Dual draft thread. Drafting the best pre WW2 and post WW2 team(so it'l be 22 rounds)

[morgieb]

Classic

1. Sid Barnes
2. Warren Bardsley
3. Herbie Taylor
4. Wally Hammond
5. Dudley Nourse
6. CAG Russell
7. Billy Bates
8. Hugh Trumble
9. George Lohmann
10. Bill Bowes
11.

Modern

1. Geoff Boycott
2. Dennis Amiss
3. Kane Williamson (5)
4. Everton Weekes
5. Allan Border (6)
6. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
7. Farokh Engineer +
8. Peter Pollock (3)
9. Hugh Tayfield (4)
10. Neil Adcock (2)
11. Glenn McGrath (1)

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Great pick, I thought nobody was going to take Chanders. I would have but I already had four lefties in the top 6...

 

[watson]

Round 21:
OverratedSanity - Alastair Cook
mr_mister - Jeff Stollmeyer
Zinzan - Bill Edrich
TBP - Tiger Smith
J_C - Desmond Haynes.
Watson - Johnny Wardle
morgieb - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Red Hill - re-pick
Agent TBY - Bert Vogler
Samuel_Vimes - timed-out


Round 22:
Samuel_Vimes - timed-out
Agent TBY - Vijay Hazare
Red Hill
morgieb
Watson
J_C
TBP
Zinzan
mr_mister
OverratedSanity

 

[Agent TBY]

Classic

Jack Hobbs
Vijay Merchant
Clem Hill
Douglas Jardine (c)
Percy McDonnell
Les Ames (wk)
George Hirst (5)
Bert Vogler (3)
Bill Voce (2)
Clarrie Grimmett (4)
Ken Farnes (1)

Modern

Hanif Mohammad
Bill Lawry
Jacques Kallis
Neil Harvey
Inzamam ul Haq
Keith Miller
Andrew Flintoff
Godfrey Evans (wk)
Anil Kumble
Waqar Younis
-

 

[Red]

Lance Gibbs

Modern
Matthew Hayden
Graham Gooch
Hashim Amla
Greg Chappell
Frank Worrell *
Shakib Al Hasan 5
Kapil Dev 3
Allan Knott +
Richard Hadlee 2
Dennis Lillee 1
Lance Gibbs 4



Classic
Len Hutton
Charles Bannerman
Eddie Paynter
KS Duleepsinhji
Warwick Armstrong 5 *
Pieter van der Bijl
-
-
CTB Turner 1
Tibby Cotter 2
Bert Ironmonger 3

 

[watson]

Lance Gibbs already taken Red Hill by TBP, R14.

You also appear to be a pick short - two gaps but only round 22 left.

 

[Agent TBY]

Classic

Jack Hobbs
Vijay Merchant
Clem Hill
Douglas Jardine (c)
Percy McDonnell
Les Ames (wk)
George Hirst (5)
Bert Vogler (3)
Bill Voce (2)
Clarrie Grimmett (4)
Ken Farnes (1)

Modern

Hanif Mohammad
Bill Lawry
Jacques Kallis (5)
Neil Harvey
Vijay Hazare (6)
Inzamam ul Haq
Keith Miller (2)
Andrew Flintoff (3)
Godfrey Evans (wk)
Anil Kumble (4)
Waqar Younis (1)

Not sure who to make captain. Thoughts?

 

[watson]

3 x Picks for Red Hill to finish his teams.

 

[Red]

Sorry all, will pick tomorrow. Been a hectic few days.

 

[watson]

Sorry all, will pick tomorrow. Been a hectic few days.

Hope that it's nothing serious Red Hill.

 

[Red]

Round 1

The Battlers Prince - Garry Sobers
Agent TBY - Jack Hobbs
morgieb - Wally Hammond
mr_mister - Shane Warne
Samuel_Vimes - Adam Gilchrist
OverratedSanity - Harold Larwood
J_C - Sydney Barnes
Howe_Zat - Muttiah Muralitharan
ZinZan - Malcolm Marshall
Red Hill - Richard Hadlee
AldoRaine18 - Imran Khan
Watson - Jack Gregory

Round 2

Watson - Curtly Ambrose
AldoRaine18 - George Headley
Red Hill - Len Hutton
ZinZan - WG Grace
Howe_Zat - Sachin Tendulkar
J_C - Bill O'Reilly
OverratedSanity - Viv Richards
Samuel_Vimes - Fred Spofforth
mr_mister - Victor Trumper
morgieb - George Lohmann
Agent TBY - Clarrie Grimmett
The Battlers Prince - Alan Davidson

