Cricket team draft

[Michaelf7777777]

Sorry, have no idea how I missed him on the summary.

I'll have Bill Woodfull instead due to his great stickability, reliability and courage. He was known variously as the unbowlable and the wormkiller due to his defensive technique which was so sound that he once went over a year without being bowled at all levels of cricket. I also believe that he has the courage and the technique to anchor the innings against some of the highly good pace batteries that are being formed by other teams as he was one of only two Australians along with Bradman who was able to score consistantly against bodyline. He was also a good captain who built a strong team spirit and was a teacher and headmaster when not playing cricket and was the maths teacher of another member of my team - Keith Miller

My Team So Far

Barry Richards
Bill Woodfull
Dudley Nourse
Sir Frank Worrell
Lindsay Hassett
Keith Miller
Leslie Ames
Jack Gregory
Alan Davidson
Hedley Verity

 

[Matt79]

Haha - was torn between Woodfull and the bloke I will now pick - besides Miller, Woodfull also taught my dad at one point - a fair bit after Keith would have gone through however, so I'm claiming a personal connection. One of the legends of the game.

That said, I'm taking another opener who is as famous for aspect other than his batting as he is for his overall very admirable Test batting record. He's a leftie, giving me the left-right partnership I wanted with Bob Simpson. He's an excellent slips fielder - take out my comment earlier in the thread about Knott - Simpson - G.Chappell missing nothing behind the bat and move Greg over to third slip. He's also one of the greatest tactical and inspirational captains of the modern era, and I'm passing the few statistically superior batsmen to get his tactical nous and leadership into my team. I take, as my captain and second opener:

Mark Taylor

Team so far:
Bob Simpson
Mark Taylor (c)
Wally Hammond
Greg Chappell
Neil Harvey
...
Imran Khan (vc)
Alan Knott +
Waqar Younis
Bill O'Reilly
Bruce Reid

 

[Simon]

My tenth pick is my second opener, I'm going with Hanif Mohammad.
Hanif is well known as one of the greatest Pakistani batsmen of all time, holds the world record for the longest test innings and is exactly the wall I need at the top of my order. Possibly under-achieved a little but 3915 runs @ 43.98 is nothing to sneeze at, on top of this he is also my backup keeper as he did play four tests as a WK.

Team so far
1 Hanif Mohammad (55 tests - 3915 @ 43.98 @ 1 wicket @ 95)
2 Herb Sutcliffe (54 tests - 4555 runs @ 60.73)
3 Ted Dexter* (62 tests - 4502 runs @ 47.89 & 66 wickets @ 34.93)
4 Javed Miandad (124 tests - 8832 runs @ 52.57 & 17 wickets @ 40.11)
5
6 Doug Walters (74 tests - 5357 runs @ 48.26 & 49 wickets @ 29.08)
7 Adam Gilchrist+ (96 tests - 5570 runs @ 47.60 & 416 dismissals)
8 Ray Lindwall (61 tests - 1502 runs @ 21.15 & 228 wickets @ 23.03)
9 Wes Hall (48 tests - 818 runs @ 15.73 & 192 wickets @ 26.38)
10 Clarrie Grimmett (37 tests - 557 runs @ 13.92 & 216 wickets @ 24.21)
11 John Snow (49 tests - 772 runs @ 13.54 & 202 wickets @ 26.66)

 

[pskov]

1.01 chaminda_00 - [COLOR="Blue"][B]Muttiah Muralitharan[/B][/COLOR]
1.02 G.I. Joe - [COLOR="gold"][B]Don Bradman[/B][/COLOR]
1.03 NUFAN - [COLOR="DarkRed"][B]Gary Sobers[/B][/COLOR]
1.04 HeathDavisSpeed - [COLOR="DarkRed"][B]Curtly Ambrose[/B][/COLOR]
1.05 Somerset -[B][color=gold] Shane Warne[/color][/B]
1.06 Jakester1288 - [B]Richard Hadlee[/B]
1.07 Jamee999 - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Malcom Marshall[/COLOR][/B]
1.08 Raghav - [B][COLOR="lime"]Wasim Akram[/COLOR][/B]
1.09 Simon - [B][COLOR="gold"]Adam Gilchrist[/COLOR][/B]
1.10 Matt79 - [B][COLOR="lime"]Imran Khan[/COLOR][/B]
1.11 Michaelf7777777 - [B][color=gold]Keith Miller[/color][/B]
1.12 morgieb - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Viv Richards[/COLOR][/B]
1.13 pskov - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Jack Hobbs[/COLOR][/B]

