A different kind of test cricket DRAFT

[morgieb]

Well I'm fine with it. I think your 31 years rule should be adjusted accordingly, atm West Indies early 1950s squad is unavaible (with the 3 W's and Ramadin/Valentine) because its technically within 31 years of 1979 despite none of those players even making it 1969 let alone 1979.

So discretion should be used I think.

Yeah and no-one can take early 1930's England either, which is a stupidly good squad.

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah, since the earliest debutants in my squad are Hutton and Compton who debuted in '37, anything from 1936 prior should be acceptable.

 

[mr_mister]

XI I'm thinking of running:


Hutton *
Cowdrey
Barrington
Compton
May
Bailey (5)
Evans +
Bedser (3)
Tyson (2)
Trueman (1)
Laker (4)


Statham, Lock, Wardle, Edrich and Graveney all missing out for pete's sake. Will be interesting to play around with this team if we make it to Round 2

 

[morgieb]

My probable XI:

Greenidge
Haynes
Richards
Kallicharan
Lloyd
Rowe
Murray
Marshall
Garner
Holding
Roberts

Wish that they blooded Dujon a bit earlier. Trouble with picking 84 (for example) was that Roberts was gone as were the Rebel Tour guys, which counteracts the availability of Richardson, Dujon and Walsh (who wouldn't make this side anyway).

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Well I'm fine with it. I think your 31 years rule should be adjusted accordingly, atm West Indies early 1950s squad is unavaible (with the 3 W's and Ramadin/Valentine) because its technically within 31 years of 1979 despite none of those players even making it 1969 let alone 1979.

So discretion should be used I think.

We can reduce it I guess as long as any player in the squad does not collide

 

[jimmy101]

We can reduce it I guess as long as any player in the squad does not collide

Sounds fair

 

[morgieb]

We can reduce it I guess as long as any player in the squad does not collide

Yes, this is the best way to go about it.

 

[mr_mister]

Yeah, this way someone might even be able to sneak in a decent '90s Windies team as well, if they wait til after Viv/Haynes were done they get Ambrose/Walsh/Lara and um... yeah maybe not worth it

 

[mr_mister]

But more importantly, now a solid 1970's aussie team can be chosen

great draft idea Andy, I'm excited for the simming part

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Alright cool

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

A bit of a change of rule that as long as the players dont collide, you can select any year

So guys who selected a year previously are now allowed to reshuffle the chosen year

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

The Battler's Prince > Noble One > Jimmy101 > AndrewB

 

[kingkallis]

If everyone is ok with it

If everyone agrees, kindly adjust accordingly. Thanks.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

If everyone agrees, kindly adjust accordingly. Thanks.

Which year?

 

[Howe_zat]

After looking at a lot of years surrounding this one, England's 1955 gives me the best available squad. England were spoilt for choice in the 1950s

yeah this was my 3rd choice team when I started (I got my 1st in the end), wanted to find the year that had Hutton, Trueman and Laker.

 

[kingkallis]

Which year?

2001. Thanks.

 

[mr_mister]

So you lose Taylor and Healy, gain Hayden and Martyn. Interesting

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Wow so I'll have to change who I was going to go with, one moment. Do I have to have players who didn't play during the years of any player from the another team? So say WI '79, with Clive Lloyd playing in '66 would mean no player I chose could have a career that went til '66?

 

[AndrewB]

Wow so I'll have to change who I was going to go with, one moment. Do I have to have players who didn't play during the years of any player from the another team? So say WI '79, with Clive Lloyd playing in '66 would mean no player I chose could have a career that went til '66?

No, it just means you can't pick, say, WI '66 as you'd then have Clive Lloyd and he's already in another squad.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Yep, no dramas. I'll just take Pakistan 1992