Which domestic team is the greatest?

[The Speaker]

                     W    T    D    L    P
Gauteng-Transvaal   21    0    3    8    66
Surrey              21    0    3    8    66
New South Wales     19    0    8    5    65
Lahore              17    0    7    8    58
Yorkshire           18    0    3   11    57
KwaZulu-Natal       16    0    7    9    55
Western Province    16    0    7    9    55
Victoria            13    0   14    5    53
Barbados            12    0   12    8    48
Auckland            12    0    9   11    45
Mumbai              11    0   11   10    44
Middlesex            9    0    9   14    36
Western Australia   10    0    5   17    35
Canterbury           9    0    8   15    35
Karachi              8    0    6   18    30
Guyana               6    0   12   14    30
Jamaica              7    0    7   18    28
Sinhalese            7    0    6   19    27
Karnataka            7    0    4   21    25
Mashonaland          4    0   13   15    25

 

[The Speaker]

There are only six more rounds left in this competition and its remarkably tight at the top, with three teams within a point of each other. NSW have been the hardest team to defeat, but can they knock out their opponents enough to get the wins?

 

[The Speaker]

Round 33
Victoria vs New South Wales @ MCG
NSW 247 & 6/575 (Bradman 234, Waugh 92, Border 82) drew with VIC 396 (Armstrong 80)

Jamaica vs Auckland @ Sabina Park
AKL 341 (B Sutcliffe 80, Crowe 56, Guptill 56, A Adams 50*, Holding 4/58) & 6/486 (Crowe 189, Wallace 130) drew with JAM 6/603 dec. (Headley 264, Rae 101, J Adams 92)

Gauteng-Transvaal vs Surrey @ Wanderers
​

Gauteng-Transvaal
 EJ Barlow                    lbw      b GA Lohmann            6 (15)
 SJ Cook                               b GA Lohmann           64 (139)
 B Mitchell        c JB Hobbs          b GA Lohmann            4 (4)
 GA Faulkner       c JB Hobbs          b AV Bedser             6 (14)
 EAB Rowan         c AJ Stewart        b GA Lohmann            5 (43)
 CEB Rice                       run out                       28 (51)
 AJ Kourie         c AV Bedser         b JC Laker              9 (49)
 JHB Waite                      not out                       52 (108)
 RO Schwarz        c AJ Stewart        b JC Laker             29 (69)
 NAT Adcock        c MR Ramprakash     b JC Laker              0 (3)
 AE Hall           c AJ Stewart        b JC Laker              6 (7)
 Extras        ( w10 nb3 b5 lb20 )        38

    Total (from 84 overs)    247 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-20  2-24  3-55  4-72  5-119  6-137  7-165  8-236  9-238  10-247  

Bowling Figures for Surrey

                  O     M     R    W
T Richardson      19    4    63    0    
GA Lohmann        24    6    72    4    
AV Bedser         21   10    41    1    
JC Laker          19    6    46    4    

Surrey
 JB Hobbs          c B Mitchell        b AE Hall               42 (64)
 JH Edrich         c JHB Waite         b NAT Adcock            11 (24)
 PBH May           c JHB Waite         b GA Faulkner           21 (61)
 KF Barrington     c AJ Kourie         b GA Faulkner           12 (28)
 TW Hayward                   lbw      b NAT Adcock            24 (48)
 MR Ramprakash     c JHB Waite         b AE Hall               38 (70)
 AJ Stewart                   lbw      b AE Hall               19 (48)
 JC Laker                       not out                        18 (55)
 AV Bedser                    lbw      b GA Faulkner            8 (34)
 GA Lohmann                   lbw      b AE Hall                8 (16)
 T Richardson      c JHB Waite         b AE Hall                0 (1)
 Extras        ( w5 nb1 b8 lb8 )        22

    Total (from 75 overs)    223 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-21  2-73  3-85  4-92  5-136  6-170  7-182  8-204  9-223  10-223  

Bowling Figures for Gauteng-Transvaal

                  O    M    R    W
NAT Adcock        17   3   47    2    
AE Hall           26   8   67    5    
CEB Rice          6    0   25    0    
RO Schwarz        10   0   37    0    
GA Faulkner       11   4   27    3    
EJ Barlow         4    2    4    0    

Gauteng-Transvaal
 EJ Barlow         c AJ Stewart        b GA Lohmann             6 (23)
 SJ Cook                           c & b AV Bedser             27 (37)
 B Mitchell        c MR Ramprakash     b JC Laker              16 (32)
 GA Faulkner                  lbw      b T Richardson          26 (80)
 EAB Rowan                    lbw      b JC Laker             102 (216)
 CEB Rice          c AJ Stewart        b GA Lohmann            27 (45)
 AJ Kourie         c PBH May           b AV Bedser              1 (13)
 JHB Waite                             b T Richardson          36 (85)
 RO Schwarz                     not out                         3 (3)
 NAT Adcock        c JB Hobbs          b T Richardson           0 (3)
 AE Hall           c KF Barrington     b JC Laker               0 (1)
 Extras        ( b3 lb3 )        6

    Total (from 90 overs)    250 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-17  2-43  3-53  4-109  5-160  6-163  7-247  8-247  9-247  10-250  

Bowling Figures for Surrey

                  O     M    R    W
T Richardson      23    7   62    3    
GA Lohmann        24    3   69    2    
AV Bedser         21    6   42    2    
JC Laker          21    8   71    3    

Surrey
 JB Hobbs          c JHB Waite         b AE Hall                6 (21)
 JH Edrich         c EJ Barlow         b CEB Rice              42 (69)
 PBH May           c JHB Waite         b RO Schwarz            32 (40)
 KF Barrington     c JHB Waite         b NAT Adcock            43 (108)
 TW Hayward        c JHB Waite         b RO Schwarz             8 (15)
 MR Ramprakash                         b NAT Adcock            21 (55)
 AJ Stewart        c EAB Rowan         b NAT Adcock             8 (14)
 JC Laker          c JHB Waite         b NAT Adcock             0 (2)
 AV Bedser         c JHB Waite         b GA Faulkner           35 (74)
 GA Lohmann        c JHB Waite         b EJ Barlow             24 (40)
 T Richardson                   not out                         6 (31)
 Extras        ( w7 b2 lb4 )        13

    Total (from 79 overs)    238 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-22  2-79  3-102  4-119  5-162  6-172  7-172  8-177  9-222  10-238  

Bowling Figures for Gauteng-Transvaal

                  O    M     R    W
NAT Adcock       24    4    67    4    
AE Hall          17    5    58    1    
CEB Rice         14    3    33    1    
RO Schwarz        8    4    32    2    
GA Faulkner       8    1    28    1    
EJ Barlow         7    4    14    1    

