England Record Breakers Story

[clarky]

In this story 'im going to try and break nearly all individual records in Test Cricket with my England team.

Current Test Records:

Most Centurys by one batsman:

World Record: Sachin Tendulkar: 51

England: Wally Hammond, Geoff Boycott and Colin Cowdrey all with 22

Most career runs:

World Record: Sachin Tendulkar 14738 (according to wikipedia)

England: Graham Gooch 8900

Highest Career Average (more than 20 innings):

World Record: 99.94 Don Bradman (this is going to be a toughy)

England: Trott already averages more than anyone else according to the game so i already broke it!

Highest innings total:

World:Brian Lara 400*

England: Len Hutton 364

Bowling Records:

Most Test wickets:

World: Murali 800

England: Botham 383

Most 5 wickets innings:

World: Murali 67 (another toughie)

I dont know englands if any know it would be appreciated if you told me need to break some more Records.

Most 10 Wickets in match:

World: Murali 22

England: As far as i know its Sydney Burns with 7

Best Figures in a innings:

World/England: Laker 10-53 (Most difficult of them all i reckon)

Best Figures in a Match:

World/England: 19/90 Laker (actully this one could be the most difficult)


Going to post my squad selections in a bit and why I choose players for my Sri Lanka Sieres.

[Long Hop]

Interesting idea, there's some really difficult ones in there.

Think you'll need to pick a young spinner for every possible game if you're to get close to the bowling ones- Danny Briggs perhaps, or Borthwick at Durham.

If you can get anyone near Bradman's average I'll be amazed.

[clarky]

Squad for first Sri Lanka Test

Batsman Choosen:

Alastair Cook:
I choose him to break the English Record for Most Centurys as he only need 7 more centuries to break the record and should do it easily given he is only 26. I also back him to Smash Gooch's record of 8900 test runs and could perhaps challenge Sachins 14000 odd test runs if he performs out his skin for the next 10 years. (I'm a optimistic guy what can i say?).

Jonathon Trott:
I choose him to help make us a successful test team and to help us win matches while I blood in new youth players. Because I don't just want to break records i want to win series because who likes losing? He could also if he bats amazingly brilliant for a year or two challenge Don Bradmans Average. as i said i'm optimistic!

J Maneul:
He has a first class average of 52 and scored one hundred and had a 50 and has also been not out twice in 7 innings and there is room for improvement because he is only 20. He is also well suited to being a opening test batsmen because of his strong preferance to pace bowling.

Ben Stokes:
I see him as my answer to Paul Collingwood a guy who can bowl over with a older ball to save my fast bowler and he also has the abilty to take wickets with 2 5 wicket hauls in his first class career he is a handy guy with the ball. But i mainly brought him in because the guy can bat he averages 47 in First Class Cricket and has 4 100's and highscore of 166. And he will be around for a while seeing as though he is only 20.

Goodman:
This batsman doesnt have great First Class stats but i have hope he has scored a 144 in First Class Cricket which is his only century. His average in FC cricket is 41 which show he can score runs and at the age of 20 he has time to adapt to the longest form of the game.

Eoin Morgan:
He already has a test match century which show he can get runs in test cricket. But with a average in the 30s he has not he forfilled his potential at this level. But i think that his aggressive style of batting means he can take the game away from the opposition in a quick time which will hopefully mean he can help us win matches for us.

James Taylor:
Probaly Englands most talented up and comers with a First Class high score of 207* and with 7 first class hundreds and has a average of 44.83 in first class cricket and he could score more runs than gooch and Sachin if he stays in form and fit for most his career.


Wheater:
This is my most promising player i have to score more hundreds than Tendulkar as he averages 55.52 in FC cricket and has 3 100s and 9 50s in First Class cricket. And he is a Keeper as well which means he is more than useful to my side as he bring depth to my batting and fills a important position for my side heres hoping he is a sucsess.

Bowlers:

Steven Finn:
He has had 6 5 wickets Hauls and 1 10 wicket haul in first class cricket which makes him a good choice for my Test side. He also has taken a few test 5 5 wicket hauls which means he can take wickets at test level.

Toby Roland Jones:
A young pace bowler with a first class average 18.71 he is the currently one of Englands best pace bowlers at county level and a great choice for my team and good option to help me break muralis 10 wicket hauls record and perhaps 5 wicket haul record.

