Test Cricket Eras Draft v. 2.0. - Draft and Discussion Thread

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In the end this was an easy choice.

England's greatest ever run scorer, one of the finest openers of all-time and one of THE great moustaches:

Graham-Gooch-001.jpg


Graham Gooch (1980-1989)

Gooch was a master of playing both pace and spin bowling, and his average of 42.58 (while very good) doesn't do him justice. His highest score of 333 occurred in a match against India in which he also scored 123 in the second innings and this total of 456 remains an individual record in a test match. But it was his work against the 4-pronged West Indian pace attack, the most feared in the history of test cricket, that made Gooch a legend of the game.

His unbeaten 154 against the West Indies in 1991 is arguably the greatest innings of all time. In horrible batting conditions (England scored 198 in the first innings and the Windies scored 173 and 162 in theirs) Gooch outlasted the pace attack of Ambrose, Walsh, Pattinson and Marshall to score 61.11% of England's runs and steer them towards a remarkable victory - their first home victory over the Windies in 22 years.

Richie himself says he's never seen a better innings:



I've re-shuffled the eras, if it matters.

1. Arthur Morris (1950-1959)
2. Graham Gooch (1980-1989)
3. Don Bradman (1930-1939)
4. George Headley (1940-1949)
5. Allan Border (1970-1979)
6. Charlie Macartney (1910-1919)
7. Alan Knott (1960-1969)
8. Clarrie Grimmett (1920-1929)
9. Curtly Ambrose (1990-1999)
10. Tom Richardson (1877-1909)
11. Courtney Walsh (2000-2013)

Just my wildcard left. COME AT ME!

Wacky Tiger
 
I'm camping at the moment so you'll have to forgive me for the lack thereof a write up. Can someone search for me and tell me if this old geezer has been picked all ready???

If not I'll go Hugh Trumble

Marklar_33
 

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JP Sauce said:
In the end this was an easy choice.

England's greatest ever run scorer, one of the finest openers of all-time and one of THE great moustaches:

Graham-Gooch-001.jpg


Graham Gooch (1980-1989)

Gooch was a master of playing both pace and spin bowling, and his average of 42.58 (while very good) doesn't do him justice. His highest score of 333 occurred in a match against India in which he also scored 123 in the second innings and this total of 456 remains an individual record in a test match. But it was his work against the 4-pronged West Indian pace attack, the most feared in the history of test cricket, that made Gooch a legend of the game.

His unbeaten 154 against the West Indies in 1991 is arguably the greatest innings of all time. In horrible batting conditions (England scored 198 in the first innings and the Windies scored 173 and 162 in theirs) Gooch outlasted the pace attack of Ambrose, Walsh, Pattinson and Marshall to score 61.11% of England's runs and steer them towards a remarkable victory - their first home victory over the Windies in 22 years.

Richie himself says he's never seen a better innings:



I've re-shuffled the eras, if it matters.

1. Arthur Morris (1950-1959)
2. Graham Gooch (1980-1989)
3. Don Bradman (1930-1939)
4. George Headley (1940-1949)
5. Allan Border (1970-1979)
6. Charlie Macartney (1910-1919)
7. Alan Knott (1960-1969)
8. Clarrie Grimmett (1920-1929)
9. Curtly Ambrose (1990-1999)
10. Tom Richardson (1877-1909)
11. Courtney Walsh (2000-2013)

Just my wildcard left. COME AT ME!

Wacky Tiger
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Unbeatable I reckon.
 
1. Sid Barnes (1930-1939)
2. Graeme Smith (wildcard)
3. Ricky Ponting (1990-1999)
4. Garfield Sobers (1950-1959)
5. Neil Harvey (1940-1949)
6. AB de Villiers (w) (2000-Present)
7. Aubrey Faulkner (1910-1919)
8. Alan Davidson (1960-1969)
9. Harold Larwood (1920-1929)
10. Dennis Lillee (1970-1979)
11. Hugh Trumble (1877-1909)

12.
 
Desperate, hungover times.

Alvin Kallicharran

1. Sutcliffe (1920-29)
2. Bardsley (1910-19)
3. Dravid (wildcard)
4. McCabe (1930-39)
5. Kallicharran (1970-79)
6. Flower + (2000-present)
7. Noble (c) (1877-09)
8. Laker (1950-59)
9. Tyson (1940-49)
10. Bishop (1980-89)
11. McGrath (1990-99)

Ashton Agar
 
Sir Alec Bedser

Didn't think he'd be available but I didn't see him on the selections list. Can someone confirm?
 
Noobz0r said:
Desperate, hungover times.

