Some Fun Cricket XIs

[pillowprocter]

7. Shams Mulani (the spin/AR stocks are dire, don't judge me pls)

Hassan Khan perhaps? Overall stats not eye catching, but has had a great 2024 in MLC especially. MICT's Thomas Kaber comes to mind asw

 

[ddrap14]

Rahul Tewatia

yeah I assumed he had a cap

 

[Aislabie]

I'll play a bit of "guess the rules for this XI":

Team 1: Most successful in each role aged under 20
1. Hanif Mohammad
2. Tamim Iqbal
3. Hamilton Masakadza
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Umar Akmal
6. Sachin Tendulkar
7. Parthiv Patel
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Mehidy Hasan Miraz
10. Mohammad Amir
11. Waqar Younis

Team 2
1. Chris Rogers
2. Ben Duckett
3. Niall O'Brien
4. Michael Hussey
5. Mushtaq Mohammad
6. Kapil Dev
7. Lance Klusener
8. Graeme Swann
9. Anil Kumble
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Frank Tyson

Team 3
1. Graham Gooch
2. Graeme Smith
3. Don Bradman
4. Wally Hammond
5. Martin Donnelly
6. Clyde Walcott
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Gus Atkinson
9. Hedley Verity
10. Derek Underwood
11. Bob Massie

Team 4: Most successful in each role aged over 40
1. Jack Hobbs
2. Geoffrey Boycott
3. Charlie Macartney
4. Patsy Hendren
5. Misbah-ul-Haq
6. Freddie Brown
7. Bob Taylor
8. Clarrie Grimmett
9. Jimmy Anderson
10. S. F. Barnes
11. "Dainty" Ironmonger

 

[Till Valhalla]

Sachin Tendulkar
7. Parthiv Patel

Small XI

 

[mohsin7827]

I'll play a bit of "guess the rules for this XI":

Team 1
1. Hanif Mohammad
2. Tamim Iqbal
3. Hamilton Masakadza
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Umar Akmal
6. Sachin Tendulkar
7. Parthiv Patel
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Mehidy Hasan Miraz
10. Mohammad Amir
11. Waqar Younis

Age at the time of debut less than 20?

 

[Aislabie]

Age at the time of debut less than 20?

Close - that one was most Test runs, dismissals and wickets before the age of 20. For the batters I sorted it by batting position (which would technically have put Sachin at both four and six)

 

[ddrap14]

Close - that one was most Test runs, dismissals and wickets before the age of 20. For the batters I sorted it by batting position (which would technically have put Sachin at both four and six)

No idea on 2 or 3, but 4 is played Tests after 40

 

[Aislabie]

4 is played Tests after 40

Yep, 4 is the over-40s version of the under-20s team

 

[ddrap14]

Team 3
1. Graham Gooch
2. Graeme Smith
3. Don Bradman
4. Wally Hammond
5. Martin Donnelly
6. Clyde Walcott
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Gus Atkinson
9. Hedley Verity
10. Derek Underwood
11. Bob Massie

IDK exactly how well this checks out but is this to do with debut performances?

 

[Aislabie]

IDK exactly how well this checks out but is this to do with debut performances?

It is to do with single-match performances, but not debuts

 

[ddrap14]

It is to do with single-match performances, but not debuts

The only thing I can think of is second best performance for each position, but surely Gus Atkinson doesn't make that?

 

[Supreme General]

It is to do with single-match performances, but not debuts

Best performances at Lord’s

 

[ddrap14]

Best performances at Lord’s

1. Alastair Cook
2. Keith Stackpole
3. Don Bradman
4. Martin Crowe
5. Michael Clarke
6. Mike Hussey
7. Ian Healy
8. Keith Miller
9. Richard Hadlee
10. Shane Warne
11. Glenn McGrath

On a similar vein... name the ground without google.

Note: I was a lot more subjective on the bowling; if you want it slightly easier, replace McGrath with Shamar Joseph

 

[Supreme General]

Team 2
1. Chris Rogers
2. Ben Duckett
3. Niall O'Brien
4. Michael Hussey
5. Mushtaq Mohammad
6. Kapil Dev
7. Lance Klusener
8. Graeme Swann
9. Anil Kumble
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Frank Tyson

Best all time Northants XI

 

[Supreme General]

Only got that cause I and some others did one for every county and couldn’t get over the fact that I couldn’t find a better keeper than Niall O’Brien.

For reference this was the one we had made probably with slightly different criteria.