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From: rajiv@dvorak.amd.com (Rajiv Malhotra)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: is the INDIAN TEAM TO SA & ZIMBABVE OUT?
Date: 2 Oct 92 13:26:01 GMT
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.; Austin, Texas

In article <1OCT199220504680@utarlg.uta.edu> d188sid@utarlg.uta.edu (S RAMACHANDRAN) writes:


YES! (Source BBC)

1. Azhar (Capt)
2. Shastri
3. Jadeja
4. Tendulkar
5. Manjrekar
6. Amre
7. Raman
8. Kapil
9. Prabkaker
10. Srinath
11. Banerjee
12. Raju
13. Kunmble
14. Chetan Sharma
15. More
16. Yadav

I couln't catch who is the Vice Capt..

Harsha Bogle's Comments: Balanced team, few surprises, except the
inclusion of 5 seamers and only 2 full time spinner and a 
"reluctant" third spinner - Shastri.

Notable exclusions: Siddhu, Kambli and Maninder

- Rajiv

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From: prasad@cpdw.enet.dec.com (R Bharani Prasad)
Subject: Re: Indian Team to Tour Zim & SA
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1992 16:07:40 GMT


In article <karnik.718218356@exa>, karnik@exa.cs.umn.edu (Neeran M. Karnik) writes...
>In <1992Oct2.171800.24535@engage.pko.dec.com> prasad@cpdw.enet.dec.com (R Bharani Prasad) writes:
> 
[stuff deleted]

>	I too, was a trifle indignant at the retention of Bannerjee at the
>expense of Ankola/Kuruvilla, so I read up on his recent performances in the
>domestic competitions. What seems to have clinched his place is a 5-wkt. haul
>in a one dayer (was it in the Deodhar trophy?) and a sensational 50 n.o. which
>won the Deodhar Trophy for East Zone. Other than these, his performances have
>been no better than average, and certainly less impressive than Ankola's.

With the shorter version of the game taking over, the bowlers need to sharpen
their batting skills as well. For, there's also slogging to be done at times.

>	Amre probably will get into the side. Assuming that only one of 
>Raman & Jadeja gets into the team, there are only four other regular batsmen,
>Shastri, Azhar, M'kar and T'kar. IMHO, they'll have to take Amre too, and go 
>with four regular bowlers plus Shastri/T'kar/Raman/Jadeja. Or are the selectors
>banking heavily on the batting abilities of Kapil and Prabhakar ?

Are'nt Kapil, Manoj and Kiran good bats?

How about :

Ravi, Raman, Sanjay, Sachin, Azhar, Kapil, Manoj, More, Chetan/ Srinath, Raju
and Kumble. But if U say, they'll play only one spinner then, yes, Amre will
bat at No. 6.  Won't they need 5 regular bowlers for Tests?

/Bharani
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From: pvr@argo.rice.edu (PVR Narasimha Rao)
Subject: Re: Irani Update - Oct 1st.
Organization: Rice University
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 22:10:11 GMT


In article <karnik.717951768@deci>, karnik@deci.cs.umn.edu (Neeran M. Karnik) writes:

|> In <009616E2.15FB2940@vms.csd.mu.edu> 9063iyerm@vms.csd.mu.edu (Murali Iyer) writes:


|> >Thirteen wickets in the match! Boy! That must be Kumble's best ever game, first
|> >class or any class! 


If you are talking about league cricket (by "any class"), Kumble had excellent
performances during 1988-1989.


|> 	What a timely performance! Now the selectors will simply HAVE to take
|> him along, to avoid another "jokers" label. Of course, having two selectors
|> from South Zone might help too :-)


More importantly, the chairman of the selection committee Vishy (who is also
from Kumble's state) is supposed to be a "well-wisher" of Anil Kumble.

When Kumble was selected for the Eng tour, he was virtually an unknown
commodity. He barely had one season of first class experience behind him
(but, of course, he had brilliant performances in club cricket). Vishy was
supposed to have a role in Kumble's selection.

