Test Cricket Draft

[MG MG]

Really? We doing this again?

O crap, I'm running out of options. And sorry, but Im doing this on my fone, so i can't really check OP. Ummmm

 

[Carbine Chaos]

O crap, I'm running out of options. And sorry, but Im doing this on my fone, so i can't really check OP. Ummmm

I'll post it here for you mate -

Thorne89
Herbert Sutcliffe
Graeme Pollock
Steve Waugh (c)
Aravinda De Silva
Martin Crowe
Garfield Sobers
Kapil Dev
Courtney Walsh
Sydney Barnes

Glinn MGraw
Len Hutton
Kumar Sangakkara
Inzamam-Ul-Haq
Clyde Walcott
Wally Hammond
Keith Miller
Shaun Pollock
Richard Hadlee
Bill O'Reilly

Noobz0r
Sunil Gavaskar
Stephen Fleming
George Headley
Mohammad Yousuf
Jacques Kallis
Sanath Jayasuriya
Adam Gilchrist (+)
Joel Garner
Jim Laker

Ignorant Armies
Imran Khan

Gak Attack
Jack Hobbs
Viv Richards
Javed Miandad
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
MS Dhoni (+)
Chaminda Vaas
Dale Steyn
Richie Benaud
Malcolm Marshall

DrVanNostrand
Greg Chappell
Andy Flower (+)
Thilan Samaraweera
Ken Barrington
Chris Cairns
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Allan Donald
Curtly Ambrose

Torz
Virender Sehwag
Saeed Anwar
Ricky Ponting
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Tillakaratne Dilshan
AB De Villiers (+)
Fred Trueman
Shane Bond
Dennis Lillee

MG MG
Matthew Hayden
David Gower
Allan Border
Andrew Flintoff
Ian Botham
Jeffrey Dujon (+)
Brett Lee
Muttiah Muralitharan
Shoaib Akhtar

Stevemac
Barry Richards
Everton Weekes
Mahela Jayawardene
Rahul Dravid
Geoff Boycott
Mark Boucher (+)
Daniel Vettori
Waqar Younis
Michael Holding
Glenn McGrath

 

[MG MG]

Please don't tell me Dale Steyn is gone....

 

[MG MG]

This is ridicoulos! Whatever, gimme Makhaya Ntini

 

[The Speaker]

Gak Attack

 

[Gak Attack]

Eddie Paynter​

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A late start to his first class career and the start of WW2 limited him to just 20 matches(Average of 59) but during that time he managed some impressive achievements. Of those 20 matches, 7 were against Australia and he averaged 84 in those games, often when England were in trouble. Also a great fielder for the day.​

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Noobz0r​

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Does the last pick have to be 12th man or can we nominate that once we're done?​

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[Carbine Chaos]

Does the last pick have to be 12th man or can we nominate that once we're done?

ASAIK the last pick can be in the XI as long as you have the nationalities all covered in the XI and not hiding as 12th.

 

[Gak Attack]

ASAIK the last pick can be in the XI as long as you have the nationalities all covered in the XI and not hiding as 12th.

I'm all set there luckily already thanks to Steyn's secret NZ days that I uncovered.

 

[Noobz0r]

Ray Lindwall

The greatest fast bowler of his generation, lindwall took 228 at 23 apiece. if I get my other planned fast bowler I'm not sure will be taking the new ball!

 

[The Speaker]

Bill Ponsford​

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Of how many people could you say that a batting average of 48 would be a poor indicator of his true batting abilities? Such a statement applies to Bill Ponsford. His first class average of 65 is far more indicative of his absolute dominance with the bat, for he was the massive Australian accumulator before Bradman. His average of 48 is a result of series where he suffered from tonsilitis, a broken hand, and Bodyline. When playing unfettered, his average is a far more agreeable 64.81, on par with his first class record, and a measure of the immense talent of this man.​

thorne89

 

[Carbine Chaos]

When playing unfettered, his average is a far more agreeable 64.81, on par with his first class record, and a measure of the immense talent of this man.

