CW Draft League

[AndyZaltzHair]

I have got a zipper on

 

[kingkallis]

I too was kind of surprised that Adcock and Hall were not picked till Round 8... I am pleased with my bowling line up now!

 

[kyear2]

Neil Adcock to complete my team!

CricZo XI

1. Matthew Hayden / ( 8625 @ 50.73 with 30 tons )
2. Graham Gooch / ( 8900 @ 42.58 with 20 tons )
3. Rahul Dravid / ( 13288 @ 52.31 with 36 tons )
4. Wally Hammond / o ( 7249 @ 58.45 with 22 tons; 83 @ 37.80 ) - 6
5. Kevin Pietersen / ( 6857 @ 49.33 with 20 tons )
6. Garry Sobers / o ( 8032 @ 57.78 with 26 tons; 235 @ 34.03 ) - 4
7. Rod Marsh + ( 3633 @ 26.51 with 3 tons; 355 dismissals )
8. Richie Benaud o / ( 2201 @ 24.45 with 3 tons; 248 wickets @ 27.03 ) - 5
9. Dale Steyn o ( 272 wickets @ 23.18 ) - 1
10. Wes Hall o ( 192 wickets @ 26.38 ) - 2
11. Neil Adcock o ( 104 wickets @ 21.10 ) - 3

Team ticks all of the boxes, L/R opening combination, great middle order with attacking options down to six, greatest ever all rounder, good bolwing all rounder, bowling attack that has bounce (Adcock), swing (Steyn) and pace and agression (Hall), six legit bowling options and an amazing keeper to gully cordon of Marsh, Dravid, Hammond, Sobers and Hayden. Great balance.

 

[watson]

Try Ambrose, Waqar, Larwood, Rhodes

Mark Taylor averaged 79.23 runs over 12 Tests against Imran, Waqar, and Wasim

Simpson had no problem with Wes Hall or Griffith, and scored a double century against them in Bridgetown. He'll probably have no problem with Ambrose either

And that's just my openers!

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Adcock is underrated I think

Neil Adcock was the first South African quick bowler to take 100 Test wickets. Unlike Procter, the Pollocks and Donald, Neil Adcock did not have the benefit of world-class support, but he still managed 104 wickets at an average of only 21.

 

[watson]

But realistically, it's a pretty potent attack Jager.

 

[watson]

Adcock is underrated I think

Yes, that's right. Wasn't he the first fast bowler to develop a chest-on delivery as a way of preventing back injury? Trying to remember.

 

[Jarquis]

I was debating between Adcock and Turner.

 

[Jager]

Mark Taylor averaged 79.23 runs over 12 Tests against Imran, Waqar, and Wasim

Simpson had no problem with Wes Hall or Griffith, and scored a double century against them in Bridgetown. He'll probably have no problem with Ambrose either

And that's just my openers!

Tactical avoidance of the fact Taylor averaged 28.61 in 19 matches against Ambrose with only 1 century, strike rate 34

 

[kingkallis]

Waqar, Ambrose & Larwood - awesome!

 

[watson]

Tactical avoidance of the fact Taylor averaged 28.61 in 19 matches against Ambrose with only 1 century, strike rate 34

That will be during the 1990/91 5 test series in the West Indies where he averaged 49.00 against Ambrose, Marshall, Patterson and Walsh.

So, how many test centuries did Doug Walters score during 4 tours to England?

(But, as they say. The harder you look at statistics the blinder you get )

 

[Jager]

Exactly my friend. All class players here!

