The Best of Each Decade Birthday DRAFT

[Camo999]

Some good bowlers from the '70s available: Gillespie, Streak, Vaas, Gough, Shoaib etc plus some handy all-rounders like Cairns & Flintoff.

I think I'll go for Shane Bond though. Bit of a personal preference. He was absolutely sensational every time I saw him play. Herman Griffith is a perfect replacement once Bond gets injured too.

That gives me:

Jack Hobbs
WG Grace (5)
Virat Kohli
Javed Miandad
Bill Ponsford
Clive Lloyd (c)
Richie Benaud (vc) (4)
Don Tallon +
Wasim Akram (1)
Shane Bond (2)
Bill Johnston (3)
Herman Griffith (12th)

 

[Red]

I'll jump in because I'm the next due to pick from 1890s.

Alan Kippax (1897)- All class. Once we'd won a series, he'd play just so everyone could watch him bat.

Monk's Gentlemen

01. Len Hutton *
02. Arthur Morris
03. Ricky Ponting
04. Graeme Pollock
05. Colin Cowdrey
06. Maurice Leyland
07. Kapil Dev
08. Hugh Trumble
09. Mitchell Johnson
10. Bert Strudwick +
11. Curtly Ambrose

12. Alan Kippax

 

[Saint Kopite]

DESMOND HAYNES

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[Saint Kopite]

Final Team:-

01. Herbert Sutcliffe.
02. Desmond Haynes.
03. George Headley. [C]
04. Stan McCabe. [5]
05. Michael Clarke.
06. Doug Walters. [6]
07. Andy Flower. [+]
08. Fred Trueman. [1]
09. George Lohmann. [3]
10. Hugh Tayfield. [4]
11. Waqar Younis. [2]

12. Jack Ryder.

Thoughts?

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Think I'm all clear to pick(?) so Bert Oldfield incase Prior's keeping isn't up to standard

 

[watson]

ROUND 11
141. Pothas - Jock Cameron
142. watson - Warwick Armstrong
143. Ankitj - Vinoo Mankad
144. Howe_zat - Mark Taylor
145. Kyear2 - Roy Kilner
146. AldoRaine18 - Eddie Paynter
147. ohnoitsyou - Matt Prior
148. Blakus - Cheteshwar Pujara
149. Monk - Herbert Strudwick
150. chasingthedon - Brian Statham
151. Camo999 - Herman Griffith
152. Fredfertang - Martin Donnelly
153. Saint kopite - Hugh Tayfield
154. Morgieb - Cyril Washbrook

ROUND 12
155. Morgieb - Frank Foster
156. Saint Kopite - Desmond Haynes
157. Fredfertang: Reggie Spooner
158. Camo999: Shane Bond
159. chasingthedon: Tony Greig
160. Monk: Alan Kippax
161. Blakus: Phil Mead
162. ohnoitsyou: Jack White
163. AldoRaine18: John W. Hearne
164. Kyear2: 1880s
165. Howe_zat: Corey Anderson
166. Ankitj: John R. Reid
167. watson: Percy Fender
168. Pothas: 1890s

 

[watson]

Impressive overnight activity everyone (as it were)! On the the homestretch now.....


UP NEXT: Blackus and OHNO

 

[watson]

Looking again at those players selected for Round 12 so far. Must say that they're pretty impressive overall which is unusual for the last round of a draft.

 

[fredfertang]

I curse the man who picked Frank Foster, so in his absence I shall go for my second Lancastrian, and Neville Cardus' favourite batsman

01. Victor Trumper
02. Virender Sehwag
03. Ted Dexter
04. Brian Lara
05. Kevin Pietersen
06.Martin Donnelly
07. Alan Knott
08. Harold Larwood
09. Johnny Wardle
10. Ted McDonald
11. Joel Garner

Twelfthers Reggie Spooner

 

[watson]

Final Team:- Thoughts?

Very nice team St K which was setup by the clever decision to select Herbert Sutcliffe and George Headley with your double-pick at the end of Round 1.

 

[watson]

Now that the two arch enemies have completed their teams, I think that we should put them side-by-side;

FRED
01. Victor Trumper
02. Virender Sehwag
03. Ted Dexter
04. Brian Lara
05. Kevin Pietersen
06.Martin Donnelly
07. Alan Knott
08. Harold Larwood
09. Johnny Wardle
10. Ted McDonald
11. Joel Garner
Twelfthers Reggie Spooner

CHASINGTHEDON
01. Graham Gooch
02. Graeme Smith
03. Clem Hill
04. Peter May
05. Martin Crowe
06. Aubrey Faulkner
07. Adam Gilchrist
08. Jack Gregory
09. Hedley Verity
10. Alec Bedser
11. Brian Statham
12th Tony Greig

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Openers-Even
#3-Fred
#4-Fred
5-6-Don
Keeper-Don
Spinner-Don
Pacers-Fred

As a tie breaker, Faulker's bowling and Gregory's batting settles it.

 

[watson]

UP NEXT: Blakus and Aldo

 

[watson]

If those people who have finished could edit their teams to indicate who the captain is, then that will make it easier when it comes to putting up voting the thread. Tar.

 

[Pothas]

I need an 1890s rather than an 1900s so will have to wait my turn.

 

[watson]

I need an 1890s rather than an 1900s so will have to wait my turn.

Thanks Pothas. Amended.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Sid Barnes
Archie Jackson
Rahul Dravid
Charles Macartney (6)
Garry Sobers* (4)
Mark Waugh
Matt Prior +
Mike Procter (2)
Wilfred Rhodes (5)
Ray Lindwall (1)
Andy Roberts (3)

Jack White

 

[watson]

Think I'm all clear to pick(?) so Bert Oldfield incase Prior's keeping isn't up to standard

Just noticed that Oldfield has already been taken by Blakus. You'll have to select another player from the 1890s OHNO.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

cheers for spotting that watson. Jack White it is then (really out of ideas for this decade)

 

[Blakus]

The good thing about drafts is it makes you look at cricketers that you don't know that much about. I'd heard about Phil Mead, (1880s) but I hadn't realised what a wonderful batsman he was. 150 first class centuries can't be wrong

1. Bob Simpson*
2. Gordon Greenidge
3. Zaheer Abbas
4. Walter Hammond
5. Dudley Nourse
6. Phil Mead
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Bert Oldfield
9. Alan Davidson
10. Bobby Peel
11. Allan Donald

12. Chetashwar Pujara