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[honestbharani]

Honest Hunks


Eddie Paynter
Wally Hammond
Brian Lara ©
Everton Weekes
Shakib Al Hasan (vc)
Mushtaq Mohammed
AB De Villiers (wk)
Ravi Ashwin
Chaminda Vaas
Kagiso Rabada
Frank Tyson


Not the greatest side I have ever drafted but its pretty well rounded and what the bowling attack lacks in ATG quality can be made up for by sheer relentness quantity of the amount of good to great bowlers you will have to keep facing. We have guys who can do well in the SC, guys who can do well in SENA and guys who can do well in the Windies. And the batting line up with 4 bona fide ATGs in the top 7 will ensure they have a good enough score to bowl at every time and then there is the fun of having Vaas and Ashwin and even Rabada who can bat after them.

 

[Pothas]

Right so I may as well say I have 2 ways I can go about this now. Pick a relative passenger and get to Amby or get 2 ATG lites.

Would say the latter is the better option when you already have Warne and Marshall.

 

[weldone]

Right so I may as well say I have 2 ways I can go about this now. Pick a relative passenger and get to Amby or get 2 ATG lites.

2 ATG lites in your side will get you my vote

 

[weldone]

Bhagwat Chandrasekhar

 

[stephen]

Right so I may as well say I have 2 ways I can go about this now. Pick a relative passenger and get to Amby or get 2 ATG lites.

I don't think you can, unless there's a bowler with a name alphabetically after Bradman but still in the Bs.

 

[stephen]

I'm going to take Ian Botham.

 

[stephen]

Stephen's Champions:

Zaheer Abbas
Bill Woodfull
Ricky Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar
Dudley Nourse
Ian Botham 3
Adam Gilchrist+
Kapil Dev 4
Alan Davidson 1
Shoaib Akhtar 2
Jim Laker 5

Overall I'm quite happy with my team.

Two excellent openers.
A middle order to die for. Ponting followed up by Tendulkar is the dream of anyone who has watched cricket since 2000. Nourse coming in at 5 gives an absolutely immense group of batsmen.
A bowling attack with the greatest off spinner of all time and a fast bowling attack that is greater than the sum of its parts. Pairing Ahktar with Davidson offers two incredibly different challenges and backing them up you have two completely different bowlers again in Botham and Kapil.

I didn't get Sobers, Hadlee, Ambrose, Steyn, Warne, McGrath or Murali, but I personally believe that this team is greater than the sum of its parts and would compete everywhere against everyone.

 

[weldone]

I don't think you can, unless there's a bowler with a name alphabetically after Bradman but still in the Bs.

trundler is thinking about broad-ening his horizon

 

[stephen]

trundler is thinking about broad-ening his horizon

 

[trundler]

Or perhaps a bum rash

 

[ankitj]

Jonny Bairstow

 

[ataraxia]

I'll have Warwick Armstrong, who had the best batting stats in FC for an Australian of his era -- better than Trumper's and Hill's (Armstrong's test stats are exceedingly close to their's as well). He also averaged under 20 with the ball in the FC arena, picking up an enormous 832 wickets -- madly good in Australia where less FC matches are played.

In fact, in both disciplines Armstrong's stats are undeniably better than the great Monty Noble's. Noble played in slightly harder conditions to bat, but the difference between Armstrong and Noble's batting averages in both arenas are enough to justify Armstrong's statistical advantage. This also makes Armstrong's FC bowling record as compared to Noble's even greater.

Armstrong was a true hidden gem of Australian cricket.

 

[trundler]

I'm aboard the Armstrong love train but I'd be mildly miffed if his popularity increases now all of a sudden.

 

[stephen]

He was a very interesting character as well Armstrong. One of the true greats of the game.

 

[stephen]

• pothas: Waqar Younis, Hugh Tayfield, Graeme Smith, Shaun Pollock, Dennis Lillee, Virat Kohli, Mahela Jayawardene, Sunil Gavaskar, Rahul Dravid, Michael Clarke
• trundler: Shane Warne, Victor Trumper, Bob Simpson, Jack Russell, Malcolm Marshall, Jacques Kallis, George Headley, Graham Gooch, Greg Chappell
• weldone: Wasim Akram, Dale Steyn, Joe Root, Graeme Pollock, Mahmudullah, Jack Hobbs, Gordon Greenidge, Quinton de Kock, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar
• kingkallis: Clyde Walcott, Herbert Sutcliffe, Barry Richards, Glenn McGrath, Harold Larwood, Rohan Kanhai, Michael Holding, Clarrie Grimmett, MS Dhoni, Allan Border
• AndrewB: Kane Williamson, Hedley Verity, Steve Smith, Mike Procter, Keith Miller, George Lohmann, Alan Knott, Matthew Hayden, Aubrey Faulkner, Sydney (SF) Barnes
• ankitj: Fred Trueman, Brian Statham, KS Ranjitsinhji, Muttiah Muralitharan, Clive Lloyd, Len Hutton, Joel Garner, Roy Fredericks, Denis Compton, Jonny Bairstow

Timed out:

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Complete:

• SillyCowCorner1: Frank Worrell, Dan Vettori, Kumar Sangakkara, Ian Redpath, Bobby Peel, Makhaya Ntini, Mudassar Nazar, Javed Miandad, Wes Hall, Trevor Goddard, John Edrich
• Teuton: Younis Khan, Bob Willis, Gary Sobers, Andy Roberts, Bill O'Reilly, Arthur Morris, Imran Khan, Michael Hussey, WG Grace, Andy Flower, Ken Barrington
• honestbharani: Everton Weekes, Chaminda Vaas, Frank Tyson, Shakib Al Hasan, ​Kagiso Rabada, Eddie Paynter, Mushtaq Mohammed, Brian Lara, Wally Hammond, AB De Villiers, ​Ravi Ashwin
• stephen: Zaheer Abbas, Bill Woodfull, Sachin Tendulkar, Shoaib Akhtar, Ricky Ponting, Dudley Nourse, Jim Laker, Kapil Dev, Adam Gilchrist, Alan Davidson, Ian Botham
• ataraxia: Steve Waugh, Derek Underwood, Glenn Turner, Viv Richards, Bill Ponsford, Bert Oldfield, Ray Lindwall, Richard Hadlee, Allan Donald, Martin Crowe, Warwick Armstrong

 

[ataraxia]

I'm aboard the Armstrong love train but I'd be mildly miffed if his popularity increases now all of a sudden.

Considered going Ambrose there, not sure which would miff you more.

 

[kingkallis]

Considered going Ambrose there, not sure which would miff you more.

You should have stick to Ambrose.

 

[ankitj]

Pothas is going to take Ambrose. Gloves will go to Dravid.

 

[kingkallis]

Naah. He will take the proper keeper.

 

[ankitj]

I was joking of course.