Random country draft

[honestbharani]

Addressing my allrounder with Tony Greig

 

[honestbharani]

Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
-
Martin Crowe (NZ)
Mushtaq Mohammed (Pak)
Ken Barrington (Eng)
Clyde Walcott(WI) +
Tony Greig (Eng)
Shaun Pollock (RSA)
Ian Bishop (WI)
Dennis Lillee (AUS)
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (IND)

 

[Somerset]

Not a gamble at all. One of Englands 3 greatest spinners IMO

I agree that hes quality but I think others will see his wickets per match as a detriment and somewhat of a weakness - thats what I meant by a gamble as I assume there would be a vote for the best side. Still, at least it solves the issue of finding a spinner, and with his batting ability at number nine my final selection might as well bat like Chris Martin.

Rhodes batting at 9!

 

[Himannv]

Good to get England again at this stage. Plenty of great options to get now.

 

[G.I.Joe]

England II dripping with quality. I'm jealous of all the picks made so far.

 

[99*]

I'll have Sir Alec Bedser, or if Cev wants him before I'm up, I'll take Frank Tyson.

 

[Himannv]

12 hours are up since HB's post so 99* gets Bedser I reckon.

I'll take Jim Laker.

 

[99*]

G. Smith (RSA) 6799 @ 49.99
H. Mohammed (PAK) 3915 @ 43.98
D. Bradman (AUS) 6996 @ 99.94
M. Azharuddin (IND) 6215 @ 45.03
H. Tillakaratne (SRI) 4545 @ 42.87
B. McCullum (NZ) 2678 @ 34.33
I. Botham (ENG) 5200 @ 33.54 / 383 @ 28.40
x
M. Marshall (WI) 1,810 @ 18.85 / 376 @ 20.94
A. Bedser (ENG) 714 @ 12.75 / 236 @ 24.89
L. Gibbs (WI) - 488 @ 6.97 / 309 @ 29.09

Looking for that one last bowler. Carn Australia II.

 

[Matt79]

Round 10 - England II
Brumby - Les Ames
Blakus - Allan Knott
Matt79 - Geoff Boycott
Somerset - Wilf Rhodes
HB - Tony Greig
Cevno - tba
99* - Alec Bedser
Himannv - Jim Laker
Joe
Zinzan

 

[Matt79]

Joe or Zinzan can go now...

 

[G.I.Joe]

Kevin Pietersen vs the Brylcreem man.

Kevin Pietersen wins.


Stewie Dempster (65.72)
*
Kumar Sangakkara (55.10)
Kevin Pietersen (49.26)
*
MS Dhoni (42.59, 113c, 20st) +
Aubrey Faulkner (40.79, 26.58)
Ray Lindwall (21.15, 23.03)
Michael Holding (13.78, 23.68)
Fred Trueman (13.81, 21.57)
Waqar Younis (10.2, 23.56)

 

[Cevno]

Wanted Greig or rhodes for my allrounder spot ,but now will now have to gamble on the last country.

Will go for some one hwo fits the number 8 an spinner slot perfectly here.

Hedley Verity ,one of enlgand's finest ever spinners, and arguably the best.
Proved himself against Bradman's aussies and troubled Bradman the most.
Bradman said- "I think I know all about Clarrie (Grimmett), but with Hedley I am never sure. You see, there's no breaking point with him."

If a touchstone of Verity's greatness be needed, there is D.G. Bradman, the most inexorable scorer of runs that cricket has yet seen, whose Test match average against England stands at 91.42 in 46 innings. I think it was Verity who kept that average under 150. He was one of only three or four bowlers who came to the battle with Bradman on not unequal terms (haud impar congressus!)

He averaged 24.37 with the ball taking 144 wickets and a decent batting average of 21 too. And to top that he was one of the best fielders of the time.

 

[Cevno]

My team so far-

1)Sir Leonard Hutton
2)Marvan Attapatu
3)Greg Chappell
4)Sachin Tendulkar
5)Dudley Nourse
6)Jeffrey Dujon
7)
8)Hedley Verity
9)Joel Garner
10)Shoaib Akhtar
11)Shane Bond

 

[Cevno]

Kevin Pietersen vs the Brylcreem man.

Kevin Pietersen wins.


Stewie Dempster (65.72)
*
Kumar Sangakkara (55.10)
Kevin Pietersen (49.26)
*
MS Dhoni (42.59, 113c, 20st) +
Aubrey Faulkner (40.79, 26.58)
Ray Lindwall (21.15, 23.03)
Michael Holding (13.78, 23.68)
Fred Trueman (13.81, 21.57)
Waqar Younis (10.2, 23.56)

How come u have two places remaining? where is your second west indian?

 

[Matt79]

Wanted Greig or rhodes for my allrounder spot ,but now will now have to gamble on the last country.

Will go for some one hwo fits the number 8 an spinner slot perfectly here.

Hedley Verity ,one of enlgand's finest ever spinners, and arguably the best.
Proved himself against Bradman's aussies and troubled Bradman the most.
Bradman said- "I think I know all about Clarrie (Grimmett), but with Hedley I am never sure. You see, there's no breaking point with him."




He averaged 24.37 with the ball taking 144 wickets and a decent batting average of 21 too. And to top that he was one of the best fielders of the time.

Playing against Bradman, as with Bedser, that makes that average all the more impressive.

 

[G.I.Joe]

How come u have two places remaining? where is your second west indian?

oops


Conrad Hunte (45.06)
Stewie Dempster (65.72)
Kumar Sangakkara (55.10)
Kevin Pietersen (49.26)
*
MS Dhoni (42.59, 113c, 20st) +
Aubrey Faulkner (40.79, 26.58)
Ray Lindwall (21.15, 23.03)
Michael Holding (13.78, 23.68)
Fred Trueman (13.81, 21.57)
Waqar Younis (10.2, 23.56)

 

[Zinzan]

1 Herbert Sutcliffe 4500+ runs @ 60
2
3 Brian Lara 10000+ runs @ 52
4 Javed Miandad ]8000+ runs @ 52
5 Jacques Kallis 10000+ runs @ 55, 261 wickets @ 31
6 Tillakaratne Dilshan (WK) 3500+ runs @ 43
7 Andrew Flintoff 3500 + runs @ 31 200+ wickets @32
8 Shane Warne 3000+ runs @ 17, 708 wickets @ 25
9 Anil Kumble 2500+ runs @ 17, 619 wickets @ 29
10 Jack Cowie 45 wickets @ 21
11 Courtney Walsh 519 wickets @ 24

 

[Matt79]

Would have been weird for Flintoff not to be selected in two rounds of English players.

 

[Matt79]

Round 11 - Pakistan/SL
Blakus
Himannv
HB
Matt79
Somerset
Joe
99*
Zinzan
Brumby
Cevno

 

[Matt79]

This will be interesting...