Ed Smith
Gaffer
Ah my bad. I'll do it tomorrow
Draft: Test Cricket Scrubs XI Draft
- Thread starter Aislabie
- Start date
Ed Smith
Gaffer
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Rob BaileyTest stats: 119 runs @ 14.87 (best 43) in 4 matches
First-class stats: 21,844 runs @ 40.52 (47 centuries, best 224*) in 374 matches
I'm honestly shocked he's not already been grabbed by @blockerdave but I'll gratefully snap up Rob Bailey. Someone with the ability to have averaged in the high 30s for England without a shadow of doubt, Rob Bailey just straight-up never got picked during his best years as a batsman. 1987 Championship runs @ 64.09 in 1990? Too bad, your time has passed, best watch England pick John Morris for three Tests instead. 90s England selections were absolutely ridiculous.
@Aislabie's XI so far:
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Ken Meuleman3.
Rob Bailey4.
Usman Salahuddin5.
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Simon O'Donnell7.
Sameer Dighe8.
Pat Trimborn9.
Pat Crawford10.
Dick Tyldesley11.
Gordon Rorke(36 of 50 caps)
@qpeedore
Ed Smith
Gaffer
John Morris man, what a guy 
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
Well of course I scored an 80 with him against the Windies in my cricket 19 play through so was convinced he had a test 50.View attachment 242598
Test stats: 119 runs @ 14.87 (best 43) in 4 matches
First-class stats: 21,844 runs @ 40.52 (47 centuries, best 224*) in 374 matches
I'm honestly shocked he's not already been grabbed by @blockerdave but I'll gratefully snap up Rob Bailey. Someone with the ability to have averaged in the high 30s for England without a shadow of doubt, Rob Bailey just straight-up never got picked during his best years as a batsman. 1987 Championship runs @ 64.09 in 1990? Too bad, your time has passed, best watch England pick John Morris for three Tests instead. 90s England selections were absolutely ridiculous.
@Aislabie's XI so far:
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(36 of 50 caps)
@qpeedore
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Screw you from now to hell, @Aislabie. I had written Bailey up today, hoping he could escape your sights. I hoped wrong. Screw @Yash. to a lesser extent for taking by backup number 3 in Buster Farrer.
...then again...maybe it was meant to be. I've got back-to-back Indians and Proteas in my order. Might as well have back-to-back Pakistanis too. Selected for his Test debut just a year (6 games) after he started playing FC cricket, Salahuddin Mulla was one of the many who debuted for a subcontinent team while still in their teens just on potential alone. To be fair, according to the stats, the potential was there, but after just 5 Tests over 4 years, he was probably considered ancient (22 years) by their standards at the time. He surely would have been in contention for much of the next 10 or so years given his FC stats, but his international career was over before most players even think about starting one.
He did seem to be a more than handy off spinner though, getting a chance to bowl in his first 3 matches and picking up wickets each time he bowled, and being more than adequate at FC level too.
Looking through his batting list on Cricinfo, his failures came when he was opening, which perhaps suggests a bit of a weakness against the new ball. But he had starts at 3 and 4, so I think he'll do just fine at 3, provided there isn't an early wicket.
Post-career he became a selector and was a bit controversial at times, but Cricinfo's bio page states that he is apparently very friendly.
5 Tests, average 19.5, best 34* - 7 wickets at 26.71, best 2/36
111 FC, average 41.51, best 256, 14 centuries, 26 fifties - 155 wickets at 28.45, best 6/76
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2. Shafiq Ahmed (Facilitating opener)
3. Salahuddin Mulla (Mixed aggression batsman, occasional offie)
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5. Chandu Sarwate (Jack of all trades, second spinner, offie and leggie, mostly leggie)
6. Chandrakant Pandit (Middle order anchor)
7. Dane Vilas (Second new ball specialist batsman)
8. Wiaan Mulder (Lower order batsman, workhorse seamer)
9. Chris Drum (Second seamer, short spells)
10. Shaun Tait (First seamer, short spells)
11. Tabraiz Shamsi (Strike spinner, chinaman spin)
44 caps currently
@blockerdave
...then again...maybe it was meant to be. I've got back-to-back Indians and Proteas in my order. Might as well have back-to-back Pakistanis too. Selected for his Test debut just a year (6 games) after he started playing FC cricket, Salahuddin Mulla was one of the many who debuted for a subcontinent team while still in their teens just on potential alone. To be fair, according to the stats, the potential was there, but after just 5 Tests over 4 years, he was probably considered ancient (22 years) by their standards at the time. He surely would have been in contention for much of the next 10 or so years given his FC stats, but his international career was over before most players even think about starting one.
He did seem to be a more than handy off spinner though, getting a chance to bowl in his first 3 matches and picking up wickets each time he bowled, and being more than adequate at FC level too.
Looking through his batting list on Cricinfo, his failures came when he was opening, which perhaps suggests a bit of a weakness against the new ball. But he had starts at 3 and 4, so I think he'll do just fine at 3, provided there isn't an early wicket.
Post-career he became a selector and was a bit controversial at times, but Cricinfo's bio page states that he is apparently very friendly.
5 Tests, average 19.5, best 34* - 7 wickets at 26.71, best 2/36
111 FC, average 41.51, best 256, 14 centuries, 26 fifties - 155 wickets at 28.45, best 6/76
1.
2. Shafiq Ahmed
(Facilitating opener)3. Salahuddin Mulla
(Mixed aggression batsman, occasional offie)4.
