Post Line-ups Legends At Battle XII | Pre-season - Ready for action?

[Aravind.]

CO spot is open for you since Fenil got his own team !!

Ok mate,i will be your co in managing the mighty aussies.[DOUBLEPOST=1411482779][/DOUBLEPOST]

CO spot is open for you since Fenil got his own team !!

Ok mate,i will be your co in managing the mighty aussies.

 

[themusketeer]

Give that remaining team to him,he is new to league section & deserve a chance to prove himself.

Thanks..

 

[VC the slogger]

Thanks..

Your squad has been updated in the index. Do tell me if you want any changes to be made. Everyone present in this list is eligible except George Headley, Clive Lloyd and Robert Christiani.

And if it helps, the players in your squad have been assembled according to their primary batting positions i.e openers at the very top, top order just below them, middle-order below the top-order ones and so on right till we reach the tailenders at the bottom. I've done the same for everybody. Putting players in their preferred batting positions is of the utmost importance if you want your team to fare well in a Test/FC tournament like this.

 

[Aislabie]

WG Grace
Archie MacLaren
Victor Trumper

Clem Hill
Billy Murdoch
KS Ranjitsinhji
Arthur Shrewsbury
Andrew Stoddart

Billy Barnes
Billy Bates
Jack Blackham
Johnny Briggs
Bart King
Bobby Peel

JJ Ferris
George Lohmann
Fred Spofforth
Charlie Turner​

I tried to roughly do @VC the slogger's thing with the player lists. The divides roughly correspond to openers, 3-5, 6-8, 9-11. I decided to restrict myself only to players who've played Test cricket. It was a real grind to let Charles Bannerman go, but being first doesn't necessarily mean being best. A useful thing about the old amateurs is how versatile they are in terms of batting positions - it's only really Grace and Ranji who stuck to one position.

 

[VC the slogger]

I decided to restrict myself only to players who've played Test cricket.

Bart King should still be in that XVIII. He was better than most of the Test players of that time.

Also, I reckon one of Clem Hill or Monty Noble (or both) might come in very handy for your team.

 

[Aislabie]

Bart King should still be in that XVIII. He was better than most of the Test players of that time.

Also, I reckon one of Clem Hill or Monty Noble (or both) might come in very handy for your team.

Hill and Noble were both at their best after the turn of the twentieth century. I'm tempted by Bart King, though - I'll look at which of the Test players I'd be most likely to drop.

EDIT - I've axed Ulyett and Giffen. I didn't really need their bowling anyway, and their batting wasn't quite cutting the mustard.

 

[themusketeer]

Your squad has been updated in the index. Do tell me if you want any changes to be made. Everyone present in this list is eligible except George Headley, Clive Lloyd and Robert Christiani.

And if it helps, the players in your squad have been assembled according to their primary batting positions i.e openers at the very top, top order just below them, middle-order below the top-order ones and so on right till we reach the tailenders at the bottom. I've done the same for everybody. Putting players in their preferred batting positions is of the utmost importance if you want your team to fare well in a Test/FC tournament like this.

Want to replace Jeffrey stollmeyer with Basil butcher

 

[VC the slogger]

Want to replace Jeffrey stollmeyer with Basil butcher

Are you very sure? You don't have a second opener, while Butcher is just another of several middle-order batsmen. Stollmeyer was one of WI's best openers before Greenidge & Haynes came along.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Just a change. Tausif Ahmed out, and Mushtaq Ahmed in.

 

[Samuels]

Ohhh...I forgot that the players position matters.....

Now ....dont change...leave it

Thanks.

Butcher was an amazing batsman. It will be a shame if you miss out on him when you could afford to have him. Denis Atkinson was more of a half bat and half bowler. You have Smith, Sobers and Worrell to cover that front up. I strongly recommend you to get Butcher in for Atkinson.

 

[themusketeer]

Butcher was an amazing batsman. It will be a shame if you miss out on him when you could afford to have him. Denis Atkinson was more of a half bat and half bowler. You have Smith, Sobers and Worrell to cover that front up. I strongly recommend you to get Butcher in for Atkinson.

Thanks @Samuels

One change butcher IN Denis atkinson Out...

 

[VC the slogger]

Thanks @Samuels

One change butcher IN Denis atkinson Out...

Accepted.

Butcher was an amazing batsman. It will be a shame if you miss out on him when you could afford to have him. Denis Atkinson was more of a half bat and half bowler. You have Smith, Sobers and Worrell to cover that front up. I strongly recommend you to get Butcher in for Atkinson.

Judging by his figures, he was a pretty decent leggie too. Would have come in more handy in the current era than the one he played in when WI had a plethora of spin legends.

 

[VC the slogger]

The teams will be separated into two groups of six each because I can't do a whole 12-round thingy, I really can't. The top two from each shall qualify for a set of playoffs which lead up to the finals.

Group A: Australia C (1974-1979), West Indies A (1976-1985), South Africa A (1969-1976), Pakistan (1984-1992), New Zealand (1984-1992), West Indies B (1954-1966)
Group B: Australia B (1948), Australia A (1999-2004), West Indies C (1992-1998), South Africa B (2006-2013), Legends XI (1877-1899), India (2002-2010)

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Fixtures

Warm-ups

Australia C v ROTW Legends at Perth
West Indies A v West Indies C at Jamaica
South Africa A v South Africa B at Johannesburg
Pakistan v All Stars XI at Lahore
New Zealand v Australia B at Auckland
Legends XI v West Indies B at Lord's
Australia A v All Stars XI at The MCG
India v Sri Lanka at Delhi



Round 1

Australia C v West Indies B at Perth
West Indies A v New Zealand at Jamaica
South Africa A v Pakistan at Johannesburg
Australia B v India at at The SCG
Australia A v Legends XI at The MCG
West Indies C v South Africa B at Trinidad


Round 2

West Indies B v Pakistan at Barbados
New Zealand v South Africa A at Auckland
Australia C v West Indies A at Perth
India v South Africa B at Delhi
Legends XI v West Indies C at Lord's
Australia B v Australia A at The SCG


Round 3

West Indies A v West Indies B at Jamaica
South Africa A v Australia C at Johannesburg
Pakistan v New Zealand at Lahore
Australia A v India at The MCG
West Indies C v Australia B at Trinidad
South Africa B v Legends XI at Cape Town


Round 4

West Indies B v New Zealand at Barbados
Australia C v Pakistan at Perth
West Indies A v South Africa A at Jamaica
India v Legends XI at Delhi
Australia B v South Africa B at The SCG
Australia A v West Indies C at The MCG


Round 5

South Africa A v West Indies B at Johannesburg
Pakistan v West Indies A at Lahore
New Zealand v Australia C at Auckland
West Indies C v India at Trinidad
South Africa B v Australia A at Cape Town
Legends XI v Australia B at Lord's


Finals

Qualifying Final

TBA v TBA at Delhi

Elimination Final

TBA v TBA at Perth


Semi-final

TBA v TBA at Lord's


Final

TBA v TBA at The MCG
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[Aravind.]

@VC the slogger i am the co manager for Australia A (1999-2004) see here Post Line-ups - Legends At Battle V | Fixtures posted, taking warm-up lineups | Page 175 - Cricket Leagues on PlanetCricket Forums

 

[Sulaiman7]

Okay cool.

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