stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I'd always planned on running the parallel voting threads. I'd never really thought about people picking the same player multiple times.
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The "What Is He Smoking" Draft
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stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
@kingkallis and @Michaelf7777777 still to pick.
kingkallis
International Coach
Moeen Ali
Definetly been an interesting draft and I haven't bothered monitoring my initial picks so look forward to what that squad looks like
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
At what point do we start to worry for @Michaelf7777777 ?
Michaelf7777777
International Debutant
Ian Chappell will be my final selection please
kingkallis
International Coach
I am not playing any drafts managed by stephen or anil from now on!
CricZo 'fried by Stephen' XI
1. G. Smith / (c)
2. B. Kunderan /
3. G Headley /
4.
5. R Simpson /
6. Corey Anderson / o (LMF)
7. J Binks + /
8. G Lawson o (RF)
9. F. Trueman o (RF)
10. S. Ahmed o (RF)
11. C Ambrose o (RF)
CricZo 'fried by Stephen' XI 1. G. Smith / (c)
2. B. Kunderan /
3. G Headley /
4.
5. R Simpson /
6. Corey Anderson / o (LMF)
7. J Binks + /
8. G Lawson o (RF)
9. F. Trueman o (RF)
10. S. Ahmed o (RF)
11. C Ambrose o (RF)
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I will be exclusively playing drafts run by these two gentemen then, from now on. Finally, a chance to win one of these...
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I can understand me, but what did poor anil do to you?I am not playing any drafts managed by stephen or anil from now on!
1. G. Smith / (c)
2. B. Kunderan /
3. G Headley /
4.
5. R Simpson /
6. Corey Anderson / o (LMF)
7. J Binks + /
8. G Lawson o (RF)
9. F. Trueman o (RF)
10. S. Ahmed o (RF)
11. C Ambrose o (RF)
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Round 11:
This round you are to select someone who does not already exist in your side who has played a minimum of one test. You may select players from the ban list or other people's teams if you wish.
Amazingly, srbhkshk failed at meeting the requirements and will receive the next player in alphabetical order who meets this requirement - Keegan Meth.
Final selections:
Could you each please post your batting order based on these teams.
In addition, here are the sides you *actually* selected:
Could you please post an XI made from these players. You may use the full squad of 12, though you must minimise duplicates.
This round you are to select someone who does not already exist in your side who has played a minimum of one test. You may select players from the ban list or other people's teams if you wish.
Amazingly, srbhkshk failed at meeting the requirements and will receive the next player in alphabetical order who meets this requirement - Keegan Meth.
Final selections:
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |
| kingkallis | Curtly Ambrose | George Headley | *Jimmy Binks | *Reg Simpson | *Geoff Lawson | Graeme Smith | *Budhi Kunderan | *Shabbir Ahmed | *Fred Trueman | *Corey Anderson | Moeen Ali |
| Himmanv | Dale Steyn | Joel Garner | *Ollie Pope | *Everton Weekes | *Morne Morkel | *Matt Poore | *Wahab Riaz | Mike Hussey | *Jack Hobbs | *Wilfred Rhodes | Don Bradman |
| srbhkshk | *Gordon Greenidge | Courtney Walsh | *George Duckworth | *Bert Vogler | Pat Cummins | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Anil Kumble | *BJ Watling | *Harold Larwood | *Andy Roberts | *Keegan Meth |