Until Kumble returned those figures of 2/19 off 10 (Eng scored around 250
overall), many (including the BBC commentators) were apprehensive of the
decision to blood the young leggie without much experience.


|> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  Neeran   Karnik  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


PVR
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From: pmc5@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Paul M Corballis)
Subject: Re: "We are the world " Team of 80's
Reply-To: pmc5@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Paul M Corballis)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 13:44:16 GMT

In article <199210012332.AA00395@circa.comp.vuw.ac.nz> warren@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Warren Turner) writes:
>
>
>In article <00961702.FF66D0A0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 5912ramasubr@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
>|>Here is my ALL World team of 80's
>|>
>|>1.Gavaskar
>|>2.Greenidge
>|>3.Richards
>|>4.Miandad
>|>5.Gower
>|>6.M.Crowe
>|>7.Kapil Dev
>|>8.Imran Khan
>|>9.Dujon
>|>10.Hadlee
>|>11.Qadir
>
>I'd have Allan Border at no. 6, as he would complement the lower-order
>dasher's well. Crowe isn't really a no. 6; he, Miandad & Gower would
>fight it out for 4 & 5.
> Hadlee & Qadir were the No. 1 bowlers of their respective types for
>the 80's, but one of Kapil/Imran would have to be replaced by the
>leading West Indies bowler overall for the 80's: Marshall.
> I'd question Dujon's ability to stand up to Qadir - maybe Smith (NZ)
>or Kirmani.

I agree, there isn't much point having all three of Hadlee, Imran and 
Kapil in such a team, since they are (or rather) similar stlye bowlers.
I'd be inclined to drop one or both of Imran and Kapil for some 
genuine pace to bolster the opening attack.  With batting like this,
the team doesn't really need Imran or Kapil's batting (hopefully), and
could do with a better spearhead.  I also agree that with a spinner 
featuring so prominently in the attack that Dujon may not be the best 
choice as keeper.  I didn't see enough of Kirmani to really judge, but
I am sure Smith would do a fine job with both the spinners and the
quicks.

>
>ciao,
>     Warren.

Cheers, Paul
From: jmoakler@gssec.bt.co.uk (Joe Moakler)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: "We are the world " Team of 80's
Date: 2 Oct 92 08:39:51 GMT
Distribution: world.net
Organization: BT Glasgow Systems and Software Engineering Centre, Scotland.

In article <1992Oct1.192222.13695@uceng.UC.EDU>, bnataraj@uceng.UC.EDU (Bhaskar Natarajan) writes:
|> In article <00961702.FF66D0A0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 5912ramasubr@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
|> >Here is my ALL World team of 80's
|> >
|> >1.Gavaskar
|> >2.Greenidge
|> >3.Richards
|> >4.Miandad
|> >5.Gower
|> >6.M.Crowe
|> >7.Kapil Dev
|> >8.Imran Khan
|> >9.Dujon
|> >10.Hadlee
|> >11.Qadir
|> 
|> The bowling is a bit too weak, no? I'd drop one batsman (who??!!) for one
|> darn good bowler.But who might that be ?? Botham ? 

I agree - if you have two all rounders at 7 and 8 (and a pretty decent
wicket-keeper/batsman)  you could afford to leave out a batsman.

Perhaps Crowe would be the casualty - with Malcolm Marshall to replace.

Another thought - there are some fantastic stroke makers in the batting line up
but it's a bit short of grafters after the openers. Could a place be found for 
Alan Border anywhere? At his prime, Border was probably the batsman you would put
most money on staying at the crease when the going got tough.


