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Africa FC/Test Draft Voting Thread for Best 5 teams

Best 5 Teams

  • Total voters
    10
  • Poll closed .
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
1.King Kallis
1.Kepler Wessels / ©
2.Eddie Barlow / o
3.Martin van Jaarsveld /
4.Russie van der Dussen /
5.Dale Benkenstein /
6.Ryan ten Doeschate / o
7.Ray Jennings + /
8.Simon Harmer o /
9.Dale Steyn o
10.Nantie Hayward o
11.Brett Schultz o

2.Krypto's XI
Peter Kirsten /
Qasim Umar /
Herbie Taylor /
Allan Lamb /
Basil D'Oliveira / o (6)
Andy Flower / +
Adrian Kuiper / o (5)
Charles Llewellyn o / (4)
Kenny Watson o (3)
Godfrey Lawrence o (2)
Rupert Hanley o (1)

3.Andrew B
1.Herschelle Gibbs
2.Andrew Hudson
3.Jonathan Trott
4.Jacques Kallis
5.Pieter van der Bijl
6.Brian Davison
7.Jock Cameron+
8.Reggie Schwarz
9.Makhaya Ntini
10.Fanie de Villiers
11.Duanne Olivier

4.Mr.Mister
1.Jimmy Cook
2.Grant Flower
3.Murray Goodwin
4.Dudley Nourse *
5.Colin Bland
6.Denis Lindsay +
7.Guy Whitall
8.Peter Pollock
9.Eddo Brandes
10.Morne Morkel
11.John Traicos

5.Teuton
1.Devon Conway
2.Trevor Goddard
3.Bob Catterall
4.Robin Smith
5.Jonty Rhodes
6.Temba Bavuma
7.Matt Prior (WK)
8.Mike Procter
9.Jimmy Blanckenberg
10.Keshav Maharaj
11.Peter Rawson

6.Kenneth Viljoen
1Graeme Smith (C)
2.Jacques Rudolph
3.Andrew Puttick (WK)
4.Ashwell Prince
5.David Bedingham
6.Sikandar Raza
7.Glenn Phillips
8.Vince Van Der Bijl
9.Bert Vogler
10.Anrich Nortje
11.Vincent Barnes

7.Fuller Pilch
1. Allan Melville (c)
02. Bruce Mitchell (6)
03. Neil Rosendorf
04. Kevin Pietersen
05. AB De Villiers
06. Heinrich Klaasen (wk)
07. Kevin Curran (4)
08. Michael Neser (2)
09. Marco Jansen (3)
10. Phil Edmonds (5)
11.Peter Heine (6)

8.Capt Luffy
1.Barry Richards
2.Frank Roro
3.Graeme Hick
4.David Houghton (c)
5.Hansie Cronje
6.B J Watling (wk)
7.Brian McMillan
8.Colin de Grandhomme
9.Heath Streak
10.Denys Hobson
11.Kagiso Rabada

9.Ataraxia
1.Eric Rowan /
2.Billy Zulch /
3.Hashim Amla /
4.Faf du Plessis /
5.Roy McLean /
6.Dave Nourse / o
7.Lee Irvine + /
8.Stephen Jefferies o /
9.Buster Nupen o
10.Hugh Tayfield o
11.Neil Adcock o

10.Line & Length
1.A.Strauss /
2.A.Markram /
3.G.Ballance /
4.A.Bacher (c) /
5.S.Williams /o 6
6.T.Greig /o 3
7.L.Klusener /o 4
8.M.Boucher / wkp
9.A.Donald o 1
10.P.Adams o 5
11.L.Ngidi o 2

11.Howitzer
1.Gary Kirsten
2.Henry Fotheringham
3.Aubrey Faulkner 5
4.Ken McEwan
5.Steve Tikolo (c) 6
6.Tiger Lance 7
7.Tich Smith (wk)
8.Alan Kourie 4
9.Garth le Roux 1
10.Craig Matthews 3
11.Kyle Abbott 2

12.Bitmap
1.Dean Elgar*
2.Jim Christy
3.Brendan Taylor
4.Graeme Pollock
5.Daryll Cullinan
6.JP Duminy
7.John Waite+
8.Cyril Vincent
9.Vernon Philander
10.Neil Wagner
11.Nandre Burger

13.JOJOXI
1.Jackie McGlew
2.Neil McKenzie
3.Nick Compton
4.Craig Ervine
5.Marnus Labuschagne (6)
6.Clive Rice (4)
7.Quinton de Kock (wk)
8.Shaun Pollock (1)
9.Jimmy Sinclair (3)
10.Paul Strang (5)
11.Andre Nel (2)
 
Kenneth Viljoen

Kenneth Viljoen

International Regular
After best 5 teams are selected, we will use those teams to decide the winner of the draft, sorry if it's not what you're used to, but as a participant I felt that something had to be done after the draft ended nearly weeks ago and no response from the draft mod on the thread.
 
