Quick World ATG XI draft- No Bradman

[smash84]

doug walters

 

[zaremba]

Chanderpaul

 

[Red]

sorry guys.....I was very busy at work.....haven't had the time at all

PM me a list of picks and I can select for you. It's holding things up a lot.

 

[Red]

I'm going for Bill Ponsford.


Magnificent batsman capable of very large scores. Average of 54 as a test match opener.

Abbot's XI

1. Bill Ponsford
2.
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Wally Hammond
5. Neil Harvey
6.
7. Les Ames
8. Kapil Dev
9. Richard Hadlee
10. Allan Donald
11. Bill O'Reilly

 

[Red]

Round 1

Himannv- Garry Sobers

Jager- Keith Miller

smalishah84- Imran Khan

zaremba- Malcolm Marshall

Monk- Richard Hadlee

rvd619323- Jack Hobbs

kingkallis- Shane Warne

watson- Glenn McGrath

kyear- Viv Richards

Round 2

kyear- Dennis Lillee

watson- Curtly Ambrose

kingkallis- Adam Gilchrist

rvd619323- Muralitharan

Monk- Wally Hammond

zaremba- Jaques Kallis

smalishah84- Sachin Tendulkar

Jager- Brian Lara

Himannv- Sydney Barnes

Round 3

Himannv- Alan Davidson

Jager- Waqar Younis

smalishah84- Joel Garner

zaremba- Len Hutton

Monk- Bill O'Reilly

rvd619323- Barry Richards

kingkallis- Fred Trueman

watson- Wasim Akram

kyear- Graeme Pollock

Round 4

kyear- Micheal Holding

watson- Greg Chappell

kingkallis- Ian Botham

rvd19323- Ray Lindwall

Monk- Allan Donald

zaremba- Mike Procter

smalishah84- Aubrey Faulkner

Jager- Herbert Sutcliffe

Himmanv- George Headley

Round 5

Himannv- Shaun Pollock

Jager- Clarrie Grimmett

smalishah84- Allan Knott

zaremba- Ricky Ponting

Monk- Les Ames

rvd619323- Javed Miandad

kingkallis- Sunil Gavaskar

watson- Steve Waugh

kyear- Jim Laker

Round 6

kyear- Bruce Mitchell

watson- Richie Benaud

kingkallis- Allan Border

rvd619323- Harold Larwood

Monk- Neil Harvey

zaremba- Wilfred Rhodes

smalishah84- Matthew Hayden

Jager- Andy Roberts

Himannv- Ken Barrington

Round 7

Himannv- Dale Steyn

Jager- Rahul Dravid

smalishah84- Hanif Mohammed

zaremba- Matt Prior

Monk- Kapil Dev

rvd619323- Charlie McCartney

kingkallis- Gordon Greenidge

watson- Bob Simpson

kyear- Frank Worrell

Round 8

kyear- Arthur Morris

watson- Clyde Walcott

kingkallis- Dennis Compton

rvd619323- Clive Rice

Monk- Kumar Sangakkara

zaremba- Archie Jackson

smalishah84- Saeed Ajmal

Jager- Everton Weekes

Himannv- Andy Flower

Round 9

Himannv- Victor Trumper

Jager- Dennis Lindsay

smalishah84- Doug Walters

zaremba- Shiv Chanderpaul

Monk- Bill Ponsford

rvd619323

kingkallis

watson

kyear

Round 10

kyear

watson

kingkallis

rvd619323

Monk

zaremba

smalishah84

Jager

Himannv

 

[watson]

Bill Ponsford was also deliberately chosen as an opener ahead of Victor trumper by Bradman in his ATG Aussie team to play his ATG England team.

 

[Dan]

Frank Woolley

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Barry Richards
3. Charlie Macartney
4. Javed Miandad
5. -
6. Frank Woolley
7. Clive Rice
8. -
9. Ray Lindwall
10. Harold Larwood
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[kyear2]

Lower order batting strength in ATG sides is way overrated in this forum. If your ATG batsmen couldn't make runs, why do you think the tail could?

I personally fully agree. It is a requirement that your keeper can hold a bat and average in the 30's and that your number 8 is at least capable, but the primary job of the bowlers is to get wickets and any contribution with the bat is a bonus. If you are relying on your bolwers to save you with their lower order batting then you are already in a loosing position.
What to me is of a greater importance is that you have at least three of your batsmen/bowlers who are good/great slip fielders, as it's a shame to have your great fast bowlers/spinner creating edges just to watch them fall to the ground. Catches do win matches. Additionally that batting all rounder is always needed to provide that all important fifth bolwer either for variety or just to facilitate rotating your front line bolwers.

 

[watson]

Stoked that you chose Frank Woolley. Capable of slaughtering an attack on his day, and a very useful left arm orthodox.

 

[kingkallis]

Courtney Walsh as the 3rd bowler

CricZo XI

1. Sunil Gavaskar /
2. Gordon Greenidge /
3.
4. Denis Compton /
5. Allan Border ( c ) /
6. Adam Gilchrist ( + ) /
7. Ian Botham o /
8. Shane Warne o
9.
10. Fred Trueman o
11. Courtney Walsh o

So it will be Trueman, Walsh, Botham and Warne - pretty neat looking bowling line up so far...

 

[watson]

JOHN WAITE


1. Simpson
2.
3. Walcott
4. G. Chappell
5.
6. S. Waugh
7. Waite (keeper)
8. Benaud (captain)
9. Akram
10.Ambrose
11.McGrath

 

[kyear2]

Ian Bishop

 

[watson]

Whoops, just realised that rvd. Can you delete your post in case kyear wants to pick the same player?

 

[Dan]

Whoops, just realised that rvd. Can you delete your post in case kyear wants to pick the same player?

Done

 

[watson]

Cheers.

 

[kyear2]

A.B. De villiers

 

[watson]

CLIVE LLOYD

1. Simpson
2.
3. Walcott
4. G. Chappell
5. Lloyd
6. S. Waugh
7. Waite (keeper)
8. Benaud (captain)
9. Akram
10.Ambrose
11.McGrath

 

[Dan]

A.B. De villiers

Damn..

Now the top 3 players I had in mind for the #5 slot in my side have been taken in the last round or so.

 

[kyear2]

Arthur Morris
Bruce Mitchell
Viv Richards
Graeme Pollock
Frank Worrell
A.B. De Villiers
--
Michael Holding
Dennis Lillee
Ian Bishop
Jim Laker

 

[kingkallis]

its rvd's turn. Right?