Awesome, I get to grab the very classy Damien Martyn at 5 to round out my side....
I couldn't be happier with this side tbh.
Starting with an incredibly strong opening partnership of H Sutcliffe & NZ's greatest early doors batsman with the 2nd best average in cricket history, Stewie Dempster.
Run machine Steve Smith comes in at 3, with the star batsman in the side, the great Graeme Pollock @ 4.
The classy and solid Damien Martyn comes in at 5, followed by explosive wicket-keeper & skipper Brendon McCullum & 6 & the equally explosive Chris Cairns @ 7, followed by the great hard-hitter bowling allrounder Sir Dick Hadlee coming in at 8....
Now, to this mouth-watering bowling attack.... Hadlee & Neil Adcock to share the new ball, with Shane Bond first-change, the great Jim Laker as my spinner & Chris Cairns who makes a more than handy 4th seamer.
Note, the top 4 batsmen all average > 60 with the bat & the top 4 bowlers all < 23 with the ball.
The Festivus for the rest of us XI
1. Herbert Sutcliffe - (60.73)
2. Stewie Dempster - (65.72)
3. Steve Smith - (60.18)
4. Graeme Pollock - (60.97)
5. Damien Martyn - (46.37)
6. Brendon McCullum+ (c) - (38.64)
7. Chris Cairns - (33.53 & o 29.4)
8. Richard Hadlee - (27.16 o 22.29)
9. Jim Laker - (o 21.24)
10. Shane Bond - (o 22.09)
11. Neil Adcock - (o 21.10)
Runs by batting order....4555+ 723+ 3852+ 2256+ 4406+ 6453+ 3320+ 3124+ 676+ 168+ 146
Total runs: 29,679, 321 runs left-over....