Ultimate Test Draft

[Goughy]

Im not excited about this pick as Ive not got the balance right, but I pick Wasim Akram

 

[The Sean]

Im not excited about this pick as Ive not got the balance right, but I pick Wasim Akram

Amazed at you Goughy in that I always thought you rated his partner in crime much higher.

Nothing at all to do with me wanting Wasim, obviously.

 

[Somerset]

Was hoping to get Akram so will have to settle for Steve Waugh (1985).

With Waugh at number six, Macartney opens the batting. Looks like I have my own set of three W's in the middle order.

??
C.Macartney
D.Bradman
D.Walters
F.Worrell
S.Waugh
??
R.Hadlee
??
F.Tyson
F.Spofforth

 

[chaminda_00]

Yep, five for me too. Happy that I'll be getting one of them.

Sean can you be nice and not pick the 5th player, your side is gun enough. I need all the help I can get.

Thanks

 

[Goughy]

Amazed at you Goughy in that I always thought you rated his partner in crime much higher.

I do but needed someone to shorten my tail.

Ill still end up with a very good team but it is looking like Ill have a C+ bowling attack, stupidly missed out on Hobbs and have no spinner.

 

[Matt79]

Who's up?

 

[chaminda_00]

Sean

 

[Michaelf7777777]

I do but needed someone to shorten my tail.

Ill still end up with a very good team but it is looking like Ill have a C+ bowling attack, stupidly missed out on Hobbs and have no spinner.

Depends what you consider Barnes seeing as I've heard some reports suggesting that he was a leggie with a similar style to O'Reilly apart from lacking a googly

 

[The Sean]

With apologies to Tharmi...

Waqar Younis (1989)

Going to suffer from the same problem as Goughy in that my tale will be longer than I'd like it to be.

 

[Matt79]

Jebus, can I pass?


Seriously, will need a minute here.

 

[Matt79]

Wow. The cupboard is pretty bare. My problems here are fitting in a relatively mediocre player into one of the pivotal slots I've got left. There's a couple of bowlers, but with the Pakistani pair and Curtly gone, I need to hope to snare one of the 90s guns to lead my attack. With Sachin and Waugh gone, all the batsmen left who debuted in the 80s are not good enough.

I've already screwed the pooch with this team, and ironically enough, my last bowler and my upper middle order are not parts of the team I can now afford to compromise on...

Sigh...
David Boon. Durable, tough, and good success everywhere, apart from in Pakistan presumably up against Waqar, Wasim and Imran, which is a hard ask for anyone.

Team so far:
Hutton
Lawry
Boon
-
Trumper
Faulkner
Imran
-
Tate
-
Adcock

Sorry I took so long...

 

[Magrat Garlick]

chaminda's turn then.

 

[The Sean]

Was hoping to get Akram so will have to settle for Steve Waugh (1985).

With Waugh at number six, Macartney opens the batting. Looks like I have my own set of three W's in the middle order.

??
C.Macartney
D.Bradman
D.Walters
F.Worrell
S.Waugh
??
R.Hadlee
??
F.Tyson
F.Spofforth

Jeez mate, I hadn't been tracking your team closely - but with The Don and that bowling attack, plus the supporting cast you've built there, that team will take some beating.

 

[Somerset]

Jeez mate, I hadn't been tracking your team closely - but with The Don and that bowling attack, plus the supporting cast you've built there, that team will take some beating.

I think its coming together nicely, though will still need a spinner of high enough quality, and ideally a wicket keeper who can bat - neither of which are certainties given my positions in the draft for the final few rounds.

 

[chaminda_00]

Ian Bishop

 

[Matt79]

So very nearly went for him, but I think I need someone with more wickets to their name and a bigger legacy, to lead my attack, given so far I've got Imran, and then Tate and Adcock. Quality selection though.

 

[chaminda_00]

So very nearly went for him, but I think I need someone with more wickets to their name and a bigger legacy, to lead my attack, given so far I've got Imran, and then Tate and Adcock. Quality selection though.

I love him tbh, I want his babies.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Chaminda lets a New South Welshman slip through the net

Mark Taylor (1989)

Goughy next

 

[Matt79]

Bishop's a piece of bread, Sangakkara's a piece of bread, Tharmi is the world's happiest jam filling?

 

[chaminda_00]

Chaminda lets a New South Welshman slip through the net

Mark Taylor (1989)

Got five openers I want ahead of him. Want someone that will smack the openers out of park with WG. He told me he didn't want a plodder to open with him. WG call really.