The Best of Each Decade Birthday DRAFT

[ankitj]

Barrington and Boycott batting together would be some sight.

I know. I didn't ideally want this to happen. At one stage I was looking for an opener and a pacer. Peter Pollock from 40s and Graeme Smith from 80s were my choices. But then Smith went. So I settled with Philander from 80s and Boycott from 40s. I ran out of options.

Strangely, Peter Pollock was not picked by anyone.

 

[ankitj]

Bhubaneswar, Orissa.

I am not quite sure if you would know about the city but its near the Barabati Stadium. :P

I am sure he has heard of Bhuvneshwar Kumar though

 

[Saint Kopite]

I know. I didn't ideally want this to happen. At one stage I was looking for an opener and a pacer. Peter Pollock from 40s and Graeme Smith from 80s were my choices. But then Smith went. So I settled with Philander from 80s and Boycott from 40s. I ran out of options.

Strangely, Peter Pollock was not picked by anyone.

You could have taken Cook though. But then again, Cook himself is hardly an aggressive batsman.

I was considering Peter Pollock and Tony Greig in case I missed out on Dougie Walters.

 

[kyear2]

Kirksland XI

01. Vijay Merchant
02. Bruce Mitchell^ (7)
03. Sir I.V.A. Richards*^
04. Inzamam ul-Haq^
05. A.B. de Villiers+
06. Sir S.F. Jackson (6)
07. Roy Kilner (5)
08. Sir Wesley Hall (2)
09. Jim Laker (4)
10. Dennis Lillee (1)
11. Ian Bishop (3)

12. Tip Snooke

Overall quite happy with my team. The top 5 is dynamic and the top 7 bats overall are quite capable. Mitchell could either be the anchor for the lineup or join in the merriment as he was capable when offered support. The fast bowling attack is just that, all out attack with 3 genuine express bowlers while Laker is a top 5 spinner of All Time who will keep things quiet in between wickets. the cordon and overall fielding (excepting the good reverend) is strong and all the members of the tail have stickability and capable of a few runs while they are there.

 

[Saint Kopite]

I am sure he has heard of Bhuvneshwar Kumar though

 

[watson]

Hi kyear. What part of the Windies are you from?

 

[Saint Kopite]

Unpicked XI:-

1. Herbie Collins. - 1880
2. Trevor Goddard. [4] - 1930
3. Ian Chappell. [C] - 1940
4. Mark Waugh. [6] - 1960
5. Kumar Duleepsinhji. - 1910
6. Shivnarine Chanderpaul. - 1970
7. Brendon McCullum. [+] - 1980
8. Tony Lock. [5] - 1920
9. Jack Cowie. [1] - 1910
10. Jeff Thomson. [2] - 1950
11. Tom Richardson. [3] - 1870

Not a bad unpicked XI. Is it?

 

[AldoRaine18]

Surely Mark Waugh was picked

 

[watson]

One last call-of-the-board. I hope I have everyones teams just right?

ALDORAINE18s XI
Home Venue: Kotla Stadium
01. Barry Richards
02. Alastair Cook
03. Everton Weekes
04. Vijay Hazare*
05. Eddie Paynter
06. Kumar Sangakkara+
07. Frank Woolley
08. Michael Holding
09. Sydney Barnes
10. Courtney Walsh
11. Lance Gibbs
12th John W. Hearne

ANKITJs XI
Home Venue: Rajiv Gandhi Stadium
01. Geoff Boycott
02. Vinoo Mankad
03. Ken Barrington
04. Sachin Tendulkar
05. Steve Waugh
06. Patsy Hendren
07. Les Ames+
08. Imran Khan*
09. Vernon Philander
10, Charles Turner
11. Clarrie Grimmett
12th John R. Reid

BLAKUS' XI
Home Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
01. Gordon Greenidge
02. Bob Simpson*
03. Zaheer Abbas
04. Walter Hammond
05. Dudley Nourse
06. Phil Mead
07. Shaun Pollock
08. Bert Oldfield+
09. Alan Davidson
10. Bobby Peel
11. Allan Donald
12th. Cheteshwar Pujara

CAMO999s XI
Home Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
01. Jack Hobbs
02. WGGrace
03. Virat Kohli
04. Javed Miandad
05. Bill Ponsford
06. Clive Lloyd*
07. Richie Benaud
08. Don Tallon+
09. Wasim Akram
10. Shane Bond
11. Bill Johnston
12th. Herman Griffith

CHASINGTHEDONs XI
Home Venue: Riverside Ground
01. Graham Gooch
02. Graeme Smith
03. Clem Hill
04. Peter May*
05. Martin Crowe
06. Aubrey Faulkner
07. Adam Gilchrist+
08. Jack Gregory
09. Hedley Verity
10. Alec Bedser
11. Brian Statham
12th Tony Greig

FREDFERTANGs XI
Home Venue: Old Trafford Cricket Ground
01. Victor Trumper
02. Virender Sehwag
03. Ted Dexter*
04. Brian Lara
05. Kevin Pietersen
06. Martin Donnelly
07. Alan Knott+
08. Harold Larwood
09. Johnny Wardle
10. Ted McDonald
11. Joel Garner
12th Reggie Spooner

