Yeah I was totally shocked too. Pleasant shock for me.**** Pollock was available? Harakiri time
Imagine this bowling attack in rank turners. Three top class spinnersWally Hammond - Highest score at Eden Park (336*)
Mooooooo!
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Wally Hammond
3. Allan Border *
4. Rahul Dravid
5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6. Kumar Sangakkara +
7.
8. HMRKB Herath
9. Sonny Ramadhin
10. Lance Gibbs
11. Courtney Walsh
Why not play Dravid at 3, Hammond at 4, Border and Chanders at 5 and 6, and Sanga at 7? Just get an opener who can bowl and it’ll be perfectly balanced with everyone in their best batting positions (except maybe Sanga but who cares about him).Wally Hammond - Highest score at Eden Park (336*)
Mooooooo!
1. Virender Sehwag
2. Wally Hammond
3. Allan Border *
4. Rahul Dravid
5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6. Kumar Sangakkara +
7.
8. HMRKB Herath
9. Sonny Ramadhin
10. Lance Gibbs
11. Courtney Walsh
I'm happy with the lineupWhy not play Dravid at 3, Hammond at 4, Border and Chanders at 5 and 6, and Sanga at 7? Just get an opener who can bowl and it’ll be perfectly balanced with everyone in their best batting positions (except maybe Sanga but who cares about him).
(except maybe Sanga but who cares about him).
Yup, they're picked. Unless I've missed something, @CricAddict and @SillyCowCorner1 need to repick.
Round 9 1. Line and Length - Len Hutton, Herbert Sutcliffe, Walter Hammond, Kapil Dev, Ravi Ashwin, Alec Bedser, Javed Miandad,
Ben Stokes, Rohan Kanhai2. honestbharani - Jacques Kallis, Shane Warne, Denis Compton, Alan Davidson, Shoaib Akhtar, Shakib Al Hasan, Bob Simpson, Kevin Pietersen, Trevor Goddard 3. Ataraxia - Gary Sobers, Bill O'Reilly, Steve Waugh, A.B. de Villiers, Fred Trueman, Joel Garner, Pat Cummins, Younis Khan, Victor Trumper 4. AndrewB - WG Grace, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Glenn Mcgrath, Curtly Ambrose, Dennis Lillee, Frank Worrell,
Monty Noble, Graham Gouch5. JojoXI - Brian Lara, Shaun Pollock, Aubrey Faulkner, Malcolm Marshall, Mutthiah Muralitharan, Allan Donald, Ken Barrington, Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Clarke 6. AndyZaltzHair - Graeme Pollock, George Headley, Imran Khan, Keith Miller, Jim Laker, Barry Richards, Andy Roberts,
Gordon Greenidge, Harold Larwood7. SillyCowCorner1 - Allan Border, Lance Gibbs, Kumar Sangakkara, Rahul Dravid, Courtney Walsh, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Virender Sehwag, Rangana Herath, Sonny Ramadhin 8. Cricaddict - Kane Williamson, Sachin Tendulkar, Ian Botham, Adam Gilchrist, Wasim Akram, Michael Holding,
Mohammad Yousuf, Anil Kumble, Alastair Cook9. trundler - Steve Smith, Richard Hadlee, Ray Lindwall, Greg Chappell, Matthew Hayden, Graeme Smith, Hedley Verity,
Clem Hill10. Michael - Viv Richards, Sydney Barnes, Sunil Gavaskar, Clarrie Grimmett, Andy Flower, Hanif Mohammed, Clive Lloyd, George Lohmann 11. KingKallis - Jack Hobbs, Dale Steyn, Ricky Ponting, Waqar Younis, Richie Benaud, Joe Root
Funny you used that when Ramadhin still has the record for "most balls bowled in an innings" (588) - did you want to highlight one of his better days?Sonny Ramadhin- most balls bowled (432) for a 6-wicket haul at Lord's
Everything gets amplified at the ‘Home of Cricket’, so I did wanted to bring up a great test match at Lord’s.Funny you used that when Ramadhin still has the record for "most balls bowled in an innings" (588) - did you want to highlight one of his better days?
Round 9 & Round 10 Reverse Order |
1. Line and Length - Len Hutton, Herbert Sutcliffe, Walter Hammond, Kapil Dev, Ravi Ashwin, Alec Bedser, Javed Miandad, Ben Stokes, Rohan Kanhai |
2. honestbharani - Jacques Kallis, Shane Warne, Denis Compton, Alan Davidson, Shoaib Akhtar, Shakib Al Hasan, Bob Simpson, Kevin Pietersen, Trevor Goddard |
3. Ataraxia - Gary Sobers, Bill O'Reilly, Steve Waugh, A.B. de Villiers, Fred Trueman, Joel Garner, Pat Cummins, Younis Khan, Victor Trumper |
4. AndrewB - WG Grace, Clyde Walcott, Everton Weekes, Glenn Mcgrath, Curtly Ambrose, Dennis Lillee, Frank Worrell, Monty Noble, Graham Gouch |
5. JojoXI - Brian Lara, Shaun Pollock, Aubrey Faulkner, Malcolm Marshall, Mutthiah Muralitharan, Allan Donald, Ken Barrington, Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Clarke |
6. AndyZaltzHair - Graeme Pollock, George Headley, Imran Khan, Keith Miller, Jim Laker, Barry Richards, Andy Roberts, Gordon Greenidge, Harold Larwood, Dudley Nourse |
7. SillyCowCorner1 - Allan Border, Lance Gibbs, Kumar Sangakkara, Rahul Dravid, Courtney Walsh, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Virender Sehwag, Rangana Herath, Sonny Ramadhin, Mahela Jayawardene |
8. Cricaddict - Kane Williamson, Sachin Tendulkar, Ian Botham, Adam Gilchrist, Wasim Akram, Michael Holding, Mohammad Yousuf, Anil Kumble, Alastair Cook, replacement |
9. trundler - Steve Smith, Richard Hadlee, Ray Lindwall, Greg Chappell, Matthew Hayden, Graeme Smith, Hedley Verity, Clem Hill, Alan Knott, James Anderson |
10. Michael - Viv Richards, Sydney Barnes, Sunil Gavaskar, Clarrie Grimmett, Andy Flower, Hanif Mohammed, Clive Lloyd, George Lohmann, Mushtaq Mohammad, Tom Richardson |
11. KingKallis - Jack Hobbs, Dale Steyn, Ricky Ponting, Waqar Younis, Richie Benaud, Joe Root @JOJOXI next with @kingkallis to catch up when available. @CricAddict to select a replacement for S. Pollock |
Keeping to Pollock, Marshall, and Murali will be a challenge.Les Ames (Most Byes conceded in an innings)
Geoffrey Boycott
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Ken Barrington
Brian Lara
Michael Clarke
Aubrey Faulkner
Les Ames (wk)
Shaun Pollock
Malcolm Marshall
Allan Donald
Muttiah Muralitharan
@AndyZaltzHair @AndrewB
He'll adapt! I hope...Keeping to Pollock, Marshall, and Murali will be a challenge.
Is Ames familiar with what's a doosra?
What could go wrong? Breaking the record for most byes again? lolHe'll adapt! I hope...