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Monday, July 11, 2011

ICC starts poll for greatest team ahead of 2000th Test

Dubai, Jul eleven (IANS) The International Cricket Council (ICC) Monday proposed a air blower check to collect a biggest Test group of all time in a runup to a 2000th compare to be played in between India as well as England during Lord’s Jul 21.

Voting is right away open upon ICC’s central website where cricket-lovers can name a mental condition group from a shortlist of 60 players separate in to 5 categories as well as they will be asked to collect dual opening batsmen, 3 middle-order batsmen, a wicketkeeper, 3 quick bowlers as well as a single spinner.

The formula of a check will be voiced a week prior to a Lord’s Test.

‘With a 2,000th Test entrance up it is suitable to recollect a little of a good players by a ages which have anxious audiences as well as desirous us all,’ pronounced ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat.

‘With so most legends of a diversion to select from, it is a really formidable charge and, you am sure, a single which will lead to copiousness of lustful correlation as well as good debate.

‘Test cricket is a apex format of a good competition as well as it is critical you go on to strengthen as well as foster it so which it grows even stronger over a subsequent 2,000 matches.’

Short-list for a biggest Test group of all time:

Opening batsmen (two): Geoffrey Boycott, Sunil Gavaskar, Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Jack Hobbs, Len Hutton, Hanif Mohammad, Virender Sehwag, Herbert Sutcliffe, Victor Trumper.

Middle-order batsmen (three) – Don Bradman, Greg Chappell, Wally Hammond, George Headley, Brian Lara, Javed Miandad, Graeme Pollock, Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards, Sachin Tendulkar.

All-rounder (one): Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Aubrey Faulkner, Richard Hadlee, Jacques Kallis, Imran Khan, Keith Miller, Wilfred Rhodes, Gary Sobers, Frank Worrell.

Wicket-keeper (one): Les Ames, Mark Boucher, Jeff Dujon, Godfrey Evans, Andy Flower, Adam Gilchrist, Alan Knott, Rod Marsh, Clyde Walcott, Wasim Bari.

Fast bowlers (three): Curtley Ambrose, Sydney Barnes, Michael Holding, Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Malcolm Marshall, Glenn McGrath, Fred Trueman, Courtney Walsh, Wasim Akram.

Spinner (one): Bishen Bedi, Richie Benaud, Lance Gibbs, Clarrie Grimmett, Jim Laker, Anil Kumble, Muttiah Muralitharan, Bill O’Reilly, Derek Underwood, Shane Warne.

ICC starts check for biggest group forward of 2000th Test

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