Gauteng-Transvaal 21pts beat Surrey 5pts by 36 runs
Man of the match is JHB Waite

Sinhalese vs New South Wales @ Sinhalese Sports Club
SIN 341 (Karunaratne 136, Mendis 66, Turner 5/77) & 7/326 dec. (Paranavitana 118, Mendis 56, O'Reilly 4/65) d. NSW 306 (Simpson 78, Bradman 60) & 142 (Senanayake 4/48) by 219 runs

Western Australia vs Auckland @ WACA Ground
WA 229 (Martyn 78, Marsh 55) & 204 (Langer 59) lost to AKL 272 (Wallace 99, J Reid 62, Lillee 4/63) & 3/163 (Wallace 83*) by 7 wickets

Mashonaland vs Surrey @ Harare Sports Club
Surrey 282 (Ramprakash 63) & 4/411 dec. (Hobbs 196, Abel 57*, Barringon 55, Edrich 50) drew with MAS 295 (G Flower 68, Laker 4/79) & 7/317 (Houghton 101)

Karnataka vs Sinhalese @ Eden Gardens
SIN 312 (Atapattu 108, Jayawardene 84, Srinath 4/80) & 7/387 dec. (Dassanayake 102*, Mendis 78, Karunaratne 53, Atapattu 53) drew with KRN 336 (Vishwanath 80, Subramanya 60, Dravid 50, Ranatunga 4/29) & 4/255 (Subramanya 109, Dravid 69)

Yorkshire vs Western Australia @ Headingley
YOR 229 (Root 78, B Reid 6/71) & 281 (Root 75, Lillee 6/74) d. WA 256 (Hussey 70, Hughes 54) & 142 (Hirst 4/48) by 112 runs

Middlesex vs Mashonaland @ Lord's
MID 330 (Hendren 139, B Strang 5/74) & 4/306 dec. (Gatting 121, Edrich 85) d. MAS 270 (Goodwin 88) & 238 (A Flower 74) by 128 runs

Karachi vs Karnataka @ National Stadium
KAR 201 (Miandad 70, Shoaib 51, Srinath 4/46) & 248 (Shoaib 79, Iqbal 51, Prasanna 4/43) lost to KRN 358 (Subramanya 133, Jaffar 4/108) & 0/95 by 10 wickets​

 

[The Speaker]

Round 34
Western Province vs Yorkshire @ Newlands
WP 243 (Duminy 86, Rhodes 4/40) & 6/337 dec. (Kallis 90, P Kirsten 86, Duminy 58*) d. YOR 144 (H Sutcliffe 52) & 262 (Philander 4/53) by 174 runs

KwaZulu-Natal vs Middlesex @ Kingsmead
MID 359 (Edrich 105, Compton 77) & 217 (Compton 64, Tayfield 4/51) lost to KZN 367 (Richards 105, Amla 69, Nourse 56) & 3/210 (Richards 88) by 7 wickets

Canterbury vs Karachi @ Hagley Oval
KAR 278 (Mushtaq 71*, Latif 55, Bond 4/57) & 189 (Miandad 60, Shoaib 56) lost to CAN 537 (W Hadlee 116, Harris 111, Fleming 91, R Hadlee 62, Sami 4/105, Jaffar 4/112) by an innings sand 70 runs

Guyana vs Western Province @ Bourda
WP 385 (G Kirsten 66, Kallis 65, P Kisten 62, Cameron 60) & 5/235 dec. (Lamb 109*, Cameron 75*) drew with GUY 277 (Kanhai 54, Philander 4/68) & 5/269 (Kanhai 64, Chanderpaul 53)

Mumbai vs KwaZulu-Natal @ Wankhede Stadium
KZN 425 (Goddard 144*, Procter 56, Richards 50, Gupte 6/92) & 3/185 (Richards 79, McGlew 77*) d. MUM 126 (Procter 4/24) & 482 (f.o.) (Merchant 162, Tendulkar 91, Gavaskar 88, Procter 4/113) by 7 wickets

Barbados vs Canterbury @ Kensington Oval
BAR 408 (Greenidge 92, Hunte 60, Garner 52, Bond 4/79) & 0/24 d. CAN 185 (Fleming 55, Griffith 5/39) & 246 (f.o.) (McMillan 51, Hall 4/44) by 10 wickets

Lahore vs Guyana @ Gaddafi Stadium
LAH 396 (Majid 109, Imran 88, Azhar 56, Croft 5/72) & 9/266 dec. (Nazar 133*) drew with GUY 403 (Hooper 119, Christiani 78, Harper 69, Imran 4/64) & 7/244 (Fredericks 52)

Victoria vs Mumbai @ MCG
MUM 231 (Gavaskar 62, Vengsarkar 56) & 347 (Vengsarkar 168, Mankad 59, Trumble 4/90) lost to VIC 572 (Reiffel 149, Miller 118, Warne 76) & 0/8 by 10 wickets

Jamaica vs Barbados @ Sabina Park
JAM 302 (Headley 129, Hall 4/64) & 366 (Headley 92, Rae 82, Hall 6/50) drew with BAR 405 (Weekes 123, Walcott 72, J Taylor 4/72) & 2/151 (Worrell 70*, Greenidge 51)

Gauteng-Transvaal vs Lahore @ Wanderers
GAT 224 (Rowan 63, Waite 56, Sarfraz 6/34) & 255 lost to LAH 306 (Imran 146*, Schwarz 5/54) & 5/174 (Imran 42*) by 5 wickets​

 

[eth-dog]

Pistol nearly got a 150? Jeez, Mumbai mustn't have much of an attack.

 

[The Speaker]

Pistol nearly got a 150? Jeez, Mumbai mustn't have much of an attack.

I think they just ran out of puff, Trumble nearly got a 50 as well. Most of the top order barely scored.

 

[The Speaker]

NSW and Surrey only managed one win from their two matches, but Lahore's win over Gauteng/Transvaal has kept them close.

                     W    T    D    L    P
Gauteng-Transvaal   22    0    3    9    69
Surrey              21    0    4    9    67
New South Wales     19    0    9    6    66
Lahore              18    0    8    8    62
KwaZulu-Natal       18    0    7    9    61
Yorkshire           19    0    3   12    60
Western Province    17    0    8    9    59
Victoria            14    0   15    5    57
Barbados            13    0   13    8    52
Auckland            13    0   10   11    49
Mumbai              11    0   11   12    44
Middlesex           10    0    9   15    39
Canterbury          10    0    8   16    38
Western Australia   10    0    5   19    35
Guyana               6    0   14   14    32
Sinhalese            8    0    7   19    31
Karachi              8    0    6   20    30
Jamaica              7    0    9   18    30
Karnataka            8    0    5   21    29
Mashonaland          4    0   14   16    26

 

[corbies]

Round 33
Victoria vs New South Wales @ MCG
NSW 247 & 6/575 (Bradman 234, Waugh 92, Border 82) drew with VIC 396 (Armstrong 80)​

Typical Bradman playing for his own stats here. Probably could have had a dip at them when the lead got to 250-300.

