Team of the Month: a March-born World Cricket XI
This month’s side is good, with an impressive middle-order trio. However it could spend some long days in the field chasing leather, and be…
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This month’s side is good, with an impressive middle-order trio. However it could spend some long days in the field chasing leather, and be…
This team is a seriously good one, and ranks among the strongest in the entire series, as it contains seven great batsmen, and four superb bowlers.
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Team of the Month: a February-born World Cricket XI
An ABdeV at 7 is nice insurance though
Team of the Month: a February-born World Cricket XI
Thanks Laurence,
And after the last side drops in May, I might rank all 12 in order, and declare a tournament champion.
Team of the Month: a February-born World Cricket XI
Hi Paul,
Pollock’s in my all-time Feb-born side, published yesterday-
Was Graeme Pollock a great batsman?
Hi Tony,
Pollock’s in my all-time Feb-born side, published yesterday-
Was Graeme Pollock a great batsman?
Hi JN,
Pollock’s in my all-time Feb-born team, published yesterday. Along with a couple of compatriots-
Was Graeme Pollock a great batsman?
Hi Tufanooo,
Laker makes my all-time Feb-born side-
Plenty of Test cricket's records look safe, but which ones can still be broken?
Hi sheek,
You might be interested in my all-time Feb-born team, which includes a few of your contemporaries-
Who are South Africa's greatest cricketers from the 1970s and '80s?
Hi Clay,
Nobody pre-WWII made the Feb side, but it’s a great line-up nonetheless-
Team of the Month: a July-born World Cricket XI
Hi Andrew,
Feb has just been published, with a handy attack as well-
Team of the Month: a September-born world Cricket XI
Team of the Month: an August-born World Cricket XI
Hi Doctor,
My team for Feb has just been published, with a very handy pace trio-
Team of the Month: an August-born World Cricket XI
Hi Serious,
I’m up to Feb now, a team that includes two great Englishmen from the 1950s-
Team of the Month: An October-born World Cricket XI
Team of the Month: An October-born World Cricket XI
Hi Targa,
The Feb side has three great South Africans-
Team of the Month: An October-born World Cricket XI
Team of the Month: An October-born World Cricket XI
Team of the Month: A November-born World Cricket XI
Hi TTN,
Engineer was Feb-born, but didn’t make the side-
Team of the Month: A November-born World Cricket XI
Team of the Month: A December-born World Cricket XI
Hi matth,
My Feb side was published yesterday, it’s a pretty good one-
Team of the Month: A December-born World Cricket XI
Hi IE,
Have you got a Feb side that I can compare mine with ?
Team of the Month: a January-born World Cricket XI
Hi Wikipetia,
My Feb side was published yesterday, with its 2 opening batsmen the best actual Aus pairing of all time-
Team of the Month: a January-born World Cricket XI
Hi Laurence,
My Feb team was published yesterday, including Holding-
Team of the Month: a January-born World Cricket XI
Fair enough,
No wrong answers on this subject, or at least no prove-ably wrong ones.
I was working on the basis that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Azharuddin + de Villiers > de Villiers + Prior
Team of the Month: a February-born World Cricket XI