All time test cricket draft

[eth-dog]

Last year or the year before I ran a similar draft, but this one has a twist. You must pick players from certain era's of test cricket, so you need to rely upon your cricketing knowledge of previous era's as well. The winner will be decided by a 3-2-1 vote via PM to me of who you think has the best sides outside of your own.

I unashamedly stole this idea off Danger in Texas, as well as the era's he chose. You must pick one from each:

1877-1909
1910-1919
1920-1929
1930-1939
1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969
1970-1979
1980-1989
1990-1999
2000-2017
Wildcard (any era)

It's extremely important to keep track of which era you've selected from. As for the other rules:

1. Bradman cannot be selected
2. You must pick 1 player from every nation that's played a test except Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, but you will need to pick one from those two teams
3. You cannot pick more than 2 players from any one nation
4. Have fun!

Order:

Round 1:

1. Nakia - Garfield Sobers
2. eth-dog - Jacques Kallis
3. Oaktree - Andy Flower
4. PhatBoy - Sydney Barnes (England)
5. Fade to Gray - George Headley
6. The Speaker - Richard Hadley
7. Danger in Texas - Jack Hobbs
8. spookism - Brian Lara

Round 2:

9. spookism - Glenn McGrath
10. Danger in Texas - Shane Warne
11. The Speaker - Shakib Al Hasan
12. Fade to Gray - Muttiah Muralitharan
13. PhatBoy - Heath Streak
14. Oaktree - Sachin Tendulkar
15. eth-dog - Mominul Haque
16. Nakia - WG Grace

Round 3:

17. Nakia - Wasim Akram
18. eth-dog - Kumar Sangakkara
19. Oaktree - Imran Khan
20. PhatBoy - Kane Williamson
21. Fade to Gray - Graeme Pollock
22. The Seaker - Mahela Jayawardene
23. Danger in Texas - Waqar Younis
24. spookism - Arthur Shrewsbury

Round 4:

25. spookism - Ian Botham
26. Danger in Texas - Barry Richards
27. The Speaker - Len Hutton
28. Fade to Gray - Herbert Sutcliffe
29. PhatBoy - Aravinda da Silva
30. Oaktree - Aubrey Faulkner
31. eth-dog - Vinoo Mankad
32. Nakia - Rahul Dravid

Round 5

33. Nakia - Clarrie Grimmett
34. eth-dog - Malcolm Marshall
35. Oaktree - Everton Weekes
36. PhatBoy - Michael Holding
37. Fade to Gray - Javed Miandad
38. The Speaker - Sunil Gavaskar
39. Danger in Texas - Clyde Walcott
40. spookism - Hashan Tillakeratne

Round 6

41. spookism - Grant Flower
42. Danger in Texas - Tamim Iqbal
43. The Speaker - Wally Hammond
44. Fade to Gray - Mushfiqur Rahim
45. PhatBoy - Inzamam-ul-Haq
46. Oaktree - Vivian Richards
47. eth-dog - Bob Simpson
48. Nakia - Dave Houghton

Round 7

49. Nakia - Allan Knott
50. eth-dog - Bill Lawry
51. Oaktree - Sanath Jayasuriya
52. PhatBoy - Vijay Hazare
53. Fade to Gray - Keith Miller
54. The Speaker - Ray Lindwall
55. Danger in Texas - Victor Trumper
56. spookism - Bruce Mitchell

Round 8

57. spookism - John Reid
58. Danger in Texas - Glenn Turner
59. The Speaker - Reggie Schwarz
60. Fade to Gray - Kapil Dev
61. PhatBoy - Trevor Goddard
62. Oaktree - Jack Cowie
63. eth-dog - Stewie Dempster
64. Nakia - Thilan Samaraweera

Round 9

65. Nakia - Lance Cairns
66. eth-dog - Fazal Mahmood
67. Oaktree - Fred Trueman
68. PhatBoy - Bob Cowper
69. Fade to Gray - Herbert Sutcliffe
70. The Speaker - Frank Worrall
71. Danger in Texas - Chaminder Vaas
72. spookism - Sarfraz Nawaz

