Sheep Draft version 5.0

[NUFAN]

FINAL RESULTS

9c Pick a Cricketer who played a Test in the 1980s (1 Jan 1980 to 31 Dec 1989)

Riggins - Mark Taylor
ohnoitsyou - Wasim Akram
fredfertang - Ian Botham
Valer - Steve Waugh
Monk - Joel Garner
adub - Imran Khan
morgieb - Malcolm Marshall
uvelocity - Terry Alderman
Watson - Ian Bishop
weeman27bob - Merv Hughes
Pothas - Clive Lloyd

FAIL
Spikey - Jonathan Agnew

Sheep
Shahid Mahboob
Greg Campbell
David Lawrence
Arnie Sidebottom
Lalith Kaluperuma
Steve Smith (the first)

10c Pick a Cricketer who played in the last Test or current Test that his country took part in (as at 24 June)

watson - Saeed Ajmal
fredfertang - Vernon Philander
morgieb - Graeme Smith
weeman27bob - Shakib Al Hasan
Riggins - Steve Smith
uvelocity - James Pattinson
Valer - MS Dhoni
ohnoitsyou - Cheteshwar Pujara
adub - BJ Watling
Spikey - Brad Haddin
Monk - Dale Steyn
Pothas - Matt Prior


11c Pick anyone who has played an odd number of Tests

fredfertang - Harold Larwood
Monk - Charlie Macartney
weeman27bob - Hanif Mohammad
watson - John Snow
ohnoitsyou - Glenn Turner
Spikey - Alec Bedser
Pothas - Shane Warne
morgieb - Graeme Pollock
Riggins - Damian Martyn
adub - Frank Tyson
uvelocity - Craig McDermott

FAIL
Valer - Percy Twentyman-Jones

Sheep
Mfuneko Ngam
Ali Hussan Rizvi
Percy Twentyman-Jones
Gavin Hamilton
Shaun Young
Bryce McGain
Fred Root
Simon Kerrigan

 

[adub]

Spikey can have Aggers.

 

[watson]

Reasonably happy with the team so far as there is more to like than not like;

01. Jack Hobbs
02. Andy Sandham
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Brian Lara
05. David Gower
06. Ravi Shastri
07. John Waite
08. Ian Bishop
09. John Snow
10. Saeed Ajmal
11. Neil Adcock

Great last round for Monk. Garner, Steyn, and Macartney!

And Morgieb. Marshall, Smith, and G.Pollock!

 

[NUFAN]

Well im 90% certain. Balance of probabilities

This was one of those 10% occasions.

 

[adub]

Jaques
Gripper
Amla
De Silva
Quiney
MJK Smith
Watling
Imran
Rhodes
Collinge
Tyson

Looking forward to seeing what n00fers has up last in order to replace gimp Quiney with someone who can play.

 

[Red]

Pretty happy overall...

The Anderson Cummins (Canada's Coolest Cricketer) Invite XI

- Len Hutton
- Conrad Hunte
- Charlie Macartney
- Norm O’Neill
- Mike Hussey
- Slammin' Sammy Loxton
- Farohk Engineer +
- Anderson Cummins *
- Hugh Tayfield
- Dale Steyn
- Joel Garner

 

[watson]

Since your team is called 'The Anderson Cummins Invite XI' then I suppose that you'll be looking at replacing Loxton during the last round?

 

[NUFAN]

Someone needs to pick a sheep for Valer... Then...

Round 12a Pick any Test Cricketer not yet named or on the banned list

Chosen players: Zaheer Abbas, Neil Adcock, Saeed Ajmal, Wasim Akram, Terry Alderman, Shakib Al Hasan, Les Ames, Hashim Amla, James Anderson, Bob Barber, Bishen Bedi, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Ian Bishop, David Boon, Ian Botham, Harry Butt, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Michael Clarke, Slyvester Clarke, Richard Collinge, Learie Constantine, Alastair Cook, Jimmy Cook, Bob Cowper, Anderson Cummins, Mark Dekker, Aravinda de Silva, AB de Villiers, MS Dhoni, Bill Edrich, Farokh Engineer, Aubrey Faulkner, Joel Garner, Sunil Gavaskar, Chris Gayle, Jason Gillespie, Trevor Goddard, David Gower, WG Grace, Gordon Greenidge, Clarrie Grimmett, Trevor Gripper, Brad Haddin, Richard Hadlee, Wes Hall, Wally Hammond, Neil Harvey, George Headley, Jack Hobbs, David Hookes, Merv Hughes, Conrad Hunte, Michael Hussey, Len Hutton, Lee Irvine, Phil Jaques, Gilbert Jessop, Jacques Kallis, Rohan Kanhai, Imran Khan, Jason Krezja, Anil Kumble, Jim Laker, Justin Langer, Brian Lara, Harold Larwood, Bill Lawry, Clive Lloyd, Sam Loxton, James Marshall, Malcolm Marshall, Charlie Macartney, Damian Martyn, Craig McDermott, Keith Miller, Charlie Mohammad, Albie Morkel, Muttiah Muralitharan, Sunil Narine, Monty Noble, Dudley Nourse, Norm O'Neill, Dipak Patel, James Pattinson, Vernon Philander, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Pollock, Ricky Ponting, Matt Prior, Cheteswar Pujara, Rob Quiney, Clive Radley, Wilfred Rhodes, Viv Richards, Richie Richardson, Andy Sandham, Virender Sehwag, Ravi Shastri, Graeme Smith, Stee Smith, John Snow, Aamer Sohail, Dale Steyn, Herb Sutcliffe, Maurice Tate, Hugh Tayfield, Mark Taylor, Sachin Tendulkar, Graham Thorpe, Frank Tyson, Glenn Turner, Clyde Walcott, Courtney Walsh, Shane Warne, BJ Watling, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Bam Bam Weekes, Everton Weekes, Charl Willoughby, Frank Woolley, Frank Worrell

