Test runs draft -Team XI's total sum of test runs must not exceed 30k(negotiable AF)

[AndrewB]

Tony Greig.

Final XI:
Sunil Gavaskar
Victor Trumper
Ranjitsinhji
Keith Miller (4)
Stanley Jackson* (7)
Tony Greig (6)
Alan Knott+
Jack Gregory (3)
Johnny Wardle (5)
Colin Croft (1)
Sydney Barnes (2)

3 ATG batsmen to start, followed by pretty solid batting down to 8 (and Wardle could hit a few). Since he's not having to open the bowling, Miller can concentrate on batting, his original strength.

3 very fast bowlers in Croft, Miller and Gregory who can be used in short spells since there's Barnes (fast-medium leg-breaks) and Wardle (slow left-arm orthodox/chinaman), plus Greig and Jackson to chip in if needed.

 

[kingkallis]

A very talented Kiwi wicketkeeper BJ Watling to complete my team

CricZo XI

1. Jack Hobbs / 5410
2. Arthur Morris / 3533
3. Kane Williamson / 4037
4. Doug Walters / o 5357 - 6
5. Douglas Jardine / (c) 1296
6. Charles Macartney / o 2131 - 5
7. BJ Watling + / - 2092
8. Shaun Pollock o / 3781 - 2
9. Andy Roberts o 762 - 3
10. Fred Trueman o 981 - 1
11. Clarrie Grimmett o 557 - 4

Total Runs: 29937
Balance: 063

 

[Shady Slim]

to finish my team and stack my already stacked middle order, Hashim Amla at 7358

Slim's Jims
1. WG Grace (5)
2. Pieter van der Bijl+
3. Hashim Amla
4. Everton Weekes
5. Misbah-ul-Haq*
6. Michael Bevan (7)
7. Ian Botham (3)
8. Lance Klusener (6)
9. Anil Kumble (4)
10. Ryan Harris (2)
11. Wes Hall (1)

30000-1098-460-7358-4455-4518-785-5200-1906-2506-603-818=293

batting down to 10, arguably 11. spinners turning it both ways and they're both legspinners. and look at that middle order, i'm in a position where if the bowlers don't do their job my middle order could bat out a draw all by itself. bowling depth out the wazoo too, with everything from tall pacers to accurate pacers to the x-factors of grace and botham - and that's what this team is built on - x factor. my six through to nine can take away a game with the bat and ball, and that's not to mention that three of my top five average above 50, with misbah at like 49

 

[mr_mister]

Bob Willis as my last pick, leaving with me around 400 runs left over


My final team

Bill Woodfull *
Saeed Anwar
Joe Root
Dudley Nourse
Javed Miandad
Imran Khan (2)
Don Tallon +
Alan Davidson (1)
Hedley Verity (5)
Alec Bedser (4)
Bob Willis (3)


5 terrific bowlers who need no fancy face-saving write-ups

My batsmen have all proven themselves at test level except for Don Tallon, who was definitely my cheapie. But he was obviously a great keeper and certainly could bat okay at FC level.

We bat pretty damn deep as even Verity and Bedser could bat and obviously Alan Davidson was a fine AR to complement Imran

 

[watson]

Trevor Goddard

01. Bob Simpson 4869
02. Trevor Goddard 2516
03. Ted Dexter 4502
04. Peter May 4537
05. Neil Harvey 6149
06. Basil D'Oliveira 2484
07. Denis Lindsay 1130
08. Maurice Tate 1198
09. Dale Steyn 1143
10. Dennis Lillee 905
11. Bill O'Reilly 410

 

[mr_mister]

surprised he didn't go early. opener who is a gun 5th bowling option basically a supercharged watto.. watson

 

[Slifer]

Bill Johnston >>>273. Balance 166

 

[Slifer]

Bill Ponsford 48.22
Conrad Hunte 45.02
George Headley 60.83
Ken Barrington 58.67
Denis Compton 50.06
Colin Bland 49.08
Les Ames+ 40.56
Ray Lindwall 21.15 and 23.03 (1)
Shane Warne 17.32 and 25.41 (4)
Ian Bishop 12.15 and 24.27 (2)
Bill Johnston 11.37 and 23.91 (3)

Not too shabby if i do say so myself. Not too much fire power in the bowling dept. but all of the bowlers were world class and proved themselves all over the globe. Batting pretty much down to 9.

 

[Zinzan]

Excellent all-round side that.

