Voting Thread - I played for X in first class

[Victor Ian]

jimmy101
Graham Gooch - Essex /
Martin Donnelly - Wellington /
Kane Williamson - Northern Districts /
Allan Border - Queensland /
Polly Umrigar - Saurashtra /o
Matthew Maynard - Glamorgan /+
Adam Gilchrist - Western Australia /+
Keith Miller - NSW /o
Ray Lindwall - Queensland o/
Ken Higgs - Leicestershire o
Don Shepherd - Glamorgan o
Ben Stokes - Durham /o


Zinzan
Sourav Ganguly - Bengal /
Bert Sutcliffe - Auckland /
Ian Bell - Warwickshire /
Daryll Cullinan - Eastern Province/Border/Warriors /
Inzamam Ul Haq - Multan /
Garry Sobers - Barbados /o
Obaid Haroon - Jammu & Kashmir /+
Ray Illingworth - Leicestershire /o
Ian Bishop - Trinidad & Tobago o
Curtly Ambrose - Leeward Islands o
Bob Willis - Warwickshire o
Nick Knight - Warwickshire o


The Battlers Prince
Virender Sehwag - Haryana /
Mushtaq Ali - Madhaya Pradesh /o
Yashpal Singh - Services /
Greg Chappell - Queensland /
AB De Villiers - Titans /+
Misbah Ul Haq - Islamabad /
Brendon McCullum - Canterbury NZ /+
Irfan Pathan - Baroda /o
Jim Laker - Surrey o
Clarrie Grimmett - South Australia o
Stephen Harmison - Durham o
Rishi Dawan - Himachal Pradesh /o


J_C
Jack Hobbs - Surrey /
Mark Richardson - Auckland /
David Boon - Tasmania /
Younis Khan - Peshawar /
CB Fry - Hampshire /
Vinoo Mankad - Rajasthan /o
John Murray - Middlesex /+
Anil Kumble - Karnataka o
Dale Steyn - Titans o
Jason Gillespie - South Australia o
Joel Garner - Barbados o
Simon Jones - Glamorgan o


stphndbsn
Nari Contractor - Gujarat /
Vijay Hazare - Baroda /
Vijay Manjrekar - Uttar Prudesh /
Amol Muzumdar - Assam /
Martin Crowe - Auckland /
Hemu Adhikari - Services /
Ben Ducket - Northamptonshire /+
Malcolm Marshall - Barbados o/
Saeed Ajmal - Faisalabad o
Zaheer Khan - Baroda o
Varun Aaron - Jharkhand o
Saurabh Tiwary - Jharkhand /


morgieb
Gordon Greenidge - Barbados /
Jeffrey Stollmeyer - Trinidad & Tobago o
Ricky Ponting - Tasmania /
Patsy Hendren - Middlesex /
Sandeep Patil - Madhya Pradesh /
Mohinder Amarnath - Punjab /o
Ajay Ratra - Goa /+
Fred Trueman - Yorkshire o
Jack Cowie - Auckland o
Jasu Patel - Gujarat o
Umar Gul - Peshawar o
Amit Yadav - Goa /o


Agent TBY
Phil Mead - Hampshire /
Archie MacLaren - Lancashire /
Viv Richards - Combined Islands /
Wally Hammond - Gloucestershire /
Jacques Kallis - Warriors /o
Andrew Flintoff - Lancashire /o
Roger Binny - Goa /o
Syed Kirmini - Railways +
Bishen Bedi - Delhi o
Sydney Barnes - Warwickshire o
Mohammad Nissar - Punjab o
Mithun Manhas - Jammu /o


anil1405
Hanif Mohammad - Bahawalpur /
Bob Simpson - Western Australia /
Sir Don Bradman - South Australia /
Colin Cowdry - Kent /
Sanjay Raul - Odisha /o
M.S. Dhoni - Jharkhand +/
Mike Procter - Western Province /o
Alan Knott - Kent +/
Dennis Lillee - Western Australia o
Waqar Younis - Karachi o
Shane Bond - Canterbury o
Narendra Hirwani - Madhya Pradesh o


AndrewB
Bill Lawry - Victoria /
John Wright - Northern Districts /
Cyril Washbrook - Lancashire /
Graeme Pollock - Eastern Province /
Ted Dexter - Sussex /o
Manvinder Bisla - Jammu & Kashmir /
Kapil Dev - Haryana /o
Chris Cairns - Northern Districts /o
Andy Roberts - Leeward Islands /
Khan Mohammad - Bahawalpur o
Rajinder Goel - Haryana o
Ian Dev Singh - Jammu and Kashmir /


mr_mister
Sadagoppen Ramesh - Kerala /
Jesse Ryder - Central District /o
Rahul Dravid - Karnataka /
Sachin Tendulkar - Mumbai /
David Gower - Hampshire /
Ajay Jadeja - Haryana /
Ravi Ashwin - Tamil Nadu /o
Ian Healy - Queensland /+
Maurice Tate - Sussex o
Alec Bedser - Surrey o
Shoaib Akhtar - Rawalpindi o
Mohammad Kaif - Andhra /