Danny Briggs:
Englands most promising spinners the Left arm spinner (who bowls chinaman acording to this game). He has taken 3 5 wicket hauls and has a Average of 24.75 in FC cricket. He is my best hope for breaking muralis 800 wickets but chances are he wont but he could if he devolps well and keeps fit.

Alex Jones:
A left arm pace man that is only 22 years old he has a average of 22.50 in FC and bowls at good economy in FC cricket. He will hopefully take a few wickets in tests and keep the oppositions scoring rate down and build pressure on the opposition to help my other bowlers to take wickets and he could help me win a few games.

[clarky]

Interesting idea, there's some really difficult ones in there.

Think you'll need to pick a young spinner for every possible game if you're to get close to the bowling ones- Danny Briggs perhaps, or Borthwick at Durham.

If you can get anyone near Bradman's average I'll be amazed.

I picked Briggs to help get muralis records.

And Bradmans going to be imposible to do but we will see what i can do this is going to take about 10 seasons to do it. Just as well im on summer holidays!

[clarky]

Sri Lanka Test Results And Analysis

1st Test Match:

England 1st Innings:

440 all out

J.Trott 213 J.Taylor 66 B.Stokes 60

T.Samaraweera 3 for 69


Sri Lanka 1st Innings:

233 all out

T.Roland-Jones 53-7 S.Finn 95-2 D.Briggs 30-1

T.Dilshan 48

Follow on Enforced


Sri Lanka 2nd Innings:

204 all out

T.Roland-Jones 98-4 A.Jones 49-3 D.Briggs 1-3 (Yes three wickets)

T.Samaraweera 72


England beat Sri lanka by an innings and 3 Runs



2nd Test Match:

Sri Lanka 1st Innings:

255 all out

C.Woakes 81-5 D.Briggs 39-2 T.Roland-Jones 58-2

A.Matthews


England 1st Innings:

266 all out

C.Woakes 87 J.Trott 49 A.Cook 37

N.Kulesakara 48-3


Sri Lanka 2nd Innings:

440/7 Declared

T.Roland-Jones 169-3 D.Briggs 35-2 C.Woakes 77-1

K.Sangakara 218

England 2nd Innings:

A.Cook 93* J.Trott 67* J.Manuel 6


D.Fernado 38-1


Match Drawn


3rd Test Match:

Sri lanka 1st Innings:

248 all out

T.Roland-Jones 68-5 S.Finn 99-3 D.Briggs 17-1

M.Jayawardene 95


England 1st Innings:

221 all out

J.Manuel 83 A.Cook 62 B.Stokes 31

A.Mendis 49-3


Sri Lanka 2nd innings:

383 all out

T.Roland Jones 128-5 C.Woakes 87-3 D.Briggs 64-1

T.Dilshan 80


England 2nd innings:

376-5

A.Cook 133 E.Morgan 77 A.Wheater 50

N.Kulasekara 105-2


Match Drawn



Good Points:

Jonathon Trotts Double Century

Toby Roland-Jones amazing bowling performance 3 5 wickets hauls and 2 20 wicket hauls

Chris Woakes Good all-round performance 80 with the bat and a 5 for

Alistair Cook 133 and 93*

Teams defensive batting performance

Innings Victory

Briggs taking wickets consitanly even on flat pitches



Bad Points:

Expensive bowlers

Batting Collapse cost our good positions in matches

A few batsman never scored enough run

Alex Jones bowled poorly and was expensive

[clarky]

Squad for India Tests

Batting Order:

A.Cook
J.Maniel
J.Trott
J.Taylor
B.Stokes
E.Morgan
A.Wheater
C.Woakes
S.Broad
D.Briggs
T.Roland-Jones

Sub:
S.Thakor


Changes:

S.Thakor in for Goodman

S.Broad in for Steven Finn

After Goodmans horible performances in the test sieres against Sri Lanka were he averaged like 8 or something stupid like that so hes gone untill he improves. So he i getting replaced for S.thakor the 17 year old who averages 50 in First Class cricket so he is a good candidate to score more runs than sachin is his test career.

Stuart Broad was injured in the last series so he couldnt play but he comes int to replace S.Finn because i think he could beat Bothams record in a few years and offers more depth in batting.

