Degrees of Separation - test teams

[Pratters]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Cricket/co...nd_tests_1877_2018/?utm_source=reddit-android

Can we do for other test teams like done for England here by Athers (Selvey really).

 

[Pratters]

India:

Dinesh Karthik
Sachin Tendulkar
Kapil Dev
Prasanna
Umrigar
Lala Amarnath
CK Nayudu

 

[Pratters]

Sri Lanka is crazy:

Ranatunga
Herath

 

[jimmy101]

My attempt at Australia

Jack Blackham
Syd Gregory
Charlie Kelleway
Don Bradman
Ray Lindwall
Bob Simpson
Allan Border
Shane Warne
Mitchell Johnson
Nathan Lyon

 

[mr_mister]

Constantine
Headley
Worrell
Sobers
Clive Lloyd
Walsh
Samuels
Braithwaite

 

[jimmy101]

^ Samuels isn't a current Test player though, is he?

 

[jimmy101]

ZIM:

Flower (either will do the trick)
H Masakadza

 

[Red]

My attempt at Australia

Jack Blackham
Syd Gregory
Charlie Kelleway
Don Bradman
Ray Lindwall
Bob Simpson
Allan Border
Shane Warne
Mitchell Johnson
Nathan Lyon

Bobby Simpson very uniquely bridges a big gap.

 

[turnstyle]

Ireland.

William Porterfield.

 

[Dendarii]

There's obviously a bit of a problem doing it for South Africa as no one played tests for them in both 1970 and 1992. But if the rebel tours are allowed then I think the following works.

Fred Smith
Jimmy Sinclair
John Commaillie
Jock Cameron
Dudley Nourse
Johnny Waite
Graeme Pollock
Allan Donald
Jacques Kallis
Hashim Amla

 

[AndrewB]

Constantine
Headley
Worrell
Sobers
Clive Lloyd
Walsh
Samuels
Braithwaite

You can beat that: Constantine played in Tests with Gomez and Stollmeyer, and they both played in Sobers's first Test.

 

[ankitj]

Gives me an idea for a draft

 

[Hicheal Michael]

Dempster
Kerr
Hadlee
Reid
Jarvis
Hadlee
Crowe
Davis
Vettori
Williamson


Might need someone to double check this

 

[Pratters]

Would be great to have degrees of separation for FC teams as well.. not sure how far we can go with teams which have 200+ years of history though..

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Dempster
Kerr
Hadlee
Reid
Jarvis
Hadlee
Crowe
Davis
Vettori
Williamson


Might need someone to double check this

I'm not sure about the early ones but you can go

Hadlee (Sir R) debuted 1973
Parore
Vettori
Williamson

to finish. I remember that Parore debuted as a youngster in what was Hadlee's final test (1990 in England) as Ian Smith was injured

 

[Mr Miyagi]

Dempster
Kerr
Hadlee
Reid
Jarvis
Hadlee
Crowe
Davis
Vettori
Williamson


Might need someone to double check this

Get rid of Crowe and Davis. You can go Hadlee to Vettorri in one, e.g, Dipak Patel.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/...test-west-indies-tour-of-new-zealand-1986-87/

2nd Test, England tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Feb 6-10 1997 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo

 

[stephen]

But we can't possibly compare players between eras. Bradman would average 30 if he played tests now.

 

[Mr Miyagi]

But we can't possibly compare players between eras. Bradman would average 30 if he played tests now.

That many? Even with a helmet?

 

[Athlai]

Taylor/Southee
Fleming
Rutherford seems like it could be better. Just struggling to find a better Rutherford connection than Hadlee.

 

[Athlai]

Dempster
Kerr
Hadlee
Reid
Jarvis
Hadlee
Crowe
Davis
Vettori
Williamson


Might need someone to double check this

AW Roberts
WM Wallace
ME Chapple
BE Congdon
RJ Hadlee
AC Parore
JEC Franklin
BJ Watling

I reckon it’s hard to beat this one.