T2M2 Draft

[Michaelf7777777]

Ian Botham (102) will be my next selection please

Charter 77 so Far

W. G. Grace
Herbert Sutcliffe
Richie Richardson
Martin Crowe
Charles Macartney
Ian Botham
Les Ames (+)
Richie Benaud (*)
Charles Turner
Dale Steyn

 

[trundler]

Ian Botham (102) will be my next selection please

Charter 77 so Far

W. G. Grace
Herbert Sutcliffe
Richie Richardson
Martin Crowe
Charles Macartney
Ian Botham
Les Ames (+)
Richie Benaud (*)
Charles Turner
Dale Steyn

Ding ding ding. Most well rounded side so far. The format forced you to sacrifice strength in one area.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Drafter	Tests	Count	<10	10s	20s	30s	40s	50s	60s	70s	80s	90s	100+
mr_mister	687	11	Jimmy Cook	3	Denis Lindsay	19	Peter Pollock	28	Clarrie Grimmett	37	Conrad Hunte	44	Frank Worrell	51	Ray Lindwall	61	Brian Statham	70	Thilan Samaraweera	81	Nasser Hussain	93	Sachin Tendulkar	200
StephenZA	655	10			Duleepsinhji	12	Harold Larwood	21	Dudley Nourse	34	Victor Trumper	48	B. Chandrasekhar	58	Michael Holding	60	Len Hutton	79	Morne Morkel	86	Godfrey Evans	91	Jacques Kallis	166
ataraxia	648	10	Martin Donnelly	7	Ranjitsinhji	15	CB Fry	26			Andy Roberts	47	Mushtaq Mohammed	57	Fred Trueman	67	Lance Gibbs	79	Richard Hadlee	86	Rod Marsh	96	Ricky Ponting	168
anil1405	634	11	Lee Irvine	4	Sid Barnes	13	Neil Ad****	26	Hugh Tayfield	37	Alan Davidson	44	Keith Miller	55	Ian Redpath	66	Andrew Flintoff	79	Ravi Shastri	80	Mo. Azharuddin	99	Brian Lara	131
stephen	630	10	Barry Richards	4	Fred Spofforth	18			Bill Woodfull	35	Quinton de Kock	47	Dean Jones	52	Bishan Bedi	67	Michael Hussey	79	Ken Barrington	82	Bob Willis	90	Allan Border	156
srbhkshk	621	10	Brad Hodge	6	Shane Bond	18			Pat Cummins	30	Farokh Engineer	46	Shane Watson	59	Alvin Kallicharran	66	Jason Gillespie	71	Greg Chappell	87	Gary Sobers	93	Shane Warne	145
kingkallis	617	10	Amar Singh	7			Jack Gregory	24	Stan McCabe	39	Arthur Morris	46	Joel Garner	58	Bob Simpson	62	Rohan Kanhai	79	Jeff Dujon	81	Joe Root	97	Glenn McGrath	124
Fuller Pilch	615	10	Jack Cowie	9	Jasprit Bumrah	14	George Headley	22			Glenn Turner	41	Shakib al-Hasan	56	Andy Flower	63	R. Ashwin	71	Malcolm Marshall	81	Mohammad Yousuf	90	Steve Waugh	168
trundler	611	10	JJ Ferris	7			Bill O'Reilly	27	Fazal Mahmood	34	Everton Weekes	48	Warwick Armstrong	50	Bill Lawry	67	Allan Donald	72	Angelo Mathews	86	Alan Knott	95	Sunil Gavaskar	125
Line and Length	605	10			Colin Blythe	19	Eddie Paynter	20	Eddie Barlow	30	Shoaib Akhtar	46	Tony Greig	58	Vernon Philander	64	Neil Harvey	79	Wally Hammond	85	Herschelle Gibbs	90	Muttiah Muralitharan	133
Magrat Garlick	601	10	Mohammad Nissar	6	George Lohmann	18	Bill Ponsford	29	Archie Maclaren	35	Jim Parks	46	Alec Bedser	51			Denis Compton	78	Virat Kohli	86	Viswanath	91	Alastair Cook	161
Teuton	600	10	Archie Jackson	8	Frank Tyson	17	Graeme Pollock	23			Jim Laker	46	Wilfred Rhodes	58	Damien Martyn	67	Steve Smith	73	Waqar Younis	87	MS Dhoni	90	Kapil Dev	131
Michaelf7777777	596	10			Charles Turner	17	WG Grace	22	Charlie Macartney	35	Les Ames	47	Herbert Sutcliffe	54	Richie Benaud	63	Martin Crowe	77	Richie Richardson	86	Dale Steyn	93	Ian Botham	102
honestbharani	588	10			Marnus Labuschagne	14	Bob Cowper	27	Lawrence Rowe	30	Jason Holder	43	Simon Katich	56	Ted Dexter	62	Dennis Lillee	70	Derek Underwood	86	Adam Gilchrist	96	Wasim Akram	104
himannv	576	10	Charles Bannerman	3	Vijay Merchant	10	Mohammed Asif	23			Kagiso Rabada	43	Hanif Mohammed	55	Peter May	66	Doug Walters	74	Imran Khan	88	Rangana Herath	93	Viv Richards	121
AndrewB	527	10	Albert Trott	5	Frank Foster	11	Aubrey Faulkner	25	Maurice Tate	39	Clyde Walcott	44	Jonathan Trott	52	Jack Hobbs	61			David Warner	84	Curtly Ambrose	98	Shaun Pollock	108
JOJOXI	441	9	Mike Procter	7	Stewie Dempster	10	Sydney Barnes	27	Vijay Hazare	30			Mitchell Starc	57	Ben Stokes	67	BJ Watling	70	Kane Williamson	80	Aravinda de Silva	93