Round 3

Samuel_Vimes - Wilfred Rhodes
OverratedSanity - Herbert Surcliffe
morgieb - Glenn McGrath
Watson - Charlie Macartney
Howe_Zat - Denis Compton
J_C - Dale Steyn
mr_mister - Aubrey Faulkner
AldoRaine18 - Wasim Akram
The Battlers Prince - Graeme Pollock
Agent TBY - Keith Miller
Red Hill - Greg Chappell
ZinZan - Brian Lara

Round 4

Zinzan - Maurice Tate
Red Hill - Dennis Lillee
Agent TBY - Jacques Kallis
The Battlers Prince - Kumar Sangakkara
AldoRaine18 - Joel Garner
Mr_mister - Sunil Gavaskar
J_C - Ricky Ponting
Howe_Zat - Allan Donald
Watson - Bill Ponsford
Morgieb - Dudley Nourse
OverratedSanity - Fred Trueman
Samuel Vimes - Virender Sehwag

Round 5

The Battlers Prince - Barry Richards
morgieb - Allan Border
mr_mister - Michael Holding
Samuel_Vimes - Stan McCabe
Zinzan - Ian Botham
Agent TBY - Waqar Younis
Howe_Zat - Hedley Verity
AldoRaine18 - Clyde Walcott
J_C - Mike Procter
Red Hill - CTB Turner
Watson - Ray Lindwall
OverratedSanity - Jack Cowie

Round 6

OverratedSanity - Andy Roberts
Watson - Learie Constantine
Red Hill - Kapil Dev
J_C - AB De Villiers
AldoRaine18 - Arthur Morris
Howe_Zat - Rahul Dravid
AgentTBY- Les Ames
Zinzan - Ken Barrington
SamuelVimes - Steve Waugh
Mr_Mister - Tom Richardson
MorgieB- Everton Weekes
The Battler's Prince - Frank Woolley

Round 7

OverratedSanity - Lindsay Hassett
Samuel_Vimes - Manny Martindale
Howe_Zat - Johnny Briggs
J_C - KS Ranjitsinhji
The Battlers Prince - Shaun Pollock
morgieb - Neil Adcock
Agent TBY - Neil Harvey
watson - Rohan Kanhai
ZinZan - Monty Noble
Red Hill - Frank Worrell
AldoRaine18 - Javed Miandad
mr_mister - Ted McDonald

Round 8

mr_mister - Gordon Greenidge
AldoRaine18 - Richie Benaud
Red Hill - Warwick Armstrong
ZinZan - Patsy Hendren
watson - Peter May
Agent TBY - Clem Hill
morgieb - Hugh Trumble
The Battler's Prince - Gilbert Jessop
J_C - Jim Laker
Howe_Zat - Wes Hall
Samuel_Vimes - James Anderson
OverratedSanity - Maurice Leyland

Round 9

Howe_Zat - Clive Lloyd
AldoRaine18 - VVS Laxman
OverratedSanity - Kevin Pietersen
The Battler's Prince - Alec Bedser
Agent TBY - Bill Voce
Samuel_Vimes - Jack Blackham
Red Hill - Matthew Hayden
mr_mister - Andy Flower
watson - Bill Woodfull
ZinZan - Derek Underwood
morgieb - Geoff Boycott
J_C - JJ Ferris

Round 10

J_C - Younis Khan
morgieb - Bill Bowes
ZinZan - Bobby Peel
watson - Courtney Walsh
mr_mister - Phil Mead
Red Hill - Kumar Duleepsinhji
Samuel_Vimes - John Snow
Agent TBY - Vijay Merchant
The Battler's Prince - Stewie Dempster
OverratedSanity - Tich Freeman
AldoRaine18 - Timed Out
Howe_Zat - ????