 

[The Speaker]

Typical Bradman playing for his own stats here. Probably could have had a dip at them when the lead got to 250-300.

The game never when it happens but it calculates rain for some matches, so that may have played a part.

 

[The Speaker]

Round 35
Jamaica vs New South Wales @ Sabina Park
NSW 427 (Bradman 106, Simpson 94, Morris 64, Trumper 62, Walsh 6/80) & 1/116 d. JAM 239 (Gayle 55, Headley 51, Turner 6/101) & 303 (f.o.) (Gayle 65, Rae 51, McGrath 4/86) by 9 wickets

Gauteng-Transvaal vs Auckland @ Wanderers
GAT 359 (Barlow 129, Faulkner 67, Cowie 5/88) & 9/272 dec. (Cook 70, Rowan 69, A Adams 4/50) drew with AKL 242 (B Sutcliffe 53, I Smith 52*, Adcock 4/53) & 6/317 (Guptill 122, Wallace 74)

Surrey vs New South Wales @ The Oval
NSW 286 (Macartney 71, Lohmann 6/59) & 139 (T Richardson 5/34) lost to SUR 286 (May 59, Hayward 57, O'Reilly 5/84) & 3/143 (May 76*) by 7 wickets

Sinhalese vs Auckland @ Sinhalese Sports Club​

Auckland versus Sinhalese

Auckland
 MH Richardson                lbw      b DNT Zoysa             47 (80)
 MD Crowe                     lbw      b KTGD Prasad            1 (12)
 BN Sutcliffe                 lbw      b SMSM Senanayake       14 (33)
 WM Wallace                            b SMSM Senanayake       18 (45)
 JF Reid                      lbw      b KTGD Prasad           24 (48)
 JG Bracewell                          b KTGD Prasad           42 (46)
 IDS Smith         stPB Dassanayake    b SMSM Senanayake       27 (41)
 AR Adams          c FDM Karunaratne   b SMSM Senanayake       18 (24)
 HJ Howarth        stPB Dassanayake    b SMSM Senanayake        0 (1)
 DK Morrison                       c & b SMSM Senanayake        0 (1)
 J Cowie                        not out                         1 (1)
 Extras        ( w6 b5 lb12 )        23

    Total (from 56 overs)    215 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-7  2-51  3-87  4-102  5-137  6-166  7-208  8-208  9-208  10-215  

Bowling Figures for Sinhalese

                  O    M    R    W
KTGD Prasad      17    2   87    3    
DNT Zoysa        10    0   24    1    
CRD Fernando     10    0   37    0    
SMSM Senanayake  18    7   50    6    

Sinhalese
 FDM Karunaratne              lbw      b J Cowie               10 (6)
 NT Paranavitana              lbw      b AR Adams              14 (15)
 MS Atapattu       c AR Adams          b DK Morrison           39 (87)
 DPMD Jayawardene             lbw      b DK Morrison           26 (72)
 A Ranatunga       c WM Wallace        b HJ Howarth            10 (44)
 LRD Mendis        c IDS Smith         b AR Adams              45 (57)
 PB Dassanayake    stIDS Smith         b JG Bracewell          56 (113)
 SMSM Senanayake                not out                        55 (105)
 DNT Zoysa                      run out                         0 (2)
 KTGD Prasad       c IDS Smith         b J Cowie                1 (12)
 CRD Fernando                          b J Cowie                0 (2)
 Extras        ( w3 nb1 b2 lb10 )        16

    Total (from 86 overs)    272 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-10  2-28  3-87  4-98  5-147  6-163  7-265  8-265  9-272  10-272  

Bowling Figures for Auckland

                  O    M    R    W
J Cowie          19    4   73    3    
AR Adams         23    6   90    2    
DK Morrison      14    5   46    2    
JG Bracewell     10    2   29    1    
HJ Howarth       19   10   22    1    

Auckland
 MH Richardson                lbw      b DNT Zoysa             66 (109)
 MD Crowe          c LRD Mendis        b SMSM Senanayake       55 (70)
 BN Sutcliffe                      c & b DNT Zoysa              1 (2)
 WM Wallace        c PB Dassanayake    b DNT Zoysa              0 (11)
 JF Reid           c DPMD Jayawardene  b SMSM Senanayake        8 (13)
 JG Bracewell                          b SMSM Senanayake       11 (17)
 IDS Smith                             b KTGD Prasad           37 (63)
 AR Adams                       not out                        42 (80)
 HJ Howarth        c A Ranatunga       b KTGD Prasad            0 (1)
 DK Morrison       c SMSM Senanayake   b KTGD Prasad            4 (4)
 J Cowie           c DPMD Jayawardene  b DNT Zoysa             13 (21)
 Extras        ( nb1 b14 lb5 )        20

    Total (from 66 overs)    257 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-93  2-96  3-102  4-123  5-153  6-163  7-213  8-213  9-219  10-257  

Bowling Figures for Sinhalese

                  O    M    R    W
KTGD Prasad      15    3   74    3    
DNT Zoysa        16    2   60    4    
CRD Fernando     14    4   39    0    
SMSM Senanayake  18    3   64    3    
A Ranatunga       2    1    1    0    

Sinhalese
 FDM Karunaratne   c BN Sutcliffe      b JG Bracewell          37 (101)
 NT Paranavitana              lbw      b J Cowie               59 (116)
 MS Atapattu       c WM Wallace        b JG Bracewell           0 (2)
 DPMD Jayawardene  stIDS Smith         b HJ Howarth            14 (72)
 A Ranatunga       c IDS Smith         b J Cowie               12 (14)
 LRD Mendis        c DK Morrison       b J Cowie               17 (44)
 PB Dassanayake    c JG Bracewell      b HJ Howarth            11 (25)
 SMSM Senanayake   c JF Reid           b HJ Howarth            12 (21)
 DNT Zoysa                 hit wkt     b HJ Howarth            16 (25)
 KTGD Prasad                    not out                        11 (21)
 CRD Fernando                   not out                         1 (3)
 Extras        ( w3 nb3 b1 lb9 )        16

    Total (from 74 overs)    206 - 9
Fall of wickets:
1-89  2-89  3-113  4-130  5-145  6-153  7-172  8-177  9-199  

Bowling Figures for Auckland

                  O    M    R    W
J Cowie          24   10   67    3    
AR Adams          5    0   26    0    
DK Morrison       9    1   28    0    
JG Bracewell     12    4   19    2    
HJ Howarth       24    7   56    4    