 

[Teuton]

Thanks @Magrat Garlick

R11:
Only 1 person per category up at a time.

1s l&l > Hb > stephenza > Michael
10s KK> Tru
20s Stephen > srb
Etc

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I can pick as last 60 so Graeme Swann (60)

Ponsford
Cook
Compton
Kohli*
Viswanath
Maclaren
Parks+
Swann
Bedser
Lohmann
Nissar

 

[JOJOXI]

Gordon Greenidge (108)

Given I'm the only person with a pick in the 40s remaining I'll go with Stuart MacGill (44) to round off my team. Will do a full write up later.

JOJOXI's XI
1. Stewie Dempster (10)
2. Gordon Greenidge (108)
3. Kane Williamson (80) (C) (7)
4. Vijay Hazare (30) (6)
5. Aravinda de Silva (93)
6. Ben Stokes (67) (5)
7. BJ Watling (70) (WK)
8. Mike Proctor (7) (3)
9. Mitchell Starc (57) (2)
10. Stuart MacGill (44) (4)
11. Sydney Barnes (27) (1)

Total Games - 593

Pretty happy with my side - not much more Dempster could have done in his short career averaging 65 in his 10 Tests and over 88 in his 8 Tests v England. Gordon Greenidge one of the best openers ever to partner him and arguably New Zealand's greatest ever batsman in Williamson to give the side solidity at number 3. Lacking a 50+ averaging batsman in middle order but Hazare and Aravinda Da Silva very solid options at 4 and 5 - Hazare averaging 47 and Aravinda de Silva 42.97 - although in De Silva's case that average probably understates his quality a bit. Stokes an ever improving batsman and the type that can be a matchwinner, especially important given the quality of teams this team will be compared too - he certainly isn't a flat-track bully or basher of 'weaker' opponents. BJ Watling too has a knack of getting runs when they are most needed, combine that with Proctor at 8 and I think that gives us an extremely strong lower middle order. Starc can give it a whack at 9 too.

In terms of bowling think this is the strength of our side - Arguably the greatest bowler ever in Sydney Barnes and he will share the new ball with Mitchell Starc who excels in a variety of conditions and would be very dangerous with the new ball. Mike Proctor likewise showed his quality as a bowler in his few Tests against Australia - the fact he can bat too is just an added bonus. Was very happy with Stuart MacGill given I was eyeing him up from the start of the draft seeing him as the spinner I most wanted out of himself, Saqlain Mushtaq and Jim Laker from that 40-49 cap zone. Ben Stokes also gives us a genuinely attacking 5th bowling option which means if sides see off our main bowlers we can still attack the batsman without being forced into letting the game drift. Think we've also got good variety with one of the most 'unique' pacers in Sydney Barnes, left-arm angle with Mitchell Starc, legspin from MacGill, and the option of real attacking short bowling from Ben Stokes, add Proctor for company and think this is one of the stronger attacks. Additional options of Hazare and Williamson also hope not to go to them all too often.

 

[stephen]

I will take Ryan Harris (27) as my final selection.

Barry Richards 4
Bill Woodfull 35
Dean Jones 52
Ken Barrington 82
Allan Border (C) 156
Michael Hussey 79
Quinton de Kock+ 47
Ryan Harris 27 (2)
Bob Willis 90 (3)
Fred Spoffoth 18 (1)
Bishan Bedi 67 (4)

Total 657

Overall I'm quite happy with my side. Possibly the best batting lineup around with four of the best bowlers in history. Spin bowling is the biggest weakness of the side but it's not like Bedi was bad, just not up to Warne/Murali standards. The pace attack is top notch but the real highlight is the batting. Richards and Woodfull opening is as good as it gets for opening batsmen. Following that up with Jones, Barrington, Border, Hussey and de Kock almost feels excessive. Harris, Spoffoth and Willis make up an excellent all conditions pace attack.

