Legends At Battle XI | And the champions are...

[CerealKiller]

Clarrie Grimmett, Harold Larwood, K.S. Duleepsinhji

 

[VC the slogger]

I've decided to go a bit left-field by picking three players who are absolutely up to speed with how the modern-day white-ball game is played. Will be interested to see how these guys get rated, especially Banton who is an obvious future star but hasn't got there yet.

I mean I do rate Klinger and Hain quite high among current non-ODI players, but not sure if the last two especially Banton really belong in a legends league..

Sam Hain
Clem Hill
Michael Klinger
Colin Milburn
Victor Trumper

Denis Compton
Asif Iqbal
Gilbert Jessop
Charlie Macartney
Frank Woolley

Les Ames
Tom Banton

Percy Fender
Gary Gilmour
Bart King
Mike Procter

Bob Appleyard
Jack Iverson

I am incredibly happy with that team.

Still, a rather good squad I think.

 

[Aislabie]

I mean I do rate Klinger and Hain quite high among current non-ODI players, but not sure if the last two especially Banton really belong in a legends league..

It's not like I really needed any more players though with the fifteen I already had. But I do maintain that those three would do better in modern one-day cricket than a lot of the guys who are getting picked owing to the technical changes in batsmanship that have occurred in the last decade or so. But this league is all about suspension of disbelief anyhow, so I don't mind if it's a punt that totally fails.

 

[VC the slogger]

Very well. Once you guys are done with the drafts, you may name your home venues (they must be actual Test/ODI venues) and pick an era you'd like your home matches to be based in. These are the eras you can pick from:

Olympics era 1(1896-1912): Terrible for batsmen, average scoring rates around 3 to 3.5 runs per over.
Olympics era 2 (1920-1936): Truer wickets for batting, average scoring rates around 3.5 to 4.0 runs per over.
Early-ODI era (1971-1983): Evenly balanced contests between bat and ball, average scoring rates around 4.0 to 4.5 runs per over.
Mid-ODI era (1985-1999): Slightly better for batting than the previous era, average scoring rates around 4.5 to 5.0 runs per over.
Pre-Twenty20 era (2000-2009): More in favor of batsmen than previous eras, average scoring rates around 5.0 to 5.5 runs per over.
Twenty20 era (2010-present): The most batting friendly era of the lot, average scoring rates around 5.5 to 6.5 runs per over.

Your eras must match your venues, so for instance if you pick one of the two Olympics eras you must pick venues that hosted internationals during that particular time frame for eg Lords/The MCG/SCG in order for them to be valid. Same goes for some of the newer venues such as The Rose Bowl, Dharamshala, Pallekelle etc. This should hopefully ensure all types of players have a fair chance of succeeding here, and not just the modern day aggro types.


@Aislabie @CerealKiller @Na Maloom Afraad @Sinister One @Pinch hitter

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

What effects does those have on players from a particular kind of era?

Asking for Bradman, Grace, etc...

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

What effects does those have on players from a particular kind of era?

Asking for Bradman, Grace, etc...

Stupid question, in hindsight.

Era: Twenty20 Era
Homeground: National Stadium, Karachi

 

[VC the slogger]

What effects does those have on players from a particular kind of era?

Asking for Bradman, Grace, etc...

It's not really an exact science, but it depends on their overall style of play. Someone like Bradman can arguably match up to any era given his aggressive style of play, whereas Grace was a bit more inclined to play with a straight bat so he would arguably be most effective in one of the earlier eras, and perhaps a bit Alastair Cook-like in the later ones (which isn't necessarily a bad thing).

 

[Aislabie]

Let's have some fun with the likes of Jessop and Fender, as well as our already-derided modern day players.

Twenty20 Era Trent Bridge please

 

[Umair7]

Vijay Hazare, Frederick Spofforth, Lindsay Hassett

Bill Ponsford, Trevor Goddard, Bill Woodfull

 

[Umair7]

Round 1 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Bart King
Dominators (Sinister One) - Sydney Barnes
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Garry Sobers
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Don Bradman
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Graeme Pollock

Round 2 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Mike Procter
Dominators (Sinister One) - Herbert Sutcliffe
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Jack Hobbs
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - WG Grace
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Garth Le Roux

Round 3 - 1 player

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Gilbert Jessop
Dominators (Sinister One) - Keith Miller
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Barry Richards
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wilfred Rhodes
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Vince van der Bijl

Round 4 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Jack Iverson & Victor Trumper
Dominators (Sinister One) - JJ Ferris & Percy Sherwell
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Fred Trueman & Len Hutton
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Wally Hammond & Richie Benaud
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Clive Rice & Bill O'Reilly

Round 5 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Gary Gilmour & Asif Iqbal
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Headley & George Lohmann
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Monty Noble & Franklyn Stephenson
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Hanif Mohammad & Clyde Walcott
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Stan McCabe & Everton Weekes

Round 6 - 2 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Percy Fender & Clem Hill
Dominators (Sinister One) - George Giffen & Albert Trott
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Aubrey Faulkner & Charlie Turner
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Bill Lockwood & Hugh Trumble
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Denis Lindsay & Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Round 7 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Leslie Ames, Bob Appleyard, Charlie Macartney
Dominators (Sinister One) - Warren Bardsley, Bobby Peel, KS Ranjitsinhji
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - Ken McEwan, Wasim Jaffer & Fazal Mahmood
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Arthur Morris, Ken Barrington & Hugh Tayfield
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Ray Lindwall, Frank Worrell & George Patterson

