Left Handers Draft Thread

[Blakus]

Allan Rae to complete my opening partnership


1.Allan Rae 1016 runs @ 46.18
2.Andrew Strauss 5777 runs @ 43.11
3.Garry Sobers 8032 runs @ 57.78 , 235 wickets @ 34.03
4.Martin Donnelly 582 runs @ 52.90
5.
6.Frank Woolley 3283 runs @ 36.07 , 83 wickets @ 33.91
7.
8.Rodney Marsh 3633 runs @ 26.51 , 343 catches 12 stumpings
9.George Hirst 790 runs @ 22.57 , 59 wickets @ 30
10.Bobby Peel 420 runs @ 14.72 , 101 wickets @ 16.98
11.Bruce Reid 93 runs @ 4.65 , 113 wickets @ 24.63

 

[Somerset]

Alf Hall

Saeed Anwar LHB (55 tests, 4052 runs @ 45.52)
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John F Reid LHB (19 tests, 1296 runs @ 46.28)
Michael Hussey LHB (54 tests, 4080 runs @ 49.75)
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Sir Richard Hadlee LHB RFM (86 tests, 3124 runs @ 27.16, 431 wickets @ 22.29)
Sir Frank Worrell RHB LM/SLA (51 tests, 3860 runs @ 49.48, 69 wickets @ 38.72)
Charlie Macartney RHB SLA (35 tests, 2131 runs @ 41.78, 45 wickets @ 27.55)
George Brown LHB (7 tests, 299 runs @ 29.89, 9 catches and 3 stumpings)
Bishan Bedi RHB SLA (67 tests, 656 runs @ 8.98, 266 wickets @ 28.71)
Alf Hall LHB LFM (7 tests, 11 runs @ 1.83, 40 wickets @ 22.15)

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Bapu Nadkarni for my next pick - good allrounder and the most economical bowler in test history

Charter 77 so far

1. Bill Lawry (*)
2. Bert Sutcliffe
3. Maurice Leyland
4.
5. Andy Flower (+)
6. Jack Gregory
7.
8. Bapu Nadkarni
9. Johnny Briggs
10. Bill Johnston
11. Ernie Toshack

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Drafted Players So Far

Round 1

Blakus - Garry Sobers
Noble One - Adam Gilchrist
kingkallis - Wasim Akram
marc71178 - Brian Lara
fredfertang - Graeme Pollock
Somerset - Richard Hadlee
Himannv - Kumar Sangakarra
Michaelf7777777 - Andy Flower
Cevno - Alan Davidson
zinzan12 - Matthew Hayden
Hurricane - Allan Border
Shri - Wilfred Rhodes

Round 2

Shri - Mitchell Johnson
Hurricane - David Gower
zinzan12 - Charlie Blythe
Cevno - Hedley Verity
Michaelf7777777 - Bill Johnston
Himannv - Derek Underwood
Somerset - Bishan Bedi
fredfertang - Neil Harvey
Marc71178 - Chaminda Vaas
kingkallis - Graeme Smith
Noble One - Trevor Goddard
Blakus - Bruce Reid

Round 3

Shri - JJ Ferris
Noble One - Mohammad Aamir
Blakus - Rod Marsh
Hurricane - Zaheer Khan
Cevno - Vinoo Mankad
Himannv - Bill Voce
zinzan12 - Daniel Vettori
kingkallis - Brett Schultz
Michaelf7777777 - Jack Gregory
marc71178 - Jacob Oram
Somerset - Charles Macartney
fredfertang - Johnny Wardle

Round 4

fredfertang - Eddie Paynter
Somerset - Frank Worrell
marc 71178 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Michaelf7777777 - Ernie Toshack
kingkallis - Graham Thorpe
zinzan 12 - Richard Collinge
Himannv - Arthur Morris
cevno - Doug Bollinger
Hurricane - Jack Russell
Blakus - Bobby Peel
Noble One - John Lever
Shri - Gary Gilmour

Round 5

Michaelf7777777 - Johnny Briggs
marc71178 - Justin Langer
kingkallis - Ridley Jacobs
Somerset - Micheal Hussey
fredfertang - Frank Foster
Shri - Iqbal Qasim
Noble One - Tomy Lock
Himannv - Phil Mead
Hurricane - Gautham Gambhir
zinzan12 - Ryan Sidebottom
Blakus - Frank Woolley
Cevno - Hashan Tilakaratne

Round 6

Cevno - Lance Klusener
Blakus - George Hirst
zinzan12 - Gary Kirsten
Hurricane - Clive Lloyd
Himmanv - Bert Ironmonger
Noble One - Alvin Kalicharan
Shri - Parthiv Patel
fredfertang - John Edrich
Somerset - George Brown
KingKallis - Shakib Al Hasan
marc71178 - Wayne Phillips
Michealf7777777 - Bill Lawry

Round 7

Michaelf7777777 - Bert Sutcliffe
zinzan12 - Mark Taylor
marc71178 - Geoff Dymock
Somerset - Saeed Anwar
Shri - Vinod Kambli
Blakus - Martin Donnelly
Cevno - Clem Hill
fredfertang - Bob Cowper
Noble One - Chris Gayle
kingkallis - Marcus Trescothick
Himannv - Bill Whitty
Hurricane - Sanath Jayasuriya

