Don Bradman Cricket 14 General Discussion

MattW said:
All the World XI matches have been awful - there are no consequences for winning or losing. No player is going to put their best into winning for the Rest of the World.

It's a nice discussion point to select XIs of the best players of a given year - but it's pointless trying to actually assemble those teams and play matches.

When they are for charity they work okay - because everyone's already just there for the fun of it and the draw of the famous players helps fund-raising, but as cricket matches they aren't very good.

Also - it's literally impossible for a World XI to play at a neutral venue.
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few days ago i read somewhere in newspaper that there is gonna be a celebratory match between mcc and rest of the world.....MCC will be captained by SRT while the latter will be captained by Warne.....only all time greats are allowed to play that match and thats only for some celebration related with mcc

NOTE:MCC means MARYLEBONE CRICKET CLUB

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dadarocks said:
Why no mention whatsoever on Ravi Shastri? He's very good IMO... :yes
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personally i like the voice of ravi shastri but sometimes he overreacts he spends all his time praising MSD which is not good as you should keep an eye on match not on a single player.whereas i like sunny gavaskar as he talks about stats,technique and shares some interesting facts..that is what we need from a commentator...anyway i am not disrespecting anyone as (i was taught in my school days that you only have the right to criticise others when you think you are better than him) and i dont think so i am greater than him in any aspect...:cheers:wave
 
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pekkylove said:
.MCC will be captained by SRT
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That's an interesting choice...

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Just to shoehorn Mark Taylor into this again, at teh back of his autobiography he picks an Aus XI from his time in the game, and a World XI (excluding Aus). Unsurprisingly given the era, no English players at all. Only English Guy namechecked as close to selesction was Jack Russell, who throughout a lot of that time struggled to get in the England Team due to them using Stewart as an All Rounder to try and sneak an extra bowler.

So it's not unknown for our team to be crap and our selectors awful... So by 2029 we should maybe get the Ashes back...
 
blockerdave said:
Just to shoehorn Mark Taylor into this again, at teh back of his autobiography he picks an Aus XI from his time in the game, and a World XI (excluding Aus). Unsurprisingly given the era, no English players at all. Only English Guy namechecked as close to selesction was Jack Russell, who throughout a lot of that time struggled to get in the England Team due to them using Stewart as an All Rounder to try and sneak an extra bowler.

So it's not unknown for our team to be crap and our selectors awful... So by 2029 we should maybe get the Ashes back...
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Honest question: This is the second time I've seen a wicketkeeper referred to as an allrounder within the last 2 days (The other one being Ab). I've always presumed that an allrounder only meant someone who batted and bowled, but does it also apply to a certain type of keeper?
 
I would say so.
 
Lebanna said:
Honest question: This is the second time I've seen a wicketkeeper referred to as an allrounder within the last 2 days (The other one being Ab). I've always presumed that an allrounder only meant someone who batted and bowled, but does it also apply to a certain type of keeper?
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I think it's typically used to describe batter/bowler, but in its broader sense it's used to describe anyone who can get selected on the merits of either discipline.

Post-Botham, Stewart really was our "All Rounder" because he balanced the side and allowed us to play 6 batsmen and 5 bowlers, which is typically the all rounders role (think Botham, Flintoff, Watson, Kallis). Pre-Gilchrist really, if you got a keeper with an average of 25-33 that was considered perfect, they were there to make catches and occasionally chip in.
 
In the case of AB, wicket-keeping wasn't a parameter that was given consideration during his selection in the team. It's simply a bonus that he could do it and hence "all rounder". Much like Dravid did in the mid 2000s for India.
 
I've always used it with a player who's had more than one string to his bow. Some keepers are just REALLY good keepers and that's it (Tony Blain, Ian Smith etc) and others can bat and keep and would get their place in the side for one of their disciplines (McCullum, Gilchrist).

It's been muddied in the modern era because there's really no such position in a side for a specialist keeper any more. They're expected to bat so that's why I guess the term "all-rounder" is reserved for bowlers who can bat, and vice-versa.

...as said above a batsman who "can keep a bit" would fit into a more modern idea of an all-rounder. Keeper's who can "bat a bit" don't really exist any more.
 
Yeah, now you want 2 all rounders, one keeping, one bowling, so in an 11man team you get 7 batsmen and 5 bowlers!

Bloody Gilchrist.
 
Is there something that stops a team using a specialist keeper via a substitute fielder?
 
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