Scorecard Draft

[Blakus]

So my final team is

1.Bob Simpson 4869 runs @ 46.81, 71 wickets @ 42.26
2.Sid Barnes 1072 runs @ 63.05
3.Viv Richards* 8540 runs @ 50.32 , 32 wickets @ 61.37
4.Zaheer Abbas 5062 runs @ 44.79
5.Ken Barrington 6806 runs @ 58.87 , 29 wickets @ 44.82
6.Kevin Pietersen 5306 runs @ 48.23
7.Billy Murdoch+ 908 runs @ 31.31 , 14 catches 1 stumping
8.Johnny Wardle 102 wickets @ 20.39 , 653 runs @ 19.78
9.Ian Bishop 161 wickets @ 24.27 , 632 runs 12.15
10.Frederick Spofforth 98 wickets @ 18.41 , 217 runs @ 9.43
11.Sydney Barnes 189 wickets @ 16.43 , 242 runs @ 8.06
12.Subhash Gupte 149 wickets @ 29.55, 183 runs @ 6.31

 

[Somerset]

OK, it's been more than 12 hours so I can make my choice. I'm going to grab Johnny Wardle.

2nd Test: England v West Indies at Lord's, Jun 20-22, 1957 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

Had him lined up as one of my options for my spinner should we get back to the 50s, top pick for this late in the draft.

 

[NUFAN]

Hugh Tayfield will be a very nice addition to my team, bowling alongside Murali.

Still deciding on my final XI
Batsman
G Chappell
T Dexter
C Hunte
L Hassett
G Smith
G Thorpe

Wicketkeeper
J Cameron

All Rounder
A Steel

Spin bowlers
M Muralitharan
H Tayfield

Quicks
F Trueman
C Turner

 

[Somerset]

Would've loved Tayfield too. His list of matches denies me any of the subcontinental spinners I was hoping for as well. With all that considered, I'll go for Bill Johnston as my spinner (even though he had the ability to also bowl pace).

5th Test: Australia v South Africa at Melbourne, Feb 6-12, 1953 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

 

[Somerset]

Somerset XI:
Eddie Barlow RHB RM (30 tests, 2,516 runs @ 45.74, 40 wickets @ 34.05)
Eddie Paynter LHB (20 tests, 1,540 runs @ 59.23)
Douglas Jardine (c) RHB (22 tests, 1,296 runs @ 48.00)
Sachin Tendulkar RHB RM/LS/OS (169 tests, 13,837 runs @ 56.02, 44 wickets @ 52.25)
KS Ranjitsinhji RHB (15 tests, 989 runs @ 44.95)
Javed Miandad RHB (124 tests, 8,832 runs @ 52.57)
Mohammad Yousuf RHB (90 tests, 7,520 runs @ 53.07)
Billy Bates RHB OS (15 tests, 656 runs @ 27.33, 50 wickets @ 16.42)
Godfrey Evans (wk) RHB (91 tests, 2,439 runs @ 20.49, 173 catches and 46 stumpings)
Dennis Lillee RHB RF (70 tests, 905 runs @ 13.71, 355 wickets @ 23.92)
Bill Johnston RHB LFM/SLA (40 tests, 273 runs @ 11.37, 160 wickets @ 23.91)
Craig McDermott RHB RF (71 tests, 940 runs @ 12.20, 291 wickets @ 28.63)

On second thoughts, I'll probably have Johnston bowl pace and then turn to spin, rather than focus on spin. Also haven't confirmed that Paynter will sit out as 12th man.Overall pretty happy with my final squad.

 

[Blakus]

Tayfield and Johnston both great picks. Johnston in particular is one of the most flexible bowlers in history. From what I've read, he could bow all 3 of fast, medium or spin.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Johnston was the one I wanted

 

[Shri]

Tayfield and Johnston both great picks. Johnston in particular is one of the most flexible bowlers in history. From what I've read, he could bow all 3 of fast, medium or spin.