2.01 pskov - [B][color=gold]Glenn McGrath[/color][/B]
2.02 morgieb - [B][color=gold]Dennis Lillee[/color][/B]
2.03 Michaelf7777777 - [B][color=gold]Alan Davidson[/color][/B]
2.04 Matt79 - [B][color=gold]Bill O'Reilly[/color][/B]
2.05 Simon - [B][color=gold]Clarrie Grimmett[/color][/B]
2.06 Raghav - [B][color=gold]Alan Border[/color][/B]
2.07 Jamee999 - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Joel Garner[/COLOR][/B]
2.08 Jakester1288 - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Brian Lara[/COLOR][/B]
2.09 Somerset - [B][COLOR="darkred"]George Headley[/COLOR][/B]
2.10 HeathDavisSpeed - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Frank Tyson[/COLOR][/B]
2.11 NUFAN - [B][COLOR="navy"]Fred Trueman[/COLOR][/B]
2.12 G.I. Joe -[B] Shane Bond[/B]
2.13 chaminda_00 - [B][COLOR="Blue"]Kumar Sangakarra[/COLOR][/B]

3.01 chaminda_00 - [B][COLOR="Green"]Jacques Kallis[/COLOR][/B]
3.02 G.I. Joe - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Clyde Walcott[/COLOR][/B]
3.03 NUFAN - [B][COLOR="royalblue"]Sachin Tendulkar[/COLOR][/B]
3.04 HeathDavisSpeed - [B][COLOR="green"]Graeme Pollock[/COLOR][/B]
3.05 Somerset - [B][COLOR="Red"]Andy Flower[/COLOR][/B]
3.06 Jakestar1288 - [B][color=gold]Mike Hussey[/color][/B]
3.07 Jamee999 - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Ken Barrington[/COLOR][/B]
3.08 Raghav - [B][COLOR="green"]Mark Boucher[/COLOR][/B]
3.09 Simon - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Herbert Sutcliffe[/COLOR][/B]
3.10 Matt79 - [B][COLOR="navy"]Wally Hammond[/COLOR][/B]
3.11 Michaelf7777777 - [B][COLOR="navy"]Les Ames[/COLOR][/B]
3.12 morgieb - [B][COLOR="royalblue"]Kapil Dev[/COLOR][/B]
3.13 pskov - [B][COLOR="green"]Shaun Pollock[/COLOR][/B]

4.01 pskov - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Michael Holding[/COLOR][/B]
4.02 morgieb - [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Sunil Gavaskar[/COLOR][/B]
4.03 Michaelf7777777 - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Hedley Verity[/COLOR][/B]
4.04 Matt79 - [B][COLOR="lime"]Waqar Younis[/COLOR][/B]
4.05 Simon - [B][color=gold]Ray Lindwall[/color][/B]
4.06 Raghav - [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Anil Kumble[/COLOR][/B]
4.07 Jamee999 - [B][COLOR="Green"]Allan Donald[/COLOR][/B]
4.08 Jakester1288 - [B][color=gold]Ian Healy[/color][/B]
4.09 Somerset -[B][COLOR="Navy"] Ian Botham[/COLOR][/B]
4.10 HeathDavisSpeed - [B][COLOR="green"]Peter Pollock[/COLOR][/B]
4.11 NUFAN - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Courtney Walsh[/COLOR][/B]
4.12 G.I. Joe - [B][COLOR="darkred"]Colin Croft[/COLOR][/B]
4.13 chaminda_00 - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Len Hutton[/COLOR][/B]