Round 8

Hurricane - Ravi Shastri
Himmanv - Roy Fredericks
kingkallis - Stephen Fleming
Noble One - Saurav Ganguly
fredfertang - Warren Bardsley
Cevno - Simon Katich
Blakus - Andrew Strauss
Shri - Darren Lehmann
Somerset - John F . Reid
marc71178 - Alf Valentine
zinzan12 - Jesse Ryder
Michaelf7777777 - Maurice Leylond

Round 9

Himannv - Kepler Wessels
kingkallis - Jack Saunders
Blakus - Allan Rae
Somerset - Alf Hall
Michaelf7777777 - Bapu Nadkarni
fredfertang
zinzan12
Shri
Cevno
Noble One
marc71178
Hurricane

 

[kingkallis]

WOW - whats going on people?

fredfertang and zinzan12 both up now.

 

[Noble One]

WOW - whats going on people?

fredfertang and zinzan12 both up now.

Life

 

[fredfertang]

John Edrich
Warren Bardsley
Graeme Pollock
Neil Harvey
Eddie Paynter
Bob Cowper
-
Frank Foster
Johnny Wardle
-
Jeff Jones

 

[kingkallis]

Life

Ermm, thats harsh!

 

[Zinzan]

Ashwell Prince for me



1)M Hayden 8600 runs @ 50.73
2) M Taylor (Capt )7500 runs @ 43.49
3) G Kirsten 7200 runs @ 45.27
4) A Prince 3300 runs @ 43.57
5) J Ryder 900 runs @ 49.88
6)
7)
8) D Vettori 4000 runs @ 30.71 & 325 wickets @ 33.86
9) R Sidebottom 79 wickets @ 28
10) R Collinge 116 wickets @ 29.25
11) C Blythe 100 wickets @ 18.63[/QUOTE]

 

[Shri]

Mark Richardson

1. Mark Richardson
2.
3.
4. Vinod Kambli
5. Darren Lehmann
6. Parthiv Patel +
7. Wilfred Rhodes
8. Gary Gilmour
9. Mitchell Johnson
10. Iqbal Qasim
11. JJ Ferris

 

[Somerset]

^ Surprised it took until round 9 for Richardson to be taken, as I still needed an opener I'd have strongly considered selecting him for my next pick.

 

[Hurricane]

I considered him but I needed a part time bowler for the balance of my side so took jayasuriya - otherwise would have gone with Strauss with an avg of 43 before Richardson's avg of 44. Just would want someone with a bit more flair - I also had the chance to select Bill Lawry at one point but was put off by his reputation as a stone waller.

 

[Noble One]

Left hand openers are plentiful. Still some solid names left unselected. It appears no teams are suffering from any serious balance issues going into the last few rounds.

 

[Hurricane]

My only regret is wasting an early pick on my keeper I could have picked up a bowler with that pick and picked up a no name keeper late in the draft. I notice there are about 4 or 5 keepers who played 7 or 8 games each - who are available for selection.

Anyways the draft has been a blast. Glad I played. Well done Michael.

 

[kingkallis]

I too was not sure if everyone will end up having a good team....luckily there are plenty of good lefties to make 10-12 finely balanced teams.

 

[fredfertang]

Looks like it's only zinzan and I who haven't selected keepers yet - I've two in mind so I'll leave to that till last as I'm guaranteed one or t'other - will be interested to see who zinzan is eyeing up - he might well have one of mine in mind but not, I suspect, the obscure English predecessor of Adam Gilchrist

 

[Hurricane]

Cevno
Noble One

are up 12 hrs have passed.

 

[Noble One]

Larry Gomes

The Noble Cack Handers

1. Chris Gayle (88 Tests, 6007 Runs @ 40.31, 72 Wickets @ 41.55)
2. Trevor Goddard (41 Tests, 2516 Runs @ 34.46, 123 Wickets @ 26.22)
3. Larry Gomes (60 Tests, 3171 Runs @ 39.63, 15 Wickets @ 62.0)
4.
5. Alvin Kallicharran (66 Tests, 4399 Runs @ 44.43)
6. Sourav Ganguly (113 Tests, 7212 Runs @ 42.17, 32 Wickets @ 52.53)
7. Adam Gilchrist WK (96 Tests, 5570 Runs @ 47.60, 379 Ctch, 37 Stmp)
8.
9. Mohammad Amir (14 Tests, 278 Runs @ 12.63, 51 Wickets @ 29.09)
10. Tony Lock (49 Tests, 742 Runs @ 13.74, 174 Wickets @ 25.58)
11. John Lever (21 Tests, 306 Runs @ 11.76, 73 Wickets @ 26.72)

12.

 

[Hurricane]

Larry Gomes played a game or two for my team - he was a friend of one of our players families. The difference in his technique between us and him was like night and day. He was out for 22 but it was the best 22 I have ever seen.

We were having some problems with sledgers in our league. Larry laughed it off and told us stories about the chappell brothers.

 

[Cevno]

Alastair Cook