Edrich’s XI

So here we are again. After Armstrong, Benaud, Constantine and Dexter we come to John Edrich’s XI.

1. John Edrich (ENG) (Capt)
2. Matthew Elliott (AUS)
3. Bill Edrich (ENG)
4. George Emmett (ENG)
5. Russell Endean (SA)
6. Farokh Engineer (IND)
7. Godfrey Evans (ENG) (Wkt)
8. Steve Elworthy (SA)
9. Richard Ellison  (ENG)
10. Phil Edmonds (ENG)
11. Tom Emmett(ENG)

Poor Godfrey Evans. What has he done to deserve this? Evans, arguably the greatest wicket-keeper (note, I do not say wicketkeeper-batsman) to play the game, finds himself in shabby, mortal company. Well, that’s what happens when you’re unlucky enough to have a surname starting with E. Suffice it to say that selecting this XI was neither an exciting nor a delicious experience. Whereas as previous XIs in this series have required much thumb-sucking and delicious agonising over who should, however regrettably, be left out, this selection simply proved tortuous. Finding eleven men worthy of a place proved a struggle.