 

[mr_mister]

4 of the best bowlers in history is stretching it a tad...

 

[stephen]

4 of the best bowlers in history is stretching it a tad...

Maybe a little. I feel that Willis is underrated (90 tests averaging 25 is rarified air), Harris was as good as anyone while he was on the park and Spofforth was widely regarded as the prototype fast bowler.

 

[honestbharani]

Both srbhk and michael are done with their 60's pick so i'll go ahead with Ian Redpath (66).

And then I am the only one left in the 80s bracket so i'll go with Ravi Shastri 80 to finish it off.


1. Sid Barnes
2. Ian Redpath
3. Brian Lara (C)
4. Md Azharuddin
5. Keith Miller (3)
6. Andrew Flintoff (5)
7. Lee Irvine (Wk)
8. Ravi Shastri (6)
9. Alan Davidson (1)
10. Hugh Tayfield (4)
11. Neil Adcock (2)

Love that middle order

 

[stephen]

Love that middle order

Personally I think his lower order batting is ridiculous. The middle order is a bit meh with two all rounders who averaged in the 30s .

The bowling depth is quite exceptional.

 

[srbhkshk]

I will take Ryan Harris (27) as my final selection.

Barry Richards 4
Bill Woodfull 35
Dean Jones 52
Ken Barrington 82
Allan Border (C) 156
Michael Hussey 79
Quinton de Kock+ 47
Ryan Harris 27 (2)
Bob Willis 90 (3)
Fred Spoffoth 18 (1)
Bishan Bedi 67 (4)

Total 657

Overall I'm quite happy with my side. Possibly the best batting lineup around with four of the best bowlers in history. Spin bowling is the biggest weakness of the side but it's not like Bedi was bad, just not up to Warne/Murali standards. The pace attack is top notch but the real highlight is the batting. Richards and Ponsford opening is as good as it gets for opening batsmen. Following that up with Jones, Barrington, Border, Hussey and de Kock almost feels excessive. Harris, Spoffoth and Willis make up an excellent all conditions pace attack.

Ponsford is opening for Mags though.

 

[srbhkshk]

Douglas Jardine (22) is my final selection.

Shane Watson 6
Farokh Engineer +
Alvin Kallicharan
Greg Chappell
Gary Sobers 5
Douglas Jardine *
Brad Hodge
Pat Cummins 1
Shane Warne 4
Shane Bond 2
Jason Gillespie 3

 

[srbhkshk]

Overall, While the opening is on the weaker side, I think the middle order is pretty darn strong. Warne leads the bowling attack with some very special pacers to help him out, Sobers and Watson to provide the options when one of the main ones has an off day.

 

[honestbharani]

Interesting side, Serbie. Nothing really jumps out as a "weakness" even in an ATG setting. Maybe lacking a bit of the X factor but that is a side I would be glad to coach or captain and will feel confident of just about defeating any side I am put up against.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

I can pick as last 60 so Graeme Swann (60)

Ponsford
Cook
Compton
Kohli*
Viswanath
Maclaren
Parks+
Swann
Bedser
Lohmann
Nissar

writeup: top four are all serious contender for their countries' all time XIs, two solid citizens to build on the runs they will pile on. Tidy wicketkeeper and two ATGs leading the attack, plus a spinner that took wickets in all conditions and Nissar who troubled many fabled 1930s batsmen with pace to the point that it took forty years before India had a pace bowler of similar calibre.

 

[kingkallis]

Tich Freeman (12) to complete my team.

CricZo XI

Bob Simpson / o ©
Arthur Morris /
Rohan Kanhai /
Joe Root /
Stan McCabe /
Jack Gregory / o
Jeff Dujon + /
Amar Singh o /
Tich Freeman o
Joel Garner o
Glenn McGrath o

Simpson and Morris - legendary Aussie openers tolay a solid platform for Kanhai, Root, McCabe and Gregory to pummle the opposition. A fine fine wicket keeper batsman from West Indies, Dujon to do what he does the best.

Bowling line up that consists of McGrath, Garner, Amar Singh, Jack Gregory and Tich Freeman can surely take 20 wickets every game.

Overall a perfect team!

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Sangakkara didn't get picked! Amazing! I was close to picking him but went for Waugh's captaincy and bowling.

Also interesting how many quality 100+ openers were left unpicked.

 

[JOJOXI]

Sangakkara didn't get picked! Amazing! I was close to picking him but went for Waugh's captaincy and bowling.

Also interesting how many quality 100+ openers were left unpicked.

Picks of Barlow and a few other openers in that 30-39 cap zone scuppered my plans! Was angling towards AB de Villiers in middle order myself but yep so many class players in the 100+ cap club that got unpicked.

 

[Himannv]

Sanga just not good enough.