Wildcats

Joining the ranks are young up and comer Lancashire spinner Simon Kerrigan


And experianced South African batsman Ashwell Prince


1.
2.
3.
4. AG Prince
5.
6.
7. MJ Prior (k)
8. TT Bresnan (c) (1)
9.
10. DW Steyn (2)
11. SC Kerrigan (4)

 

Azhar Ali joins the team on the back of a lovely 103 against SL today, our first batman for the Wildcats top order.

 

Stiffening up the top order, and providing a valuable keeping cover, it's Quinton de Kock.



1. Azhar Ali
2. Q de Kock
3.
4. AG Prince
5.
6.
7. MJ Prior (wk)
8. TT Bresnan (c) (1)
9.
10. DW Steyn (2)
11. SC Kerrigan (4)

 

Leicestershire batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan is the next man in, providing an ability to bat in most places down the order, as well as some handy part time spin. However he'll be batting at 3 for us.



1. Azhar Ali
2. Q de Kock
3. RR Sarwan (6)
4. AG Prince
5.
6.
7. MJ Prior (wk)
8. TT Bresnan (c) (1)
9.
10. DW Steyn (2)
11. SC Kerrigan (4)

 

David Masters completes our main bowling attack after being completely h4x with the ball over the past three seasons, enabling us to run through most teams with ease hopefully.



1. Azhar Ali
2. Q de Kock
3. RR Sarwan (6)
4. AG Prince
5.
6.
7. MJ Prior (wk)
8. TT Bresnan (c) (3)
9. DW Steyn (1)
10. DD Masters (2)
11. SC Kerrigan (4)

 

Since the 2010/11 season, our players' stats are as follows.

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Name			Matches	Runs	Average	Wickets	Average
1. Azhar Ali		51	2904	34.16	8	41.75
2. Quinton de Kock	18	1492	55.26			67c, 4s
3. Ramnaresh Sarwan	28	1482	32.22	2	63.5
4. Ashwell Prince	62	4231	45.01
5.
6.
7. Matt Prior		69	3181	37.87			195c, 15s
8. Tim Bresnan		34	883	24.53	118	28.75
9. Dale Steyn		30	419	14.96	144	22.58
10. David Masters	44	494	11.49	197	19.48
11. Simon Kerrigan	39	343	13.72	144	25.53

Masters WAG.

 

Haha, use Quinton's real stats ya bastard.

 

But he makes the team look good

 

Quinton's been utterly gun over the past year in the real stuff, tbf. Averaged 46ish last season which is amazing for the SA league, I'd be surprised if 5 guys averaged over 40.

 

That said, the batting on this team is a bit average, I feel.

 

Yeah, seeing as Prior/Ali have basically just been playing tests, they're going to look a little worse. Sarwan didn't have a great season last season or play much, year before he was great though. Prince is gun, de Kock has potential. Not the worst out there imo.

But who needs a good batting lineup when you can skittle the opposition every time :ninja:

 

Yeah but I felt the batting was weak before I saw the stats. De Kock will be much weaker than he actually is in this - he has one year of proper first class cricket behind him - he'll be a batting version of Cummins, only a bit better as he has the prank stuff. Beyond that you have two past-it batsmen (although in fairness Prince has been decent lately) and an average Test batsman. You don't have anyone you can really rely on for big runs, I feel - although that can be expected given you've completed your bowling attack. We're largely similar but the opposite. (Though our bowling is sex atm with Philander/Birch :ninja: )

 

Especially given Prior could easily bat at 6.