The Best of Each Decade Birthday DRAFT

[Red]

- Lindsay Hassett

Very underrated cricketer, and underrated captain. The players who played under him speak very highly of him...

 

[watson]

Taking a gamble.

Ian Bishop 1960's

Don't think that you can complain too much about Lillee-Hall-Bishop-Laker-Jackson as an attack Kyear. Not bad.

 

[ankitj]

Admittedly more luck than judgement - Lindsay Hassett (born 1913) to bat at No.5.

Not in esctasy over that batting lineup, but it's certainly more than capable of scoring sufficient runs to allow Adcock, Steyn, and Hadlee to blow the opposition away. Also Happy with the Mailey-Healy combo which I reckon is pretty good, especially with Hayden and Chappell around the bat.

01. Matthew Hayden
02. Stewie Dempster
03. Neil Harvey
04. Greg Chappell
05. Lindsay Hassett
06.
07. Ian Healy
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Dale Steyn
10. Arthur Mailey
11. Neil Adcock

Dat pace attack...

 

[Blakus]

I don't see Zaheer Abbas (1940s) in anyones' team, so I'm going to take him

1. Bob Simpson
2. Gordon Greenidge
3. Zaheer Abbas
4. Walter Hammond
5. Dudley Nourse
6.
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Bert Oldfield
9. Alan Davidson
10. Bobby Peel
11. Allan Donald

 

[kyear2]

Don't think Bishop is an gamble. He was a brilliant bowler when fully fit. If he hadn't suffered from those injuries, he could have been as good as some of the other West Indian great fast bowlers like Walsh or Sir Wes Hall.

Don't think that you can complain too much about Lillee-Hall-Bishop-Laker-Jackson as an attack Kyear. Not bad.

Don't get me wrong, I love Ian Bishop. At one point before the injury he was potentially a better bowler than Sir Curtly. I just took a gamble with not selecting a "specialist" keeper though I think A.B will do a very credible job.

 

[kyear2]

Dat pace attack...

Yup, Watson has assembled some attack.

 

[kyear2]

Kirksland XI

01. Vijay Merchant
02. Bruce Mitchell^
03. Sir I.V.A. Richards*^
04. Inzamam ul-Haq^
05. A.B. de Villiers+
06. Sir S.F. Jackson
07.
08. Sir Wesley Hall
09. Jim Laker
10. Dennis Lillee
11. Ian Bishop

 

[watson]

Just OHNO to pick before Round 11 is revealed.

I think that Donald-Pollock-Davidson-Peel-Hammond should get a mention too.

Peel bowled slow left-arm orthodox didn't he Blakus? Without looking it up I think he sits between Peate and Rhodes in the pantheon of great Yorkshire left-armers.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

With how deep this team bats i reckon i can afford to take some style over substance so Mark Waugh will complete my batting line up.

Archie Jackson
Sid Barnes
Rahul Dravid
Charles Macartney
Mark Waugh
Garry Sobers
Wilfred Rhodes

Mike Procter
Ray Lindwall
Andy Roberts

 

[watson]

Nice choice OHNO! Back in a minute or 3.

DECADES TO BE PICKED (Any muckups?)
01. AldoRaine18: 1890s- 1900s
02. Ankitj: 1910s - 1920s
03. Blakus: 1880s - >=1980s
04. Camo999: 1890s - 1970s
05. Chasingthedon: 1930s - 1940s
06. Fredfertang: 1880s - 1910s
07. Howe_Zat: 1960s - >=1980s
08. Kyear2: 1880s - 1890s
09. Monk: 1880s - 1890s
10. Morgieb: 1880s - 1910s
11. ohnoitsyou: 1890s - >=1980s
12. Pothas: 1890s - 1900s
13. Saint Kopite: 1920s - 1950s
14. watson: <=1870s - 1890s


ROUND 10
127. Pothas - Warren Bardsley
128. Ankitj - Vernon Philander
129. Monk - Colin Cowdrey
130. Aldoraine18 - Vijay Hazare
131. Camo999 - Virat Kohli
132. Saint Kopite - Jack Ryder
133. Morgieb - Stuart Broad
134. Fredfertang - Virender Sehwag
135. Howe_Zat - Douglas Jardine
136. Chasingthedon - Clem Hill
137. Kyear2 - Ian Bishop
138. watson - Lindsay Hassett
139. Blakus - Zaheer Abbas
140. ohnoitsyou - Mark Waugh

 

[watson]

round 11

pothas
watson
ankitj
howe_zat
kyear2
aldoraine18
ohnoitsyou
blakus
monk
chasingthedon
camo999
fredfertang
saint kopite
morgieb
timestamp: 2014-03-27 06:07:02 utc

 

[watson]

Pothas to start Round 11.

 

[kingkallis]

Good to see you again KK! Yes, it's been a long but enjoyable haul with, as it turns out, a deal of homework for everyone. So well done everyone!!

Incidently, your attack from Season 1 has Dale Steyn and Neil Adcock in it. Nice fiery South African combo I reckon

Work is keeping me busy but I am itching to play another draft here so trying to be regular again.

About my Seasonal draft teams, Season 3 was the best effort but sadly people didnt like that team :P

 

[Saint Kopite]

FOREVER BOTTOM!

 

[ankitj]

Tough luck to those at the bottom in round 11. This one always hurts most because round 12 being a mere formality doesn't compensate for it. This is why I think a good practice may be to have round 11 as reverse of round 1, which also has much larger disadvantage for those at the bottom.

 

[watson]

FOREVER BOTTOM!

Yes, but you have an uncontested 1950s to make you feel better (unless I'm mistaken which is quite possible). If I were you I'd feel like a kid in a candy shop. And the 1920s almost stands alone!

Well done hanging on to those two decades.

 

[watson]

Tough luck to those at the bottom in round 11. This one always hurts most because round 12 being a mere formality doesn't compensate for it. This is why I think a good practice may be to have round 11 as reverse of round 1, which also has much larger disadvantage for those at the bottom.

Yeah fair point Ankitj. But this Draft is a little bit different because some decades stand alone uncontested, or with only a few people contesting them. I would be interested to hear how many are adversely effected by the order of Round 11 when we're all done and dusted. Hopefully few or none.

The thing about Draft orders though it that you can't please all of the people all of the time. That is a simple impossibility. Someone must get a raw deal from time to time as that's the nature of the beast. Like life, it can never be completely fair by definition.

 

[Saint Kopite]

Ideally, in thee drafts I have played elsewhere, we usually have one fixed order throughout the draft. However, in the few drafts I have played here in Cweb, the orders are randomized after every two rounds. It can be a disadvantage sometimes but at the same time, it certainly adds to the fun.

 

[fredfertang]

Luck of the draw adds to the entertainment and tactics imo, much like why we have the toss of a coin at the start of every Test rather than take it in turns

 

[watson]

ROUND 11
141. Pothas - Jock Cameron
142. watson - Warwick Armstrong
143. Ankitj - Vinoo Mankad
144. Howe_zat - Mark Taylor
145. Kyear2
146. AldoRaine18
147. ohnoitsyou
148. blakus
149. Monk
150. chasingthedon
151. Camo999
152. Fredfertang
153. Saint kopite
154. Morgieb