Okay so here is the write up on my team so far.
Michael Atherton
Stats||Matches||Runs||HS||
Ave||100s/50s
First-Class| |336| |21,929| |268*| |40.83| |54/107
Test| |115| |7,728| |185*| |37.69| |16/46
His bio from cricinfo:
"Gutsy and stubborn, single-minded and sledger-proof, Mike Atherton was an opener in the classic English tradition, making batting look like trench warfare. Defence was his forte, but when his bad back wasn't playing up, he hooked freely and timed the ball sweetly through point. In opponents' eyes, he was England's most wanted man for the seven years until his retirement at the end of the 2001 Ashes. Thrust into the captaincy at the age of 25, he proved more durable than successful, but after finally resigning in 1998, he slipped comfortably into the role of elder statesman."
Andrew Flintoff
Stats||Matches||Runs||HS||
Ave||100s/50s||Wkts||BBI||BBM||
Ave||Econ||5w/10w
First-Class| |183| |9,027| |167| |33.80| |15/53| |350| |5/24| |?| |31.59| |2.91| |4/0
Test| |79| |3,845| |123| |31.77| |5/26| |226| |5/58| |8/156| |32.78| |2.97| |3/0
His bio from cricinfo:
"Future generations might look at Andrew Flintoff's career figures and wonder what all the fuss was about. In Tests he averaged 31 with bat, and 32 with ball. For all the talk of fearsome fast bowling, only three five-fors featured among his 226 wickets. His one-day figures were good without being outstanding, and his Lancashire ones nothing special. But what the stats don't show is his presence, and the uplifting effect that Flintoff at his finest had on his team-mates, and crowds. The game treasures few things more than an all-action allrounder. Flintoff became one of English cricket's iconic figures and his presence helped to gain the game popularity as the new century developed."
Nasser Hussain
Stats||Matches||Runs||HS||
Ave||100s/50s
First-Class| |334| |20,698| |207| |42.06| |52/108
Test| |96| |5,764| |207| |37.18| |14/33
His bio from cricinfo:
"Brought up by his Indian-born, Essex-based coach of a father with the ambition to represent England, Nasser Hussain's desire was such that he was prepared to forgo his natural style - opening the face of the bat, running the ball to third man - to succeed at Test level. His success was a triumph of willpower over several technical deficiencies including a dominant bottom hand and unorthodox leg and head positions which led him to lean back in the drive.
Taking over from Alec Stewart in July 1999, Hussain established himself as the best and - not coincidentally - the most articulate England captain since Mike Brearley. Under Hussain, England won four Test series in a row for the first time since Brearley, and rose to third place in the ICC Test Championship table when it was launched, after being ninth and last in the prototype Wisden World Championship in September 1999. Hussain's style of captaincy was a reflection of his personality, never static, always full of energy and ideas."
And my pick for this turn
John Crawley
Stats||Matches||Runs||HS||
Ave||100s/50s||Cts/Sts
First-Class| |351| |24,364| |311*| |46.49| |54/133| |222/1
Test| |37| |1,800| |156*| |34.61| |4/9| |29/0
His bio from cricinfo:
"After becoming the leading run-scorer for England Under-19s in youth Tests - and the first player to pass 1,000 runs - several big scores for Cambridge, Lancashire and England A paved the way for his Test debut, against South Africa in 1994, but he was undone by the Lord's slope, and never quite shook off the accusation that he didn't know where his off stump was. Crawley was in and out of the Test team after that, despite caressing consecutive hundreds against Pakistan in 1996 and hitting out freely to score 156 not out in Muttiah Muralitharan's Oval Test of 1998."
So here is my team so far:
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- Michael Atherton
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- Nasser Hussain
- Andrew Flintoff
- John Crawley
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@Dale88 you have the next pick
