Scorecard Draft

[Cevno]

Torn Between a batting all rounder described as second only to W.g grace(though with a better batting and bowling average) and a very good bowler(a bowling all rounder) of the time who i think flyonthewall was reffering too.

Any suggestions?

 

[Himannv]

Just pick someone lol..

 

[Somerset]

Awful scorecard lol.. You blocked off three of my main choices right there. Now I have to think lol..

Apologies for that - I was trying to move the timeline forward though I had no option but to go backwards and pick a player and scorecard that was difficult to work from. Fingers crossed that by the time of our next selections we'll have a bit more choice!

 

[Himannv]

Apologies for that - I was trying to move the timeline forward though I had no option but to go backwards and pick a player and scorecard that was difficult to work from. Fingers crossed that by the time of our next selections we'll have a bit more choice!

Yeah, I think we deserve a good pick in the next round or two lol..

 

[Cevno]

Bobby Peel

1st Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 12-16, 1884 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

 

[Jarquis]

7 picks to get out of this cesspit of an era

 

[Himannv]

Good pick and certainly one of the better options out there I guess..

 

[Cevno]

My team so far -

Wilfred Rhodes
W.G Grace
Bobby Peel
Curtly Ambrose


2 Batting all rounders ,one bowling all rounder and one Fast Bowler.
All very good in their respective era's.

Btw,i have now 2 of the 4 great left arm slow bowlers Yorkshire had over the period of 50 years. One can't be picked as he played 9 tests ,but the other one is yet to be picked surprisingly,
Maybe i could him and complete the set.

 

[Cevno]

Next pick will be crucial.

The Other pick i was mentioning would have gotten us into 1880's again ,but Peel gives a option to get back into the 20th century with the next pick.

That other pick is still available but their are other very good picks who can get us back to over 1900 as well.

 

[Himannv]

Not sure how to line em up because Barlow is quite an accomplished opener as well and was apparently quite a good stonewaller on crumbling pitches. Anyway will probably be something like this:

1. Jack Hobbs
2.
3.
4.
5. Stanley Jackson
6. Imran Khan
7. Dick Barlow
8.
9.
10.
11.

 

[Himannv]

Round 1:

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NUFAN - Muttiah Muralitharan
weldone - Adam Gilchrist
Noble One - Glenn Mcgrath
Cevno - Curtly Ambrose
Blakus - Vivian Richards
Himmanv - Imran Khan
honestbharani - Richard Hadlee
kingkallis - Malcolm Marshall
GI Joe - Brian Lara
Shri - Kumar Sangakkara
pskov - Shane Warne
HeathDavisSpeed - Jacques Kallis
Somerset - Sachin Tendulkar
marc71178 - Wasim Akram
Marcuss - Waqar Younis
Jamee999 - Ricky Ponting
Michaelf7777777 - Andy Flower
Riggins - Michael Slater

Round 2:

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Riggins - Rahul Dravid
Michaelf7777777 - Shaun Pollock
Jamee999 - Courtney Walsh
Marcuss - Kapil Dev
marc71178 - Ian Botham
Somerset - Dennis Lillee
HeathDavisSpeed - Joel Garner
pskov - Sunil Gavaskar
Shri - Garry Sobers
GI Joe - Keith Miller
kingkallis - Donald Bradman
honestbharani - Wally Hammond
Himmanv - Jack Hobbs
Blakus - Sydney Barnes
Cevno - Wilfred Rhodes
Noble One - Clarrie Grimmett
weldone - George Headley
NUFAN - Fred Trueman

Round 3:

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pskov - Alan Davidson
Jamee999 - Len Hutton
Marcuss - Les Ames
GI Joe - Herbert Sutcliffe
kingkallis - Aubrey Faulkner
Riggins - Charles Macartney
Michaelf7777777 - Colin Blythe
Shri - Hugh Trumble
weldone - George Lohmann
Blakus - Frederick Spofforth
NUFAN - Charlie Turner
Cevno - W.G Grace
Noble One - Victor Trumper
HeathDavisSpeed - Warwick Armstrong
Himmanv - Stanley Jackson
Somerset - Kumar Ranjitsinhji
marc71178 - Archie MacLaren
honestbharani - Johnny Briggs

