The Alphabet Game

[Arthur Crabtree]

The bowlers don't bat, so maybe six specialist bats.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Victor Trumper. Don't know where he batted.

[rich1uk]

Victor Trumper. Don't know where he batted.

big reputation but its kinda hard to judge a guy who averaged under 40 in tests against other eras

[Arthur Crabtree]

True. Aussie legend of course. Goes against Trumble too, as he was that era.

[meninblue]

Only 4 bowlers so far.

Is this 7+4 combo.

we dont have a strict formation, it kinda depends on what players are available

in general i think we have tried to go for a 6-1-4 team setup tho

[rich1uk]

small sample size in tests will count against him but Frank Tyson ?

[Arthur Crabtree]

I bracketed him with Tate above. Both had short careers and left great stats.

[rich1uk]

I bracketed him with Tate above. Both had short careers and left great stats.

oops missed that

[Arthur Crabtree]

1. Mark Taylor
2. Marcus Trescothick
3. Jonathan Trott
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Graham Thorpe/Ross Taylor
6.
7. Bob Taylor/Don Tallon/Hashan Tillakaratne/Tatenda Taibu
8. Fred Trueman
9. Maurice Tate/Frank Tyson
10. Jeff Thomson
11. Hugh Tayfield

Hugh Trumble/Glenn Turner

Hashan played a lot of Tests for SL, but apparently only kept in 11- averaged 42 though in these.

[rich1uk]

not sure about the #4 and whether he did enough to get a spot

[ianp1970]

Think in a similar way to Kohli in the 'K' XI, we are going to have a regular 3/4 at 6 here.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Chris Tremlett. Almost a great.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Victor Trumper. Don't know where he batted.

big reputation but its kinda hard to judge a guy who averaged under 40 in tests against other eras

He was an opener. Looking at the stats pre-WWI, averages were generally low. A handful of batters averaged in the 40s, but Hobbs averaged 57, which is way out of the range of everyone else. Trumper is such a big name (I think Gideon Haigh recently wrote a book on a photo of him) but average-wise, he doesn't stand out in his era. He was however the second highest run scorer pre WWI (behind Clem Hill) and scored the most tons (8).

[Arthur Crabtree]

On legend, it feels ridiculous having Trott or Tresco ahead of him though.

[Arthur Crabtree]

No new comments, so possibly go forward with this...

1. Mark Taylor
2. Marcus Trescothick
3. Jonathan Trott
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Graham Thorpe
6. Ross Taylor
7. Hashan Tillakaratne
8. Fred Trueman
9. Frank Tyson
10. Jeff Thomson
11. Hugh Tayfield

Possible last quibbles:
Glenn Turner or Victor Trumper for Tresco
Maurice Tate for Frank Tyson
Taibu, Taylor or Tallon for Hashan

V next.