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"Missed Out in 2024 Polls" Draft
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capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Wayne Daniel
@Fuller Pilch
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CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Is Jason Holder available?
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
Looks like he is available. Will pick him and complete my team then.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
- Vijay Merchant
- Bill Woodfull (c)
- Cheteshwar Pujara
- Herbie Taylor
- Eddie Barlow
- Monty Noble
- Denis Lindsay (wk)
- Jack Gregory
- Wilfred Rhodes
- Sylvester Clarke
- Wayne Daniel
Vijay Merchant: Nicknamed "The Don of the East", during World War II Merchant averages a whopping 156. His FC average of 71 is only second to Don himself for 10000+ runs. While an average of 47.7 in 10 Test matches in English conditions without any not outs sounds good, especially when playing for a very weak batting line-up; his Test career fails to showcase his total potential imo. He toured England twice and scored 4130 FC runs at an average of 61.5 in England; his average being only behind Don and Headley, even including English batsmen. Bedser rated him ahead of Gavaskar and as the best foreign batsman in sticky dogs.
Herbie Taylor: South Africa's first great batsman. The only batsman to average 40+ while batting at Top 3 almost exclusively pre WWI besides Hobbs. His Magnum opus came in the series in which Barnes destroyed SA, taking 49 wickets in 4 matches. He was the only SA batsman who stood up to him, leading the run scorers chart ahead of Hobbs with 508 @50 vs Barnes.
Eddie Barlow: I think most people rate Eddie Barlow the batsman fairly well. Imo, his 45 Test average describes his batting adequately. But I think many people don't know how lethal Barlow the bowler was. His 34 Test average being 10 points higher than his FC, is due to some really solid misfortunes. His bowling first came into place and he got notable success with his outswingers in 1970, the year SA was banned. In the subsequent ROW XI vs England series, matches which initially had Test status, he took 20 wickets at under 20 for ROW XI vs England, being the second highest Wicket taker. He end up with 571 FC wickets @24.
Monty Noble: Probably the text book definition of a proper allrounder, Noble was among Australia's best of his time in batting, bowling, fielding and captaincy. Imo, the best Australian allrounder after Miller quite easily. Mostly batting at Top 5 his whole career, was rated highly for his abilities in Sticky dogs. Playing during Pre WWI 14000 FC runs @40 (2000 @30 in Tests) and 624 wickets @ 23 (121 @25 in Tests).
Wilfred Rhodes: To clarify, I am taking Rhodes the bowling allrounder, who was a very good lower order batsman; but arguably the best SLA of All Time. With more FC wickets than anyone in history in a very long career, his bowling average in Test marked down by playing a big proportion of his matches as a batsman who was a support bowler. Nonetheless, while centenary teams came around, he was included in almost every team as experts believed him to be an all conditions bowler, while Verity and Laker were seen as bad pitch ones. 40000 FC runs @30 (2325 @30 in Tests) and 4200 wickets @16.7 (127 @27) in a career spanning over 5 separate decades.
Sylvester Clarke: The lack of talent wasn't his problem, but the excess of in the hands of WI during his playing days was. Add to that his rebel tour and his Test career never got the opportunity to bloom. His talent properly came to fruition in his FC careers in England and SA, where he was as good as any bowler playing there. He took 591 wickets @19 in his County career for Sussex and took 193 wickets @ 20 in SA. In his best season in SA, he took 85 @12. He also had success in his limited chances in SC, took 21 @33 in India and was WI's best bowler by a mile and had a great series with 14 @17 in Pakistan.
Wayne Daniel: Pretty close to what happened to Clarke. Competitive team and lost favour due to WSC. Daniel played most of his career for Middlesex, where he became one of the most successful and popular overseas player in England and took a total of 867 FC wickets @22.5; mostly for Middlesex.
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Cricketer Of The Year
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Stuart Clark
01. Usman Khawaja
02. Simon Katich
03. Richie Richardson
04. Duleepsinhji
05. Douglas Jardine (c)
06. Shakib Al Hasan
07. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
08. Chris Cairns
09. Frank Foster
10. Kyle Jamieson
11. Stuart Clark
01. Usman Khawaja
02. Simon Katich
03. Richie Richardson
04. Duleepsinhji
05. Douglas Jardine (c)
06. Shakib Al Hasan
07. Mohammad Rizwan (wk)
08. Chris Cairns
09. Frank Foster
10. Kyle Jamieson
11. Stuart Clark
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Saleem Malik, please.
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Cricketer Of The Year
A.Cook /
S.Dempster /
Babar Azam /
E,Paynter /
D.Walters /o
B.McMillan /o
M.Boucher (w/k) /
R.Illingworth (c) /o
M.Morkel o
M.Martindale o
B.Reid o
A line-up with batting and bowling depth
Alastair Cook - The 5th highest Test run scorer of all time with 12472 runs @ 45.4
Stewie Dempster - Played just 10 Tests scoring 723 @ 65.73 before moving to England to play county cricket
Babar Azam - Ranked in the Top 10 of current players in all 3 formats. 3898 @ 45.86 in Tests
Eddie Paynter - 1540 @ 59.23 including 2 series v Australia where he averaged 84.43 (bettering Bradman in those games)
Doug Walters - 5357 runs @ 48.3 and 49w @ 29.1 make him a more than useful all-rounder
Brian McMillan - Rated as the best all-rounder of the 90s with 1968 runs @ 39.4 and 75w @ 33.8
Mark Boucher - More Test dismissals (555) than any other keeper plus 5515 @ 30.3 with 5 centuries
Ray Illingworth - 1836 runs @ 23.2 with 2 centuries. 122w @ 31.2 plus a wily captain with a healthy 12/5 win/loss ratio
Morne Morkel - 309w @ 27.7 formed a successful pace trio with Steyn and Philander
Manny Martindale - In a batsman friendly era took 37w @ 21.7 in just 10 Tests including 33 @ 14.8 in 2 series v England.
