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Old 26-09-2012, 09:59 AM   #1681 (permalink)
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Oh you bastard to be honest it was wishful thinking for him to fall through to R6 though!
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Old 26-09-2012, 10:46 AM   #1682 (permalink)
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Cheers Jager.

1. -
2. -
3. -
4. Jacques Kallis (5)
5. Clyde Walcott+
6. Keith Miller (1)
7. -
8. Kapil Dev (3)
9. -
10. Sydney Barnes (2)
11. -

Wouldn't be an awful five-a-side team, that. Haha.
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Old 26-09-2012, 10:52 AM   #1683 (permalink)
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Get Miller out of the 6 slot Eds!
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Old 26-09-2012, 10:55 AM   #1684 (permalink)
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Haha.

Where would you play him?
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Old 26-09-2012, 10:58 AM   #1685 (permalink)
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5 or 7 myself, depending on how much you subscribe to his batting genius.
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Old 26-09-2012, 11:04 AM   #1686 (permalink)
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Yeah, he'll end up at 7 I reckon. Well, the keeper would need to be an opener, or a really strong batsman. So, we'll see.
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Old 26-09-2012, 12:36 PM   #1687 (permalink)
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Chester Alan Arthur, 21st President of the United States (1881–1885) = Arthur Dudley Nourse

(And that's the two worst Clauses out the way The other one being 'Bowled Bradman' of course)
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Old 26-09-2012, 12:39 PM   #1688 (permalink)
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Watson's XI
01. Len Hutton
02.
03. Walter Hammond
04. Dudley Nourse
05.
06.
07.
08. Andy Roberts
09. Dennis Lillee
10.
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Old 26-09-2012, 12:39 PM   #1689 (permalink)
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That's ingenious from watson. Love it.
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Old 26-09-2012, 12:47 PM   #1690 (permalink)
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We call him Dudley, but I'd always wondered what the 'A' stood for.
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Old 26-09-2012, 01:28 PM   #1691 (permalink)
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OMG, thats awesome. You pulled off a stunner there Watto!
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Old 26-09-2012, 02:25 PM   #1692 (permalink)
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Haha I was wondering when that would happen. Even considered tipping someone off.
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Old 26-09-2012, 02:35 PM   #1693 (permalink)
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Nice watson
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Old 26-09-2012, 05:40 PM   #1694 (permalink)
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R1

Michaelf7777777 - Garry Sobers (shares a name with a USA President)
watson - Wally Hammond (bowled Bradman)
kyear2 - Malcolm Marshall (Aus, Eng & WI)
Jager - Imran Khan (Aus Eng & WI)
Cevno - Richard Hadlee (batting avg between 25-40)
Himannv - Viv Richards (boxing day 100)
Eds - Keith Miller (Aus, Eng and WI)
Blakus - Joel Garner (shares a name with a USA president)
AndyZaltzHair - Glenn McGrath (Aus, Eng and WI)
Marcuss - Adam Gilchrist (shares a name with a USA president)
Monk - Fred Trueman (shares a name with a USA president)
kingkallis - Jack Hobbs (debut before WW2)

R2

kingkallis- Curtly Ambrose (Aus, Eng and WI)
Monk- Waqar Younis (FC for a team beginning with G)
Marcuss- Shane Warne (part of a hat trick)
AndyZaltzHair - Mike Procter (FC cricket for a team beginning with G)
Blakus- Hedley Verity (bowled Bradman)
Eds- Jaques Kallis (boxing day 100)
Himmanv- Harold Larwood (bowled Bradman)
Cevno- Alec Bedser (bowled Bradman)
Jager- Sachin Tendulkar (boxing day 100)
kyear2- Brian Lara (dismissed as part of a hat trick)
watson- Dennis Lillee (Aus, Eng and WI)
MichaelF7777- WG Grace (FC cricket for team beginning with G)

