Test Average Draft

[JOJOXI]

@Jarquis timed out

@Krypto

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Final Xi

Barry Richards
Brendon Kuruppu
Cyril Walters
Charlie Davis
Cliff McWatt
Jack Gregory
MS Dhoni+
Ravindra Jadeja
Ray Illingworth
Micheal Holding
Jasprit Bumrah

 

[Krypto]

Ok so this kinda sucks, have a wildcard but can't use it, could've been sneaky and wait on the time out drafter to see if I get lucky. However checking now who is available. Sucks as I'm almost sure won't get what I need. Will give name shortly

 

[Krypto]

Ok I cannot complete my team within my own criteria so I'll just select my favorite player among the options available Bert Ironmonger Bowl 17.97 @ataraxia. Unfortunate at the end their for me however tried my best one away from a balanced team.

1) John Rutherford
2) Geoff Boycott
3) Daryll Cullinan
4) Basil D'Oliveira
5) Mark Boucher(W/K)
6) Chris Cairns
7) Paul Reiffel
8) Saqlain Mushtaq
9) Winston Davis
10) Trent Boult
11) Bert Ironmonger

 

[Prince EWS]

Johnny Briggs 18.11

Warwick Armstrong 6
Jack Blackham+
Neil Harvey
Sachin Tendulkar
Martin Donnelly
Allan Steel 7
Johnny Briggs 5
Mark Wood 3
John Snow 2
Glenn McGrath 1
Muttiah Muralidaran 4

No dud players at least but a suboptimal balance.

Briggs has nosebleeds at 7 but heaps of these picks are gun. Some of the most underrated players ever in there.

 

[Teuton]

Who's left to finish this lottery?

 

[JOJOXI]

Hadn't listed my team out

Imran Butt
Eddie Barlow
Frank Hayes
Allan Border (c)
Clyde Walcott (wk)
Aubrey Faulkner
Richard Hadlee
Wilfried Rhodes
Shane Warne
Billy Barnes
Dale Steyn

 

[JOJOXI]

Who's left to finish this lottery?

@ataraxia with just over an hour left until they time out

@Jarquis with a catchup pick


Pothas and weeman27bob left after ataraxia

 

[ataraxia]

I thought that I wouldn't be saddled with that universal fate of a bowler too many – but, alas...

Fred Spofforth (18.41)

@Pothas

 

[ataraxia]

1 Gordon Greenidge /
2 Arthur Shrewsbury /
3 Kane Williamson* /
4 Patsy Hendren /
5 Collie Smith / o
6 Denis Lindsay + /
7 Maurice Tate o /
8 Malcolm Marshall o /
9 Clarrie Grimmett o
10 Geoff Lawson o
11 Fred Spofforth o

Well, the bowling's pretty good.

 

[CricAddict]

My team

Kraigg Brathwaite
Barry Sinclair
Ron George Headley
Jacques Kallis
Hashmatullah Shahidi
Shakib Al Hasan
P Jayawardene
Mike Procter
Imran Khan
Merv Hughes
Mitchell Starc

The splendid batting depth makes up for the weak top order with Procter and Imran at 8 and 9 to support Kallis and Shakib and Starc batting at 11. Hopefully Barry and Headley can invoke some of the spirit of Barry Richards and George Headley to give the team a good start.

The bowling lineup is the strength of my team. Two atgs in Imran and Procter supported by 2 atvgs Hughes and Starc and also two atg allrounders in Kallis and Shakib. Kraigg can provide some spin support too. Prasanna is a solid keeper who can support them all.

 

[Shri]

1. Vinoo Mankad - B5
2. Conrad Hunte
3. Majid Khan
4. Joe Root
5. Matt Prior - WK
6. Lance Klusener - B7
7. Daniel Vettori - B6 - Captain
8. Alan Davidson - B2
9. Rashid Khan - B4
10. Praveen Kumar - B1
11. Neil Wagner - B3

Inspired by India. Real batting starts at #6, with two atg bats in the top/middle order order.

 

[Line and Length]

After all my moaning, I forgot to attach a spiel to my final team so here goes.

Michael Atherton /
Peter Richardson /
Marnus Labuschagne /o
Walter Hammond (c) /o
Colin Cowdrey /
Morice Bird /o
Harold Larwood o
Gil Langley (w/k)
Curtly Ambrose o
Matthew Hoggard o
Danish Kaneira o

A pair of steady if unremarkable openers are followed a trio of talented middle order batsmen, including an ATG. It may be asking a bit of Bird to be a Test all rounder but he is regarded as such in FC ranks. Larwood is no slouch at #7 with a Test knock of 98 and 3 FC centuries. Langley is a more than competent Test 'keeper, having taken over from the highly regarded Don Tallon. Initially selected in Shield cricket as a batsman, he adds depth to the batting.
Ambrose. Hoggard and Larwood make up a fine pace attack with Hammond and Bird in support. Danish Kaneira, with 261 Test victims, provides the spin with back up from Labuschagne if required.

With that line-up I had no grounds to complain. Sorry about that @JOJOXI - this proved a very challenging and interesting draft. Well done.

 

[CricAddict]

1. Vinoo Mankad - B5
2. Conrad Hunte
3. Majid Khan
4. Joe Root
5. Matt Prior - WK
6. Lance Klusener - B7
7. Daniel Vettori - B6 - Captain
8. Alan Davidson - B2
9. Rashid Khan - B4
10. Praveen Kumar - B1
11. Neil Wagner - B3

Inspired by India. Real batting starts at #6, with two atg bats in the top/middle order order.

Who are those 2 atg bats? Just asking out of interest.

 

[Shri]

Who are those 2 atg bats? Just asking out of interest.

root and mankad as opener

 

[ataraxia]

mankad as opener

wot

Spoiler

Excluding two double hundreds minnow-bashing NZ on home flat tracks at our lowest of lows, he averages 31 opening. Less than Zak ****ing Crawley.

 

[Shri]

wot

Spoiler

Excluding two double hundreds minnow-bashing NZ on home flat tracks at our lowest of lows, he averages 31 opening. Less than Zak ****ing Crawley.

mankad played on uncovered wickets exclusively. he retired before covered wickets were implemented

 

[ataraxia]

mankad played on uncovered wickets exclusively. he retired before covered wickets were implemented

All-time test batting average: 30.22
Batting average in tests involving Mankad: 31.01

And, for good measure, Mankad's individual batting average: 31.47

 

[Shri]

All-time test batting average: 30.22
Batting average in tests involving Mankad: 31.01

And, for good measure, Mankad's individual batting average: 31.47

wow statistics. numbers. you are a smort one yes now go away

 

[ataraxia]

wow statistics. numbers. you are a smort one yes now go away

i think this is an admission of defeat