Round 10

73. spookism - Subhash Gupte
74. Danger in Texas - Dudley Nourse
75. The Speaker - Rashid Latif
76. Fade to Gray - Phil Mead
77. PhatBoy - Headley Verity
78. Oaktree - Bill Ponsford
79. eth-dog - Wilfred Rhodes
80. Nakia - Sidney Barnes (Aus)

Round 11

81. Nakia - Jeffrey Stollmeyer
82. eth-dog - Jock Cameron
83. Oaktree - Richie Benaud
84. PhatBoy - Bert Oldfield
85. Fade to Gray - Curtley Ambrose
86. The Speaker - Monty Noble
87. Danger in Texas - Les Ames
88. spookism - Warrick Armstrong

Round 12

89. spookism - Maurice Tate
90. Danger in Texas - Mohammed Nissar
91. The Speaker - Mike Proctor
92. Fade to Gray - Hugh Trumble
93. PhatBoy - Herbie Taylor
94. Oaktree - Frank Woolley
95. eth-dog - George Hirst
96. Nakia - Jimmie Sinclair

 

[Danger in Texas]

Gonna be a lot of Zimbabweans and Bangladeshis picked in the 2000's

I'm up for this. Great idea, hey

 

[eth-dog]

Gonna be a lot of Zimbabweans and Bangladeshis picked in the 2000's

I'm up for this. Great idea, hey

Eh, average. It needed to be improved upon

 

[eth-dog]

Made a slight adjustment to the rules. It's pretty unfair to select 16 Zimbots/Bangas when there are no more than 10 that would stack up, so you get to pick either/or.

 

[Oaktree]

Count me in.

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[eth-dog]

The_Reaper Van_Dyke PhatBoy The Speaker Nakia are you guys interested?

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Yep

 

[Fade to Gray]

If there's a spot open I'll give it a shot. How long do you have to take a pick?

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[eth-dog]

If there's a spot open I'll give it a shot. How long do you have to take a pick?

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I'd say 4 hours between 8 and 10 on weekdays would be reasonable? People can be a bit more busy on weekends (like me, I won't be on pretty much all weekend)

 

[The Speaker]

sure, why not

 

[spookism]

Yes?

If my schedule fits when the draft is on.

 

[PhatBoy]

Yeah count me in, but I'll be an irregular contributor to some extent - I actually have a proper job now.

 

[eth-dog]

Here's the order:



Nakia has the first pick (remember NO BRADMAN)

 

[Jhye Clark 13]

Gary Sobers.

 

[eth-dog]

Gary Sobers.

Damn it. I guess I'll take the one who he's competing with for "greatest all rounder ever" in Jacques Kallis.

 

[The Speaker]

Can we make sure people tag whoever is next, just in case?

 

[eth-dog]

Can we make sure people tag whoever is next, just in case?

Excellent point. The time limit will start once you're tagged. So you have until 10:15 tomorrow morning Oaktree

 

[Oaktree]

I'll go Andy Flower. PhatBoy

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[eth-dog]

PB you have until 10:45 tomorrow morning.

Also really smart Oaktree, I'm fairly sure he was going to pick Flower either there or his second pick

 

[PhatBoy]

SF Barnes.

Fade to gray - I don't know how to tag someone in a post

 

[eth-dog]

SF Barnes.

Fade to gray - I don't know how to tag someone in a post

Put "@" in front of their name. Fade to Gray you have until 10:50 to pick

 

[Fade to Gray]

If I can't have Bradman, I'll have to go for the Black Bradman.

George Headley (WI)

The Speaker

 

[eth-dog]

If I can't have Bradman, I'll have to go for the Black Bradman.

George Headley (WI)

The Speaker

You have until 11:20 to pick Mr. Speaker.

 

[Fade to Gray]

Can I clarify the rules?

Is it where the player, played the majority of their career? or does it cover their entire career?

Eg. George Headley played from 1930 - 1954 so he could be selected in any of 1930-1937, 1938-1945 (WWII), 1946-1959?

 

[eth-dog]

Can I clarify the rules?

Is it where the player, played the majority of their career? or does it cover their entire career?

Eg. George Headley played from 1930 - 1954 so he could be selected in any of 1930-1937, 1938-1945 (WWII), 1946-1959?

You pick the era you want to put him in.