Pick one former player to add to your current Test team

zaremba · 28-07-2011, 02:40 PM

If you could pick one player from your country's past to bolster the current side, who would it be?

Me, I'm working on a shortlist of Hammond, Botham, Trueman and Larwood. Maybe Botham (pre-mullet).

GIMH · 28-07-2011, 02:45 PM

weeman27bob · 28-07-2011, 02:51 PM

Strauss
Cook
Hammond
Trott
KP
Bell
Prior
Broad
Swann
Anderson
Tremlett

Howe_zat · 28-07-2011, 02:56 PM

I'd love to have Trueman but Hammond makes by far the most sense to step in given the balance of the side.

If Strauss doesn't turn it around soon, I'll have Hutton to open and captain.

Howe_zat · 28-07-2011, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by weeman27bob

Strauss
Cook
Trott
Hammond
KP
Bell
Prior
Broad
Swann
Anderson
Tremlett

Bats at #3.

weeman27bob · 28-07-2011, 02:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Howe_zat

Bats at #3.

Meant to put him there, but forgot.

fredfertang · 28-07-2011, 03:11 PM

Yes I'd go for Hammond, although as it's England presumably we could have Graeme Pollock?

HeathDavisSpeed · 28-07-2011, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fredfertang

Yes I'd go for Hammond, although as it's England presumably we could have Graeme Pollock?

Barry Richards, maybe?

fredfertang · 28-07-2011, 03:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HeathDavisSpeed

Barry Richards, maybe?

... or even Mike Procter

Howe_zat · 28-07-2011, 03:21 PM

Of all the Test nations, I think only Australia has actually tried to do this.

flibbertyjibber · 28-07-2011, 03:26 PM

Botham for Morgan.

Jono · 28-07-2011, 03:26 PM

Kapil Dev would slot in very nicely. Question is whether you drop a batsman or a bowler. I'd drop a bowler and bat Dev at 8.

Howe_zat · 28-07-2011, 03:33 PM

Given that Kapil would walk into the current side as a specialist bowler but probably wouldn't make it as a batsman, why is it even a question?

four_or_six · 28-07-2011, 03:37 PM

Not that I'm a fan of him in particular, but Tony Grieg in for Morgan would be quite neat.

Zinzan · 28-07-2011, 04:47 PM

Sir Dick Hadlee by the length of the Cook Strait

28-07-2011, 02:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
zaremba Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: chez les Ashes Posts: 8,730	Pick one former player to add to your current Test team If you could pick one player from your country's past to bolster the current side, who would it be? Me, I'm working on a shortlist of Hammond, Botham, Trueman and Larwood. Maybe Botham (pre-mullet). Last edited by zaremba; 28-07-2011 at 02:41 PM.

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Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,894	I'd love to have Trueman but Hammond makes by far the most sense to step in given the balance of the side. If Strauss doesn't turn it around soon, I'll have Hutton to open and captain. __________________ Maybe we wouldn't be so quick to fill buckets with filth if we knew they had a soul. Or maybe that's what they're into. Ain't no way to get inside a bucket's mind.

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28-07-2011, 03:11 PM	#7 (permalink)
fredfertang Cricket Web Staff Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: high dudgeon Posts: 9,740	Yes I'd go for Hammond, although as it's England presumably we could have Graeme Pollock?

28-07-2011, 03:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,894	Of all the Test nations, I think only Australia has actually tried to do this.

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flibbertyjibber Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: England Posts: 7,948	Botham for Morgan.

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Jono Request Your Custom Title Now! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Virat Kohli Posts: 47,551	Kapil Dev would slot in very nicely. Question is whether you drop a batsman or a bowler. I'd drop a bowler and bat Dev at 8.

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Howe_zat International Coach Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Top floor, bottom buzzer Posts: 13,894	Given that Kapil would walk into the current side as a specialist bowler but probably wouldn't make it as a batsman, why is it even a question?

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four_or_six Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 9,136	Not that I'm a fan of him in particular, but Tony Grieg in for Morgan would be quite neat.

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Zinzan Cricketer Of The Year Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: cover point Posts: 9,738	Sir Dick Hadlee by the length of the Cook Strait

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