The Ten Greatest Test Teams

by Norman Giller (Author), Tom Graveney (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1988

  $3.23

  Tom Graveney chooses and analyzes his ten greatest Test teams of the last forty years and compares his selection skills against that of computer ratings, based on hard facts and figures, which rate both the teams and the 106 individual Test cricketers involved. The book includes profiles of the players, summary reports of 50 Test matches and a full assessment of the achievements of each team. Graveney was a top-scoring batsman for Gloucestershire and then Worcestershire, captaining both counties and also playing for England in 79 Test matches. He is now a member of the BBC television commentary team and he has written six books, three of them in partnership with Norman Giller. The latter, a former Daily Express sportswriter, has now written more than 30 sports books and writes regularly for television having devised the ITV series Who's the Greatest? .

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  Paperback
  1989

  $3.23

  Aimed at all cricket lovers, in this book Tom Graveney chooses and analyzes the ten greatest teams of the last 40 years and then pits his selecting skills against that of a computer which rates, not only the teams, but also 106 individual Test players. The final chapter becomes a facts-and-figures versus feelings contest. There are also Who's Who files on more than 100 Test players, summary reports of 50 Test Matches and full breakdowns of what each of the teams achieved in the Test arena.