HOWE_ZATs XI
Home Venue: Headingley Grounds
01. Herbie Taylor
02. Mark Taylor
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Jacques Kallis
05. Denis Compton
06. Douglas Jardine*
07. Clyde Walcott+
08. Malcolm Marshall
09. Maurice Tate
10. Derek Underwood
11. Fred Spoffoth
12th. Corey Anderson

KYEARs XI
Home Venue: Kensington Oval
01. Bruce Mitchell
02. Vijay Merchant
03. Viv Richards*
04. Inzamam-ul-Haq
05. AB De Villiers+
06. Stanley Jackson
07. Roy Kilner
08. Jim Laker
09. Dennis Lillee
10. Wes Hall
11. Ian Bishop
12th. Tip Snooke

MONKs XI
Home Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
01. Len Hutton*
02. Arthur Morris
03. Ricky Ponting
04. Graeme Pollock
05. Coilin Cowdrey
06. Maurice Leyland
07. Kapil Dev
08. Hugh Trumble
09. Mitchell Johnson
10. Herbert Strudwick+
11. Curtly Ambrose
12th Alan Kippax

MORGIEBs XI
Home Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
01. Sunil Gavaskar
02. Bill Woodfull
03. David Boon
04. Cyril Washbrook
05. Allan Border*
06. Monty Noble
07. John Waite+
08. Stuart Broad
09. Fazal Mahmood
10, Bill O'Reilly
11. Glenn McGrath
12th Frank Foster

OHNOITSYOUs XI
Home Venue: Seddon Park
01. Archie Jackson
02. Sid Barnes
03. Rahul Dravid
04. Charlie Macartney
05. Mark Waugh
06. Garry Sobers*
07. Matt Prior+
08. Mike Procter
09. Wilfred Rhodes
10. Ray Lindwall
11. Andy Roberts
12th. Jack White

POTHAS' XI
Home Venue: The Oval
01. Roy Fredericks
02. Warren Bardsley
03. Hashim Amla
04. Kumar Ranjitsinjhi
05. Frank Worrell*
06. Keith Miller
07. Ian Botham
08. Jock Cameron+
09. Shane Warne
10. Frank Tyson
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

SAINT KOPITEs IX
Home Venue: Barabati Stadium
01. Herbert Sutcliffe
02. Desmond Haynes
03. George Headley*
04. Stan McCabe
05. Michael Clarke
06. Doug Walters
07. Andy Flower+
08. Fred Trueman
09. Hugh Tayfield
10. George Lohmann
11. Waqar Younis
12th Jack Ryder

WATSONs XI
Home Venue: Sydney Cricket Ground
01. Matthew Hayden
02. Stewie Dempster
03. Neil Harvey
04. Greg Chappell
05. Lindsay Hassett
06. Warwick Armstrong*
07. Ian Healy+
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Dale Steyn
10. Arthur Mailey
11. Neil Adcock
12th Percy Fender

 

[AldoRaine18]

Hazare is my captain, mate.

 

[AldoRaine18]

Would the home grounds have an effect on voting? I don't think I foresaw my team playing at Kota while picking.

 

[watson]

Hazare is my captain, mate.

Thanks Aldo. Amended.

 

[watson]

After some thought, I have decided to split our 14 teams into 2 Groups of 7 teams using the Randomiser.

The winner of each Group goes straight into the Grand Final. Therefore, there will be 3 voting threads spread over 6 or 7 days. Voting for Group A and Group B will happen concurrently to speed things up. I don't think that scenario will be very taxing. Admittedly, I don't mind our traditional method of voting via a one-off thread, but it doesn't hurt to try something new for a change. If we don't like it then we don't have to do it again.

I will post the compositions for the two Groups tomorrow. Good luck.

(Please let me know if you have any violent objections)

 

[watson]

Would the home grounds have an effect on voting? I don't think I foresaw my team playing at Kota while picking.

No, I was just personalising the teams a bit. But now that you mention it.......

 

[Saint Kopite]

Is it necessary to have the home stadium etc, mate?

Thing is, if I had known I would have played in Barabati Stadium, I would have probably picked my team differently.

 

[Saint Kopite]

After some thought, I have decided to split our 14 teams into 2 Groups of 7 teams using the Randomiser.

The winner of each Group goes straight into the Grand Final. Therefore, there will be 3 voting threads spread over 6 or 7 days. Voting for Group A and Group B will happen concurrently to speed things up. I don't think that scenario will be very taxing. Admittedly, I don't mind our traditional method of voting via a one-off thread, but it doesn't hurt to try something new for a change. If we don't like it then we don't have to do it again.

I will post the compositions for the two Groups tomorrow. Good luck.

(Please let me know if you have any violent objections)

Looks good.

 

[AldoRaine18]

Aye, good stuff watson. Looking forward to voting. Thanks for the great job you have done.

 

[Muloghonto]

Err, best of the 70s birth is not Tendulkar ? Really ?
lol.

 

[Howe_zat]

I was thinking your asking where people were from was starting to get a little creepy, Watson, but that's actually a nice touch.

Ftr, I'm pretty sure Pothas makes himself at home at the Rose Bowl, and Durham's ground is called the Riverside.

Err, best of the 70s birth is not Tendulkar ? Really ?
lol.

 

[kyear2]

Hi kyear. What part of the Windies are you from?

Barbados: Kensington Oval

Nice touch with the home grounds.