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Naresh Kumar Sevak (NK Sanatan)
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A Rubbish Idea From My Cricket World !

A Rubbish Idea“
One Pomegranate And Hundred Patients
{ On the game cricketer in which only 11 cricketers can play and in this regard if the nation has many talented cricketers then what about their talent that suffers }

Yeah cricket is an outdoor and a team game but the individual performances rock in this game particularly in the batting and bowling arena . And being a team game only 11 cricketers can play in one time in the Test and under two innings get the two opportunity. And if the nation have more high talented cricketers alas all can’t be played in the team. Yes, suppose there are 8 same high class opening batsmen available in the nation then there is a big competition in them to select in the final playing eleven and alas only two can play in the match at the opening slot in one time and thus 6 talented openers have to get desperate or await . And until their off or dismay form or getting failure only two can get chance and still 4 have to await and to live in the deserted world. Yeah in this big concerned the example from india is very appealing and groaning that high class talented spin wizards Padmakar Shivalkar and Rajendra Goyal couldn’t get nation’s Test cap because of same talented and ever succeeded and fitted spinner BS Bedi ever existed and available in the team.And when we select all time great Eleven from the nations and the world that process strives a lot ,exercises a lot ,botheres a lot and put us in dilemma that whom we take or select and whom we leave or overlook because the places are fixed and in any case we have to select 11 cricketers only. And this problem can be faced for the all places if there are maximum talents in the country . Yes Two specialist opening batsmen, One specialist top order batter, Two specified middle order batsmen ,One specialist Wicketkeeper, Three Speedsters ,Two spinners . Yes we can prefer a batting -bowling all-rounder or bowling- batting all-rounder in the team . And as the bowler one of spinner, one leg spinner and three genuine fast bowlers or two fast and one medium pacer. Yeah to have this problem an idea flashed in my mind to select Australia’s best all time great Eleven and faced same problem that whom I select and whom I leave and had to run horses of the mind heavily . And there would great conflict between brain and heart for the selection to have preference and avoid . Yes as the batsman heart favours Victor Trumper but the brain favours Mathew Hayden because one has the extraordinary class and other has huge statistics. Both represented the different era and in the golden era the batting average up to 35 was considered very high because the batting was tougher then while after 1990 the batting got easier and 45 plus batting average got common. Yeah such as the speedster heart favours Fredie Spoforth but brain favours Bret Lee. And in this measure we can’t justify with the cricketers of the same class and cadre. Yeah we see the statistics or the class put us in the perplex or dilemma . So I decided to justify with all the great cricketers using my device that is not under the ICC Test rules but under this device all the players can play in one time in the Installments and perform freely to prove their real class and cadre with high statistics . Yes for it I have selected 105 batsmen attaining their approach who would bat only being the specialist of this genre .Yeah all the 105 batsmen of all the big class since 1877 to 2021. And such as the all the good dignified bowlers in which a 25 are speedsters- medium pacers and 12 are leg and of spinners. And 22 bestest fragile all time great fielders like Jonty Rhodes who would field replacing each other as per demand and desire of the captain and the bowler. And there would be timeless Test up to the final result . To be bound the Test Cricket in the 5 days isn’t good for the game and unjustification with the quality if think deeply . Yes by this process all the best batsmen of all the class and category [ Minimum batting average 15 to 35 from 1877 to 1920 and 36 to 40 batting average from 1921 to 1950 and 41 to 45 from 1951 to 1990 and 46 to 55 from 1991 to 2020*]
Yeah to have these normsh included who could prove if have missed or have remained the great yes to have any cause the then or despite talent couldn’t select in the national team. Yeah we have seen that World War 1st and 2nd and apartheid affected many cricketers’ game and snarched out their pick time . Yeah less Test matches in the era of 1877 to 1950 due to tough journey and minimum Test playing nation the then and unavailability of the traveling vehicles .
Yeah Bred Hoges, Michael Hussey
