Sheep Draft Version 2.0

[NUFAN]

Round 11 Results - made a pair in Test Cricket
fredfertang - Graham Gooch
Marcuss - Alec Stewart
Blakus - Wes Hall
metallics2006 - Mark Waugh
Michaelf7777777 - Monty Noble
kof98 - Allan Border
bryce - George Lohmann
honestbharani - Alec Bedser
G.I.Joe - Glenn McGrath
biasedSomersetindian - Curtly Ambrose
Matt79 - Merv Hughes


Teams so far
fredfertang - Charles Bannerman, Harold Larwood, Stanley Jackson, Jason Gallian, Allan Donald, Stan McCabe, Eddie Paynter, Bishen Bedi, George Gunn, Moin Khan, Graham Gooch

Marcuss - Andrew Strauss, Mushtaq Mohammad, Dennis Lillee, Andrew Symonds, Stuart Clark, Qasim Umar, Bob Cowper, Courtney Walsh, Michael Clarke, Tapash Baisya, Alec Stewart

Blakus - Barry Richards, Gubby Allen, John Waite, Colin Bland, Ian Bishop, Vinoo Mankad, Ernest Tyldesley, Hugh Trumble, Javed Miandad, Rahul Dravid, Wes Hall

metallics2006 - Matthew Hayden, Fanie de Villiers, MS Dhoni, Tony Greig, Waqar Younis, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Brett Schultz, Anil Kumble, Kepler Wessels, Dave Houghton, Mark Waugh

Michaelf7777777 - Billy Murdoch, Tom Richardson, Jack Ryder, JJ Ferris, Hansie Cronje, Bert Sutcliffe, Albert Trott, Fazal Mahmood, Herbie Collins, Saleem Malik, Monty Noble

kof98 - Ijaz Ahmed, Craig Matthews, Herchelle Gibbs, Andy Caddick, Jacques Kallis, Michael Slater, Geoff Lawson, Ricky Ponting, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Harbajhan Singh, Allan Border

bryce - Bruce Taylor, John R Reid, Stewie Dempster, Kumar Duleepsinhji, Shaun Pollock , AB de Villiers, Paul Reiffel, Martin Crowe, Thilan Samaraweera, Inzaman Ul Haq, George Lohmann

honestbharani - Lawrence Rowe, Bob Simpson, Willie Bates, Allan Lamb, Ravindra Pushpakumara, Eddie Barlow, Ron Archer, Kapil Dev, Brendon Kuruppu, VVS Laxman, Alec Bedser

G.I.Joe - Michael Vaughan, Frank Tyson, Grant Elliott, Amjad Khan, Andrew Flintoff, Victor Trumper, Len Butterfield, Warwick Armstrong, Doug Walters, Sachin Tendulkar, Glenn McGrath

biasedSomersetindian - Vijay Merchant, Chris Gayle, Vijay Hazare, Dipak Patel, Sanath Jayasuriya, Graeme Dowling, Gavin Hamilton, Murray Chapple, Azhar Mahmood, Heath Streak, Curtly Ambrose

Matt79 - Ravi Bopara, Jack Gregory, Bill Johnston, Ted Dexter, Muttiah Muralitharan, Greg Chappell, Seymour Nurse, Len Hutton, Conrad Hunte, Rashid Latif, Merv Hughes

 

[NUFAN]

Final Round

Round 12A
Select one of the following banned players..
Agit Agarkar, Wasim Akram, Les Ames, Mohammed Asif, Mohammad Azharuddin, Richie Benaud, Colin Blythe, Shane Bond, Ian Botham, Don Bradman, Colin Cowdrey, Aubrey Faulkner, Andy Flower, Joel Garner, Sunil Gavaskar, Adam Gilchrist, WG Grace, Gordon Greenidge Clarrie Grimmett, Richard Hadlee, Walter Hammond, George Headley, Ken Higgs, Jack Hobbs, Michael Holding, Nasser Hussain, Bert Ironmonger Archie Jackson, Douglas Jardine, Imran Khan, Alan Knott, Rawl Lewis, Ray Lindwall, Roshan Mahanama, Hamish Marshall, Brian McMillan, Keith Miller, Hanif Mohammad, Arthur Morris, Jehan Mubarak, Brian Murphy, Saqlain Mushtaq, Makhaya Ntini, Bob Peel Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Pollock, Bill Ponsford, Ashwell Prince, Barry Richards, Viv Richards, Dave Richardson, Ian Salisbury, Mohammad Sami, Virender Sehwag, Ryan Sidebottom, Robin Singh, Garry Sobers, Jerome Taylor, John Traicos, Jonathan Trott, Hedley Verity, Clyde Walcott, Shane Warne, Everton Weekes, Guy Whittall, Bill Woodfull, Frank Worrell

This round works basically the same way as the other rounds, you still get 3 chances, anyone who FAILS in each of the 3 rounds will mean that a person with a pass can select a player from the ban list for them. Don't forget that if you pick someone from round 12AA, it's an automatic fail too.