Banned Players: Curtly Ambrose, Ken Barrington, Don Bradman, Greg Chappell, Alan Davidson, Kapil Dev, George Giffen, Adam Gilchrist, Tony Greig, Ryan Harris, Matt Hayden, Michael Holding, Younis Khan, Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Stan McCabe, Vijay Merchant, Bill O'Reilly, Shaun Pollock, Barry Richards, Andy Roberts, Chris Rogers, Bob Simpson, Garry Sobers, Fred Trueman, Hedley Verity

 

[Red]

Since your team is called 'The Anderson Cummins Invite XI' then I suppose that you'll be looking at replacing Loxton during the last round?

Good question. Probably not. Loxton is a much more valuable player than Cummins, and Cummins can run the drinks. \

I don't know heaps about Loxton tbh (apart from he was an Invisibles all rounder and he also played AFL), but I've always been curious as to why he didn't play more tests.

I know he and Harvey were very good friends.

 

[watson]

Great last question NUFAN.

 

[Red]

Sent for last round.

 

[weeman27bob]

Definitely feel like I lost out a little in that first question.

A Marshall/Garner/Akram (especially) would have really strengthened my team, but I guess I can't complain about Merv.

 

[watson]

Good question. Probably not. Loxton is a much more valuable player than Cummins, and Cummins can run the drinks. \

I don't know heaps about Loxton tbh (apart from he was an Invisibles all rounder and he also played AFL), but I've always been curious as to why he didn't play more tests.

I know he and Harvey were very good friends.

I tend to agree. Loxton seems like a gutsy Test batsman while Cummins seems better suited for an ODI team (SR = 41.3)

 

[weeman27bob]

1. Hanif Mohammad
2. Trevor Goddard
3. Bill Edrich
4. Frank Woolley
5. Keith Miller
6. Shakib al Hasan
7. Gilbert Jessop
8. Harry Butt
9. Merv Hughes
10. Murali
11. Bishan Bedi

Posting without any stats because they make my team look much worse, but I'm fairly happy with it so far.

Merv and Miller to share the new ball, with Jessop and Goddard as back up seam options for a green pitch, and the potential for Edrich to fill in too. Murali and Bedi should be pretty good on any turning pitches, especially with Woolley and Shakib to cover when they get tired. The glut of bowlers also means that the allrounders who the pitch doesn't suit can have a rest and focus on their batting.

Batting wise the team's a little weak, relying on a lot of all rounders. But Woolley and Jessop are two of the fastest scorers ever which contrasts nicely with the harderned Edrich and Hanif Mohammad. Jessop at 7 is probably a place to high, but hopefully I can pick up a better keeper in the final round.

 

[weeman27bob]

Spikey can have Aggers.

Why would you give him Aggers when you can give him someone who is legitimately called Mahboob?

 

[adub]

ha, trust me I as tempted, but I like Aggers so it's good he gets a run with someone.

 

[morgieb]

1. Herbert Sutcliffe
2. Graeme Smith
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Michael Clarke
6. David Hookes
7. Lee Irvine
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Clarrie Grimmett
10. Wes Hall
11. James Anderson

6 & 7 notwithstanding, I'm fairly happy with that.

 

[NUFAN]

If no one gives Valer a sheep in the next hour, he gets to pick any of the listed sheep options..

I don't think I made enough questions this time around where good, solid cricketers were the best options..

 

[weeman27bob]

He can have Percy twenty man jones

 

[watson]

Sensational team Morgieb even without replacing Hookes or Irvine.