Himannv

Himannv

Hall of Fame Member
There are a few names on this that I don't know very well. Maybe the drafters can provide a small writeup on those lesser-known players so that it's easier to vote.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Captain
Himannv said:
There are a few names on this that I don't know very well. Maybe the drafters can provide a small writeup on those lesser-known players so that it's easier to vote.
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The only one from my team who I think is relatively unknown is Frank "The Dusty Don" Roro, so :
Frank Roro is the greatest black African batsman of all time. He was the first African to score 100 centuries in Grade level matches, that too, at an average over 100, in a career spanning 17 years. He has 20 centuries in Provincial cricket, which makes the bulk of the 3000 runs he scored (at an average around 100); and led Transvaal to the title in 6 of the 9 times he played. He achieved it in underfunded turf pitches, where a team total of 400 runs has been reached 3 times, in a competition which ran for over 7 decades. Often times he scored over 2/3 of Transvaal's runs; some the best of those includes his 1934 Final score against Border, 95 out of 127; and in the 1951 Final against Western Province, 102 out of 137. At 5'8, he had excellent eyes and was lighting fast on his footwork. A fast scorer, he was brave enough to leave his crease against pacers in the turf, but his true excellence lied in backfoot, known especially for his hooks and pulls. He was also a great fielder and a leg spinner capable of playing on that alone.
 
Himannv

Himannv

Hall of Fame Member
capt_Luffy said:
The only one from my team who I think is relatively unknown is Frank "The Dusty Don" Roro, so :
Frank Roro is the greatest black African batsman of all time. He was the first African to score 100 centuries in Grade level matches, that too, at an average over 100, in a career spanning 17 years. He has 20 centuries in Provincial cricket, which makes the bulk of the 3000 runs he scored (at an average around 100); and led Transvaal to the title in 6 of the 9 times he played. He achieved it in underfunded turf pitches, where a team total of 400 runs has been reached 3 times, in a competition which ran for over 7 decades. Often times he scored over 2/3 of Transvaal's runs; some the best of those includes his 1934 Final score against Border, 95 out of 127; and in the 1951 Final against Western Province, 102 out of 137. At 5'8, he had excellent eyes and was lighting fast on his footwork. A fast scorer, he was brave enough to leave his crease against pacers in the turf, but his true excellence lied in backfoot, known especially for his hooks and pulls. He was also a great fielder and a leg spinner capable of playing on that alone.
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Good stuff. What is Hobson like?
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Captain
Himannv said:
Good stuff. What is Hobson like?
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Denys Hobson is widely regarded as one of the two best South African spinners from the isolation era. A leg spinner, he was selected to play in the WSC, but like Pollock; can't make it due to not playing enough County.
 
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Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
Neil Rosendorf was a lefthander top order batsman who played for Orange Free State for 17 years after debuting at 16 in 1962, and was considered one of the best players of his generation. In 1969 he was named one of SA's 5 players of the year and was unlucky not to play international cricket as isolation started when he was 25. He played 70 1st class matches and scored over 5,000 runs @ 42.5.
 
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Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
Kevin Curran, the father of Sam, Tom, and Ben, was considerably better than all of them. He was an aggressive FM seam bowling allrounder/MOB. Cricinfo calls him "one of the most effective overseas players in English cricket in the 1980s", while Cricbuzz described him as a "bonafide superstar" in county cricket and "one of the finest cricketers produced by Zimbabwe". He scored over 1,000 runs a season 5 times and took lots of wickets. Unfortunately Zimbabwe hadn't qualified for tests and he would've needed 10 years to qualify for England.
Overall he scored over 15,000 fc runs at 36.9 (25 100s & 83 50s) and took 605 wickets (15 5-fers & 4 10-fers) at 27.7. He sadly passed away aged just 53 while jogging.
 
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Fuller Pilch

Hall of Fame Member
Michael Neser is a current player who plays for Queensland in the Sheffield Shield and Brisbane Heat in the BBL. He was born in SA but moved to Australia when aged 10.
He is a bowling allrounder who is unfortunate that his career coincides with Cummins, Hazelwood, and Starc (and Boland) (plus Marsh and Green as allrounders) so has only played 2 tests for Australia and despite a test bowlimg average of 16.71 is unlikely to play any more as is now 34. He is a hard hitting batsman and top quality fielder too. For any other country Neser would probably have played far, far more tests. From 104 1st class matches he has 362 wickets at 24.12 and 3,624 runs at 29.
 
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AndrewB

International Vice-Captain
Fuller Pilch said:
Kevin Curran, the father of Sam, Tom, and Ben, was considerably better than all of them. He was an aggressive FM seam bowling allrounder/MOB. Cricinfo calls him "one of the most effective overseas players in English cricket in the 1980s", while Cricbuzz described him as a "bonafide superstar" in county cricket and "one of the finest cricketers produced by Zimbabwe". He scored over 1,000 runs a season 5 times and took lots of wickets. Unfortunately Zimbabwe hadn't qualified for tests and he would've needed 10 years to qualify for England.
Overall he scored over 15,000 fc runs at 36.9 (25 100s & 83 50s) and took 605 wickets (15 5-fers & 4 10-fers) at 27.7. He sadly passed away aged just 53 while jogging.
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Played in 2 World Cups - did quite well in 1983, didn't do a lot in 1987.
 
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