CW Draft League - The Reserves

[Michaelf7777777]

I'll take Warwick Armstrong for my next pick please

Charter 77 So Far

Barry Richards
Graeme Pollock
John R Reid
Warwick Armstrong (*)
Jack Gregory
Learie Constantine
Clarrie Grimmett

 

[morgieb]

As good batsman are good batsman regardless of the format, Len Hutton.

 

[Dan]

C.B. Fry

1. C.B. Fry
2. Charlie Macartney
3. Keith Miller [c]
4. Everton Weekes
5. -
6. Neil Harvey
7. Mike Procter
8. -
9. Harold Larwood
10. -
11. -

 

[Jager]

rvd your team looks nothing short of superb so far. Fry such a good selection.

 

[Dan]

rvd your team looks nothing short of superb so far. Fry such a good selection.

Cheers. I'm quite happy with the depth of bowling options I have in the top order, and Procter should be more than capable of batting at 7. I'm trying to play around with the batting order a little bit - I think Miller would be good at taking advantage of the powerplay, and bumping Macartney up to open allows him the maximum time to exploit the aggressive fields.

 

[Valer]

Bill lockwood... For those slower balls.

 

[Eds]

Morgie picking a Test Draft side.

 

[Red]

One of my favorite cricketers of all time- Archie Jackson

And Monty Noble, a fine hard hitting all rounder who completes my bowling attack nicely.


1. Victor Trumper
2. Clyde Walcott (wk)
3.
4. Archie Jackson
5.
6.
7. Monty Noble
8. Richie Benaud (c)
9. Ray Lindwall
10. Alan Davidson
11. CTB turner

 

[Valer]

Bill Johnston -- Variety, in a draft of 12 the ability to adapt to the type of pitch is critical. Also noticably more economical than his peers, with the ability to move it both ways.


1 Les Ames
2
3 Wally Hammond
4
5
6 George Headly
7 Aubrey Faulkner
8 Bill Lockwood
9 Fred Trueman
10 Bill O'Reilly
11 Bill Johnston

 

[Red]

Nice pick Valer. Johnston is sometimes forgotten behind his more illustrious contemporaries. Great team man too.

 

[Valer]

Spreadsheets don't forget... (Only half joking -- I find I draft better with a spreadsheet).

 

[Jager]

Jackson a gun pick. Will be interesting to see how many Aussies are selected eventually- I'd imagine lots more than any other nation

 

[Valer]

Jackson a gun pick. Will be interesting to see how many Aussies are selected eventually- I'd imagine lots more than any other nation

England will be / is close. Tbh I think it has more to do with the time period than anything else.

 

[Dan]

Well that's awkward - I read the drafting order wrong and thought it was morgieb's pick. My apologies.

I'll take Denis Compton.

I have no idea how he hasn't been drafted yet.

Dan's XI

1. C.B. Fry
2. Denis Compton
3. Charles Macartney
4. Everton Weekes
5. Keith Miller
6. Neil Harvey
7. Mike Procter
8. -
9. Harold Larwood
10. -
11. -

Round Seven:
Michael7777777 - Warwick Armstrong
morgieb - Len Hutton
rvd619323 - CB Fry
Valer - Bill Lockwood
Monk - Archie Jackson

Round Eight:
Monk - Monty Noble
Valer - Bill Johnston
rvd619323 - Denis Compton
[morgieb - Gilbert Jessop
Michael7777777 - WG Grace

Round Nine:
rvd619323
Monk
morgieb
Michael7777777
Valer

 

[Valer]

I'll take Denis Compton.

I have no idea how he hasn't been drafted yet.

I considered him, but decided against it due to his running between the wickets.

 

[morgieb]

Gilbert Jessop, the ancient slogger.

 

[Dan]

I considered him, but decided against it due to his running between the wickets.

Can't be worse than Shane Watson

Might get Compo to open then, gives him the opportunity to bat aggressively and take advantage of the fields while preventing him from being in charge of working it around in the middle overs.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Quite how he has not been picked yet, I do not know but I'll take WG Grace as my next pick

Charter 77 so far

Barry Richards
WG Grace
Graeme Pollock
John R Reid
Warwick Armstrong (*)
Jack Gregory
Learie Constantine
Clarrie Grimmett

 

[Jager]

I considered him, but decided against it due to his running between the wickets.

Would love to see the percentage of runouts he was involved in. I don't entirely buy that perception yet

 

[Red]

Round One:
morgieb - Sydney Barnes
Valer - Walter Hammond
rvd619323 - Keith Miller
Monk - Ray Lindwall
Michael7777777 - Barry Richards

Round Two:
Michael7777777 - Graeme Pollock
Monk - Clyde Walcott
rvd619323 - Mike Procter
Valer - Bill O'Reilly
morgieb - Jack Hobbs

Round Three:
Michael7777777 - Clarrie Grimmett
Monk - Alan Davidson
morgieb - Hedley Verity
Valer - Fred Trueman
rvd619323 - Charlie Macartney

Round Four:
rvd619323 - Harold Larwood
Valer - Aubrey Faulkner
morgieb - Trevor Goddard
Monk - Victor Trumper
Michael7777777 - Jack Gregory

Round Five:
Monk - Richie Benaud
Michael7777777 - John R. Reid
rvd619323 - Neil Harvey
morgieb - George Lohmann
Valer - Les Ames

Round Six:
Valer - George Headley
morgieb - Stan McCabe
rvd619323 - Everton Weekes
Michael7777777 - Learie Constantine
Monk - Charlie Turner

Round Seven:
Michael7777777 - Warwick Armstrong
morgieb - Len Hutton
rvd619323 - CB Fry
Valer - Bill Lockwood
Monk- Archie Jackson

Round Eight:
Monk- Monty Noble
Valer- Bill Johnstone
rvd619323- Dennis Compton
morgieb- Gilbert Jessop
Michael7777777- WG Grace

Round Nine:
rvd619323- Subhash Gupte
Monk- Frank Woolley
morgieb
Michael7777777
Valer

Round Ten:
Valer
Michael7777777
morgieb
Monk
rvd619323

Round Eleven:
Monk
Michael7777777
rvd619323
Valer
morgieb

Round Twelve:
morgieb
Valer
rvd619323
Michael7777777
Monk