Watson
Majid Khan - Lahore /
Stephen Fleming - Canterbury /
Clem Hill - South Australia /
Denis Compton - Middlesex /
Virat Kohli - Delhi /
Parvez Rasool - Jammu and Kashmir /o
Sarfraz Ahmed - Quetta /+
Richard Hadlee - Canterbury o/
Wasim Akram - Lahore o/
Michael Holding - Jamaica o
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan - Tamil Nadu* o
Rajesh Borah - Assam /


Victor Ian
Herb Sutcliffe - Yorkshire /
Len Hutton - Yorkshire /
W.G Grace - Gloucestershire /o
Brian Lara - Trinidad and Tobago /
Kevin Pietersen - Natal /
Ian Botham - Worcestershire /o
Imran Khan - Lahore /o
Junior Murray - Winward Islands /+
Shane Warne - Victoria o
Fred Titmus - Middlesex o
Glenn McGrath - NSW o
Shanthakumaran Sreesanth - Kerala o

 

[mr_mister]

You completely changed my order.... I don't mind but Bedser should bat higher than Shoaib

 

[Zinzan]

anil1405's side is awesome, although I wonder if the fact he's no playing any real spinner (unless you want to count Sanjay Raul) may cost him.

Personally would have played Hirwani along with Lillee, Waqar & Procter & had Bond carrying the drinks given that XI...Either that or sacrificed some batting & move everyone else up the order and have Raul as 12th man.

Will vote shortly....

 

[Zinzan]

Victor Ian, anil1405 & Agent TBY for mine, with special mentions to J_C & TPB...

 

[Victor Ian]

You completely changed my order.... I don't mind but Bedser should bat higher than Shoaib

fixed.

I'd like to say 'accidents happen', but the truth is ,I wanted to take you out of the race

 

[anil1405]

anil1405's side is awesome, although I wonder if the fact he's no playing any real spinner (unless you want to count Sanjay Raul) may cost him.

Personally would have played Hirwani along with Lillee, Waqar & Procter & had Bond carrying the drinks given that XI...Either that or sacrificed some batting & move everyone else up the order and have Raul as 12th man.

Will vote shortly....

Remember I have Bob Simpson in my team.

I thought of having Narendra Hirwani too but later realized that with a pace attack of Lille-Procter-Waqar-Bond, my bowling could demolish teams in any conditions without the help of a spinner.

As much as I like leg spinners, there is no sight better in world cricket than watching a batsman dance to the FAST bowlers tunes.

 

[Victor Ian]

Anil seems to have an awesome bowling line up but perhaps there are not enough overs to get out of his top flight bowlers. Every second match he will be without Bond. He has perhaps 130* overs to get the job done each game, whereas I have well over 160* without even bringing on the best change bowler ever - Grace.

But....... Anil has Knott to help those bowlers do their job. oh yeah, and Bradman.

* average overs per game bowlers have bowled in career

 

[Zinzan]

A slow turning dunger could spell trouble for that bowling attack though

 

[anil1405]

Now that we have picked 12 players, I guess flexibility factor should also be taken into account wherein I can bring in Hirwani for Bond on slow pitches.

 

[StephenZA]

Now that we have picked 12 players, I guess flexibility factor should also be taken into account wherein I can bring in Hirwani for Bond on slow pitches.

Nah... veto that. I`m already in enough trouble with my team without having to bring in Tiwary....

 

[anil1405]

A slow turning dunger could spell trouble for that bowling attack though

Not sure if thats true. As a bowling unit they might have achieved considerable success on slow pitches too.

Lillee did not have enough support in Asian conditions in the few tests he played and neither had Bond. Waqar was the only one with considerable success as he was used to the conditions plus he had Wasim as his partner in crime.

As a bowling unit Lillee-Procter-Waqar-Bond would rip through batting attacks even on not so friendly conditions.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

It's very difficult to vote quickly in this. Given different sides etc. for each person.
I found this draft great fun, albeit frustrating at times, thanks Red Hill and VI

 

[Victor Ian]

I htink my opening pair of McGrath and Imran is irresistable. Mid innings, Botham and Warne destroy all before them. In case leg spin aint working I have no less than Titmus, for some offies. Grace is my part timer, who it must be remembered was for a period of about 10 years the leading first class wicket taker without peer. When the track is looking Green, I can always sub in Sreesanth for the trolls.

My batting runs deep with Titmus probably a better bat than Warne. I just have Warne at 9 because his ego might not handle 10.

I have a player for every occasion, every surface, every era. And then there is that thing about the names.

Agent Toby is getting a unanticipated (for me) amount of love. A restudy reveals he has the bowling Bradman, and an amazing mid order. I erroneously thought Watson's team would get a lot of that 3rd love with his amazing bowling line up, but what do I know?

 

[Victor Ian]

So...... What happens now?

 

[Zinzan]

You win a bowl of jelly.


Nah, well played.

 

[watson]

Voting lasts a week, so still 3 days to go. Although I can't see anyone catching you Victor Ian.

 

[Victor Ian]

I like Jelly. Guess I'll have to make it myself if I want it fresh.

 

[Victor Ian]

Cheers Watson. Thank you for putting my name up in lights.

Thankyou to everyone else for losing. Thankyou to the great die in the sky for my draw.

 

[jimmy101]

Great job Victor. Landslide victory. Marvelous effort that, really super stuff.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Yeah weldone VI, also thanks to you and Red (I think it was) for running the draft. I really enjoyed searching through (mostly Indian) domestic sides.