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Initials Draft

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
So my finalisesd B Xi

Boycott
Brown
Boon
Barrington
Border
Botham
Boucher
Benaud
Bedser
Barnes
Bishop
 

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
OK, let's start. Usual "no Bradman" rule applies. 16 hours each for Round 1, 12 hours each after that.

Order for Round 1:
Michaelf7777777
trundler
AndrewB
jimmy101
The Battlers Prince
morgieb
Coronis
mr_mister
SillyCowCorner1

(Order for Round 2 will be the reverse of this as usual).
First sentence lol
 

AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
Picks so far (in alphabetical order):

B: Sydney Barnes, Ken Barrington, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Ian Bishop, David Boon, Allan Border, Ian Botham, Geoff Boycott, Mark Boucher, Bill Brown
C: Jock Cameron, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Greg Chappell. Sylvester Clarke, Denis Compton, Learie Constantine, Alastair Cook, Jimmy Cook, Colin Croft, Martin Crowe
G: Joel Garner, Sunil Gavaskar, Lance Gibbs, Adam Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie, Trevor Goddard, Graham Gooch, WG Grace, Jack Gregory, Clarrie Grimmett
H: Richard Hadlee, Wes Hall. Wally Hammond, Neil Harvey, Vijay Hazare, George Headley, Ian Healy, Rangana Herath, Jack Hobbs, Michael Holding, Len Hutton
K: Jacques Kallis, Gary Kirsten, Alan Knott, Virat Kohli
L: Jim Laker, Justin Langer, Brian Lara, Bill Lawry, Geoff Lawson, VVS Laxman, Dennis Lillee, Clive Lloyd, Tony Lock, Gus Logie, Nathan Lyon
M: Charles Macartney, Malcolm Marshall, Peter May, Stan McCabe, Ted McDonald, Glenn McGrath, Keith Miller, Bruce Mitchell, Arthur Morris, Billy Murdoch, Muttiah Muralitharan
P: Adam Parore, Eddie Paynter, Vernon Philander, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Pollock, Peter Pollock, Shaun Pollock, Bill Ponsford, Ricky Ponting, Erapalli, Prasanna, Mike Procter
R: Barry Richards, Viv Richards, Andy Roberts
S: Kumar Sangakkara, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shakib Al Hasan, Bob Simpson, Graeme Smith, Steve Smith, John Snow, Garry Sobers, Brian Statham, Dale Steyn, Herbert Sutcliffe
W: John Waite, Clyde Walcott, Courtney Walsh, Doug Walters, Waqar Younis, Shane Warne, David Warner, Wasim Akram, Steve Waugh, Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell

Round 2 order:
SillyCowCorner1
mr_mister - R
Coronis - K
morgieb
The Battlers Prince
jimmy101
AndrewB
trundler
Michaelf7777777
 
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morgieb

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C

Alastair Cook
Jimmy Cook
Greg Chappell
Denis Compton
Martin Crowe
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Jock Cameron
Learie Constantine
Sylvester Clarke
Colin Croft
Bhagat Chandrasekhar
 

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Well Cow has timed out for round 2

I'll take R as my second letter and draft the two Richards and Andy Roberts for Brown. Boon and Bishop

Geoff Boycott
Barry Richards
Viv Richards
Ken Barrington
Allan Border *
Ian Botham 4
Mark Boucher +
Richie Benaud 5
Alec Bedser 3
Sydney Barnes 1
Andy Roberts 2
 

Coronis

International Coach
Bill Ponsford
Gary Kirsten
Ricky Ponting*
Graeme Pollock
Virat Kohli
Jacques Kallis
Alan Knott+
Mike Procter
Shaun Pollock
Vernon Philander
Erapalli Prasanna

Thank god for the Pollocks.
oK
 
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The Battlers Prince

International Vice-Captain
Jason Gillespie out Curtly Ambrose in
Trevor Goddard out Hashim Amla in
Lance Gibbs out James Anderson in

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2. Gordon Greenidge
3. WG
4. Graham Gooch
5. Hashim Amla
6. Jack Gregory
7. Adam Gilchrist+
8. Joel Garner
9. Curtley Ambrose
10. Clarrie Grimmett
11. James Anderson
 

trundler

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Jason Gillespie out Curtly Ambrose in
Trevor Goddard out Hashim Amla in
Lance Gibbs out James Anderson in

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2. Gordon Greenidge
3. WG
4. Graham Gooch
5. Hashim Amla
6. Jack Gregory
7. Adam Gilchrist+
8. Joel Garner
9. Curtley Ambrose
10. Clarrie Grimmett
11. James Anderson
Akram..
 

Jarquis

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Is a W.

It’s also pretty poor etiquette to continually point out potentially overlooked picks
 

jimmy101

Cricketer Of The Year
I'll pick T to strengthen up my team

Herbert Sutcliffe
Graeme Smith
Bob Simpson
Sachin Tendulkar
Steve Smith
Kumar Sangakkara+
Garfield Sobers
Fred Trueman
Dale Steyn
Hugh Tayfield
Brian Statham


Saqlain Mushtaq, John Snow, Shakib Al-Hasan out
 

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