Ashes 1st teams - 4th teams last 50 years

[Brook's side]

Finally I've got somewhere to share my teams selection!!

OK, here we go then:

1st TEAMS

Hayden
Labushagne
Ponting
Chappell
Smith
Waugh
Gilchrist
Warne
Cummins
Lillee
McGrath

Cook
Boycott
Root
Pietersen
Brook
Botham
Stewart
Swann
Robinson
Gough
Anderson


2nd TEAMS

Langer
Boon
Jones
Clarke
Border
Hussey
Healey
Lee
Johnson
MacGill
Alderman

Gooch
Trescothick
Smith
Gower
Thorpe
Stokes
Prior
Archer
Broad
Underwood
Willis



3rd TEAMS

Warner
Taylor
Khawaja
M Waugh
Martyn
Lehmann
R Marsh
Lyon
Reid
McDermott
Thompson

Vaughan
Strauss
Trott
Bell
Lamb
Flintoff
Knott
Cork
Wood
Jones
Ahmed



4th TEAMS
Slater
Katich
Love
Voges
Hodge
Symonds
Haddin
Gillespie
Hazlewood
Harris
May


Atherton
Duckett
Pope
Bairstow
Collingwood
White
Foakes
Tremlett
Dilley
Hoggard
Tufnell


I have England in with a shout in the 2nd team and 3rd team series, but struggling big time in head to head match ups.


Edit: Have taken the head to head bolding out as it looks a bit weird.

 

[The Sean]

Thanks for posting, and welcome to Cricketweb.

What is the significance of the bolded players?

 

[Brook's side]

Thanks for posting, and welcome to Cricketweb.

What is the significance of the bolded players?

Thanks.

I sort of had the bolded players edging it on the head to head (tried to line up the teams to be vaguely like for like where possible).

Obviously pretty subjective.

Also, have just noticed that my carefully spaced setting out between the 2 columns was a waste of time!! Oh well!

 

[Tom Flint]

Are we selecting based on Ashes performances or career performances?

 

[Brook's side]

Are we selecting based on Ashes performances or career performances?

However you like, but for me I guess it was just which players I'd want lining up at the top of their game.

Wasn't based on Ashes performances anyway for me but up to you.

 

[Brook's side]

Potentially interesting to note, that in the English teams I have
4-3-1-4 currently playing, compared to
3-0-3-1 in the Australia teams

Suggesting that England are currently going through a relatively far stronger period currently than Australia (using a 4,3,2,1 point system it would be 31v19).