Associate Draft

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Cribbage up again.

 

[Prince EWS]

Kevin Arnott

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Argh. Struggling to toss up who to go for with my balance.

I think I'll go for another spinner, mainly just for a bit of nationality variety, otherwise I'd have been picking another Zimbabwean, and there probably are enough seam up options in my line-up.

Mohammad Nabi.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

					Bat		Bowl			Nationality
1. James Aitchison 			2,786 @ 32.77				Scotland
2.
3. Brian Hardie				18,103 @ 34.22	(RM) 3 @ 84.66		Scotland
4. Craig Williams (7)			4,970 @ 39.76	(RM) 89 @ 36.49		Namibia
5. Gerrie Snyman (6)			4,100 @ 39.04	(RFM) 68 @ 38.27	Namibia
6. Ryan ten Doeschate (5)		6,426 @ 46.90	(RMF) 182 @ 33.90	Netherlands
7. Stuart Robertson (+)			4,343 @ 33.15	(112 dismissals)	Rhodesia
8. Mohammad Nabi (4)			1,048 @ 26.87	(ROS) 61 @ 24.60	Afghanistan
9. Duncan Fletcher (1)			4,095 @ 23.67	(RFM) 215 @ 28.03	Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
10. Jimmy Allan (3)			4,988 @ 22.36	(SLA) 435 @ 25.69	Scotland
11. Peter Rawson (2)			1,976 @ 20.80	(RFM) 257 @ 23.90	Zimbabwe

Hopefully the contrasting bowling styles of Allan and Nabi will be of some benefit.

I'll definitely be making it a heavy spinning wicket when Cribb gets to simming it.

BFP up.

 

[BackFootPunch]

Tim Murtagh. Surprised he's still available tbh, had completely forgotten about him until I checked the scorecard for the Ireland/Sri Lanka game.

500 FC wickets at 27 will go nicely in my bowling attack.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Ha. He's an absolute steal for this round. Guess I never think of him as Irish, so I never thought of him.

Freddo x 2 now.

 

[morgieb]

FUUUU how did I forget about him. Cracking pick, best in the draft by a mile.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Freddo skipped.

BFP up x1, Fred up x 2

 

[BackFootPunch]

Kevin O'Brien.

 

[fredfertang]

Jeremy Bray
John Kerr
Ivan Anderson
Clive Inman
Tom Brierley +
Gamini Goonesena
Bart King
Alec O'Riordan
Dermott Monteith
Soren Henriksen
Tommy Kelaart

Can't do a draft and end up picking only one Lancashire player so Soren Henriksen comes in to beef up my pace attack - he didn't make the most of his limited opportunities in the county game but has a mightily impressive record elsewhere, and wasn't a negligible bat either

Number 11 is the greatest off-spinner Sri Lanks has ever produced - he averaged 5 runs a wicket over his career in senior cricket and is the only man from his country who ever dismissed WG Grace

 

[watson]

'he averaged 5 runs a wicket over his career' - that' s a very tidy number for an offie!

Just the same, I think that Murali might have a different view on the 'greatest off-spinner' tag though.

 

[fredfertang]

'he averaged 5 runs a wicket over his career' - that' s a very tidy number for an offie!

Just the same, I think that Murali might have a different view on the 'greatest off-spinner' tag though.

So do I tbh, but at least one Sri Lankan writer thinks otherwise a view, for the purposes of this thread, suits me fine

 

[watson]

Incidently, Tommy Kelaart bowled left-arm fast medium; so you must be meaning WT Kelaart, Tommy's dad. I'll shut up now.

 

[Prince EWS]

Incidently, Tommy Kelaart bowled left-arm fast medium; so you must be meaning WT Kelaart, Tommy's dad. I'll shut up now.

As far as I can see they were both known as Tommy.

 

[fredfertang]

They were indeed both Tommy, and I can't reconcile the cricinfo entry with the Sri Lankan article that I now can't find, but he certainly did dismiss WG - there is a little booklet about Tommy snr available that was published back in 1910, and although I am a very sad man even I'm not going to shell out £750 for the only copy I am aware is currently available - just goes to show that a properly researched history of Sri Lanka cricket is long overdue

 

[Prince EWS]

They were indeed both Tommy, and I can't reconcile the cricinfo entry with the Sri Lankan article that I now can't find, but he certainly did dismiss WG - there is a little booklet about Tommy snr available that was published back in 1910, and although I am a very sad man even I'm not going to shell out £750 for the only copy I am aware is currently available - just goes to show that a properly researched history of Sri Lanka cricket is long overdue

Is this it?

