Anyone fancy selecting a sim series

[Matt79]

I can do one now on VC4.

The teams can be picked from the following players:
A.A.Donald, RSA
A.Bedser, Eng
A.Border, Aus
A.D.Nourse, RSA
A.Davidson, Aus
A.Flower, Zim
A.Gilchrist, Aus
A.Morris, Aus
A.Qadir, Pak
A.Symonds, Aus
B.Hodge, Aus
B.Lara, WI
B.Lee, Aus
B.Mitchell, RSA
B.Ponsford, Aus
B.Richards, RSA
B.Simpson, Aus
C.Ambrose, WI
C.Hunte, WI
C.Walcott, WI
D.Bradman, Aus
D.Compton, Eng
D.Lillee, Aus
E.Weekes, WI
F.H.Tyson, Eng
F.Mahmoud, Pak
F.Trueman, Eng
F.Worrell, WI
G.A.Faulkner, RSA
G.Boycott, Eng
G.Chappell, Aus
G.Greenidge, WI
G.Headley, WI
G.Kirsten, RSA
G.McGrath, Aus
G.Sobers, WI
H.H.Gibbs, RSA
H.J.Tayfield, RSA
H.Larwood, Eng
H.Mohammad, Pak
H.Sutcliffe, Eng
H.Verity, Eng
H.W.Taylor, RSA
I.Botham, Eng
I.Khan, Pak
I.Ul-Haq, Pak
J.Cameron, RSA
J.Garner, WI
J.H.Kallis, RSA
J.Hobbs, Eng
J.Laker, Eng
J.Langer, Aus
J.Miandad, Pak
K.D.Walters, Aus
K.F.Barrington, Eng
K.Miller, Aus
L.Ames, Eng
L.Constantine, WI
L.Gibbs, RSA
L.Hutton, Eng
M.Clarke, Aus
M.Hayden, Aus
M.Holding, WI
M.Hussey, Aus
M.J.Proctor, RSA
M.Marshall, WI
M.Muralitharan, SL
M.Ntini, RSA
M.Youssuf, Pak
N.A.T. Adcock, RSA
N.Harvey, Aus
P.M.Pollock, RSA
R.Fredricks, WI
R.G.Pollock, RSA
R.Hadlee, NZ
R.Lindwall, Aus
R.Ponting, Aus
S.Anwar, Pak
S.Clark, Aus
S.F.Barnes, Eng
S.Gavaskar, Ind
S.M.Pollock, RSA
S.MacGill, Aus
S.Mushtaq, Pak
S.Tait, Aus
S.Tendulkar, Ind
S.Warne, Aus
S.Watson, Aus
S.Waugh, Aus
V.Richards, WI
V.Trumper, Aus
W.Akram, Pak
W.Bari, Pak
W.G.Grace, Eng
W.Hammond, Eng
W.Rhodes, Eng
W.Younis, Pak
Z.Abbas, Pak

Two squads of 16?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

OK, here's an idea.

Subcontinent batsmen with Caribbean quickies (admittedly the supply of batsmen and WI quicks in that selection is a bit low)

Hanif Moh'd
Gavaskar
Tendulkar
Inzamam
Javed Miandad
Moh'd Yousuf
Wasim Bari
Zaheer Abbas
Saeed Anwar
Garner
Ambrose
Holding
Marshall
Waqar Younis
Wasim Akram
Imran Khan

(first XI Gavaskar Saeed Anwar Tendulkar Inzamam Hanif Miandad Bari Garner Ambrose Holding Marshall)

To go against a WAS XI

Hobbs
Richards
Hayden
Bradman
Border
Pollock G
Hammond
Ponting
Gilchrist
Miller
Proctor
Davidson
Lillee
McGrath
Trueman
Warne

(first XI Hobbs Hayden Bradman Pollock Ponting Hammond Gilchrist Miller Warne McGrath Trueman)

 

[Matt79]

Give me two minutes and we'll be good to go.

 

[Polo23]

No Sir Paddles in your lineup Samuel? You are crazy.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

No Sir Paddles in your lineup Samuel? You are crazy.

Damn. Just assumed there were no NZers in Matt's list.

(ftr he'd find it hard to get in the first XI, imo. Though I could drop Hammond and go with five bowlers, the team bats to nine as it is. Would be in the XVI over Proctor, anyway.)

 

[Matt79]

Sorry, the file is being fiddly, the syntax has to be just right, and I can't find what I've done wrong to make it reject it. Give me two more mins...

 

[Matt79]

Up and running - selecting the two team with the 1st XIs in the order Samuel pick them. For the sake of naming them

 

[Matt79]

1st innings - Sub-Carib won the toss and elected to bat...

 

[Matt79]

WAS make a better fist of their first innings

 

[Matt79]

Sachin does his best

 

[Matt79]

But it isn't enough

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Sometimes it's useful to bat below 7.

Also, Hayden > Gavaskar anyone?

 

[Matt79]

Must have been a flat track. Surely Imran has to come in for the Sub-Carib team... With Hanif, Sunny and Anwar, one too many openers in any case?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Must have been a flat track. Surely Imran has to come in for the Sub-Carib team... With Hanif, Sunny and Anwar, one too many openers in any case?

Not sure whether weakening the batting is a viable move though. Also, Anwar's the weakest bat on paper and he did well enough. So Garner out for Imran please.

For WAS, maybe Border for Ponting and Lillee for Trueman just to see how they do.

How many Tests? 5?

 

[Polo23]

Damn. Just assumed there were no NZers in Matt's list.

(ftr he'd find it hard to get in the first XI, imo. Though I could drop Hammond and go with five bowlers, the team bats to nine as it is. Would be in the XVI over Proctor, anyway.)

Hadlee > McGrath absolutely any day of the week.

 

[Matt79]

the toss

 

[Matt79]

Faith in Anwar repayed in spades...

 

[Matt79]

2nd innings

 

[Matt79]

With no declaration made, match heading for disappointing draw.

 

[Matt79]

Motions are gone through, though not before Ambrose embarrasses Hayden