stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I do feel sorry for you, I really do.Picking 10th in round 11? Draw's rigged.
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Jumping the Shark Draft
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chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Hey stephen out of interest would you have picked a batsmen if one was still there?
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Was going to go for Jeff Dujion, but even though Gilchirst an average keeper compared to the other in the draft. He adds a fair bit to our batting. Hopefully he doesn't drop too many.
Ceylon Sharks
Vijay Merchant
Len Hutton (c)
George Headley
Everton Weekes
Mahela Jayawardena (vc)
Aubrey Faulkner
Adam Gilchirst (wk)
Ray Lindwall
Peter Pollock
Joel Garner
Frank Tyson
Balanced bowling attack with strike bowler in Tyson, a stock bowler in Pollock and two guys that could do both in Lindwall and Garner. Plus Faulkner with his aggressive leg breaks.
Very happy with the batting line, finally we get a brillant No 3. Brillant core in Hutton, Headley and Weekes. With Jayawardene, Faulkner, Gilchirst and Merchant to support. Happy I picked Merchant rather then a medicore opener like Taylor or Anwar. A bit disappointing he missed out on the other draft sides, brillant batsmen and up there with the best of his era. Will love opening with Hutton. Deep batting as well with Pollock at 9. Garner and Tyson now which end is up as well.
Ceylon Sharks
Vijay Merchant
Len Hutton (c)
George Headley
Everton Weekes
Mahela Jayawardena (vc)
Aubrey Faulkner
Adam Gilchirst (wk)
Ray Lindwall
Peter Pollock
Joel Garner
Frank Tyson
Balanced bowling attack with strike bowler in Tyson, a stock bowler in Pollock and two guys that could do both in Lindwall and Garner. Plus Faulkner with his aggressive leg breaks.
Very happy with the batting line, finally we get a brillant No 3. Brillant core in Hutton, Headley and Weekes. With Jayawardene, Faulkner, Gilchirst and Merchant to support. Happy I picked Merchant rather then a medicore opener like Taylor or Anwar. A bit disappointing he missed out on the other draft sides, brillant batsmen and up there with the best of his era. Will love opening with Hutton. Deep batting as well with Pollock at 9. Garner and Tyson now which end is up as well.
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International Debutant
Got a list of your side?
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Results:
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Pick Drafter Selection Accepted?
1.01 Chaminda_00 Joel Garner Accepted
1.02 Mr Wright Shoaib Akhtar Accepted
1.03 99* Shaun Pollock Accepted
1.04 Stephen Alan Davidson Accepted
1.05 Somerset Kevin Pietersen Accepted
1.06 Jamee Fred Trueman Accepted
1.07 Julien87 Clarrie Grimmett Accepted
1.08 Samuel Vimes Geoffrey Boycott Accepted
1.09 Michael7s Ray Lindwall Rejected
1.10 Nufan Jim Laker Rejected
1a.01 Michael7s(2nd att) Richie Benaud Accepted
1a.02 Nufan (2nd att) Alec Bedser Accepted
2.01 Nufan Javed Miandad Accepted
2.02 Michael7s Sid Barnes Accepted
2.03 Samuel Vimes Michael Holding Accepted
2.04 Julien87 Steve Waugh Accepted
2.05 Jamee Waqar Younis Accepted
2.06 Somerset Graeme Pollock Rejected
2.07 Stephen Bill O'Reilly Rejected
2.08 99* Glenn McGrath Rejected
2.09 Mr Wright Dean Jones Accepted
2.10 Chaminda_00 Wasim Akram Rejected
2a.01 Somerset Len Hutton Rejected
2a.02 Stephen Anil Kumble Accepted
2a.03 99* Adam Gilchrist Rejected
2a.04 Chaminda_00 Allan Donald Rejected
2b.01 Somerset Wilf Rhodes Accepted
2b.02 99* Jacques Kallis Accepted
2b.03 Chaminda_00 Frank Tyson Accepted
3.01 Somerset Ian Botham Accepted
3.02 Chaminda_00 Everton Weekes Accepted
3.03 Nufan Courtenay Walsh Rejected
3.04 Michael7s Charles Macartney Accepted
3.05 99* Ken Barrington Accepted
3.06 Samuel Vimes Greg Chappell Accepted