 

[Jager]

R1
kingkallis- Garfield Sobers
Himannv- Imran Khan
Marcuss- Adam Gilchrist
Cabinet96- Keith Miller
Eds- Malcolm Marshall
Cevno- Richard Hadlee
Blakus- Vivian Richards
MrPrez- Jaques Kallis
watson- Glenn McGrath
Jager- Curtly Ambrose
AndyZaltzHair- Dennis Lillee
kyear2- Jack Hobbs

R2
kyear2- Shane Warne
AndyZaltzHair- Fred Trueman
Jager- Sachin Tendulkar
watson- Michael Holding
MrPrez- Muttiah Muralitharan
Blakus- Sydney Barnes
Cevno- Wasim Akram
Eds- Brian Lara
Cabinet96- Len Hutton
Marcuss- Bill O'Reilly
Himannv- Alan Davidson
kingkallis- Wally Hammond

R3
Jager- Waqar Younis
kyear2- Allan Donald
Himannv- George Headley
AndyZaltzHair- Ray Lindwall
Eds- Joel Garner
Marcuss- Aubrey Faulkner
kingkallis- Dale Steyn
Blakus- Graeme Pollock
Cabinet96- Clyde Walcott
Cevno- Shaun Pollock
MrPrez- Mike Procter
watson- Andy Roberts

R4
watson- Greg Chappell
MrPrez- Victor Trumper
Cevno- Andrew Flower
Cabinet96- Jim Laker
Blakus- Sunil Gavaskar
kingkallis- Richie Benaud
Marcuss- Ian Botham
Eds- Barry Richards
AndyZaltzHair- Clarrie Grimmett
Himannv- Frank Tyson
kyear2- Ricky Ponting
Jager- Harold Larwood

R5
AndyZaltzHair- Les Ames
kyear2- Everton Weekes
Blakus- Herbert Sutcliffe
Jager- Neil Harvey
Cabinet96- Courtney Walsh
Marcuss- Steve Waugh
Cevno- WG Grace
MrPrez- Allan Border
watson- Alan Knott
kingkallis- Rahul Dravid
Himannv- Ken Barrington
Eds- Kapil Dev

R6
Eds- Frank Worrell
Himannv- Denis Compton
kingkallis- Matthew Hayden
watson- Hedley Verity
MrPrez- Ian Healy
Cevno- Anil Kumble
Marcuss- Javed Miandad
Cabinet96- Fazal Mahmood
Jager- Wilfred Rhodes
Blakus- Kumar Sangakkara
kyear2- Denis Lindsay
AndyZaltzHair- Arthur Morris

R7
watson- Bob Simpson
Jager- Dudley Nourse
AndyZaltzHair- Clive Lloyd
Eds- Gordon Greenidge
kingkallis- Graham Gooch
Marcuss- Geoff Boycott
kyear2- Colin Croft
Himannv- Hanif Mohammad
MrPrez- Saqlain Mushtaq
Blakus- Frederick Spofforth
Cevno- Virender Sehwag
Cabinet96- Bruce Mitchell

R8
Cabinet96- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Cevno- Shane Bond
Blakus- Peter Pollock
MrPrez- Bob Willis
Himannv- Bill Lawry
kyear2- Ted Dexter
Marcuss- Ian Bishop
kingkallis- Wes Hall
Eds- Charles Macartney
AndyZaltzHair- Bill Ponsford
Jager- Alec Stewart
watson- Rohan Kanhai

R9
Cabinet96- David Gower
Cevno- Inzamam-ul-Haq
Eds- Hugh Tayfield
AndyZaltzHair- Frank Woolley
Marcuss- Stan McCabe
Jager- Doug Walters
MrPrez- Bill Woodfull
kingkallis- Kevin Pietersen
watson- Mushtaq Mohammad
Blakus- Kumar Ranjitsinhji
Himannv- Peter May
kyear2- Vijay Merchant

R10
kyear2- John Snow
Himannv- Derek Underwood
Blakus- Hugh Trumble
watson- Lindsay Hassett
kingkallis- Rod Marsh
MrPrez- Brian Statham
Jager- Douglas Jardine
Marcuss- Graeme Smith
AndyZaltzHair- Eddie Paynter
Eds- AB de Villers
Cevno- Mohammad Yousuf
Cabinet96- Alec Bedser