5.01 chaminda_00 - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Ian Bishop[/COLOR][/B]
5.02 G.I. Joe - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Andy Roberts[/COLOR][/B]
5.03 NUFAN - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Jim Laker[/COLOR][/B]
5.04 HeathDavisSpeed - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Johnny Wardle[/COLOR][/B]
5.05 Somerset - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Everton Weekes[/COLOR][/B]
5.06 Jakester1288 - [B]Daniel Vettori[/B]
5.07 Jamee999 - [B][color=gold]Ricky Ponting[/color][/B]
5.08 Raghav - [B][COLOR="Lime"]Mohammad Yousuf[/COLOR][/B]
5.09 Simon -[B][COLOR="Lime"] Javed Miandad[/COLOR][/B]
5.10 Matt79 - [B][color=gold]Greg Chappell[/color][/B]
5.11 Michaelf7777777 - [B][COLOR="Green"]Barry Richards[/COLOR][/B]
5.12 morgieb - [B][color=gold]Matthew Hayden[/color][/B]
5.13 pskov - [B][color=gold]Steve Waugh[/color][/B]

6.01 pskov - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Denis Compton[/COLOR][/B]
6.02 Goughy - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Alec Stewart[/COLOR][/B]
6.03 Michaelf7777777 - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Frank Worrell[/COLOR][/B]
6.04 Matt79 - [B][color=gold]Neil Harvey[/color][/B]
6.05 Simon - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Wes Hall[/COLOR][/B]
6.06 Raghav -[B][COLOR="Navy"] Graham Gooch[/COLOR][/B]
6.07 Jamee999 - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Geoffrey Boycott[/COLOR][/B]
6.08 Jakester1288 - [B][color=gold]Richie Benaud[/color][/B]
6.09 Somerset - [B][COLOR="Green"]Mike Procter[/COLOR][/B]
6.10 HeathDavisSpeed - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Rohan Kanhai[/COLOR][/B]
6.11 NUFAN - [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Rahul Dravid[/COLOR][/B]
6.12 G.I. Joe - [B][COLOR="RoyalBlue"]Virender Sehwag[/COLOR][/B]
6.13 chaminda_00 - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Clive Lloyd[/COLOR][/B]

7.01 chaminda_00 - [B][COLOR="navy"]Alec Bedser[/COLOR][/B]
7.02 G.I. Joe - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Kevin Pietersen[/COLOR][/B]
7.03 NUFAN - [b][color=gold]Arthur Morris[/color][/b]
7.04 HeathDavisSpeed - [B][COLOR="Green"]Greame Smith[/COLOR][/B]
7.05 Somerset - [B][color=gold]Charles Macartney[/color][/B]
7.06 Jakester1288 - [B][color=gold]Sid Barnes[/color][/B]
7.07 Jamee999 - [B][COLOR="Lime"]Saeed Anwar[/COLOR][/B]
7.08 Raghav - [B]Mark Richardson[/B]
7.09 Simon - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Ted Dexter[/COLOR][/B]
7.10 Matt79 - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Alan Knott[/COLOR][/B]
7.11 Michaelf7777777 - [B][color=gold]Jack Gregory[/color][/B]
7.12 Goughy - [B][COLOR="Green"]Aubrey Faulkner[/COLOR][/B]
7.13 pskov - [B][color=gold]Bill Lawry[/color][/B]

