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Associate Draft

morgieb

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Ole Mortensen. One of the rare associates that succeeded at top-level FC cricket.
 

Prince EWS

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Ahh ****. Was going to take him Round 1 but took a calculated gamble on him sliding because I had two picks before Heath's next pick. Morgie WAC.
 

HeathDavisSpeed

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And the word 'sliding' is banned from this draft. This isn't some late 90s B-grade Science Fiction series.

Camo & Howe up.
 

HeathDavisSpeed

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Surprised he's still available, but Duncan Fletcher.

Tbf, I'd have taken Houghton ahead of him I think.

BFP up, followed by a double-pick for Fred.

Can a moderator (i.e. Vladimir Ashwell?) update the OP?
 

fredfertang

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Couple of Sinhalese for me

Gamini Goonesena - leg spinning all-rounder
Clive Inman - batsman and scorer of an 11 minute fifty
 

Prince EWS

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Pre-Test Sri Lankans are definitely my big blind spot here. I back my knowledge on contemporary associates and pre-Test Zimbabwe but these Sri Lankans I know very little of. Looking forward to reading up on them actually.
 

HeathDavisSpeed

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James Aitchison

A decent first class record, and that's without his defining innings - a century against the touring Australians in 1956 - a line-up featuring Lindwall, Davidson, Miller and Benaud. Also carried his bat for a ton against the touring South Africans in 1947.

The Scotsman newspaper of the day noted in 1947: "Altogether it was an encouraging day for Scottish Cricket, for South Africa fielded eight Test men and most of the bowlers who will be playing against England this week. With a bit of help from Sheppard, Aitchison provided a very solid bulwark to the tourists' bowling, and, though giving the semblance of a chance at 49, played some brilliant cricket during his stay of 250 minutes. He hit thirteen 4s, excelling so much in his drives through cover-point, that the South African captain, Nourse, had to strengthen the position, though, as soon as he sealed up the gap there, Aitchison got boundaries with some hefty hitting to long-on."

Should be a very useful opener or #3 in this tournament.

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