chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
There goes Plan B, hopefully Plan A is still around.
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Cricket team draft
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Jakester1288
International Regular
Damn. I was looking at Vass for my 3rd seamer. Still have 2 others in mind.
Simon
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So now you're looking at another seamer and batting Hadlee at 6?
Matt79
Hall of Fame Member
Bruce Reid for me thanks.
Injury blighted his career but he still managed 100+ wickets at a shade over 24. As a 6'8" leftie would got steepling bounce and got slant across right handers or swing back into them with equal alacrity he's the perfect compliment to imran and Waqar. Plus I'd treat him better than the ACB did, ie I'd agree to upgrade my 200cm strike bowler who has a history of back problems out of cattle class for the 26 hour flight to the west indies, rather than save myself 200 bucks at the expense of his career.
Plus there's the added bonus that he might snap in half at any point and give everyone a good laugh.
Team:
Bob Simpson
Wally Hammond
Greg Chappell
Neil Harvey
Imran Khan
Alan Knott+
Waqar Younis
Bill O'Reilly
Bruce Reid.
Injury blighted his career but he still managed 100+ wickets at a shade over 24. As a 6'8" leftie would got steepling bounce and got slant across right handers or swing back into them with equal alacrity he's the perfect compliment to imran and Waqar. Plus I'd treat him better than the ACB did, ie I'd agree to upgrade my 200cm strike bowler who has a history of back problems out of cattle class for the 26 hour flight to the west indies, rather than save myself 200 bucks at the expense of his career.
Plus there's the added bonus that he might snap in half at any point and give everyone a good laugh.
Team:
Bob Simpson
Wally Hammond
Greg Chappell
Neil Harvey
Imran Khan
Alan Knott+
Waqar Younis
Bill O'Reilly
Bruce Reid.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
And there goes Plan C
Michaelf7777777
International Debutant
Lindsay Hassett for my next pick please - top class batsman against both spin and pace. Had a good record as captain in succession to Bradman and more importantly over other options ois that he was also a good openner which gives me greater flexibility for my final two picks and he also knew how to get the best out of Keith Miller.
My Team So Far
Barry Richards
Dudley Nourse
Sir Frank Worrell
Lindsay Hassett
Keith Miller
Leslie Ames
Jack Gregory
Alan Davidson
Hedley Verity
My Team So Far
Barry Richards
Dudley Nourse
Sir Frank Worrell
Lindsay Hassett
Keith Miller
Leslie Ames
Jack Gregory
Alan Davidson
Hedley Verity
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Still working out plan A, looking at Plan D atm.
Nah I need a leftie as it basically a waste of time having a off spinner even one of quality of Murali without a leftie to rough things up outside off stump. Especially as I will get dud pitch conditions and I can't pick a 2nd spinner. 2nd spinner was Plan A.
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Matt79
Hall of Fame Member
Was my back up for Reid.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Got five better lefties ahead him, if I go that way.
I wouldn't mind some extra pace though and just get everyone to bowl around the wicket to lefties to create some rough. A lot of lefties in most sides.
Neil Adcock would have been one of my picks if he wasn't snatched just before me there Goughy.
Eddie Paynter
One of those players for whom it just clicks later in their career. He was picked for England in 1931 when he had a good but not great record in FC cricket and played reasonably decently for 7 tests coming in and out of the side for 18 months before being dropped properly. He went away and scored boatloads of runs for Lancashire until he was picked again four years later, this time turning it on in tests. He finishing with a terrific average of 59.23 and a high score of 243, though sadly the war ended his career after only 20 tests. An excellent fielder (he kept wicket once during a test when Les Ames broke a finger) and attacking batsman with a brilliant record at number 3, he slots into my line up nicely.
Dale Steyn
We all know about Steyn on here. Lethal when he gets the ball to swing, which is seemingly more often than anyone else seems to be able to, plus consistent speeds around 90 mph/145 ks. He has the best strike rate of any bowler with more than 50 wickets since Lohmann in the 19th century.
My team so far
Hobbs
Lawry
Paynter
Compton
Waugh, S
Dujon
Pollock, S
Holding
Steyn
McGrath
It was very tempting to go for a spinner because there are still a few quality ones left, but it was even more tempting to assemble a downright frightening four pronged pace attack a la the West Indies of the 70s and 80s. There'll be some fight over the new ball in this team I'll tell you! (McGrath and Holding will get it
)
Eddie Paynter
One of those players for whom it just clicks later in their career. He was picked for England in 1931 when he had a good but not great record in FC cricket and played reasonably decently for 7 tests coming in and out of the side for 18 months before being dropped properly. He went away and scored boatloads of runs for Lancashire until he was picked again four years later, this time turning it on in tests. He finishing with a terrific average of 59.23 and a high score of 243, though sadly the war ended his career after only 20 tests. An excellent fielder (he kept wicket once during a test when Les Ames broke a finger) and attacking batsman with a brilliant record at number 3, he slots into my line up nicely.
Dale Steyn
We all know about Steyn on here. Lethal when he gets the ball to swing, which is seemingly more often than anyone else seems to be able to, plus consistent speeds around 90 mph/145 ks. He has the best strike rate of any bowler with more than 50 wickets since Lohmann in the 19th century.
My team so far
Hobbs
Lawry
Paynter
Compton
Waugh, S
Dujon
Pollock, S
Holding
Steyn
McGrath
It was very tempting to go for a spinner because there are still a few quality ones left, but it was even more tempting to assemble a downright frightening four pronged pace attack a la the West Indies of the 70s and 80s. There'll be some fight over the new ball in this team I'll tell you! (McGrath and Holding will get it
)
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
Well you got me back as I was going to take Paynter. A Lancastrian so good he could have been a Yorkshiremen
Im not sure if its a fashionable pick but its the highest ranked batsman left (according to my system).
I select Mahela Jayawardene
My Team
1 Hayden
2 Gavaskar
3 Richards
4 Mahela Jayawardene
5
6 Faulkner
7 Stewart
8 Kapil
9 Adcock
10 Lillee
11 Willis
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chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
****, your dead to me Gough.
Michaelf7777777
International Debutant
Arthur Morris for my next pick please. Top class openner who lost some of his best years to the war. Highly rated by his contemparies including Bradman who considered him the greatest left handed openner ever and one of the top four left handed batsman ever as well as making him a member of his All Time World and Aiustralian XI's. Also a handy part time spinner and member of the leadership group.
My Team So Far
Arthur Morris
Barry Richards
Dudley Nourse
Sir Frank Worrell
Lindsay Hassett
Keith Miller
Leslie Ames
Jack Gregory
Alan Davidson
Hedley Verity
My Team So Far
Arthur Morris
Barry Richards
Dudley Nourse
Sir Frank Worrell
Lindsay Hassett
Keith Miller
Leslie Ames
Jack Gregory
Alan Davidson
Hedley Verity
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Arthur Morris has already been picked by NUFAN
