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ATG Test Match Championship: ‘GROUP B’
The Scenario
Each contestent has rented a Time Machine, gone back in time, and assembled their own ATG team as listed below. Each player in the team is in the peak form of their career, and is injury free.
Since the Test Match Championship will be played in modern conditions using modern equipment, the respective teams have been assembled in advance, and have played a full season in local competitions. ‘Old Timers’ have remarked that they, “thoroughly enjoyed the experience”, and that playing in 21st century conditions with excellent equipment was a “revelation”.
The Test Match Championship is comprised of Home and Away fixtures between each of the seven teams. The strongest team with the most wins in ‘GROUP B’ will advance to the Grand Final against the winner of ‘GROUP A’.
Voting Rules
Please vote for the 3 strongest teams. That is, the 3 teams that you think are the most likely to win the most matches in the ATG Test Match Championship, Group Stage. As usual for Test Match cricket, Wins = 1 point, and Draws/Losses = 0
Voting will be stopped and counted at 8:00 pm Sydney Time, THURSDAY. Votes after that time will be discounted. If there is a tie then voting will continue for a further 24 hours to break the deadlock.
Please remember to vote for 3 ‘GROUP A’ teams when you have finished voting for your 3 ‘GROUP B’ teams.
As stated before, the winner of ‘GROUP B’ will advance to the Grand Final against the winner of ‘GROUP A’.
CHASINGTHEDONs XI
Home Venue: Riverside Ground
01. Graham Gooch
02. Graeme Smith
03. Clem Hill
04. Peter May*
05. Martin Crowe
06. Aubrey Faulkner
07. Adam Gilchrist+
08. Jack Gregory
09. Hedley Verity
10. Alec Bedser
11. Brian Statham
12th Tony Greig
FREDFERTANGs XI
Home Venue: Old Trafford Cricket Ground
01. Victor Trumper
02. Virender Sehwag
03. Ted Dexter*
04. Brian Lara
05. Kevin Pietersen
06. Martin Donnelly
07. Alan Knott+
08. Harold Larwood
09. Johnny Wardle
10. Ted McDonald
11. Joel Garner
12th Reggie Spooner
KYEARs XI
Home Venue: Kensington Oval
01. Bruce Mitchell
02. Vijay Merchant
03. Viv Richards*
04. Inzamam-ul-Haq
05. AB De Villiers+
06. Stanley Jackson
07. Roy Kilner
08. Jim Laker
09. Dennis Lillee
10. Wes Hall
11. Ian Bishop
12th. Tip Snooke
WATSONs XI
Home Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
01. Matthew Hayden
02. Stewie Dempster
03. Neil Harvey
04. Greg Chappell
05. Lindsay Hassett
06. Warwick Armstrong*
07. Ian Healy+
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Dale Steyn
10. Arthur Mailey
11. Neil Adcock
12th Percy Fender
MORGIEBs XI
Home Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
01. Sunil Gavaskar
02. Bill Woodfull
03. David Boon
04. Cyril Washbrook
05. Allan Border*
06. Monty Noble
07. John Waite+
08. Stuart Broad
09. Fazal Mahmood
10, Bill O'Reilly
11. Glenn McGrath
12th Frank Foster
BLAKUS' XI
Home Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
01. Gordon Greenidge
02. Bob Simpson*
03. Zaheer Abbas
04. Walter Hammond
05. Dudley Nourse
06. Phil Mead
07. Shaun Pollock
08. Bert Oldfield+
09. Alan Davidson
10. Bobby Peel
11. Allan Donald
12th. Cheteshwar Pujara
CAMO999s XI
Home Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
01. Jack Hobbs
02. WGGrace
03. Virat Kohli
04. Javed Miandad
05. Bill Ponsford
06. Clive Lloyd*
07. Richie Benaud
08. Don Tallon+
09. Wasim Akram
10. Shane Bond
11. Bill Johnston
12th. Herman Griffith
As a reminder, the Op was.......
The Scenario
Each contestent has rented a Time Machine, gone back in time, and assembled their own ATG team as listed below. Each player in the team is in the peak form of their career, and is injury free.
Since the Test Match Championship will be played in modern conditions using modern equipment, the respective teams have been assembled in advance, and have played a full season in local competitions. ‘Old Timers’ have remarked that they, “thoroughly enjoyed the experience”, and that playing in 21st century conditions with excellent equipment was a “revelation”.
The Test Match Championship is comprised of Home and Away fixtures between each of the seven teams. The strongest team with the most wins in ‘GROUP B’ will advance to the Grand Final against the winner of ‘GROUP A’.
Voting Rules
Please vote for the 3 strongest teams. That is, the 3 teams that you think are the most likely to win the most matches in the ATG Test Match Championship, Group Stage. As usual for Test Match cricket, Wins = 1 point, and Draws/Losses = 0
Voting will be stopped and counted at 8:00 pm Sydney Time, THURSDAY. Votes after that time will be discounted. If there is a tie then voting will continue for a further 24 hours to break the deadlock.
