an idea: a draft of non-cricketers

[OverratedSanity]

Rubbish pick when no test matches are played in France. Has no chance on a green top.

SC dustbowls are basically identical to Roland Garross. It's perfect.

 

[Burgey]

Rafael Nadal

Absolutely deadly on dusty brown surfaces because of the insane amount of topspin he puts on the ball. He'd kill it on SC pitches. Basically Ravindra Jadeja turned up to 11. Has a better batting technique than Jaddu as well, as clearly seen below.

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Lord Hanuman
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Burgey (c)
Eric Clapton
Rafael Nadal
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Usain Bolt

Also, sicne this team is captained by Burgey, this is not the last SC bully spinner I'm picking.

Nadal wil fail a drug test very early on. Plus, when was the last time anyone actually saw him move forward to a spinning ball?

 

[Daemon]

Somebody needs to make an ATG pick soon, number of lols are dropping at an alarming rate

 

[OverratedSanity]

Somebody needs to make an ATG pick soon, number of lols are dropping at an alarming rate

I blame GIMH. Thread began it's decline after he joined in.

 

[morgieb]

Somebody needs to make an ATG pick soon, number of lols are dropping at an alarming rate

I though the Nadal pick was pretty good, given that Burgey is the captain and all his drug cheat rants.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

so unless i have missed some, which is very likely, here's how we stand:

Red Hill – W& Grace
Zinzan – Inspector Gadget
Camo999 – Tonya Harding
Stephen - Sir Isaac Newton
Shady Slim - Batman
RTB - Kim Jong-Il
OS – Usain Bolt
TBP - Spiderman
Victor Ian - Jesus
Morgieb - Kim Il-sung
mr_mister – The Undertaker
Burgey – Bob Hawke
Fredfertang - Yoda
GIMH - George W. Bush

GIMH - Jon Snow
Fredfertang - Genghis Khan
Burgey - Paul Keating
mr_mister - Joe C
morgieb - Josef Stalin
Victor Ian - Buddha
TBP - Kurt Fearnley
OS - Burgey
RTB - Sasha Grey
Shady Slim - Ganesh
stephen - Lene Hau
Camo999 - Wicket
Zinzan - Lord Nelson
Red Hill - John Howard

Burgey - Mikhail Gorbachev
RTB
Camo999 - Gary Ablett Snr
mr_mister - Lleyton Hewitt
fredfertang - Mata Hari
morgieb - Yohan Blake
Red Hill - Errol Flynn
GIMH - Alex Mack
OS: Hanuman
stephen - Leonardo da Vinci
Victor Ian - Noah
TBP: Hermione Granger
Shady Slim: Rasputin
Zinzan - John Key

Zinzan - Mahatma Gandhi
Shady Slim: Shaq
TBP: Thor
Victor Ian - Krishna
stephen - Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham)
OS: Eric Clapton
GIMH - Ronald McDonald
Red Hill - Satan
morgieb - Russell Crowe
fredfertang - Margaret Thatcher
mr_mister - Paul Vautin
Camo999 - Malcolm Tucker
RTB
Burgey

with two of the round five picks also done

anyone aware of any gaps pls notify me so i can change it

I picked Andrew Chimboza in the third round and I'll pick two more.

My captain is George Costanza in "The Opposite". If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right. This describes Shane Watson's use of DRS, but also makes this version of Costanza one of the most innovative skippers of all time by using strategies which are far beyond the comprehension of a regular captain. Examples include setting a 1-9 legside field and having the batsman caught at deep point, picking a team completely full of all-rounders to give the side flexibility, and telling Johnson Charles to play his natural game in a test match.

Cricket is basically a game of crushing your opponent psychologically, so the obvious pick here is Frankie Boyle. Put him at first slip and the batsmen will not only dismiss themselves but be in tears while they do it. Probably the best cricketer in Scotland as well.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Somebody needs to make an ATG pick soon, number of lols are dropping at an alarming rate

Utter balony, we won't pander to your dire evaluation. We'll pick who we want!

 

[Camo999]

Hmm, we seem to have ground to a halt.
Think we’re in the midst of Round 5. No particular draft order I believe, just pick whenever.

Rd 5
TBP – Jesse Owens
Victor Ian – Kali
Camo999 – Malala Yousafzi
OS – Rafael Nadal
RTB – Frankie Boyle

Still to pick (in any order)
Zinzan
Shady Slim
stephen
GIMH
Red Hill
morgieb
fredfertang
mr_mister
Burgey

 

[GIMH]

Zak from saved by the bell

 

[Burgey]

For a bit of team
Motivation, I'm choosing this bloke:

https://youtu.be/VsoG3whMUVg

Extreme language warning.

Let's call him Ranty AFL Coach for the purposes of this draft.

 

[mr_mister]

Mick Molloy's character from Crackerjack the to bowl leg breaks and flippers

 

[Red]

For a bit of team
Motivation, I'm choosing this bloke:

https://youtu.be/VsoG3whMUVg

Extreme language warning.

Let's call him Ranty AFL Coach for the purposes of this draft.

Had a coach sort of like this in U18s. ****ing scary psychopath. We all thought he was hilarious behind his back. Heard a few years ago he'd lost his WWCC and was changed for less than savoury acts with minors.

**** of the highest order!

 

[morgieb]

I'm going for the world's most famous sportsman who's also a cricket fan (well, out of those who are still available). In another universe he perhaps grew up in South Africa and is now the country's leading all-rounder.

 

[Red]

I'll take Jeanne Richardson (Chappell). Carried the genetics from Victor Richardson onto Ian and Greg Chappell. Certainty for the number 3 spot.

Ian Chappell: in praise of my mother, Jeanne | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Red]

01. W& Grace (grand old man of bad sitcoms)
02.
03. Jeanne Richardson (Chappell) (strong bloodlines as a number 3 batsman, gutsy as)
04.
05. Errol Flynn (all rounder, opening bowler and swashbuckling bat)
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08.
09.
10. John Winston Howard (cannier than he looks and acts, spin merchant)
11. Satan (fiery express pace bowler with demonic stares)

 

[StephenZA]

Rnd 5: Center of my batting line-up around which all things propagate... Richard Feynman.



A raconteur more handsome than any Hollywood actor, a man of undeniable skill poise and intelligence.. that would out do any cover drive of Bradman and Tendulkar combined. Scientific method ; Knowing and Understanding

1. Lene Hau
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4. Richard Feynman
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7. Leonardo da Vinci
8. Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham)
9. Sir Isaac Newton
10.
11.

 

[Burgey]

Da Vinci seems low in that batting order to me. I'd have him at six at the lowest.

We should start an atg non cricketing draft picks discussion thread

 

[Zinzan]

Basil Fawlty thanks. Tall strapping fast bowler and big hitting batsman...just look at the leverage he's getting on that car below... recall a few cricket references on that show.. including Major excitedly remarking whilst reading the paper.."Boycott scored a century!"

Oh and this typically 1970s racist little outburst about watching cricket in India...

 

[fredfertang]

About time I picked a famous bowler

1. Yoda
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3.
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5. Genghis Khan
6. Mata Hari
7. Margaret Thatcher+
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9.
10.
11.Charlie Chaplin

 

[StephenZA]

Da Vinci seems low in that batting order to me. I'd have him at six at the lowest.

We should start an atg non cricketing draft picks discussion thread

Yeah.. maybe he should bat at 6, great all-rounder...must see who I pick as my wk first though. Have not made a final decision on that....