Trevor Bailey

4th Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, Jan 28-Feb 2, 1955 | Cricket Scorecard | Cricinfo.com

1. Roy Fredericks
2. Andrew Strauss
3. Kumar Sangakkara (+)
4. Bill Ponsford
5. Garry Sobers
6. Vijay Hazare
7. Trevor Bailey
8. Alec Bedser
9. Hugh Trumble
10. Derek Underwood
11. Darren Gough

12. Syd Gregory

 

[G.I.Joe]

Marcus Aurelius the 71178th the only one left to pick. I'll just post the final list for the home ground draft

Round 1:

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NUFAN - Muttiah Muralitharan
weldone - Adam Gilchrist
Noble One - Glenn Mcgrath
Cevno - Curtly Ambrose
Blakus - Vivian Richards
Himannv - 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
Himannv - Jack Hobbs
Blakus - Sydney Barnes
Cevno - Wilfred Rhodes
Noble One - Clarrie Grimmett
weldone - George Headley
NUFAN - Fred Trueman

Round 3:

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pskov - Alan Davidson
Jamee999 - Len Hutton
Marcuss - Les Ames
GI Joe - Herbert Sutcliffe
kingkallis - Aubrey Faulkner
Riggins - Charles Macartney
Michaelf7777777 - Colin Blythe
Shri - Hugh Trumble
weldone - George Lohmann
Blakus - Frederick Spofforth
NUFAN - Charlie Turner
Cevno - W.G Grace
Noble One - Victor Trumper
HeathDavisSpeed - Warwick Armstrong
Himannv - Stanley Jackson
Somerset - Kumar Ranjitsinhji
marc71178 - Archie MacLaren
honestbharani - Johnny Briggs

Round 4:

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marc71178 - Bobby Abel
honestbharani - Billy Barnes
Somerset - Billy Bates
Himannv - Dick Barlow
HeathDavisSpeed - Tom Garrett
Noble One - Arthur Shrewsbury
Cevno - Bobby Peel
NUFAN - Allan Steel
Blakus - Billy Murdoch
weldone - George Ulyett
Shri - Syd Gregory
Michaelf7777777 - Frank Woolley
Riggins - Bill Voce
kingkallis - Bill O'Rielly
GI Joe - Ray Lindwall
Marcuss - Jim Laker
Jamee999 - Clyde Walcott
pskov - Neil Harvey

Round 5:

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Shri - Alec Bedser
Jamee999 - Peter May
honestbharani - Graeme Pollock
Blakus - Ken Barrington
Cevno - Frank Tyson
Michaelf7777777 - Arthur Morris
Riggins - Vinoo Mankad
GI Joe - Denis Compton
HeathDavisSpeed - Everton Weekes
kingkallis - Colin Cowdrey
Noble One - Brian Statham
pskov - Neil Adcock
weldone - Richie Benaud
Marcuss - Frank Worrell
Himannv - Rohan Kanhai
Somerset - Godfrey Evans
marc71178 - Hanif Mohammad
NUFAN - Ted Dexter

Round 6:

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marc71178 - Alan Knott
NUFAN - Greg Chappell
Somerset - Javed Miandad
Himannv - Gordon Greenidge
Marcuss - Allan Border
weldone - Geoff Boycott
pskov - Michael Holding
Noble One - Martin Crowe
kingkallis - Rodney Marsh
HeathDavisSpeed - Andy Roberts
GI Joe - Bob Willis
Riggins - Garth Mckenzie
Michaelf7777777 - Colin Croft
Cevno - Farokh Engineer
Blakus - Bob Simpson
honestbharani - Doug Walters
Jamee999 - Bishan Bedi
Shri - Derek Underwood

Round 7:

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HeathDavisSpeed - Peter Pollock
Marcuss - Graham Gooch
Cevno - Allan Donald
Jamee999 - Matthew Hayden
marc71178 - Harbhajan Singh
honestbharani - MS Dhoni
Himannv - Dale Steyn
Noble One - Andrew Flintoff
kingkallis - Virender Sehwag
NUFAN - Greame Smith
pskov - Steve Waugh
weldone - Shane Bond
Riggins - Mahela Jayawardene
Somerset - Mohammad Yousuf
GI Joe - Jeff Thomson
Shri - Darren Gough
Blakus - Ian Bishop
Michaelf7777777 - Desmond Haynes

Round 8:

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Blakus - Zaheer Abbas
Michaelf7777777 - Clive Lloyd
Shri - Roy Fredericks
GI Joe - Bill Lawry
Somerset - Eddie Barlow
Riggins / JTRCXXX94 - Mohammad Asif
weldone - Ian Chappell
pskov - John Edrich
NUFAN - Conrad Hunte
kingkallis - Dennis Amiss
Noble One - David Gower
Himannv - Abdul Qadir
honestbharani - Shoaib Akhtar
marc71178 - Aravinda de Silva
Jamee999 - Anil Kumble
Cevno - Inzamam ul Haq
Marcuss - Shivnaraine Chanderpaul
HeathDavisSpeed - Mark Taylor