| Ataraxia | *Qasim Umar | Alan Davidson | *Wasim Bari | Alec Bedser | Jack Gregory | Vinoo Mankad | Peter May | *Cuan McCarthy | *Javed Miandad | Don Bradman | Bill Ponsford |
| weeman27bob | *Corey Anderson | Andy Flower | *Dick Spooner | *George Geary | *Graeme Swann | *Seymour Nurse | *Mushtaq Ali | Ellyse Perry | *Mushtaq Mohammad | *Neil Adcock | Peter Willey |
| Jojoxi | Kapil Dev | Virat Kohli | *Wally Grout | Frank Worrell | Mitchell Starc | Charles Macartney | *Shoaib Malik | Hugh Tayfield | *Don Bradman | *Gordon Greenidge | Stuart Broad |
| MorgieB | *Virender Sehwag | Wasim Akram | *Roy Swetman | *Harry Boyle | *Daniel Vettori | *Nafeez Iqbal | *Bob Woolmer | *Shanthakumaran Sreesanth | *Tamim Iqbal | *Gordon Greenidge | Viv Richards |
| HonestBharani | *Ross Edwards | Mike Procter | *James Kelly | *Bill Bowes | Ben Stokes | Shane Watson | *Haseeb Ahsan | *Ruwan Kalpage | *Javed Miandad | *John Snow | Gary Sobers |
| AndrewB | *Sunil Gavaskar | Ray Lindwall | Clyde Walcott | Maurice Tate | Tony Greig | *Craig Wishart | *Frank Woolley | *Shane Thomson | *Don Bradman | *Tommy Andrews | Brian Statham |
| Trundler | *John Snow | Allan Donald | *Gil Langley | *Billy Zulch | *Taijul Islam | *Kerry O'Keefe | Mustaq Ahmed | *Malinda Warnapura | *Kane Williamson | *Andy Roberts | Brian Lara |
| Pothas | *Rohan Kanhai | Michael Holding | *Warren Lees | *Ivan Barrow | *Roy Gilchrist | *Cheteshwar Pujara | *Larry Gomes | *Eddo Brandes | Don Bradman | *Vinoo Mankad | Gary Sobers |
| Michaelf7777777 | *Neville Quinn | Shaun Pollock | Les Ames | Victor Trumper | Wilfred Rhodes | *Daryll Cullinan | Neil Wagner | *Basit Ali | *Matthew Hayden | Frank Worrell | Ian Chappell |
| Marcuss | Muttiah Muralitharan | Dennis Lillee | Kumar Sangakkara | *Tommy Andrews | Andy Roberts | Geoffrey Boycott | Trevor Goddard | *Rusi Modi | *Dave Warner | *Victor Trumper | Imran Khan |
| ankitj | Bill O'Reilly | Denis Compton | *John Ward | Herbert Sutcliffe | Neil Adcock | AB de Villiers | Shoaib Ahktar | *Vijay Hazare | *Aubrey Faulkner | *Ellyse Perry | Malcolm Marshall |
Could you each please post your batting order based on these teams.
In addition, here are the sides you *actually* selected:
| kingkallis | Himmanv | srbhkshk | Ataraxia | weeman27bob | Jojoxi | MorgieB | HonestBharani | AndrewB | Trundler | Pothas | Michaelf7777777 | Marcuss | ankitj | ||
| 1 | ban list round | Glenn McGrath | Don Bradman | Imran Khan | Garfield Sobers | Steve Smith | Adam Gilchrist | Malcolm Marshall | Shakib Al Hasan | Richard Hadlee | Keith Miller | Jack Hobbs | W. G. Grace | Jacques Kallis | Sydney Barnes |
| 2 | odd numbered letters round | Curtly Ambrose | Dale Steyn | Wally Hammond | Barry Richards | Ian Botham | Kapil Dev | Sachin Tendulkar | Aubrey Faulkner | Len Hutton | Fred Trueman | Brian Lara | Viv Richards | Murali | Bill O'Reilly |
| 3 | pick for your neighbour round | Ray Lindwall | Michael Holding | Virat Kohli | Wasim Akram | Alan Davidson | Shaun Pollock | Dennis Lillee | Denis Compton | Mike Procter | Joel Garner | George Headley | Andy Flower | Allan Donald | Courtney Walsh |
| 4 | only wicket keepers round | Richie Benaud | Graeme Pollock | Rahul Dravid | Shane Warne | Garfield Sobers | Clarrie Grimmett | Herb Sutcliffe | Simon Katich | Clyde Walcott | Jim Laker | Harold Larwood | Les Ames | Kumar Sangakkara | Waqar Younis |