Sinhalese beat Auckland by 1 wicket
Man of the match is SMSM Senanayake

Western Australia vs Surrey @ WACA Ground
SUR 353 (Abel 81, Edrich 61, Ramprakash 53) & 142 (Lillee 4/35) lost to WA 182 (Hughes 55, Lohmann 4/54) & 436 (f.o.) (Langer 121, Moody 88*, T Richardson 8/141)

Mashonaland vs Sinhalese @ Harare Sports Club
SIN 295 (Karunaratne 78, Mendis 57, Price 5/60) & 261 (Dassanayake 88, Mendis 71, Jarvis 4/94) d. MAS 170 (Prasad 4/50) & 136 (Zoysa 4/26) by 250 runs

Karnataka vs Western Australia @ M. Chinnaswarmy Stadium
WA 226 (Chandrasekhar 4/61) & 378 (Hughes 103, Katich 89, Moody 66, Kumble 4/78) lost to KRN 6/488 dec. (Dravid 200, Rahul 107) & 3/117 (Dravid 52) by 7 wickets

Yorkshire vs Mashonaland @ Headingley
YOR 247 (Jackson 74, Brandes 4/46) & 526 (Hutton 112, Boycott 104, Jackson 100, Jarvis 4/115) drew with MAS 506 (Goodwin 134, Houghton 82, Taibu 50) & 2/65

Middlesex vs Karnataka @ Lord's
MID 452 (Hendren 129*, Compton 95, Robertson 85) d. KRN 250 (Rahul 115*, Titmus 4/57) & 96 (f.o.) (Allen 5/42) by an innings and 106 runs

Karachi vs Yorkshire @ National Stadium
YOR 389 (H Sutcliffe 140) d. KAR 98 (Trueman 6/39) & 263 (f.o.) (Mushtaq 77, Hanif 67, Illingworth 4/23) by an innings and 28 runs​

 

[The Speaker]

Round 36
Western Province vs Middlesex @ Newlands
MID 425 (Robertson 143, Compton 94, Gatting 81, Hobson 4/69) & 5/254 dec. (Robertson 71) drew with WP 312 (Gibbs 100, G Kirsten 83, Moss 5/72) & 7/295 (Gibbs 73, Duminy 56*, JT Hearne 4/39)

KwaZulu-Natal vs Karachi @ Kingsmead
KAR 220 (Mushtaq 57*, Procter 4/41) & 217 (Mushtaq 57, Procter 4/34) lost to KZN 546 (Amla 130, Goddard 106, Richards 69, Irvine 58, H Taylor 54, Sami 4/149) by an innings and 109 runs

Canterbury vs Western Province @ Hagley Oval​

Canterbury
 SP Fleming                        c & b GS Le Roux             3 (19)
 NJ Astle                              b VD Philander          34 (53)
 MP Donnelly                  lbw      b JM Blanckenberg       39 (61)
 CZ Harris         c PN Kirsten        b CR Matthews           87 (165)
 WA Hadlee         c AJ Lamb           b CR Matthews            8 (27)
 CD McMillan       c HB Cameron        b VD Philander          95 (158)
 LK Germon         c GS Le Roux        b VD Philander           3 (14)
 RJ Hadlee         c HB Cameron        b GS Le Roux            21 (48)
 SE Bond           c HB Cameron        b VD Philander           0 (4)
 RC Motz           c HB Cameron        b VD Philander           0 (2)
 TB Burtt                       not out                        12 (33)
 Extras        ( w5 nb1 b4 lb10 )        20

    Total (from 98 overs)    322 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-12  2-71  3-83  4-103  5-266  6-283  7-292  8-292  9-292  10-322  

Bowling Figures for Western Province

                  O    M    R    W
GS Le Roux       19    8   58    2    
VD Philander     26   11   41    5    
CR Matthews      22    7   77    2    
JM Blanckenberg  19    1   77    1    
JH Kallis        11    0   55    0    

Western Province
 HH Gibbs          c LK Germon         b RJ Hadlee             0 (2)
 G Kirsten                    lbw      b SE Bond               0 (14)
 JH Kallis                    lbw      b SE Bond               6 (22)
 AJ Lamb           c SE Bond           b RJ Hadlee             8 (18)
 PN Kirsten        c LK Germon         b CZ Harris            77 (177)
 JP Duminy         c WA Hadlee         b RC Motz               8 (26)
 HB Cameron        c LK Germon         b CZ Harris            15 (50)
 JM Blanckenberg   c LK Germon         b RC Motz              24 (63)
 VD Philander      c RJ Hadlee         b TB Burtt             38 (64)
 GS Le Roux        c LK Germon         b RC Motz               6 (33)
 CR Matthews                    not out                        3 (12)
 Extras        ( b1 lb8 )        9

    Total (from 81 overs)    194 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-0  2-6  3-13  4-19  5-46  6-95  7-140  8-156  9-183  10-194  

Bowling Figures for Canterbury

                  O    M    R    W
RJ Hadlee        16    5   38    2    
SE Bond          17    6   28    2    
RC Motz          22    8   50    3    
TB Burtt         14    2   39    1    
CZ Harris        11    4   30    2    

Canterbury
 SP Fleming                   lbw      b GS Le Roux             0 (8)
 NJ Astle          c JM Blanckenberg   b VD Philander           0 (3)
 MP Donnelly       c HB Cameron        b VD Philander          57 (71)
 CZ Harris         c HB Cameron        b GS Le Roux             2 (12)
 WA Hadlee                             b GS Le Roux            11 (11)
 CD McMillan                  lbw      b JM Blanckenberg       24 (87)
 LK Germon         c G Kirsten         b CR Matthews            7 (31)
 RJ Hadlee                             b JM Blanckenberg        5 (13)
 SE Bond           c HB Cameron        b VD Philander          23 (62)
 RC Motz           c JP Duminy         b CR Matthews           10 (22)
 TB Burtt                       not out                         9 (26)
 Extras        ( w3 b2 lb4 )        9

    Total (from 58 overs)    157 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-0  2-0  3-14  4-34  5-84  6-97  7-108  8-113  9-134  10-157  

Bowling Figures for Western Province

                  O    M    R    W
GS Le Roux       10    4   35    3    
VD Philander     11    4   35    3    
CR Matthews      16    3   29    2    
JM Blanckenberg  15    3   42    2    
JH Kallis         5    1   10    0    

