Ashes Draft

[kingkallis]

Its my team so Edrich wont have any say in it.

 

[NUFAN]

KK always picks the guy I was going pick whenever he is just before me!

I'll go for Ross Edwards who will bat at 5 or 6 and field superbly in the covers.

 

[kingkallis]

Couple of weeks ago you had picked Thorpe ahead of me and I badly wanted Thorpe in that particular draft!

 

[Howe_zat]

Teja up next.

Just thinking about the one round for 30s/40s; surely the time lost to the war doesn't matter as much if we're only using one series per round? So we could do both Invincibles(1948) and Bodyline (1932-3) and have, say, one 19th century series?

 

[Jarquis]

Ian Redpath
Allan Border
Alan Knott
Brett Lee

 

[Teja.]

So, I missed a turn, Do I get a pick this round or do I just get skipped?

 

[Himannv]

Pick now Teja.

 

[Teja.]

Dennis Amiss, Thanks.

 

[Himannv]

Hmm, Marcuss I think you probably picked an hour early or something.

1.Shri - G.Chappell
2.Fredfertang - Greig
3.Michaellf7777777- Thomson
4.Joao - I.Chappell
5.Howe_zat - Underwood
6.Himannv - Walters
7.Kingkallis - Edrich
8.Nufan - Edwards
9.Teja - Amiss
10.Marcuss - Redpath
11.Blakus
12.Zinzan12

 

[Jarquis]

Ah sorry... I didn't see NUFAN had picked so worried I was going to be skipped if I waited any longer.

 

[kingkallis]

Ah sorry... I didn't see NUFAN had picked so worried I was going to be skipped if I waited any longer.

Just say you badly wanted Redpath

 

[Himannv]

Redpath is quite a top player so good pick IMO. Has to be said, some fantastic batsmen in this era.

 

[Blakus]

Colin Cowdrey for me thanks

1.Justin Langer
2.
3.
4.Colin Cowdrey
5.
6.
7.Ian Healy
8.Dennis Lillee
9.
10.
11.

 

[Himannv]

Whats the next series Blakus?

 

[Blakus]

The 1960's was a tough time to pick a series from. 15 draws and just 10 results tells the story of just how sedate this era was. Should I pick something that was representative of this? I decided against this and have instead gone for the one shining light, right at the start of the decade. A topsy-turvy contest, with Australia managing to win at foreign soil.

For round 5 we have the 1961 ashes.


Round order (reverses for round 6)

1.Michaelf7777777
2.Fredfertang
3.Howe_zat
4.Marcuss
5.Joao
6.Nufan
7.Blakus
8.Shri
9.Teja
10.Himannv
11.Kingkallis
12.Zinzan12

 

[Blakus]

@ Howe_zat. My thinking when combining the 40's and 30's together was not so much about the war, than about that alot of the guys who played in the 40's played most of their careers in the 50's too. Which would make picking a series from the 50's with minimal crossover exceedingly difficult.

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with picking pre-war players. Just requires a bit of study, that's all

 

[Howe_zat]

@ Howe_zat. My thinking when combining the 40's and 30's together was not so much about the war, than about that alot of the guys who played in the 40's played most of their careers in the 50's too. Which would make picking a series from the 50's with minimal crossover exceedingly difficult.

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with picking pre-war players. Just requires a bit of study, that's all

Okay mate, I'll take your word for it.

Some top bowlers in that series, finally my chance to get a top quick.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...;team=1;team=2;template=results;type=allround

 

[Teja.]

Are people picking players on Ashes record or overall record? I am choosing based on the latter.

Amiss' record against the WI is fantastic. When Cribb gets done with his standardized averages, I'd love to see how he compares with the likes of Hayden, Sehwag and Kallis.

 

[Howe_zat]

You can pick on either, but I think when we vote it comes down to overall record.

 

[Riggins]

Joao and Howe-Zat with very ***y teams from my heavily biased point of view!!