West Indies ATG Team- Open Voting

[The Sean]

Weird, it was tied before Steve's vote but is now still tied? I thought his was the clincher and we could move on!

[watson]

Originally Posted by kyear2

Opener Votes:

Greenidge: 22
Hunte: 7
Worrell: 7
Haynes: 7
Fredricks: 1

Three way tie, even closer than the spinner and keeper votes.

I was going by this tally (was it wrong?). Hunte with steve's vote should be on 8 now.

[kyear2]

Originally Posted by harsh.skm

To untie the opening position, I would vote for Worrell. And I would definitely have Dale Steyn in my AT SAF XI.

This also put Worrell at 8

[kyear2]

No reason why the South African team can't be started while we are waiting for this to end.

Or as a tie break since Worrell wasn't part of the short list that it goes to Hunte, just a suggestion to save time, not a recomendation.

[Monk]

Originally Posted by kyear2

No reason why the South African team can't be started while we are waiting for this to end.

Or as a tie break since Worrell wasn't part of the short list that it goes to Hunte, just a suggestion to save time, not a recomendation.

Do you wanna run the SA one Kyear? I don't have the time (moreso headspace) atm to do it.

[Blakus]

Kinda forgot about this. For me, Worrell is a middle order batman and that's where he should play.
Hunte is imo, the second best opener WI have produced and therefore gets my vote

[harsh.skm]

Originally Posted by Blakus

Kinda forgot about this. For me, Worrell is a middle order batman and that's where he should play.
Hunte is imo, the second best opener WI have produced and therefore gets my vote

I would like to have Worrell purely for the leadership and getting everybody from the different places together. But perhaps that can be achieved by having him as the manager of the side in this hypothetical.

[kyear2]

So Greenidge and Hunte it is.

[kyear2]

Cricketweb W.I ATG XI

Gordon Greenidge
Conrad Hunte
George Headley
Viv Richards
Brian Lara
Garry Sobers
Clyde Walcott
Malcolm Marshall
Michael Holding
Curtly Ambrose
Joel Garner

Lance Gibbs
Frank Worrell

[The Sean]

That's a hell of a side, and 9 out of 11 the same as the one I would have chosen myself. The pace attack is unrivalled (particularly given that Australia picked two spinners) while the batting line-up is a match for anyone.

The lack of a world class slow bowling option is disappointing, as much in principle as in practice, and potentially makes team v team comparisons difficult as the type of pitch will probably have a huge say in any theoretical outcome.

[Howe_zat]

What was your other chage, Sean - I'm guessing keeper?

[The Sean]

Yeah I went with Dujon behind the stumps for reasons already debated to death in this thread, but Walcott was a magnificent cricketer I suppose at least one of the Ws deserved a spot.

[kyear2]

In theory yes, but Garner played the role of spinner for the W.I. in the '80's. He is capable, willing and most importantly effective at bowling long controlling spells into the wind with a better avg, s/r and econ of any spinner in history and was effcient at cleaning up the tail.
Also concerning flat decks, Marshall, Holding and Garner are all proven performers on docile and spinning tracks.

[kyear2]

Cricketweb Australia All Time XI
Victor Trumper
Arthur Morris
Sir Donald Bradman
Greg Chappell
Allan Border
Keith Miller
Adam Gilchrist
Shane Warne
Denis Lille
Bill O'Reilly
Glenn Mcgrath

Ricky Ponting
Allan Davidson

Cricketweb W.I. All Time XI
Gordon Greenidge
Sir Conrad Hunte
George Headley
Sir I.V.A. Richards
Brian Lara
Sir Garfield Sobers
Sir Clyde Walcott
Malcolm Marshall
Michael Holding
Curtly Ambrose
Joel Garner

Frank Worrell
Lance Gibbs

Cricketweb England A.T. XI
Sir Jack Hobbs
Sir Len Hutton
Sir Wally Hammond
Ken Barrington
Denis Compton
Sir Ian Botham
Allan Knott
Jim Laker
Harold Larwood
Fred Trueman
Syd Barnes

Hedley Verity
Kevin Pietersen



Great work guys. Will start South Africa tonight if no one else does.