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    Birthplace Draft

    It wouldn't really be consistent to say "West Indies isn't a country, so you can pick a Barbadian and a Jamaican (say)" and also "England and Scotland are technically part of the same country, but don't worry about it".
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    Atherton vs Stewart? Old school 90s english cricketers! Who was better?

    FWIW I looked at their figures in matches where both men played and Stewart was not picked as wicket-keeper. Of the 51 matches where Stewart wasn't the keeper, Atherton played in 37. Their averages in these matches are: Stewart 44.74, Atherton 41.22 Looking at the figures more closely...
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    Birthplace Draft

    Round 1: Michaelf7777777: George Headley, Panama ankitj: Viv Richards, Antigua & Barbuda morgieb: Curtly Ambrose, Antigua & Barbuda Red Hill: Gary Sobers, Barbados trundler: Malcolm Marshall, Barbados Test_Fan_Only: Michael Holding, Jamaica AndrewB: Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago mr_mister...
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    Birthplace Draft

    In case there's a flurry of picks while I'm AFK again: Order for Round 9 will be: Teuton SillyCowCorner1 ankitj mr_mister trundler Red Hill Michaelf7777777 morgieb Test_Fan_Only AndrewB fredfertang
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    Atherton vs Stewart? Old school 90s english cricketers! Who was better?

    Bill Edrich misses out by a run.
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    Birthplace Draft

    Bill O'Reilly (Australia)
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    Birthplace Draft

    morgieb has timed out.
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    Alphabet draft voting thread

    Hooray! Thanks to mr_mister for another fun draft. Bad luck ankitj,
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    Birthplace Draft

    I’ve corrected the list (and realised that all the “England”s should actually be “UK”!)
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    Birthplace Draft

    Round 1: Michaelf7777777: George Headley, Panama ankitj: Viv Richards, Antigua & Barbuda morgieb: Curtly Ambrose, Antigua & Barbuda Red Hill: Gary Sobers, Barbados trundler: Malcolm Marshall, Barbados Test_Fan_Only: Michael Holding, Jamaica AndrewB: Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago mr_mister...
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    Top Five Cricketers from each country

    I think you've missed some others where Botham scored a century: (50 plus a 5-fer list) 11 Ian Botham 8 Shakib Al Hasan 6 Richard Hadlee 5 Ravi Ashwin, Malcolm Marshall 4 Kapil Dev, Chris Cairns 3 Wasim Akram, Shaun Pollock, Richie Benaud, Ravindra Jadeja...
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    Top Five Cricketers from each country

    I'm not saying he's wrong, but players tend to have a very high opinion of team-mates who are somewhat older than themselves, and who they probably watched in awe as a teenager. A more obviously dubious case is Frank Woolley picking Jack Mason (a very good county all-rounder who failed in his...
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    Top Five Cricketers from each country

    Most runs in a Test while taking n wickets: 19: 3 by Jim Laker 17: 0 by Sydney Barnes 16: 30 by Muttiah Muralitharan 15: 54 by Richard Hadlee 14: 55 by Billy Bates 13: 114 by Ian Botham 12: 71 by Hugh Trumble 11: 124 by Alan Davidson 10: 143 by Shakib Al Hasan 9: 131 by Daniel Vettori (Ashwin...
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    Top Five Cricketers from each country

    One method I've seen for comparing the longevity of players from different eras is to scale up/down the number of Tests they played on the assumption that their team played 10 Tests per year through their career. (So if someone had a 10-year career and played 50 Tests: if their country only...
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    Birthplace Draft

    Round 1: Michaelf7777777: George Headley, Panama ankitj: Viv Richards, Antigua & Barbuda morgieb: Curtly Ambrose, Antigua & Barbuda Red Hill: Gary Sobers, Barbados trundler: Malcolm Marshall, Barbados Test_Fan_Only: Michael Holding, Jamaica AndrewB: Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago mr_mister...
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    Birthplace Draft

    Gerry Alexander (Jamaica)
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    Birthplace Draft

    Round 7 order fredfertang SillyCowCorner1 Test_Fan_Only AndrewB Teuton morgieb trundler ankitj Michaelf7777777 mr_mister Red Hill
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    Birthplace Draft

    Round 6 to date: morgieb: Allan Donald, South Africa AndrewB: Jack Hobbs, England trundler: Len Hutton, England ankitj: Shane Bond, New Zealand Michaelf7777777: Virat Kohli, India Red Hill: Ray Lindwall, Australia fredfertang: Kane Williamson, New Zealand Teuton: Rangana Herath, Sri Lanka...
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    Birthplace Draft

    Round 1: Michaelf7777777: George Headley, Panama ankitj: Viv Richards, Antigua & Barbuda morgieb: Curtly Ambrose, Antigua & Barbuda Red Hill: Gary Sobers, Barbados trundler: Malcolm Marshall, Barbados Test_Fan_Only: Michael Holding, Jamaica AndrewB: Brian Lara, Trinidad & Tobago mr_mister...
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    Birthplace Draft

    trundler is up next, then ankitj.

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