Debuts & retirements draft vote

[jimmy101]

Another draft done & dusted. This time participants were asked to select a chain of cricketers whose careers inter-lapped. This is what people came up with, please vote for which teams you think are the three strongest.

AndrewB

Graham Gooch
Jeffrey Stollmeyer
Ernest Tyldesley
KS Ranjitsinhji
Allan Steel
Warwick Armstrong c
Les Ames +
Shaun Pollock
Fred Titmus
George Lohmann
Peter Siddle

schearzie

1. Bob McCosker
2. Bill Woodfull*
3. Arthur Shrewsbury
4. Lucky Denton
5. Stanley Jackson
6. Trevor Goddard
7. Terry Jenner
8. Bill Johnston
9. Bill Copson
10. Bert Strudwick+
11. Ken Farnes

J_C

Vijay Merchant
Bill Lawry
Peter May
Steve Smith
Warren Bardsley
Billy Murdoch +
Imran Khan (c) / 1
Harold Larwood / 2
Johnny Briggs / 4
Frank Laver / 5
Muttiah Muralitharan / 3

Jimmy101

Bill Brown
Tom Hayward
Jonathan Trott
Greg Chappell
Dean Jones
Frank Worrell c
Frank Woolley
Denis Lindsay +
Bobby Peel
Steve Harmison
Allan Donald

Howe_zat

WG Grace (5)
Bruce Mitchell
Andrew Stoddart
Zaheer Abbas
Steve Waugh*
Victor Trumper
Tommy Ward+
Hugh Tayfield (4)
Dale Steyn (1)
Tich Freeman (2)
Charlie Griffiths (3)

The OS XI

Sir Jack Hobbs
Bobby Abel
Brian Lara
Stan McCabe (6)
Lindsay Hassett
Chamara Kapugedera (w)
Alan Davidson (2)
Sir Richard Hadlee (1)
Alan Connolly (3)
Uton Dowe (4)
Jack Saunders (5)

morgieb

1. Sanath Jayasuriya
2. JJ Lyons
3. Viv Richards
4. Garfield Sobers
5. Gerry Gomez
6. Matt Prior +
7. George Hirst
8. Learie Constantine
9. Mick Commaille
10. George Thompson
11. Fred Spofforth

mr_mister

V. Sehwag (5)
B. Richards
G. Headley
G. Pollock
A. Rahane
W. Rhodes (4)
J. Worrall
K. Andrew +
DK. Lillee (1)
K. Shuttleworth (3)
C. Walsh (2) *

AndyZaltzHair

1. Arthur Morris
2. Roy Fredericks
3. Clem Hill
4. Herbie Taylor [c]
5. Ken Barrington
6. Ian Botham [1]
7. George Giffen [5]
8. Peter Nevill [+]
9. Mitchell Johnson [2]
10. Shane Warne [4]
11. Bill O'Reilly [3]

Odd-Even XI

Sunil Gavaskar
Herbert Sutcliffe
Dudley Nourse
Jacques Kallis (6)
Billy Gunn
Aubrey Faulkner (5)
Ben Stokes (4)
Jack Board +
Graham McKenzie (1)
Winston Benjamin (2)
Subhash Gupte (3)

Grumpy Mondays

1. Bill Ponsford
2. Hanif Mohammad
3. Glenn Turner
4. Ricky Ponting
5. Richie Richardson (c)
6. Joe Root (+)
7. Mushtaq Ali
8. Bill Barnes (2)
9. Hugh Trumble (4)
10. Tibby Cotter (1)
11. Claude Carter (3)

Honest Hunks

Sid Barnes
Graeme Smith
Maurice Leyland
Clyde Walcott
Clive Lloyd (c)
Charles Kelleway
Murray Bisset WK
David Allen
Wasim Akram
Jack Hearne
JJ Ferris

Watson/Red Hill XI

01. Andy Sandham
02. Plum Warner
03. Everton Weekes
04. Hon. Lionel Tennyson
05. Mohammad Azharuddin
06. Albert Trott [5]
07. Ray Illingworth * [4]
08. Gubby Allen [3]
09. Tiger Smith +
10. Charles Turner [1]
11. Jeff Thomson [2]

 

[OverratedSanity]

Surprising lack of ATG pace spearheads in this draft, so I'll go for Howe (great team, has everything), JC ( Insanely good bowling attack, and while the batting doesn't have that one really big gun, it makes up with good depth) and mr_mister (ridiculously good batting, excellent pace attack). AZH and Jimmy unlucky to miss out.

 

[watson]

Thanks Jimmy. If the teams are unique with a lot of fresh players then you know that its been an excellent draft!

All of the teams are very close, but I like Howe's the best because Freeman finally gets a run - England's greatest leggie. Having Ward behind the stumps is a nice touch as he kept wicket to Faulkner and the other great South African googly bowlers of the time. Freeman is complemented by Tayfield and a couple of quality quicks. Grace, Stoddart, Abbas and Trumper make the batting very attractive. Mitchell, Waugh, and Ward make it stubborn.

Cudos to AZH for scoring both O'Reilly and Warne. Needless to say Mitchell - Botham - Giffen - O'Reilly - Warne is a top notch attack. The batting lacks a Gold Tier batsman, but its still consistently good from top to bottom. Balance is everything.

Not sure who my third favourite is yet.

 

[harsh.ag]

Surprising lack of ATG pace spearheads in this draft, so I'll go for Howe (great team, has everything), JC ( Insanely good bowling attack, and while the batting doesn't have that one really big gun, it makes up with good depth) and mr_mister (ridiculously good batting, excellent pace attack). AZH and Jimmy unlucky to miss out.

Not voting for yourself ****?

 

[Howe_zat]

Got my 2 votes, time to call it a day

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Howe, JC, Mr mister

 

[OverratedSanity]

Not voting for yourself ****?

I only do that when I genuinely believe my team is better tbh

 

[Grumpy]

Cleary Mr Mr's team is the best. Amazing side.

But I didn't vote for him. Instead I chose the 3 sides who I would enjoy watching the most if they actually played. Ironic given I would rank my side the least in that criteria

 

[AndrewB]

Very close between J_C and AndyZaltzHair for best, then a (small) gap, then very close between any number of teams for third.

 

[watson]

Are we going to call this Draft in favour of MM?

 

[jimmy101]

Don't see why we should considering J_C is even with him & Howe & Andy are just one vote behind. The vote closes on Thursday so anyone who hasn't voted please jump on in!

 

[Howe_zat]

Oh I'm actually in the running on this one

Might have to call in the cavalry

 

[jimmy101]

Boom! J_C moves in to the lead.

MR, Howe & Andy all in second place only a vote down. Tense stuff.

 

[Howe_zat]

Oh I'm actually in the running on this one

Might have to call in the cavalry

 

[OverratedSanity]

Outstanding

My team getting less votes than harsh's is stupid, though. No way is his side better.

 

[harsh.ag]

My team getting less votes than harsh's is stupid, though. No way is his side better.

People don't like you ****

 

[OverratedSanity]

People don't like you ****

You just admitted people didn't vote for your team on merit. Disgraceful.

 

[harsh.ag]

You just admitted people didn't vote for your team on merit. Disgraceful.

Am okay with that

 

[Grumpy]

Wait, wait, wait a minute? My team actually got a vote?!?

Whoooooohooooo!!

 

[jimmy101]

Congratulations Howe. Surely this win must be dedicated to the cavalry. I'd say you owe them a shout out on your next podcast!