All time test cricket draft

[Fade to Gray]

Curtley Ambrose.

1 Herbert Sutcliffe (24 - 35) Eng 1920 - 1929
2 Bert Sutcliffe (47 - 65) NZ 1940 - 1949
3 George Headley (30 - 54) WI 1930 - 1939
4 Graeme Pollock (63 -70) SA 1960 - 1969
5 Javed Miandad (76 -93) PAK 1970 - 1979
6 Charles Mead (11 - 28) Eng 1910 - 1919
7 Keith Miller (46 - 56) Aus 1950 - 1959
8 Musfiqur Rahim (05-17) Bang 2000 -2017
9 Kapil Dev (78 - 94) Ind 1980 - 1989
10 Curtley Ambrose (88 - 2000) WI Wildcard
11 Muttiah Murallitharin (92 - 2010) SL 1990 - 2000

The Speaker

 

[The Speaker]

Monty Noble

Danger in Texas

 

[PhatBoy]

Mate, you have 2 players in the 90's. You'll have to get rid of Gilly and have one of the others as your wildcard

Ah shit. I didn’t notice, I think I got confused as to the presence of a Zimbabwe player and a Bangladesh player, or whether we had to pick a player from 2000-2010.

Make inzamam the Wildcard.

 

[eth-dog]

Ah shit. I didn’t notice, I think I got confused as to the presence of a Zimbabwe player and a Bangladesh player, or whether we had to pick a player from 2000-2010.

Make inzamam the Wildcard.

Yep. Sorry but it had to be Gilly for the maths to add up. You can select any Australian, South African or West Indian from the 10's and 20's to replace

 

[PhatBoy]

F***, thought I had snuck Les Ames in as my keeper for a second then realised I already had two Poms.
Jock Cameron averaged 30 behind the stumps when most other keepers were between 10-20. He will have to do.

Bob Cowper (AUS) 1960s

Kane Williamson (NZ) 2010s
Inzamam (Pakistan) Wildcard
Aravinda de Silva (SL) 1980s
Vijay Hazare (India) 1940s
Trevor Goddard (SA) 1950s
Jock Cameron (SA) 1920s wk
Heath Streak (Zim) 1990s
Michael Holding (WI) 1970s
Headley Verity (England) 1930s
SF Barnes (England) 1870-1910

 

[eth-dog]

F***, thought I had snuck Les Ames in as my keeper for a second then realised I already had two Poms.
Jock Cameron averaged 30 behind the stumps when most other keepers were between 10-20. He will have to do.

Bob Cowper (AUS) 1960s

Kane Williamson (NZ) 2010s
Inzamam (Pakistan) Wildcard
Aravinda de Silva (SL) 1980s
Vijay Hazare (India) 1940s
Trevor Goddard (SA) 1950s
Jock Cameron (SA) 1920s wk
Heath Streak (Zim) 1990s
Michael Holding (WI) 1970s
Headley Verity (England) 1930s
SF Barnes (England) 1870-1910

Sorry mate, I just took him.

 

[The Speaker]

There are a couple of well regarded Australian keepers from that era.

 

[PhatBoy]

Sorry mate, I just took him.

Oh for f***s sake!

 

[PhatBoy]

Dirty Bert Oldfield. Get him up here.

 

[PhatBoy]

Bob Cowper (AUS) 1960s

Kane Williamson (NZ) 2010s
Inzamam (Pakistan) Wildcard
Aravinda de Silva (SL) 1980s
Vijay Hazare (India) 1940s
Trevor Goddard (SA) 1950s
Bert Oldfield (aus) 1920s wk
Heath Streak (Zim) 1990s
Michael Holding (WI) 1970s
Headley Verity (England) 1930s
SF Barnes (England) 1870-1910

 

[Oaktree]

PhatBoy



Not the pick I thought you'd make with that one...

Would like to know what you were thinking, but I assume that player is still undrafted.

