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I've usually posted these after watching an episode of the seventies UK documentary series The World at War with my dad and have been writing still under its influence. Today's Ashes entry was the Dunkirk episode.

How young is the cutoff for young player? 23 and under? If so, it's going to be a tough one this year. There's at least five that I think could reasonably win.

I offered some guidance on this last time, but it's up to you ultimately. I'll see if I can find what I posted.

Arthur Crabtree wrote:
Emerging player- under 24 (personal criterion) and became regular first teamer in the last year.

For young I do under 22 and debut in last two years.

There was some uncertainty about the difference between emerging player and young player. But this is just what I came up with- it's fairly flexible.

Cheers

Thanks for all the entries so far.

Let's have some more.

Don't have to fill in all categories.

how long we got?

Seventh of Jan.

Still got December to do...

December.

In New Zealand at the end of the year, the West Indies' brief, just perceptible froth of recovery expired with a pair of heavy defeats in Wellington and Hamilton. The fragile reeds upon which their tenuous hopes of recovery rested, folded. There were no hundreds, and Roston Chase and Shai Hope barely made starts. Again, without runs to defend, the bowlers were just negotiating the scale of the calamity.

The Kiwis mostly buffed up their stats, other than the faltering Kane Williamson. Wicket keeper Tom Blundell made a hundred on his debut at the Basin Reserve, adding 148 for the seventh wicket with Colin de Grandhomme. The magnificent bouncer specialist Neil Wagner took 7-39 to wreck West Indies in their first innings and New Zealand won by an innings. Seddon Park was a little tighter, but West Indies were aways lagging and lost by 240 runs.

The year seemed stacked high with short series which barely got started, and mismatches sometimes exaggerated by home advantage. The ebb of Test cricket reached perhaps its ultimate retreat (so far), in Port Elizabeth on Boxing Day. South Africa met Zimbabwe for a single Test series, which would be contested over four days. It lasted two. It was arguably the least significant contest in the long, varied, colourful history of the ultimate game.

Get your votes in fellas.

Big thank you for those who have posted.

Mine sent.

Got that bfl, thanks.

I haven't followed that much cricket over the last 12 months, but could I register Stokes, Bairstow and Ali alongside Kohli and Smith for 5 test players. I know things have been lean for them of late, but for much of 2017 they were easily the best 6,7,8 in test cricket and England (for once) had something that was the envy of many a test nation

Gotcha.