| 5 | players who debuted before 1950 | Bob Simpson | Steve Waugh | Adam Voges | Alec Bedser | Chris Gayle | Frank Worrell | Allan Border | David Boon | Maurice Tate | Younis Khan | Ken Barrington | Victor Trumper | James Anderson | Herbert Sutcliffe |
| 6 | players who have taken more wickets than they've played tests | Arthur Morris | Greg Chappell | Pat Cummins | Jack Gregory | Tamim Iqbal | Mitchell Starc | Javed Miandad | Ben Stokes | Tony Greig | Bill Ponsford | Ravi Bopara | Wilfred Rhodes | Andy Roberts | Neil Adcock |
| 7 | pick a batsman who opened | Graeme Smith | Ricky Ponting | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Vinoo Mankad | Marcus North | Charles Macartney | Mushtaq Mohammad | Shane Watson | Kane Williamson | Dudley Nourse | Derek Pringle | Martin Crowe | Geoffrey Boycott | AB de Villiers |
| 8 | pick in alphabetical order | Warwick Armstrong | Neil Harvey | Anil Kumble | Peter May | Stuart Binny | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Michael Clarke | Sam Curran | Frank Woolley | Mustaq Ahmed | Don Bradman | Neil Wagner | Trevor Goddard | Shoaib Ahktar |
| 9 | pick a player from a nation not yet in your side | Virender Sehwag | Mike Hussey | Dave Warner | Stan McCabe | Ellyse Perry | Hugh Tayfield | Fred Spofforth | Jacques Kallis | Jeff Thomson | Courtney Walsh | Don Bradman | Sid Barnes | Bruce Mitchell | Matthew Hayden |
| 10 | pick a ban listed player round | Hedley Verity | Conrad Hunte | Clive Lloyd | Mahela Jayawardene | Andre Nel | Bill Brown | Mark Taylor | Neil Johnson | Jasprit Bumrah | Bill Woodfull | Don Bradman | George Hirst | Doug Walters | Andrew Flintoff |
| 11 | pick a player that's already in someone else's team | Warwick Armstrong | Viv Richards | Cristiano Ronaldo | Don Bradman | Kabir Ali | Ryan Harris | Wally Hammond | Gary Sobers | Eddie Barlow | Saeed Anwar | Dmitri Mascarenhas | Frank Worrell | Chaminda Vaas | Peter Pollock |
| 12 | pick anybody round | Moeen Ali | Don Bradman | Lionel Messi | Bill Ponsford | Peter Willey | Stuart Broad | Viv Richards | Gary Sobers | Brian Statham | Brian Lara | Gary Sobers | Ian Chappell | Imran Khan | Malcolm Marshall |
Could you please post an XI made from these players. You may use the full squad of 12, though you must minimise duplicates.
Bill Brown
Ryan Harris (2)
Charles Macartney
Frank Worrell
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Kapil Dev (5)
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shaun Pollock (3)
Mitchell Starc (1)
Hugh Tayfield (4)
Clarrie Grimmett (6)
12th man: Stuart Broad
Well I'm at least a bowler too many in my squad but maybe it needed a true visionary to see that Ryan Harris was really being wasted down the order and should have been an opener in Test Cricket. A true great all-rounder wasted due to the stubbornness of Australia's selectors.
Ryan Harris (2)
Charles Macartney
Frank Worrell
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Kapil Dev (5)
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shaun Pollock (3)
Mitchell Starc (1)
Hugh Tayfield (4)
Clarrie Grimmett (6)
12th man: Stuart Broad
Well I'm at least a bowler too many in my squad but maybe it needed a true visionary to see that Ryan Harris was really being wasted down the order and should have been an opener in Test Cricket. A true great all-rounder wasted due to the stubbornness of Australia's selectors.
ataraxia
International Coach
Chanderpaul at 8 IMO.
