A Player Debuting in each Decade Draft - VOTING THREAD (take 2)

[watson]

'A Player Debuting in each Decade Draft' by mr_mister.

The 'decades' were;

1877-1899
1900-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-present


Please choose your 3 favourite strongest Test teams.


1. mr_mister
01. Sid Barnes
02. Arthur Morris
03. KS Ranjitsinhji
04. Martin Crowe
05. Steve Smith
06. Ian Botham (4)
07. Jock Cameron +
08. Shaun Pollock (2) *
09. Alan Davidson (1)
10. Sydney Barnes (3)
11. Bagwhat Chandrasekhar (5)


2. Overrated Sanity
01. Mark Taylor
02. Arthur Shrewsbury
03. Stan McCabe (6)
04. Greg Chappell
05. Clive Lloyd (c)
06. Warwick Armstrong (5)
07. Les Ames (+)
08. Shane Warne (4)
09. Dale Steyn (1)
10. Fred Trueman (2)
11. Bill Johnston (3)


3. Team Aldo
01. Bill Woodfull
02. Warren Bardsley
03. Clem Hill
04. Ian Chappell
05. AB De Villiers+
06. Lindsay Hassett
07. Imran Khan [3]
08. Richie Benaud* [5]
09. Ray Lindwall [2]
10. Courtney Walsh [4]
11. Glenn McGrath [1]


4. Honest Hunks
01. Trevor Goddard
02. Bill Edrich
03. Bob Cowper
04. Aravinda De Silva
05. Maurice Leyland
06. Keith Miller (c)
07. Adam Gilchrist (wk)
08. Richard Hadlee
09. JJ Ferris
10. Bill Whitty
11. Ryan Harris


5. Howe_Zat
01. WG Grace *
02. Herbie Taylor
03. Rahul Dravid
04. Denis Compton
05. Ken Barrington
06. Clyde Walcott +
07. Kapil Dev
08. Mitchell Johnson
09. Craig McDermott
10. Derek Underwood
11. Clarrie Grimmett


6. jimmy101
01 Herbert Sutcliffe
02 Matthew Hayden
03 Vivian Richards c
04 Sachin Tendulkar
05 Eddie Paynter
06 Wilfred Rhodes (5)
07 Denis Lindsay +
08 Frank Foster (3)
09 Jim Laker (4)
10 Shane Bond (2)
11 Brian Statham (1)


7. J_C
01. Jack Hobbs
02. Conrad Hunte
03. Kumar Sangakkara (c)
04. Jacques Kallis / 5
05. Dudley Nourse
06. Vijay Hazare
07. Mike Procter / 3
08. Ian Healy (+)
09. Harold Larwood / 1
10. Johnny Briggs / 4
11. Joel Garner / 2


8. Saint Kopite
01. Bruce Mitchell.
02. Vijay Merchant.
03. Ricky Ponting. [C]
04. Graeme Pollock.
05. Garry Sobers. [4]
06. Phil Mead.
07. Brendon McCullum. [+]
08. Andy Roberts. [2]
09. Hugh Tayfield. [5]
10. Curtly Ambrose. [1]
11. Fred Spofforth. [3]


9. AndrewB
01. Len Hutton
02. Sunil Gavaskar
03. Aubrey Faulkner (5)
04. Frank Worrell* (6)
05. Joe Root
06. Steve Waugh
07. Jack Gregory (2)
08. Alan Knott+
09. Frank Tyson (1)
10. Tom Richardson (3)
11. Muttiah Muralitharan (4)


10. watson
01. Graeme Smith *
02. Bill Ponsford
03. George Headley
04. Brian Lara
05. Neil Harvey
06. Frank Woolley
07. Farokh Engineer +
08. Malcolm Marshall
09. George Lohmann
10. Fazal Mahmood
11. Waqar Younis


11. schearzie
01. Victor Trumper
02. Bob Simpson
03. Wally Hammond*
04. Younis Khan
05. Charlie Macartney
06. Doug Walters
07. Andy Flower+
08. Hedley Verity
09. Sir Alec Bedser (2)
10. Ian Bishop (3)
11. Michael Holding (1)


12. Red Hill
01. Bill Lawry *
02. Dave Warner
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Everton Weekes
05. Archie Jackson
06. George Gunn
07. Jack Blackham +
08. Wasim Akram
09. Dennis Lillee
10. Bill O'Reilly
11. Alan Donald

 

[mr_mister]

cheers m8

 

[watson]

cheers m8

Thanks for running the Draft!

 

[watson]

JC and SK are the two obvious candidates because their teams are nicely balanced and they have some stella players. Third choice was difficult but liked OS's team in the end because his 3-4-5 is very strong, and the bowling options are excellent.

Really wanted to vote for Howe's team because I like the thought of Grimmett and Underwood bowling in tandem, and Mr_mr's team because of Barnes and Morris opening plus Cameron behind the stumps to Barnes and Chandra. But you can't vote for everyone.

Looks like Red's star-studded attack with some help from Kanhai, Weekes, and Jackson may get him over the line as well. Nice work!

 

[The Battlers Prince]

I'd say Honest's team is my favourite. Very good balance, perhaps not statistically but each player would fill a role very well. SK next again a very good balance and brilliant bowling attack but the batting, wow Ponting , Pollock, Sobers
Lastly went for Howe's team, an exciting outfit and plenty of variety in the bowling.
Also mentions for RH great side and Watson (top side but not enough bowling variety)
Thanks for a fun draft

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Apparently a well varied attack, lol. Well done Watson

 

[Saint Kopite]

Well Played, Sheldon. Congrats.

And Cheers Mr Mister for running the draft.

 

[watson]

Would love to see a 5 Test series between the following teams as it would be very close, and there are so many great match-ups.

JCs team would have to be one of the strongest I've seen in a Draft, but Marshall + Waqar, then Mahmood + Lohmann would quite a handful at any time, on any type of pitch. But then again, is it really more talented than Larwood + Procter, then Garner + Briggs. Perhaps not.

So in the end, it might be a matter of whether Smith's mercurial middle order could string together enough brilliant innings to out-score the more methodical batting of Sangakkara's middle-order.

Prediction: 2-2 with a rain interupted draw.


01. Graeme Smith *
02. Bill Ponsford
03. George Headley
04. Brian Lara
05. Neil Harvey
06. Frank Woolley
07. Farokh Engineer +
08. Malcolm Marshall
09. George Lohmann
10. Fazal Mahmood
11. Waqar Younis


01. Jack Hobbs
02. Conrad Hunte
03. Kumar Sangakkara (c)
04. Jacques Kallis / 5
05. Dudley Nourse
06. Vijay Hazare
07. Mike Procter / 3
08. Ian Healy (+)
09. Harold Larwood / 1
10. Johnny Briggs / 4
11. Joel Garner / 2