****
* Joe Moakler                          jmoakler@gssec.bt.co.uk 
* BT Glasgow Engineering Centre        "Mostly Harmless"
****


ps I hope no-one thinks of dropping Gower from this list, that's the kind of silly
thing only England selectors would think of (:-))
From: ravi@wti.com (Ravi Raj)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: "We are the world " Team of 80's
Date: 2 Oct 92 17:44:58 GMT
Organization: Wavefront Technologies Inc, Santa Barbara, CA
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In article <BvGuJ4.DyG@comp.vuw.ac.nz> John.Mcmullan@comp.vuw.ac.nz (John Michael McMullan) writes:
>
>>Here is my ALL World team of 80's
>>----------
>>  
>Revised Version...
>
>
Haven't you both forgotten a guy by name Botham? Agreed, he didn't
perform wonders in the second half of the 80's, but his performances
in the first half alone should warrant an inclusion in anybody's
World XI!
-- 
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Ravi N. Raj                                   ravi@wti.com
                                              Lakers - Knicks '93
From: bnataraj@uceng.UC.EDU (Bhaskar Natarajan)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: All-rounders galore! What's wrong with this picture?
Date: 6 Oct 92 16:43:27 GMT
Article-I.D.: uceng.1992Oct6.164327.12765
Organization: University of Cincinnati, Engineering College

In article <605@wavefront.wti.com> ravi@wti.com (Ravi Raj) writes:

>Consider the following Indian XI:
>
>W.V. Raman       |   started off his career as a bowler, still bowls
>Ajay Jadeja      |   started off his career as a bowler? still bowls
>Md. Azharuddin   |   specialist batsman, occasional bowler
>Sanjay Manjrekar |   specialist batsman, cannot bowl 
>Sachin Tendulkar |   specialist batsman, decent bowler, specially in ODIs
>R. J. Shastri    |   started off his career as a bowler, still bowls
>Kapil Dev        |   need I say more?
>Kiran More       |   keeper, thank God this guy can't bowl!
>Manoj Prabhakar  |   specialist bowler, decent batsman, has opened!!
>Chetan Sharma    |   specialist bowler, has scored a century!! decent bat!
>J. Srinath       |   specialist bowler, a wild hitter in the Lance Cairns mode
>
>There is just one batsman (Manjrekar) who cannot bowl. And just one
>bowler (Srinath) who cannot bat.  Yet, this team has crumbled on
>dead pitches and not been able to dismiss opponents twice on bowler's 
>tracks. Can someone tell me -- What's wrong with this picture?
>-- 
>--
>Ravi N. Raj                                   ravi@wti.com
>                                              Lakers - Knicks '93


Too many jack of all trades........
BTW Sanjay Manjrekar can bowl pretty decently, I'd say he bowls leg-spin
but i'm not too sure. He was in contention for the Reliance Cup and lost
out to Sidhu ( who made it in the ODI's then on) which kinda surprised
me then because i tho't his bowling ability might help him nudge out Sidhu.

Can someone confirm ??

Bye
Bhaskar
From: jawad@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jawad Ali)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: A very large, over-ripe garpefruit.
Date: 27 Sep 92 09:35:04 GMT
Organization: California State University, Chico

In article <19vihhINNsi6@roche.csl.sri.com> rgajendr@cisco.com (I. Rajeev Gajendran) writes:
>Looks to me like a classic case of duelling sarcasms that were 
>pointed in the wrong direction - metasarcastability ? 
>

The way I see it, it was a routine smiley malfunction.
Why. Are you being sarcastic? :-)

j n a.
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From: Anthony_Maillard@Mdd.comm.mot.com (Anthony Maillard)
Subject: West Indies Cricket
Followup-To: rec.sport.cricket
Organization: Motorola
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 00:45:32 GMT

Does anyone have any news on cricket in the West Indies?

