Initials Draft

[AndrewB]

My second pick is D

Stewie Dempster
David Warner
Rahul Dravid
Frank Worrell*
Everton Weekes
Steve Waugh
Clyde Walcott+
Alan Davidson
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Allan Donald

Doug Walters, John Waite, Waqar Younis, Courtney Walsh out.

 

[AndrewB]

Picks so far (in alphabetical order):

A: Curtly Ambrose, Hashim Amla, James Anderson
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
D: Alan Davidson, Stewie Dempster, Allan Donald, Rahul Dravid
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
I: Imran Khan
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: Wilfred Rhodes, Clive Rice, 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
T: Hugh Tayfield, Sachin Tendulkar, Fred Trueman
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 - A
jimmy101 - T
AndrewB - D
trundler - R
Michaelf7777777 - I

 

[trundler]

Hobbs
Hutton*
Headley
Harvey VC
Hammond
Rice 5
Rhodes 4
Hadlee 1
Healy +
Holding 2
Hall 3

With a heavy heart, Herath out along with Hazare.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Nice one Trundler, was going to go Rice myself

 

[Michaelf7777777]

I will be my next letter. Imran Khan in to replace Ted McDonald

Charter 77 So Far

Arthur Morris
Bruce Mitchell
Charles Macartney
Stan McCabe
Peter May
Keith Miller
Imran Khan (*)
Billy Murdoch (+)
Malcolm Marshall
Muttiah Muralitharin
Glenn McGrath

 

[trundler]

Nice one Trundler, was going to go Rice myself

Thanks. There was a shortage of guys good enough to bat 6 without weakening the bowling.

 

[AndrewB]

I'll give SillyCowCorner1 and morgieb a bit more time before launching Round 3.

 

[ankitj]

I will be my next letter. Imran Khan in to replace Ted McDonald

Charter 77 So Far

Arthur Morris
Bruce Mitchell
Charles Macartney
Stan McCabe
Peter May
Keith Miller
Imran Khan (*)
Billy Murdoch (+)
Malcolm Marshall
Muttiah Muralitharin
Glenn McGrath

That bowling attack is sick. It can easily be the attack of an ATG world test XI.

 

[AndrewB]

Round 3 order:
trundler
mr_mister
SillyCowCorner1
The Battlers Prince
Coronis
jimmy101
Michaelf7777777
AndrewB
morgieb

 

[trundler]

O'Reilly in. Rhodes out.

Hobbs
Hutton
Hammond
Harvey
Rice
Hadlee
Healy
Holding
Hall
Tiger

 

[Coronis]

O'Reilly in. Rhodes out.

Hobbs
Hutton
Hammond
Harvey
Rice
Hadlee
Healy
Holding
Hall
Tiger

Revenge is sweet.

 

[mr_mister]

Larwood and Lindwall for Bedser and Roberts

Geoff Boycott
Barry Richards
Viv Richards
Ken Barrington
Allan Border *
Ian Botham
Mark Boucher +
Richie Benaud
Ray Lindwall
Harold Larwood
Sydney Barnes

 

[kingkallis]

Larwood and Lindwall for Bedser and Roberts

Geoff Boycott
Barry Richards
Viv Richards
Ken Barrington
Allan Border *
Ian Botham
Mark Boucher +
Richie Benaud
Ray Lindwall
Harold Larwood
Sydney Barnes

Roberts > Larwood though, IMHO.

 

[jimmy101]

Not much splitting any of Larwood, Lindwall, Bedser and Roberts imo.

 

[mr_mister]

Just better batsmen

 

[morgieb]

Alastair Cook
Archie Jackson
Greg Chappell
Denis Compton
Martin Crowe
Javed Miandad
Jock Cameron
Mitchell Johnson
Colin Croft
Bill Johnston
Bhagat Chandrasekhar

 

[morgieb]

Ruined my draft by missing so many picks. My own fault though really.

 

[AndrewB]

SillyCowCorner1 now has a double pick (Rounds 2 and 3).

 

[trundler]

Think this is the best one I've drafted.

 

[ankitj]

Roberts > Larwood though, IMHO.

Our recent fast bowler ranking exercise ranked Larwoon above Roberts. In fact Larwood was tied with Holding and Donald.