and Adam Voges are the big examples in this regard. Yeah James Pettisnson and Jhye Richardson are the big and genuine class fast bowlers but in the worthy presence of Michael Starc, Pett Cummins,Josh Hazelwood they have to be benched (Yeah 2nd Test 18th December,2021 Ashes Test Jhye Richardson has selected because of Pet Cummins ruled out due to Covid close contract history and one another Nesel is selected due to absence of Josh Hazelwood due to muscle cramp). Yeah under the rotation policy the selectors give chance but this policy isn’t work fully if the playing eleven’s players perform highly and don’t want rest .
Yeah for the batsman I have fixed minimum criteria yes 25,35,45 batting average (as per era) for the specialist opening batsman because to be bat at the opening place is tougher than the other batting places . Yes 30,35,40 for the top order batsman and 42,45,48 for the middle order batsman. Yes for the Wicketkeeper per Test 4 catches atleast and no bye run ,no drop chance , no missing of stumping chance, and some batting ability yes batting average minimum 30. If we observe all the 352 Test capped cricketers (from 1877 to 2021) then find that there are greater number of batsmen rather than the bowlers have produced . It is so because batting is an easy job compare to bowl.Yes for the bowler particularly the fast bowlers the fitness is the biggest challenge and due to not keep fit and well many bowlers ‘ career got the end . James Pettinson is a big example . Yeah Jeff Thompson too lost his stinginess due to fitness and Denis Lillee is exceptional who made great return after injured. And if see the pacers and spinners then comparatively the number of speedsters and medium pacers are greater in quantity and quality. So I have fixed bowling average and Wicket Taking Strike Rate . Yes for the speedster 31 and for the spinners 35 . But different era different bowling average for the spinners and the speedsters . Yeah the beginning age (1877 to 1920 the bowlers’ dominant era so bowling average under 15 to 20 was common and for the batsmen batting average 30 was rare . Yes batting average 30 was good one for the specialist batsman it is because 1877 to 1930 the highest batting average of the batsman was 41. Yeah he is mr Charles MaCartney whose average soared and acquired plus 40 for the first time from Australia. Before him C Hill and V Trumper were the highest batting average achiever yeah plus 38. Yes Charlie MaCartney was the 90 th Test capped from Australia who played from 1907 to 1926 who played 35 Test matches and by playing 55 innings he made 2131 run by extracting the highest batting average the then 41.78 yeah the 1st Test capped cricketer from Australia Charles Bannerman has plus 58.75 batting average but he played only 3 Test and 6 innings in which he remained not out but in one not out retired hurt . So from the start of Test Cricket 1877 the Test Cricket World from Australia took 50 year to occur or achieve 41 plus batting average. Yes then the contemporary to C Macartney mr Warren Beardsley(1909 to 1926) as an opening batsman also occurred out 40 plus batting average yeah exactly 40.48 by playing 41 Test ,66 innings ,2468 run and but in the same period an opening batsman Herbie Collin achieved 45 plus p batting average and became the 1st Test batsman from Australia who gained 45 plus batting average yeah exactly 45.07 and mr Jack Ryder(1920 to 1929 whose Test capped no.111) who was the first Test batsman from Australia who finished his career with 50 plus batting average by 20 Test,32 innings by making 1394 run by keeping handsome batting average of 51.63 so after start of Test cricket mr Jack Ryder crossed 50 plus batting average so 53 years passed to reach this blazing and envious mark.
Thus mr Jack Ryder ,C Macartney, W Bardsley ,H Collin are the exception and the batting average of other greats remained under 35.
Yes later Bill Posford and Bill Woodfull (1926 to 1934) soared batting average up to 48 and 46 yeah by playing greater number of Test matches .
And if attend the batting average of the English Test batsmen then remained below 40 and only George Gunn (1907 to 1930) who played only 15 Tests finished his career with 40 exactly . But yeah Sir Jack Hobbs and Ranjit Singh ,Phil Mead (1908 to 1930/ 1896 to 1902/ 1911 to 1928 respectively played 61/15/17 Test matches) is an obligation in this regard whose batting average remained 56.94, 44.95, 49.37 respectively is very higher .
.The big Batsmen like WG Grace , Stoddard, Abel ,Jack Blackhem , Murdoch’s batting average was under 35 . Then Victor Trumper and Clem Hill achieved approximately 40 by playing maximum Tests.
Yes first of all I select Legend based all time best Aussie World Test Eleven. Yeah as the following :
■ 1.Victor Trumper【c】
2. Arthur Morris
3.Clam Hill
4.Donald Bradman
5.Greg Chappal
6.Rodney Marsh (wk)
7.Alan Davidson
8.Charle Turner (vc)
9.Fridie Spoforth

