'A' Championship V | Grand Finale! Who won?

[Dipak]

Batsmen:

Joe Root
Jonny Bairstow
Jos Buttler
James Taylor
Gary Ballance
Alex Hales

All Rounders

James Tredwell
Samit Patel
Ben Stokes

Keepers:

Steven Davies

Pacers:

Chris Woakes
Chris Tremlett
Graham Onions
Jade Dernbach

Spinners:

Danny Briggs

Coach: Ian Botham

 

[Dipak]

Bad luck for Panesar, Carbs and Compton to narrowly miss out

 

[Varun]

I really would've liked to see Bangladesh A team here, looking at the Sri Lankan and West Indian backup players now - they recently beat our national team in a T20 series so that says a lot.

They were in here last season, the world cup one. I'd have them here but 9 teams just won't cut it. I'm not sure how good they are, but at least the West Indies team has an above average bowling attack.

Doing this makes me realise just how weak the West Indies are if you scratch the surface.

That's actually sad, as it actually says so much about their availability of talent specifically, but their bowling attack can be quite brilliant at times. Not to mention they've done really well in the other two formats in the four seasons. It's basically what Biggy did with Sri Lanka A for a very short span he was a manager: he ran through the stats, and picked up an entirely new team, players even I hadn't an idea about. And boy did it work. Sachithra Senanayake, Jeevan Mendis. Kaushal Silva, Angelo Perera. All making the national sides.

And coaches, @The Author and @Simon, be sure to select coaches. I hope you've read how they work. You have time.

 

[Varun]

Nasir Jamshed

Nasir Jamshed is ineligible.

 

[SiriusBlack]

edited

 

[Varun]

For more flexibility, you can pick a 16-man squad now. @Simon, @The Author, @Dipak @Samuels, add one more player to your teams.

 

[Aislabie]

@Varun, I might make a couple of changes to the squad, but I can't really see any stand-out players in the Caribbean at the minute, not even if I look at raw stats.

 

[FabregasChelsea]

I am co-manager of Pakistan A.

 

[SiriusBlack]

edited

 

[Dipak]

Boyd Rankin comes in the team!

 

[Samuels]

Shoaib Maqsood and Raza Hasan join the Pakistan squad.

 

[Samuels]

@Varun, I might make a couple of changes to the squad, but I can't really see any stand-out players in the Caribbean at the minute, not even if I look at raw stats.

Chadwick Walton, Kevon Cooper, Adrian Barath and Kraigg Brathwaite are a few better players in the Caribbean at the moment.

 

[Aislabie]

Chadwick Walton, Kevon Cooper, Adrian Barath and Kraigg Brathwaite are a few better players in the Caribbean at the moment.

Chadwick Walton isn't as good a batsman as Johnson Charles, Kevon Cooper is pretty much a T20 specialist, Adrian Barath is in the squad, and Kraigg Brathwaite is allergic to limited overs cricket.

 

[Champagnepapi]

South Africa A


Farhaan Behardien
Richard Levi
Colin Ingram
Dean Elgar
Rassie van der Dussen
Morne van Wyk
Quinton de Kock

David Wiese
Chris Morris

Vernon Philander
Ethy Mbhalati
Wayne Parnell
Marchant de Lange
Juan Theron

Aaron Phangiso
Imran Tahir

Coach will be: Kapil Dev.
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[Aislabie]

The West Indian coach will be Brian Lara