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Australia ATG vs ROW XI - in Australia

Burgey

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Does Akram have a better case to be selected than Imran?

I think if you select Sobers, there is no need for spinner as I don’t think any spinner has a strong enough record there.
Maybe someone like Headley Verity? Not sure of his record here but I know he was always rated very highly by those who played against him
 

subshakerz

International Coach
Marshall’s only big tour in Australia was in 84/85 against a fairly ordinary side.

Wasim had two good tours in 90 and 95 against strong teams.

Holding had three excellent tours there too.
 

Archer6K

U19 12th Man
Taking into account overall career and record in Australia:
1) Herbert Sutcliffe
2) Jack Hobbs
3) Wally Hammond
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) AB De Villiers (WK)
6) Garfield Sobers
7) Imran Khan
8) Richard Hadlee
9) Malcolm Marshall
10) Joel Garner
11) Curtly Ambrose
 

subshakerz

International Coach
Taking into account overall career and record in Australia:
1) Herbert Sutcliffe
2) Jack Hobbs
3) Wally Hammond
4) Sachin Tendulkar
5) AB De Villiers (WK)
6) Garfield Sobers
7) Imran Khan
8) Richard Hadlee
9) Malcolm Marshall
10) Joel Garner
11) Curtly Ambrose
5 pacers is overkill. But I like your batting lineup. Here is my XI:

Sutcliffe
Hobbs
Viv
Hammond
Tendulkar
Sobers
ABD - keeper
Hadlee
Akram
Holding
Ambrose

Holding has a magnificent record in Australia and is a speed merchant, you need one of those. Akram has better bowling and and batting returns than Marshall and played stronger sides too. It's touch and go between Imran and Wasim but I think Wasim edges it.
 

Burgey

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Probably Underwood or Gibbs if you want a specialist spinner.
Yeah Gibbs a decent shout. Had a good series in 60/61 in that tied test tour. Not sure his precise numbers here. I think Underwood averaged about 30 here
 

trundler

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Verity averaged 34 down under with a very high strike rate but he did play Bradman so I reckon that's as good as a spinner could've hoped for. Good shout.
 

Slifer

International Captain
Without checking records:

Hobbs
Hutton
Hammond
Sachin
Barrington
Sobers
DeVilliers +
Hadlee
Akram/Marshall
Ambrose
Laker/Verity
 

subshakerz

International Coach
And next to those pre-war blokes is Jadeja who also won't count for @subshakerz whatever the criteria may be.
Will count for more now that the utter direness of away spinners is pretty clear in Australia.

Based on this, Mushtaq Ahmed's 18 wickets in the mid-nineties is the best performance by a spinner in a series in the country in history perhaps.
 

peterhrt

U19 Debutant
25 wickets, average under 35. Since 1900.

Geoff Miller* 36 @ 22
Bedi* 35 @ 27
Rhodes 42 @ 28
Tayfield 30 @ 28
Chandrasekhar* 29 @ 30
Jack White 25 @ 30
Underwood 50 @ 31
Prasanna* 31 @ 31
Valentine 38 @ 32
Emburey* 35 @ 32
Gibbs 59 @ 33

* includes matches against Packer-weakened hosts
 

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