10.Jeff Thompson

11.Dennis Lillee

*Note : Yes in the above class based Eleven there is no spinner in the team. Yeah why because there are 5 top class quality prone specialist genuine pace bowlers who can dismiss any batting line up on any surface or wicket. Yes we know about mr Clive Lloyd’s impeccable terrific speedy bowling attack who dominated with tearing fast pace . In these five awesome pacemen only Jeff Thompson’s bowling average is bit expensive yeah 28 plus than the four but what class,impact and terror he had in the practical arena is the Abstract Noun and he got injured so his average affected but we know is impact and his selection is inevitable. Yeah standby cricketers as the spinners –
12.C Grimate (sub
13.Bill O Reilly (sub
14.Shan Warne(sub
15.Huge Tumble
16.JoeyPalmer
17.Jack Saunder
*Note : Yeah there are four substitutes in this Eleven as the specialist spinner. And under a genuine special Rule all the 4 spinners can be bowl in the Test whenever the Captain of the team feels or wants . Yeah in this case if the Captain calls 4 spinners then any four cricketers would have to leave the ground. It means in any case only 11 cricketers can stay in the ground to field and bowl. Yeah to have this rule the batsmen of opposition can be tested in all the way. And in any case only 11 batsmen can bat .
*But yeah we are talking about the bestest Eleven so each cricketer must be best in real yeah in class and paper. So first of all we must choose 5 bestest fielders and 1 supreme wicketkeeper and 5 bowlers spinners or speedsters as whether as per choice of the captain. And the captain must also be of high cadre and class like Frank Warrell, Douglas Jardin, Clive Lloyd ,Mike Briararley yeah mean so intelligent, strategic and shrewd,motivator .And then the Test would start for real Test. Yes according to my rule there is no bar on bouncers and beamers because the beginning cricketers did not have the device of high protective gears particularly helmet ,sound bat,solid pad, abdemon etc. Such as the beginning players have to play in different era. Yeah to have eras I do divide these period in the phases . Yeah
*1877 to 1901( 25 years)
*1902 to 1926 (25 years)
*1927to 1951(25 years )
*1952 to 1976 (25 years)
*1977 to 2001 (25 years)
*2002 to 2026 (25 years)
Yeah I have divided each phase in the 25 years thus 6 Eras come ahead to us to evaluate each cricketer in the alteration system that we can get undisputed Best Eleven .
*Yeah there are the eleven of the specialist batsmen and the specialist speedsters and spinners in which the batsmen would have to face yes all the bowlers as the captain use them as per the wicket’s nature or his will. There are 52 batsmen under a criteria . And the opposition must have to make out all the batsmen yes it means number 80 th too. Yeah the 80 th would play singly and run out chances will be one sided only where he runs for the run .And wicket keeper wouldn’t bat because his prior job is to keeping wicket well and he is the specified master of this job .So the Wicketkeeper would be neutral .
■ The Batsmen Squad of Five Batsmen :–

●【1】1.Sid Barnes (opener)
2.Methew Hayden (opener)
3.Ricky Ponting ( Top Order)
4.Don Bradman (Middle
Order )
5.Greg Chappal (Middle
Order)
●【2】1.Victor Trumper

2. Justin Langer

3. Clem Hill

4.Neil Harvey 5.Stan Macabe

●【3】1.A Morris
2.Bill Lawrry
3.Alan Border

4.Lindsey Hessett
5.Jack Ryder
●【4】1.Bill Pasford
2.Bill Woodful
3.C Mecartney
4.Steve Waugh
5.A Jackson
●【5】1.Gream Wood
2.David Warner
3.M Lanuchagne
4.Michael Clarke
5.Dough Walters
●【6】1.Warren Bardsley
2.Jack Fingleton
3..Damien Martin
4.Steve Smith
5.Adam Voges
●【7】1.Bob Cowper
2.Herbie Colin
3.Bob Simpson
4.Graham Yellop
5.Mike Hussey
●【8】1.Bill Brown
2.Mark Taylor
3.Ian Chappal
4.Norm O’Reiily
5.Kim Huges

●●【9】1. Simon Ketich

2.Ian Redpath

3.Dean Jones
4.Travis Head
5.Johnny Taylor
●【10】1.David Boon
2.Vernon Rensford
3.Shan Marsh

