Scorecard Draft

[weldone]

lol...

Yeah, having Imran in the side is no doubt more useful than having a bowler of his calibre (who can't bat), or a batsman of his calibre (who can't bowl). But whether it's more useful than having a better batsman (who can't bowl) is highly debatable.

Of course Imran was exceptional. In case of 'not that great' all-rounders, my point becomes more valid. For example, I'll prefer a Kevin Pietersen over an Andrew Flintoff at no. 6 more often than not (if I already have 4 genuinely good bowlers).

Everything depends on situations though. If your top 5 is amazing, and your bowling isn't top-class then an all-rounder helps. If you have 4 great bowlers, then you mightn't need one.

 

[Jarquis]

I'll be going for 7. Ames 8. Dev but if there's a class batsman who can roll his arm over who I can get into my top 6 I'll grab them at the first opportunity I get.

 

[Himannv]

Well, hypothetically speaking, if I have the likes of Gilchrist along with Imram, I have the unique possibility of having 7 batsman, 5 bowlers and a good keeper, all fitting in nicely into a 11 man team. Its almost like having 13 players. Hypothetically of course

 

[Jarquis]

Not entirely unique IMO. Considering most of us are going to have excellent wicketkeeper batsmen.
For example, I reckon Ames is definitely in the same catgeory as Gilchrist in terms of his allroundness as a player.
So I too will have 7 excellent batsmen (plus Kapil), 5 bowlers and a great keeper, if I can find somebody to slot into my, vacant, top 6.

 

[weldone]

So I too will have 7 excellent batsmen

nice optimism there...about the future rounds...

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Colin Blythe

3rd Test: England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 19-21, 1907 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

Charter 77 So Far

Andy Flower
Shaun Pollock
Colin Blythe

 

[G.I.Joe]

Round 1:

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NUFAN - Muttiah Muralitharan
weldone - Adam Gilchrist
Noble One - Glenn Mcgrath
Cevno - Curtly Ambrose
Blakus - Vivian Richards
Himmanv - Imran Khan
honestbharani - Richard Hadlee
kingkallis - Malcolm Marshall
GI Joe - Brian Lara
Shri - Kumar Sangakkara
pskov - Shane Warne
HeathDavisSpeed - Jacques Kallis
Somerset - Sachin Tendulkar
marc71178 - Wasim Akram
Marcuss - Waqar Younis
Jamee999 - Ricky Ponting
Michaelf7777777 - Andy Flower
Riggins - Michael Slater

Round 2:

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Riggins - Rahul Dravid
Michaelf7777777 - Shaun Pollock
Jamee999 - Courtney Walsh
Marcuss - Kapil Dev
marc71178 - Ian Botham
Somerset - Dennis Lillee
HeathDavisSpeed - Joel Garner
pskov - Sunil Gavaskar
Shri - Garry Sobers
GI Joe - Keith Miller
kingkallis - Donald Bradman
honestbharani - Wally Hammond
Himmanv - Jack Hobbs
Blakus - Sydney Barnes
Cevno - Wilfred Rhodes
Noble One - Clarrie Grimmett
weldone - George Headley
NUFAN - Fred Trueman

Round 3:

pskov - Alan Davidson
Jamee999 - Len Hutton
Marcuss - Les Ames
GI Joe - Herbert Sutcliffe
kingkallis - Aubrey Faulkner
Riggins - Charles Macartney
Michaelf7777777 - Colin Blythe
Shri
weldone
Blakus
NUFAN
Cevno
Noble One
HeathDavisSpeed
Himmanv
Somerset
marc71178
honestbharani

Round 4:

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marc71178
honestbharani
Somerset
Himmanv
HeathDavisSpeed
Noble One
Cevno
NUFAN
Blakus
weldone
Shri
Michaelf7777777
Riggins
kingkallis
GI Joe
Marcuss
Jamee999
pskov

 

[weldone]

Colin Blythe

3rd Test: England v South Africa at The Oval, Aug 19-21, 1907 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

Charter 77 So Far

Andy Flower
Shaun Pollock
Colin Blythe

Suddenly remembered Ikki's comment on a forum a few years (or, was it months?) ago (he was Kazoholic then) - "If Barnes is the best bowler ever, explain why Colin Blythe isn't the 2nd best ever."

 

[Cevno]

I think if someone misses his turn for whatever reason he should be asked to pick at the End of the round.

Though nobody has done it so far,waiting and choosing their turn to pick makes it easier and also inconvenient for the drafter next in line.

 

[Cevno]

Aubrey Faulkner a very good pick.

Proper Spinning all -rounders are rarer in history than top class pace bowling all rounders .

 

[Shri]

Hugh Trumble

1st Test: Australia v England at Sydney, Dec 13-16, 1901 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

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2.
3. Kumar Sangakkara (+)
4.
5. Garry Sobers
6.
7.
8. Hugh Trumble
9.
10.
11.

 

[NUFAN]

Shenanigans re: KingKallis!

Weldone has about 5 hours to go, he has a couple of decent cricketers to select from!

 

[kingkallis]

Weldone - come on mate!

 

[Shri]

I had a chance to get the trump card, but chose a bowler instead since I want to finish the bowling line up first.

 

[kingkallis]

Shenanigans re: KingKallis!

Weldone has about 5 hours to go, he has a couple of decent cricketers to select from!

What was so tricky mate?

 

[NUFAN]

What was so tricky mate?

No sorry nothing. I misread what had happened and it was good to see that Faulkner did play against Sutcliffe.

 

[kingkallis]

Weldone's time is up...

I think blakus & NUFAN should proceed...

 

[kingkallis]

I think if someone misses his turn for whatever reason he should be asked to pick at the End of the round.

Though nobody has done it so far,waiting and choosing their turn to pick makes it easier and also inconvenient for the drafter next in line.

+1

This means people who deliberately avoid selecting players will have to STOP it!

 

[Cevno]

Blakus to pick.

 

[weldone]

George Lohmann

Scorecard: 1st Test: England v Australia at Lord's, Jul 21-23, 1890 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com