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All-Time England XIs - A re-run

capt_Luffy

International Coach
Hello folks,
It's the end of the road. Been over 10 months since the first Australia XIs, and now we have completed South Africa, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, West Indies, New Zealand, Zimbabwe and Ireland. England is our last International Test playing nation Left.


Here's the previous exercise:


And the teams made:
England XI
1. JB Hobbs
2. L Hutton *
3. WR Hammond
4. KF Barrington
5. DCS Compton
6. IT Botham
7. APE Knott +
8. H Larwood
9. JC Laker
10. FS Trueman
11. SF Barnes
England A XI
1. H Sutcliffe
2. G Boycott
3. KS Ranjitsinhji
4. PBH May
5. JE Root
6. WG Grace *
7. LEG Ames +
8. H Verity
9. AV Bedser
10. JA Snow
11. FH Tyson
England B XI
1. GA Gooch
2. AN Cook
3. ER Dexter *
4. KP Pietersen
5. DI Gower
6. FE Woolley
7. MW Tate
8. TG Evans +
9. RGD Willis
10. DL Underwood
11. JM Anderson
England C XI
1. JH Edrich
2. ME Trescothick
3. MC Cowdrey *
4. EH Hendren
5. GP Thorpe
6. A Flintoff
7. RC Russell +
8. W Rhodes
9. D Gough
10. GA Lohmann
11. JB Statham
England D XI
1. AJ Stewart
2. DL Amiss
3. TW Graveney
4. FS Jackson
5. M Leyland
6. AW Greig *
7. FR Foster
8. RW Taylor +
9. JH Wardle
10. SCJ Broad
11. T Richardson
England E XI
1. AC MacLaren *
2. A Shrewsbury
3. IJL Trott
4. CP Mead
5. E Paynter
6. JM Bairstow +
7. TE Bailey
8. GP Swann
9. W Voce
10. ARC Fraser
11. WE Bowes
England F XI
1. C Washbrook
2. MP Vaughan
3. WJ Edrich
4. KS Duleepsinhji
5. RA Smith
6. DR Jardine *
7. JM Parks +
8. GOB Allen
9. WH Lockwood
10. R Peel
11. K Farnes
England G XI
1. AJ Strauss *
2. MA Atherton
3. GE Tyldesley
4. TW Hayward
5. J Hardstaff Jr
6. BL D'Oliveira
7. MJ Prior +
8. GH Hirst
9. J Briggs
10. K Higgs
11. DJ Brown
England H XI
1. PE Richardson
2. B Abel
3. JT Tyldesley
4. IR Bell
5. AJ Lamb *
6. AG Steel
7. W Barnes
8. MJ Hoggard
9. AR Caddick
10. C Blythe
11. H Strudwick +
England I XI
1. R Subba Row
2. BC Broad
3. N Hussain
4. G Gunn
5. PH Parfitt
6. BA Stokes
7. JT Murray +
8. R Illingworth *
9. CM Old
10. SJ Harmison
11. M Hendrick
England J XI
1. AE Stoddart
2. G Pullar
3. CB Fry *
4. MW Gatting
5. KWR Fletcher
6. PD Collingwood
7. AFA Lilley +
8. W Bates
9. GAR Lock
10. GR Dilley
11. PJ Loader
England K XI
1. C Milburn
2. CAG Russell
3. DS Sheppard
4. MH Denness *
5. DW Randall
6. G Ulyett
7. BR Knight
8. DG Cork
9. G Duckworth +
10. GG Arnold
11. AP Freeman
England L XI
1. CF Walters
2. RW Barber
3. MA Butcher
4. RH Spooner
5. GA Hick
6. JWHT Douglas *
7. RWV Robins
8. PR Downton +
9. RJ Sidebottom
10. JK Lever
11. JT Hearne
England M XI
1. JDB Robertson
2. CJ Barnett
3. RT Simpson
4. MJK Smith
5. RES Wyatt
6. FR Brown *
7. GO Jones +
8. FJ Titmus
9. SP Jones
10. NAT Foster
11. CT Tremlett
England N XI
1. G Fowler
2. A Sandham
3. CT Radley
4. RE Foster
5. RA Woolmer
6. WW Read *
7. RT Spooner +
8. DA Allen
9. PAJ DeFreitas
10. G Geary
11. DW Headley
England O XI
1. RT Robinson
2. BW Luckhurst
3. PJ Sharpe
4. W Gunn
5. AJ Watkins
6. GL Jessop
7. NWD Yardley *
8. G MacGregor +
9. ST Finn
10. R Appleyard
11. IAR Peebles
 

ataraxia

International Coach
Hutton
Sutcliffe
Hobbs
Grace
Hammond

Don't let my vote block the inclusion of Sutcliffe though: my second choice is a 1, 2, 3 of Hobbs, Sutcliffe, Hutton.
 
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The Sean

Cricketer Of The Year
It's a tough one, this, because I'd normally exclude 19th Century players from a Test exercise for ease of comparison. But as everyone is eligible, it seems wrong to leave Grace out even though his Test record doesn't justify inclusion.

So of course not only have I picked him, but I've picked him out of position at first drop!
 

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