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    Most improved

    Benaud's averages after the 1956 Ashes were (bat) 21 and (bowl) 34. In the next 4 years, they were 29 and 20. Then for the last 4 years they dropped back to 25 and 36.
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    Other Guys Draft

    He did a good job of captaining Durham - took over when they were bottom 2 or 3 each season and took them up to mid-table.
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    Other Guys Draft

    Gerry Alexander. Colin McDonald Kepler Wessels Jonathan Trott Tom Graveney Graham Yallop Gerry Alexander*+ Collie Smith Tony Lock Bill Voce Ted McDonald Peter Heine
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    Graham Yallop
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    Peter Heine
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    Low scoring or low wicket taking series that should be rated higher

    Allen and (obviously) Verity weren't bowling bodyline. Even Larwood and Voce didn't bowl it all the time.
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    Other Guys Draft

    Collie Smith @Thala_0710
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    Ted McDonald
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    Choose one combo : Botham & Hadlee vs Kapil & Imran

    Kapil's away bowling figures are curious - he averaged 24 in Aus/WI, and 38 overall elsewhere.
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    Colin McDonald @JOJOXI
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    Determining player of the match/series for historic tests

    What's really striking about the 1909 series, with England losing the 2nd and 3rd Tests and the selectors getting most of the criticism, is that the England XI for the 3rd Test was Hobbs, Fry, Tyldesley, Sharp, MacLaren, Jessop, Rhodes, Hirst, Lilley, Barnes, Brearley. If you read any English...
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    Determining player of the match/series for historic tests

    To clarify - they didn't just pull Carr out of club cricket into the England side; he was in his first season playing for Kent (and eventually took over 300 FC wickets at an average of 16.72).
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    Other Guys Draft

    Kepler Wessels
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    Other Guys Draft

    Tony Lock @Silver Silva
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    Jonathan Trott @Thala_0710
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    Tom Graveney @Bitmap
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    Bill Voce @Fuller Pilch
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    *Official* Zimbabwe in England (One Off Test)

    FWIW his average under Root was around the 30 mark (31); 42 under Cook and 51 under Stokes.
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    Determining player of the match/series for historic tests

    Picking a match at random: the 2015 Bengaluru Test between India and SA (SA 214, India 80-0, last 4 days rained off) appears not to have had a Player of the Match.

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