More to come tommorow....

[clarky]

India Test Seires Results and Analysis

1st Test Match:

England 1st innings:

667 for 6 dec

A.Cook 337 J.Manuel 120 B.Stokes 85

I.Sharma 134-2


India 1st Innings:

284 all out

S.Broad 77-3 D.Briggs 86-3 C.Woakes 23-2

M.Dhoni 72


India 2nd Innnings:

203 all out

S.Broad 58-4 D.Briggs 63-4 T.Roland Jones 53-2

2nd Test Match:


India 1st Innings:

494 all out

D.Briggs 121-4 S.Broad 105-2 C.Woakes 124-2

V.Sehwag 262


England 1st Innings:

163 all out

E.Morgan 40 J.Trott 37 A.Cook 30

I.Sharma 53-4


England 2nd Innings:

417 all out

A.Cook 209 S.Broad 105 J.Trott 53

Z.Khan 90-6


India 2nd Innings:

89 for 3

S.Broad 37-2 C.Woakes 43-1

VVS.Laxman 33


India Won By 7 Innings


3rd Test Match:

India 1st Innings:

416 all out

S.Broad 150-4 B.Stokes 42-2

VVS.Laxman


England 1st Innings:

212 all out

B.Stokes 68 A.Cook 38

I.Sharma 4-46


England 2nd Innings:

321 all out

A.Cook 110 B.Stokes 47

I.Sharma 5-81

India 2nd Innings:

73 for 2

T.Roland Jones 38-2

S.Tendulkar 26*

India win by 8 wickets


4th Test Match:

India 1st Innings:

601 for 6 dec

S.Broad 157-3 D.Briggs 181-2

England 1st Innings:

404 all out

B.Stokes 106 A.Cook 99

Ojha 74-3

India 2nd Innings:

142 for 2 dec

D.Briggs 19-1 S.Broad 35-1

V.Sehwag 63


England 2nd Innings:

183 for 4

J.Taylor 68* B.Stokes 68*

Ojha 21-2

Match drawn



Good Points:

Alistair Cook 337 and 209 (and even his 99)

Ben Stokes Scoring runs at test levels

Briggs taking wickets in nearly every innings

Won by an innings

Shown promise in some performances

Bad Points:

Lost the sieres

Inconsitant performances

Poor Bowling perfomances

Middle Order Collapses

Lost by an innings

Team not expirenced yet

[clarky]

This is going to take a while

Im going to give seasonly updates rather than being in depth every sieres so ill update it tommorow

[Dutz]

Good idea and story that pic is really small though?!

[clarky]

I'll try and get it bigger next time had to sort it in paint so it might be small

[alex.scargill]

Im going to give seasonly updates rather than being in depth every sieres so ill update it tommorow

Try to upload screenshot at higher resolution for large screens.

[clarky]

Alistair Cook Record Breaker

Alistair Cook has now become the First English man in test history to score 23 Test hundreds and has done so in 80 matches at a average of 52.43 and he has scored 7077 runs. Just to keep you guys posted i will be putting up a 2012 update tonight to let you how my 2011 winter and 2012 season went. Alastair Cook is also on coarse to have more test runs than any other english man.

Just a quick update.

[clarky]

2012 Season Reveiw

2012 was not a good season for My England team.

Drawing a sieres to Sri Lanka

Losing to South Africa

And beating the mighty Zimbabwe

But there has been some Bonuses from some performances from certain players.

Danny Briggs has got his 104 test wicket at the age of 21 could he get the 800 wickets to become a world Record breaker? Maybe.

Alistair Cook has got 27 Test Centuries breaking the english record for most test centuries. Might be able to get to 51 centuries to break sachins record.

Tom Bould has got a average of 269 in tests with 2 centuries in 3 innings. Hope he can keep it up.

Roland Jones is on 89 wickets with a few Five wicket hauls so hes doing well.


The team still need to gel and adapt to international cricket and next season we will hopefully be winning more series and become number 1 test team in the world in the next few year. Will update tommorow.

[clarky]

Break

Im going to stop doing this for a few days and going to try out zimbabwe for a bit.

[alex.scargill]

Im going to stop doing this for a few days and going to try out zimbabwe for a bit.

Good luck with zimbabwe team.