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Q: Select Your Best Test Cricket Team and Win $1,000 AUD!
Think you can create the ultimate Test cricket team? Here’s your chance to win $1,000 AUD by picking your best Test XI, following these simple rules:
1. Team Composition:
- Your team can only include a maximum of Two players from any one Test-playing nation.
- Select 11 players in batting order to form a balanced cricket team of batters, bowlers and a wicket keeper. Please nominate your wicket keeper.
2. Eligibility:
- You can only select players you’ve personally seen play a Test match live or on television.
- For instance, if you were born in 1970, players like Don Bradman are ineligible.
3. How to Submit Your Team:
- To participate, you must be a registered user on CricConnect.
- Register by providing your full name, email address, and password. Validate your email address, then publish your team in the answer section under this competition post.
- Teams published solely on CricConnect’s social media pages will not be considered.
4. Limitations:
- You can submit only one team.
5. Competition Period:
- Entries close at 12:00 pm AEST on 31st January 2025.
6. Winner Selection:
- All eligible entries will be entered into a random draw to win $1,000 AUD.
- The winner will be announced at 4:00 pm AEST on 31st January 2025.
7. Prize Details:
- There will be one winner only, receiving $1,000 AUD.
Start brainstorming your best Test team and submit your entry for a chance to win!
Have fun.
Think you can create the ultimate Test cricket team? Here’s your chance to win $1,000 AUD by picking your best Test XI, following these simple rules:
1. Team Composition:
- Your team can only include a maximum of Two players from any one Test-playing nation.
- Select 11 players in batting order to form a balanced cricket team of batters, bowlers and a wicket keeper. Please nominate your wicket keeper.
2. Eligibility:
- You can only select players you’ve personally seen play a Test match live or on television.
- For instance, if you were born in 1970, players like Don Bradman are ineligible.
3. How to Submit Your Team:
- To participate, you must be a registered user on CricConnect.
- Register by providing your full name, email address, and password. Validate your email address, then publish your team in the answer section under this competition post.
- Teams published solely on CricConnect’s social media pages will not be considered.
4. Limitations:
- You can submit only one team.
5. Competition Period:
- Entries close at 12:00 pm AEST on 31st January 2025.
6. Winner Selection:
- All eligible entries will be entered into a random draw to win $1,000 AUD.
- The winner will be announced at 4:00 pm AEST on 31st January 2025.
7. Prize Details:
- There will be one winner only, receiving $1,000 AUD.
Start brainstorming your best Test team and submit your entry for a chance to win!
Have fun.
A: Keeping in mind this is a test match team
1. Sunil Gavaskar (India) – One of the greatest openers, known for his mastery against fast bowling.
2. Matthew Hayden (Australia) – Aggressive opener who dominated bowlers with his powerful stroke play.
3. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – The best all-rounder of the modern era, offering stability at No. 3 and a reliable seam option.
4. Brian Lara (West Indies) – A genius batsman with an unmatched ability to play long, game-changing innings.
5. Steve Smith (Australia) – A modern-day maestro with an unparalleled consistency in Test cricket.
6. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) (wk) – Exceptional batsman and reliable wicketkeeper, offering flexibility in the middle order.
7. Ben Stokes (England) (c) – Dynamic all-rounder with an ability to change games with both bat and ball, and a natural leader.
8. Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) – Among the best seamers in history and a capable lower-order batsman.
9. Shane Warne (Australia) – The greatest leg-spinner of all time, a magician with the ball.
10. Malcolm Marshall (West Indies) – Arguably the most complete fast bowler ever, with skill and pace.
11. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – The leading wicket-taker in Test history, a match-winner on any surface.
1. Sunil Gavaskar (India) – One of the greatest openers, known for his mastery against fast bowling.
2. Matthew Hayden (Australia) – Aggressive opener who dominated bowlers with his powerful stroke play.
3. Jacques Kallis (South Africa) – The best all-rounder of the modern era, offering stability at No. 3 and a reliable seam option.
4. Brian Lara (West Indies) – A genius batsman with an unmatched ability to play long, game-changing innings.
5. Steve Smith (Australia) – A modern-day maestro with an unparalleled consistency in Test cricket.
6. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) (wk) – Exceptional batsman and reliable wicketkeeper, offering flexibility in the middle order.
7. Ben Stokes (England) (c) – Dynamic all-rounder with an ability to change games with both bat and ball, and a natural leader.
8. Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) – Among the best seamers in history and a capable lower-order batsman.
9. Shane Warne (Australia) – The greatest leg-spinner of all time, a magician with the ball.
10. Malcolm Marshall (West Indies) – Arguably the most complete fast bowler ever, with skill and pace.
11. Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) – The leading wicket-taker in Test history, a match-winner on any surface.
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Q: How important is the captain of a team in the development of a young spinner and what advice would you offer the captain?
A: The captain holds all the keys when it comes to the on-field development of a spinner. Essentially the captain needs to be not just a leader but also a mentor and number one supporter.
Bowling spin has been said to be an art. The art needs self belief and confidence by the artist. When a young spinner feels they are fully supported by the captain they will tend to take what are perceived to be “risks” in their bowling.
The risk taken is an approach or mind set of giving themself a chance. Many young spinners will instantly go to a mindset of “what if I get hit” if the captain is negative in their assistance this negatively will be reinforced.
A captain who sets the right field, tells the player that some balls may get hit , but that’s expected and that they back the bowler will be the one who has success guiding young spinners.
Think about the support the great Shane Warne received after his first test .
Bowling spin has been said to be an art. The art needs self belief and confidence by the artist. When a young spinner feels they are fully supported by the captain they will tend to take what are perceived to be “risks” in their bowling.
The risk taken is an approach or mind set of giving themself a chance. Many young spinners will instantly go to a mindset of “what if I get hit” if the captain is negative in their assistance this negatively will be reinforced.
A captain who sets the right field, tells the player that some balls may get hit , but that’s expected and that they back the bowler will be the one who has success guiding young spinners.
Think about the support the great Shane Warne received after his first test .
