Quiz Draft

[Spikey]

Well clearly I could not have, for you set a ten Test minimum qualification, you jackarse

 

[kyear2]

Furball picks Jeff Dujon

 

[Prince EWS]

Well clearly I could not have, for you set a ten Test minimum qualification, you jackarse

I pretty much just set that to avoid Jack Cowie appearing in the top ten bowlers though tbh.

 

[Spikey]

I pretty much just set that to avoid Jack Cowie appearing in the top ten bowlers though tbh.

WAC. You've always hated kiwis...

 

[Prince EWS]

WAC. You've always hated kiwis...

Especially that Sinclair ****.

 

[honestbharani]

Chris Martin > The World..

 

[zaremba]

Is that who you're picking, hb?

 

[honestbharani]

Ah damn.. I forgot it was my pick.. Need these updated lists, realy and I am posting off my phone. Sorry Z.. I was stating a fact there, but for my pick, I would take the one guy who would really complete my spin bowling line up.........





Simon Katich

 

[zaremba]

Murray Goodwin

 

[honestbharani]

Honest Hunks



Bob Simpson
Simon Katich
Sir Don Bradman (c)
Michael Clarke (vc)
Sir Clyde Walcott (wk)
Trevor Goddard
Aubrey Faulkner
Hugh Trumble
Vernon Philander
Neil Adcock
Waqar Younis


Got 2 right arm FAST bowlers, a wonderful right arm fast medium bowler, an ATG offspinner, an ATG leg spin bowling allrounder, an allrounder who bowls left arm medium pace, the GOAT at #3 and as skipper, a guy averaging 50+ at #4, an ATG as wicket keepr and #5 batsman, two solid openers who both bowl (and one of them bowls Chinamen and has a test fifer)... Got Right Arm Fast bowlers, Right arm Fast Medium bowlers, Right Arm Medium bowlers, left arm spinners (both orthodox and Chinamen), Right arm leg spin bowlers, Right Arm Offspin bowlers, and a left arm medium pacer.. How awesome is this team?

 

[Prince EWS]

Clarke at 4? Automatic fail.

 

[zaremba]

Apparently we can’t post more than 10 pictures in one post, so here’s Part 1 of the Who Needs Imran Anyway XI:

1. Murray Goodwin

CW50 ranking: not ranked

2. CB Fry

CW50 ranking: not ranked

3. Ted Dexter (c)

CW50 ranking: not ranked

4. KS Ranjitsinhji

CW50 ranking: not ranked

5. KS Duleepsinhji

CW50 ranking: not ranked

 

[zaremba]

Part 2:

6. Tony Greig

CW50 ranking: not ranked

7. Matt Prior (w)

CW50 ranking: not ranked

8. Maurice Tate

CW50 ranking: not ranked

9. Garth le Roux

CW50 ranking: not ranked

10. John Snow

CW50 ranking: not ranked

11. Mushtaq Ahmed

CW50 ranking: not ranked

 

[Eds]

Haha, love the addition of the CW50 rankings.

 

[weeman27bob]

Is the plan to post write-ups in this thread, to then be linked to in a voting thread?

 

[Howe_zat]

Lol at the idea there's a plan.

If you want to post write-ups, here would be best.

 

[Howe_zat]

Draft Round 1

1. honestbharani - Don Bradman
2. kyear2 - Garry Sobers
3. morgieb - Imran Khan
4. KingKallis - Malcolm Marshall
5. GingerFurball - Shane Warne
6. marc71178 - Muttiah Muralitharan
7. Spikey - Adam Gilchrist
8. weeman27bob - Curtly Ambrose
9. rvd619323 - Alan Davidson
10. Pothas - Keith Miller
11. Eds - Richard Hadlee
12. Michaelf7777777 - Viv Richards
13. Somerset - WG Grace
14. Blakus - Sydney Barnes
15. Cabinet96 - Glen McGrath
16. Agent Nationaux - Jacques Kallis
17. zaremba - Matt Prior
18. Himannv - Wally Hammond

Draft Round 2

1. GingerFurball - Brian Lara
2. kyear2 - Dennis Lillee
3. Michaelf7777777 - Sachin Tendulkar
4. Spikey - Ian Botham
5. KingKallis - Jack Hobbs
6. weeman27bob - Fred Trueman
7. morgieb - Joel Garner
8. honestbharani - Waqar Younis
9. Somerset - George Lohmann
10. rvd619323 - Len Hutton
11. Blakus - Ray Lindwall
12. zaremba - KS Ranjitsinhji
13. Pothas - Bill O'Reilly
14. Eds - George Headley
15. Cabinet96 - Andy Flower
16. marc71178 - Shaun Pollock
17. Agent Nationaux - Wasim Akram
18. Himannv - Allan Donald