 

[watson]

Steve's (unnamed) XI
01. Sir Len Hutton
02. David Warner
03. Barry Richards
04. Viv Richards (6)
05. Duleepsinhji
06. Brad Hodge (5)
07. Quinton de Kock +
08. Kapil Dev (2)
09. Peter Pollock (1)
10. Abdul Qadir (4)
11. Kagiso Rabada (3)

J_C
01. Jimmy Cook
02. Herbie Taylor
03. Brian Lara
04. Martin Crowe (c)
05. Stan McCabe 5
06. Ajinkya Rahane
07. Billy Murdoch +
08. Malcolm Marshall 1
09. Hugh Tayfield 4
10. Joel Garner 3
11. Glenn McGrath 2

Morgieb
01. Sid Barnes
02. Bill Lawry
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Greg Chappell
05. Andy Flower +
06. Stuart Law
07. Mike Procter
08. Richie Benaud (c)
09. Allan Donald
10. Waqar Younis
11. Bruce Reid

Watson
01. Bob Simpson 6
02. Trevor Goddard 5
03. Ted Dexter 7
04. Peter May (c)
05. Neil Harvey
06. Basil D'Oliveira 8
07. Denis Lindsay +
08. Maurice Tate 3
09. Dale Steyn 2
10. Dennis Lillee 1
11. Bill O'Reilly 4

The Festivus for the rest of us XI
01. Herbert Sutcliffe
02. Stewie Dempster
03. Steve Smith
04. Graeme Pollock
05. Damien Martyn
06. Brendon McCullum + (c)
07. Chris Cairns
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Jim Laker
10. Shane Bond
11. Neil Adcock

The Striped Ungulates
01. Bruce Mitchell
02. Glenn Turner
03. Wally Hammond (6)
04. Virat Kohli (c)
05. Clyde Walcott (w)
06. Vijay Hazare (7)
07. Aubrey Faulkner (5)
08. Ravichandran Ashwin (4)
09. Harold Larwood (2)
10. Frank Tyson (1)
11. Shoaib Akhtar (3)

AndrewB
01. Sunil Gavaskar
02. Victor Trumper
03. Ranjitsinhji
04. Keith Miller (4)
05. Stanley Jackson* (7)
06. Tony Greig (6)
07. Alan Knott+
08. Jack Gregory (3)
09. Johnny Wardle (5)
10. Colin Croft (1)
11. Sydney Barnes (2)

Kingkallis
01. Jack Hobbs
02. Arthur Morris
03. Kane Williamson
04. Doug Walters 6
05. Douglas Jardine (c)
06. Charles Macartney 5
07. BJ Watling +
08. Shaun Pollock 2
09. Andy Roberts 3
10. Fred Trueman 1
11. Clarrie Grimmett 4

Slim's Jims
01. WG Grace (5)
02. Pieter van der Bijl+
03. Hashim Amla
04. Everton Weekes
05. Misbah-ul-Haq*
06. Michael Bevan (7)
07. Ian Botham (3)
08. Lance Klusener (6)
09. Anil Kumble (4)
10. Ryan Harris (2)
11. Wes Hall (1)

Bums on seats XI
01. Virender Sehwag
02. Phil Jaques
03. Archie Jackson
04. Patsy Hendren
05. AB De Villiers (wk)
06. Monty Noble (c)
07. Gilbert Jessop
08. Wasim Akram
09. Mitchell Johnson
10. Jeff Thomson
11. Tich Freeman

Honest Hunks
01. Jack Fingleton
02. Eddie Barlow (5)
03. Eddie Paynter (9)
04. Sir Frank Worrell (c) (8)
05. Gary Sobers (4)
06. Angelo Mathews (6)
07. Adam Gilchrist +
08. Heath Streak (3)
09. Yasir Shah (7)
10. JJ Ferris (2)
11. George Lohmann (1)

Slifer
01. Bill Ponsford
02. Conrad Hunte
03. George Headley
04. Ken Barrington
05. Denis Compton
06. Colin Bland
07. Les Ames +
08. Ray Lindwall (1)
09. Shane Warne (4)
10. Ian Bishop (2)
11. Bill Johnston (3)

Mr_mister
01. Bill Woodfull *
02. Saeed Anwar
03. Joe Root
04. Dudley Nourse
05. Javed Miandad
06. Imran Khan (2)
07. Don Tallon +
08. Alan Davidson (1)
09. Hedley Verity (5)
10. Alec Bedser (4)
11. Bob Willis (3)

 

[Slifer]

Top 3 imo (leaving out my own team): festivus>mrmister>jc