3.07 Jamee Dennis Lillee Rejected
3.08 Stephen Kumar Sangakkara Rejected
3.09 Mr Wright Alec Stewart Accepted
3.10 Julien87 Wes Hall Accepted
3a.01 Nufan Ian Bishop Accepted
3a.02 Jamee Graeme Smith Accepted
3a.03 Stephen Ian Healy Accepted
4.01 Julien87 Neil Harvey Accepted
4.02 Mr Wright Inzamam Ul-Haq Accepted
4.03 Stephen Andy Roberts Accepted
4.04 Jamee Kapil Dev Rejected
4.05 Samuel Vimes Keith Miller Rejected
4.06 99* Eddie Paynter Accepted
4.07 Michael7s Wally Hammond Accepted
4.08 Nufan Les Ames Accepted
4.09 Chaminda_00 Sunil Gavaskar Rejected
4.10 Somerset Frank Worrell Accepted
4a.01 Jamee Justin Langer Accepted
4a.02 Samuel Vimes Rahul Dravid Accepted
4a.03 Chaminda_00 George Headley Accepted
5.01 Nufan Denis Compton Accepted
5.02 Stephen Clyde Walcott Accepted
5.03 Chaminda Aubrey Faulkner Accepted
5.04 Mr Wright Stuart MacGill Accepted
5.05 Somerset Allan Border Rejected
5.06 Vimes Brian Statham Accepted
5.07 Julien87 Ian Chappell Accepted
5.08 Jamee Fanie de Villiers Accepted
5.09 Michael7s John Waite Accepted
5.10 99* Brian Lara Rejected
5a.01 Somerset Mike Procter Accepted
5a.02 99* Shane Bond Accepted
6.01 99* Alan Knott Accepted
6.02 Michael7s Jack Gregory Accepted
6.03 Jamee Clive Lloyd Accepted
6.04 Julien87 Arthur Morris Accepted
6.05 Vimes Farokh Engineer Accepted
6.06 Somerset Ricky Ponting Accepted
6.07 Mr Wright Craig McDermott Accepted
6.08 Chaminda Peter Pollock Accepted
6.09 Stephen Bob Simpson Accepted
6.10 Nufan Virender Sehwag Accepted
7.01 Jamee Martin Crowe Accepted
7.02 Mr Wright Matthew Hayden Rejected
7.03 99* Sanath Jayasuriya Accepted
7.04 Julien87 Jeff Thompson Accepted
7.05 Somerset Stan McCabe Accepted
7.06 Samuel Vimes Herbert Sutcliffe Rejected
7.07 Chaminda Mahela Jayawardena Accepted
7.08 Stephen Don Bradman Rejected
7.09 Nufan Trevor Goddard Accepted
7.10 Michael7 Eddie Barlow Accepted
7a.01 Mr Wright Doug Walters Accepted
7a.02 Samuel Vimes Gordon Greenidge Accepted
7a.03 Stephen Dudley Nourse Accepted
8.01 Michael7s Maurice Tate Accepted
8.02 Nufan Bishan Bedi Accepted
8.03 Stephen Shiv Chanderpaul Accepted
8.04 Chaminda Andy Flower Rejected
8.05 Samuel Vimes Bob Willis Accepted
8.06 Somerset Barry Richards Rejected
8.07 Julien87 Denis Lindsay Accepted
8.08 99* Chris Cairns Accepted
8.09 Mr Wright Bill Lawry Accepted
8.10 Jamee Shane Warne Rejected
8a.01 Chaminda Vijay Merchant Accepted
8a.02 Somerset Richard Hadlee Rejected
8a.03 Jamee Zaheer Abbas Accepted
9.01 Samuel Vimes Muttiah Muralitharan Rejected
9.02 Mr Wright Matthew Hayden Accepted
9.03 Somerset Andy Flower Accepted
9.04 Nufan Keith Miller Rejected
9.05 Jamee Kumar Sangakkara Accepted
9.06 99* Glenn McGrath Rejected
9.07 Michael7s Richard Hadlee Rejected
9.08 Julien87 Wasim Akram Accepted
9.09 Chaminda Len Hutton Accepted
9.10 Stephen Sunil Gavaskar Accepted
[B]9a.01 Samuel Vimes Brian Lara Accepted
9a.02 Nufan Kapil Dev Accepted
9a.03 99* Jack Hobbs Accepted
9a.04 Michael7s Allan Border Accepted
8b.01 Somerset Michael Hussey Accepted
[/B]
10.01 Stephen Imran Khan Accepted
10.02 Tharmi Adam Gilchrist Rejected
10.03 Julien87 Barry Richards Accepted
10.04 Michael7s Viv Richards Accepted
10.05 99* Dennis Lillee Accepted
10.06 Jamee Sachin Tendulkar Rejected
10.07 Nufan Herb Sutcliffe Accepted
10.08 Somerset Garry Sobers Rejected
10.09 Kyle Curtley Ambrose Accepted
10.10 Vimes Bill O'Reilly Accepted
10.01a Tharmi Ray Lindwall Accepted
10.02a Jamee Graeme Pollock Accepted
10.03a Somerset Malcom Marshall Rejected
11.01 Mr Wright Garry Sobers
11.02 Michael7s Don Bradman
11.03 Nufan Sachin Tendulkar
11.04 Stephen Keith Miller
11.05 Jamee Muttiah Muralitharan
11.06 Chaminda_00 Adam Gilchirst
11.07 Samuel Vimes
11.08 Julien87
11.09 99*
11.10 Somerset
10.01b Somerset
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stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
My pick priorities were Bradman, Sobers then Miller.
