Draft: All-Time England Test Draft

[Yash.]

Stuart Broad for me

 

[ahmedleo414]

My next pick Alan Knott

Stats|Matches|Runs|HS| Ave|100s/50s|Cts/Sts
First-Class |511|18,105|156|29.63|17/97|1211/133
Test |95|4,389|135|32.75|58/30|250/19

His bio from wiki

"Alan Philip Eric Knott MBE (born 9 April 1946) is a former cricketer who represented England at international level in both Tests and One-Day Internationals (ODI). Knott is widely regarded as one of the most eccentric characters in cricket, and is also regarded as one of the greatest wicket-keepers to ever play the game. He was described by cricket journalist Simon Wilde as "a natural gloveman, beautifully economical in his movements and armed with tremendous powers of concentration""

ahmedleo414's All-Time England XI

1. Leonard Hutton
2. W.G. Grace
3. ?
4. ?
5. ?
6. Ian Botham
7. Alan Knott
8. ?
9. ?
10. ?
11. ?

@Ashutosh. Is next

 

[Ashutosh.]

Graham Gooch
@Bevab

 

[ahmedleo414]

@Bevab has one hour remaining, otherwise @Aislabie can make his pick

 

[Aislabie]

Dennis Amiss

Test stats: 3,612 runs @ 46.30 (11 centuries, best 262*) in 50 matches
First-class stats: 43,423 runs @ 42.86 (102 centuries, best 262*) in 658 matches

Dennis Amiss was a hard-working, deep-thinking opening batsman who was perfectly prepared to bat long and blunt opposition attacks. Indeed, as an opener he would go an average of 126 balls without being dismissed, scoring 54 runs in that time. And the other key characteristic of an opening batsman - that of capitalising once he has a start, was in clear evidence as he converted 55% of his fifties as an opener into centuries. A hugely important player, and one of English cricket's real forgotten greats.

1. Dennis Amiss ( 81.10%)
2.
3. Ken Barrington ( 65.29%)
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. Hedley Verity ( 105.02%)
9. George Lohmann ( 104.83%)
10.
11.

@blockerdave

 

[blockerdave]

I’ll get my fast bowling off to a start with Harold Larwood. Pace, accuracy, stamina and threat. Yeah I’ll have a bit of that.

@Yash.

 

[Yash.]

1. ?
   
2. Sir Geoffrey Boycott
   
3. Wally Hammond
   
4. ?
   
5. ?
   
6. Leslie Ames
   
7. ?
   
8. Jim Laker
   
9. Stuart Broad
   
10. ?
    
11. ?

SIR GEOFF BOYCOTT

A test batting average of 47, and a first class average of 56, Sir Geoff Boycott was one of the most prolific run scorers in England cricket. He opened the batting and scored over 8000 runs in his Test career, and over 48000 runs in his First Class Career.[DOUBLEPOST=1605853496][/DOUBLEPOST]@blockerdave

 

[CerealKiller]

@Bevab can go, but he’s been inactive since Tuesday, so @ahmedleo414

 

[ahmedleo414]

Bob Willis for me, @Dale88 you are next

 

[Ed Smith]

1. Alistair Cook
2. Andrew Strauss
3. Alec Stewart
6. Freddie Flintoff
10.Steve Harmison

@Aislabie

 

[blockerdave]

Damn I missed my go completely!!

Well I’m taking Jack Russell!

 

[Aislabie]

Bob Appleyard

Test stats: 31 wickets @ 17.87 (1 5WI, best 5/51) in 9 matches
First-class stats: 708 wickets @ 15.48 (57 5WI, best 8/76) in 152 matches

Bob Appleyard was a sort of brisk-paced off-spinner who played almost all of his Tests as the third part of a bowling attack that also included Frank Tyson, Brian Statham and Johnny Wardle at the absolute peak of their respective careers (Tyson in particular was taking a wicket every five overs at the time. The Australians that he played nearly half his Tests against brought with them Ray Lindwall, Alan Davidson, and a weirdly effective Ron Archer. And despite all of this silliness going on around him, Bob Appleyard still achieved a VARP of +39% calculated against all bowlers, not merely seamers or spinners, owing to the ambiguity of Appleyard's bowling style.

1. Dennis Amiss ( 81.10%)
2.
3. Ken Barrington ( 65.29%)
4.
5.
6.
7.
8. Hedley Verity ( 105.02%)
9. George Lohmann ( 104.83%)
10.
11. Bob Appleyard ( 38.96%)

@Ashutosh.

 

[Bevab]

Dearie me, how many outstanding picks do I have left?

 

[ahmedleo414]

just two

 

[Ashutosh.]

Graeme Swann

1. Graham Gooch
2.
3. Joe Root
4. Kevin Pietersen
5.
6.
7.
8.
9. Graeme Swann
10.
11. James Anderson

@Yash.