The Alphabet Game

[Arthur Crabtree]

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6. Andy Flower
7. Flintoff
8.
9.
10.
11. Farnes

Bowlers look a bit thinner than batters.

[rich1uk]

farnes ?


angus fraser ?
stephen fleming?
neil foster?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Farnes shot down in WWII, only played 15 Tests, but supposed to be properly fast and averaged 28. Maybe he won't make it.

Angus must have a chance. Keith Fletcher? Fleming is going to get in.

[rich1uk]

i'll have to get googling for ideas, those were the only ones i could think of straight away

[Arthur Crabtree]

1.
2.
3. Fleming
4.
5.
6. Andy Flower
7. Flintoff
8.
9.
10. Fraser
11. Farnes

Fletcher/Foster/G.Flower

[Arthur Crabtree]

Don't know if Tip Foster was any good.

[rich1uk]

Don't know if Tip Foster was any good.

graeme fowler ?

neil fairbrother ?

grasping at straws a bit here

[Arthur Crabtree]

Duncan Fletcher, Imran Farhat, Graeme Fell.

I've thought up an F team and it was ok, so there are some better options around than these.

[Arthur Crabtree]

Damien Fleming could be a proper pick.

[ianp1970]

CB Fry?

[Arthur Crabtree]

I think Fry was supposed to be a bit rubbish wasn't he?

Also going back, Jack Finnegan could open. Averages over 40.

[ianp1970]

I think Fry was supposed to be a bit rubbish wasn't he?

Also going back, Jack Finnegan could open. Averages over 40.

Not sure at all, was he more renowned for the other sports then?

[Arthur Crabtree]

Maybe he wasn't helped in my mind by that clip of him batting posted here recently... but I don't think he played much international cricket. He held the world long jump record, of course.

26 Tests, two hundreds, average 32.2.

I meant Fingleton above of course. Five tons in 18 games, cut off by WWII, average 42.5.

[rich1uk]

there are a couple of guys from pre-WW1 that only played around 10 tests and had insane bowling averages, but we were only talking about them taking 40-60 wickets

http://www.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/player/5225.html

http://www.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/ ... 12875.html

[rich1uk]

that first guy had 800+ first class wickets at 17