Round 9:

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Somerset - Craig McDermott
kingkallis - Merv Hughes
NUFAN - Graham Thorpe
marc71178 - Chris Gayle
Himannv - Jason Gillespie
Noble One - Mark Waugh
Marcuss - Justin Langer
Cevno - V.V.S Laxman
weldone - Gautam Gambhir
honestbharani - Shane Watson
Shri - Andrew Strauss
Blakus - Kevin Pietersen
Michaelf7777777 - Michael Hussey
Jamee999 - Makhaya Ntini
GI Joe - Alec Stewart
pskov - Younis Khan
HeathDavisSpeed - Gary Kirsten
Riggins / JTRCXXX94 - Ian Healy

Round 10:

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pskov - Jeff Dujon
HeathDavisSpeed - Syed Kirmani
GI Joe - Tony Greig
Jamee999 - John Snow
Michaelf7777777 - Mushtaq Mohammed
Blakus - Subhash Gupte
Shri - Vijay Hazare
honestbharani - Vijay Merchant
Riggins / JTRCXXX94 - Cyril Washbrook
weldone - K. Duleepsinhji
Cevno - Dudley Nourse
Marcuss - Maurice Tate
Noble One - Petsy Hendren
Himannv - Stan McCabe
marc71178 - Headley Verity
NUFAN - Jock Cameron
kingkallis - Bert Ironmonger
Somerset - Douglas Jardine

Round 11:

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Shri - Bill Ponsford
Somerset - Eddie Paynter
NUFAN - Lindsay Hassett
Blakus - Sid Barnes
marc71178 - Bill Bowes
weldone - Manny Martindale
Marcuss - Bruce Mitchell
Riggins / JTRCXXX94 - Herbie Taylor
HeathDavisSpeed - Stewie Dempster
Noble One - Gubby Allen
Himannv - Harold Larwood
GI Joe - Tich Freeman
Michaelf7777777 - Jack Gregory
Jamee999 - Bill Woodfull
pskov - Maurice Leyland
Cevno - Allan Rae
honestbharani - Jeffrey Stollmeyer
kingkallis - Polly Umrigar

Round 12

honestbharani - Bob Cowper
kingkallis - Wes Hall
Cevno - Colin Bland
pskov - Ian Redpath
Jamee999 - Alvin Kalicharan
Michaelf7777777 - Bhagwath Chandrashekhar
GI Joe - MAK Pataudi
Himannv - Jackie Hendriks
Noble One - Jim Parks
HeathDavisSpeed - Trevor Goddard
Riggins / JTRCXXX94 - Ken MacKay
Marcuss - Fazal Mahmood
weldone - Roy Gilchrist
marc71178
Blakus - Johnny Wardle
NUFAN - Hugh Tayfield
Somerset - Bill Johnston
Shri - Trevor Bailey

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

The Barnacle is a solid final pick. An interesting exercise this has been. Supoib.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Home Ground draft order -

Jamee999
Blakus
Himannv
Somerset
marc71178
Noble One
Marcuss
pskov
Michaelf7777777
weldone
NUFAN
Riggins / JTRCXXX94
honestbharani
Cevno
Shri
GI Joe
kingkallis
HeathDavisSpeed

 

[kingkallis]

Hugh Tayfield will be a very nice addition to my team, bowling alongside Murali.

Still deciding on my final XI
Batsman
G Chappell
T Dexter
C Hunte
L Hassett
G Smith
G Thorpe

Wicketkeeper
J Cameron

All Rounder
A Steel

Spin bowlers
M Muralitharan
H Tayfield

Quicks
F Trueman
C Turner

Probably the best pick of the Round!

 

[Jamee999]

80000+ and a spinner's dream.

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

 

[G.I.Joe]

80000+ and a spinner's dream.

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

They've renovated the stadium for the World Cup, and it's down to 64,000 seats now

 

[kingkallis]

Can I pick mine now?

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Yes, kingkallis, just make sure you select from the same scorecard.

 

[kingkallis]

Yes, kingkallis, just make sure you select from the same scorecard.

What scorecard? I am done with my players bro! I was checking about the home ground

 

[Himannv]

Of course you can't pick now kingkallis

 

[Shri]

Can I pick mine now?

Your nose? Sure go ahead, I will look the other way.

You are next to last in the order. So wait.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Your nose? Sure go ahead, I will look the other way.

You are next to last in the order. So wait.