Burgey to win if he enters.There's a draft idea in there.
did your dad pass away before Botham emerged?An England Eleven who played Test Cricket during my Father's lifetime.
1.Hobbs
2.Hutton
3.Compton
4.Hammond
5.May
6.Bailey
7.Evans
8.Truman
9.Larwood
10.Laker
11.Tyson
If anyone wants to query my XI my father lived from 1916 to 1968. I only did the XI because it was what would have been his 101st birthday.did your dad pass away before Botham emerged?
Mike Atherton and Shaun Marsh over Gayle and Oram. Bruce French to keep wicket, Vettori outGlass XI
1. Lokesh Rahul
2. Chris Gayle
3. Shane Watson
4. Michael Clarke
5. Jacob Oram
6. Daniel Vettori
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Shane Bond
9. Ryan Harris
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Shoaib Akhtar
Unsurprisingly, it was tough finding batsmen for that XI.
He would have seen Knotty thenIf anyone wants to query my XI my father lived from 1916 to 1968. I only did the XI because it was what would have been his 101st birthday.
Knott (debut 1967) instead of Evans, maybe?If anyone wants to query my XI my father lived from 1916 to 1968. I only did the XI because it was what would have been his 101st birthday.
Alan Knott did play two Tests during his lifetime but I didn't pick anyone I consider to be my era, that's why there's no Boycott, Snow or Underwood either. (That's not to say Sir Geoffrey necessarily gets in.)He would have seen Knotty then
Was thinking by the dates you originally gave it was likely you were born in the 1930s!**Edit to add that I was an infant when my father died and I barely knew him so there's zero crossover in our cricket watching eras.**
The original dates were correct. His lifespan was April 1916 to January 1968. He sadly didn't live long enough to lose the ability to knock out nippers.Was thinking by the dates you originally gave it was likely you were born in the 1930s!
Yeh I get that now. But my original assumption was you were probably born when he was in his 20s or 30s....The original dates were correct. His lifespan was April 1916 to January 1968. He sadly didn't live long enough to lose the ability to knock out nippers.
Injured.Mike Atherton and Shaun Marsh over Gayle and Oram. Bruce French to keep wicket, Vettori out
Shastri is good as opener, averages 44.Get Trevor Goddard/Vinoo mankad/Eddie Barlow in for shastri.