8.01 pskov - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Jeff Dujon[/COLOR][/B]
8.02 Goughy - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Bob Willis[/COLOR][/B]
8.03 Michaelf7777777 - [B][COLOR="Green"]Dudley Nourse[/COLOR][/B]
8.04 Matt79 - [B][color=gold]Bob Simpson[/color][/B]
8.05 Simon - [B][color=gold]Doug Walters[/color][/B]
8.06 Raghav - [B][COLOR="Blue"]Aravinda de Silva[/COLOR][/B]
8.07 Jamee999 - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Brian Statham[/COLOR][/B]
8.08 Jakester1288 - [B][color=gold]David Boon[/color][/B]
8.09 Somerset - [B][color=gold]Jeff Thomson[/color][/B]
8.10 HeathDavisSpeed - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Gordon Greenidge[/COLOR][/B]
8.11 NUFAN - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Maurice Tate[/COLOR][/B]
8.12 G.I. Joe - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Wilfred Rhodes[/COLOR][/B]
8.13 chaminda_00 - [B][color=gold]Justin Langer[/color][/B]

9.01 chaminda_00 - [B][color=gold]Ian Chappell[/color][/B]
9.02 G.I. Joe - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Conrad Hunte[/COLOR][/B]
9.03 NUFAN - [B][COLOR="Navy"]David Gower[/COLOR][/B]
9.04 HeathDavisSpeed - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Tony Greig[/COLOR][/B]
9.05 Somerset - [B][color=gold]Bill Ponsford[/color][/B]
9.06 Jakester1288 - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Alvin Kallicharran[/COLOR][/B]
9.07 Jamee999 - [B][COLOR="DarkRed"]Shivnarine Chanderpaul[/COLOR][/B]
9.08 Raghav - [COLOR="Blue"][b]Chaminda Vaas[/b][/COLOR]
9.09 Simon - [B][COLOR="Navy"]John Snow[/COLOR][/B]
9.10 Matt79 - [B][color=gold]Bruce Reid[/color][/B]
9.11 Michaelf7777777 - [B][color=gold]Lindsay Hassett[/color][/B]
9.12 Goughy - [B][COLOR="Green"]Neil Adcock[/COLOR][/B]
9.13 pskov - [B][COLOR="Navy"]Eddie Paynter[/COLOR][/B]

10.01 pskov - [B][COLOR="Green"]Dale Steyn[/COLOR][/B]
10.02 Goughy - [B][COLOR="Blue"]Mahela Jayawadrene[/COLOR][/B]
10.03 Michaelf7777777 - [B][COLOR="Gold"]Bill Woodfull[/COLOR][/B]
10.04 Matt79 - [B][color=gold]Mark Taylor[/color][/B]
10.05 Simon - [B][color=lime]Hanif Mohammad[/color][/B]
10.06 Raghav - 
10.07 Jamee999 - 
10.08 Jakester1288 - 
10.09 Somerset - 
10.10 HeathDavisSpeed -
10.11 NUFAN - 
10.12 G.I. Joe - 
10.13 chaminda_00 - 

11.01 chaminda_00 - 
11.02 G.I. Joe - 
11.03 NUFAN - 
11.04 HeathDavisSpeed - 
11.05 Somerset - 
11.06 Jakester1288 - 
11.07 Jamee999 - 
11.08 Raghav - 
11.09 Simon - 
11.10 Matt79 - 
11.11 Michaelf7777777 -
11.12 Goughy -
11.13 pskov -

Raghav is next to pick.

 

[NUFAN]

My tenth pick is my second opener, I'm going with Hanif Mohammad.

So gutted. I thought he slipped under the radar. I really should have went for him when I had the chance last round instead of picking a middle order bat, as there are still heaps of good ones left.

 

[Simon]

So gutted. I thought he slipped under the radar. I really should have went for him when I had the chance last round instead of picking a middle order bat, as there are still heaps of good ones left.

Yeh I've been holding off on him for about three rounds tbh. I know his average is a little low compared to some but he is still right up there in terms of reputation.

 

[pskov]

69 players selected so far and their is a distinct bias to the more recent day. Understandable considering a) more cricket between more countries, thus involving more players, has been played as time goes on and b) a natural inclination to select players we have seen ourselves or on tv/internet clips. Or you could just presuppose that the 1970s and 1990s were indeed the best decades of cricket ever, and that the 1960s were boring as lots of people have remarked.

