ATG Draft - Batting Averages

[cnerd123]

Sorry was busy.

Rahul Dravid for my 50+ pick.

Just leaves me with the 45-50 slot.

 

[smash84]

Kevin Pietersen (45-50)

The OS XI

Charles Macartney
Archie MacLaren
Brian Lara
Kevin Pietersen
George Giffen
-
Imran Khan
Harold Larwood
Fred Trueman
Stuart MacGill
Brett Schultz

That's a freakingly outstanding bowling attack. Will just about run through any batting side Bradman included (by Bradman standards of course)

 

[harsh.ag]

Had a quick check and these two picks can't conflict with anyone. So nightie night......

R10 = Bedi
R11 = Majid


01. Graham Gooch (42.58)
02. Majid Khan (38.92)
03. Viv Richards (50.23)
04. Neil Harvey (48.42)
05. John R. Reid * (33.28)
06. Trevor Bailey (29.74)
07. Ken Wadsworth + (21.48)
08. Sylvester Clarke (15.63)
09. Michael Holding (13.78)
10. Bishan Bedi (8.98)
11. Bhagwath Chandrasekhar (4.07)


Not sure why ***** didn't pick either when he could have, Draft going way too slow this late in the piece.

Cheeky, but well done. Unique bowling attack, the poetry of Holding and Bedi, complemented by the Sylvers' ruthlessness, and Chandra's genius

 

[OverratedSanity]

That's a freakingly outstanding bowling attack. Will just about run through any batting side Bradman included (by Bradman standards of course)

I like the batting too tbh. Not the most efficient one, maybe, but Macartney, Lara and KP will be flat out fun.

 

[harsh.ag]

morgie - Sachin Tendulkar
mister - Jack Hobbs
harsh - Graeme Pollock
Howe - Mahela Jayawardene
TBY - Sir Frank Worrell
watson - Graham Gooch
J_C - Greg Chappell
***** - Roy Fredericks
Shady - AB de Villiers
OS - Charles McCartney
Zinzan - Walter Hammond
kiwiviktor - Brendan Taylor
schearzie - Mark Waugh
WW - Graeme Smith

WW - Desmond Haynes
schearzie - Brian McMillan
kiwiviktor - Matthew Bell
Zinzan - Tom Hayward
OS - Kevin Pietersen
Shady - VVS Laxman
***** - Rahul Dravid
J_C - Peter May
watson - Bishan Singh Bedi
TBY - Hanif Mohammad
Howe
harsh
mister
morgieb

 

[smash84]

I like the batting too tbh. Not the most efficient one, maybe, but Macartney, Lara and KP will be flat out fun.

yeah batting is decent but that bowling attack.

All of Imran, Trueman, Larwood, and Schultz were scarily quick at their peak. And McGill is arguably the biggest turner of the ball the game has ever known (for leg spin bowling)

 

[harsh.ag]

yeah batting is decent but that bowling attack.

All of Imran, Trueman, Larwood, and Schultz were scarily quick at their peak. And McGill is arguably the biggest turner of the ball the game has ever known (for leg spin bowling)

It's a great bowling attack. All bowlers the type to run through the opposition. Imagine having Schultz as third change bowler. Kinda like having Johnson as third change. Would knock the wind out of any line-up.

 

[J_C]

I'd take Peter May (46.77) please.

 

[smash84]

It's a great bowling attack. All bowlers the type to run through the opposition. Imagine having Schultz as third change bowler. Kinda like having Johnson as third change. Would knock the wind out of any line-up.

yeah, with that 3rd change i am sure some of the opposition will have a "broken ****ing arm"

 

[Agent TBY]

Odd Jobs XI

WG Grace (30-35)
Hanif Mohammad (40-45)
Sir Frank Worrell (45-50)
Jacques Kallis (50+)
Warwick Armstrong (35-40)
Michael Bevan (25-30)
Ray Lindwall (20-25)
Clarrie Grimmett (10-15)
Glenn McGrath (5-10)
Ken Farnes (0-5)

 

[Howe_zat]

Chris Gayle to provide a bombastic yin to Hutton's technically correct yang

Hutton
Gayle
Woolley
Jayawardene
Darling
-
Botham
Murray
Warne
Waqar
Walsh

 

[OverratedSanity]

Odd Jobs XI

WG Grace (30-35)
Hanif Mohammad (40-45)
Sir Frank Worrell (45-50)
Jacques Kallis (50+)
Warwick Armstrong (35-40)
Michael Bevan (25-30)
Ray Lindwall (20-25)
Clarrie Grimmett (10-15)
Glenn McGrath (5-10)
Ken Farnes (0-5)

Awesome side

 

[harsh.ag]

On second thoughts, on account of batting depth, will go for Chris Read. The best modern English wicket-keeper, along the lines of Bob Taylor, and a much better batsman.

