Experience Draft

[Michaelf7777777]

Clive Lloyd for my next pick.

Brillant fielder, brillant captain (tough choice between him and Bradman for the captaincy) as well as being a highly skilled batsmen who was one of the most adept batsmen ever at managing the tail. Will bat at either 6 or 7 in my side depending on the final pick.

Charter 77 So Far

Conrad Hunte
Bill Ponsford
Don Bradman (c/vc)
Neil Harvey
Gary Sobers
Clive Lloyd (c/vc)
Billy Murdoch (+)
Fred Trueman
Clarrie Grimmett
Jack Cowie

 

[NUFAN]

Geoff Boycott.

 

[Jarquis]

Geoff Boycott.

I picked him sorry, probably should've made it clearer in my post.

 

[NUFAN]

Ah sorry mate, it's hard joining the draft midway through, I don't know what types of players everyone has already.. I'll go for Ian Healy if he's available?

 

[Jarquis]

Yeah, don't think I've seen anyone take him. It's my fault, I just quoted and edited the lineup from the post I made 2 posts before the one where I said "Michaeland yourselfto finish R10".
I just added Boycott to the line up and didn't mention him as such.

 

[Agent TBY]

[B]Round 11:[/B]

metallics2006
The Sean
Marcuss
fredfertang
Michaelf7777777
Blakus
NUFAN
Noble One
Pothas
Agent TBY

[B]Round 10:[/B]

Pothas -  Inzamam Ul-Haq
The Sean - Wasim Akram
Noble One - Mahela Jayawardene
Blakus - Matthew Hayden
metallics2006 - Shaun Pollock
fredfertang - Ian Botham
Agent TBY - Gordon Greenidge
Marcuss - Geoffrey Boycott
Michaelf7777777 - Clive Lloyd
NUFAN - Ian Healy

[B]Round 9:[/B]

NUFAN - Curtley Ambrose
Michaelf7777777 - Garfield Sobers
Marcuss - Walter Hammond
Agent TBY - Imran Khan
fredfertang - Adam Gilchrist
metallics2006 - Richard Hadlee
Blakus - Malcolm Marshall
Noble One - Jeff Dujon
The Sean - Greg Chappell
Pothas - Kumar Sangakkara 

[B]Round 8[/B]

Pothas - Len Hutton
Marcuss - Allan Donald
NUFAN - Doug Walters
metallics2006 - Jason Gillespie
The Sean - Rohan Kanhai
Blakus - Denis Compton
Michaelf7777777 - Neil Harvey
Noble One - Martin Crowe
Agent TBY - Zaheer Abbas
fredfertang - Andrew Flintoff

[B]Round 7:[/B]

fredfertang - Jack Hobbs
Agent TBY - Dennis Lillee
Noble One - Ray Lindwall
Michaelf7777777 - Fred Trueman
Blakus - Andy Flower
The Sean - Bob Simpson
metallics2006 - Andrew Strauss
NUFAN - Bishen Singh Bedi
Marcuss - Richie Benaud
Pothas - Ted Dexter

[B]Round 6:[/B]

Michaelf7777777 - Don Bradman
metallics2006 - Joel Garner
Blakus - Herbert Sutcliffe
Pothas - Keith Miller
Noble One - Michael Holding
fredfertang - Hanif Mohammad
The Sean - Alec Bedser
Marcuss - Mushtaq Mohammed
Agent TBY - Frank Worrell
marc71178 - Kevin Pietersen

[B]Round 5:[/B]

marc 71178 - Alan Davidson
Agent TBY - Everton Weekes
Marcuss - Les Ames
The Sean - Clyde Walcott
fredfertang - Jim Laker
Noble One - Victor Trumper
Pothas - Arthur Morris
Blakus - Andy Roberts
metallics2006 - Mike Hussey
Michaelf7777777 - Conrad Hunte

[B]Round 4:[/B]

Michaelf7777777 - Clarrie Grimmett
Blakus - Dale Steyn
Pothas - Maurice Tate
fredfertang - Stan McCabe
Marcuss - Fazal Mahmood
Agent TBY - MS Dhoni
Noble One - Bill Woodfull
marc71178 - Charles Macartney
The Sean - Jack Blackham
metallics2006 - Yuvraj Singh

[B]Round 3:[/B]

metallics2006 - George Headley
The Sean - WG Grace
marc 71178 - Graeme Pollock
Noble One - Bill O'Reilly
Agent TBY - Sydney Barnes
Marcuss - Douglas Jardine
fredfertang - Harold Larwood
Pothas - Colin Croft
Blakus - Aubrey Faulkner
Michaelf7777777 - Bill Ponsford

[B]Round 2:[/B]

Blakus - Fredrick Spofforth
Agent TBY - Shane Bond
Pothas - Frank Tyson
marc71178 - George Lohmann
fredfertang - Ted McDonald
Marcuss - Sid Barnes
Michaelf7777777 - Billy Murdoch
metallics2006 - Kumar Duleepsinhji
The Sean - Charlie Turner
Noble One - Fanie de Villiers

[B]Round 1:[/B]

Noble One - Barry Richards
The Sean - Mike Proctor
metallics2006 - Tip Foster
Michaelf7777777 - Jack Cowie
Marcuss - JJ Ferris
fredfertang - Archie Jackson
marc 71178 - Stewie Dempster
Pothas - Jack Iverson
Agent TBY - Vijay Merchant
Blakus - Martin Donnelly

Now I just sit around and wait as all these world-class players get picked. Hate the order so much.