Decade made test debut

1900s 1
1910s 0
1920s 6
1930s 4
1940s 8
1950s 6
1960s 2
1970s 16
1980s 8
1990s 15
2000s 3

Decade played final test

1930s 6
1940s 3
1950s 8
1960s 8
1970s 4
1980s 7
1990s 10
2000s 14
Still playing 10

I wonder if this trend will continue or if as we go along, and we are perhaps forced to pick players we are less familiar with, it will balance out.

An update to this

122 players selected so far. (10.05)

Decade made test debut

1890s 1
1900s 3
1910s 0
1920s 9
1930s 8
1940s 10
1950s 14
1960s 10
1970s 23
1980s 13
1990s 22
2000s 8

Decade played final test

1920s 3
1930s 10
1940s 3
1950s 12
1960s 14
1970s 10
1980s 15
1990s 17
2000s 22
Not yet retired 16

Stayed at pretty much the same ratio so far.

 

[Jakester1288]

So now you're looking at another seamer and batting Hadlee at 6?

Huh?

My team is bowlers from 7-10, I could fit them in at 11. I could fit in a seamer at 11, then a middle order batsmen at 5/6, then my team would be full.

 

[Simon]

Huh?

My team is bowlers from 7-10, I could fit them in at 11. I could fit in a seamer at 11, then a middle order batsmen at 5/6, then my team would be full.

Didn't you say something about a third seamer, looking at your team now, you have one fast bowler and two spots left, 11 and middle order, you can get a quick to fill the spot at 11 but you still only have two fast bowlers then.
The reason I said you'd be batting Hadlee at 6 is cause for you to get a third seamer its unlikely they'd be a better batsman than Hadlee, Vettori, Benaud, Healy.

 

[Jakester1288]

Didn't you say something about a third seamer, looking at your team now, you have one fast bowler and two spots left, 11 and middle order, you can get a quick to fill the spot at 11 but you still only have two fast bowlers then.
The reason I said you'd be batting Hadlee at 6 is cause for you to get a third seamer its unlikely they'd be a better batsman than Hadlee, Vettori, Benaud, Healy.

We will see.

 

[chaminda_00]

Jake you should look at a couple South Afrcian all rounders from the 60s and 70s that opened the batting and bowled medium pace as a third seamer. Both could bat in middle order if required as well.

 

[G.I.Joe]

FFS, don't be the prat who shouts out the answers during the test.

 

[Jakester1288]

Jake you should look at a couple South Afrcian all rounders from the 60s and 70s that opened the batting and bowled medium pace as a third seamer. Both could bat in middle order if required as well.

I have 2 players in mind for the remaining 2 positions, and I had them in mind weeks ago.

 

[chaminda_00]

First he takes Vassy and now he holds up the draft again. Worst bloke ever that Raghav.

 

[tim#7]

Cannot believe VVS Laxman hasn't been taken yet. But I'm jjust a spectator so I'll keep quiet.

 

[NUFAN]

Cannot believe VVS Laxman hasn't been taken yet. But I'm jjust a spectator so I'll keep quiet.

Oh noez there goes my last pick.

Seriously there's about 5 or 6 middle order batsman who wouldn't look out of place in anyone's side at all.

I reckon after this is finished if we do a notable omissions list, it'll have some real classy players.

 

[Matt79]

Cannot believe VVS Laxman hasn't been taken yet. But I'm jjust a spectator so I'll keep quiet.

These teams aren't going to be only playing Australia is the thing...

 

[Raghav]

BS Bedi

 

[Somerset]

I was thinking of picking VVS for my last pick but my side desperately needed a specialist opener before it was too late. Also Bedi's not a bad selection this late in the draft.

 

[Jamee999]

Just a note guys that I've lost my net at home (thank god for DT, imo)

10.07 Damien Martyn

Another Aussie, but he's a good batsman, so we'll forgive him that.

Team so far:

Geoffrey Boycott
Saeed Anwar
Ricky Ponting
Damien Martyn
Ken Barrington
Shiv Chanderpaul
Joel Garner
Malcolm Marshall
Brian Statham
Allan Donald