I went with Richie primarily cause I just wanted to have him in the team. I did consider someone else.

He might need to bowl more overs if he is going to bat at no 9, haha.

 

[The Speaker]

Would like to know what you were thinking, but I assume that player is still undrafted.

I went with Richie primarily cause I just wanted to have him in the team. I did consider someone else.

He might need to bowl more overs if he is going to bat at no 9, haha.

They are indeed undrafted.

 

[eth-dog]

Danger in Texas gets skipped, spookism has the double if he's still online

 

[spookism]

So, for deciding the winner, I think we rank the sides 1-7 not including our own. So for example I might (this is without actually looking at the teams) vote:

1. Fade to Gray
2. PhatBoy
3. Nakia
4. The Speaker
5. Danger in Texas
6. Oaktree
7. spookism

1 being the best, 7 the worst. Lowest score wins.

Boo-urns

 

[The Speaker]

Boo-urns

Less booing more picking - you'll be the first to complete a team.

 

[eth-dog]

The Speaker has until 6.

 

[spookism]

1. Arthur Shrewsbury (England) 1887-1909
2. Bruce Mitchell (South Africa) 1930-39
3. Warrick Armstrong (Australia) 1910-19
4. Brian Lara (West Indies) 1990-99
5. Ian Botham (England) 1970-79
6. John Reid (New Zealand) 1950-59
7. Hashan Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka) 1980-89
8. Sarfraz Nawaz (Pakistan) 1960-69
9. Learie Constantine 1920-29
10. Subhash Gupte (India) 1940-49
11. Glenn McGrath (Australia) 2000-2017

12th Grant Flower (Zimbabwe) Wildcard

 

[spookism]

Annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd done.

Harder than I thought....


Almost a must research project beforehand

 

[The Speaker]

1. Arthur Shrewsbury (England) 1887-1909
2. Bruce Mitchell (South Africa) 1930-39
3. Warrick Armstrong (Australia) 1910-19
4. Brian Lara (West Indies) 1990-99
5. Ian Botham (England) 1970-79
6. John Reid (New Zealand) 1950-59
7. Hashan Tillakaratne (Sri Lanka) 1980-89
8. Sarfraz Nawaz (Pakistan) 1960-69
9. Learie Constantine 1920-29
10. Subhash Gupte (India) 1940-49
11. Glenn McGrath (Australia) 2000-2017

12th Grant Flower (Zimbabwe) Wildcard

The Big Ship gets a gig!

 

[eth-dog]

That is a weak batting line-up. A good attack would run through it.

 

[The Speaker]

Sunil Gavaskar (Ind) - 1970-1979
Len Hutton* (Eng) - 1930-1939
Wally Hammond (Eng) - 1920-1929
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) - 1990-1999
Frank Worrell (WI) - 1950-1959
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) - 2000-2017
Mike Procter (SA) - 1960-1969
Rashid Latif+ (Pak) - Wildcard (any era)
Richard Hadlee (NZ) - 1980-1989
Ray Lindwall (Aus) - 1940-1949
Reggie Schwarz (SA) - 1910-1919

Monty Noble (Aus) - 1877-1909

Fade to Gray

 

[eth-dog]

Good line-up there. Strong batting and has 7 genuine bowling options. I like the 4 pace/3 spin balance more than 5/2 but that's just me.

 

[spookism]

That is a weak batting line-up. A good attack would run through it.

Pfft...

Brian Lara would score 400 runs himself

 

[eth-dog]

Pfft...

Brian Lara would score 400 runs himself

Beefy at 5 is really high

 

[The Speaker]

Good line-up there. Strong batting and has 7 genuine bowling options. I like the 4 pace/3 spin balance more than 5/2 but that's just me.

Noble can come in if the pitch isn't suited to the quicker bowlers. Also, fun fact, Procter bowled off-spin at the end of his career, including during the WSC Supertests where he took 16 wickets @ 16.