Debuts & Retirements draft

[jimmy101]

Round 1

AndrewB - George Lohmann (1886 - 1896)
Howe_zat - WG Grace (1880 - 1899)
Red Hill - CTB Turner (1887 - 1895)
morgieb - Fred Spofforth (1877 - 1887)
J_C - Johnny Briggs (1884 - 1899)
harsh.ag - Billy Gunn (1887 - 1899)
jimmy101 - Bobby Peel (1884 - 1896)
mr_mister - Jack Worrall (1885 - 1899)
honestbharani - JJ Ferris (1887 - 1892)
OverratedSanity - Bobby Abel (1888 - 1902)
schearzie - Arthur Shrewsbury (1881 - 1893)
AndyZaltzHair - George Giffen (1882- 1896)
Grumpy - Billy Barnes (1880 - 1890)

Round 2

Grumpy - Hugh Trumble (1890 - 1904)
AndyZaltzHair - Clem Hill (1896 - 1912)
schearzie - FS Jackson (1893 - 1905)
OverratedSanity - Jack Saunders (1902 - 1908)
honestbharani - Jack Hearne (1892 - 1899)
mr_mister - Wilfred Rhodes (1899 - 1930)
jimmy101 - Tom Hayward (1896 - 1909)
harsh.ag - Jack Board (1899 - 1906)
J_C - Frank Laver (1899 - 1909)
morgieb - John Lyons (1887-1897)
Red Hill - Albert Trott (1895 - 1899)
Howe_zat - Victor Trumper (1899 - 1912)
AndrewB - KS Ranjitsinhji (1896 - 1902)

Round 3

Red Hill - Pelham Warner (1899 - 1912)
Grumpy - Tibby Cotter (1904 - 1912)
jimmy101 - Frank Woolley (1909 - 1934)
AndyZaltzHair - Herbie Taylor (1912 - 1932)
Howe_zat - Tommy Ward (1912 - 1924)
morgieb - George Hirst (1897 - 1909)
J_C - Warren Bardsley (1909 - 1926)
schearzie - David Denton (1905 - 1910)
mr_mister - George Headley (1930 - 1954)
honestbharani - Murray Bisset (1899 - 1910)
harsh.ag - Aubrey Faulkner (1906 - 1924)
OverratedSanity - Jack Hobbs (1908 - 1930)
AndrewB - Warwick Armstrong (1902 - 1921)

Round 4

AndrewB - GE Tydesley (1921 - 1929)
OverratedSanity - Stan McCabe (1930 - 1938)
harsh.ag - Herbert Sutcliffe (1924 - 1935)
honestbharani - Charles Kelleway (1910 - 1928)
mr_mister - Keith Andrew (1954 - 1963)
schearzie - Herbert Strudwick (1910 - 1926)
J_C - Harold Larwood (1926 - 1933)
morgieb - George Thompson (1909 - 1910)
Howe_zat - Tich Freeman (1924 - 1929)
AndyZaltzHair - Bill O'Reilly (1932- 1946)
jimmy101 - Bill Brown (1934 - 1948)
Grumpy - Claude Carter (1912 - 1924)
Watson - Tiger Smith (1912 - 1913)

Round 5

morgieb - Mick Commaille (1910 - 1928)
harsh.ag - Dudley Nourse (1935 - 1951)
OverratedSanity - Lindsay Hassett (1938 - 1953)
jimmy101 - Frank Worrell (1948 - 1963)
schearzie - Bill Woodfull (1926 - 1934)
Howe_zat - Bruce Mitchell (1929 - 1949)
J_C - Vijay Merchant (1933 - 1951)
mr_mister - Graeme Pollock (1963 - 1970)
honestbharani - Maurice Leyland (1928 - 1938)
Grumpy - Bill Ponsford (1924 - 1934)
AndyZaltzHair - Arthur Morris (1946 - 1955)
Watson - Lionel Tennyson (1913 - 1921)
AndrewB - Les Ames (1929 - 1939)

