All Time Cricket Draft (AGAIN?)

[The_Reaper]

For South Africa are Gauteng and Transvaal considered the same team?

 

[Mateyman]

Ian Healy - Queensland - 1965-1989

The only elite keeper left imo. Best to grab em early on.

Wacky Tiger

 

[Noobz0r]

I can go if you really want me to...

 

[Wacky Tiger]

For South Africa are Gauteng and Transvaal considered the same team?

Yep I would say so

Well according to this anyways

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauteng_cricket_team

 

[Wacky Tiger]

I can go if you really want me to...

Na thanks for offering though

 

[Mateyman]

1. Len Hutton
2. Sir Wilfred Rhodes
3. Ken Barrington
4. Greg Chappell
5. Dudley Nourse
6. Aubrey Faulkner
7. Imran Khan
8.
9.
10.
11. Muttiah Muralitharan
Hadn't looked at buy team like that for a while. I'm pretty happy with how that's looking. Could play another batsman as well as a wicketkeeper even. 3 bowlers (Imran is in the team as a bowler, batting is a bonus) + 2 all rounders who could be bowling or batting all-rounders - in the case of Rhodes, more there for his bowling, Aubrey the opposite. Might drop Rhodes though as well, get in a true opener and play 4 bowlers + Faulkner, who was a very, very handy spinner himself. My wicketkeeper doesn't need to be some incredible batter if he is coming in at 8 or 9. Can just be a pure gloveman - there are a few wicketkeepers from the old era that come to mind

 

[Wacky Tiger]

1. W.G.Grace
2. Bruce Mitchell
3.
4. Graeme Pollock
5.
6. Garfield Sobers
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Ian Botham
9. Kapil Dev
10.
11. Dale Steyn

Happy so far. Bat fairly deep. Could do with a few more top line batsman but can't complain so far.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

I'd argue your bowling is a little light on for real firepower, WT. Focusing a little too much on batting depth?

 

[Noobz0r]

I'd argue your bowling is a little light on for real firepower, WT. Focusing a little too much on batting depth?

no clever playing on words?

 

[Mateyman]

1. W.G.Grace
2. Bruce Mitchell
3.
4. Graeme Pollock
5.
6. Garfield Sobers
7. Adam Gilchrist
8. Ian Botham
9. Kapil Dev
10.
11. Dale Steyn

Happy so far. Bat fairly deep. Could do with a few more top line batsman but can't complain so far.

If I were you, I'd move everybody up one and play an extra bowler (although Gilchrist could stay at 7, Botham to #6). Still, though, decent bowling attack

 

[Carbine Chaos]

no clever playing on words?

You're the only one I like to mess with.

Around with

 

[Wacky Tiger]

I'd argue your bowling is a little light on for real firepower, WT. Focusing a little too much on batting depth?

Yeah true although plan on fixing that problem

But yeah reckon on a seaming pitch at the Wanderers these bowlers should bode well

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Yeah true although plan on fixing that problem

Shaun Tait is still available, yes.

 

[Wacky Tiger]

Shaun Tait is still available, yes.

Did I tell ya about the day I made 80 against Taity, haha don't think he will qualify

 

[Danger in Texas]

1: Richards
2:
3: Ponting
4: Tendulkar
5: Walcott
6:
7: Healy
8:
9: Marshall
10: Warne
11: Lohmann

 

[OrdinaryJoel]

Still courtjester with the double.

 

[Wacky Tiger]

Still courtjester with the double.

Waiting.....Waiting.....Waiting.....

 

[OrdinaryJoel]

Waiting.....Waiting.....Waiting.....

 

[Wacky Tiger]

I keep waiting for him to turn towards me and scare the shit out of me, haha.

 

[Danger in Texas]

1: Richards
2:
3: Ponting
4: Tendulkar
5: Walcott
6:
7: Healy
8:
9: Marshall
10: Warne
11: Lohmann

Thoughts?
Feel that my batting and bowling lineups have a good core already. All I need is a solid opener and a bowling all-rounder and then I can take it easy pretty much.

 

[Wacky Tiger]

Thoughts?
Feel that my batting and bowling lineups have a good core already. All I need is a solid opener and a bowling all-rounder and then I can take it easy pretty much.

Can't fault it mate. Any side with Tendulkar, Ponting and Warne in it will be tough to beat. Plus u got a great in Healy who knows how to keep to Warney.

 

[Mateyman]

Thoughts?
Feel that my batting and bowling lineups have a good core already. All I need is a solid opener and a bowling all-rounder and then I can take it easy pretty much.

Very solid team. Only problems so far IMO:
1) Only 4 bowlers, including a bowling all rounder? I know those bowlers are freaks and you have Warne, but it might be useful to have a batting all rounder, who could be selected for his batting alone, but could also chick down 10-20 overs an innings. Someone very like an Aubrey Faulkner

 

[Mateyman]

1. Len Hutton
2. Sir Wilfred Rhodes
3. Ken Barrington
4. Greg Chappell
5. Dudley Nourse
6. Aubrey Faulkner
7. Imran Khan
8.
9.
10.
11. Muttiah Muralitharan
Hadn't looked at buy team like that for a while. I'm pretty happy with how that's looking. Could play another batsman as well as a wicketkeeper even. 3 bowlers (Imran is in the team as a bowler, batting is a bonus) + 2 all rounders who could be bowling or batting all-rounders - in the case of Rhodes, more there for his bowling, Aubrey the opposite. Might drop Rhodes though as well, get in a true opener and play 4 bowlers + Faulkner, who was a very, very handy spinner himself. My wicketkeeper doesn't need to be some incredible batter if he is coming in at 8 or 9. Can just be a pure gloveman - there are a few wicketkeepers from the old era that come to mind

Thoughts? Might remove Rhodes from my team, unless he could play as a front-line spinner - could he? Bat fairly deep. Nee to get 2 more bowlers, but Murali and Khan are very good strike bowlers (especially in the subcontinent, part of the reason I haven't got more bowlers is because spinners are needed at Galle, but there are not lot of the real standout spinners (only about 3-4 (Warne, Murali, Laker, O'Reilly really stand out off the top of my head, others are exceptional, but not quite in that bracket, and even if they are/were, spinners aren't needed that badly in this draft, by most teams, so wouldn't be as sought after as fast bowlers + they're more likely to go under the radar as not as famous, e.g. many early spinners). Just need to pick a spinner + a wicketkeeper and then either another opener+another bowler or just another bowler

 

[Danger in Texas]

Can't fault it mate. Any side with Tendulkar, Ponting and Warne in it will be tough to beat. Plus u got a great in Healy who knows how to keep to Warney.

Exactly why I selected Healy. He knows even more than Gilly about keeping to Warney imo.

 

[Wacky Tiger]

Exactly why I selected Healy. He knows even more than Gilly about keeping to Warney imo.

Exactly why I didn't select Warney

Gilly better of keeping to the quicks