 

[Shri]

I will take Shane Warne to complete my side.

1. Andrew Strauss
2. Michael Hussey (Wk)
3. Kumar Duleepsinhji
4. George Headley
5. Tip Foster
6. Yuvraj Singh (Damn)
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Richard Hadlee
9. Shane Warne (C)
10. Jason Gillespie
11. Joel Garner

Don't have a specialist keeper and a specialist opener. Add Yuvraj and the batting automatically fails. Was not that serious at the start of the draft, but I believe I have made up for it by assembling a very good bowling attack. Wouldn't rate my team ahead of a lot of other sides in the draft.

 

[The Sean]

I'll finish things off with Murali then.

 

[Jarquis]

The Sean is on, hopefully make my pick soon.

Edit : Jacques Kallis pour moi.

1. Barnes
2. Boycott
3. Hammond
4. Kallis
5. Jardine*
6. Mohammad
7. Ames+
8. Benaud
9. Mahmood
10. Donald
11. Ferris

Hard pressed to find a better balanced side than that. Very happy.

 

[Shri]

I'd put my life savings on knowing who metallics is going to pick in R11.
No keeper makes the team poor though. A shoody keeper will cost your bowling attack a lot of wickets.

So, was your guess right or what?

 

[Agent TBY]

Haha, the three players I wanted most are gone 1, 2, 3. Brilliant.

 

[Jarquis]

Metallics - Yes it was. You needed a spinner so it was either Murali or Warne. You wanted some lower order batting so it was Warne.

TBY - You hate the draft order right?

 

[Agent TBY]

Not anymore, no. Wouldn't have made a difference if I was 4th.

 

[Jarquis]

fertang up, Michael will also be up in around 10 minutes. Nearly done people, would be good to wrap it up quickly.

 

[fredfertang]

After changing my mind half a dozen times I decided to gor for Viv and Both in the same team


1. Jack Hobbs
2. Hanif Mohammad
3. Archie Jackson
4. Stan McCabe
5. Viv Richards
6. Adam Gilchrist
7. Ian Botham
8. Andrew Flintoff
9. Harold Larwood
10. Jim Laker
11. Ted MacDonald

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Glen McGrath to finish off my team

Charter 77 Line Up

1. Conrad Hunte
2. Bill Ponsford
3. Don Bradman (*)
4. Neil Harvey
5. Garfield Sobers
6. Clive Lloyd
7. Billy Murdoch (+)
8. Clarrie Grimmett
9. Fred Trueman
10. Jack Cowie
11. Glen McGrath

 

[Pothas]

After changing my mind half a dozen times I decided to gor for Viv and Both in the same team


1. Jack Hobbs
2. Hanif Mohammad
3. Archie Jackson
4. Stan McCabe
5. Viv Richards
6. Adam Gilchrist
7. Ian Botham
8. Andrew Flintoff
9. Harold Larwood
10. Jim Laker
11. Ted MacDonald

Loving that lower middle order.

 

[The Sean]

Glen McGrath to finish off my team

Charter 77 Line Up

1. Conrad Hunte
2. Bill Ponsford
3. Don Bradman (*)
4. Neil Harvey
5. Garfield Sobers
6. Clive Lloyd
7. Billy Murdoch (+)
8. Clarrie Grimmett
9. Fred Trueman
10. Jack Cowie
11. Glen McGrath

Hard to go past this side as the strongest of the lot - love it.

 

[Pothas]

Yeah any team that has Bradman and Sobers is going to be hard to beat, lucky boy getting first pick in both those rounds.

 

[Blakus]

After much debate I'm picking Sachin Tendulkar.

My final lineup:

1.Herbert Sutcliffe
2.Matthew Hayden
3.Denis Compton
4.Sachin Tendulkar
5.Martin Donnelly
6.Andy Flower+
7.Aubrey Faulkner*
8.Malcolm Marshall
9.Andy Roberts
10.Frederick Spofforth
11.Dale Steyn

Every single member of this team is a genuine contender for their respective national XI's
The batting lineup is deep and has batsmen for all conditions.
Fantastic bowling lineup. The only bowler in my side with a strike rate over 50 is Roberts.
The only real weaknesses are Flower as keeper and the lack of captaincy choices.
All in all, I'm very satisfied with my team.