 

[harsh.ag]

morgie - Sachin Tendulkar
mister - Jack Hobbs
harsh - Graeme Pollock
Howe - Mahela Jayawardene
TBY - Sir Frank Worrell
watson - Graham Gooch
J_C - Greg Chappell
***** - Roy Fredericks
Shady - AB de Villiers
OS - Charles McCartney
Zinzan - Walter Hammond
kiwiviktor - Brendan Taylor
schearzie - Mark Waugh
WW - Graeme Smith

WW - Desmond Haynes
schearzie - Brian McMillan
kiwiviktor - Matthew Bell
Zinzan - Tom Hayward
OS - Kevin Pietersen
Shady - VVS Laxman
***** - Rahul Dravid
J_C - Peter May
watson - Bishan Singh Bedi
TBY - Hanif Mohammad
Howe - Chris Gayle
harsh - Chris Read
mister - Clive Lloyd
morgieb

 

[Agent TBY]

On second thoughts, on account of batting depth, will go for Chris Read. The best modern English wicket-keeper, along the lines of Bob Taylor, and a much better batsman.

gdi

 

[mr_mister]

EDIT- As I so often do in these things, im quickly changing my mind. Clive Lloyd dammit.

Clive Lloyd (45-50)

 

[harsh.ag]

gdi

Haha dude, our picks have been parallel this whole time. We had the same idea of how to build the side

 

[mr_mister]

my team

Jack Hobbs
Alec Stewart +
Roger Twose
Aravinda De Silva
Clive Lloyd
Gavin Hamilton
Shaun Pollock
Heath Streak
Trent Boult
Bill O'Reilly
~

 

[watson]

yeah batting is decent but that bowling attack.

All of Imran, Trueman, Larwood, and Schultz were scarily quick at their peak. And McGill is arguably the biggest turner of the ball the game has ever known (for leg spin bowling)

You should never discount a class batsman, not even an average one, as they are always capable of resisting the best and nastiest of bowlers. I've randomly found a few successful series for my batsman, and I'm sure everyone else could do the same or similar for their team.


Graham Gooch 1981 series v West Indies: Average = 57.50
Bowlers: Marshall, Holding, Garner, Croft

Majid Khan 1977 series v West Indies: Average = 53.00
Bowlers: Roberts, Garner, Croft, Julien

Viv Richards 1981 series v Pakistan: Average = 72.58
Bowlers: Imran, Sarfraz, Qadir, Qasim

Neil Harvey 1961 series v England: Average = 42.25
Bowlers: Trueman, Statham, Allen, Illingworth

John R Reid 1960/61 series v South Africa: Average = 60.66
Bowlers: Pollock, Adcock, Heine

Trevor Bailey 1954/55 series v Australia: Average = 37.00
Bowlers: Lindwall, Miller, Davidson, Johnston,


As always, the best teams are those who strike a happy balance between their batting and bowling, such that they can make reasonable totals and defend them by counter attacking no matter what the conditions or circumstances demand.


EDIT: Quite surprised to find that Harvey was either a bit of a minnow basher, or more at home against quality spin rather than quality pace. At least, that's my impression after a brief look at his series averages.

 

[Shady Slim]

Final Round
*****
Howe
WW
morgie
Shady
harsh
mister
J_C
TBY
OS
kiwiviktor
Zinzan
watson
schearzie

meaning:
watson - Bhagwath Chandrasekhar
WalkingWicket - Bruce Reid
kiwiviktor81 - Sir Garry Sobers
harsh.ag - Sir Richard Hadlee
Agent TBY - Glenn McGrath
J_C - Dilip Doshi
Zinzan - Victor Trumper
***** - Bert Ironmonger
Mr_mister - Alec Stewart
schearzie - Dennis Lillee
Shady Slim - Alf Valentine
OverratedSanity - Imran Khan
Howe_zat - Shane Warne
morgieb - Keith Miller

morgieb - Chris Martin
Howe_zat - Ian Botham
OverratedSanity - Brett Schultz
Shady Slim - Farokh Engineer
schearzie - Wasim Akram
mr_mister - Shaun Pollock
***** - Michael Atherton
Zinzan - Malcolm Marshall
J_C - Alan Davidson
Agent TBY - WG Grace
harsh.ag - CB Fry
kiwiviktor81 - Virender Sehwag
WalkingWicket - Mike Proctor
Watson - Viv Richards

