3 Nations Draft

[capt_Luffy]

Brian McMillan

 

[trundler]

Mark Taylor for me

 

[trundler]

Mark Taylor
Herbert Sutcliffe
Hashim Amla
Clem Hill
AB De Villiers
Lindsay Hassett
Les Ames+
Richie Benaud
Alan Davidson
Dale Steyn
Bill Johnston

 

[capt_Luffy]

1. Barry Richards
2. Wilfred Rhodes
3. Rohan Kanhai
4. Brian Lara
5. Colin Cowdrey (c)
6. Frank Woolley
7. Brian McMillan
8. Mike Procter
9. Jock Cameron (wk)
10. Brian Statham
11. Sydney Barnes

Deep batting and a handful of bowling options, I like this team.

 

[Silver Silva]

Alec Stewart as pure opening bat ..

1.Bruce Mitchell
2.Alec Stewart
3.Jacques Kallis (6)
4.Graeme Pollock
5.Patsy Hendren
6.Risabh Pant {¤WK¤}
7.Kapil Dev {Č} (3)
8.Graeme Swann (5)
9.Anil Kumble (4)
10.Alec Bedser (2)
11.Jaspirt Bumrah (1)

 

[howitzer]

Godfrey Evans to finish me off.

Sunny Gavaskar
Vinoo Mankad (5)
Peter May (c)
Sachin Tendulkar (7)
Joe Root (6)
VVS Laxman
Ian Botham (3)
Godfrey Evans (wk)
John Snow (2)
Courtney Walsh (1)
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar (4)

 

[Fuller Pilch]

There are still a number of very good openers I could pick but I have gone for the antithesis of Boycott to make for an entertaining opening partnership. I'd love to watch them bat together.

He's an aggressive left hander who can bomb 6s, T20 GOAT, one of only 4 players with 2 300s (along with Bradman, Sehwag, and Lara), and an offspinner to complement Verity's SLAs so let me introduce the Universe Boss, Mr Christopher Henry Gayle.


1. Geoff Boycott
2. Chris Gayle 6
3. Wally Hammond 5
4. Mohammad Yousuf
5. Inzamam ul-Haq
6. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
7. Mohammad Rizwan
8. Hedley Verity 4
9. Malcolm Marshall 1
10. Colin Croft 3
11. James Anderson 2

Very happy with this side.

 

[Bitmap]

Ian Healy

Bill Ponsford
Hanif Mohammad
Ricky Ponting*
Younis Khan
Everton Weekes
Mushtaq Mohammad
Ian Healy+
Wasim Akram
Shoaib Akhtar
Lance Gibbs
Waqar Younis

 

[kingkallis]

Shane Bond to complete my playing XI.

CricZo XI

Graham Gooch /
Arthur Morris /
Kane Williamson /
Martin Crowe / (c)
Kevin Pietersen /
Andrew Flintoff / o (5)
Brendon McCullum + /
Richard Hadlee o / (1)
Ray Lindwall o / (2)
Bill O'Reilly o (4)
Shane Bond o (3)

 

[ataraxia]

Ian Healy

Bill Ponsford
Hanif Mohammad
Ricky Ponting*
Younis Khan
Everton Weekes
Mushtaq Mohammad
Ian Healy+
Wasim Akram
Shoaib Akhtar
Lance Gibbs
Waqar Younis

I was damn impressed by trundler's side but this is surely a draft winner every day. Well played.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

1. Conrad Hunte
2. Victor Trumper
3. George Headley
4. David Gower
5. Frank Worrell
6. Ben Stokes
7. Jeff Dujon +
8. Derek Underwood
9. Michael Holding
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Jeff Thomson

I feel this is the strongest XI I've ever drafted. World class opening pair followed by none other than Headley. Solid middle order. Pace trio of Ambrose, Holding and Thommo. Stokes can chip in as well if needed.

 

[Pothas]

Glenn Turner

Virender Sehwag
Glenn Turner
Rahul Dravid
Steve Smith
Virat Kohli
BJ Watling
Ravindra Jadeja
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
Trent Boult
Josh Hazlewood

Not my best really.

 

[capt_Luffy]

Glenn Turner

Virender Sehwag
Glenn Turner
Rahul Dravid
Steve Smith
Virat Kohli
BJ Watling
Ravindra Jadeja
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
Trent Boult
Josh Hazlewood

Not my best really.

I honestly think it's as good a competitor as any drafted here.

 

[CricAddict]

Farokh Engineer to keep for my side.

 

[CricAddict]

Gary Kirsten
Eddie Barlow 5
Viv Richards (c) 6
Vijay Hazare
Dudley Nourse
Clyde Walcott
Farokh Engineer (wk)
Ravi Ashwin 4
Wes Hall 2
Ian Bishop 3
Allan Donald 1

 

[howitzer]

I honestly think it's as good a competitor as any drafted here.

This is going to be a tough vote. Lots of good teams.

 

[Teuton]

David Warner

 

[mr_mister]

Trevor Bailey

Len Hutton
Bill Woodfull *
Charlie Macartney
Denis Compton
Mark Waugh
Andy Flower +
Trevor Bailey
Maurice Tate
Harold Larwood
Jim Laker
Fred Trueman

 

[Teuton]

Final XI
Alastair Cook
David Warner
Ken Barrington
Doug Walters
Michael Clarke c
Tony Greig
Adam Gilchrist
Vernon Philander
Jason Gillespie
Clarrie Grimmett
Glenn McGrath

 

[capt_Luffy]

Trevor Bailey

Len Hutton
Bill Woodfull *
Charlie Macartney
Denis Compton
Mark Waugh
Andy Flower +
Trevor Bailey
Maurice Tate
Harold Larwood
Jim Laker
Fred Trueman

My final choice was also between McMillan and Bailey; only went Brian as I decided I needed to focus on the batting a bit more.