Bruce Reid - 113 w @ 24.6 his pace and left arm height troubled many. Unfortunately dogged by injury.
S.Dempster /
Babar Azam /
E,Paynter /
D.Walters /o
B.McMillan /o
M.Boucher (w/k) /
R.Illingworth (c) /o
M.Morkel o
M.Martindale o
B.Reid o
A line-up with batting and bowling depth
Alastair Cook - The 5th highest Test run scorer of all time with 12472 runs @ 45.4
Stewie Dempster - Played just 10 Tests scoring 723 @ 65.73 before moving to England to play county cricket
Babar Azam - Ranked in the Top 10 of current players in all 3 formats. 3898 @ 45.86 in Tests
Eddie Paynter - 1540 @ 59.23 including 2 series v Australia where he averaged 84.43 (bettering Bradman in those games)
Doug Walters - 5357 runs @ 48.3 and 49w @ 29.1 make him a more than useful all-rounder
Brian McMillan - Rated as the best all-rounder of the 90s with 1968 runs @ 39.4 and 75w @ 33.8
Mark Boucher - More Test dismissals (555) than any other keeper plus 5515 @ 30.3 with 5 centuries
Ray Illingworth - 1836 runs @ 23.2 with 2 centuries. 122w @ 31.2 plus a wily captain with a healthy 12/5 win/loss ratio
Morne Morkel - 309w @ 27.7 formed a successful pace trio with Steyn and Philander
Manny Martindale - In a batsman friendly era took 37w @ 21.7 in just 10 Tests including 33 @ 14.8 in 2 series v England.
Bruce Reid - 113 w @ 24.6 his pace and left arm height troubled many. Unfortunately dogged by injury.
HeathDavisSpeed
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
1. Dennis Amiss (3,612 @ 46.3)
2. Sanath Jayasuriya (6,973 @ 40.07, SLA 98 @ 34.34)
3. Aravinda de Silva (6,361 @ 42.97, ROS 29 @41.65)
4. Saleem Malik (5,768 @ 43.69)
5. Colin Bland (1,669 @ 49,08, Cheeky little mediums)
6. Carl Hooper (5,762 @ 36.46, ROS 114 @ 49.42)
7. MS Dhoni (4,876 @ 38.09)
8. Chaminda Vaas (3,089 @ 24.32, LFM 355 @ 29.58)
9. Bruce Taylor (898 @ 20.40, RFM 111 @26.60)
10. Brett Lee (1,451 @ 20.15, RF 310 @ 30.81)
11. Johnny Wardle (653 @ 19.78, SLA/LWS 102 @20.39)
I dunno whether my team will win many plaudits, but my word it'd be fun to watch. Some of the most mercurial talent in cricketing history in there. A balanced bowling line up with a bit of the grrr from Brett Lee. One of the greatest fielders of all time. Even if none of you guys love it, I do. So there!
2. Sanath Jayasuriya (6,973 @ 40.07, SLA 98 @ 34.34)
3. Aravinda de Silva (6,361 @ 42.97, ROS 29 @41.65)
4. Saleem Malik (5,768 @ 43.69)
5. Colin Bland (1,669 @ 49,08, Cheeky little mediums)
6. Carl Hooper (5,762 @ 36.46, ROS 114 @ 49.42)
7. MS Dhoni (4,876 @ 38.09)
8. Chaminda Vaas (3,089 @ 24.32, LFM 355 @ 29.58)
9. Bruce Taylor (898 @ 20.40, RFM 111 @26.60)
10. Brett Lee (1,451 @ 20.15, RF 310 @ 30.81)
11. Johnny Wardle (653 @ 19.78, SLA/LWS 102 @20.39)
I dunno whether my team will win many plaudits, but my word it'd be fun to watch. Some of the most mercurial talent in cricketing history in there. A balanced bowling line up with a bit of the grrr from Brett Lee. One of the greatest fielders of all time. Even if none of you guys love it, I do. So there!
CricAddict
Cricketer Of The Year
My team
Solid opening combo, a good batsman at 3 who can also bowl a bit, solid middle order from 3-5, an all-rounder, a good wicket-keeper, 3 pacers and a spinner. Proper balanced team.
Solid opening combo, a good batsman at 3 who can also bowl a bit, solid middle order from 3-5, an all-rounder, a good wicket-keeper, 3 pacers and a spinner. Proper balanced team.
| Gary Kirsten |
| Desmond Haynes |
| Ted Dexter |
| Ross Taylor |
| Damien Martyn |
| Vinoo Mankad |
| Prasanna Jayawardene (wk) |
| Jason Holder |
| Zaheer Khan |
| Jeff Thomson |
| Subhash Gupte |
Silver Silva
International Regular
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Opening with Bailey when you have two more conventional openers in Shrewsbury and Ahmed is certainly interesting.