Round 11

watson - Frank Foster
Red Hill - Eddie Paynter
mr_mister - Fazal Mahmood
J_C - Stanley Jackson
ZinZan - Frank Tyson
Samuel_Vimes - Mahela Jayawardene
OverratedSanity - Shoaib Akhtar
Agent TBY - Douglas Jardine
AldoRaine18 -
morgieb - Herbie Taylor
The Battler's Prince - Colin Blythe

Round 12
The Battler's Prince - Graeme Smith
morgigeb - Hugh Tayfield
AldoRaine18 - ?
Agent TBY - Anil Kumble
OverratedSanity - Bruce Mitchell
Samuel_Vimes - Johnny Tyldesley
Zinzan - Conrad Hunte
J_C - Shane Bond
mr_mister - Jock Cameron
Red Hill - Hashim Amla
watson - Arthur Mailey

Round 13
mr_mister - Brian Statham
Samuel_Vimes - Jeff Thomson
The Battler's Prince - Arthur Shrewsbury
Morgieb - Kane Williamson
Zinzan - Chris Cairns
Red Hill -Albert Cotter
watson - Bob Simpson
J_C - Amar Singh
OverratedSanity - Michael Clarke
Agent TBY - George Hirst

Round 14
AgentTBY - Inzamam-ul-Haq
OverratedSanity - Mitchell Johnson
J_C - Archie Jackson
Watson - Alan Kippax
Red Hill - Bert Ironmonger
Zinzan - Ernest Tyldesley
Morgieb - Sid Barnes
The Battlers Prince - Lance Gibbs
Samuel Vimes - Justin Langer
Mr_Mister - Steve Smith

Round 15
morgigeb - Warren Bardsley
mr_mister - Charles Fry
Zinzan - Martin Crowe
The Battler's Prince - Damien Martyn
Samuel_Vimes - Tom Hayward
watson - Ted Dexter
OverratedSanity - Vinoo Mankad
J_C - Doug Walters
Red Hill - Shakib al Hasan
Agent TBY - Hanif Mohammad


Round 16
Agent TBY - Bill Lawry
Red Hill - Alan Knott
J_C - Billy Murdoch
OverratedSanity - Martin Donnelly
watson - Archie MacLaren
Samuel_Vimes - David Gower
TBP - Bill Brown
Zinzan - Albert Trott
mr_mister - Mark Waugh
morgieb - Peter Pollock

Round 17
Samuel_Vimes - Jack Ryder
Agent TBY - Andrew Flintoff
OverratedSanity - Mohammad Nisser
mr_mister - Gubby Allen
watson - Bert Oldfield
Zinzan - George Giffen
Red Hill - Graham Gooch
J_C - Mark Taylor
TBP - Andrew Stoddart
morgieb - Billy Bates

Round 18
morgieb - Dennis Amiss
TBP - George Geary
J_C - Cyril Washbrook
Red Hill - Pieter van der Bijl
Zinzan - Saeed Anwar
watson - Dave Nourse
mr_mister - Jack Fingleton
OverratedSanity - George Ulyett
Agent TBY - Ken Farnes
Samuel_Vimes - RE Foster

Round 19
Red Hill - Charles Bannerman
Agent TBY - Godfrey Evans
Zinzan - Alan Melville
OverratedSanity - Ian Healy
TBP - Stan Nichols
Samuel_Vimes - JT Hearne
morgieb - Farokh Engineer
mr_mister - Aravinda De Silva
J_C - Joe Hardstaff jnr
watson - Mike Hussey


Round 20
Watson - Denis Lindsay
J_C - Allan Steel
mr_mister -Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
morgieb – Jack Russell
Samuel_Vimes
TBP – Eric Rowan
OverratedSanity _ Zaheer Abbas
Zinzan – Quinton de Kock
Agent TBY – Percy McDonnell
Red Hill - Tim Wall

Round 21:
OverratedSanity - Alastair Cook
mr_mister - Jeff Stollmeyer
Zinzan - Bill Edrich
TBP - Tiger Smith
J_C - Desmond Haynes.
Watson - Johnny Wardle
morgieb - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Red Hill - Stuart MacGill
Agent TBY - Bert Vogler
Samuel_Vimes - timed-out


Round 22:
Samuel_Vimes - timed-out
Agent TBY - Vijay Hazare
Red Hill - Sammy Carter
morgieb
Watson
J_C
TBP
Zinzan
mr_mister
OverratedSanity

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Awesome, thanks RH

 

[Red]

Modern
Matthew Hayden
Graham Gooch
Hashim Amla
Greg Chappell
Frank Worrell *
Shakib Al Hasan 5
Kapil Dev 3
Allan Knott +
Richard Hadlee 2
Dennis Lillee 1
Stuart MacGill 4



Classic
Len Hutton
Charles Bannerman
Eddie Paynter
KS Duleepsinhji
Warwick Armstrong 5 *
Pieter van der Bijl
Sammy Carter +
CTB Turner 1
Tim Wall 3
Tibby Cotter 2
Bert Ironmonger 4

 

[J_C]

Morgieb > Watson > J_C.