Alvin Kallicharran

1. Sutcliffe (1920-29)
2. Bardsley (1910-19)
3. Dravid (wildcard)
4. McCabe (1930-39)
5. Kallicharran (1970-79)
6. Flower + (2000-present)
7. Noble (c) (1877-09)
8. Laker (1950-59)
9. Tyson (1940-49)
10. Bishop (1980-89)
11. McGrath (1990-99)

Ashton Agar
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Lol
 

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Kevin Pietersen



1. W.G Grace 1887-1909 (Bat Ave: 32.29 Bowling Ave: 26.22)
2. Sunil Gavaskar 1980-1989 (Bat Ave: 51.12)
3. Sir Clyde Walcott † 1950-1959 (Bat Ave: 56.68)
4. Sir Everton Weekes 1940-1949 (Bat Ave: 58.61)
5. Doug Walters wildcard (Bat Ave: 48.26 Bowling Ave 29.08)
6. Kevin Pietersen 2000-present (Bat Ave 47.78)
7. Jack Gregory 1920-1929 (Bat Ave: 36.96 Bowling Ave: 31.15)
8. Malcolm Marshall 1970-1979 (Bat Ave: 18.85 Bowling Ave: 20.94)
9. Derek Underwood 1960-1969 (Bat Ave: 11.56 Bowling Ave: 25.83)
10. Allan Donald 1990-1999 (Bat Ave: 10.68 Bowling Ave: 22.25)
11. Sydney Barnes 1910-1919 (Bat Ave: 8.06 Bowling Ave: 16.43)

BoshtrichBurger
 
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Hanif Mohammad​
Test Matches: 55​
Batting Average: 43.98​
Centuries/Half Centuries: 12/15​
Highest Score: 337 (499 in First Class, a record that stood nearly 40 years before Brian Lara broke it.)​
​
The original 'Little Master'​
  1. Sir L Hutton (1930-1939)
  2. H Mohammad (1950-1959)
  3. Sir IVA Richards* (1970-1979)
  4. CH Lloyd (1960-1969)
  5. W Rhodes (1910-1919)
  6. SR Waugh (1980-1989)
  7. LEG Ames† (1920-1929)
  8. SM Pollock (1990-1999)
  9. RR Lindwall (1940-1949)
  10. A Kumble (Wildcard)
  11. GA Lohmann (1877-1909)

Danger in Texas
 
Fine, I will take my last 'required' decade and leave my wildcard til last...shame this guy was held up by the war, an absolute great of the game.

LINDSAY HASSETT (1930-1939)
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Tests: 43
Test Runs: 3073 @ 46.56, 10 x 100, 11 x 50
FC Matches: 216
FC Runs: 16890 @ 58.24, 59 x 100, 75 x 50

An artful strokemaker before the Second World War, afterwards Lindsay Hassett was a more circumspect batsman, though one who never lost his lightness of touch. A tiny man who cast a shadow little longer than his bat, he played spin with quick feet, and speed with easy confidence; only five men with more than 10,000 first-class runs boast a better average. He captained the Australian Services XI during the 1945 Victory Tests, and became Bradman's deputy and eventual successor, leading his country to 14 victories and only four defeats. This, however, falls short of a full estimation: his generosity and deadpan humour won hordes of admirers abroad, especially in England. "Australia has sent to these shores no captain of cricket who shared Hassett's secret into our English ways," wrote Neville Cardus, "knowing it without any surrender of Australia's own related yet not entirely similar ways." He later became a thoughtful radio commentator.
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The Reaper
 
I don't think he's been taken, R.E Foster.
 
R1
JP Sauce - Don Bradman (1920-1929)
Wacky Tiger - Sir Garfield Sobers (1950-1959)
Marklar_33 - Shane Warne (1990-1999)
Noobz0r - Glenn McGrath (1990-1999)
Ashton Agar - Sachin Tendulkar (1980-1989)
james brayshaw - Syd Barnes (1910-1919)
BoshtrichBurger - Sir Viv Richards (1970-1979)
Danger in Texas - Sir Jack Hobbs (1877-1909)
thorne89 - Wally Hammond (?)
The Reaper - Jacques Kallis (1990-1999)
cross#4 - Wasim Akram (1980-1989)
courtjester - Keith Miller (1940-1949)

R2
courtjester - Imran Khan (1980-1989)
cross#4 - Greg Chappell (1970-1979)
The Reaper - Dale Steyn (2000-present)
thorne89 - Victor Trumper (?)
Danger in Texas - Sir Richard Hadlee (1970-1979)
BoshtrichBurger - Len Hutton (1930-1939)
james brayshaw - Malcolm Marshall (1970-1979)
Ashton Agar - Muttiah Muralitharan (1990-1999)
Noobz0r - Herbert Sutcliffe (1920-1929)
Marklar_33 - Adam Gilchrist (2000-present)
Wacky Tiger - Dennis Lillee (1970-1979)
JP Sauce- George Headley

