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[AndrewB]

Everton Weekes.

Final XI:
Jack Hobbs
Arthur Morris
Brian Lara
Everton Weekes
Eddie Paynter
Garry Sobers
Richie Benaud*
Alan Davidson
Bert Oldfield+
Jeff Thomson
Curtly Ambrose

 

[trundler]

Saeed Anwar
Geoffrey Boycott
Ricky Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar
Andy Flower
Warwick Armstrong 5
Jock Cameron+
Imran Khan 3
Shane Warne 4
Malcolm Marshall 1
Andy Roberts 2

Highest run scorers for 3 countries. Great left-right opening combo. Dream pace attack.. and Warne.

 

[Pothas]

Bowling attack is alright I suppose.

 

[stephen]

Two incredible sides there.

 

[trundler]

Nice

My only worry was Red Hill snatching him right at the end but the backups for Warne were decent enough so I thought it was worth risking it.

 

[Red]

My only worry was Red Hill snatching him right at the end but the backups for Warne were decent enough so I thought it was worth risking it.

If I'd gotten Smith or Tendulkar earlier I probably would have taken Warne, but as it was I really needed one a-grade batsman for #3 in this round. Would have taken any of the 3 Ws, so Warne was always pretty safe.

 

[stephen]

Imagine opening the batting against Marshall and Roberts. Or Ambrose and Thompson.

 

[trundler]

AndrewB finishes with the best top order so far

 

[stephen]

AndrewB finishes with the best top order so far

Not often Lawry, Simpson, Barrington, Dravid, Kohli and Waugh are outclassed. But Hobbs, Morris, Lara, Weekes, Paynter and Sobers is just crazy good. Two of the top 4 batsmen in history.

 

[honestbharani]

I would say 3 of the top 5. BTW, whose turn is it now?


AndrewB's side will take some beating when we do the voting. Trundler's is good but the #6 and #7 kinda bring it down a notch. Can't find any such issue with Andrew's.

 

[Teuton]

Milenko > me > pothas to finish off the T''s

 

[honestbharani]

And how the hell did I pick Verity over Warne? He is one of my most favorite cricketers of all time. Serves me right for statsguru-iing sub 25 avg bowlers.

 

[ataraxia]

Waqar Younis to finish my side.

 

[ataraxia]

1. SM Gavaskar /
2. BA Richards /
3. WR Hammond / o
4. PBH May* /
5. MJ Clarke / pt
6. AR Border / pt
7. APE Knott + /
8. RR Lindwall o /
9. Abdul Qadir o
10. FS Trueman o
11. Waqar Younis o

Two top-tier openers, a solid middle order, a top keeper, and a more than decent pace attack.

Regretting my pick of Qadir, but he's still a great bowler.

The middle order all average highly in the position they are batting, which is always a plus.

Would have preferred my final two picks to be Steyn and Wasim/Trueman but it's not like I picked duds at all.

Overall, a pretty solid side.

 

[stephen]

I would say 3 of the top 5. BTW, whose turn is it now?


AndrewB's side will take some beating when we do the voting. Trundler's is good but the #6 and #7 kinda bring it down a notch. Can't find any such issue with Andrew's.

Lara is probably top 10. I don't think top 5 though. Bradman, Hobbs, Smith, Sobers and then things get a lot more debatable.

 

[Teuton]

David Warner

 

[honestbharani]

Lara is probably top 10. I don't think top 5 though. Bradman, Hobbs, Smith, Sobers and then things get a lot more debatable.

I don't believe in doing AT ratings of players who are still playing and anyone after Bradman is debatable really. But for me, Lara easily in the top 5 with Hobbs and Sobers.

 

[Teuton]

Final xi
Victor Trumper
David Warner
Kumar Sangakkara
Javed Miandad
Denis Compton
Keith Miller
MS Dhoni
Richard Hadlee
Mike Procter
Bishan Bedi
Jimmy Anderson

 

[honestbharani]

1. SM Gavaskar /
2. BA Richards /
3. WR Hammond / o
4. PBH May* /
5. MJ Clarke / pt
6. AR Border / pt
7. APE Knott + /
8. RR Lindwall o /
9. Abdul Qadir o
10. FS Trueman o
11. Waqar Younis o

Two top-tier openers, a solid middle order, a top keeper, and a more than decent pace attack.

Regretting my pick of Qadir, but he's still a great bowler.

The middle order all average highly in the position they are batting, which is always a plus.

Would have preferred my final two picks to be Steyn and Wasim/Trueman but it's not like I picked duds at all.

Overall, a pretty solid side.

Very strong side, no obvious weak links. Personally I would bat Border at 5 and Clarke at 6. Can see the side struggling in conditions where you need a second spinner but otherwise, pretty awesome.

 

[honestbharani]

Final xi
Victor Trumper
David Warner
Kumar Sangakkara
Javed Miandad
Denis Compton
Keith Miller
MS Dhoni
Richard Hadlee
Mike Procter
Bishan Bedi
Jimmy Anderson

Another excellent side. Will be a bit odd with literally no right arm spinners but got almost all bases covered and with plenty of options with the ball and great depth with the bat. Coming around to thinking this is the best side of the draft so far.