Round 4:

marc71178 - Bobby Abel
honestbharani - Billy Barnes
Somerset - Billy Bates
Himmanv - Dick Barlow
HeathDavisSpeed - Tom Garrett
Noble One - Arthur Shrewsbury
Cevno - Bobby Peel
NUFAN
Blakus
weldone
Shri
Michaelf7777777
Riggins
kingkallis
GI Joe
Marcuss
Jamee999
pskov

 

[kingkallis]

Bobby Peel

1st Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 12-16, 1884 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

Certainly a good pick. I had my eyes on him due to that impressive record.

 

[Somerset]

Bobby Peel

1st Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, Dec 12-16, 1884 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

Incidentally thats the same scorecard I used to pick Bates - I wonder if we're destined to go around in circles in this draft...

 

[NUFAN]

decisions, decisions, this is very tough cause I don't want to go for another bowler really, I'll be a few minutes here.

 

[weldone]

I'll be happy if I get the batsman I was talking about, or one of the 2 left among the famous spin trio (of a certain country)...

Though any of those 3 picks will take place only if NUFAN and Blakus move the timeline quite a bit forward...which seems, as it stands now, a big 'if'...

 

[NUFAN]

I've moved the timeframe forward lol but not by that much.

This guy is a steel at this stage - Allan Steel

1st Test: England v Australia at Lord's, Jul 16-17, 1888 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

6 Allan Steel
7
8
9 Fred Trueman
10 Muttiah Muralitharan
11 Charlie Turner

 

[Flyonthewall]

I've moved the timeframe forward lol but not by that much.

This guy is a steel at this stage - Allan Steel

1st Test: England v Australia at Lord's, Jul 16-17, 1888 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

6 Allan Steel
7
8
9 Fred Trueman
10 Muttiah Muralitharan
11 Charlie Turner

I'm going to sound a bit mean here (lol) but you've actually kind of regressed the timeframe, because Peel's last test was 1896 and Steel's in 1888.

To be fair, by looking at Steel's stats he seems to have been a very good all-rounder but you could have had one of the top batsmen of his era from 1896.

Obviously, you might think I'm talking tripe and probably justifiably but I'm just offering my two cents.

 

[Cevno]

I've moved the timeframe forward lol but not by that much.

This guy is a steel at this stage - Allan Steel

1st Test: England v Australia at Lord's, Jul 16-17, 1888 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

6 Allan Steel
7
8
9 Fred Trueman
10 Muttiah Muralitharan
11 Charlie Turner

Good Pick
I was talking about being torn between Steel and Peel but ultimately i thought i needed a bowling all rounder rather than a batting one.
And it was pushing the timeline forward which you have pushed back again.

 

[Cevno]

I'm going to sound a bit mean here (lol) but you've actually kind of regressed the timeframe, because Peel's last test was 1896 and Steel's in 1888.

To be fair, by looking at Steel's stats he seems to have been a very good all-rounder but you could have had one of the top batsmen of his era from 1896.

Obviously, you might think I'm talking tripe and probably justifiably but I'm just offering my two cents.

Yeah ,that Batsmen would have been a good pick too,certanly as good as steel but would have pushed the timeline ahead.

 

[NUFAN]

I'm going to sound a bit mean here (lol) but you've actually kind of regressed the timeframe, because Peel's last test was 1896 and Steel's in 1888.

To be fair, by looking at Steel's stats he seems to have been a very good all-rounder but you could have had one of the top batsmen of his era from 1896.

Obviously, you might think I'm talking tripe and probably justifiably but I'm just offering my two cents.

I know I've basically regressed it, but I might not get another go for the next 25 selections and my last pick I made helped the person after me get Grace, so I didn't want to set people up again.

I didn't bother going for the guy who you've mentioned (I'm 99% sure I know who you mean).