The Ashes
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For the time before the 2 test matches start - this XI was voted for on the BBC Sport website based on performances in Ashes tests. In my best Murray Deaker voice "Yours please"
Hobbs
Boycott
Bradman
Border
S. Waugh
Botham
Gilchrist
Warne
Lillee
McGrath
AndersonSome serious legends have missed out on that team.....Hammond, Hayden, Cook, Gooch.....that's just the top three batsmen.
Gotta be question marks on Boycott, Border, S Waugh and Anderson....not denying they're greats but in an absolute ALL TIME 11???
Sorry you can't question Border and Waugh and then bring Cook into the argument - he has a very poor Ashes record barring one series.
That one series he was exceptional. I probably worded that poorly. He's worth a fleeting mention.
Many to mention ahead of him based on him not averaging above 40 in any Ashes series except that one. Just for English openers - Sutcliffe, Gooch, Edrich, Hutton ....
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@barbarian said in The Ashes:
Don't get me wrong fellas, I love S Waugh I just don't know if he's an absolute automatic pick.
His Ashes record is bloody good though. Averages over 60 from memory.
He does indeed. Over 70 in England ....
Remember many times Australia made over 600 and he was around 170 not out at the end
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Can some cricket nerd get Walter Hammonds average in ashes cricket? I can't fathom him not being in there somewhere.
33 matches, 2852 runs at 51.85, 9 hundreds, 36 wickets at 44.77, 43 catches. Useful .....
Definitely but judging by that he obviously boosted the overall test average to 58 by flogging shit teams like NZ. I stand corrected, Tugga and Captain Grumpy are better options.
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Can some cricket nerd get Walter Hammonds average in ashes cricket? I can't fathom him not being in there somewhere.
33 matches, 2852 runs at 51.85, 9 hundreds, 36 wickets at 44.77, 43 catches. Useful .....
Definitely but judging by that he obviously boosted the overall test average to 58 by flogging shit teams like NZ. I stand corrected, Tugga and Captain Grumpy are better options.
Just because he once averaged 563 in a 2 match series v NZ in 1933?
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Can some cricket nerd get Walter Hammonds average in ashes cricket? I can't fathom him not being in there somewhere.
33 matches, 2852 runs at 51.85, 9 hundreds, 36 wickets at 44.77, 43 catches. Useful .....
Definitely but judging by that he obviously boosted the overall test average to 58 by flogging shit teams like NZ. I stand corrected, Tugga and Captain Grumpy are better options.
Just because he once averaged 563 in a 2 match series v NZ in 1933?
Was that the same series NZ got bowled out for 26?
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@MN5 Correct. Set NZ cricket fans up nicely for the tour of England later that year - which we lost 3-0. Modern fans moan about inconsistent Black Caps. I remember when we were all too consistent. Lose to everyone Home and away which is why those two victories in the 70's sit large in my memory. Plus got of geography to listen to the cricket in 74 and sat in front of TV with a few beers for the England victory
@Kiwipie I'm a traditionalist - restricted myself to Test cricket
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Beefy makes the team based on one incredible ashes. How did he go in others?
( again, I can't access that info on a smartphone )
He was always a bit hit and miss with the bat - but with the ball there were 2 phases to his career. A superb, fast medium swing bowler until his back went and then a chubby trundler afterwards who could still bowl the odd jaffa (and had the mentality that he was still a hostile quick)
After that 1981 series he had 87 wickets against Australia at 22.67. From then on it was 61 wickets at 34.77.
