Line and Length
Cricketer Of The Year
and then @Red to complete Round 10
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Four Eras Test Draft
- Thread starter Line and Length
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I must admit i am having heart palpitations about my last pick , been back and forth for quite some rounds now between two Cricketers for this spot that ending up being my last and cannot decide or separate them personally , Been hoping someone picks one of them up, making my life easier and now just one drafter before my final pick and I'm still torn between them. Hoping AndrewB puts me out of my misery and selects one of them . Don't know who I'm going to choose if he doesn't .
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Who are they?? My wild guess: Bedi and Underwood? Over that period, I need a batsman; you both a bowler, so I don't think I will face any competition for mine one.
Obviously i cannot answer that however yes it is bowlers. And not spinners seeing that i have Faulkner and Woolley covering that element for my team . If i wanted to go spinners there is another spinner with a better record and IMO ability than both Bedi and Underwood that still available he just cannot bat
. If it works out that way ill state the two that I was having trouble with if somehow now one takes the other . The fun part of this is its mostly personnel opinion .
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Ok then, answer after AndrewB's pick. But this guessing game is looking fun, so I will take another swing at it; the pacers are Hall and Snow, and the spinner is Chandrashekhar.Obviously i cannot answer that however yes it is bowlers. And not spinners seeing that i have Faulkner and Woolley covering that element for my team . If i wanted to go spinners there is another spinner with a better record and IMO ability than both Bedi and Underwood that still available he just cannot bat
1 out of 3
This doesn't help me at all. Jeff Thomson as my final pick then @capt_Luffy
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Post WSC
I'll finish with Philander.
Final team
01. WG Grace (c)
02. Archie MacLaren
03. Kane Williamson
04. Younis Khan
05. Martin Donnelly
06. Clyde Walcott (wk)
07. Ian Botham
08. Vernon Philander
09. Harold Larwood
10. Andy Roberts
11. Clarrie Grimmett
I'll finish with Philander.
Final team
01. WG Grace (c)
02. Archie MacLaren
03. Kane Williamson
04. Younis Khan
05. Martin Donnelly
06. Clyde Walcott (wk)
07. Ian Botham
08. Vernon Philander
09. Harold Larwood
10. Andy Roberts
11. Clarrie Grimmett
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Thank you Line and Length for running a great draft , was something different for me in the approach as at the end still a lot of really quality cricketers still around , a lot of second geussing for me . Was a lot of fun thank you for all the work .
My final team looks great , very happy with results and was fun thank you to all who participated and good luck to those with picks left . .
My final team looks great , very happy with results and was fun thank you to all who participated and good luck to those with picks left . .
| 1)Geoff Boycott |
| 2)Matthew Hayden |
| 3)Hashim Amla |
| 4)Denis Compton |
| 5)Aubrey Faulkner /o |
| 6)Frank Woolley /o |
| 7)Jock Cameron + |
| 8)Kapil Dev * /o |
| 9)Maurice Tate /o |
| 10)Jeff Thomson /o |
| 11)Bob Willis /o |
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
In my defence; AndrewB did choose Underwood....1 out of 3
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
That's a great team.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
I am quite happy with my final team; though feeling it could had been better:
01. Graeme Smith (c)
02. Wilfred Rhodes
03. Wally Hammond
04. Peter May
05. Javed Miandad
06. Jack Ryder
07. Les Ames (wk)
08. Ravichandran Ashwin
09. Alec Bedser
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Tom Richardson
01. Graeme Smith (c)
02. Wilfred Rhodes
03. Wally Hammond
04. Peter May
05. Javed Miandad
06. Jack Ryder
07. Les Ames (wk)
08. Ravichandran Ashwin
09. Alec Bedser
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Tom Richardson
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Yea its a testament on how many top quality cricketers still available in that selection . Post WWII and before the world series . Must admit very surprised that some are still unpicked and probably will be unpicked .
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Given only JOJOXI has a single pick left; it's pretty much a given.
Strangely i really like your team , i believe strong setup for tough to impossible batting conditions however in that element i think this works incredibly well .