R3
JP Sauce- Curtly Ambrose
Wacky Tiger- Ricky Ponting
Marklar_33- Brian Lara
Noobz0r- Jim Laker
Ashton Agar- Kumar Sagakkara
james brayshaw- WG Grace
BoshtrichBurger- Les Ames
Danger in Texas- Graeme Pollock
thorne89- Joel Garner
The Reaper- JJ Ferris
cross#4- Bill O’Reilly
courtjester- Matthew Hayden (2000-2013)

R4
courtjester - Michael Holding (1970-1979)
cross#4 - Kapil Dev (1990-1999)
The Reaper - Barry Richards
thorne89 - Fred Trueman
Danger in Texas - Waqar Younis
BoshtrichBurger - George Lohmann (1877-1909)
james brayshaw - Sunil Gavaskar (1980-1989)
Ashton Agar - Fred Spofforth (1877-1909)
Noobz0r - Monty Noble (1877-1909)
Marklar_33 - Clem Hill (1910-1919)
Wacky Tiger - Aubrey Faulkner (1877-1909)
JP Sauce- Clarrie Grimmett (1920-29)

R5
JP Sauce- Allan Knott
Wackly Tiger- Harold Larwood (1920-29)
Marklar_33- Bill Ponsford
Noobz- Andy Flower (2000- present)
Ashton Agar- Ken Barrington (1951-60)
james brayshaw- Evertone Weekes (1940-49)
Bostrich Burger- Wilfred Rhodes (1910-19)
Danger in texas- Ian Botham
Thorne89- Mitchell Johnson
The Reaper- Rohan Kanhai
Cross#4- Mike Hussey
courtjester- Ian Chappell

R6
courtjester- Richie Benaud
cross#4- Bill Lawry
The Reaper- Gordon Greenidge
thorne89- Ranji
Danger in Texas- Dennis Compton
BoshtrichBurger- Ray Lindwall
james brayshaw- Clyde Walcott
Ashton Agar- Michael Clarke
Noobz0r- Ian Bishop
Marklar_33- CTB Turner
Wacky Tiger- AB DeVilliers
JP Sauce- Arthur Morris

R7
JP Sauce- Allan Border
Wacky Tiger- Alan Davidson
Marklar_33- Javed Miandad
Noobz0r- Stan McCabe
Ashton Agar- Bill Woodful
james brayshaw- Derk Underwood
BoshtrichBurger- Shaun Pollock
Danger in Texas- Frank Worrell
thorne89- Wawrick Armstrong
The Reaper- Mike Procter
cross#4- Bob Simpson
courtjester- Arthur Shewsbury

R8
courtjester- Frank Woolley
cross#4- Mark Boucher
The Reaper- Colin Croft
thorne89- Rod Marsh
Danger in Texas- Hedley Verity
BoshtrichBurger- Steve Waugh
james brayshaw- Allan Donald
Ashton Agar- Tony Greig
Noobz0r- Warren Bardsley
Marklar_33- Bob Willis
Wacky Tiger- Neil Harvey
JP Sauce- Tom Richardson

R9
JP Sauce- Courtney Walsh
Wacky Tiger- Sid Barnes
Marklar_33- Safraz Nawaz
Noobz0r- Frank Tyson
Ashton Agar- Colin Blythe
james brayshaw- Jack Gregory
BoshtrichBurger- Anil Kumble
Danger in Texas- Ian Healy
thorne89- Tony Lock
The Reaper- Duleep
cross#4- Jack Ryder
courtjester- Bert Oldfield

R10
courtjester- Eddie Paynter
cross#4- Albert Cotter
The Reaper- Douglas Jardine
thorne89- Justin Langer
Danger in Texas- Virender Sehwag
BoshtrichBurger- Clive Lloyd
james brayshaw- Doug Walters
Ashton Agar- Bill Brown
Noobz0r- Rahul Dravid
Marklar_33- SKIPPED
Wacky Tiger- Graeme Smith
JP Sauce- Charlie Macartney

R11
JP Sauce- Graham Gooch
Wacky Tiger- Hugh Trumble
Marklar_33- SKIPPED
Noobz0r- Alvin Kallicharran
Ashton Agar- Sir Alec Bedser
james brayshaw- Kevin Pietersen
BoshtrichBurger- Hanif Mohammad
Danger in Texas- Bruce Mitchell
thorne89- Lindsay Hassett
The Reaper- Martin Donnelly
cross#4- R.E. Foster
courtjester-

courtjester with the last pick I believe
 
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