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SJS

Hall of Fame Member
One of the more 'rare' ones, The Y's. Its easy since there isn't too much choice. Thank God there is a keeper and in Norman Yrdley and Brian Young some one to bowl with the new ball :)

Unlikely to beat anyone except the X's or the Q's :laugh:

  1. Young, Bryan
  2. Yallop, Graham
  3. Younis Khan
  4. Yuvraj Singh
  5. Yashpal Sharma
  6. Yardley, Norman
  7. Yadav, Vijay
  8. Yardley, Bruce
  9. Yuile, Bryan
  10. Yadav, Nandlal
  11. Young, Harding
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Eleven players exactly (six of them Pakistanis) with names starting from Z have played in tests so they select themselves but believe me they have three who have opened batting more than a couple for opening the bowling and two wicket keepers !! I am playing Tim Zoerer as a batsman since the other keeper Zulquarnain would be an embarassment as a batsman :@


  1. Zulch, John
  2. Zahoor Elahi
  3. Zaheer Abbas
  4. Zahid Fazal
  5. Zulfiqar Ahmed
  6. Zondeki
  7. Zoehrer, Tim
  8. Zulquarnain
  9. Zaheer Khan
  10. Zakir Khan
  11. Zoysa
 

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
1 Compton, Dennis
2 Cowper, Bob
3 Chappell, Ian
4 Chappell, Greg
5 Cowdrey, Colin
6 Crowe, Martin
7 Cairns, Chris,
8 Cameron, Jock
9 Chandrasehkar
10 Caddick, Andy
11 Colin Croft

LOL some help with the bowling!!
 
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SJS

Hall of Fame Member
THE DASHING D'S

What a side. Look at the figures in brackets.

  1. Duff, Reginald (35.6)
  2. Dempster, Charles (65.7)
  3. Dravid, Rahul (56.5)
  4. Duleepsinhji (58.5)
  5. Dexter, Ted (47.9)
  6. Durani, Salim (A century and 7 50's, a 10 for and 3 five for's in 29 tests)
  7. Davidson, Alan (24.5 with bat - 20.5 with ball)
  8. Duckworth, George (a legend behind the stumps)
  9. Dymock, Geoff (27.1)
  10. De Villiers, (24.2 at nearly 5 wkts per test)
  11. Donald, Allan (330 wkts at 22.2)
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
1 Compton, Dennis
2 Cowper, Bob
3 Chappell, Ian
4 Chappell, Greg
5 Cowdrey, Colin
6 Crowe, Martin
7 Cairns, Chris,
8 Cameron, Jock
9 Chandrasehkar
10 Caddick, Andy
11 Clark, Stuart

LOL some help with the bowling!!
Colin Croft. 125 wkts at 23.3 each !
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
The V's

  1. Vaughan, Michael
  2. van der Bijl, Pieter
  3. Vengsarkar, Dillip
  4. Viswanath, Gundappa
  5. Valentine, Brian
  6. Veivers, Thomas
  7. Verity, Hedley
  8. Vaas, Chaminda
  9. Vogler, Albert
  10. Viswanath, Sandanand
  11. Voce, Bill
 

Matt79

Global Moderator
Can anyone suggest a decent spinner starting with H? Not Harbajhan Singh as he'd be an S in my system.
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
The I's

  1. Imran Farhat
  2. Imran Nazir
  3. Inzamam-ul-Haq
  4. Irvine, Brian
  5. Ijaz Ahmed
  6. Imran Khan
  7. Imtiaz Ahmed
  8. Intikhab Alam
  9. Illingworth, Ray
  10. Iqbal Qasim
  11. Ironside, David
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
There is also Herbert Hordern of Australia (early 20th century. Right arm leg spinner.
46 wickets in just 7 test matches !!

avg 23.37 and strike rate 46.7 - fabulous for a spinner.

Five five fors and 2 10 fors in just 7 tests.

Amazing figures in a short career.
 

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
P
1 Pullar, Geoff
2 Paynter, Eddie
3 Ponting, Ricky
4 Ponsford, Bill
5 Pollock, Graeme
6 Pietersen, Kevin
7 Parore, Adam
8 Pollock Shaun
9 Pollock, Peter
10 Procter, Mike
11 Patterson, Patrick
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
The Fabulous F's

  1. Fredericks, Roy
  2. Fingleton
  3. Fry, C B
  4. Foster, Reginald E
  5. Flower,
  6. Faulkner
  7. Flintoff
  8. Farnes, Ken
  9. Fazal Mahmood
  10. Freeman
  11. Ferris, John
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
P
1 Pullar, Geoff
2 Paynter, Eddie
3 Ponting, Ricky
4 Ponsford, Bill
5 Pollock, Graeme
6 Pietersen, Kevin
7 Parore, Adam
8 Pollock Shaun
9 Pollock, Peter
10 Procter, Mike
11 Patterson, Patrick
Jim Parks might make a better keeper (and batsman) than Parore.
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
Was Angus Fraser close to making your side?
Ken Farnes makes it by being the fastest of the lot and figures very similar (marginally better ) to Fraser

Fazal was a fabulous medium pacer compared by many to Bedser. Ferris is a legend with 61 wkts in 9 tests !! and Flintoff is an all rounder.
 

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
P
1 Pullar, Geoff
2 Paynter, Eddie
3 Ponting, Ricky
4 Ponsford, Bill
5 Pollock, Graeme
6 Pietersen, Kevin
7 Parore, Adam
8 Pollock Shaun
9 Pollock, Peter
10 Procter, Mike
11 Patterson, Patrick
Procter below Peter (and arguably Shaun) is a bit harsh. Long batting line up all the same.
 

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