Who is Sri Lanka`s greatest ever off spinner? - Sri Lanka

Probably not where you saw it, but it seems to include all the details you know about him so it might be the article itself.

 

[fredfertang]

That's the one

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Fred - Bart King
BFP - Steve Tikolo
Heef - Ryan ten Doeschate
Ashwell - Maurice Odumbe
(Dan) - Mahadevan Sathasivam
Camo - John Davison
Morgie - Ole Mortensen
Brockley - Tom Cooper

Brockley - Thomas Odoya
Morgs - Kevin Curran
Camo - Roland Lefebvre
Asher D - Dave Houghton
Heef - Duncan Fletcher
BFP - Hamid Hassan
Fred - Gamini Goonesena

Fred - Clive Inman
BFP - Niall O'Brien
Heef - James Aitchison
Ashwell - Trent Johnston
Camo - Andy Pycroft
Morgie - Brian Davison
Brockley - Peter Ongondo

Brockley - Stephan Myburgh
Morgs - Derrick de Saram
Camo - Ilikena Talebulamainavaleniveivakabulaimainakulalakebalau
Asher D - Eddo Brandes
Heef - Gerrie Snyman
BFP - David Hemp
Fred - Alec O'Riordan

Fred - Dermott Monteith
BFP - Christi Viljoen
Heef - Peter Rawson
Ashwell - Clem Gibson
Camo - Dwayne Leverock
Morgie - Paul-Jan Bakker
Brockley - Michael Swart

Brockley - Peter Seelaar
Morgs - William Porterfield
Camo - Matt Machan
Asher D - Khurram Khan
Heef - Jimmy Allan
BFP - Hiren Varaiya
Fred - Jeremy Bray

Fred - Ivan Anderson
BFP - Andrew White
Heef - Brian Hardie
Ashwell - Mohammad Shahzad
Camo - Gary Wilson
Morgie - George Dockrell
Brockley - John Mooney

Brockley - Andy Mcbrine
Morgs - Kyle Coetzer
Camo - Dawlat Zadran
Asher D- Neil McCallum
Heef - Craig Williams
BFP - Saqib Ali
Fred - John Kerr

Fred - Tom Brierley
BFP - Arshad Ali
Heef - Stuart Robertson
Ashwell - Animul Islam
Camo - Joe Scuderi
Morgie - Ashish Bagai
Brockley - Peter Gillespie

Brockley - Mudassar Bukhari
Morgs - Andy Waller
Camo - Jeroen Smits
Asher D - Kevin Arnott
Heef - Mohammad Nabi
BFP - Tim Murtagh
Fred - Soren Henriksen

Fred - Tommy Kelaart
BFP - Kevin O'Brien
Heef - Ravindu Shah
Ashwell
Camo
Morgie
Brockley

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Ravindu Shah my last pick. Scored big runs against Pakistan A in 2004 (a century and a double ton) opening the batting. Not just making hay in the Intercontinental Cup. I need an opener, so in he goes.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

					Bat		Bowl			Nationality
1. James Aitchison 			2,786 @ 32.77				Scotland
2. Ravindu Shah				1,623 @ 49.18	(RMF) 5 @ 33.60		Kenya
3. Brian Hardie				18,103 @ 34.22	(RM) 3 @ 84.66		Scotland
4. Craig Williams (7)			4,970 @ 39.76	(RM) 89 @ 36.49		Namibia
5. Gerrie Snyman (6)			4,100 @ 39.04	(RFM) 68 @ 38.27	Namibia
6. Ryan ten Doeschate (5)		6,426 @ 46.90	(RMF) 182 @ 33.90	Netherlands
7. Stuart Robertson (+)			4,343 @ 33.15	(112 dismissals)	Rhodesia
8. Mohammad Nabi (4)			1,048 @ 26.87	(ROS) 61 @ 24.60	Afghanistan
9. Duncan Fletcher (1)			4,095 @ 23.67	(RFM) 215 @ 28.03	Rhodesia/Zimbabwe
10. Jimmy Allan (3)			4,988 @ 22.36	(SLA) 435 @ 25.69	Scotland
11. Peter Rawson (2)			1,976 @ 20.80	(RFM) 257 @ 23.90	Zimbabwe