Ascending batting average draft (tests)

[ankitj]

@Marcuss up next

• Marcuss - Mohammad Asif (5.64), Wayne Daniel (6.57), Jim Laker (14.08), Imran Khan (37.69), Michael Atherton (37.69), Les Ames (40.56)
• Trundler - Bert Ironmonger (2.62), Fred Trueman (13.82), Wes Hall (15.73), Peter Pollock (21.67), Jonny Waite (30.4), Charlie Macartney (41.78)
• srbhkshk - Joel Garner (12.44), Neil Wagner (12.5), Andy Roberts (14.94), Anil Kumble (17.77), Andrew Flintoff (31.77), Jeff Dujon (31.94) , Mark Waugh (41.81)
• Line and Length - Glenn McGrath (7.37), Frank Tyson (10.95), Nathan Lyon (12.27), Alan Davidson (24.59), Alec Stewart (39.54), Bill Edrich (40.00), Basil D'Oliveira (40.06), Gundappa Viswanath (41.93)
• Red Hill - Bruce Reid (4.65), Dennis Lillee (13.71), Harold Larwood (19.4), Godfrey Evans (20.49), Graeme Swann (22.09), Desmond Haynes (42.29)
• KingKallis - Brett Schultz (1.5), James Anderson (9.67), Kagiso Rabada (11.43), Richie Benaud (24.4), Rod Marsh (26.5), Ben Stokes (38.58), Ian Chappell (42.42)
• Mr_mister - Neil Adcock (5.41), Lance Gibbs (6.97), Michael Holding (13.79), Don Tallon (17.13), Ian Botham (33.54), Jack Gregory (36.96), Graham Gooch (42.58)
• Weldone/JOJOXI - Waqar Younis (10.2), Shane Warne (17.33), Tim Southee (17.38), Kapil Dev (31.05), Brendon McCullum (38.64), Aravinda de Silva (42.98)
• Pothas - Dale Steyn (13.59), Fazal Mahmood (14.09), Rangana Herath (14.52), Shaun Pollock (32.31), Mushtaq Mohammad (39.17), Matt Prior (40.18), David Gower (44.25)
• Fuller Pilch - Curtly Ambrose (12.4), Alec Bedser (12.75), Hugh Tayfield (16.90), Vernon Philander (24.04), Chris Cairns (33.53), Gordon Greenidge (44.72)
• StephenZA - Muttiah Muralitharan (11.68), Zaheer Khan (11.95), Patrick Cummins (17.02), Fanie de Villiers (18.89), Wilfred Rhodes (30.19), Peter Kirsten (31.3), Quinton de Kock (39.12), Zaheer Abbas (44.79)
• Ankitj - Courtney Walsh (7.54), Stuart MacGill (9.69), Jack Cowie (10), Richard Hadlee (27.16), Imtiaz Ahmed (29.28), Shakib Al Hasan (39.40), Conrad Hunte (45.06)
• Teuton - Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (4.07), Shoaib Akhtar (10.07), Bob Willis (11.51), Wasim Akram (22.64), Alan Knott (32.75), Frank Woolley (36.07), Alastair Cook (45.35)
• Coronis - Bill Bowes (4.66), Mohammad Abbas (7.23), Clarrie Grimmett (13.92), Wally Grout (15.08), Keith Miller (36.97), Tamim Iqbal (38.64), Marvan Atapattu (39.02), VVS Laxman (45.97)
• AndrewB - Jasprit Bumrah (2.9), Bill O'Reilly (12.81), Ray Lindwall (21.15), Maurice Tate (25.48), Ian Healy (27.39),Tony Greig (40.43), Arthur Morris (46.48), Arthur Morris (46.48)
• Ataraxia - Allan Donald (10.68), Derek Underwood (11.56), Shane Bond (12.92), Mike Procter (25.11), Syed Kirmani (27.04), Dave Nourse (29.78), Bob Simpson (46.81)
• Honestbharani - Malcolm Marshall (18.85), Hedley Verity (20.90), Mitch Starc (22.27), Ravi Ashwin (28.10), Trevor Goddard (34.46), Shane Watson (35.19), Asif Iqbal (38.85) Adam Gilchrist (47.60)

 

[StephenZA]

Zaheer Abbas (44.79)

 

[Pothas]

Matt Prior (40.83)

 

[trundler]

@ankitj is up

 

[ankitj]

Conrad Hunte (45.06)

 

[Line and Length]

Bill Edrich (40.00), Basil D'Oliveira (40.06), Gundappa Viswanath (41.93)

 

[AndrewB]

Arthur Morris (46.48)

 

[Teuton]

I think pothas is up before andrew.

Prior should be 40.18

 

[trundler]

It was Andrew > Marcus > Pothas

 

[Line and Length]

I think pothas is up before andrew.

Prior should be 40.18

My worksheet had Prior as 40.18 also.

 

[trundler]

Yeah Cricinfo lists him as 40.18 but Pothas listed him as 40.83 so not sure how to proceed now that Andrew has picked.

I'm letting Andrew's pick stand to avoid confusion

 

[Teuton]

i wouldnt worry about it too much actually since it was his error to begin with - just say pothas is up now

 

[trundler]

Yeah I'll agree with that. @Pothas can pick

 

[Pothas]

My bad, that is what you get for just quickly checking something on wikipedia.

David Gower (44.25)

 

[ankitj]

Finding this batsmen picking phase bit boring, just like in the ODI version. Other than who gets Bradman there is not much intrigue and suspense.

 

[mr_mister]

Drafts always run out of steam in the final few rounds

 

[Pothas]

You have got Sobers etc. as well at the end. This is just a lull and unlike the ODI one the game has not been broken.

 

[mr_mister]

Shots fired...

 

[Pothas]

Haha not really. I definitely helped to break it, was just what the format led to.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

You have got Sobers etc. as well at the end. This is just a lull and unlike the ODI one the game has not been broken.

It is the middle overs of an ODI time. Do you knock it around it now and get the big hits in at the death, or go a bit more aggressively now but risk running out of wickets too soon?