael is unlikely to select him I'll let you have him.
So atm I'm just in the midst of formatting the database, looking to get the comp underway in the next couple of days.
In the meantime, let's see some predictions. Who do you guys think will be the top 2 teams by tournament's end?
I will take the World XI if no-one else is interested.Quickie update, databasing is almost complete. Looking to begin simulating round 1 in a day or so. If you haven't specifically posted your R1 playing XI, about now will be a good time to do so. Otherwise I will just assume people want me to use the XI they named when initially posting their squads.
On a side note, there is still a large group of quality players currently unselected. Enough to make for a rather competitive World XI side. If anyone wants to manage them, they're welcome to do so and I will post a list of the best available players for them to choose a squad from. This means we will expand to a 13-team comp and the World XI will have a bye in round 1. I will re-work the remaining championship fixtures to accommodate them. a 13-team comp also means that each team gets an even amount of home & away fixtures.
First come, first served.
Done. Here is a list of some of the available players to choose your squad from. Of course, this isn't everyone. You are free to pick anyone else that is currently unselected by anyone that played at least one Test between 1928-1953.I will take the World XI if no-one else is interested.
Ken Meuleman, Ron Oxenham, Ron Hammence, Graeme Hole, Gil Langley (wk), Mervyn Waite, Frank Ward, Jack Moroney, Ron Saggers (wk), Otto Nothling, Leo O'Brien, Len Darling, Stork Hendry, Todd a'Beckett, George Tribe, Don Blackie, Laurie Nagel, Roy Kliner, George Macaulay, Alec Coxon, Bill Edrich, Gubby Allen, Jack Young, Jack Robertson, Cliff Gladwin, Les Jackson, George Gunn, Walter Keeton, Arthur Carr, Joe Hardstaff, Reg Simpson, George Geary, Ewart Astill, Vallence Jupp, Bob Wyatt, Eric Hollies, Tom Dollery, Dick Spooner (wk), George Duckworth (wk), Don Kenyon, Percy Chapman, Doug Wright, Godfrey Evans (wk), Derek Shackleton, Ian Peebles, KS Duleepsinhji, Jim Parks (wk), Stan Nichols, Doug Insole, Jack Crapp, George Emmett, Reg Sinfield, Nobby Clark, Stan Worthington, Tom Goddard, Norman Yardley, Jack Crapp, George Mann, Willie Watson, George Challenor, Clifford Roach, George Francis, Herman Griffith, Prior Jones, Wilfred Ferguson, Andy Ganteaume, John Trim, Hines Johnson, Ken Weekes, Clive van Ryneveld, John Watkins, Xenophon Balaskas, Nummy Deane, Jock Cameron (wk), Bob Catterall, Neville Quinn, Sandy Bell, Eric Dalton, Ken Viljoen, Billy Wade, Pieter van der Bijl, Athol Rowan, Cuan McCarthy, Jack Cheetham, Percy Mansell, Ken Funston, Anton Murray, Ted Badcock, Curly Page, Lindsay Weir, Verdun Scott, Frank Mooney (wk), Geoff Rabone, Harry Cave, CK Nayudu, Nawab of Pataudi sr, Mushtaq Ali, Sadashiv Shinde, Gulabrai Ramchand