You have 25 hours to email me for round 12A.

 

[Shri]

My side:

1. Matthew Hayden
2. Kepler Wessels
3. Dave Houghton
4. Mark Waugh
5. Shiv Chaderpaul
6. Tony Greig
7. MS Dhoni
8. Anil Kumble
9. Fanie de Villiers
10. Waqar Younis
11. Brett Schultz

 

[Matt79]

Lol Joe. Thought about taking McGrath but figured there was no way he'd still be free. There were probably better options than Hughes but I really didn't want a sheep in this round and Merv is a damn fine, albeit obviously not all time great, bowler. Happy with my XI:

Hutton (6971 @ 56.67)
Hunte (3245 @ 45.06)
Dexter (4502 @ 47.89, 66 wks @ 34.93 - 1.1 wpm)
Chappell, G.* (7110 @ 53.86)
Nurse (2523 @ 47.60)
Bopara (502 @ 33.46... stupid sheep)
Gregory (1146 @ 36.96, 85 wks @ 31.15 - 3.5 wpm)
Latif+ (1381 @ 28.77, 119 cts, 11 st)
Hughes (1032 @ 16.64, 212 wks @ 28.38 – 4 wpm)
Johnston (160 wks @ 23.91 - 4 wpm)
Muralitharan (792 wks @ 22.71 - 6 wpm)

 

[G.I.Joe]

Lol Joe. Thought about taking McGrath but figured there was no way he'd still be free. There were probably better options than Hughes but I really didn't want a sheep in this round and Merv is a damn fine, albeit obviously not all time great, bowler. Happy with my XI:
Hutton
Hunte
Dexter
G. Chappell
Nurse
Bopara
J. Gregory
M. Hughes
Johnston
Muralitharan

Haha yeah, but I'm finally finding that leaving the brain at the door before entering pays off The rounds where I over analysed it along those lines, I ended up with Butterfield, Amjad and Elliot. When I decided to stop thinking and go with my instinct, I bagged Tendulkar and McGrath

 

[Shri]

Good slip catchers in my side:

Hayden
Waugh

 

[Matt79]

12A sent.

 

[Shri]

12A sent.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Michael Vaughan
Grant Elliott
Victor Trumper
Sachin Tendulkar
Doug Walters
Warwick Armstrong
Andrew Flintoff
Len Butterfield
Amjad Khan
Frank Tyson
Glenn McGrath

Team needs a keeper. If I can't land one, one of Elliott/Butterfield/Amjad's gonna have to learn a whole new skill to hold his place in the team

 

[G.I.Joe]

12A sentenced.

 

[Blakus]

Team so far, with statistics

1.Barry Richards (508 runs at 72.57)
2.Vinoo Mankad (2105 runs at 31.47, 162 wickets at 32.32)
3.Rahul Dravid (11256 runs at 53.60)
4.Javed Miandad (8832 runs at 52.57)
5.Ernest Tyldesley (990 runs at 55.00)
6.Colin Bland (1669 runs at 49.08)
7.John Waite (wk) ( 2405 runs at 30.44, 124 catches, 17 stumpings)
8.Gubby Allen (c) (750 runs at 24.19, 81 wickets at 29.37)
9.Hugh Trumble (851 runs at 19.79, 141 wickets at 21.78)
10.Wes Hall (818 runs at 15.73, 192 wickets at 26.38)
11.Ian Bishop (632 runs at 12.15, 161 wickets at 24.27)

A strong all round side. The highlights are Dravid and Miandad in the middle order, the depth of my batting line-up and the flexibility and variety of the bowling attack.
The only weaknesses I can think of are Mankad as an opener (although he did average around 40 there) and the lack of a big name bowler (Mcgrath, Ambrose etc)

