The "Should Have Played More Tests" Draft

[Fuller Pilch]

Huh? Apologies if I am being dumb but I thought only those who played 25 Tests or less are eligible? Hendren played over 50.

Oops I meant Eddie Paynter and wrote Hendren for some stupid reason. And now Paynter is gone!

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Oops I meant Eddie Paynter and wrote Hendren for some stupid reason. And now Paynter is gone!

Anyway I'll pick Phil Mead

 

[Teuton]

Both Mead and Merchant are already picked

 

[mr_mister]

Bill Brown

 

[mr_mister]

Brown
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Headley
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Constantine
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Cowie
Ironmonger

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Ernest Tyndsley

 

[Teuton]

Round 1
trundler - Mike Procter
Magrat Garlick - George Lohmann
Red Hill - Barry Richards
GoodAreasShane - Pat Cummins
mr_mister - George Headley
SillyCowCorner1 - Stanley Jackson
morgieb - Graeme Pollock
kingkallis - Aubrey Faulkner
MrPrez - WG Grace
quincywagstaff - Len Pascoe
Fuller Pilch - Clive Rice
a massive zebra - Harold Larwood
Teuton - Ranji
Michaelf7777777 - Sid G Barnes
Dan - Scott Kremerskothen

Round 2
Dan - Greg Lamb
Michaelf7777777 - Shane Bond
Teuton - Vince van der Bijl
a massive zebra - Bart King
Fuller Pilch - Colin Blythe
quincywagstaff - Ashley Noffke
MrPrez - Fanie de Villiers
kingkallis - Archie Jackson
morgieb - Garth le Roux
SillyCowCorner1 - Arthur Mailey
mr_mister - Jack Cowie
GoodAreasShane - James Pattinson
Red Hill - Jack Gregory
Magrat Garlick - Albert Trott
trundler - Stewie Dempster

Round 3
Dan - Nick Bertus
Michaelf7777777 - Ted McDonald
Teuton - Vijay Merchant
a massive zebra - Mohammed Asif
Fuller Pilch - Frank Tyson
quincywagstaff - Martin Kent
MrPrez - Fred Spofforth
kingkallis - Douglas Jardine
morgieb - Frank Foster
SillyCowCorner1 - Jack Ferris
mr_mister - Bert Ironmonger
GoodAreasShane - Stuart Law
Red Hill - Charles Turner
Magrat Garlick - Simon Jones
trundler - Martin Donnelly

Round 4
GoodAreasShane - Brett Schultz
Fuller Pilch - Ernest Tyldesley
a massive zebra - Phil Mead
Teuton - Tom Richardson
SillyCowCorner1 - Jack Ryder
morgieb - Eddie Paynter
kingkallis - Sylvester Clarke
Magrat Garlick - Franklyn Stephenson
quincywagstaff - Mohammad Wasim
mr_mister - Bill Brown
Dan - John Sparling
trundler - Arthur Shrewsbury
Michaelf7777777 - Bert Vogler
MrPrez - Michael Bevan
Red Hill - Brad Hodge

Round 5
Red Hill - Duleep
MrPrez - Jimmy Cook
Michaelf7777777 - Billy Murdoch
trundler - Denis Lindsay
Dan - Jatinger Singh
mr_mister - Learie Constantine
quincywagstaff - Richard Snell
Magrat Garlick - Pravin Amre
kingkallis - Herbie Collins
morgieb - Colin Milburn
SillyCowCorner1
Teuton - Lee Irvine
a massive zebra
Fuller Pilch
GoodAreasShane

 

[the big bambino]

Oops I meant Eddie Paynter and wrote Hendren for some stupid reason. And now Paynter is gone!

Anyway I'll pick Phil Mead

I don't think anyone's picked Fuller Pilch.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I don't think anyone's picked Fuller Pilch.

You're welcome to pick him but there's a small charge

 

[Teuton]

Coming into draft prime time, theres been a few time outs:

R4: michael > prez > red

R5: scc > me > amz > fuller > shane

catch up: kk, morg, trundler, dan

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Bert Vogler will be my next selection please

Charter 77 so Far

Sid Barnes
Billy Murdoch (*) (+)
Bert Vogler
Shane Bond
Ted McDonald

 

[MrPrez]

]Michael Bevan

1. WG Grace
2. Jimmy Cook
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6. Michael Bevan
7.
8.
9.
10. Fanie de Villiers
11. Fred Spofforth

 

[Second Spitter]

30 innings is a enough for a statistically significant batting average and if you're averaging <30 after 30 innings with zero centuries, chances are you don't deserve more matches.

 

[mr_mister]

30 innings is a enough for a statistically significant batting average and if you're averaging <30 after 30 innings with zero centuries, chances are you don't deserve more matches.

Lol so you're saying you think Bevan is a bad pick

 

[Second Spitter]

Stuart Law would have been a more sensible pick.

 

[mr_mister]

Stuart Law would have been a more sensible pick.

That's probably why he went in round 3 lol. There's only so many good players left who played sub 25 tests. Least Bevans ODI and FC records are immense

 

[morgieb]

Colin Milburn

 

[kingkallis]

R5: Herbie Collins ( hope he is not picked )

 

[MrPrez]

30 innings is a enough for a statistically significant batting average and if you're averaging <30 after 30 innings with zero centuries, chances are you don't deserve more matches.

Touring Pak in 94/95 he averaged 60 in a 3 Test series against Akram, Waqar and Mushtaq Ahmed.
In 96/97, at home to a WI with Ambrose, Walsh, and Bishop, he averaged 55 in a four test series.

With the exception of averaging 29.5 in one test against India in 96/97, in all other series (4 of them) he crashed and burned entirely.

Given his FC stats, there's more than enough to suggest that he had the potential to turn his career around and do well for Australia if he had got more chances. He seemed to have spikes in form rather than general incompetence at Test level.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

there aren't that many good players left. Especially batsmen.

(Why did I pick bowlers all the way through sigh)