Anthony Maillard - "Trini in the know....."
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From: sidi@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Sadiq Yusuf)
Subject: Re: Indian Team to Tour Zim & SA
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1992 21:44:27 GMT

In article <1992Oct2.171800.24535@engage.pko.dec.com> prasad@cpdw.enet.dec.com (R Bharani Prasad) writes:
>

>in the team when the British tour India. Subrato is in the team on East Zone 
>quota. Of course, I don't know much about his recent performances. Can U throw 
>some light, Sadiq? Chetan definitely deserves another chance. Should'nt hv been 


	Glad to oblige , with whatever I can remember.In the  Duleep, he
got just one game (as did Kuruvilla and Ankola) to stake his claim. On a
spinners pitch v/s South, he had I believe 1 wicket in 2 innings. Dont know
enough about the Deodhar's, but he had I think 5/40 in one game , and made
a 50 in the next game ( didnt do much bowling in the 2nd game, i don't
think). 
	Compare that with Ankola, who also bowled on a spinners track v/s
Central, and got 9 for 106 in the game ( 5 in the first, 4 in the 2nd), and
3 for 29 in his only Deodhar game Z( where North lost only 5 wickets). So,
Ankola took 12 for 135 this season in probably just under 50 overs, out of
only 25 wickets to fall to his side. Ankola, after this performance (
which, you must admit, is not unimpressive :-) , did not even make the Rest
Of India side for the Irani Trophy. Ah, the mysteries of selection :-(

				Sadiq [ statswallah ] Yusuf
From: agrden@lure.latrobe.edu.au
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Aussie Trivia
Date: 27 Sep 92 01:59:13 GMT
Organization: VAX Cluster, Computer Centre, La Trobe University

In article <10396@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au>, sarge@cs.uq.oz.au (The Lemming) writes:
> In <Bv0Eon.95@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> chalmers@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (David Chalmers) writes:
> 
>>There are 8 pairs, in fact.  Nobody seems to have got them all.
> 
>>Marsh (Rod/Geoff)
> 
> These are related
> 
> Sarge
> --
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Leap before you look.                      sarge@cs.uq.oz.au
> The Lemming.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

_NO_ they are not     The Geoff Marsh you are thinking of is Rod's older
brother the golfer not cricketer!


Kevin
From: fkhurshi@crc.ac.uk (Ms F. Khurshid)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: Imran Khan -retiring again?
Summary: not so strange
Date: 30 Sep 92 16:04:58 GMT
Organization: MRC Human Genome Resource Centre

In article <1992Sep29.201058.22568@ecst.csuchico.edu>, jawad@ecst.csuchico.edu (Jawad Ali) writes:
> In article <BvCttC.CE6@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> khan@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (LAHORI POOND) writes:

> >As far as the question as to wether we really need him in our team, well I think he knows the answer to that better than anyone else.    

> I don't think Imran is the type to stick around if he is not needed.
> But that is not what he says.  In an interview with the Cricketer (Pakistan)
> after the World Cup he said he would like to keep playing so that money can 
> keep pouring in for his hospital.  I thought that was a rather strange statement.

I think what he means is that the team Do need him and it is his option to
play again...one attraction is the publicity he gets for raising money for the 
cancer hospital he is trying to set up in Lahore. This summer he was in England
with the Pakistani team and there were fundraising dinners held with the 
whole team present including Imran Khan....all the cricketer's came round
with the bucket :-)   ...loads'a money!



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From: hussain@pegasus.cis.ohio-state.edu (syed sajid hussain)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: SA AND INDIAN TEAMS
Date: 2 Oct 92 20:00:35 GMT
Article-I.D.: cis.1992Oct2.200035.14194
Distribution: usa
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science

It's great knwing about the team, but the exclusion of Maninder is not fair at
all to the poor guy as he had performed pretty well in the Deodhar and Duleep
Trophy matches which were concluded just before I left India.

The exclusion of Kambli is probably justified as he somehow seemed to lack the
temperament for the games. I watched him last year and though he is a good
batsman to watch, he does not seem bothered by the team's situation and 
throws his wkt. away.