Western Province
 HH Gibbs                     lbw      b RC Motz                9 (39)
 G Kirsten         c CD McMillan       b RJ Hadlee             18 (48)
 JH Kallis                             b RJ Hadlee             11 (20)
 AJ Lamb           c SE Bond           b RC Motz               75 (130)
 PN Kirsten        c LK Germon         b SE Bond               19 (42)
 JP Duminy                         c & b SE Bond               12 (31)
 HB Cameron                        c & b RJ Hadlee             68 (86)
 JM Blanckenberg                       b TB Burtt              16 (20)
 VD Philander      c SP Fleming        b RC Motz                1 (3)
 GS Le Roux                     not out                        18 (44)
 CR Matthews       c SP Fleming        b RJ Hadlee              0 (1)
 Extras        ( w8 nb1 b1 lb7 )        17

    Total (from 78 overs)    264 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-29  2-39  3-40  4-65  5-119  6-196  7-217  8-218  9-264  10-264  

Bowling Figures for Canterbury

                  O    M    R    W
RJ Hadlee        17    8   32    4    
SE Bond          17    1   73    2    
RC Motz          22    4   95    3    
TB Burtt         20    3   51    1    
CZ Harris         1    0    5    0    

Canterbury beat Western Province by 21 runs
Man of the match is HB Cameron

Guyana vs KwaZulu-Natal @ Bourda
KZN 512 (Goddard 210*, Procter 88) & 1/194 (Amla 97*, McGlew 74*) drew with GUY 5/546 dec. (Lloyd 139, Kallicharan 130, Fredericks 120)

Mumbai vs Canterbury @ Wankhede Stadium
CAN 402 (W Hadlee 91, Germon 87, Ghavri 4/83, Zaheer 4/116) & 5/258 dec. (Fleming 94, Harris 64*) d. MUM 261 (Mankad 67, Merchant 58) & 247 (Tendulkar 64, Vengsarkar 53, R Hadlee 4/38, Motz 4/46) by 152 runs

Barbados vs Guyana @ Kensington Oval
BAR 355 (Walcott 88, Haynes 67, Trim 4/66) & 194 (Croft 4/76) lost to GUY 416 (Lloyd 149, Butcher 89, Christiani 58, Marshall 5/74) & 5/137 by 5 wickets

Lahore vs Mumbai @ Gaddafi Stadium​

Mumbai
 VM Merchant       c Imtiaz Ahmed      b Wasim Akram           66 (134)
 SM Gavaskar       c Wasim Akram       b Abdul Qadir           20 (64)
 DB Vengsarkar     c Azhar Ali         b Abdul Qadir            0 (2)
 SR Tendulkar      c Majid Khan        b Saqlain Mushtaq       13 (24)
 PR Umrigar        stImtiaz Ahmed      b Saqlain Mushtaq       19 (65)
 MH Mankad         c Imtiaz Ahmed      b Saqlain Mushtaq        1 (7)
 FM Engineer                           b Saqlain Mushtaq        4 (9)
 KD Ghavri                      not out                        23 (16)
 Zaheer Khan       c Azhar Ali         b Saqlain Mushtaq        8 (15)
 PK Shivalkar      stImtiaz Ahmed      b Saqlain Mushtaq        0 (5)
 SP Gupte                     lbw      b Imran Khan             0 (6)
 Extras        ( w2 lb12 )        14

    Total (from 58 overs)    168 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-55  2-55  3-78  4-119  5-120  6-126  7-137  8-157  9-165  10-168  

Bowling Figures for Lahore

                  O    M    R    W
Wasim Akram      12    2   26    1    
Imran Khan       10    4   22    1    
Fazal Mahmood    10    1   29    0    
Abdul Qadir      10    2   37    2    
Saqlain Mushtaq  15    6   42    6    

Lahore
 Mudassar Nazar                        b Zaheer Khan           19 (27)
 Azhar Ali         c VM Merchant       b KD Ghavri             42 (131)
 Majid Khan        c SM Gavaskar       b KD Ghavri             52 (99)
 Mohammad Yousuf           hit wkt     b KD Ghavri             26 (16)
 Salim Malik       c DB Vengsarkar     b PK Shivalkar          56 (121)
 Imran Khan        c FM Engineer       b SP Gupte               6 (18)
 Imtiaz Ahmed      c FM Engineer       b SP Gupte              19 (40)
 Wasim Akram       c DB Vengsarkar     b PK Shivalkar           5 (9)
 Fazal Mahmood     c FM Engineer       b MH Mankad             17 (26)
 Abdul Qadir       c DB Vengsarkar     b PK Shivalkar           0 (4)
 Saqlain Mushtaq                not out                         0 (4)
 Extras        ( w1 b2 lb7 )        10

    Total (from 83 overs)    252 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-38  2-119  3-122  4-147  5-164  6-222  7-229  8-252  9-252  10-252  

Bowling Figures for Mumbai

                  O    M    R    W
Zaheer Khan      12    1   52    1    
KD Ghavri        12    2   45    3    
SP Gupte         24    5   66    2    
PK Shivalkar     22    6   66    3    
MH Mankad        12    6   14    1    

Mumbai
 VM Merchant                           b Saqlain Mushtaq       24 (54)
 SM Gavaskar                  lbw      b Fazal Mahmood         39 (80)
 DB Vengsarkar                lbw      b Fazal Mahmood         130 (268)
 SR Tendulkar      c Imtiaz Ahmed      b Fazal Mahmood         23 (57)
 PR Umrigar        c Mohammad Yousuf   b Saqlain Mushtaq       49 (128)
 MH Mankad         c Imtiaz Ahmed      b Fazal Mahmood         89 (156)
 FM Engineer                  lbw      b Imran Khan            21 (33)
 KD Ghavri         c Fazal Mahmood     b Abdul Qadir           16 (44)
 Zaheer Khan       c Mudassar Nazar    b Abdul Qadir            0 (1)
 PK Shivalkar      c Azhar Ali         b Fazal Mahmood          1 (9)
 SP Gupte                       not out                         1 (27)
 Extras        ( w12 nb4 b10 lb23 )        49

    Total (from 143 overs)    442 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-50  2-92  3-131  4-263  5-327  6-358  7-413  8-413  9-420  10-442  

Bowling Figures for Lahore

                  O    M    R    W
Wasim Akram      28    9   90    0    
Imran Khan       24    5   73    1    
Fazal Mahmood    34   15   74    5    
Abdul Qadir      33    9   89    2    
Saqlain Mushtaq  23    3   83    2    

Lahore
 Mudassar Nazar                    c & b PK Shivalkar          49 (122)
 Azhar Ali         c FM Engineer       b SP Gupte              20 (44)
 Majid Khan                            b Zaheer Khan            4 (16)
 Mohammad Yousuf                       b PK Shivalkar         109 (215)
 Salim Malik       c VM Merchant       b MH Mankad             99 (163)
 Imran Khan        c VM Merchant       b PK Shivalkar           8 (10)
 Imtiaz Ahmed      c DB Vengsarkar     b Zaheer Khan           21 (39)
 Wasim Akram                  lbw      b PK Shivalkar           2 (10)
 Fazal Mahmood     c SR Tendulkar      b PK Shivalkar           2 (10)
 Abdul Qadir                    not out                        11 (14)
 Saqlain Mushtaq                not out                         4 (1)
 Extras        ( w4 nb2 b4 lb21 )        31

