Draft idea - may need work...

[SillyCowCorner1]

Sorry guys I've come down with a vicious fever. Have been in and out of sleep for a day and absolutely knackered so couldn't finish this

I'm sorry to hear this dear little bro. Please drink take a dose of Nyquil and get some rest. Sweat it out. Make some of that hot masala chicken noodle soup.

 

[ataraxia]

Here's an attempt. Try to find an opener with a peak of 15 Tests who goes a bit better than Barlow and you're golden I think. Anyone else want to chip in with that one?

Lillee has an average of 23, which is a bit higher than you'd like perhaps, but he does take up that 55 Tests slot, which is tricky to fill anyway.

No	Player	Tests	Peak dates	Stats
1	Eddie Barlow	15	1 Jan 1963 to 25 Aug 1965	1604 runs at 57.28 | 14 wickets at 43.00
2	Bill Lawry	25	1 Jan 1965 to 31 Dec 1968	2214 runs at 55.35
3	Kumar Sangakkara	60	2006 to 2014	6355 runs at 67.60
4	Virat Kohli*	40	2016 to 2019	3957 runs at 67.06
5	George Headley	20	1 Jan 1929 to 1 Nov 1948	2171 runs at 65.78
6	Mohammed Yousuf	35	2003 to 32009	3713 runs at 62.93
7	Keith Miller	50	1946 to 1956	2727 runs at 38.40 | 153 wickets at 22.92
8	Quinton de Kock+	45	1 Jan 2015 to 26 Jan 2021	2715 runs at 37.70
9	Tony Lock	10	1956 to 1958	54 wickets at 9.64
10	Dennis Lillee	55	21 Jun 1972 to 31 Dec 1981	299 wickets at 23.00
11	Michael Holding	30	1 Jan 1981 to 25 Apr 1985	134 wickets at 21.38

Thanks so much for this. De Kock (24 Jul 2014 to 24 Jan 2020) is a better time period, so I'll take that instead. I also want a bit more bowling so I'll take Trevor Goddard over Barlow. Final side:

No	Player	Tests	Peak dates	Stats
1	Trevor Goddard*	15	21 Jul 1960 to 12 Feb 1965	1243 runs at 49.72 | 32 wickets at 31.81
2	Bill Lawry	25	1 Jan 1965 to 31 Dec 1968	2214 runs at 55.35
3	Kumar Sangakkara	60	2006 to 2014	6355 runs at 67.60
4	Virat Kohli	40	2016 to 2019	3957 runs at 67.06
5	George Headley	20	1 Jan 1929 to 1 Nov 1948	2171 runs at 65.78
6	Mohammed Yousuf	35	2003 to 2009	3713 runs at 62.93
7	Keith Miller	50	1946 to 1956	2727 runs at 38.40 | 153 wickets at 22.92
8	Quinton de Kock +	45	24 Jul 2014 to 24 Jan 2020	2806 runs at 39.52
9	Tony Lock	10	1956 to 1958	54 wickets at 9.64
10	Dennis Lillee	55	21 Jun 1972 to 31 Dec 1981	299 wickets at 23.00
11	Michael Holding	30	1 Jan 1981 to 25 Apr 1985	134 wickets at 21.38

 

[AndrewB]

Here's my final XI:

No	Player	Tests	Peak dates	Stats
1	Len Hutton	40	22 Jul 1948 - 30 Mar 1954	4155 runs at 69.25
2	Gordon Greenidge	20	23 Feb 1983 - 26 Jul 1984	1713 runs at 74.48
3	Ricky Ponting	60	8 Nov 2001 - 5 Dec 2006	6409 runs at 72.83
4	Wally Hammond	30	30 Nov 1928 - 1 Apr 1933	3299 runs at 73.31 : 34 wickets at 39.00
5	Shiv Chanderpaul	55	15 Jun 2007 - 13 Sep 2014	4708 runs at 70.27
6	Aubrey Faulkner	10	29 Jul 1907 - 12 Jan 1911	1094 runs at 57.57 : 46 wickets at 23.23
7	MS Dhoni*+	15	17 Oct 2008 - 30 Jul 2010	1114 runs at 65.53
8	Shaun Pollock	50	6 Aug 1998 - 30 Sep 2003	1752 runs at 37.27 : 219 wickets at 19.10
9	Jim Laker	25	30 Mar 1954 - 13 Feb 1959	120 wickets at 15.93
10	Glenn McGrath	35	2 Jan 2002 - 17 Nov 2005	158 wickets at 19.37
11	James Anderson	45	27 Jul 2014 - 18 Aug 2018	193 wickets at 20.05

 

[JOJOXI]

Have re-posted my final XI in the same format as other sides

No	Player	Tests	Peak dates	Stats
1	Len Hutton	25	24 Jul 1937 to 16 Aug 1947	2228 runs at 58.63
2	Geoffrey Boycott	35	27 Nov 1970 to 15 Dec 1978	3195 runs at 59.16
3	Rahul Dravid	55	1 Jan 2002 to 18 May 2007	4980 runs at 62.25
4	Brian Lara	45	17 Mar 2001 to 31 Dec 2005	4979 runs at 63.02
5	Greg Chappell	40	1 Mar 1974 to 28 Aug 1980	3797 runs at 59.32, 19 wickets at 36.21
6	Andy Flower (wk)	15	1 Jun 2000 to 31 Dec 2001	1724 runs at 95.77, 36 catches and 4 stumpings
7	Ben Stokes (5)	20	14 Nov 2018 to 5 Aug 2020	1580 runs at 47.87, 45 wickets at 26.66
8	Imran Khan (2) (C)	50	1 Jan 1982 to 12 Dec 1991	2494 runs at 53.06, 218 wickets at 19.16
9	Malcolm Marshall (1)	10	1 Mar 1991 to 8 Aug 1991	261 runs at 21.75, 41 wickets at 21.43
10	Shane Warne (4)	60	2 Jan 1993 to 6 Mar 1998	1077 runs at 14.95, 296 wickets at 23.37
11	Muttiah Muralitharan (3)	30	11 Sep 1996 to 21 Jun 2000	369 runs at 13.66, 184 wickets at 22.91

 

[honestbharani]

damn, some amazing sides being picked in this draft. Voting should be very very close.

 

[AndrewB]

Matt Prior (24/11/09 - 26/12/14)
45 matches, 2433 runs @45, 141 wk dismissals

@Teuton: Correction needed: Prior played 56 matches between those dates.

 

[trundler]

To say I've had an unusual weekend would be a galactic understatement.

MC Cowdrey 30/05/1957 to 05/08/1965.
BJ Watling 11/12/2013 to 26/12/2020

 

[trundler]

Arthur Morris
Herbert Sutcliffe
Hashim Amla
Clyde Walcott
Neil Harvey
Colin Cowdrey*
BJ Watling+
Pat Cummins 3
SF Barnes 2
Clarrie Grimmett 4
Glenn McGrath 2

 

[Teuton]

@Teuton: Correction needed: Prior played 56 matches between those dates.

Whoops - those dates were mixed up from a Watling 45 match peak I was considering.
Anyway i just wanted his first 45 tests which those listed stats were from.
corrected dates are therefore: 17/5/07 - 29/07/11

 

[AndrewB]

Thanks all.

Poll now up.

 

[Line and Length]

@AndrewB Thanks for an interesting draft.