 

[Shri]

Team so far, with statistics

1.Barry Richards (508 runs at 72.57)
2.Vinoo Mankad (2105 runs at 21.47, 162 wickets at 32.32)
3.Rahul Dravid (11256 runs at 53.60)
4.Javed Miandad (8832 runs at 52.57)
5.Ernest Tyldesley (990 runs at 55.00)
6.Colin Bland (1669 runs at 49.08)
7.John Waite (wk) ( 2405 runs at 30.44, 124 catches, 17 stumpings)
8.Gubby Allen (c) (750 runs at 24.19, 81 wickets at 29.37)
9.Hugh Trumble (851 runs at 19.79, 141 wickets at 21.78)
10.Wes Hall (818 runs at 15.73, 192 wickets at 26.38)
11.Ian Bishop (632 runs at 12.15, 161 wickets at 24.27)

A strong all round side. The highlights are Dravid and Miandad in the middle order, the depth of my batting line-up and the flexibility and variety of the bowling attack.
The only weaknesses I can think of are Mankad as an opener (although he did average around 40 there) and the lack of a big name bowler (Mcgrath, Ambrose etc)

Ian Bishop is a big name bowler right there. Good side.

 

[stephen]

These last couple of rounds with some people picking up big names like McGrath and Border have really mixed things up. I can't see a clear favourite now, there's a lot of difficulty in chosing the best side of those presented.

 

[Blakus]

Ian Bishop is a big name bowler right there. Good side.

Bishop is very good, but when I say 'big name' I mean a genuine all time contender.
That being said it isn't really a major problem. I was just trying to be modest. I'm actually really happy with the way my attack looks. Bishop and Hall are a magnificent opening duo, backed up very well by Allen. The spin pairing of Trumble and Mankad is as good as it gets. There's no weak link.

Anyway finding it really hard to make a selection this round. Unlike a few others I have no sheep, so I'm in the envious position of being able to pick anyone.
Thinking about it, there are 3 options.
Replace Mankad at the top with an opener. Either Hobbs or Gavaskar would be ideal. But then again I like the balance that Mankad provides my side.
Replace one of Bland or Tyldesley. Whilst quality players, It'd be nice to have another high profile middle order bat. Any one of Bradman, Sobers, Hammond, Pollock, Headley, V.Richards or the 3 W's would do.
Replace Allen with a more well known fast bowler or allrounder. Khan, Akram, Hadlee, Miller, Botham, Garner, Holding or Lindwall would all be great in my side.

Trumble and Waite are good enough in their respective roles that It would be pointless to replace them.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

My Team so Far

Bert Suttcliffe
Herbie Collins (*)
Monty Noble
Saleem Malik
Jack Ryder
Hansie Cronje
Billy Murdoch (+)
Albert Trott
Fazal Mahmood
Tom Richardson
JJ Ferris

 

[kof98]

1 Michael Slater
2 Herchelle Gibbs
3 Ricky Ponting
4 Jacques Kallis
5 Ijaz Ahmed
6 Allan Border
7 Romesh Kaluwitharana
8 Craig Matthews
9 Harbajhan Singh
10 Geoff Lawson
11 Andy Caddick

 

[NUFAN]

There is going to be some very pleased people..

Round 12A - banned players
fredfertang - PASS
Marcuss - PASS
Blakus - PASS
metallics2006 - PASS
Michaelf7777777 - FAIL Don Bradman
kof98 - PASS
bryce - PASS
honestbharani - FAIL Garry Sobers (chosen in 12AA)
G.I.Joe - FAIL Adam Gilchrist
Somerset - FAIL Adam Gilchrist
Matt79 - FAIL Don Bradman

Can those with PASS beside there name please still not put there teams up.

The 5 people with FAIL beside there name you have 24 hours to select. A failure there will mean you'll have a big selection in 12C as there are some fairly ordinary banned players!

Oh also, how would everyone like to judge on who has the best team? Anyone object to a private vote where you pick the 3 best teams. I was thinking of making it 3-2-1 points and you can't select your team. Failure to vote would mean you would lose say 3 points..

 

[Jarquis]

Awesome.

 

[Shri]

WHAT?!? This is ridiculous! In a good way for me!

So, Nufan, does this mean that we can take out one player from our current eleven and substitute that player with the guy who we get in rd12?

 

[G.I.Joe]

Somerset - can't take a hint