R11
AndyZaltzHair- Ian Chappell
Jager- Matt Prior
MrPrez- Younis Khan
Marcuss- Charlie Turner
Blakus- John Waite
Himannv- Godfrey Evans
kyear2- Martin Crowe
Eds- Eddie Barlow
kingkallis- Neil Adcock
watson- Mark Taylor
Cevno-
Cabinet96-

R12
Cabinet96-
Cevno-
watson-
kingkallis-
Eds-
kyear2-
Himannv-
Blakus-
Marcuss-
MrPrez-
Jager-
AndyZaltzHair-

 

[Red]

Team ticks all of the boxes, L/R opening combination, great middle order with attacking options down to six, greatest ever all rounder, good bolwing all rounder, bowling attack that has bounce (Adcock), swing (Steyn) and pace and agression (Hall), six legit bowling options and an amazing keeper to gully cordon of Marsh, Dravid, Hammond, Sobers and Hayden. Great balance.

And you could let Sobers patrol the covers, because Benaud's one of the best ever in the gully.

 

[Cevno]

Mahela Jayawardene

 

[Cabinet96]

OMG WAC Cevno! **** sake.

Mike Hussey

Will have a think about my next pick.

 

[Jager]

R1
kingkallis- Garfield Sobers
Himannv- Imran Khan
Marcuss- Adam Gilchrist
Cabinet96- Keith Miller
Eds- Malcolm Marshall
Cevno- Richard Hadlee
Blakus- Vivian Richards
MrPrez- Jaques Kallis
watson- Glenn McGrath
Jager- Curtly Ambrose
AndyZaltzHair- Dennis Lillee
kyear2- Jack Hobbs

R2
kyear2- Shane Warne
AndyZaltzHair- Fred Trueman
Jager- Sachin Tendulkar
watson- Michael Holding
MrPrez- Muttiah Muralitharan
Blakus- Sydney Barnes
Cevno- Wasim Akram
Eds- Brian Lara
Cabinet96- Len Hutton
Marcuss- Bill O'Reilly
Himannv- Alan Davidson
kingkallis- Wally Hammond

R3
Jager- Waqar Younis
kyear2- Allan Donald
Himannv- George Headley
AndyZaltzHair- Ray Lindwall
Eds- Joel Garner
Marcuss- Aubrey Faulkner
kingkallis- Dale Steyn
Blakus- Graeme Pollock
Cabinet96- Clyde Walcott
Cevno- Shaun Pollock
MrPrez- Mike Procter
watson- Andy Roberts

R4
watson- Greg Chappell
MrPrez- Victor Trumper
Cevno- Andrew Flower
Cabinet96- Jim Laker
Blakus- Sunil Gavaskar
kingkallis- Richie Benaud
Marcuss- Ian Botham
Eds- Barry Richards
AndyZaltzHair- Clarrie Grimmett
Himannv- Frank Tyson
kyear2- Ricky Ponting
Jager- Harold Larwood

R5
AndyZaltzHair- Les Ames
kyear2- Everton Weekes
Blakus- Herbert Sutcliffe
Jager- Neil Harvey
Cabinet96- Courtney Walsh
Marcuss- Steve Waugh
Cevno- WG Grace
MrPrez- Allan Border
watson- Alan Knott
kingkallis- Rahul Dravid
Himannv- Ken Barrington
Eds- Kapil Dev

R6
Eds- Frank Worrell
Himannv- Denis Compton
kingkallis- Matthew Hayden
watson- Hedley Verity
MrPrez- Ian Healy
Cevno- Anil Kumble
Marcuss- Javed Miandad
Cabinet96- Fazal Mahmood
Jager- Wilfred Rhodes
Blakus- Kumar Sangakkara
kyear2- Denis Lindsay
AndyZaltzHair- Arthur Morris