    Total (from 108 overs)    360 - 9
Fall of wickets:
1-38  2-47  3-117  4-304  5-308  6-320  7-331  8-339  9-356  

Bowling Figures for Mumbai

                  O    M    R    W
Zaheer Khan      20    2   84    2    
KD Ghavri        12    7   21    0    
SP Gupte         29    8   74    1    
PK Shivalkar     22    5   81    5    
MH Mankad        24    6   75    1    

Lahore beat Mumbai by 1 wicket
Man of the match is Saqlain Mushtaq

Victoria vs Barbados @ MCG
BAR 6/617 (Walcott 200*, Haynes 103, Sobers 85, Weekes 70) drew with VIC 361 (Ponsford 117, Ryder 83) & 7/330 (Armstrong 71*, Miller 70)

Jamaica vs Lahore @ Sabina Park
LAH 305 (Yousuf 109, Walsh 4/68) & 303 (Nazar 108, Yousuf 50, Walsh 4/59) lost to JAM 417 (Headley 123, Rae 68, Gayle 55, Imran 5/81) & 4/192 (Rae 83, Headley 53*) by 6 wickets

Gauteng-Transvaal vs Victoria
VIC 290 (Harvey 77, Ryder 57, Woodfull 54) & 243 (Trumble 53, Adcock 5/56) lost to GAT 363 (Rice 98, Barlow 81, Cook 58, Armstrong 4/55, Trumble 4/57) & 4/171 (Rice 50*) by 6 wickets​

 

[The Speaker]

With only two rounds to go, everyone's gunning for Gauteng. Victoria missed a prime opportunity to keep them in place.

                     W    T    D    L    P
Gauteng-Transvaal   23    0    4    9    73
Surrey              22    0    4   10    70
New South Wales     20    0    9    7    69
KwaZulu-Natal       19    0    8    9    65
Lahore              19    0    8    9    65
Yorkshire           20    0    4   12    64
Western Province    17    0    9   10    60
Victoria            14    0   16    6    58
Barbados            13    0   14    9    53
Auckland            13    0   11   12    50
Canterbury          12    0    8   16    44
Mumbai              11    0   11   14    44
Middlesex           11    0   10   15    43
Western Australia   11    0    5   20    38
Sinhalese           10    0    7   19    37
Guyana               7    0   15   14    36
Jamaica              8    0    9   19    33
Karnataka            9    0    5   22    32
Karachi              8    0    6   22    30
Mashonaland          4    0   15   17    27

 

[The Speaker]

Round 37
Gauteng-Transvaal vs New South Wales @ Wanderers​

New South Wales
 AR Morris         c JHB Waite         b CEB Rice              21 (43)
 RB Simpson                            b AE Hall                9 (35)
 DG Bradman                            b GA Faulkner           66 (104)
 VT Trumper        c AJ Kourie         b AE Hall                9 (12)
 SR Waugh          c NAT Adcock        b RO Schwarz            61 (120)
 CG Macartney                      c & b AE Hall               11 (32)
 AK Davidson       c JHB Waite         b NAT Adcock            18 (44)
 WAS Oldfield                 lbw      b EJ Barlow             41 (34)
 CTB Turner                   lbw      b EJ Barlow              0 (1)
 WJ O'Reilly       c JHB Waite         b EJ Barlow              0 (3)
 GD McGrath                     not out                         3 (3)
 Extras        ( nb2 b4 lb2 )        8

    Total (from 72 overs)    247 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-29  2-41  3-53  4-151  5-177  6-189  7-237  8-237  9-237  10-247  

Bowling Figures for Gauteng-Transvaal

                  O    M    R    W
NAT Adcock       16    2   49    1    
AE Hall          18    4   52    3    
CEB Rice          5    0   31    1    
RO Schwarz       15    1   63    1    
GA Faulkner      10    4   26    1    
EJ Barlow         7    2   20    3    

Gauteng-Transvaal
 EJ Barlow         c CG Macartney      b CTB Turner             2 (13)
 SJ Cook                               b AK Davidson            0 (3)
 B Mitchell                            b CTB Turner            13 (45)
 GA Faulkner       c AK Davidson       b CTB Turner            19 (36)
 CEB Rice                     lbw      b CTB Turner             4 (16)
 AJ Kourie         c SR Waugh          b GD McGrath             0 (5)
 DT Lindsay        c WAS Oldfield      b GD McGrath             0 (1)
 JHB Waite                      run out                         0 (10)
 RO Schwarz                            b CTB Turner            12 (16)
 NAT Adcock        c AK Davidson       b GD McGrath             4 (10)
 AE Hall                        not out                         4 (2)
 Extras        ( w6 nb2 b4 )        12

    Total (from 27 overs)    70 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-2  2-8  3-38  4-45  5-46  6-46  7-46  8-46  9-66  10-70  

Bowling Figures for New South Wales

                  O    M    R    W
CTB Turner       13    4   29    5    
AK Davidson       4    1   10    1    
GD McGrath        9    2   27    3    

Gauteng-Transvaal (Following on)
 EJ Barlow         c DG Bradman        b RB Simpson            58 (188)
 SJ Cook           c VT Trumper        b GD McGrath            10 (50)
 B Mitchell        c AR Morris         b GD McGrath            25 (42)
 GA Faulkner       c CG Macartney      b WJ O'Reilly          128 (197)
 CEB Rice                     lbw      b CTB Turner            17 (49)
 AJ Kourie         c CG Macartney      b CTB Turner             9 (26)
 DT Lindsay                     not out                        45 (96)
 JHB Waite                             b GD McGrath             8 (42)
 RO Schwarz                   lbw      b GD McGrath             0 (2)
 NAT Adcock                        c & b RB Simpson            29 (39)
 AE Hall           c WAS Oldfield      b RB Simpson             5 (22)
 Extras        ( w15 nb1 b5 lb26 )        47

    Total (from 126 overs)    381 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-24  2-66  3-202  4-267  5-294  6-294  7-324  8-324  9-371  10-381  

Bowling Figures for New South Wales

                  O    M    R    W
CTB Turner       29   10   65    2    
AK Davidson      24    6   80    0    
GD McGrath       31    6  112    4    
WJ O'Reilly      20    6   64    1    
RB Simpson       18    6   28    3    
CG Macartney      3    2    1    0    