4.Bred Hedge 5.Sam Laxton ●【11】1.Keith Stokpole 2.Bruce Leird 3.Darren Lohmaan 4.Greig Methews 5.Gary Gilmour
●【12】1.David Hooks

2.C Bannerman

3.Sid Gregory
4.Phill Huges
5.U Khwaza
●【13】1.Monty Noble

2.Joe Darling

3.Arthur Chipperfield
4.Michael Bevan

5.Harry Trott
●【14】1. Greg Blewett

2.Geof Marsh
3.Alic Bannerman
4.Martin Love
5.Shaun Watson
●【15】1.Billy Murdoch
2.Percy McDonell
3.Mich Marsh
4.Charlie Kelleway
5.Frank Iradale
●【16】1.W Armstrong
2.Andrew Hilditch
3.Tom Horan
4.Jack Lyons
5.Charlie McLeod
●【17】1.Methew Eliot
2.Chris Rogers
3.Jack Blackhem
4.Tup Scott
5.Reggie Duff

●【18】1.Colin McCool
2.Joe Burn
3.Mark Waugh
4.Nip Pellew
5.George Giffen

●【19】1. Ian Davis

2. Matt Renshaw

3.Peter Handcomb
4.Martin North
5.Hunter Handry

●【20】1.Phil Jaques
2.Rick McCosker
3.Jack Gregory
4. Ron Archer
5.Adam Gilchrist

●【21】1.M Slater
2.K Wessler
3.Brian Booth
4.Arther Richardson
5.Vic Richardson
●【22】1.Jim Burke
2.Collin McDonald
3.Jack Moroney
4.Roger Hertgian
5.Richie Banaud

●【23】1.Peter Burge
2.Paul Seahan
3.Alan Kippax
4.Les Fevel
5.Berry Shepherd

●【24】1.Greg Richie
2.Ross Edward
3.Kieth Rigg
4.A Symond
5.Gary Cosier

*●Yeah I have put the batsmen on the batting order yeah Two Openes,One Top Order , 2 Middle Order batsmen and the bowlers have to make out only Five batsmen ( Two Openers,1st Down,2nd Down ,3rd Down ) . Yes under my scan and scrutiny I have all the batsmen who have shown , average, great, greater and greatest performance. Yeah 1st,2nd ,3rd , distinction , meritorious , 1st ranked . And also average performers . 21 fives means 105 batsmen .
●Yes 105 batsmen (only Five Batsmen must have to send them pavilion and the last batsman would play singly and must have to out and run out would be declared at which end he is running for the run.Yeah the end would be changed. Yes the number of bowlers are lesser than the batsmen but the bowlers have to make only 5 batsmen out in one time. Yes after five batsmen out a team would be considered. Yes after it new openers would come and then 1,2 3 down as this process will be proceeded for all the 21 Teams. And each Five Batsmen Team would get two chances as the two innings because the format is The Test Match.
● Yes Billy Murdoch,Tom Haron, Syd Gregory whose batting average seems low or moderate in comparison of today’s batsmen but Tom Haron slammed a century in that era which was a tougher task at that time . Billy Murdoch and Syd Gregory who are credited with the double century in the Test at abroad and home soil respectively isn’t an ordinary task but a feat to see the nature of the game of that age.

Billy Murdoch is the 1st Test Batsman who made double century at abroad and he is the 1st Triple century maker from Australia in the First Class Cricket. Yeah that time was tougher in the batting concerned and is said then the batting was not haven for the batsmen. And these batsmen’s average is 32 ,18 and 25 but at that time it was considered handsome batting average because since 1877 to 2020 this levelled batting was highest and was considered handsome and Victor Trumper and Clam Hill reached 39 plus after 20 years of Test cricket . So to have poor average we can’t overlook these batsmen. So through this encounter the real class and statistics would be cleared. Yeah the modern great who have plus 50 batting average are in the question because it is the question- were they faced bowling attack like Charlie Turner, JJ Ferris, Alan Davidson ,Ray Lindwal, K Miller ,D Lillee and J Thompson yeah the Australian great bowlers . Yes I do not have attended great bowlers from other nations . The answer is – Absolutely no and never and when will they face these greats and in that bowling dominance conditions and surface yeah isn’t easy. So it’s very interesting to watch them in the imaginary picture . Yeah 105 batsmen
and from this contest 44 batsmen would qualify on the batting performance and average base . Here one another mind boggling question is– Would Don Bradman keep his 99.99 batting average against this bowling attack though he has some great bowlers of his time yeah F Truman, T Richardson,Jim Laker,H Larwood, Bill Vose, Alan Gubby, Alac Badser,H Griffith like big faces of bowling arena. Don batted in the tougher era and maintained 100 batting average and critically it’s believed that in the modern era his average would rest 200 plus .
■Fast Bowlers’ Squad :
1.Charlie Turner
2.Freddie Spoforth
3.Ray Lindwal
4.Kieth Miller
5.Alan Davidson
6.Dennis Lillee
7.Jeff Thompson
8.Glan McGrath
9.Patt Cummins
10.Lane Pasco
11.Bruce Reid
13.Ryan Harris
14.Stuart Clark
15.J Hazelwood
16.Michael Starc
17.Bill Johanson
18.Michell Johanson
19.C McDermott
20.Brett Lee
21.Merve Huge
22.D Flamming
23.Bill Whitty
24.Paul Riefell
25.Jeson Gillespie
26 Alan Hurst
27.Max Walker

