an idea: a draft of non-cricketers

[Victor Ian]

yep - go

 

[GIMH]

Alex Mack. She takes the all rounder slot.

 

[morgieb]

OK, new pick:

Yohan Blake. More boring one, but I'm assuming that his speed on the track will convert to bowling speed. Also, he's apparently a much better cricketer than Bolt.

 

[Burgey]

I could just end up making you carry the drinks, you know.

SIlence! That is no way to address The Captain of the Gods!

 

[mr_mister]

yeah i wouldn't be opposed to "block" rounds where we post the round and wait for everyone to pick before progressing...

any disagreements? (if not then we'll enact it after R4)

yeah sounds perfect for this. there will be hardly any crossover of picks anyway

 

[Daemon]

SIlence! That is no way to address The Captain of the Gods!

There are like 2 billion hindu gods, come back when you're captaining jesus or allah

 

[StephenZA]

Rnd 4: Another great all-rounder (spin rather than seam!) Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham) the true father of the modern scientific method.....

1. Lene Hau
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7. Leonardo da Vinci
8. Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham)
9. Sir Isaac Newton
10.
11.

 

[Burgey]

There are like 2 billion hindu gods, come back when you're captaining jesus or allah

I'm captaining all the Gods. All of them. I'm captaining Jesus' father ffs. And he isn't even taking the new rock. I don't care how many Gods there are, I am their captain. If there are 2 billion Hindu Gods then they're just part of the extended squad.

 

[Daemon]

I'm captaining all the Gods. All of them. I'm captaining Jesus' father ffs. And he isn't even taking the new rock. I don't care how many Gods there are, I am their captain. If there are 2 billion Hindu Gods then they're just part of the extended squad.

OS to pick Burgeinho and bench you

 

[Burgey]

Burgeinho starts getting schooled next Saturday arvo when we open the batting together.

 

[Red]

Not sure if it's my go but I'm inspired by the deities being selected. So my next pick is:

Satan: A fiery pace bowler able to generate serious heat off the pitch. The Ruler of Darkness will make life incredibly difficult for the opposition bats, and no one wants to wear his "mark". Batsmen will be tempted by his craft, but his serpent like control will ensure batsmen rarely thrive, but instead stumble in the darkness. Deceptive.

A quick in the mould of Lillee and Spofforth.

 

[Red]

01. W& Grace
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03.
04.
05. Errol Flynn
06.
07.
08.
09.
10. John Winston Howard
11. Satan

 

[watson]

Ahhh **** this ****. That's what's wrong with these idiotic ****ing drafts. Why doesn't everyone just pick a ****ing eleven at once and post the **** like a normal person would? **** you all. Nice try from the OP to make this ********* format of thread actually interesting, but not even such a wonderful idea could do it. Yep, drafts kill everything. Even decent ideas like this. If drafts were around in the early 1900s, Henry Ford would never have got the Model T built, because some **** would have had to wait an extra 30 minutes until they could add a component. Out.

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[Victor Ian]

Not sure if it's my go but I'm inspired by the deities being selected. So my next pick is:

Satan: A fiery pace bowler able to generate serious heat off the pitch. The Ruler of Darkness will make life incredibly difficult for the opposition bats, and no one wants to wear his "mark". Batsmen will be tempted by his craft, but his serpent like control will ensure batsmen rarely thrive, but instead stumble in the darkness. Deceptive.

A quick in the mould of Lillee and Spofforth.

that is the coolest picture. I love it.

Satan is Jesus' reverse bunny.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

So you think that Neil Wagner and Peter Siddle are big-hearted players? They've got nothing on this mofo. Andrew Chimboza felt he didn't have enough heart so he took someone else's and ate it. Guaranteed to bowl 40 overs a day into the wind on the flattest subcontinental pitches.

 

[StephenZA]

This thread has started going down a dark path....

 

[Shady Slim]

will post an update tomorrow (someone else can do it if they want to) but will take my picks now (remember when we finish this weird round three-four that nobody's bothering with we'll go to proper blocks)

let's start with a seam allrounder who can get steep bounce from over seven feet, as well as the self proclaimed "best cricketer in india", Shaq

and secondly i will take a leg spinner in Grigori Rasputin

was known for having "magic hands" as well as a hypnotist's control over anyone he desired to control, either male or female, the combo which he would use to utterly bamboozle batsmen with his aforementioned magic and control

and he is basically a more intimidating WG Grace like come on look at him - he's also got fat warney fingers which are a boon to leg spin

 

[OverratedSanity]

Eric Clapton

A genuine cricket enthusiast, his effortless use of a guitar pick would undoubtedly make him an excellent spin bowling option. Useful lower order batsman and he'll also be my first choice slip catcher. Just need to tell him to imagine that the ball is a bag of cocaine, and not an infant, and there's no way he's dropping it.

 

[OverratedSanity]

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Lord Hanuman
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Burgey (c)
Eric Clapton
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Usain Bolt

 

[morgieb]

Going for Russell Crowe. Just look at his genes, ffs.

Plus he owns my footy club so he knows how to handle a sports team.