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:sri: Hashan Tillakaratne​

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A batsman who possessed immense patience and excellent temperament, Hashan Tillekeratne was one of the key members in the Sri Lankan top order. Initially starting out as a wicket-keeper batsman, he turned into a specialist batsman in 1992.

While still at school, Tillekeratne was chosen to play for Sri Lanka B against England B at Galle in 1986. He scored a match-saving century and the selectors chose him for the ODI series against India in the same year.

Tillekeratne was steady as a batsman. His finest knock came against the West Indies at Sharjah in October 1995. Brian Lara's majestic 169 had propelled West Indies to a mammoth 333/7. The Sri Lankans kept fighting all the way and the match headed towards a close finish. Tillekeratne led from the front with a sterling 100, but his efforts went in vain as Sri Lanka fell short by four runs.

He was dropped from the Test and ODI teams just before the 1999 World Cup, but returned to the national team after some good performances in the domestic season. Since the start of his career, he has performed better in Tests than in ODIs. His best Test knock came against the West Indies at Galle in November 2001. He held one end up firmly as he notched up his first double century. His unbeaten 204 helped Sri Lanka gain a massive lead and they won the match by 10 wickets.

His stats while keeping are not the best but he has good numbers and he can keep. There is a rarity of left-handed wicket keeper batsmen in Tests.

Stats:
Matches: 83
Innings: 131
Runs: 4545
Average: 42.87
Highest Score: 204*
50s/100s: 20/11
 
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Round One (Picks 1-11)

    @Aislabie - Graeme Pollock :redo:
    @Akshay. - Sir Garfield Sobers :blueo:
    @Rebel2k19 - Adam Gilchrist :blueo:
    @Sinister One - Brian Lara :redo:
    @El Loco - Kumar Sangakkara :blueo:
    @Ashutosh. - Alastair Cook :redo:
    @RUDI - Wasim Akram :blueo:
    @CerealKiller - Allan Border :blueo:
    @VC the Slogger - Andy Flower :blueo:
    @Manish. - Clive Lloyd :redo:
    @Quadralus - Matthew Hayden :redo:

Round Two (Picks 12-22)

    @Quadralus - Alan Davidson :blueo:
    @Manish. - Arthur Morris (Pick 14) :blueo:
    @VC the Slogger - Mitchell Johnson (Pick 13) :blueo:
    @CerealKiller - Rangana Herath :blueo:
    @RUDI - Graeme Smith (Pick 17) :redo:
    @Ashutosh. - Chaminda Vaas (Pick 16) :blueo:
    @El Loco - Alf Valentine :redo:
    @Sinister One - Derek Underwood :redo:
    @Rebel2k19 - Shiv Chanderpaul :redo:
    @Akshay. - Michael Hussey :redo:
    @Aislabie - Trevor Goddard :blueo:

Round Three (Picks 23-33)

    @Ashutosh. - Zaheer Khan :redo:
    @El Loco - Neil Harvey :redo:
    @RUDI - David Warner :redo:
    @Sinister One - Saeed Anwar :blueo:
    @Quadralus - Sourav Ganguly :redo:
    @Manish. - Sanath Jayasuriya :blueo:
    @Akshay. - Bill Johnston :blueo:
    @Aislabie - Simon Katich :blueo:
    @CerealKiller - Trent Boult :redo:
    @VC the Slogger - Shakib Al Hasan :blueo:
    @Rebel2k19 (caretaker: Aislabie) - Daniel Vettori (Pick 36) :blueo:

Round Four (Picks 34-44)

    @Rebel2k19 (caretaker: Aislabie) - David Gower (Pick 37) :redo:
    @VC the Slogger - Justin Langer (Pick 33) :redo:
    @CerealKiller - Marcus Trescothick (Pick 34) :redo:
    @Aislabie - Stephen Fleming (Pick 35) :redo:
    @Akshay. - Bill Lawry :blueo:
    @Manish. - Bishen Bedi :redo:
    @Quadralus - Quinton de Kock :blueo:
    @Sinister One - Bruce Reid :blueo:
    @RUDI - Mitchell Starc :blueo:
    @El Loco - Alvin Kallicharran :redo:
    @Ashutosh. - Niroshan Dickwella :blueo:

Round Five (Picks 45-55)

    @El Loco - Gary Gilmour :blueo:
    @Akshay. - Chris Gayle
    @Manish. - Hedley Verity
    @VC the Slogger - Bert Sutcliffe
    @Aislabie - Frank Woolley
    @CerealKiller - 
    @Rebel2k19 - Phil Jaques
    @Sinister One - Hashan Tillakaratne
    @RUDI - Graham Thorpe
    @Ashutosh.
    @Quadralus

Round Six (Picks 56-66)

    @Quadralus
    @Ashutosh.
    @RUDI
    @Sinister One
    @Rebel2k19
    @CerealKiller
    @Aislabie
    @VC the Slogger
    @Manish.
    @Akshay.
    @El Loco

Round Seven (Picks 67-77)

    @VC the Slogger
    @Akshay.
    @Quadralus
    @Rebel2k19
    @Aislabie
    @Ashutosh.
    @El Loco
    @Sinister One
    @Manish.
    @CerealKiller
    @RUDI

Round Eight (Picks 78-88)

    @RUDI
    @CerealKiller
    @Manish.
    @Sinister One
    @El Loco
    @Ashutosh.
    @Aislabie
    @Rebel2k19
    @Quadralus
    @Akshay.
    @VC the Slogger

Round Nine (Picks 89-99)

    @Sinister One
    @RUDI
    @VC the Slogger
    @Aislabie
    @Ashutosh.
    @El Loco
    @Manish.
    @CerealKiller
    @Quadralus
    @Rebel2k19
    @Akshay.