Draft Round 3

1. honestbharani - Aubrey Faulkner
2. Michaelf7777777 - Sunil Gavaskar
3. KingKallis - Graeme Pollock
4. GingerFurball - Micheal Holding
5. rvd619323 - Frank Worrell
6. morgieb - Herbert Sutcliffe
7. Eds - Courtney Walsh
8. kyear2 - Barry Richards
9. Spikey - Clarrie Grimmet
10. Himannv - Frank Tyson
11. Pothas - Dale Steyn
12. weeman27bob - Hedley Verity
13. zaremba - CB Fry
14. Blakus - Greg Chappell
15. Agent Nationaux - Ken Barrington
16. Somerset - Victor Trumper
17. Cabinet96 - Jim Laker
18. marc71178 - Ricky Ponting

Draft Round 4

1. KingKallis - Alan Knott
2. honestbharani - Clyde Walcott
3. Michaelf7777777 - Kumar Sangakarra
=4. GingerFurball - Virender Sehwag
=4. Pothas - Kapil Dev
6. morgieb - Everton Weekes
7. kyear2 - Rahul Dravid
8. rvd619323 - Mike Procter
9. Himannv - Allan Border
10. marc71178 - Andy Roberts
11. zaremba - John Snow
12. Spikey - Harwood Larwood
13. weeman27bob - Les Ames
=14. Eds - Javed Miandad
=14. Agent Nationaux - Steve Waugh
16. Blakus - Denis Compton
17. Cabinet96 - Alec Bedser
18. Somerset - Fred Spofforth

Draft Round 5

1. honestbharani - Neil Adcock
2. KingKallis - Shane Bond
3. GingerFurball - David Gower
4. Spikey - Geoff Boycott
5. Michaelf7777777 - Wilfred Rhodes
6. kyear2 - Neil Harvey
7. morgieb - Dudley Nourse
8. Eds - Charlie Turner
9. zaremba - Maurice Tate
10. Somerset - Frank Woolley
11. Blakus - Wes Hall
12. marc71178 - Matthew Hayden
13. rvd619323 - Charlie Macartney
14. Pothas - Richie Benaud
15. Agent Nationaux - Rohan Kanhai
16. Himannv - Peter Pollock
17. weeman27bob - Bill Ponsford
18. Cabinet96 - Mohammad Yousuf

Draft Round 6

1. Michaelf7777777 - Arthur Morris
2. Spikey - Gordon Greenidge
3. honestbharani - Hugh Trumble
4. KingKallis - Clive Lloyd
5. kyear2 - Ian Bishop
6. zaremba - Ted Dexter
7. Pothas - Stan McCabe
8. GingerFurball - Shoaib Akhtar
9. rvd619323 - Doug Walters
10. marc71178 - Michael Hussey
11. Himannv - Peter May
12. weeman27bob - Patsy Hendren
13. Eds - Bruce Mitchell
14. Blakus - Mahela Jayawardene
15. Somerset - Monty Noble
16. morgieb - Charlie Blythe
17. Agent Nationaux - Alastair Cook
18. Cabinet96 - Graeme Smith

Draft Round 7

1. Michaelf7777777 - Fazal Mahmood
2. Spikey - Ian Chappell
3. honestbharani - Bob Simpson
4. KingKallis - Chris Cairns
5. kyear2 - Derek Underwood
6. zaremba - Tony Greig
7. Pothas - Inzamam-ul-Haq
8. GingerFurball - Kevin Pietersen
9. rvd619323 - Brian Statham
10. marc71178 - Desmond Haynes
11. Himannv - Bill Lawry
12. weeman27bob - Saeed Anwar
13. Eds - Warwick Armstrong
14. Blakus - Eddie Barlow
15. Somerset - Archie McLaren
16. morgieb - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
17. Agent Nationaux - Jason Gillespie
18. Cabinet96 - AB de Villiers

