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The Battle of the Englishmen
- Thread starter BoyBrumby
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BoyBrumby
Englishman
The Master carried sway 12-4 & our 2nd round line up is complete. The 16 legends to make the cut are:
Alec Bedser, Geoffrey Boycott, KS Ranjitsinhji, Ian Botham, Jim Laker, WG Grace, SF Barnes, Derek Underwood, Fred Trueman, Wilfred Rhodes, Andrew Flintoff, Denis Compton, Alan Knott, Wally Hammond, Ted Dexter & Jack Hobbs.
The draw for the 2nd round has been made entirely at random once again & the first two names out of the hat were those of our champion postwar stumper & Middlesex & Arsenal's very own brylcreem boy:
Battle of the Englishmen: Round 2, Battle 1
Alan Knott
95 tests, 4389 runs @ 32.75 (5 centuries, 30 half-centuries), 250 catches, 19 stumpings
20 ODIs, 200 runs @ 20.00, SR 80.97 (1 half-century), 15 catches, 1 stumping
vs
Denis Compton
78 tests, 5807 runs @ 50.06 (17 centuries, 28 half-centuries), 25 wickets @ 56.40 (5 wicket innings: 1)
Alec Bedser, Geoffrey Boycott, KS Ranjitsinhji, Ian Botham, Jim Laker, WG Grace, SF Barnes, Derek Underwood, Fred Trueman, Wilfred Rhodes, Andrew Flintoff, Denis Compton, Alan Knott, Wally Hammond, Ted Dexter & Jack Hobbs.
The draw for the 2nd round has been made entirely at random once again & the first two names out of the hat were those of our champion postwar stumper & Middlesex & Arsenal's very own brylcreem boy:
Battle of the Englishmen: Round 2, Battle 1
Alan Knott
95 tests, 4389 runs @ 32.75 (5 centuries, 30 half-centuries), 250 catches, 19 stumpings
20 ODIs, 200 runs @ 20.00, SR 80.97 (1 half-century), 15 catches, 1 stumping
vs
Denis Compton
78 tests, 5807 runs @ 50.06 (17 centuries, 28 half-centuries), 25 wickets @ 56.40 (5 wicket innings: 1)
a massive zebra
International Captain
Compton.
Jungle Jumbo
International Vice-Captain
Compton
Tom Halsey
International Coach
Knott (well, Compton played for **** after all...)
Pedro Delgado
International Debutant
Nayim.
Pedro Delgado
International Debutant
He he he. Can you believe that was eleven years ago? How time flies.BoyBrumby said:Ya blummin' cheeky get! Low blow, ref!
Anyway, Knott.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
Stedly's vote carries sway. I coulda been a bad sport as it was over the hour, but at least the keeper's union will have a rep in the quarters.
Next up a bit of a nightmare draw for old Deadly, but such is a spinner's lot:
Battle of the Englishmen: Round 2, Battle 2
Jack Hobbs
61 tests, 5410 runs @ 56.94 (15 centuries, 28 half-centuries), 1 wicket @ 165.00
vs
Derek Underwood
86 tests, 937 runs @ 11.56, 297 wickets @ 25.83 (5 wicket innings: 17, 10 wicket matches: 6)
26 ODIs, 53 runs @ 5.88, SR 39.84, 32 wickets @ 22.93, ER 3.44 (4 wicket matches: 1)
Next up a bit of a nightmare draw for old Deadly, but such is a spinner's lot:
Battle of the Englishmen: Round 2, Battle 2
Jack Hobbs
61 tests, 5410 runs @ 56.94 (15 centuries, 28 half-centuries), 1 wicket @ 165.00
vs
Derek Underwood
86 tests, 937 runs @ 11.56, 297 wickets @ 25.83 (5 wicket innings: 17, 10 wicket matches: 6)
26 ODIs, 53 runs @ 5.88, SR 39.84, 32 wickets @ 22.93, ER 3.44 (4 wicket matches: 1)