New South Wales
 AR Morris                             b AE Hall               43 (79)
 RB Simpson                   lbw      b CEB Rice              24 (44)
 DG Bradman        c RO Schwarz        b GA Faulkner           31 (61)
 VT Trumper        c CEB Rice          b AE Hall                9 (15)
 SR Waugh          c EJ Barlow         b GA Faulkner           23 (15)
 CG Macartney      c JHB Waite         b AE Hall               22 (55)
 AK Davidson                  lbw      b GA Faulkner           14 (23)
 WAS Oldfield                   not out                        11 (50)
 CTB Turner        c JHB Waite         b AE Hall                7 (17)
 WJ O'Reilly                  lbw      b AE Hall                0 (3)
 GD McGrath        c NAT Adcock        b AE Hall                4 (2)
 Extras        ( nb1 b3 lb4 )        8

    Total (from 61 overs)    196 All out
Fall of wickets:
1-57  2-91  3-103  4-132  5-141  6-161  7-182  8-192  9-192  10-196  

Bowling Figures for Gauteng-Transvaal

                  O    M    R    W
NAT Adcock       14    6   32    0    
AE Hall          25    5   72    6    
CEB Rice          7    1   26    1    
RO Schwarz        3    0    8    0    
GA Faulkner      11    2   51    3    

Gauteng-Transvaal  beat New South Wales by 8 runs
Man of the match is GA Faulkner

Auckland vs New South Wales @ Eden Park
AKL 182 (Crowe 82*, Turner 5/38) & 224 (Guptill 54, Turner 7/63) lost to NSW 7/472 dec. (Bradman 124, Border 88, Simpson 82, Waugh 64, Cowie 5/128) by an innings

Surrey vs Auckland @ Eden Park
SUR 394 (Ramprakash 143, Hobbs 119, Cowie 4/86) & 7/272 dec. (Barrington 95) drew with AKL 358 (Crowe 79, Wallace 59, Guptill 55, Bedser 4/63) & 7/172 (Crowe 52, Lohmann 4/59)

Sinhalese vs Surrey @ Sinhalese Sports Club
SUR 202 (Hobbs 101, Zoysa 5/58, Senanayake 4/75) & 327 (Edrich 90, Fernando 4/57) d. SIN 313 (Paranavitana 109, Atapattu 60, Lohmann 5/87, T Richardson 4/66) & 117 (Lohmann 8/39) by 99 runs

Western Australia vs Sinhalese @ WACA Ground
SIN 328 (Paranavitana 159*, Dassanayake 53, Lillee 5/98) & 244 (Ranatunga 74, Alderman 4/49) lost to WA 179 (Katich 50, Zoysa 4/80) & 6/396 (Katich 130, Martyn 109, Moody 59) by 4 wickets

Mashonaland vs Western Australia @ Harare Sports Club
MAS 388 (Masakadza 129, Taylor 62*, B Reid 5/126) & 189 (Taibu 66*, Lillee 5/55) lost to WA 414 (Langer 114, Marsh 58, Katich 56, Martyn 55, Hussey 53, Jarvis 5/103) & 7/165 (Martyn 61) by 3 wickets

Karnataka vs Mashonaland @ M. Chinnaswarmy Stadium
KRN 145 (Price 4/25) & 203 (Vishanath 63, B Strang 7/24) lost to MAS 151 (Srinath 4/23) & 7/199 by 3 wickets

Yorkshire vs Karnataka @ Headingley
YOR 403 (H Sutcliffe 86, Rhodes 83*, Hirst 74) & 3/266 (Boycott 141*, Root 80) d. KRN 260 (Subramanya 97, Hirst 4/42) & 172 by 237 runs

Middlesex vs Yorkshire @ Lord's
YOR 349 (Boycott 60) & 258 (Boycott 113, Titmus 5/43) d. MID 218 (Titmus 52, Trueman 4/38, Jackson 4/48) & 234 (JW Hearne 79*, Hirst 4/51)

Karachi vs Middlesex @ National Stadium
KAR 324 (Anwar 80, Hanif 69) & 9/291 (Hanif 134, Shoaib 63, Moss 4/74) d. MID 211 (Qasim 5/52) & 228 (Edrich 73) by 176 runs​

 

[The Speaker]

Round 38
Western Province vs Karachi @ Newlands
WP 275 (Cameron 50, Qasim 4/70) & 294 (Lamb 94, Kallis 70) d. KAR 253 (Miandad 60, Mushtaq 57, Blanckenberg 5/67) & 167 (Hobson 4/43) by 167 runs

KwaZulu-Natal vs Western Province @ Kingsmead
KZN 382 (Goddard 128, Nourse 66, Irvine 54, Kallis 4/77) & 3/230 dec. (Richards 79, Amla 62) drew with WP 8/388 dec. (P Kirsten 61, Duminy 58, Le Roux 56*, Philander 54*, Lamb 51) & 3/188 (Gibbs 60)

Canterbury vs KwaZulu-Natal @ Hagley Oval
KZN 298 (McGlew 126, Nourse 56) & 186 (Irvine 66*, R Hadlee 4/61) lost to CAN 385 (Harris 72, Astle 68, Germon 57, Fleming 55, van der Bijl 5/66) & 0/100 (Fleming 52*) by 10 wickets

Guyana vs Canterbury @ Bourda
CAN 402 (Donnelly 180, Germon 67) & 6/248 dec. (Harris 64*, Astle 57, Donnelly 56) drew with GUY 427 (Hooper 104*, Kanhai 80, Bond 5/113) & 6/167 (Motz 4/39)

Mumbai vs Guyana @ Wankhede Stadium
MUM 358 (Ghavri 69, Umrigar 68, Merchant 67, Gavaskar 56, Croft 4/95) & 6/358 (Engineer 123*, Tendulkar 104) drew with GUY 9/536 dec. (Fredericks 180, Christiani 68*, Shivalkar 4/148)

Barbados vs Mumbai @ Kensington Oval
BAR 385 (Weekes 132, Hunte 84, Sobers 53, Desai 5/64) & 6/284 dec. (Greenidge 59) d. MUM 257 (Gavaskar 114, Worrell 5/38) & 355 (Merchant 132, Garner 6/76) by 57 runs

Lahore vs Barbados @ Gaddafi Stadium
LAH 173 (Marshall 4/61) & 229 (Yousuf 62, Griffith 5/35) lost to BAR 208 (Weekes 53) & 4/195 by 6 wickets

Victoria vs Lahore @ MCG
VIC 309 (Ponsford 53) & 8/426 dec. (Hassett 121, Ponsford 119, Armstrong 56) drew with LAH 355 (Yousuf 92, Malik 52) & 4/300 (Azhar 84, Yousuf 63)