Please remember to vote for 3 ‘GROUP A’ teams when you have finished voting for your 3 ‘GROUP B’ teams.
As stated before, the winner of ‘GROUP B’ will advance to the Grand Final against the winner of ‘GROUP A’.
CHASINGTHEDONs XI
Home Venue: Riverside Ground
01. Graham Gooch
02. Graeme Smith
03. Clem Hill
04. Peter May*
05. Martin Crowe
06. Aubrey Faulkner
07. Adam Gilchrist+
08. Jack Gregory
09. Hedley Verity
10. Alec Bedser
11. Brian Statham
12th Tony Greig
FREDFERTANGs XI
Home Venue: Old Trafford Cricket Ground
01. Victor Trumper
02. Virender Sehwag
03. Ted Dexter*
04. Brian Lara
05. Kevin Pietersen
06. Martin Donnelly
07. Alan Knott+
08. Harold Larwood
09. Johnny Wardle
10. Ted McDonald
11. Joel Garner
12th Reggie Spooner
KYEARs XI
Home Venue: Kensington Oval
01. Bruce Mitchell
02. Vijay Merchant
03. Viv Richards*
04. Inzamam-ul-Haq
05. AB De Villiers+
06. Stanley Jackson
07. Roy Kilner
08. Jim Laker
09. Dennis Lillee
10. Wes Hall
11. Ian Bishop
12th. Tip Snooke
WATSONs XI
Home Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
01. Matthew Hayden
02. Stewie Dempster
03. Neil Harvey
04. Greg Chappell
05. Lindsay Hassett
06. Warwick Armstrong*
07. Ian Healy+
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Dale Steyn
10. Arthur Mailey
11. Neil Adcock
12th Percy Fender
MORGIEBs XI
Home Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
01. Sunil Gavaskar
02. Bill Woodfull
03. David Boon
04. Cyril Washbrook
05. Allan Border*
06. Monty Noble
07. John Waite+
08. Stuart Broad
09. Fazal Mahmood
10, Bill O'Reilly
11. Glenn McGrath
12th Frank Foster
BLAKUS' XI
Home Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
01. Gordon Greenidge
02. Bob Simpson*
03. Zaheer Abbas
04. Walter Hammond
05. Dudley Nourse
06. Phil Mead
07. Shaun Pollock
08. Bert Oldfield+
09. Alan Davidson
10. Bobby Peel
11. Allan Donald
12th. Cheteshwar Pujara
CAMO999s XI
Home Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
01. Jack Hobbs
02. WGGrace
03. Virat Kohli
04. Javed Miandad
05. Bill Ponsford
06. Clive Lloyd*
07. Richie Benaud
08. Don Tallon+
09. Wasim Akram
10. Shane Bond
11. Bill Johnston
12th. Herman Griffith
As a reminder, the Op was.......
The Best of Each Decade Birthday Draft
The idea is to select 12 players, one from each decade. To stop arguments about whether Hobbs was a pre-War batsman, or a batsman from the 1920s, we'll be going by each player's Birthday. The cut-off Birthday dates for each decade are as follows;
>=1980s - After 31/12/1979
1970s - 01/01/1970 to 31/12/1979
1960s - 01/01/1960 to 31/12/1969
1950s - 01/01/1950 to 31/12/1959
1940s - 01/01/1940 to 31/12/1949
1930s - 01/01/1930 to 31/12/1939
1920s - 01/01/1920 to 31/12/1929
1910s - 01/01/1910 to 31/12/1919
1900s - 01/01/1900 to 31/12/1909
1890s - 01/01/1890 to 31/12/1899
1880s - 01/01/1880 to 31/12/1889
<=1870s - Before 01/01/1880
An example of a team, should you be so lucky, would be;
01. Jack Hobbs (1882) - 1880s
02. Herbert Sutcliffe (1894) - 1890s
03. Walter Hammond (1903) - 1900s
04. Greg Chappell (1948) - 1940s
05. Stan McCabe (1910) - 1910s
06. Garry Sobers (1936) - 1930s
07. Adam Gilchrist (1971) - 1970s
08. Malcolm Marshall (1958) - 1950s
09. Hugh Trumble (1867) <=1870s
10. Allan Donald (1966) - 1960s
11. Dale Steyn (1983) - >=1980s
12th. Arthur Morris (1922) -1920s
Each participant has 12 hours to pick their player for the Round. The odd numbered Rounds will be randomised, and the corresponding even Rounds will be in reverse order.
If a participant misses 2 consecutive Rounds then the next participant in the order can make their pick straight away without waiting the 12 hours. If a participant misses 3 consecutive Rounds then they will be assumed to be unavailable and cannot return to the game.
As usual, NO Bradman.
Feel free to join in. Anyone one play, but it's first come first served, so be quick. It would be nice to get 10 to 14 participants.
(If you don't think that the cut-offs for each decade are quite right then please let me know before we start)
Cheers - Watson
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