All time test cricket draft

[Quadzilla]

Joe Root- 4594 runs @ 52.80, 15 wickets @ 48.06. Absolute steal for the 15th round.

Good pick ... I had him in my thoughts but didn't jump.

 

[PhatBoy]

Mike Procter. 41 wickets at 15. Only played 7 tests but figured he'd have probably been a reasonable cricketer if not for apartheid. Small matter of 48 first class centuries as well.

1. Graeme Smith (49)
2. Roy Fredericks (42)
3. Everton Weekes (58)
4. Kane Williamson (50)
5. Mohammed Yousuf (52)
6. Andy Flower (52)
7. Kapil Dev (31/29)
8. Saqlain Mushtaq (29)
9. Ian Bishop (24)
10. Fred Trueman (21)
11. Frank Tyson (18)

12. Shakib Al Hasan (41/31)
13. Mahela Jayawardene (49)
14. Monty Noble (30/20)
15. Mike Procter (15)

 

[Quadzilla]

Rustin Cohle

 

[Rustin Cohle]

Neil Harvey

Van_Dyke

 

[Quadzilla]

Big Jacko

Who is Mahmudullah Mahmudullah ... you made him up? Haha

 

[Pykie]

Mushtaq Ahmed & Taijul Islam

1. Herbert Sutcliff (60.73)
2. David Warner (49.16)
3. George Headley (60.83)
4. Steve Smith (60.15)
5. Kumar Sangakarra (+) (57.40)
6. Sir Clyde Walcott (56.78)
7. Tony Greig (40.43/32.20)
8. Ravichandran Ashwin (34.92/24.96)
9. Alan Davidson (24.59/20.53)
10. Ray Lindwall (21.15/23.03)
11. Vernon Philander (23.47/21.40)


12. Heath Streak (22.35/28.14)
13. Brendon McCullum (+)(38.64)
14. Mushtaq Ahmed (11.71/32.97)
15. Taijul Islam (11.37/34.06)

 

[Rustin Cohle]

1. Len Hutton (56.67/)
2. Virender Sehwag (49.34/)
3. Greg Chappell* (53.86/40.70)
4. Graeme Pollock (60.97/)
5. Javed Miandad (52.57/40.11)
6. Dinesh Chandimal+ (41.08)
7. Keith Miller (36.97/22.97)
8. Malcolm Marshall (18.85/20.94)
9. Clarrie Grimmett (13.92/24.21)
10. Michael Holding (13.78/23.68)
11. Shane Bond (12.92/22.09)


12. Michael Hussey (51.52)
13. Neil Harvey (48.41/)
14. Hamilton Masakadza (28.93/29.56)
15. Nasir Hossain (37.34/)

 

[Van_Dyke]

Finish off with a good WA boy, Justin Langer
1. B.Richards
2. Gooch
3. V.Richards
4. Crowe
5. de Silva
6. Gower
7. Marsh
8. Roberts
9. Younis
10. Bedi
11. McGrath

12. Ajmal
13. Langer
14. Rahman
15. Taibu
1 SA, 2 WI, 2 PAK, 3 AUS, 1 SL, 2 ENG, 1 NZ, 1 IND, 1 BAN, 1 ZIM

 

[Big Jacko]

Haha

Big Jacko

Who is Mahmudullah Mahmudullah ... you made him up? Haha

Haha I mean Mahmudullah, current Bangladeshi all-rounder

 

[eth-dog]

Mahmadullah's first name is that. Sort of like Aliir Aliir

 

[PhatBoy]

Dickwella does too.

He has about 55 middle names but the first and last are both the incredibly awesome Dickwella

 

[eth-dog]

Okay, can everyone post their sides on this page with batting and bowling averages (for those who you want to bowl). Those of you who have already posted in this thread, please just edit one of your posts to do so.