J_C - SF Barnes
watson - Trevor Bailey
OS - Harold Larwood
kiwiviktor - B McCullum
morgie - Murali
harsh.ag - Clem Hill
schearzie - Bill Bowes
TBY - Michael Bevan
***** - Salim Durani
Howe - Courtney Walsh
Zinzan - Adam Gilchrist
WW - Curtly Ambrose
Shady - Jonty Rhodes
mr_mister - Bill O'Reilly

mr_mister - Roger Twose
Shady - Mark Ramprakash
WW - Anil Kumble
Zinzan - Dale Steyn
Howe - Joe Darling
***** - Sir Wes Hall
TBY - Ray Lindwall
schearzie - Archie Jackson
harsh.ag - Richie Benaud
morgie - Matthew Elliot
kiwiviktor - Sir Andy Roberts
OS - George Giffen
watson - Michael Holding
J_C - Hugh Tayfield

kiwiviktor - Dan Vettori
Howe - Waqar Younis
WW - George Lohmann
schearzie - Lance Gibbs
OS - Archie MacLaren
Zinzan - Makhaya Ntini
J_C - Joel Garner
watson - Sylvester Clark
***** - Fred Spofforth
mr_mister - Heath Streak
harsh.ag - Gordon Greenidge
TBY - Clarrie Grimmett
morgie - Ryan Harris
Shady - Mike Brearley

Shady - Terry Alderman
morgieb - Ian Healy
TBY - Ken Farnes
harsh.ag - Allan Donald
mr mister - Gavin Hamilton
***** - Bert Oldfield
watson - Neil Harvey
J_C - Billy Murdoch
Zinzan - Jack Saunders
OS - Fred Trueman
schearzie - Don Tallon
WW - Godfrey Evans
Howe - Deryck Murray
kiwiviktor - Mark Richardson

kiwiviktor - Willie Watson
TBY - Jacques Kallis
OS - Stuart MacGill
Zinzan - Martin Guptill
Howe - Frank Wooley
J_C - Arthur Shrewsbury
mister - Trent Boult
Shady - James Anderson
morgie - Jimmy Cook
***** - MAK Pataudi
harsh - Neil Adcock
WW - Marvan Atapattu
schearzie - Grant Flower
watson - John R. Reid

watson - Ken Wadsworth
schearzie - Monty Noble
WW - Rocky Ponting
harsh - Rohan Kanhai
***** - Jeff Thomson
morgie - Mohd Asif
Shady - Tim Southee
mister - Aravinda de Silva
J_C - David Gower
Howe - Len Hutton
Zinzan - Chaminda Vaas
OS - Brian Lara
TBY - Warwick Armstrong
kiwiviktor - Andre Adams

morgie - Sachin Tendulkar
mister - Jack Hobbs
harsh - Graeme Pollock
Howe - Mahela Jayawardene
TBY - Sir Frank Worrell
watson - Graham Gooch
J_C - Greg Chappell
***** - Roy Fredericks
Shady - AB de Villiers
OS - Charles McCartney
Zinzan - Walter Hammond
kiwiviktor - Brendan Taylor
schearzie - Mark Waugh
WW - Graeme Smith

WW - Desmond Haynes
schearzie - Brian McMillan
kiwiviktor - Matthew Bell
Zinzan - Tom Hayward
OS - Kevin Pietersen
Shady - VVS Laxman
***** - Rahul Dravid
J_C - Peter May
watson - Bishan Singh Bedi
TBY - Hanif Mohammad
Howe - Chris Gayle
harsh - Chris Read
mister - Clive Lloyd
morgie - Inzamam-ul-Haq

***** - Martin Crowe
Howe - Fred Grace
WW
morgie
Shady
harsh
mister
J_C
TBY
OS
kiwiviktor
Zinzan
watson
schearzie