Round 6

AndrewB - Jeffrey Stollemeyer (1939 - 1955)
Watson - Andy Sandham (1921 - 1930)
AndyZaltzHair - Ken Barrington (1955 - 1968)
Grumpy - Mushtaq Ali (1934 - 1952)
honestbharani - Sid Barnes (1938 - 1948)
mr_mister - Barry Richards (1970 - 1970)
J_C - Peter May (1951 - 1961)
Howe_zat - Hugh Tayfield (1949 - 1960)
schearzie - Ken Farnes (1934 - 1939)
jimmy101 - Denis Lindsay (1963 - 1970)
OverratedSanity - Alan Davidson (1953 - 1963)
harsh.ag - Subhash Gupte (1951 - 1961)
morgieb - Learie Constantine (1928 - 1939)

Round 7

Grumpy - Hanif Mohammad (1952 - 1969)
jimmy101 - Greg Chappell (1970 - 1984)
OverratedSanity - Alan Connolly (1963 - 1971)
AndyZaltzHair - Roy Fredericks (1968 - 1977)
harsh.ag - Graham McKenzie (1961 - 1971)
morgieb - Gerry Gomez (1939 - 1954)
mr_mister - Ken Shuttleworth (1970 - 1971)
J_C - Bill Lawry (1961 - 1971)
honestbharani - Clyde Walcott (1948 - 1960)
schearzie - Bill Copson (1932 - 1947)
Watson - Gubby Allen (1930 - 1948)
AndrewB - Fred Titmus (1955 - 1975)
Howe_zat - Charlie Griffith (1960 - 1969)

Round 8

Howe_zat - Zaheer Abbas (1969 - 1985)
AndrewB - Graham Gooch (1975 - 1995)
Watson - Everton Weekes (1948 - 1958)
schearzie - Bill Johnston (1947 - 1955)
honestbharani - David Allen (1960 - 1966)
J_C - Imran Khan (1971 - 1992)
mr_mister - Dennis Lillee (1971 - 1984)
morgieb - Garfield Sobers (1954 - 1974)
harsh.ag - Sunil Gavaskar (1971 - 1987)
AndyZaltzHair - Ian Botham (1977 - 1992)
OverratedSanity - Uton Dowe (1971 - 1973)
jimmy101 - Dean Jones (1984 - 1992)
Grumpy - Glenn Turner (1969 - 1983)

Round 9

AndrewB - Shaun Pollock (1995 - 2008)
Watson - Ray Illingworth (1958 - 1973)
honestbharani - Clive Lloyd (1966 - 1985)​
mr_mister - Courtney Walsh (1984 - 2001)
J_C - Muttiah Muralitharan (1992 - 2010)
Howe_zat - Steve Waugh (1985 - 2004)
AndyZaltzHair - Shane Warne (1992- 2007)
Grumpy - Richie Richardson (1983 - 1995)
morgieb - Viv Richards (1974 - 1991)
OverratedSanity - Richard Hadlee (1973 - 1990)
jimmy101 - Allan Donald (1992 - 2002)
harsh.ag - Winston Benjamin (1987 - 1995)
schearzie - Trevor Goddard (1955 - 1970)

Round 10

schearzie - Terry Jenner (1970 - 1975)
harsh.ag - Jacques Kallis (1995 - 2013)
jimmy101 - Graeme Smith (2002 - 2014)
OverratedSanity
morgieb
Grumpy
AndyZaltzHair
Howe_zat
J_C
mr_mister
honestbharani
Watson - Jeff Thomson (1972 - 1985)
AndrewB

 

[jimmy101]

Everyone is now post 1973, so I'm going to complete my attack with Jeff Thomson.

01. Andy Sandham (1921 - 1930)
02. Plum Warner (1909 -1912)
03. Everton Weekes (1948 - 1958)
04. Hon. Lionel Tennyson * (1913 - 1921)
05.
06. Albert Trott (1895 - 1909)
07. Ray Illingworth (1958 - 1973)
08. Gubby Allen (1930 - 1948)
09. Tiger Smith + (1912 - 1913)
10. Charles Turner (1887 - 1895)
11. Jeff Thomson (1973 - 1985)


Would have liked Hadlee of course but OS unexpectedly pulled Dowe out of the bag at the last minute to take him to 1973. Still, it's an excellent attack if not an ATG one. Had no idea what Albert Trott bowled (average = 15), but apparently he was one of those 19th century 'spin-swerve' bowlers like Noble.