28.Graham Mackenzie

29.Rodney Hogg

30.Tibby Cotter

■Spin Bowlers’ Squad :
1.Clarie Grimate

Bill O’Reilly
3.Shane Warne
4.Stuart McGill
5.Ashley Mallet
5.Bert Ironmonger
6.Jack Saunders
7.Joey Palmer
8.Huge Tumble
9.W Armstrong
10.Richie Banaud
11.Hary Boyle
12.Albet Trott
●All-rounder Squad:
1.Kieth Miller (R
2.R Banaud (R
3.Ray Lindwal (R
4.A Davidson (R
5.Monti Noble (R
6.W Armstrong
7.Shane Watson
8.Michel Johnson
9.JJ Ferris
10.Jack Gregory
10.George Giffen
11.Steve Waugh(R
12Andrew Symond
13.Alan Fairfax
14.Albert Trott
15.G Gilmour
16.D Lohmann
17.G Mathews
18.Ian Johanson
Note : These are the all-rounder who would bat and bowl so in both the squad. R is for Repeatation.
◆ Remark : Here the statistics as well as the class would be observed to evaluate the greatness of each player in which he is specified and dignified . Yeah class,control, temperament, technique,handling pressure , drop chances ,missing chances , run out , the standard of bowling ,the standard of the batsman. Yeah there is a big name of the bowler but on certain day what form and stinginess he has . Such as the batsman what quality he shows against great bowlers . Yeah despite has the big name or not against these quality bowlers can prove the quality and the class and if not that you are ordinary or Fisaddi in Hindi Language.
Yeah these players would play in home and at abroad then two Eleven would be decided by the genuine critic and expert pannel to observe the performance with all pluses and minuses.
And yeah the same encounters would be held for each Test reckoned cricket nation to decide the top Eleven from the nations.
(2) ◆Each day 90 overs
◆ After 70 overs new ball option
■Yeah it’s very interesting to see how many days and overs these great bowlers take to get the great batsmen out. The evaluation would make on the actual score (yes one drop chance would consider one full completed innings yes it means supposed a batsman comes to bat and drop on 8 run and then he made 128 and gets out then his real score would be count in the 2 innings
Yes 8 and 120 and thus his average will be 60 and if he is dropped on 120 and then makes 150 and loses his wicket then three innings would be counted (8,120 and 30= 150) and his total score rested 150 and 3 innings then his average would rest 150÷3 =5O .
Yes such as the transparent reality base mirror would be adopted for the bowlers. Yes if a bowler bowls and the catch is dropped then One Wicket will be credited in his account . If stump chance is missing by the Wicketkeeper then a wicket will be parted in the bowler’s account. Yes there would be DRS rule in full it means the batsman and bowler ,captain any body can offer the DRS as per their will in the unlimited times. Yes it is because we are selecting the bestest Test Eleven from the country . Yeah one more but important point I do point out that what would be criteria for the wicket keeper whom I do not mentioned in the 5 team squad except Jack Blackhem and Gilchrist . Yeah Jack Blackham had great technique to stay on the wicket having rock solid defense. Yes Bert Oldfield ,Sammy Carter ,Wally Grout ,Ian Healy,Bred Haddin are good Keepers if they could occur out plus 40 batting average then they deserve the race.

NK Sanatan