African FC/Test draft

[ataraxia]

@Krypto

 

[Krypto]

Herbie Taylor @Fuller Pilch

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Kevin Pietersen

@howitzer

 

[howitzer]

Gary Kirsten @capt_Luffy

 

[capt_Luffy]

Heath Streak
@JOJOXI

 

[howitzer]

That must be close to a record for three different picks.

 

[kingkallis]

Seems like I will be able to pick tonight

 

[mr_mister]

Seems like I will be able to pick tonight

Don't count your chickens!

 

[Line and Length]

Don't count your chickens!

Take your time after JOJOXI picks. I'll be in bed.

 

[mr_mister]

Take your time after JOJOXI picks. I'll be in bed.

Perth time zone has cost you a bit in drafts recently haha

 

[Jarquis]

No as when he was that bowler South Africa was in Isolation that was most of the 70s , and honestly he was a even better bowler in that period if you consider that for the next 2/3rd of his career he wasn't that bowler anymore . Most of his career he was a 4 or 5th bowler . Also when he could play for SA he was actually very lucky to get a bowl as a 5th option ., we had better at the time but he was still a quality bat . His style as batsman also changed from a hard hitting attacking lower order bat to later a stroke making middle order batsman so tale of two halves , ill rather have the young Rice however most of the world saw the older Rice . .

This is fascinating. Had never noticed Rice took fewer than 2 wickets a game

 

[kingkallis]

This is fascinating. Had never noticed Rice took fewer than 2 wickets a game

Barlow's WPM > Rice's WPM

 

[JOJOXI]

Marnus Labuschagne

@kingkallis

 

[mr_mister]

It's me not king Kallis. Will pick shortly.

 

[JOJOXI]

It's me not king Kallis. Will pick shortly.

Apologies was in a slight rush so was going off the previous messages, for some reason presumed L&L was quote replying to KK and not you

 

[howitzer]

Barlow's WPM > Rice's WPM

Barlow was very much a batting all-rounder until about 1970 which just so happens to be about when SA were excluded. He became, or should I say matured, as a seam and swing bowler for the first two thirds to three quarters of the seventies and was a serious bowler then. He was still a good batsman too but his Test bowling record is nerfed by him not being at his bowling peak during the period he could actually play Tests. Absolute legend of a human too, his incapacitation and death came far too soon.

 

[mr_mister]

After much thought, I'll take Morne Morkel. @Line and Length hopefully you're awake within 8 hours of this message!

 

[Line and Length]

Thanks @mr_mister I'll go with Andrew Strauss.

 

[mr_mister]

@Teuton

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Barlow was very much a batting all-rounder until about 1970 which just so happens to be about when SA were excluded. He became, or should I say matured, as a seam and swing bowler for the first two thirds to three quarters of the seventies and was a serious bowler then. He was still a good batsman too but his Test bowling record is nerfed by him not being at his bowling peak during the period he could actually play Tests. Absolute legend of a human too, his incapacitation and death came far too soon.

Bowled very well for the ROW v England in 1970 which was played instead of the cancelled Eng v SA test series. At the time the matches had test status but it was removed.