Round Ten (Picks 100-110)

    @Akshay.
    @Rebel2k19
    @Quadralus
    @CerealKiller
    @Manish.
    @El Loco
    @Ashutosh.
    @Aislabie
    @VC the Slogger
    @RUDI
    @Sinister One

Round Eleven (Picks 111-121)

    @Rebel2k19
    @El Loco
    @RUDI
    @Quadralus
    @CerealKiller
    @Manish.
    @Ashutosh.
    @Aislabie
    @VC the Slogger
    @Akshay.
    @Sinister One
@CerealKiller to complete his Round five pick. @Ashutosh. you are up!
 
Ben Stokes

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4. :blueo: Allan Border :c:
5. :redo: Ben Stokes
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8. :blueo: Rangana Herath
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10. :redo: Trent Boult
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Quinton De Kock

He is widely regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen in the world and has drawn comparisons with former Australian great Adam Gilchrist. An opening batsman and wicket-keeper, de Kock made his domestic debut for the Highveld Lions during the 2012/2013 season.

He quickly caught the national selectors' eye when he starred in a match-winning partnership with Neil McKenzie in the Champions League T20 against Mumbai Indians. He also finished fourth on the first-class rankings, despite playing only six of the 10 matches that summer.


He is the fastest wicketkeeper in terms of matches (35) to effect 150 dismissals in test.

In January 2016, when South Africa was losing the home Test series against England, De Kock was recalled to the Test side for the second Test, taking the keeper's gloves from AB de Villiers, but failed to deliver. He was replaced by Dane Vilas at the 11th hour before the third Test, after a freak injury he picked up at home the afternoon before. He was again selected for the fourth and the final Test and scored his debut Test century with a score of 129 not out in the first innings coming to bat at number seven.




Competition. Test FC
Matches 35 64
Runs scored 1,925 4,070
Batting average 36.32 41.11
100s/50s. 3/13. 9/26
Top score 129* 194



An incredible start to his career,if he continues with this consistency and does not have a bad year, he will become one of the All Time Great Wicketkeepers.
 
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GARY KIRSTEN


Kirsten held the South African records for most runs and centuries in a Test career, before both were surpassed by Jacques Kallis. He was the first Test batsman to make hundreds against each of the other 9 Test nations.

He scored 275 runs against England as a result of batting for over 14 and a half hours as South Africa followed on at Kingsmead in Durban, it still stands as the second-longest innings (in terms of duration) in Test history.The high score was later surpassed by Graeme Smithwhen he made 277 against England in 2003.



Gary Kirsten is more well known in India for coaching the Team which won the https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Cricket_World_Cup.

But before being a Coach,he was an excellent left handed test player of South Africa who averaged over 45!

Kirsten made his Test debut against Australia in Melbourne in 1993. He retired from international cricket in 2004 after crafting a match-winning 76 in his final innings, against New Zealand. Against the same country he had made history by becoming the first-ever Protea to play in 100 Test matches.

Over the years, he gained a reputation as being a sturdy batsman in both Test cricket and One Day cricket. He could up the tempo of an innings if he needed to, but more often than not he simply waited for the bad ball.

Kirsten held the South African records for most runs and centuries in a Test career, before both were surpassed by the legendary Jacques Kallis He was the first Test batsman to make hundreds against each of the other 9 Test nations.


He scored 275 runs against England as a result of batting for over 14 and a half hours as South Africa followed on at Kingsmead in Durban, it still stands as the second-longest innings (in terms of duration) in Test history. The high score was later surpassed by Graeme Smith when he made 277 against England in 2003.



In the 221 FC matches he played
Kirsten scored 16,670 runs @ 48.31
He scored 46 centuries and 79 half centuries
His top score is 275


In the 101 tests he played
Kirsten scored 7289 runs @ 45.27
He scored 21 centuries and 34 half centuries
His top score is 275



 
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Ravindra Jadeja.
 
:eng: John Edrich
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The youngest member of a prolific Norfolk cricket family, John Edrich was the sort of opening batsman every team-mate, and all selection panels, yearns for. A stocky left-hander of infinite discipline and courage, he knew his limitations and played to them unblinkingly, waiting for the right ball to put away. His main scoring areas were square on the off side, where he square-cut and punched either side of cover point with equal certainty, and through midwicket, where he was prolific. Years before batting helmets were even thought of, he was badly injured in 1965 when, following a sequence which brought him 1311 runs in nine innings, a triple-century against New Zealand, he ducked into a short ball from Peter Pollock, South Africa's fastest bowler of the 1960s. The ball seamed up the Lord's slope and hit Edrich on the forehead, knocking him cold. But as when Lillee broke two of his ribs at Sydney in 1974-75, it made no difference to Edrich's game at all: he just stayed in line and took whatever came his way. He was also a realist. On the rare occasions he was struggling for runs, he turned to Wisden to check how many runs he had made. "Twenty thousand, eh?" he would say to himself: "I can't be such a bad player after all!"

Stats:
Matches: 77
Innings: 127
Runs: 5138
Average: 43.54
Highest Score: 310*
50s/100s: 24/12
 
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