Post Line-ups World Greats Test Championship - (Cricsim) - 30 MAN SQUADS NEEDED (& 1st series pitches)

[Aravind.]

Sorry @Aravind. Broken 3 rules:
- You can only have 1 player who is not on the long-list. So only 1 of Stewart or Brook can come in (I would suggest Stewart because):
- You only have 2 keepers (Stewart & Prior), you have to have 3 in the 30 man squad.
- You can't have multiple Tests in the same series at the same ground (sorry, didn't write that one down as didn't think anyone would do that).

@Welwyn just asking for better clarity, so on the first series against SA, in 4 test matches, only one can be played at Old Trafford, right ?

Les Ames will take the place of Brook.

 

[DuneTiger]

1st Test - MCG
2nd Test - WACA
3rd Test- Gabba

 

[Viper.]

Man England have so many good keepers…

 

[Welwyn]

@Welwyn just asking for better clarity, so on the first series against SA, in 4 test matches, only one can be played at Old Trafford, right ?

Les Ames will take the place of Brook.

Correct. Think of it like a real test series in that each game is played at a different ground. Also, need a captain & vice-captain.

 

[Welwyn]

@Paranoid Kendroid

Looks like the SA squad has 31 players in it.

 

[Perfect Square]

Don't have any.

Also, this is the first time I have looked at the squad's you have put in. Just a couple of notes on WK's:

Will Hanif Mohammad take a rating hit if he keeps?

 

[Welwyn]

NEW ZEALAND FIRST TO ANNOUNCE SQUAD

Captain and Vice-Captain together at the press conference​

Few surprises in the Black Caps squad
New Zealand were the first team to announce their 30-man squad for the World Greats Test Championship, with the biggest question mark being who would be named captain. Common consensus was that it would be either one of the 'big 4' of Kane Williamson, Sir Richard Hadlee, Martin Crowe or Brendon McCullum, but reports in recent days had suggested that serious thought was being given to giving the captaincy to Stephen Fleming. This is due to him being considered the best pure captain available to the Kiwi's., despite him not necessarily being a shoe-in for a place in the side.

As it was, Williamson and Hadlee were announced as captain and vice respectively, to very little surprise. The same was true when it came time to announce the squad in full, with the biggest names to miss out probably Andrew Jones and John Wright.

The biggest takeaway from the announcement came in the fact that batsman-keepers are very much the route the selectors have taken, with all four players named as options behind the stumps noted for their ability as batsman first, rather than keepers with Ian Smith, widely considered the best gloveman available, left out entirely.

New Zealand Squad

Glenn Turner
Tom Latham
Stewie Dempster
Mark Richardson
Bert Sutcliffe
Martin Crowe
Stephen Fleming
Ross Taylor
Kane Williamson

Brendon McCullum
BJ. Watling

Sir Richard Hadlee (VC)
Chris Cairns
: John Reid
Nathan Astle
Lance Cairns
Daryl Mitchell
Colin de Grandhomme

Shane Bond
Trent Boult
Tim Southee
Neil Wagner
Bruce Taylor
Kyle Jamieson
Ewen Chatfield
Chris Martin

John Bracewell
Daniel Vettori
Hedley Howarth
Jeetan Patel

 

[Welwyn]

Will Hanif Mohammad take a rating hit if he keeps?

The guy kept in several test matches so he wouldn't get penalised JUST for keeping. (He'd get a hit if you wanted him to keep and open, but only the same as Alec Stewart would for example, if you batted him at 5 and he kept, no ratings hit)

 

[Perfect Square]

The guy kept in several test matches so he wouldn't get penalised JUST for keeping. (He'd get a hit if you wanted him to keep and open, but only the same as Alec Stewart would for example, if you batted him at 5 and he kept, no ratings hit)

So if he comes at no. 3. Ratings won't take a hit?

 

[BasketballHooper]

@Welwyn Please replace Charlie Griffith with Jeff Dujon in that case

@Welwyn I have changed my squad to comply with the WK requirement and avoid a ratings hit to Gordon Greenidge

 

[Welwyn]

So if he comes at no. 3. Ratings won't take a hit?

Nope (haven't finalised the injury generation system yet, if he was consistently in at 2/1, 10/1 and spending 95%+ of series on the field of play, his chances for injury would likely increase later in 4 or 5 match series, but not a ratings hit).

How much do you trust your openers??

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

Opener:

• Barry Richards
• Gary Kirsten
• Graeme Smith
• Bruce Mitchell
• Jimmy Cook

Middle Order Batsman:

• Graeme Pollock v/
• Dudley Nourse
• Hashim Amla
• Daryll Cullinan
• Ken McEwan

Wicket-Keeper:

• Quinton de Kock
• Mark Boucher
• AB de Villiers
• Denis Lindsay

All-Rounder:

• Mike Procter
• Jacques Kallis
• Shaun Pollock
• Trevor Goddard
• Aubrey Faulkner
• Garth Le Roux
• Clive Rice

Fast/Seam Bowler:

• Neil Adcock
• Allan Donald
• Dale Steyn
• Vernon Philander
• Kagiso Rabada
• Morne Morkel Marco Jansen
• Vincent van der Bijl

Spinner:

• Hugh Tayfield
• Keshav Maharaj

5+5+4+7+7+2=10+4+14+2=14+14+2=28+2=30

@Welwyn I counted twice I am pretty sure this is 30

 

[BasketballHooper]

5+5+4+7+7+2=10+4+14+2=14+14+2=28+2=30

@Welwyn I counted twice I am pretty sure this is 30

It's 30

 

[Welwyn]

It's 30

Weird, counted it four times before I messaged and counted 31 every time. Annoying as I had written the entire 'press story' for it. Don't know how to access my saved drafts though. Sorry, you are right, definitely 30

 

[Perfect Square]

I had written the entire 'press story' for it.

Leak it