Draft idea - bid for position

[Pothas]

Wally Hammond.

That is me done for a good while....

 

[Line and Length]

I had tossed up between Miller and Hammond. My decision was swayed by the number of strike bowlers already selected.

 

[Pothas]

Cannot believe ataraxia went for both McGrath and Ambrose. I would have surely taken Wasim over one of them.. Marshall, McGrath and Wasim is a bowling attack that is too sweet to be true. Just don't somehow like the idea of both Ambrose and McGrath in the same side. Plus, gonna be a rather long tail.

Tail will be absolutely fine if he picks a spinner who can bat. Don't see how Ambrose and McGrath is anything other than amazing, imagine actually having to deal with both.

 

[StephenZA]

Allan Anthony Donald

 

[StephenZA]

1.
2.
3. Kallis
4. Tendulkar
5. Lara
6.
7.
8.
9.
10. Garner
11. Donald

Now I get to sit and watch for a while.

 

[anil1405]

Tail will be absolutely fine if he picks a spinner who can bat. Don't see how Ambrose and McGrath is anything other than amazing, imagine actually having to deal with both.

Absolutely. Marshall is there to swing the ball both ways (at a searing pace too) and combine that with McGrath's accuracy and ability to nip the ball just enough plus Ambrose's aggression. A treat that.

 

[honestbharani]

LIke I said, I just don't see how an attack of Amrbose, McGrath, Marshall will necessarily pose more threat than an attack of Wasim, Ambrose/McGrath, Marshall. Its basically an added dimension with Wasim there and a bit more ability down the order too.

 

[AndrewB]

Picks so far:
kingkallis: Don Bradman, Gary Sobers, Fred Trueman
StephenZA: Jacques Kallis, Sachin Tendulkar, Joel Garner, Brian Lara, Allan Donald
Pothas: Imran Khan, Shane Warne, Jack Hobbs, Dennis Lillee, Wally Hammond
JOJOXI: Sydney Barnes, Dale Steyn, Steve Smith, Adam Gilchrist
trundler: Richard Hadlee, Sunil Gavaskar, Viv Richards, Waqar Younis
ataraxia: Malcolm Marshall, Glenn McGrath, Curtly Ambrose, Len Hutton
ankitj: Muttiah Muralitharan
honestbharani: Wasim Akram
Line and Length: Keith Miller


honestbharani (7 picks)
ankitj (8 picks)
Line and Length
JOJOXI
Line and Length (9 picks)
trundler (6 picks)
JOJOXI (2 picks)
ataraxia (3 picks)
kingkallis
ataraxia
Pothas
JOJOXI
kingkallis
ataraxia
StephenZA
ankitj (2 picks)
StephenZA (2 picks)
honestbharani (3 picks)
Pothas
kingkallis (2 picks)
StephenZA
Pothas
StephenZA
kingkallis
Pothas
kingkallis (3 picks)
Pothas (2 picks)
JOJOXI (3 picks)
StephenZA
trundler
ataraxia (2 picks)

 

[trundler]

Sunil Manohar Gavaskar

 

[kingkallis]

40 more to go...

 

[ankitj]

*sitting with Don, Sobers, Freddie and watching everyone else grabbing all the ATGs one by one...*

Dude stop cribbing. That's the nature of the game. You can't eat your cake and have it too.

 

[kingkallis]

Dude stop cribbing. That's the nature of the game. You can't eat your cake and have it too.

I am actually tired of Don talking crap about other legends he played with.

 

[marc71178]

LIke I said, I just don't see how an attack of Amrbose, McGrath, Marshall will necessarily pose more threat than an attack of Wasim, Ambrose/McGrath, Marshall. Its basically an added dimension with Wasim there and a bit more ability down the order too.

Whichever of the 3 you replace with Wasim it is a step down in ability though and Marshall at 9 is hardly a bad selection.

 

[honestbharani]

Whichever of the 3 you replace with Wasim it is a step down in ability though and Marshall at 9 is hardly a bad selection.

You gotta look at the trade offs. Yeah, 20 something to 23 something is a bit of a step down in terms of averages alone but cricket is a team sport and the variation will matter if we are considering an actual match up. And the Wasim batting thing is just a bonus. Imagine Wasim as first change AFTER you have had nothing from Marshall and one of McGrath/Ambrose. I just feel it would be more of a challenge given the match ups will be between ATG sides.

 

[AndrewB]

JOJOXI next, then things get interesting with various multi-picks...

 

[marc71178]

You gotta look at the trade offs. Yeah, 20 something to 23 something is a bit of a step down in terms of averages alone but cricket is a team sport and the variation will matter if we are considering an actual match up. And the Wasim batting thing is just a bonus. Imagine Wasim as first change AFTER you have had nothing from Marshall and one of McGrath/Ambrose. I just feel it would be more of a challenge given the match ups will be between ATG sides.

I am looking at the trade off and to me the decrease in ability is not worth the intangible of variation.

 

[honestbharani]

I am looking at the trade off and to me the decrease in ability is not worth the intangible of variation.

Fair enough. For me, it is.

 

[kingkallis]

Didn't JOJO time out?

 

[trundler]

How long did we agree on?

 

[AndrewB]

We didn't really agree on anything...