The Best of Each Decade Birthday DRAFT

[AldoRaine18]

Just out of interest Aldo, where are you batting Sangakkara? Will Paynter be at No.3?

So far the only positions I have fixed are openers and Weekes at 4.

I think I will push Paynter or Sanga down with the other at 3.

 

[watson]

Great job keeping it moving, mate

Cheers. Hope I don't make a stuffup this late in the Draft though.

 

[watson]

So far the only positions I have fixed are openers and Weekes at 4.

I think I will push Paynter or Sanga down with the other at 3.

OK, we'll just have to wait and see.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

With his decline over the last year, people tend to forget just how good Matt Prior was at both disciplines.

Sid Barnes
Archie Jackson
Rahul Dravid
Charles Macartney
Garry Sobers
Mark Waugh
Wilfred Rhodes
Matt Prior
Mike Procter
Ray Lindwall
Andy Roberts

Still not settled on the batting order, but im quite happy with this team, even with the tactical blunders I've made all the way through

 

[watson]

With his decline over the last year, people tend to forget just how good Matt Prior was at both disciplines.

Sid Barnes
Archie Jackson
Rahul Dravid
Charles Macartney
Garry Sobers
Mark Waugh
Wilfred Rhodes
Matt Prior
Mike Proctor
Ray Lindwall
Andy Roberts

Still not settled on the batting order, but im quite happy with this team, even with the tactical blunders I've made all the way through

Very nice team OHNO. Not sure about Rhodes at 7 though because he wasn't an allrounder. That is, he pretty much stopped bowling when he started to open the innings with Hobbs. If Rhodes is to be in top form with the ball then he's more at home batting at 9 or 10. Just a thought.

 

[fredfertang]

Still not settled on the batting order, but im quite happy with this team, even with the tactical blunders I've made all the way through

I think the tactical blunder was the rest of us letting you pick Sobers and Procter in the same team

 

[AldoRaine18]

OK, we'll just have to wait and see.

Yeah and I have another pick to go so I can balance things with that. Let's see, because the 1890s is a very tough decade.

 

[watson]

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

ROUND 11
141. Pothas - Jock Cameron
142. watson - Warwick Armstrong
143. Ankitj - Vinoo Mankad
144. Howe_zat - Mark Taylor
145. Kyear2 - Time Expired
146. AldoRaine18 - Eddie Paynter
147. ohnoitsyou - Matt Prior
148. blakus - Cheteshwar Pujara
149. Monk - Herbert Strudwick
150. chasingthedon - Brian Statham
151. Camo999 - Any one pick, any time you like. No clashes.
152. Fredfertang - Any one pick, any time you like. No clashes.
153. Saint kopite - Hugh Tayfield
154. Morgieb - Will need to wait as both your remaining decades clash with Fred.



Blakus, feel free to make a pick from the >=1980s if you want to. Do NOT pick from the 1880s as you and Kyear are still contesting the 1880s, and Kyear still needs to make his turn.

I'll leave it up to you.

Chasingthedon, appears to be that you stand unopposed, so please make a pick from the 1930s or 1940s before you retire for the night.

 

[Blakus]

Cheteshwar Pujara, >=1980s

 

[Saint Kopite]

I was about to agree then realised you were referring to draft order. Regardless, you've overcome that to draft a fantastic team mate.

Thanks, mate.

I'm quite happy with the team as well. The only one I regret not picking was Procter. I had zeroed in on Procted but then went and picked McCabe. Could have taken the risk with McCabe probably.

 

[watson]

Saint Kopite, Ankitj has already picked for the Round, and there appears to be no one else contesting the 1950s - so feel free to pick any time you like soon.

 

[watson]

Kyear's 12 hours has expired. Hard to believe I know, but it's MONK's pick.

 

[Red]

I need a keeper and I'm limited in choice, but Bert Strudwick (1880s) suits my cause perfectly.

"One of the greatest and assuredly one of the most popular players of his time...No more genuine sportsman, in every sense of the word, than the teetotal, non-smoking Strudwick ever took the field for Surrey. An idol of the Surrey crowd, he was always ready to proffer helpful advice to young players. He never appealed unless sure in his own mind that a batsman was out, and such was his keenness to save runs that he was frequently known to chase a ball to the boundary. Sir H. D. G. Leveson Gower, the former Oxford, Surrey and England captain, once wrote: When you walk on to a certain cricket ground and you find Strudwick behind the wicket, you feel that you will not only get full value for your money, but you will participate in the cheerfulness that his presence always lends to the day."- Cricinfo.

Fits my gentlemanly squad perfectly.

Monk's Gentlemen

01. Len Hutton
02. Arthur Morris
03. Ricky Ponting *
04. Graeme Pollock
05. Colin Cowdrey
06. Maurice Leyland
07. Kapil Dev
08. Hugh Trumble
09. Mitchell Johnson
10. Bert Strudwick +
11. Curtly Ambrose

 

[Saint Kopite]

Saint Kopite, Ankitj has already picked for the Round, and there appears to be no one else contesting the 1950s - so feel free to pick any time you like soon.

Can I pick someone from 1920s as well because Ankit is the only one who needs a player from 1920s and I have two picks before him?

 

[watson]

Can I pick someone from 1920s as well because Ankit is the only one who needs a player from 1920s and I have two picks before him?

Yes, because Ankitj has already picked for Round 11, and no else needs a player from the 1920s. Feel free to pick someone from the 1920s or 1950s for Round 11.

Let's not delve into Round 12 just yet. So just one pick for the time being SK.

 

[watson]

ROUND 11
141. Pothas - Jock Cameron
142. watson - Warwick Armstrong
143. Ankitj - Vinoo Mankad
144. Howe_zat - Mark Taylor
145. Kyear2 - Time Expired
146. AldoRaine18 - Eddie Paynter
147. ohnoitsyou - Matt Prior
148. blakus - Cheteshwar Pujara
149. Monk - Herbert Strudwick
150. chasingthedon - Brian Statham
151. Camo999 - Any one pick, any time you like. No clashes.
152. Fredfertang - Any one pick, any time you like. No clashes.
153. Saint Kopite - Hugh Tayfield
154. Morgieb - Will need to wait as both your remaining decades clash with Fred.

Please be aware that Kyear is still to pick for the Round at any time.

(Hope that I don't live to regret this as I am assuming that the remaining decades listed are in fact true. However, no one has pointed out a mistake yet)

 

[Saint Kopite]

Yes, because Ankitj has already picked for Round 11, and no else needs a player from the 1920s. Feel free to pick someone from the 1920s or 1950s for Round 11.

Let's not delve into Round 12 just yet. So just one pick for the time being SK.

Cool.

 

[Saint Kopite]

HUGH TAYFIELD

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[chasingthedon]

Brian Statham, 1930s.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Very nice team OHNO. Not sure about Rhodes at 7 though because he wasn't an allrounder. That is, he pretty much stopped bowling when he started to open the innings with Hobbs. If Rhodes is to be in top form with the ball then he's more at home batting at 9 or 10. Just a thought.

Thing with Rhodes is that he had so many stages to his career. I would say that in the periods after the war and in the years before he started opening he was a genuine all rounder. Currently leaning towards the 1902-1905ish Rhodes who was obviously much more of a bowler, but its so hard to relegate someone who scored nigh on 40,000 FC runs to number 9.