Jamaica vs Victoria @ Sabina Park
VIC 274 (Woodfull 74, Ponsford 72) & 398 (Ponsford 85, Hassett 67, Ryder 61, Jones 56, Holding 4/67) drew with JAM 227 (O Smith 80, J Adams 75, Reiffel 8/42) & 6/439 (Headley 144, O Smith 92, Gayle 55)

Gauteng-Transvaal vs Jamaica @ Wanderers
JAM 162 (Adcock 4/44) & 271 (Headley 73, Rae 70) lost to GAT 194 (Faulkner 52) & 6/240 (Cook 73) by 4 wickets​

 

[The Speaker]

Final Standings

                     W    T    D    L    P
Gauteng-Transvaal   25    0    4    9    79
Surrey              23    0    5   10    74
New South Wales     21    0    9    8    72
Yorkshire           22    0    4   12    70
KwaZulu-Natal       19    0    9   10    66
Lahore              19    0    9   10    66
Western Province    18    0   10   10    64
Victoria            14    0   18    6    60
Barbados            15    0   14    9    59
Auckland            13    0   11   14    50
Canterbury          13    0    9   16    48
Mumbai              11    0   12   15    45
Western Australia   13    0    5   20    44
Middlesex           11    0   10   17    43
Sinhalese           10    0    7   21    37
Guyana               7    0   14   17    35
Jamaica              8    0   10   20    34
Karachi              9    0    6   23    33
Karnataka            9    0    5   24    32
Mashonaland          5    0   15   18    30

 

[eth-dog]

How about a modern day one? Top 2 from all 12 test nations?

 

[The Speaker]

Top 25 Batsmen
1. DG Bradman (New South Wales) - 5547 runs @ 102.72
2. VM Merchant (Mumbai) - 4360 runs @ 65.07
3. GA Headley (Jamaica) - 4162 runs @ 62.12
4. SM Katich (Western Australia) - 3549 runs @ 53.77
5. MW Goodwin (Mashonaland) - 3353 runs @ 47.23
6. H Sutcliffe (Yorkshire) - 3277 runs @ 48.19
7. A Flower (Mashonaland) - 3266 runs @ 51.03
8. WH Ponsford (Victoria) - 3214 runs @ 52.69
9. S Chanderpaul (Guyana) - 3209 runs @ 49.37
10. JH Kallis (Western Province) - 3175 runs @ 45.36
11. DCS Compton (Middlesex) - 3161 runs @ 45.81
12. RB Simpson (New South Wales) - 3158 runs @ 50.94
13. MD Crowe (Auckland) - 3124 runs @ 45.28
14. KL Rahul (Karnataka) - 3028 runs @ 41.48
15. SP Fleming (Canterbury) - 3018 runs @ 43.74
16. CL Walcott (Barbados) - 3013 runs @ 54.78
17. Majid Khan (Lahore) - 2998 runs @ 43.45
18. SR Tendulkar (Mumbai) - 2982 runs @ 43.85
19. MS Atapattu (SSC) - 2978 runs @ 42.54
20. FDM Karunaratne (SSC) - 2959 runs @ 41.10
21. DB Vengsarkar (Mumbai) - 2941 runs @ 42.01
22. Javed Miandad (Karachi) - 2936 runs @ 48.13
23. WM Woodfull (Victoria) - 2900 runs @ 47.54
24. JB Hobbs (Surrey) - 2870 runs @ 42.21
25. MP Donnelly (Canterbury) - 2842 runs @ 45.11

Top 25 Bowlers
1. GA Lohmann (Surrey) - 224 wickets @ 20.90
2. T Richardson (Surrey) - 214 wickets @ 23.18
3. CTB Turner (New South Wales) - 212 wickets @ 22.38
4. J Garner (Barbados) - 188 wickets @ 23.42
5. J Cowie (Auckland) - 176 wickets @ 29.03
6. SE Bond (Canterbury) - 173 wickets @ 25.50
7. AE Hall (Gauteng-Transvaal) - 169 wickets @ 25.04
8. MJ Procter (KwaZulu-Natal) - 169 wickets @ 27.08
9. RJ Hadlee (Canterbury) - 168 wickets @ 28.49
10. NAT Adcock (Gauteng-Transvaal) - 165 wickets @ 25.15
11. AA Adams (Auckland) - 164 wickets @ 30.27
12. DK Lillee (Western Australia) - 163 wickets @ 33.27
13. CEH Croft (Guyana) - 163 wickets @ 36.80
14. MD Marshall (Barbados) - 160 wickets @ 27.01
15. VD Philander (Western Province) - 159 wickets @ 28.04
16. Wasim Akram (Lahore) - 158 wickets @ 29.83
17. WJ O'Reilly (New South Wales) - 157 wickets @ 26.67
18. MA Holding (Jamaica) - 157 wickets @ 31.12
19. SMSM Senanayake (SSC) - 150 wickets @ 25.33
20. KM Jarvis (Mashonaland) - 150 wickets @ 37.07
21. CA Walsh (Jamaica) - 147 wickets @ 31.71
22. SP Gupte (Mumbai) - 146 wickets @ 31.35
23. Iqbal Qasim (Karachi) - 145 wickets @ 31.89
24. FS Trueman (Yorkshire) - 143 wickets @ 27.29
25. AE Moss (Middlesex) - 142 wickets @ 28.25​

 

[Caesar]

McGrath looking like a liability for NSW. Wonder how they'd have gone with Lindwall instead.

 

[The Speaker]

McGrath looking like a liability for NSW. Wonder how they'd have gone with Lindwall instead.

The sim certainly seems biased towards high strike-rate bowlers ahead of good E/Rs. However, you raise something which is worth pointing out - in reality, the bigger the squad, the more likely NSW comes out on top. If this were a real tournament, you'd need something like an 18 man squad to play this many matches - injuries, poor form, etc. - and with every player the squad has to add, the further ahead NSW gets. When it's just 12 men, some of the other teams stand a better chance, and I would say Transvaal's balance is actually better. But once its gets to about 15 or 16, NSW is at an advantage because the four players they add in would comfortably fit in their first XI as well.

 

[Kyptastic]

Chappelli's waded into the debate

 

[Caesar]

Chappell really doesn’t like Steve Waugh, does he?

 

[corbies]

Chappelli's waded into the debate

Does Mark Waugh stand out as a real WTF selection to anyone else?

 

[Caesar]

Does Mark Waugh stand out as a real WTF selection to anyone else?

Chappelli hates Steve, thinks he was a shit captain and selfish cricketer. It’s not the first time he’s picked Mark at his expense on a list like this.

 

[eth-dog]

Chappelli is an idiot.

 

[The Speaker]

Chappelli's waded into the debate

I'll expect my cheque in the mail from ESPN.