@blockerdave missed his deadline, @Bevab to finish his team.
@Aislabie and @VC the slogger to finish out their teams as well whenever they get a chance.
@Aislabie and @VC the slogger to finish out their teams as well whenever they get a chance.
Frank Iredale
Decade: 1890s
Test stats: 807 runs @ 36.68 (2 centuries, best 140) in 14 matches
First-class stats: 6,795 runs @ 33.63 (12 centuries, best 196) in 133 matches
We needed a batsman. Frank Iredale is a batsman, so that puts him well ahead of most of the remaining contenders. He also tended to score quickly and find the boundaries often, which is the main aim of my team. He shall slot in at number four, and Seymour Nurse shall shuffle up to three.
@Aislabie 's XI so far:
1. Jack Fingleton
2. Andy Ganteaume
3. Seymour Nurse
4. Frank Iredale
5. Ross Edwards
6. Collie Smith
7. Percy Fender
8. Ryan Harris
9. Fanie de Villiers
10. Shane Bond
11. Tony Gray
Not a bad team really considering I let all the best batting choices slip through my grasp while I chased a scary seam attack. Between them they'd make a decent Test side.
Can probably do that in the next few days - have been pretty full-on this weekWould love to see a team analysis by @Aislabie (of course if he has the time)
Yeah, I'd probably have gone with:amazing analysis, thank you! I kept debating about the order of my team until the end, when i just thought that it's fine the way it is...
The polls are open for another 7-8 days, if more people want to vote
@blockerdave
Statistically the best spinner of all time is a very good place to start building your side, and Verity is just that.
- Marcus Trescothick
- Charlie Hallows
- Roy Dias
- Dave Houghton
- Lee Irvine
- Karun Nair
- Dick Spooner
- Frank Foster
- Hedley Verity
- Charlie Griffith
- Arthur Fielder
Their nationalities and eras mean they do slightly slip below the radar, but Dias, Houghton and Irvine is a truly outstanding middle order.
It's not easy to find a weakness here, but it might just be the lack of a fifth bowling option - Fielder and Griffith in particular will need to be hugely fit.
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I mean, Roy Dias had that one game where he got three for 25 against Australia (Boon, Phillips and Lawson).Absolutely nobody to back up Verity if it's turning though!