 

[watson]

Morgieb already has Boycott and Amiss and needs a Classic Bowler for his last pick, so I may as well finish with Roy Fredericks.


Classic
01. Bill Woodfull *
02. Bill Ponsford
03. Charlie Macartney 6
04. Alan Kippax
05. Archie MacLaren
06. Dave Nourse 5
07. Learie Constantine 2
08. Frank Foster 3
09. Jack Gregory 1
10. Bert Oldfield +
11. Arthur Mailey 4


Modern
01. Bob Simpson 7
02. Roy Fredericks
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Peter May *
05. Ted Dexter 5
06. Mike Hussey
07. Denis Lindsay +
08. Ray Lindwall 2
09. Johnny Wardle 4
10. Curtly Ambrose 1
11. Courtney Walsh 3



My Post-War team is a bit 6 out of 10, but the Pre-War team kicks arse I reckon.

 

[morgieb]

Classic

1. Sid Barnes
2. Warren Bardsley
3. Herbie Taylor
4. Wally Hammond (3) *
5. Dudley Nourse
6. CAG Russell (6)
7. Billy Bates (5)
8. Hugh Trumble (4)
9. George Lohmann (2)
10. Bill Bowes (1)
11. Herbert Strudwick +

Modern

1. Geoff Boycott
2. Dennis Amiss
3. Kane Williamson (5)
4. Everton Weekes
5. Allan Border (6) *
6. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
7. Farokh Engineer +
8. Peter Pollock (3)
9. Hugh Tayfield (4)
10. Neil Adcock (2)
11. Glenn McGrath (1)

Classic side might be short one bowler but otherwise I'm pretty happy with it. Openers strong, middle order great and some quality in the bowling too.

Modern probably stronger. Top 3 maybe a bit below the best but my 4-6 would match anyone. And my bowling is pretty damn good, too.

 

[J_C]

Mushtaq Mohammad.

Pre-WW2 XI

Cyril Washbrook
Archie Jackson
KS Ranjitsinhji
Joe Hardstaff jnr
Stanley Jackson / 6
Allan Steel / 5 (c)
Billy Murdoch +
Amar Singh / 2
Bill O'Reilly / 4
Sydney Barnes / 3
J.J. Ferris / 1


Post WW2 XI

Mark Taylor (c)
Desmond Haynes
Ricky Ponting
Younis Khan
AB deVilliers +
Doug Walters
Mushtaq Mohammad / 5
Mike Procter / 3
Jim Laker / 4
Dale Steyn / 1
Shane Bond / 2

 

[J_C]

TBP > Zinzan > mr_mister > OverratedSanity.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Jeff Dujon to finish my modern side. Top class keeper, never played in a losing series. Often found important runs or did an important job in partnerships.

Classic

1. Stewie Dempster
2. Bill Brown
3. Arthur Shrewsbury*
4. Eric Rowan
5. Andrew Stoddart
6. Frank Woolley
7. Gilbert Jessop
8. Stan Nichols
9. George Geary
10. EJ "Tiger" Smith+
11. Colin Blythe

Modern

1. Barry Richards
2. Graeme Smith*
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Damien Martyn
6. Garry Sobers
7. Jeff Dujon+
8. Alan Davidson
9. Shaun Pollock
10. Alec Bedser
11. Lance Gibbs

 

[Zinzan]

Billy Wade as keeper for my classic side. Strength of both my sides is the batting depth, with de Kock, Botham and Cairns 6,7 & 8 for the modern and even deeper for the classic, with all-rounders batting down to 10, with Albert Trott & Billy Wade who averaged 48 in FC cricket at 9.


Classic

1.W G Grace* 6
2.Alan Melville
3.Ernest Tyldesley
4.Patsy Hendren
5 Bill Edrich
6.Monty Noble 2
7.George Giffen 3
8.Maurice Tate 1
9. Billy Wade+
10.Albert Trott 5
11.Bobby Peel 4


Modern

1.Conrad Hunte
2.Saeed Anwar
3 Brian Lara
4.Martin Crowe
5.Ken Barrington*
6.Quinton de Kock+
7.Ian Botham 3
8.Chris Cairns 4
9.Malcolm Marshall 1
10.Derek Underwood 5
11.Frank Tyson 2