Cricket team draft

[NUFAN]

Herb Sutcliffe. Possibly the most under-rated batsman ever.

So underrated he's already been chosen.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Graeme Pollock is taken too, morgieb.

 

[Simon]

Oh dear morgieb

 

[NUFAN]

Morgie B, don't pick any of the following names!

1.01 chaminda_00 - Muttiah Muralitharan
1.02 G.I. Joe - Don Bradman
1.03 NUFAN - Gary Sobers
1.04 HeathDavisSpeed - Curtly Ambrose
1.05 Somerset - Shane Warne
1.06 Jakester1288 - Richard Hadlee
1.07 Jamee999 - Malcom Marshall
1.08 Raghav - Wasim Akram
1.09 Simon - Adam Gilchrist
1.10 Matt79 - Imran Khan
1.11 Michaelf7777777 - Keith Miller
1.12 morgieb - Viv Richards
1.13 pskov - Jack Hobbs

2.01 pskov - Glenn McGrath
2.02 morgieb - Dennis Lillee
2.03 Michaelf7777777 - Alan Davidson
2.04 Matt79 - Bill O'Reilly
2.05 Simon - Clarrie Grimmett
2.06 Raghav - Alan Border
2.07 Jamee999 - Joel Garner
2.08 Jakester1288 - Brian Lara
2.09 Somerset - George Headley
2.10 HeathDavisSpeed - Frank Tyson
2.11 NUFAN - Fred Trueman
2.12 G.I. Joe - Shane Bond
2.13 chaminda_00 - Kumar Sangakarra

3, 01 chaminda_00 - Jacques Kallis
3. 02 G.I. Joe - Clive Walcott
3. 03 NUFAN - Sachin Tendulkar
3. 04 HeathDavisSpeed - Graeme Pollock
3. 05 Somerset - Andy Flower
3. 06 Jakestar1288 - Mike Hussey
3. 07 Jamee999 - Ken Barrington
3. 08 Raghav - Mark Boucher
3. 09 Simon - Herbert Sutcliffe
3. 10 Matt79 - Wally Hammond
3. 11 Michaelf7777777 - Les Ames
3. 12 morgieb -
3. 13 pskov -

 

[morgieb]

Think today is the last day, could be wrong though.

Yeah it is, but I've got a doctor's appointment which allows me to "jig" it.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Bloody hell Morgieb. Learn to read the thread before you post, eh?

 

[pskov]

I select Shaun Pollock and Michael Holding to round out a fearsome pace attack.

 

[pskov]

1.01 chaminda_00 - Muttiah Muralitharan
1.02 G.I. Joe - Don Bradman
1.03 NUFAN - Gary Sobers
1.04 HeathDavisSpeed - Curtly Ambrose
1.05 Somerset - Shane Warne
1.06 Jakester1288 - Richard Hadlee
1.07 Jamee999 - Malcom Marshall
1.08 Raghav - Wasim Akram
1.09 Simon - Adam Gilchrist
1.10 Matt79 - Imran Khan
1.11 Michaelf7777777 - Keith Miller
1.12 morgieb - Viv Richards
1.13 pskov - Jack Hobbs

2.01 pskov - Glenn McGrath
2.02 morgieb - Dennis Lillee
2.03 Michaelf7777777 - Alan Davidson
2.04 Matt79 - Bill O'Reilly
2.05 Simon - Clarrie Grimmett
2.06 Raghav - Alan Border
2.07 Jamee999 - Joel Garner
2.08 Jakester1288 - Brian Lara
2.09 Somerset - George Headley
2.10 HeathDavisSpeed - Frank Tyson
2.11 NUFAN - Fred Trueman
2.12 G.I. Joe - Shane Bond
2.13 chaminda_00 - Kumar Sangakarra

3.01 chaminda_00 - Jacques Kallis
3.02 G.I. Joe - Clyde Walcott
3.03 NUFAN - Sachin Tendulkar
3.04 HeathDavisSpeed - Graeme Pollock
3.05 Somerset - Andy Flower
3.06 Jakestar1288 - Mike Hussey
3.07 Jamee999 - Ken Barrington
3.08 Raghav - Mark Boucher
3.09 Simon - Herbert Sutcliffe
3.10 Matt79 - Wally Hammond
3.11 Michaelf7777777 - Les Ames
3.12 morgieb - Kapil Dev
3.13 pskov - Shaun Pollock

4.01 pskov - Michael Holding
4.02 morgieb - Sunil Gavaskar
4.03 Michaelf7777777 - Hedley Verity
4.04 Matt79 -
4.05 Simon -
4.06 Raghav -
4.07 Jamee999 -
4.08 Jakester1288 -
4.09 Somerset -
4.10 HeathDavisSpeed -
4.11 NUFAN -
4.12 G.I. Joe -
4.13 chaminda_00 -

After 42 selections we have had:

11 Australians
9 West Indians
8 Englishmen
4 South Africans
3 Indians
2 Sri Lankans
2 New Zealanders
2 Pakistanis
1 Zimbabwean

 

[Simon]

McGrath, Pollock, Holding is some bowling attack!

 

[morgieb]

Sunil Gavaskar.

 

[NUFAN]

After 40 selections we have had:

11 Australians
9 West Indians
7 Englishmen
4 South Africans
2 Sri Lankans
2 New Zealanders
2 Pakistanis
2 Indians
1 Zimbabwean

A pretty fair reflection IMO.

Suspect England to improve and finish in second place. India and Pakistan should move up to South Africa possibly too.

 

[Simon]

A pretty fair reflection IMO.

Suspect England to improve and finish in second place. India and Pakistan should move up to South Africa possibly too.

10 Australians in the first 19 picks and only 1 in the next 21. I reckon we'll see a lot more Aussies picked in the later rounds though. Wouldnt surprise me if 30% of the players picked in the end are Australians.

 

[G.I.Joe]

WTH's happening, morgieb? Did you change to Gavaskar from Kapil? NUFAN's got Kapil Dev against your name.

 

[pskov]

Sunil Gavaskar.

Almost almost picked him just then but decided I couldn't turn down the opportunity to essentially finish my seam attack with three absolutely top drawer bowlers, especially considering I won't pick again for a while.

Michael7777777 accidentaly posted Verity as his pick before morgieb went but then deleted it, so I just added it assuming that he hasn't changed his mind.

 

[pskov]

WTH's happening, morgieb? Did you change to Gavaskar from Kapil? NUFAN's got Kapil Dev against your name.

Sunil was his next pick at the start of the 4th round, keep up.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Sunil was his next pick at the start of the 4th round, keep up.

I blame NUFAN . He mentioned two Indians were picked so far, and I knew Tendulkar was one of them.

EDIT: And he'd quoted you. So the blamer has become the blamee!

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Yes Verity was my pick, thank you.

 

[Simon]

hey pskov, the list I sent you had a mistake, didnt realise Trueman was taken, so just use my next highest pick after that.

 

[Matt79]

Damn, had my heart set on Shaun Pollock - he's so much more than a poor man's McGrath - more like a latter day Hadlee IMO.

I had a list of about 8 players that I was going to pick with this selection, after my last one, and about 6 of them have been taken since that last selection. Starting to feel really hard not to select the remaining fantastic batsmen, especially as people are selecting more and more of them now, but I'll follow Pskov's lead and try to round out my bowling attack a bit more:

Waqar Younis

With Imran as my likely captain, he'll inspire Waqar to perform at his devestating best.

 

[Simon]

Ray Lindwall for me thanks