• Welcome to the Cricket Web forums, one of the biggest forums in the world dedicated to cricket.

    You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join the Cricket Web community today!

    If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

# 5 for 1946-65 World Test XI

# 5 for the 1946-65 World Test XI

  • Colin Bland

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Brian Booth

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Tom Graveney

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Peter Parfitt

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Polly Umrigar

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    25
  • Poll closed .

JBH001

International Regular
IMO Worrell does not stack up against some of the other #5 of the era.

Including him on the basis of the 3 W's is sentimentality getting in the way of logic, as is including him for his captaincy when Hutton was a great captain and an automatic pick as batsman on the team sheet - which Worrell frankly is not.

As for including him for his bowling!!! If that is the case, there really are no sufficient reasons left as in any case this side has potentially an attack equal to the 66 - 85 attack, if that is we wind up with Miller, Davidson, Lindwall, Trueman, and a spinner.

I would like to vote for Barrington as I see him as the ideal #5 but Harvey is ahead and Worrell frankly does not deserve to be in the side as a batsman - in any case Harvey as a left hander and as a supreme player of spin would be an asset, not to mention his great conversion rate of 21C and 24 HC. Therefore, Harvey it is.
 

Top