All Time Test Cricket Draft

[The Speaker]

Van_Dyke

 

[The Speaker]

 

[Van_Dyke]

Sorry, will pick in the next 30, on phone ATM

 

[Van_Dyke]

Malcolm Marshall
Jak!x

 

[The Speaker]

Malcolm Marshall
Jak!x

Marshall's been taken by Pogba.

 

[Jak!x]

Plus me and Carbine Chaos swapped this round so its his pick

 

[Van_Dyke]

Marshall's been taken by Pogba.

Allan Donald

 

[Carbine Chaos]

As fast as man has ever bowled. Frank 'Typhoon' Tyson is enough to put fear into the hearts of even the strongest men.

"Frank Tyson, at his peak, was possibly the fastest bowler of all time. In 1954–55, England convincingly beat Australia by three Tests to one, mainly thanks to devastating bowling that earned Tyson the nickname 'Typhoon'. Roaring off a long run, he generated tremendous pace that unnerved and unhinged even the greatest batsmen."

"His best pace was nothing short of startling to batsmen and spectators alike. He represented an elemental force obscuring the details of his technique and the highest tribute he received was the gasp of incredulity frequently emitted by the crowd as the ball passed from his hand to the distant wicket-keeper."

"The fastest bowler I have ever seen." - Donald Bradman, the pre-Voges

A test bowling average of 18.5 speaks for himself. A freak of the sport and a worthy selection for the Bad Boys XI. Whilst he may not fit the character type, he certainly fills the on field requirements. Scary. Nasty. FAST.

He will fill my 1951-1960 quota.

Pogba

 

[Super Hans]

Bill Ponsford.

Can't tag on phone.

 

[The Speaker]

Oaktree

 

[Oaktree]

Jim Laker (1951-60).

t _94.

 

[Van_Dyke]

t_94

 

[t_94]

Wilfred Rhodes (1877-1910). Prolific and cunning left arm orthodox bowler who also ended with a batting average of 30 in test cricket despite starting as a number 11.

eth-dog

I'm out at for the day, so next pick may not be till tonight.

 

[eth-dog]

Andy Flower, Shaun Pollock

 

[eth-dog]

1.
2. Barrington
3. Bradman
4. Headley
5.
6. Flower (+)
7.
8. Pollock
9.
10.
11.

 

[Danger in Texas]

t_94

 

[t_94]

Michael Holding (1971-80)

1- Sunil Gavaskar
2-
3-
4-
5-
6- Sir Garfield Sobers
7-
8- Wilfred Rhodes
9- Wasim Akram
10- Michael Holding
11-

Oaktree

 

[Van_Dyke]

At this point I'm just going to completely exclude Shiv and Mateyman. Too far behind with them.

 

[The Speaker]

At this point I'm just going to completely exclude Shiv and Mateyman. Too far behind with them.

What happens to Lara and Steyn?

 

[Van_Dyke]

What happens to Lara and Steyn?

I think the only way it could be fair is put them on my team exclude them from the draft at this point. Otherwise you'd assume the next two picks would definitely take Lara and probably Steyn as well.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

They are too vanilla for my team anyway.

 

[Van_Dyke]

They are too vanilla for my team anyway.

I'm sure you could find a way to put them in anyway.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I'm sure you could find a way to put them in anyway.

Nope. Some of us have standards mate!

 

[Oaktree]

With 619 wickets from 132 tests, the third highest of all time, my fifth pick is Anil Kumble (1991-2000).

Kumble's leg spin will complement the off-spin of Jim Laker. The two also share the unique achievement of taking all ten wickets in a test innings. So competition for wickets will be hot between the two.

 

[The Speaker]

Pogba