Bannerjee will probably do well as he is a good mover of the ball and from
what I know of conditions in SA, they are somewhat similar to conditions 
Down Under. There is a dearth of spinners which may prove costly coz I have
seen the SAns playing on TV and in the ground as well and they don't seem to
be very comfortable against spin. In fact, one of their openers, Andrew Hudson
( who scored a big double hundred against Windies in WI ) is pretty bad against
spin. The only persons who play it comfortably are Wessels and Peter Kirsten
( he is a real danger in the ODI's ). They also have Adrian Kuiper -- reputed
to be a big hitter but he tends to throw his wicket away like Kapil.

SA bowling is good. In fact, Allan Donald is one of the quickest ( I have seen
him bowl at Eden Gardens ) bowlers and he certainly generates more pace than
any of the WI bowlers at present. Our players might have a hard time again.
The other good bowlers are Meyrick Pringle ( a very good cut & swing bowler)
- he can really make the ball move and Richard Snell who is more accurate than
the others. If our guys can handle these three then we should be doing well.

Anyone who has news on the rest of the SA team ....

A cricket lover who's going to miss his first series ever...
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From: sougata@cc.gatech.edu (Sougata Mukherjea)
Subject: Manager for the SA tour.
Reply-To: sougata@cc.gatech.edu (Sougata Mukherjea)
Organization: College of Computing
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 00:00:45 GMT


Just read in an Indian paper ( a friend, freshly arrived from India ,brought it) :
Ajit Wadekar has been appointed the manager for the tour to South
Africa.

G.R.Vishwanath is the new chairman of the selection board.  

- Sougata

(I think both these incidents will be good for Indian cricket.
I respect both of them).
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  Graphics Visualization and Usability Center
  College of Computing
  Georgia Institute of Technology 
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From: aksimha@midway.ecn.uoknor.edu (Gerd Von Rundstedt)
Subject: Re: Indian Team Selected
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1992 22:47:56 GMT
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

In article <BvJ5rE.30p@rice.edu> pvr@argo.rice.edu (PVR Narasimha Rao) writes:
>
>
>
>As I said previously, that's because of an extra seamer. They take 3 openers
>for every long tour. Probably they should've taken 17 players ....
>
>May be they will fly Kambli to SA in the middle of the tour after someone in the
>middle order fails or someone (need not be a bat, say Banerjee) gets injured! It
>has become a common practice in Indian cricket in the last few years!
>


     Almost wishful thinking! :-)

 The theory of a batsman being disregarded merely for that reason is quite
 unfair. The selectors could have picked 17 players, instead and given Kambli
 the opportunity to play in the first class matches as well. It would help
 him tremendously. There are two possibilities of Kambli being sent in
 eventually as a replacement;

  1. He plays well and becomes a national hero,

  2. He doesn't recover from jet lag (:-)) and fails as a makeshift opener

   The second case is a major disaster for him. It would push him into 
    cricketing wilderness for years (or forever, knowing our selectors).
    His case is almost akin to the story of Goel and Shivalkar from a 
    batsman's viewpoint.   



>
>
>PVR

 Arun Simha

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From: v079rbu4@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Sanjay Kohli)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.cricket
Subject: Re: NEWS FLASH - Azhar captain
Date: 30 Sep 92 19:10:00 GMT
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Organization: University at Buffalo
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In article <20814@plains.NoDak.edu>, ksrao@power.ee.ndsu.nodak.edu writes...
> 
>         Azharuddin has been retained as the captain of the Indian touring team
>to SA and Zimbabwe. The announcement came in a press conference today addressed
>by Vishwanath the chairman of the selection board. The captain of the team to
>play England will be selected later. Azhar is given the notice, effectively.
> 
>       I cannot understand the selection of selection committee at all.
>Vishwanath had to dash from Guyana for the selection committee meeting; it
>should mean that he did not watch the Duleep Trophy, Deodhar Trophy and
>possibly a part of Irani trophy; and he is the chairman !!!!