R3

Blakus- Ray Lindwall (Aus, Eng and WI)
Jager- Maurice Tate (bowled Bradman)
Monk- Vijay Hazare (bowled Bradman)
Marcuss- Graham Pollock (FC cricket for a team beginning with G)
Himmanv- Muttiah Muralitharan (part of a hat trick)
kingkallis- Barry Richards (FC cricket for a team beginning with G)
kyear2- Bill O'Reilly (debut before WW2)
MichaelF7777- Bill Edrich (bowled Bradman)
Eds- SF Barnes (part of a hat trick)
AndyZaltzHair- George Headley (debut before WW2)
Cevno- Ricky Ponting (part of a hat trick)
watson- Len Hutton (debut before WW2)

R4

watson- Andy Roberts (debut post WW2)
Cevno- Aubrey Faulkner (debut before WW2)
AndyZaltzHair- Javed Miandad (part of a hat trick)
Eds- Clyde Walcott (FC for a team starting with G)
MichaelF7777- Ian Botham (average between 25-40)
kyear2- Greg Chappell (debut post WW2)
kingkallis- Alan Davidson (debut post WW2)
Himmanv- Allan Border (FC cricket for a team starting with G)
Marcuss- Wasim Akram (Aus, WI and Eng)
Monk- Gordon Greenidge (part of a hat trick)
Jager- Allan Donald (debut post WW2)
Blakus- Rahul Dravid (Warne & Murali)

R5

Himmanv- Shaun Pollock (avg between 25-40)
MichaelF7777- Sunil Gavaskar (Aus, Eng & WI)
Cevno- Dale Steyn (Aus, Eng & WI)
Jager- Victor Trumper (avg between 25-40)
kingkallis- Hugh Tayfield (part of a hat trick)
Monk- Frank Worrell (Aus, Eng & WI)
kyear2- Arthur Morris (shares a name with a USA president)
AndyZaltzHair- Steve Waugh (boxing day century scorer)
Eds- Kapil Dev (batting avg between 25-40)
Marcuss- Herb Sutcliffe (pre WW2)
watson- (Arthur) Dudley Nourse (shares a name with a USA president)
Blakus-

R6

Blakus-
watson-
Marcuss-
Eds-
AndyZaltzHair
kyear2-
Monk-
kingkallis-
Jager-
Cevno-
MichaelF7777-
Himmanv-



Clauses Used

1. Boxing day century scorer (MCG)
-Eds
-Himmanv
-Jager
-AZH


2. Played FC cricket with a team starting with G (test player)
-Monk
-AndyZaltzHair
-MichaelF77777
-Marcuss
-KK
-Eds
-Himmanv

3. Select a player who has not been selected in both previous drafts


4. Someone who clean bowled Bradman in tests
-watson
-Blakus
-Himmanv
-Cevno
-Jager
-Monk
-MichaelF777777


5. Test debut before WWII
-KK
-kyear2
-watson
-AndyZaltzHair
-Cevno
-Marcuss


6. Played test cricket in WI, England and Australia (other countries permitted too)
-Kyear2
-Jager
-AndyZaltzHair
-Eds
-KK
-watson
-Blakus
-Marcuss
-Cevno
-MichaelF7777
-Monk

7. Select a player with a test batting average of between 25 and 40
-Cevno
-MichaelF7777
-Jager
-Himmanv
-Eds


8. Select a player to debut post-WWII
-watson
-kyear2
-KK
-Jager



9.Shares a surname with a US president/vice president
-Michaelf7777
-Monk
-Marcuss
-Blakus
-kyear2
-watson

10. Select a female test cricketer


11. Select a player dismissed as part of a test cricket hat-trick
-AZH
-Marcuss
-kyear2
-Himmanv
-Eds
-Cevno
-Monk


12. Select a batsman who played his highest amount of innings in a spot from 1-6 who was dismissed by Warne/Muralitharan
-Blakus

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Old 26-09-2012, 07:33 PM   #1695 (permalink)
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Denis Compton - Pre WW2

Neil Adcock - Part of a hat-trick. 2nd Test: South Africa v Australia at Cape Town, Dec 31, 1957 - Jan 3, 1958 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo


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3.Rahul Dravid
4.Denis Compton
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8.Ray Lindwall
9.Hedley Verity
10.Joel Garner
11.Neil Adcock
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