Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
So I've made a decision here - I'm prioritising my fast bowling stocks.
My first pick is
Neil Adcock; the first great South African fast bowler, Adcock took 104 wickets @ 21.10 in 26 Test matches across one of the most batter friendly eras in Test history, and took a stonking 301 wickets @ 15.92 across his remaining 73 first-class matches. I took a gamble leaving him this late in the draft, and it's really paid off.
My second pick is Terry Alderman; he was on the trajectory towards all-time greatness before he injured himself tackling a pitch invader in 1982: he'd just taken 52 Test wickets @ 22.62 apiece in his first year in the format, and had squeezed in one of the all-time great Sheffield Shield campaigns in the 1981-82 season, when he took his wickets at a ridiculous 7.45 apiece in the Shield games he found time for between Tests. Later in his career, he so dominated England in 1989 that English batters - most famously Graham Gooch - were actively trying to get left out of the team so they wouldn't have to bat against him.
Oh also neither of them can bat, so Jimmy Anderson is now triumphantly promoted to number nine in the order! What a time to be alive.
5. Jimmy Adams
9. Jimmy Anderson
10. Terry Alderman
11. Neil Adcock
@Aravind.
My first pick is
Neil Adcock; the first great South African fast bowler, Adcock took 104 wickets @ 21.10 in 26 Test matches across one of the most batter friendly eras in Test history, and took a stonking 301 wickets @ 15.92 across his remaining 73 first-class matches. I took a gamble leaving him this late in the draft, and it's really paid off.My second pick is
Terry Alderman; he was on the trajectory towards all-time greatness before he injured himself tackling a pitch invader in 1982: he'd just taken 52 Test wickets @ 22.62 apiece in his first year in the format, and had squeezed in one of the all-time great Sheffield Shield campaigns in the 1981-82 season, when he took his wickets at a ridiculous 7.45 apiece in the Shield games he found time for between Tests. Later in his career, he so dominated England in 1989 that English batters - most famously Graham Gooch - were actively trying to get left out of the team so they wouldn't have to bat against him.Oh also neither of them can bat, so Jimmy Anderson is now triumphantly promoted to number nine in the order! What a time to be alive.
5.
Jimmy Adams9.
Jimmy Anderson10.
Terry Alderman11.
Neil Adcock@Aravind.