R7
watson- Bob Simpson
Jager- Dudley Nourse
AndyZaltzHair- Clive Lloyd
Eds- Gordon Greenidge
kingkallis- Graham Gooch
Marcuss- Geoff Boycott
kyear2- Colin Croft
Himannv- Hanif Mohammad
MrPrez- Saqlain Mushtaq
Blakus- Frederick Spofforth
Cevno- Virender Sehwag
Cabinet96- Bruce Mitchell

R8
Cabinet96- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Cevno- Shane Bond
Blakus- Peter Pollock
MrPrez- Bob Willis
Himannv- Bill Lawry
kyear2- Ted Dexter
Marcuss- Ian Bishop
kingkallis- Wes Hall
Eds- Charles Macartney
AndyZaltzHair- Bill Ponsford
Jager- Alec Stewart
watson- Rohan Kanhai

R9
Cabinet96- David Gower
Cevno- Inzamam-ul-Haq
Eds- Hugh Tayfield
AndyZaltzHair- Frank Woolley
Marcuss- Stan McCabe
Jager- Doug Walters
MrPrez- Bill Woodfull
kingkallis- Kevin Pietersen
watson- Mushtaq Mohammad
Blakus- Kumar Ranjitsinhji
Himannv- Peter May
kyear2- Vijay Merchant

R10
kyear2- John Snow
Himannv- Derek Underwood
Blakus- Hugh Trumble
watson- Lindsay Hassett
kingkallis- Rod Marsh
MrPrez- Brian Statham
Jager- Douglas Jardine
Marcuss- Graeme Smith
AndyZaltzHair- Eddie Paynter
Eds- AB de Villers
Cevno- Mohammad Yousuf
Cabinet96- Alec Bedser

R11
AndyZaltzHair- Ian Chappell
Jager- Matt Prior
MrPrez- Younis Khan
Marcuss- Charlie Turner
Blakus- John Waite
Himannv- Godfrey Evans
kyear2- Martin Crowe
Eds- Eddie Barlow
kingkallis- Neil Adcock
watson- Mark Taylor
Cevno- Mahela Jayawardene
Cabinet96- Michael Hussey

R12
Cabinet96- Damien Martyn
Cevno-
watson- Tony Greig
kingkallis- George Lohmann
Eds-
kyear2-
Himannv-
Blakus-
Marcuss-
MrPrez-
Jager-
AndyZaltzHair-

 

[Cabinet96]

Damien Martyn


1. Len Hutton
2. Bruce Mitchell
3. David Gower
4. Mike Hussey
5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6. Clyde Walcott +
7. Keith Miller
8. Fazal Mahmood
9. Jim Laker
10. Alec Bedser
11. Courtney Walsh

12th man: Damien Martyn

Not entirely sure whether to go with Hussey or Martyn for number 4. What's the general thought amongst you lot?

 

[watson]

I prefer Hussey for this particular team.

Very solid opening pair but Gower is unpredictable. He can be sublime, but is just as likely to fail. Therefore, I think that you need a more solid batsman at No.4 who can stiiffin up the middle-order with Chanderpaul.

Hussey or Chanderpaul would also work well with your attacking batsman Walcott and Miller and allow them to play shots. They would 'hang-around', rotate the strike, and enjoy watching their team-mate hit 4s.

Lastly, both Hussey and Chanderpaul are capable of very long patient innings that can last well into the tail. I'm not sure about Damien Martyn though.

 

[Red]

Damien Martyn


1. Len Hutton
2. Bruce Mitchell
3. David Gower
4. Mike Hussey
5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6. Clyde Walcott +
7. Keith Miller
8. Fazal Mahmood
9. Jim Laker
10. Alec Bedser
11. Courtney Walsh

12th man: Damien Martyn

Not entirely sure whether to go with Hussey or Martyn for number 4. What's the general thought amongst you lot?

To have everyone in the batting position that suits them best, I'd go

1. Hutton
2. Mitchell
3, Walcott
4. Gower
5. Miller
6. Chanderpaul
7. Hussey
8. Mahmood
9. Laker
10. Bedser
11. Walsh


Slightly unconventional, but looks like it'd work to me.