Pfft, sounds like a soft**** to me.

Give me a few mins...still need to grab a spinner and keeper.

 

[DrVanNostrand]

**** battting on that pitch that Ponsford is pictured standing on.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

Time to grab a keeper/opener/Pakistani...this is a very tactical pick due to the fact he fills all 3 of those requirements, and his style of play is very much suited to this competition.

HANIF MOHAMMAD (+)

While few would have heard of this man, he was known as the original 'Little Master', and the first real star of Pakistan cricket. His one massive record, however, is the fact that he holds the longest ever test innings...yes, of all time. An amazing 337 runs against the West Indies in 1957-59, in a whopping 970 minutes...a bit over 16 hours. His concentration levels were through the roof, as he followed up this effort with a first class effort of 499 (run out) only a year later.

His stats by themselves are impressive alone, with an average of 44 and 12 hundreds; but it is more his versatility and manner of play which made him an invaluable bargain pick for my XI.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

And, to round out my starting XI, the legendary spinner...

BISHEN BEDI

Bedi is an all-time great of Indian cricket. His stats are excellent - 266 wickets in 67 tests at an average of 28 to go with his record of 1560 FC wickets. He had an aura about him whilst bowling, much like the likes of Shane Warne and Muralidaran. His cunning bowling and clever thinking on the field make him an absolute dream to include in my XI.

The purity and perfection of Bedi's art was a connoisseur's dream. He was stealthy, silent and deadly, a master of deception who conjured variations in flight, loop, spin and pace without any perceptible change in action. He bowled with a big heart too, challenging the batsman to hit over the top by giving the ball plenty of air, and was a consistent wicket-taker for most of his career. Helped by a successful county stint with Northamptonshire, he finished with 1560 first-class wickets, more than any other Indian bowler.

 

[The Speaker]

And, to round out my starting XI, the legendary spinner...

BISHEN BEDI

You have made me very unhappy.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

You have made me very unhappy.

This makes me happy in pants.

People have been stealing my picks all draft, it's about time I had some revenge.

 

[The Speaker]

Bhagwath Chandrasekhar​

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The surprisingly unheralded spinner of the Indian foursome, Chandrasekhar was a match winner at heart. Unlike that spud Bedi, Chandrasekhar could actually take wickets on a fairly regular basis, and was in fact regarded as the key to India's chances of winning. Importantly, he could bowl well away from home, unlike his ancestor-in-spirit Anil Kumble, who presumably thought that the only pitches that mattered were in India. Chandrasekhar forms a formidible spin duo with Bill O'Reilly, both of whom bowl the best type of spin bowling there is.​

 

[DrVanNostrand]

You have made me very unhappy.

This.

lol I had no idea Hanif Mo. was a keeper.

 

[The Speaker]

This makes me happy in pants.

People have been stealing my picks all draft, it's about time I had some revenge.

Good luck taking any wickets with that line-up.

 

[Carbine Chaos]

lol I had no idea Hanif Mo. was a keeper.

There is a lot you don't know about thorne89's XI.

Except that they are all awesome.

Good luck taking any wickets with that line-up.

Ooh, just wait til Barnes makes his way onto our shores and hears about this!

 

[The Speaker]

Noobz0r

 

[Howard Littlejohn]

Time to grab a keeper/opener/Pakistani...this is a very tactical pick due to the fact he fills all 3 of those requirements, and his style of play is very much suited to this competition.

HANIF MOHAMMAD (+)

And, to round out my starting XI, the legendary spinner...
BISHEN BEDI

The "Unselected XI" just got a lot weaker.

 

[Noobz0r]

Err... Bedi was a gun??

Frank Tyson

Although he only played 17 tests, his record and reputation are world class. 76 wickets at 18.56 a piece. Nuff said

 

[Carbine Chaos]

YOU NEVER SAW THIS

 

[The Speaker]

I'm guessing both of you have mis-interpreted his comment.

He was saying that the selection of Hanif and Bedi weakened his unselected eleven because now he has to pick someone else, rather than those two.