Draft Round 8

1. marc71178 - VVS Laxman
2. Spikey - Bob Willis
3=. GingerFurball - Andrew Flintoff
3=. kingkallis - Craig McDermott
5. honestbharani - Michael Clarke
6. Michaelf7777777 - Bill Johnston
7. kyear2 - Colin Croft
8. rvd619323 - Bobby Peel
9. Somerset - Johnny Briggs
10. Eds - Anil Kumble
11. Pothas - Alec Stewart
12. weeman27bob - Merv Hughes
13. Blakus - Vijay Merchant
14. morgieb - Bruce Reid
15. Cabinet96 - James Anderson
16. zaremba - Mushtaq Ahmes
17. Agent Nationaux - Mohammed Asif
18. Himannv - Hugh Tayfield

Draft Round 9

1. marc71178 - Terry Alderman
2. Spikey - Vijay Hazare
3=. GingerFurball - Marcus Trescothick
3=. kingkallis - Graeme Swann
5. honestbharani - Trevor Goddard
6. Michaelf7777777 - Jack Gregory
7. kyear2 - Justin Langer
8. rvd619323 - Denis Lindsay
9. Somerset - Herbie Taylor
10. Eds - Clem Hill
11. Pothas - Younis Khan
12. weeman27bob - Zaheer Abbas
13. Blakus - Martin Crowe
14. morgieb - Thilan Samaraweera
15. Cabinet96 - Ian Bell
16. zaremba - KS Duleepsinhji
17. Agent Nationaux - Graham Gooch
18. Himannv - Conrad Hunte

Draft Round 10

1. KingKallis - Mark Taylor
2. GingerFurball - Mark Waugh
3. Spikey - Lindsay Hassett
4. honestbharani - Vernon Philander
5. Zaremba - Garth le Roux
6. Somerset - Arthur Shrewsbury
7. kyear2 - Colin Cowdrey
8. Pothas - Roy Fredericks
9. marc71178 - Norm O'Neill
10. Michaelf7777777 - Clive Rice
11. rvd619323 - Dennis Amiss
12. weeman27bob - Bill Woodfull
13. morgieb - Shane Watson
14. Eds - Hanif Mohammad
15. Himannv - Godfrey Evans
16. Blakus - Vinoo Mankad
=17. Cabinet96 - Stuart Broad
=17. Agent Nationaux - Brendon McCullum

Draft Round 11

1. KingKallis - Hashim Amla
2. GingerFurball - Jeff Dujon
3. Spikey - Mohammed Azharuddin
4. honestbharani - Simon Katich
5. Zaremba - Murray Goodwin
6. Somerset -
7. kyear2 -
8. Pothas -
9. marc71178 -
10. Michaelf7777777 -
11. rvd619323 -
12. weeman27bob -
13. morgieb -
14. Eds -
15. Himannv -
16. Blakus -
=17. Cabinet96 -
=17. Agent Nationaux -

 

[weeman27bob]

Lol at the idea there's a plan.

If you want to post lineups, here would be best.

WAC, my write up stretches to four pages in word, I've put effort into this goddamit.

 

[Somerset]

Jack Blackham.

 

[Somerset]

Somerset XI

WG Grace 1848-1915 RHB, RM (22 tests, 1098 runs @ 32.29, 9 wickets @ 26.22)
Victor Trumper 1877-1915 RHB, RM (48 tests, 3163 runs @ 39.04, 8 wickets @ 39.62)
Arthur Shrewsbury 1856-1903 RHB (23 tests, 1277 runs @ 35.47)
Archie MacLaren 1871-1944 RHB (35 tests, 1931 runs @ 33.87)
Herbie Taylor 1889-1973 RHB (42 tests, 2936 runs @ 40.77, 5 wickets @ 31.20)
Frank Woolley 1887-1978 LHB, LM/SLA (64 tests, 3283 runs @ 36.07, 83 wickets @ 33.91)
Monty Noble 1873-1940 RHB, RM/OS (42 tests, 1997 runs @ 30.25, 121 wickets @ 25.00)
Johnny Briggs 1862-1902 RHB, SLA (33 tests, 815 runs @ 18.11, 118 wickets @ 17.75)
Jack Blackham 1854-1932 RHB, WK (35 tests, 800 runs @15.68, 37 catches and 24 stumpings)
George Lohmann 1865-1901 RHB, RMF (18 tests, 213 runs @ 8.87, 112 wickets @ 10.75)
Fred Spofforth 1853-1926 RHB, RFM (18 tests, 217 runs @ 9.93, 94 wickets @ 18.41)