The 'A' team

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R:

1. BA Richards /
2. IR Redpath /
3. IVA Richards /
4. KS Ranjitsinhji / o
5. JE Root /
6. RB Richardson /
7. W Rhodes* o /
8. RC Russell + /
9. AME Roberts o
10. T Richardson o
11. KAJ Roach o

Jack Ryder; Mark Richardson; JF, JR, BA Reid; Ransford; Ranatunga; Rae; Rabada; and Ramadhin are among other possibilities.

 

[Line and Length]

Tom Latham in the second side IMO. Martin Love a shout too.

Good call. Latham has a better test average than Laird, Logie and Lamb. Being a reasonable wicketkeeper he could even slot in there.

 

[Line and Length]

R:

Jack Ryder; Mark Richardson; JF, JR, BA Reid; Ransford; Ranatunga; Rae; Rabada; and Ramadhin are among other possibilities.

Derek Randall another possibility and Jonty Rhodes as 12th man for his fielding!

 

[Gob]

S isn't that bad


Smith, G *
Sehwag
Sangakkara
Smith, S
Sobers
Stewart +
Stokes
Starc
Swann
Steyn
Snow

 

[Line and Length]

S isn't that bad


Smith, G *
Sehwag
Sangakkara
Smith, S
Sobers
Stewart +
Stokes
Starc
Swann
Steyn
Snow

Not bad but the top order might be even stronger with H.Sutcliffe, Bob Simpson, Andrew Strauss or even Michael Slater as openers.

 

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V:

1. MP Vaughan* /
2. M Vijay /
3. DB Vengsarkar /
4. GD Viswanath /
5. AC Voges / pt
6. HG Vivian / o
7. L Vincent / +
8. WPUJC Vaas o /
9. H Verity o
10. VAP van der Bijl o
11. W Voce o

This one of the more interesting letter sides. I couldn't find a better keeper than Vincent and there are 3 spinners - all stalwarters for their side - available alongside Verity: Vettori, Valentine, and Venkat.

 

[stephen]

I was inspired to start the alphabet draft by this thread.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

For S I'd go


Smith, G c
Sutcliffe, H
Sehwag
Sangakkara
Smith, S
Sobers
Stokes
Smith, I wk
Swann
Steyn
Statham

Even stronger and a proper keeper

 

[Line and Length]

For all the Scots out there, here's a team of Mcs and Macs

C.McDonald
J.McGlew
C.Macartney
S.McCabe
B.McCullum (capt)
C.McCool
J.Maclean
C.McDermott
G.McKenzie
S.MacGill
G.McGrath

12th Man K.Mackay (or C.McMillan)

R.McCosker could almost squeeze in ahead of McDonald and Archie MacLaren is unlucky.

The tail looks a bit long starting with John Maclean.

 

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This is addictive!

The "C" team bristles with batting talent

A.Cook
C.Cowdrey
D.Compton
G.Chappell
S.Chanderpaul (capt)
M.Clark
H.Cameron (wkp)
C.Cairns
C.Croft
A.Cotter
B.Chandrasekhar
12th man M.Crowe

Unlucky: L.Constantine

Ian Chappell misses out as his Test average is lower than all those batsmen named (and his commentaries can be annoying)

I though I'd struggle finding a 'keeper but 'Jock" Cameron was a revelation. Wikipedia says "A tragic figure owing to his premature death when probably the best wicket-keeper in the world, Cameron is often forgotten today but regarded by those who know about him as one of the best wicket-keepers in the history of cricket. Cameron was also a brilliant, hard-hitting middle-order batsman who once hit Hedley Verity for thirty runs off one over." Impressive!

 

[stephen]

I honestly only learned of Jock Cameron because someone drafted him.

 

[ataraxia]

For all the Scots out there, here's a team of Mcs and Macs

C.McDonald
J.McGlew
C.Macartney
S.McCabe
B.McCullum (capt)
C.McCool
J.Maclean
C.McDermott
G.McKenzie
S.MacGill
G.McGrath

12th Man K.Mackay (or C.McMillan)

R.McCosker could almost squeeze in ahead of McDonald and Archie MacLaren is unlucky.

The tail looks a bit long starting with John Maclean.

This was a draft recently. See http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/81432-grand-slam-draft-tournament-2.html#post4317094.

 

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This was a draft recently. See http://www.cricketweb.net/forum/cricket-chat/81432-grand-slam-draft-tournament-2.html#post4317094.

Thanks for that. I checked it out. I haven't been in any drafts (yet) so was unaware.

 

[trundler]

I honestly only learned of Jock Cameron because someone drafted him.

I feel like this is a triumph of my nerdiness.

 

[stephen]

I feel like this is a triumph of my nerdiness.

Something you should be both proud and ashamed of.

 

[AndrewB]

I though I'd struggle finding a 'keeper but 'Jock" Cameron was a revelation. Wikipedia says "A tragic figure owing to his premature death when probably the best wicket-keeper in the world, Cameron is often forgotten today but regarded by those who know about him as one of the best wicket-keepers in the history of cricket. Cameron was also a brilliant, hard-hitting middle-order batsman who once hit Hedley Verity for thirty runs off one over." Impressive!

“You’ve got him in two minds, Hedley; he doesn’t know whether to hit you for 4 or for 6”.

 

[Engle]

A ' Z ' team from Pak

Fakhar Zaman
Mudassar Nazar
Azhar Ali
Zaheer Abbas
Babar Azam
Rameez Raja
Sarfraz Ahmed
Azhar Mahmood
Abdur Razzak
Wahab Riaz
Sarfraz Nawaz
Azeem Hafeez

 

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G:

1) WG Grace / o
2) Sunil Gavaskar /
3) Gordon Greenidge /
4) Sourav Ganguly /
5) David Gower /
6) Adam Gilchrist / +
7) Trevor Goddard o /
8) Jack Gregory o /
9) Charlie Griffith o
10) Clarrie Grimmett o
11) Joel Garner o

Lacks depth in some areas.