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    An Australian XI That Never played Tests

    I'd also include Jock Livingston : https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6304.html 15,000 first class runs at 45, including averaging 50 in the "tests" the Commonwealth xi played against India, while playing as keeper.
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    Remembering "Ollie" Milburn

    Despite his size he was a more-than-handy medium pacer as well. The disparity between his test and first class batting averages suggests that had he had a longer test career his average would have dropped. But perhaps the more reliable wickets usually served up for test cricket vs county three...
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    An Australian XI That Never played Tests

    Ashley Noffke maybe? Given Berry wasn't much of a bat, you'll need a decent 8 and 9....
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Hayden can't be ignored pretty much for one series in India alone, regardless of what he did otherwise. As for Ramdin, maybe he just underperformed against NZ, but he was really really terrible every time I saw him. I think you could say that he practically cost them the series last time NZ...
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    The Best at their Best

    Holding at the Oval in '76. 14-149 while other quick bowlers in the match (including Willis, Roberts and Holder) took about 8-630 Lara had a lot of great moments, but his three tests in a losing cause in Sri Lanka were pretty remarkable given the only other player to just about break double...
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    Nominate your top 15 best ever test opening batsmen - another in my countdown series

    Hobbs Hutton Sutcliffe Gavaskar Simpson Boycott Barnes Ponsford Mitchell Sehwag Trumper Richards B Merchant Smith G Greenidge
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    The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

    Just wanted to lend my support to Lillian T about keeping standards. I've watched cricket since the 70s and some of the best I've seen were the likes of Wadsworth, Taylor, Kirmani from that era. At every leve,l and T20 is the epitome of this these days where many teams barely even have a...
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    West Indian with best defensive technique?

    When Sarwan came onto the scene someone of note (can't remember who) predicted he'd average 60. Assume that was in part due to a decent technique.
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    *Unofficial* New Zealand Black Caps Thread

    The test part of the tour should go ahead as no-one watches test cricket in Bangladesh so social distancing for the crowd shouldn't be a problem..... keeping the close in fielders 2m apart will be harder.... :wacko: I was going to ask how Conway fits into the side - feels like he should walk...
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    All-rounder-heavy Test teams

    Did Zimbabwe ever field a side with all of Whittall, Johnson, Blignaut, Strang P, and Streak? I'd expect four of them would have appeared in teams from time to time...
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    All-rounder-heavy Test teams

    Got Martin Crowe for 299....
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    *Official* Bangladesh in Pakistan 2020

    the first test is live on youtube (channel 9) if anyone is interested. This looks a challenge for this Bangladesh xi....
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    *Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

    Yes, it feels like if Boult isn't knocking back an opener or two, NZ's only hope is Wagner Wagnering the oppo.... I thought the batting was screwed the moment the selectors forced themselves to pick Raval for the first test. Also has to be mentioned that NZ's fielding in this series was pretty...
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    Australian openers

    Where does David Warner now rank amongst Australia's all time openers? Just wondered if you were picking Australia's ATG 1st xi, 2nd xi etc, into which eleven you would place him.. (Apologies, I tried to run this as a poll but can't seem to get that to work [later, I see, the poll comes after...
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    *Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

    2001 series the exception to that, though weather helped out a bit.
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    *Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

    You can't deny that there are matches and whole series when one side's batsmen seem to frequently get given out to those sorts of deliveries that are clipping and one side's don't. You can argue that when one side is on top they will create more opportunities like this so it can be a case of...
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    *Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

    Listening to the radio yesterday, both Nathan Astle and Rod Latham were on the field at one point.
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    *Official* New Zealand in Australia 2019/20

    Cummins is quite good isn't he?
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    Remembering the flashes in the pan

    Read the effing thread description folks. This is a thread for remembering players who had their 15 minutes of fame and then fizzled out into obscurity again this decade Massie and Hirwani didn't do a lot in the 2010s I don't think...
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    Vernon Philander retires

    Yeah was wondering if he's playing the whole series or dipping out half way through like Sangakkara...

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