Random country draft

[99*]

Stuff it, I'm taking it as 12 hours.

Somerset gets MoYo.

I'll take Hanif Mohammed*

And since I'm first next round, and it has to be the Windies, I'll take Malcolm Marshall.

G. Smith (RSA)
H. Mohammed (PAK)
D. Bradman (AUS)
M. Azhuraddin (IND)
H. Tillakaratne (SRI)
B. McCullum (NZ)
I. Botham (ENG)
x
M. Marshall (WI)
x
x

* - if Matt decides I'm wrong and can't pick now, and BB's pick cause Hanif to become unavailable I'll make my pick when I next get on, but MM is still my Windies pick regardless.

 

[honestbharani]

not gonna be on for another 13 hours.. u guys think it is ok or shud I send in my 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice now?

 

[Somerset]

Sir Garfield Sobers for my West Indian player - as good as Malcolm Marshall was, I'm more than happy to collect Sobers.

Glenn Turner
-
Vijay Hazare
Graeme Pollock
Mohammad Yousuf
Thilan Samaraweera
Sir Garfield Sobers
Adam Gilchrist
-
George Lohmann
-

 

[honestbharani]

Ok.. Gimme Clyde Walcott or Curtly Ambrose in that order.

 

[Himannv]

Seems I may lose my target player in this round as well. Am having awful luck in this draft lol.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Fazal Mahmood & Curtly Ambrose

& totally random countries for rounds 9-11 ftw. Keep it real, guys...

1) SM Gavaskar RHB (10122 runs @ 51.12)
2) EJ Barlow RHB; RMF (2516 runs @ 45.74; 40 wickets @ 34.05)
3) WR Hammond RHB; RMF (7249 runs @ 58.45; 83 wickets @ 37.80)
4)
5)
6)
7) CL Cairns RHB; RFM (3320 runs @ 33.53; 218 wickets @ 29.40)
8) AK Davidson LFM; LHB (186 wickets @ 20.53; 1328 runs @ 24.59)
9) Fazal Mahmood RFM; RHB (139 wickets @ 24.70; 620 runs @ 14.09)
10) CEL Ambrose RF; LHB (405 wickets @ 20.99; 1439 runs @ 12.40)
11) M Muralitharan OS; RHB (792 wickets @ 22.71; 1256 runs @ 11.62)

 

[Himannv]

I suppose that means HB gets Clyde Walcott and Cevno is up next?

 

[Matt79]

@ Himannv - Nah, you just need to do some more research on the Windies. The Windies Alltime 2nd XI would beat the AT 1st XI of every country bar Aus, Eng, and WI itself IMO, and maybe SA.

 

[Cevno]

Joel "Big Bird"Garner

 

[Cevno]

My team so far-

1)Sir Leonard Hutton
2)Marvan Attapatu
3)Greg Chappell
4)Sachin Tendulkar
5)Dudley Nourse
6)
7)
8)
9)Joel Garner
10)Shoaib Akhtar
11)Shane Bond



Would have loved to have gotten one of Imran Khan or Gary sobers in the last two rounds. But still pretty happy with my team.

 

[Himannv]

Hmm, after loads of thought, going for Viv Richards.

Team so far:

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Barry Richards
3. Viv Richards*
4. Inzamam-ul-Haq
5. Virender Sehwag
6. Bert Sutcliffe+
7.
8. Chaminda Vaas
9.
10.
11. Glenn McGrath

 

[Blakus]

Awesome top 3

 

[Himannv]

Ay, but still require a quality bowling attack so these last 3 rounds can either make or break my team.

 

[Matt79]

Hmm, after loads of thought, going for Viv Richards.

Team so far:

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Barry Richards
3. Viv Richards*
4. Inzamam-ul-Haq
5. Virender Sehwag
6. Bert Sutcliffe+
7.
8. Chaminda Vaas
9.
10.
11. Glenn McGrath

**** - you need bowlers man, not Viv!

 

[Matt79]

Round 8 - West Indies
99* - Malcolm Marshall
Somerset - Garry Sobers
Brumby - Curtly Ambrose
HB - Clyde Walcott
Cevno - Joel Garner
Himannv - Viv Richards
Zinzan
Joe
Blakus
matt79

 

[Himannv]

**** - you need bowlers man, not Viv!

I know. Riding my luck, which is probably not a smart thing considering how it's gone in the past rounds

 

[Matt79]

Tell you what, I'll select a Windies bowler, then swap him to you for Viv

 

[honestbharani]

Happy to have ticked off most bases so far with this team.


Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
-
Martin Crowe (NZ)
Mushtaq Mohammed (Pak)
Ken Barrington (Eng)
Clyde Walcott(WI) +
-
Shaun Pollock (RSA)
Dennis Lillee (AUS)
-
Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (IND)

 

[Himannv]

Tell you what, I'll select a Windies bowler, then swap him to you for Viv

LOL!!! How come man?

Might depend on what your policy is for the last 3 nations

 

[Matt79]

I like Viv!

I didn't know Bert Sutcliffe was a wicket keeper. Edit: according to Cricinfo he was not.