Red Hill should be proud of this. Hopefully you can further strengthen the batting Watson, plenty of great bats still up for grabs. Getting there is the problem.

 

[jimmy101]

So, I think I can take Trevor Goddard and Terry Jenner

Hellllooooooo Michael!

 

[harsh.ag]

Well, I'm screwed. I mean, I've been screwed for a long time but now I realize my team is going to be too batsman heavy.

Graeme Smith (2002 - 2014)

Too much willow XI

Bill Brown
Graeme Smith
Tom Hayward
Greg Chappell
Dean Jones
Frank Worrell
Frank Woolley
Denis Lindsay
-
Booby Peel
Allan Donald

Why not pick Harmison instead of Smith?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Moin Khan (1990-2004)

I'm really sad tbh. Had to let Brian Lara go since I'd have ended up with no keeper. Not a single one debuted in 2006 for some ****ing reason. Seriously considered just picking Lara anyway and sticking the gloves on one of the other inferior bats in the team

 

[jimmy101]

Why not pick Harmison instead of Smith?

Oh wow I didn't even notice Harmison was available. If nobody objects I will happy change my pick to Harmison.

 

[honestbharani]

Moin Khan (1990-2004)

I'm really sad tbh. Had to let Brian Lara go since I'd have ended up with no keeper. Not a single one debuted in 2006 for some ****ing reason. Seriously considered just picking Lara anyway and sticking the gloves on one of the other inferior bats in the team

REmember the test against India in 1997 when Lara kept as Courtney Browne was injured. Guy did a fab job of it too.

 

[honestbharani]

Oh wow I didn't even notice Harmison was available. If nobody objects I will happy change my pick to Harmison.

I think everyone will be fine except Harmy himself, when you make him tour.

 

[honestbharani]

BTW since no one else is on 1985 in this round, can I make my pick? I have a busy monday ahead.

 

[jimmy101]

Go ahead my man.

 

[Howe_zat]

When it gets to me my next pick is Dale Steyn (2004-2015)

Pretty sure no one can nick him off me

WG Grace
Bruce Mitchell
Zaheer Abbas
Victor Trumper
Steve Waugh*
-
Tommy Ward+
Hugh Tayfield
Dale Steyn
Tich Freeman
Charlie Griffiths

 

[honestbharani]

I got the King of Swing ​Wasim Akram (1985-2002)

 

[Grumpy]

Jacques Kallis (1995-2013)

Was targeting him. I'm going to make my pick now as well since no one else is on 95 and there's only one more round to go.

Ricky Ponting (1995-2012)

 

[Grumpy]

Seriously considered just picking Lara anyway and sticking the gloves on one of the other inferior bats in the team

I'm actually going to do this with my last pick. My bowling is so ****e, there is no way we're getting 20 wickets. So a quality keeper is going to be wasted. May as well strengthen the batting.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Mitchell Johnson 2007- 2015

 

[J_C]

Steve Smith (2010 - ).

 

[harsh.ag]

Moin Khan (1990-2004)

I'm really sad tbh. Had to let Brian Lara go since I'd have ended up with no keeper. Not a single one debuted in 2006 for some ****ing reason. Seriously considered just picking Lara anyway and sticking the gloves on one of the other inferior bats in the team

Chamara Kapugedera | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

When it gets to me my next pick is Dale Steyn (2004-2015)

Pretty sure no one can nick him off me

WG Grace
Bruce Mitchell
Zaheer Abbas
Victor Trumper
Steve Waugh*
-
Tommy Ward+
Hugh Tayfield
Dale Steyn
Tich Freeman
Charlie Griffiths

Dude you will have to go back to 1877-89 for your next pick as Steyn hasn't retired yet. Think this was decided upon earlier for non-retired players.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Chamara Kapugedera | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

Oh ****

I'd like to change my pick to Brian Lara (1990-2006), if no one has a problem with it. Not fussed either way though.

 

[mr_mister]

Sehwag ('01-13)



Sehwag
Richards
Headley
Pollock
~
Rhodes (4)
Worrall
Andrew +
Lillee (1)
Shuttleworth (3)
Walsh (2)

 

[morgieb]

Sanath Jayasuriya (1991 - 2007)