1. Bob Simpson (46.81)
2. Bill Lawry (47.15)
3. Wally Hammond (58.45/38.7)
4. Jacques Kallis (55.37/32.65)
5. Inzamam-ul-Haq (49.6)
6. Mominul Haque (49.57)
7. Rohan Kanhai (47.53, +)
8. Aubrey Faulkner (40.79/26.58)
9. Chaminda Vaas (24.32/29.58)
10. Jim Laker (14.08/21.26)
11. Colin Croft (10.53/23.3)

12. Dave Houghton (43.05)
13. Tim Southee (16.66/31.45)
14. Anil Kumble (17.77/29.65)
15. Chris Gayle (42.18/42.73)

 

[Quadzilla]

Final squad ...

1. Gordon Greenidge (WI) 44.72
2. Desmond Haynes (WI) 42.29
3. Mohammed Azharuddin (Ind) 45.03
4. Clive Lloyd (WI) 46.67
5. Allan Border (Aust) 50.56/39.10
6. Adam Gilchrist-wk (Aust) 47.60
7. Ian Botham (Eng) 33.54/28.40
8. Wasim Akram (Pak) 22.64/23.62
9. Rangana Herath (SL) 14.69/28.31
10. Fred Spofforth (Aust) 9.43/18.41
11. Makhaya Ntini (South Af) 9.84/28.82

12. Doug Walters (Aust) 48.26/29.08
13. Daniel Vettori (NZ) 30.00/34.36
14. Grant Flower (Zim) 29.54/61.48
15. Habibul Bashar (Bang) 30.87

 

[Pykie]

1. Herbert Sutcliff (60.73)
2. David Warner (49.16)
3. George Headley (60.83)
4. Steve Smith (60.15)
5. Kumar Sangakarra (+) (57.40)
6. Sir Clyde Walcott (56.78)
7. Tony Greig (40.43/32.20)
8. Ravichandran Ashwin (34.92/24.96)
9. Alan Davidson (24.59/20.53)
10. Ray Lindwall (21.15/23.03)
11. Vernon Philander (23.47/21.40)


12. Heath Streak (22.35/28.14)
13. Brendon McCullum (+)(38.64)
14. Mushtaq Ahmed (11.71/32.97)
15. Taijul Islam (11.37/34.06)

 

[JC Hawks]

Updated with stats...

1. Matthew Hayden (AUS) (50.73)
2. Hanif Mohammad (PAK) (+) (43.98)
3. Rahul Dravid (IND) (52.31)
4. Hashim Amla (SA) (49.99)
5. Ken Barrington (ENG) (58.67)
6. Garfield Sobers (WI) (57.78/34.03)
7. Dudley Nourse (SA) (53.81)
8. Dennis Lillee (AUS) (13.71/23.92)
9. Joel Garner (WI) (12.44/20.97)
10. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) (11.67/22.72)
11. Sydney Barnes (ENG) (8.06/16.43)

12. Glenn Turner (NZ) (44.64)
13. Mushfiqur Rahim (BGDH) (+) (34.51)
14. Kagiso Rabada (SA) (14.11/21.76)
15. Craig Ervine (ZIM) (33.50)

Very happy with my team.
- The opening partnership is probably the weak link, which is saying a fair bit considering Haydos is one of the best opening batsmen of all time and Hanif is solid.
- The middle order is - in my opinion - the best of all teams with two players significantly above the average of 55.
- Sobers is a pretty handy player himself and widely considered to be the greatest all-rounder of all time with a huge batting average and a fifth bowling option.
- The bowling is a strong point, with a fearsome opening partnership of Lillee and Garner which will shake the top orders of other teams. This is before the Bradman of bowling comes on with an average of 16.43 and the spinning duo of Murali and Sobers will consistently knock over the tail.
- The reserves are handy but hardly needed with the superstar team before us.

 

[PhatBoy]

1. Herbert Sutcliff (60.73)
2. David Warner (49.16)
3. George Headley (60.83)
4. Steve Smith (60.15)
5. Kumar Sangakarra (+) (57.40)
6. Sir Clyde Walcott (56.78)
7. Tony Greig (40.43/32.20)
8. Ravichandran Ashwin (34.92/24.96)
9. Alan Davidson (24.59/20.53)
10. Ray Lindwall (21.15/23.03)
11. Vernon Philander (23.47/21.40)


12. Heath Streak (22.35/28.14)
13. Brendon McCullum (+)(38.64)
14. Mushtaq Ahmed (11.71/32.97)
15. Taijul Islam (11.37/34.06)

Fwiw Sangakkara averaged 40 with the gloves.

