Clause-Mystery-Choice Draft Thread 2014

[bagapath]

Is Ian Johnson available for selection? Please clarify that for the next selector

 

[harsh.ag]

Very clever harsh! Hopefully we won't travel back too far in time such that Monk or I will be picking Alfred Mynn.

Yeah, let's keep our fingers crossed

Is Ian Johnson available for selection? Please clarify that for the next selector

Yes.

 

[Howe_zat]

Any problems?

I'm guessing players with no test wickets are ineligible?

Not a problem with it, just clarifying

 

[AldoRaine18]

And I get my number 5 as well. Keith Miller.

4th Test: West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, May 14-20, 1955 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[harsh.ag]

I'm guessing players with no test wickets are ineligible?

Not a problem with it, just clarifying

Yes, they are ineligible.

 

[AldoRaine18]

After Round 10 :

01. Virender Sehwag
02. Saeed Anwar
03. George Headley
04. Greg Chappell
05. Keith Miller
06.
07. Imran Khan
08. Deryck Murray
09. Bert Vogler
10. Dale Steyn
11. Bob Willis

 

[harsh.ag]

And I get my number 5 as well. Keith Miller.

4th Test: West Indies v Australia at Bridgetown, May 14-20, 1955 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

Wow, he was still availabale after 3 choice rounds. Good stuff!

 

[harsh.ag]

After Round 10 :

01. Virender Sehwag
02. Saeed Anwar
03. George Headley
04. Greg Chappell
05. Keith Miller
06.
07. Imran Khan
08. Deryck Murray
09. Bert Vogler
10. Dale Steyn
11. Bob Willis

Massive pace bowling attack!

 

[Howe_zat]

****. At first read I thought you had to pick a player who'd been dismissed by the previous pick. So I did the research and found Aldo had to pick Morris who is Weekes' only wicket, which meant Weeman had to pick Bedser, so I'd pick Miller. I was about to vm it and everything.

 

[AldoRaine18]

Thanks harsh. Indeed, i was surprised that he was there.

 

[harsh.ag]

Round X:

Bagapath - Everton Weekes
AldoRaine18 - Keith Miller
Weeman27bob
Howe_zat
ohnoitsyou
morgieb
watson
Monk

The fourth and final clause is:


You must pick a player who dismissed or was dismissed by the player chosen before your turn.

For Bagapath, I will begin with a player chosen by me (not WG because that would defeat the purpose of this clause, as we will be stuck in the 19th century, and I am sure nobody wants that!).

And the player that Bagapath has to base his pick on is Ian Johnson (Test Debut 1946)

 

[harsh.ag]

There is a certain level of strategy involved here, of course. You might not want to just bite down on your favorite pick here.

I thought this would also give people a chance to select batsmen, wks, bowlers, and all-rounders, anything they want.

 

[watson]

There is a certain level of strategy involved here, of course. You might not want to just bite down on your favorite pick here.

I thought this would also give people a chance to select batsmen, wks, bowlers, and all-rounders, anything they want.

Fortunately Monk needs both a batsman and a bowler so I'm pretty right I think.

For the record Morgie, I need a middle order batsman

 

[harsh.ag]

TEAMS SO FAR

Morgieb's XI
Michael Slater
Marvan Attapattu
Sir Vivian Richards
Javed Miandad
...
Billy Barnes
Brian McMillan
...
Fred Trueman
Glenn McGrath
Muttiah Muralitharan


Watson's XI
Eddie Barlow
Conrad Hunte
Tom Graveney
Graeme Pollock
...
Aubrey Faulkner
...
Mike Procter
George Thompson
Malcolm Marshall
Courtney Walsh


Bagapath's XI
WG Grace
Bob Simpson
...
Everton Weekes
Sir Garfield Sobers
Gilbert Jessop
Prasanna Jayawardene +
Clarrie Grimmett
John Snow
Curtly Ambrose
Ken Higgs


Monk's XI
Barry Richards
John Wright
Charlie Macartney
Brian Charles Lara
...
Wilfred Rhodes
Shane Watson
...
George Fullerton +
Joel Garner
Dennis Lillee


ohno's XI
Geoff Boycott
Sunil Gavaskar
Ricky Ponting
Arthur Shrewsbury
Kris Srikkanth
Chris Cairns
...
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Khan Mohammad
...


Howe's XI

Sir Len Hutton
Lawrence Rowe
Wally Hammond
Sachin Tendulkar
Jacques Kallis
AB de Villiers
...
...
Charlie Turner
Bill O'Reilly
Mohammad Amir


Aldo's XI
Virender Sehwag
Saeed Anwar
George Headley
Greg Chappell
Keith Miller
...
Imran Khan
Derryck Murray +
Bert Vogler
Dale Steyn
Bob Willis


Weeman's XI
Sir Jack Hobbs
Gordon Greenidge
Daryll Cullinan
...
...
Warwick Armstrong
Adam Gilchrist +
Sir Richard Hadlee
Frank Foster
Hedley Verity
Bruce Reid

 

[Howe_zat]

why do you insist on putting Amir at 11?

 

[watson]

why do you insist on putting Amir at 11?

Because the batting averages of Amir and O'Reilly are almost identical. However, O'Reilly has a better HS.

Anyway, harsh isn't insisting on anything.

 

[AldoRaine18]

A bit more expanded view of my team so far. Not sure if it can be used for the voting thread, I don't mind doing this format for everyone.

 

[watson]

Wow, very nice Aldo.

 

[AldoRaine18]

Thanks mate.

 

[weeman27bob]

Seems like there's an embarrassment of quality middle order batsmen dismissed by Miller.

I'll take Clyde Walcott.


Finding it a bit difficult to link to a scorecard on my phone though.