CW Draft League

[watson]

Do I assume that it's 12 Rounds again then pick your final team?

 

[Red]

Sorry mate, no way was Lindwall a better batsman than Tallon I can only assume you say that having only considered test match averages. Tallon at 6 is obviously a questionable call though.

Bradman was certainly not Miller's greatest fan, something that I can't help but think affected his decision

Yeh, I guess Tallon had a better FC record, but what can you say when Lindwall has a better test average, when the team will (presumably) play a test style match. In the highest comp available, Lindwall showed himself to be a more competent bat.

In the 46/47 series v England, Tallon batted at 8, and Lindwall after him at 9.

However, in there India series of 47/48, Lindwall went to 7, and Tallon batted beneath him.

Which both clearly illustrate how absurd Bradman's selection of Tallon at six and Lindwall at seven is in his ATG team is. In Bradman's own teams they rarely batted that high, so why would you put them there in an ATG team? His team would have been improved greatly by dropping Bedser and playing Miller (or Imran, or Botham) as an all rounder. Two pace bowlers and two spinners means the 5th bowlers won't need to bowl a heap anyway, and in addition there's Sobers as the sixth bowler!

 

[kyear2]

Sent.

Btw Watson, like the look of your all time xi in your sig.

 

[watson]

Ah, those were the days.

It's the difference between 9 and 12 participants. Competing with 11 others is a lot more tricky especially in a format like this current one where being nice doesn't help you.

 

[Jager]

@watson a safe assumption - I fact my 12th man will be a vital part of my team if all goes to plan

@Monk averages don't mean everything but obviously I see your point - Tallon was a far more reliable batsman if I you allow me to speculate somewhat - Lindwall more the "have a bash" type

 

[Jager]

Two very unexpected voodoos today, interesting stuff

 

[Red]

Two very unexpected voodoos today, interesting stuff

The suspense is killing me.......

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Getting to a saturation point

 

[watson]

I've just gnawed my right arm off.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

 

[watson]

Dan it, im haplos at tipping wid my led hadn too.

 

[Red]

And it tounds like do hab a told doo.

 

[Jager]

The suspense is killing me.......

the suspense is on you, email me back you dud

 

[Red]

the suspense is on you, email me back you dud

I'd emailed you back, after May was taboooooooooed.

 

[MrPrez]

I'm in deep trouble if I don't get my pick.

 

[Jager]

I'm in deep trouble if I don't get my pick.

You did get Hazare ages ago

 

[Jager]

7.2 is up - clashes for Pietersen and Dexter here. I already have 7.3 votes from Eds and Marcuss, so just kyear and Himannv to resubmit.

Jager: Jack Hobbs
AndyZaltzHair: Viv Richards
Eds: Shane Warne
watson: Sydney Barnes
kingkallis: Dennis Lillee
Monk: Keith Miller
Blakus: Adam Gilchrist
Himannv: Curtly Ambrose
Cevno/Marcuss: Imran Khan
kyear2: Malcolm Marshall
MrPrez: Wally Hammond
Valer: Muttiah Muralitharan

Jager: Mike Procter
Eds: Glenn McGrath
AndyZaltzHair: Jacques Kallis
Valer: Andy Flower
Blakus: Alan Davidson
watson: Ray Lindwall
kingkallis: Waqar Younis
MrPrez: Sachin Tendulkar
kyear2: Barry Richards
Monk: Brian Lara
Cevno/Marcuss: Fred Trueman
Himannv: Allan Donald

Jager: Dale Steyn
kyear2: Jim Laker
Eds: Graeme Pollock
Monk: John Snow
watson: Charlie Macartney
Valer: Courtney Walsh
kingkallis: Len Hutton
Himannv: Greg Chappell
Blakus: Ian Botham
AndyZaltzHair: Joel Garner
Cevno/Marcuss: Herbert Sutcliffe
MrPrez: Victor Trumper

Jager: Rahul Dravid
Eds: Clyde Walcott
Valer: Charlie Turner
kyear2: Ricky Ponting
kingkallis: Everton Weekes
AndyZaltzHair: Neil Harvey
Monk: Sunil Gavaskar
MrPrez: Jeff Thomson
watson: Bill Lawry
Himannv: Frank Tyson
Cevno/Marcuss: Steve Waugh
Blakus: Richie Benaud

Jager: Dudley Nourse
watson: Neil Adcock
kingkallis: Matthew Hayden
Valer: Javed Miandad
Monk: Kapil Dev
AndyZaltzHair: Arthur Morris
kyear2: Les Ames
Blakus: Denis Compton
Eds: WG Grace
Himannv: Ken Barrington
MrPrez: Fred Spofforth
Cevno/Marcuss: Alan Knott

Jager: Stan McCabe
kyear2: Ian Bishop
AndyZaltzHair: Graham Gooch
Valer: Bruce Mitchell
Blakus: Wes Hall
MrPrez: Anil Kumble
Monk: Derek Underwood
watson: Bob Simpson
Himannv: Geoff Boycott
kingkallis: Hedley Verity
Cevno/Marcuss: Clive Lloyd
Eds: Colin Croft

Jager: Shane Bond
Eds:
MrPrez: Vijay Hazare
Himannv:
watson: Bill Ponsford
AndyZaltzHair: Peter Pollock
kingkallis: Doug Walters
Valer: George Lohmann
Blakus: Virender Sehwag
kyear2:
Monk: Ian Chappell
Cevno/Marcuss:

Voodoo: Garfield Sobers, Richard Hadlee, Donald Bradman, Bill O’Reilly, Wasim Akram, Clarrie Grimmett, George Headley, Shaun Pollock, Michael Holding, Andy Roberts, Harold Larwood, Allan Border, Frank Worrell, Aubrey Faulkner, Kumar Sangakkara, Rohan Kanhai, Gordon Greenidge, Peter May, Kevin Pietersen, Ted Dexter

 

[Red]

Abbott's XI

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2.
3. Ian Chappell (c)
4. Brian Lara
5. Keith Miller (vc)
6.
7. Kapil Dev
8.
9.
10. John Snow
11. Derek Underwood



Miller and Chappelli standing in the cordon together, chatting. Lara at 3rd. Great image.

 

[Himannv]

Ugh. Blocked off both May and Dexter.

 

[watson]

Abbott's XI

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2.
3. Ian Chappell (c)
4. Brian Lara
5. Keith Miller (vc)
6.
7. Kapil Dev
8.
9.
10. John Snow
11. Derek Underwood



Miller and Chappelli standing in the cordon together, chatting. Lara at 3rd. Great image.

Miller: I'm bored. When do you think we'll get a catch coming our way Ian?

Chappelli: Dunno Keith. Maybe in their next innings. What's Brian doing?

Miller: I think he's fallen asleep.

Lara: *Grunts & Snores*