Round 8 - 3 players

Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Denis Compton, Frank Woolley & Colin Milburn
Dominators (Sinister One) - Vijay Hazare, Frederick Spofforth & Lindsay Hassett
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) - John Langridge, Rajinder Goel & Don Shepherd
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Herbert Dorning, Jack Cowie & Float Woods
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Vijay Merchant, Alan Davidson & Bert Oldfield

Round 9 - 3 players
Dominators (Sinister One) - Bill Ponsford, Trevor Goddard & Bill Woodfull
PlanetCricket (Pinch hitter) -
Generic Wanderers (Aislabie) - Sam Hain, Michael Klinger & Tom Banton
Outlaws (Na Maloom Afraad) - Warwick Armstrong, John Reid & Neil Harvey
The Undisputed Era (CerealKiller) - Clarrie Grimmett, Harold Larwood & K.S. Duleepsinhji

 

[VC the slogger]

@Pinch hitter to finish the draft, after which we can have a trade window of sorts (FA Trades only) until the conclusion of the warm-ups.

 

[Pinch hitter]

Peter Sainsbury, Vinoo Mankad & Jim Parks[DOUBLEPOST=1567740299][/DOUBLEPOST]Mid-ODI era (1985-1999) : Eden Gardens, Kolkata

 

[CerealKiller]

Mid-ODI era, Lord's

 

[VC the slogger]

I seem to have caught the draft bug, so I will be joining with a team on my own. I present to you The Hound Dogs..

Cameron Bancroft
Sid Barnes
Justin Langer

Douglas Jardine
Vic Richardson
Mahadevan Sathasivam

Ilikena Bula
Learie Constantine
Jimmy Sinclair

Bapu Nadkarni
Thami Tsolekile

Sylvester Clarke
Roy Gilchrist
Ernie Jones
Ladha Ramji
Bill Voce

Tony Lock
Sonny Ramadhin​

A team comprised of some talented players that were overlooked during the drafts, and some controversial players that aren't afraid to play dirty in order to win, led by arguably the dirtiest of them all - Douglas Jardine.

 

[VC the slogger]

FA Trades are hereby allowed until the conclusion of the warm-ups. Your team squads can be found here.

Warm-up Round 1 fixtures

Generic Wanderers v England ODI XI at Trent Bridge

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): TBA

@Aislabie

Karachi Cricket Club v Pakistan ODI XI at Karachi

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): TBA

@Na Maloom Afraad

The Undisputed Era v South Africa ODI XI at Lord's

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): TBA

@CerealKiller

Dominators v Australia ODI XI at The MCG

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): TBA

@The Deadman/@Sinister One

PlanetCricket v India ODI XI at Kolkata

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): TBA

@Pinch hitter

Hound Dogs v World Cup XI at Johannesburg

- Pitch:
- Players injured/unavailable: None
- Players yet to play (see lineup rules): TBA


Lineup rules

1) A proper wicket-keeper (//) in your XI.
2) A minimum of 6 players marked to bowl.
3) Players ruled out due to injury cannot be selected.
4) The time limit for posting lineups is 48 hours. I will likely go with a random lineup if your lineup isn't posted within that time.
5) Teams must give a minimum of 15 players a game over the course of the tournament (warm-ups don't count). However, all players must be given a go during the 2 rounds of warm-ups.

Venue timelines

Olympics era 1(1896-1912): Terrible for batsmen, average scoring rates around 3 to 3.5 runs per over.
Olympics era 2 (1920-1936): Truer wickets for batting, average scoring rates around 3.5 to 4.0 runs per over.
Early-ODI era (1971-1983): Evenly balanced contests between bat and ball, average scoring rates around 4.0 to 4.5 runs per over.
Mid-ODI era (1985-1999): Slightly better for batting than the previous era, average scoring rates around 4.5 to 5.0 runs per over.
Pre-Twenty20 era (2000-2009): More in favor of batsmen than previous eras, average scoring rates around 5.0 to 5.5 runs per over.
Twenty20 era (2010-present): The most batting friendly era of the lot, average scoring rates around 5.5 to 6.5 runs per over.


Statistics

To be updated once every 3 rounds after the start of the official tournament.


Standings

TBA


Explanation on pitch types

Damp/Sticky - Massively in favor of bowlers and an absolute nightmare to bat on, unless you're Victor Trumper.
Dusty - Plenty of turn on offer for spinners and a good place to bat for spin-savvy batsmen. Good pace bowlers are still likely to thrive.
Evenly balanced - Provides an evenly balanced contest for all disciplines.
Flat - A batsman-friendly pitch which provides little or no assistance to bowlers. Expect big totals.
Green - A lot of movement on offer early on, which makes it ideal for bowlers capable of swinging the ball. Batting expected to become easier as the match progresses.
Hard - Ideal conditions for batting. Good deal of bounce on offer for fast bowlers as well. Could go either way
Dry/Slow - Ideal for slow and spin bowlers as the name suggests. Sometimes quite difficult to bat on.
Poor - Uneven bounce and a huge amount of turn on offer for spinners. Expect a slow hard grind where most batsmen rarely score at above 2 an over.​