 

[74561347]

i pick gladstone small

 

[Van_Dyke]

1. B.Richards (72.57 (54.74 for FC))
2. Gooch (42.58/46.47)
3. Langer (45.27)
4. V.Richards (50.23/61.37)
5. Crowe (45.36/48.28)
6. Gower (44.25)
7. Marsh (26.51)
8. Roberts (14.94/25.61)
9. Younis (10.2/23.56)
10. Bedi (8.98/28.71)
11. McGrath (7.36/21.64)

12. Ajmal (11/28.1)
13. de Silva (42.97/41.85)
14. Rahman (3/14.5)
15. Taibu (30.1)

 

[Big Jacko]

1. Sir Jack Hobbs (England) (56.94)
2. Saeed Anwar (Pakistan) (45.52)
3. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) (51.37)
4. Virat Kohli (India) (51.75)
5. Steve Waugh (Australia) (51.06)
6. Quinton de Kock (South Africa) (51.04)
7. Andrew Flintoff (England) (31.77/32.78)
8. Sir Richard Hadlee (New Zealand) (27.16/22.29)
9. Bill O'Reilly (Australia) (13.13/22.59)
10. Sir Curtly Ambrose (West Indies) (12.40/20.99)
11. Allan Donald (South Africa) (10.68/22.25)

12. Murray Goodwin (Zimbabwe) (42.84)
13. Hashan Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka) (42.87)
14. Mahmudullah (Bangladesh) (31.05/44.46)
15. Joe Root (England) (52.80/48.06)

 

[Pykie]

Fwiw Sangakkara averaged 40 with the gloves.

I'm not sure we are going into that detail?

 

[PhatBoy]

I'm not sure we are going into that detail?

Just saying, if you picked, hypothetically - I don't know why anyone would do this but let's just imagine someone did - a sobers type who bowled two kinds of delivery. If you said 'he's there exclusively to bowl spin' but his average bowling spin was 50 compared to an average in the 20s when bowling pace, then it would be a slight compromise to the integrity of the side to then list his average when bowling pace.
Sangakarra's average was about 20 less with the gloves than without them so if he is picked in that role it's at least worth noting.

 

[eth-dog]

I'm not sure we are going into that detail?

Look, when there's such a big disparity I'd rather have it at 40. Alternatively you could give the gloves to Walcott.

 

[Pykie]

Just saying, if you picked, hypothetically - I don't know why anyone would do this but let's just imagine someone did - a sobers type who bowled two kinds of delivery. If you said 'he's there exclusively to bowl spin' but his average bowling spin was 50 compared to an average in the 20s when bowling pace, then it would be a slight compromise to the integrity of the side to then list his average when bowling pace.
Sangakarra's average was about 20 less with the gloves than without them so if he is picked in that role it's at least worth noting.

So I assume AB's average is now 58, Bairstows 51 and De Kock 54 then?

You need to lay the rules out before the draft, not after it. Or else I wouldn't of used the second pick in the draft on him.

I'm not going to conspire to the fact that Sangakarra became a 20% better batsman just because he dropped the gloves, it probably coincidently aligned with him becoming, you know, a better batsman as he got older.

 

[PhatBoy]

So I assume AB's average is now 58, Bairstows 51 and De Kock 54 then?

You need to lay the rules out before the draft, not after it. Or else I wouldn't of used the second pick in the draft on him.

I'm not going to conspire to the fact that Sangakarra became a 20% better batsman just because he dropped the gloves, it probably coincidently aligned with him becoming, you know, a better batsman as he got older.

You sound like you're taking this harder than you need to.

 

[eth-dog]

Okay. I still need updated teams from PhatBoy, Nakia and JG22