Currently my bowling is probably a little overkill and while my batting is deep is probably a shade underpowered. I just thought that other than Bradman, a pure batsman would given too much responsibility to Imran. Sobers would have balanced my team better than Miller, but Miller was still a good pick for me. Tendulkar (I think) was the only top 10 batsman other than Bradman anyway.
If I could not snag one of the remaining all rounders or Bradman I was going to look at picking up a bowler - thinking of Warne, Hadlee or Marshall. Imran would have had to shoulder more of a burden with the bat, but would have less bowling to do.
The worst position would have been to be left with a choice of Gilchrist, Murali or McGrath. My team could have used them and still been strong, but it would have meant that either my batting or bowling was slightly under strength for an all time team.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Malcolm Marshall
Julian87
State Captain
From what I can tell there are no specialist batsmen left, so:
Richard Hadlee.
Arthur Morris
Barry Richards
Ian Chappell
Neil Harvey
Steve Waugh
Denis Lindsay
Richard Hadlee
Wasim Akram
Wes Hall
Clarrie Grimmett
Jeff Thompson
Definitely a batsman short, but I'd hope my bowling would well and truly hold its own. I think it is a pretty well balanced bowling attack.
Jeff Thompson
Richard Hadlee.
Arthur Morris
Barry Richards
Ian Chappell
Neil Harvey
Steve Waugh
Denis Lindsay
Richard Hadlee
Wasim Akram
Wes Hall
Clarrie Grimmett
Jeff Thompson
Definitely a batsman short, but I'd hope my bowling would well and truly hold its own. I think it is a pretty well balanced bowling attack.
Jeff Thompson
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chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Thought that might be case. Interesting I thought I ****ed up by leaving my keeper to the end. But looking at it leaving your batsmen to end was the massive gamble. Some interesting sides coming up who look a tad short in batting or bowling due to their last pick.
Anyway I would bat Miller at four in your side. Would make it a lot more balanced imo. Chanderpaul doesn't even bat there for West Indies. Would also make Miller my captain, but I'm a fanboy.
Bob Simpson
Sunil Gavaskar
Clyde Walcott
Keith Miller
Dudley Nourse
Shiv Chanderpaul
Imran Khan (c)
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I haven't really given any thought to the batting lineup. Nourse was a specialist #4, and Miller played a lot of his career batting at #5 so I think the best batting order for my side is:Thought that might be case. Interesting I thought I ****ed up by leaving my keeper to the end. But looking at it leaving your batsmen to end was the massive gamble. Some interesting sides coming up who look a tad short in batting or bowling due to their last pick.
Anyway I would bat Miller at four in your side. Would make it a lot more balanced imo. Chanderpaul doesn't even bat there for West Indies. Would also make Miller my captain, but I'm a fanboy.
Bob Simpson
Sunil Gavaskar
Clyde Walcott
Keith Miller
Dudley Nourse
Shiv Chanderpaul
Imran Khan (c)
Bob Simpson
Sunil Gavaskar
Clyde Walcott
Dudley Nourse
Keith Miller
Shiv Chanderpaul
Imran Khan (c)
Ian Healy (wk)
Alan Davidson
Anil Kumble
Andy Roberts
The only out of position player there is Imran, who generally batted one higher.
This also separates the two prima donas in the team (Miller and Khan).
My tail ain't too bad either. Kumble and Roberts were hardly bunnies.
Out of interest, my batting averages 418 per innings and my bowling takes 20.4 wickets per match
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International Debutant
Yes, yes he did.