5. Chandu Sarwate
(Jack of all trades, second spinner, offie and leggie, mostly leggie)6. Chandrakant Pandit
(Middle order anchor)7. Dane Vilas
(Second new ball specialist batsman)8. Wiaan Mulder
(Lower order batsman, workhorse seamer)9. Chris Drum
(Second seamer, short spells)10. Shaun Tait
(First seamer, short spells)11. Tabraiz Shamsi
(Strike spinner, chinaman spin)44 caps currently
@blockerdave
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blockerdave
ICC Chairman
Need to balance my side a bit.
Think I’ll add some legspin with Trevor Hohns.
Think I’ll add some legspin with Trevor Hohns.
- Jimmy Cook
- Bandula Warnapura
- Mike Veletta
- -
- Adrian Kuiper
- Chris Cowdrey
- Trevor Hohns
- Bert Strudwick
- Eddo Brandes
- Grahame Chevalier
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Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
I fully expected you to go with Jackie du Preez, but Hohns certainly fulfils your team's need for a decent number seven better than du Preez would have
Ah yes, one of the few internationals from my local club! I think
ahmedleo414
The Butcher
Double pick for me.... first pick Tim Curtis
From cricinfo:
"Tim Curtis was an ever-present at the top of the order in the Worcestershire side when the dominated county cricket in the late 1980s. He played for the county while a student at Durham and then, for a year, at Cambridge (where he won a Blue) but it was only when he became available full time that he broke through. His first hundred came in 1984 when he ended the summer with 1405 runs at 42.57 - the first of 11 occasions he was to pass a thousand runs - and it was only towards the tail end of his career that he form was anything other than determinedly consistent. In an era when England tried a daunting number of players, Curtis's chance came in two Tests against West Indies in 1988, and then three more against Australia in 1989, but he failed to pass 50 and averaged only 15.55. In fairness, his average came by virtue of grit and application more than style, although in a side containing the likes of Graeme Hick and Ian Botham, it was a valued if not crowd-pleasing role. His one-day form belied that, and he made five Lord's final appearances (winning twice) which included leading them to the NatWest Trophy in 1994 after taking over the captaincy a year earlier."
Second pick John Commins
From cricinfo:
"A dependable middle-order batsman, Commins was consistent and reliable without being flashy or pretty with the bat. He was good enough to make the South African Test side as a No. 3 in 1993-94, and did well until he was sidelined by a groin injury, one which was aggrevated when he set off for a single while batting with a runner and was run-out as he dived to make his ground. His age went against him when he returned to fitness, although he continued to score freely for Western Province either side of a brief stint at Boland."
@blockerdave you got next
| Stats | Matches | Runs | HS | Batting Ave | 100s/50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Class | 339 | 20,832 | 248 | 40.68 | 43/103 |
| Test | 5 | 140 | 41 | 15.55 | 0/0 |
From cricinfo:
"Tim Curtis was an ever-present at the top of the order in the Worcestershire side when the dominated county cricket in the late 1980s. He played for the county while a student at Durham and then, for a year, at Cambridge (where he won a Blue) but it was only when he became available full time that he broke through. His first hundred came in 1984 when he ended the summer with 1405 runs at 42.57 - the first of 11 occasions he was to pass a thousand runs - and it was only towards the tail end of his career that he form was anything other than determinedly consistent. In an era when England tried a daunting number of players, Curtis's chance came in two Tests against West Indies in 1988, and then three more against Australia in 1989, but he failed to pass 50 and averaged only 15.55. In fairness, his average came by virtue of grit and application more than style, although in a side containing the likes of Graeme Hick and Ian Botham, it was a valued if not crowd-pleasing role. His one-day form belied that, and he made five Lord's final appearances (winning twice) which included leading them to the NatWest Trophy in 1994 after taking over the captaincy a year earlier."
Second pick John Commins
| Stats | Matches | Runs | HS | Batting Ave | 100s/50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Class | 94 | 5,835 | 200* | 40.80 | 13/34 |
| Test | 3 | 125 | 45 | 25.00 | 0/0 |
From cricinfo:
"A dependable middle-order batsman, Commins was consistent and reliable without being flashy or pretty with the bat. He was good enough to make the South African Test side as a No. 3 in 1993-94, and did well until he was sidelined by a groin injury, one which was aggrevated when he set off for a single while batting with a runner and was run-out as he dived to make his ground. His age went against him when he returned to fitness, although he continued to score freely for Western Province either side of a brief stint at Boland."
- Tim Curtis
- Dulip Samaraweera
- John Commins
- Azmat Rana
- Charles Passailaigue
- ?
- Nigel Haig
- James Foster
- Sam Staples
- Kabir Khan
- Les Jackson
@blockerdave you got next
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Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Well, looks like it'll be Matt Poore to finish up then
ahmedleo414
The Butcher
@blockerdave got just about 30 mins to make his pick, otherwise @qpeedore has the next pick
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
oh missed the initial alert, sorry.
give me 5 minutes
give me 5 minutes
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
Ken Hough, to take the new ball with Brandes and add some genuine pace to my attack. Averaging 20 with the ball in FC cricket and 16 with the bat, Hough was probably unlucky to only play 2 tests for NZ in 1959. This may have been due to prejudice as a result of him having been born in Australia, or the persistent rumours of his heavy drinking and financial impropriety...
It might also have nothing to do with any of that, because (apart from the being born in Australia thing) I just made it all up - I've never heard of him, and plucked him from statsguru.
@qpeedore is next.
My team then after my last pick.
It might also have nothing to do with any of that, because (apart from the being born in Australia thing) I just made it all up - I've never heard of him, and plucked him from statsguru.
@qpeedore is next.
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My team then after my last pick.
- Jimmy Cook
- Bandula Warnapura
- Mike Veletta
- -
- Adrian Kuiper
- Chris Cowdrey
- Trevor Hohns
- Bert Strudwick
- Ken Hough
- Eddo Brandes
- Grahame Chevalier