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I saw Ryan Harris open for Toombul in T20 cricket. Was picked as a pure batsman then too.
Also, can you post your full "actual" side?
Selected XI
Gordon Greenidge
Charles Macartney (5)
Don Bradman
Virat Kohli
Frank Worrell
Shoaib Malik (6)
Kapil Dev (3) (c)
Wally Grout (wk)
Stuart Broad (2)
Mitchell Starc (1)
Hugh Tayfield (4)
Edit - How did he do if you recall?
Gordon Greenidge
Charles Macartney (5)
Don Bradman
Virat Kohli
Frank Worrell
Shoaib Malik (6)
Kapil Dev (3) (c)
Wally Grout (wk)
Stuart Broad (2)
Mitchell Starc (1)
Hugh Tayfield (4)
Glad to hear they appreciated the batting genius of Ryan Harris at least./
Edit - How did he do if you recall?
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ataraxia
International Coach
stephen's manufactured XI:
1) Bill Ponsford /
2) Vinoo Mankad o /
3) Don Bradman* /
4) Peter May /
5) Mahela Jayawardene /
6) Qasim Umar /
7) Jack Gregory o /
8) Alan Davidson o /
9) Wasim Bari + /
10) Alec Bedser o
11) Cuan McCarthy o
Only two real bad players... should be decent.
ataraXIa:
1) Barry Richards /
2) Bill Ponsford /
3) Don Bradman /
4) Peter May /
5) Mahela Jayawardene /
6) Stan McCabe / o
7) Garfield Sobers* / o
8) Vinoo Mankad o /
9) Wasim Akram o /
10) Shane Warne o
11) Alec Bedser o
Jack Gregory o /
No flaws in that latter side at all.
Absolutely none.
1) Bill Ponsford /
2) Vinoo Mankad o /
3) Don Bradman* /
4) Peter May /
5) Mahela Jayawardene /
6) Qasim Umar /
7) Jack Gregory o /
8) Alan Davidson o /
9) Wasim Bari + /
10) Alec Bedser o
11) Cuan McCarthy o
Only two real bad players... should be decent.
ataraXIa:
1) Barry Richards /
2) Bill Ponsford /
3) Don Bradman /
4) Peter May /
5) Mahela Jayawardene /
6) Stan McCabe / o
7) Garfield Sobers* / o
8) Vinoo Mankad o /
9) Wasim Akram o /
10) Shane Warne o
11) Alec Bedser o
Jack Gregory o /
No flaws in that latter side at all.
Absolutely none.
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Team I ended up with:
01. Jack Hobbs
02. Wilfred Rhodes
03. Don Bradman*
04. Everton Weekes
05. Mike Hussey
06. Ollie Pope+
07. Matt Poore
08. Wahab Riaz
09. Dale Steyn
10. Joel Garner
11. Morne Morkel
Team I originally selected:
01. Don Bradman
02. Conrad Hunte
03. Don Bradman
04. Graeme Pollock
05. Viv Richards
06. Ricky Ponting
07. Steve Waugh*
08. Greg Chappell
09. Mike Hussey
10. Dale Steyn
11. Michael Holding
12. Neil Harvey
Game plan: Win the toss and bat!
01. Jack Hobbs
02. Wilfred Rhodes
03. Don Bradman*
04. Everton Weekes
05. Mike Hussey
06. Ollie Pope+
07. Matt Poore
08. Wahab Riaz
09. Dale Steyn
10. Joel Garner
11. Morne Morkel
Team I originally selected:
01. Don Bradman
02. Conrad Hunte
03. Don Bradman
04. Graeme Pollock
05. Viv Richards
06. Ricky Ponting
07. Steve Waugh*
08. Greg Chappell
09. Mike Hussey
10. Dale Steyn
11. Michael Holding
12. Neil Harvey
Game plan: Win the toss and bat!
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