England - picking on merit (PCA MVP)

[Glenn Stiemens]

I've decided to simulate the England vs West Indies test series whilst I'm working on the patch. Only with a slight twist - I'll be picking my team from eligible players based upon their ranking in the PCA's most valuable player list (MVP - http://www.thepca.co.uk/rankings.html).

So for the Test series against West Indies my squad will be (going by LVCC rankings):

1. Joseph Sayers
2. Marcus Trescothick
3. James Hildreth
4. Scott Newman
5. Chris Adams (cpt)
6. Joseph Denly
7. Jonathon Batty (wk)
8. Adil Rashid
9. Andrew Caddick
10. Charles Shreck
11. Kabir Ali

England won the 3 match series 2-1

1st Test, Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England
England 1st Innings 526
- Batty 121, Newman 95, Adams 95
- Gayle 3/64
West Indies 1st Innings 247
- Ramdin 127, Chanderpaul 37, Gayle 26
- Caddick 5/85, Ali 3/45, Rashid 1/34
England 2nd Innings 140/2 dec
- Sayers 54, Hildreth 52, Trescothick 28
- Mohammed 2/31
West Indies 2nd Innings 334
- Gayle 132
- Shreck 5/90, Caddick 4/117, Ali 1/60
England won by 85 runs

2nd Test, Headingley, Leeds, England
England 1st Innings 348
- Newman 128, Trescothick 77
- Collymore 4/70, Best 3/75, Gayle 1/33
West Indies 1st Innings 267
- Ramdin 69, Sarwan 43, Hinds 35
- Shreck 5/73, Rashid 3/62, Caddick 2/55
England 2nd Innings 185
- Sayers 45, Batty 39, Trescothick 36
- Best 4/43, Mohammed 3/23, Gayle 1/0
West Indies 2nd Innings 267/7
- Gayle 64
- Rashid 3/53, Caddick 2/73, Ali 1/70
West Indies won by 3 wickets

3rd Test, Old Trafford, Manchester, England
England 1st Innings 391
- Adams 141, Batty 65, Trescothick 40
- Edwards 3/86, Best 3/117
West Indies 1st Innings 225
- Sarwan 79, Best 40, Chanderpaul 38
- Ali 5/59, Shreck 2/35, Rashid 2/60
England 2nd Innings 267
- Newman 101, Trescothick 40
- Best 3/61, Gayle 2/16, Collymore 2/62
West Indies 2nd Innings 179
- Sarwan 47, Deonarine 40, Gayle 24
- Rashid 5/22, Caddick 3/61, Shreck 1/48
England won by 254 runs

England Batting Averages 
Player 		Mat Inn NO Runs HS   Ave   SR    100s 50s 
SA Newman 	3   5   0  361  128  72.20 53.32 2    1 
JN Batty 	3   5   1  268  121* 67.00 55.95 1    1 
CJ Adams 	3   5   0  264  141  52.80 77.88 1    1 
JJ Sayers 	3   6   1  208  54*  41.60 51.61 0    2 
K Ali 		3   5   4  41   14*  41.00 60.29 0    0 
ME Trescothick 	3   6   0  242  77   40.33 67.41 0    1 
A Rashid 	3   5   0  139  40   27.80 51.87 0    0 
JC Hildreth 	3   6   0  122  52   20.33 63.54 0    1 
CE Shreck 	3   5   0  64   22   12.80 36.99 0    0 
JL Denly 	3   5   0  54   43   10.80 50.94 0    0 
AR Caddick 	3   5   0  34   11   6.80  32.69 0    0

England Bowling Averages 
Player       Overs  Wickets Best Ave   SR    Econ 5wi 10wm 
A Rashid     82.4   14      5/22 21.29 35.43 3.6  1   0 
CE Shreck    108.3  15      5/90 26.67 43.40 3.7  2   0 
AR Caddick   132.1  17      5/85 27.06 46.65 3.5  1   0 
K Ali        95.4   11      5/59 32.64 52.18 3.8  1   0 
CJ Adams     1.0    0       0/0  0.00  0.00  2.0  0   0

 

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Caddick \o/

 

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Everyone did something Rashid had a good un!

 

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Joe Denly didn't do nothing. Typical Kent