It shows how screwed up selection committee is. I'm relay disappointed. 
I think Kapil could a been better. 

Cheers
sanjay 
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From: karnik@mega.cs.umn.edu (Neeran M. Karnik)
Subject: Re: "We are the world " Team of 80's
Organization: University of Minnesota
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1992 00:06:55 GMT

In <00961702.FF66D0A0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 5912ramasubr@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:

>Here is my ALL World team of 80's
>----------

>1.Gavaskar
>2.Greenidge
>3.Richards
>4.Miandad
>5.Gower
>6.M.Crowe
>7.Kapil Dev
>8.Imran Khan
>9.Dujon
>10.Hadlee
>11.Qadir

	An 80s team without Ian Botham ???? I would drop one of the batsmen
for Botham. Too much batting anyway, seeing that there is no tail! I guess
Martin Crowe would have to go. He hasn't really done enough yet to rank 
statistically with the other batsmen in there.

>N.Ramasubramanian          	GO BREWERS ! GO !    

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From: hussain@kazoo.cis.ohio-state.edu (syed sajid hussain)
Subject: Indian tour of SA
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Distribution: usa
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 21:42:37 GMT

Does anyone have any idea about the Indian team to tour SA. I believe that the 
tour starts tomorrow. I have read about the captain and the manager but there
seems to be no news about the team.
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Subject: Re: "We are the world " Team of 80's
From: John.Mcmullan@comp.vuw.ac.nz (John Michael McMullan)
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 23:28:16 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Comp. Sci., Victoria Uni. of Wellington, New Zealand.


>Here is my ALL World team of 80's
>----------
>
>1.Gavaskar
>2.Greenidge
>3.Richards
>4.Miandad
>5.Gower
>6.M.Crowe
>7.Kapil Dev
>8.Imran Khan
>9.Dujon
>10.Hadlee
>11.Qadir
>
>If it had been 70's there would have been a surfeit of great
>keepers. Like,KNott, Taylor,Marsh,Kirmani,Bari and Deryck Murray.
>
>Bye,


Dujon bats above Hadlee!! Crowe at 6! Dujon in the side and not Ian Smith!
Richards at 3!

Revised Version...

1.Gavaskar
2.Greenidge
3.Miandad  (c)
4.Gower
5.M.Crowe
6.Richards
7.Kapil Dev
8.Imran Khan
9.Hadlee
10.Smith   (wk)
11.Qadir

12.Randall ???

Pity we can't fit any more in there. They need another bowler though.

1.Hadlee
2.Dev
3.Khan
4.Qadir
5.Richards

In fact a good cricket teams is not necessarily composed of the best players,
but the best combination of the best players. All those batsmen are not
going to win a test match, but I don't see this team losing.
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From: mrangasw@lynx.cat.syr.edu (Muralidhar Rangaswamy)
Subject: Re: Worst Australian Team
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 92 17:16:38 EDT

In article <1992Sep26.152631.9579@st-andrews.ac.uk>, rasf@st-andrews.ac.uk
(Russell Anthony Stewart Fiedler) wrote:

> Graham Yallop (c)

> A fine batsman with a very good test record.  OK - an appalling series in
>England in '81, but many fine performances before and after.  Many
>excellent test centuries - has no place in this team whatsoever.
>He did however have the misfortune of being a not very good captain of a
>not very good Australian team.

Anybody remembers the 1983 series against Pakistan in Australia. I for one
was listening to the commentary and Yallop stood out as the man who tamed
the wiles of Abdul Quadir. In particular, in the Melbourne test, Pakistan
had amassed a huge total (400+) in their first innings. In reply, Australia
were in trouble, having lost their top batsmen without too many runs on the 
board. It was at this juncture that Yallop came up with probably his best
batting performance. He made 268 on a supposedly nasty turning wicket. He had
one other century and a couple of good scores in the same series.
Therefore, he most certainly does not deserve to be on this team.

Muralidhar Rangaswamy