CW Draft League

[watson]

Keeping up the high standard Blakus. Hussey, solid left-hander in the middle-order, great pick.

And about 100 trillion never-selected-before-good-openers to choose from in the last round.

(Doing the post holiday washing and ironing - so this is a nice distraction)

[watson]

KK timed out about 5 hours ago. Kyear2 up, then Cevno.

[Monk]

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- Neil Adcock (part of a hat trick)

R6

Blakus- Dennis Compton (pre WW2)
watson- Courtney Walsh (FC cricket for a team beginning with G)
Marcuss- Colin Cowdrey (not selected in previous drafts)
Eds- Michael Holding (post WW2)
AndyZaltzHair- Gubby Allen (bowled Bradman)
kyear2- Colin Croft (FC cricket for a team beginning with G)
Monk- AB De Villiers (Warne and Murali)
kingkallis- Alec Stweart (dismissed by Warne and Murali)
Jager- Martin Crowe (dismissed by Warne and Murali)
Cevno- Frank Tyson (debut post WW2)
MichaelF7777- Fazal Mahmood (dismissed as part of a hat trick)
Himmanv- Lindsay Hasset (shares a name with USA president)

R7

Cevno- Matthew Hayden (boxing day 100)
Blakus- Alan Knott (average between 25-40)
kyear2- Bill Lawry (boxing day 100)
Michaelf7777777- Clarrie Grimmett (pre WW2)
watson- John Waite- (average between 25-40)
Eds- Archie Jackson (USA president)
Himannv- Les Ames (Aus Eng & WI)
Marcuss- Bill Bowes (bowled Bradman)
kingkallis- Clive Lloyd (boxing day 100)
AndyZaltzHair- Jim Laker (debut post WW2)
Jager- Charlie Macartney
Monk- Richie Benaud (debut post WW2)

R8

Monk- Ian Chappell (boxing day 100)
Jager- Mohammed Yousuf (dismissed as part of a hat trick)
AndyZaltzHair- Virender Sehwag (Warne and Murali)
kingkallis- Trevor Goddard (avg between 25-40)
marcuss- Clem Hill (avg between 25-40)
Himmanv- Fred Spofforth (pre WW2)
Eds- Kevin Pieterson (Warne and Murali)
watson- Mark Taylor (boxing day 100)
MichaelF7777- Shane Bond (post WW2)
kyear2- Inzamam ul Haq (Warne and Murali)
Blakus- Everton Weekes (post WW2)
Cevno- Shiv Chanderpaul (FC team G)

R9

Eds- Saeed Anwar (not selected in prev draft)
watson- VVS Laxman (Warne & Murali)
Jager- Bruce Mitchell (FC team G)
Monk- Jack Gregory (batting avg between 25-40)
marcuss- David Gower (boxing day 100)
MichaelF7777- Doug Walters (boxing day 100)
Cevno- Mark Boucher (not selected in prev drafts)
kyear2- Ken Farnes (bowled Bradman)
kingkallis- David Boon (not selected in prev drafts)
Blakus- Graeme Smith (FC team G)
Himmanv- Geoff Boycott (debut after WW2)
AndyZaltzHair- Stanley Jackson (USA president)

R10

AndyZaltzHair- Denis Lindsay (batting avg between 25-40)
Himmanv- Alistair Cook (Murali & Warne)
Blakus- Mike Hussey (boxing day 100)
kingkallis-
kyear2-
Cevno-
MichaelF7777-
marcuss-
Monk-
Jager-
watson-
Eds-

Clauses Used

1. Boxing day century scorer (MCG)
-Eds
-Jager
-AZH
-Cevno
-kyear2
-KK
-Monk
-Eds
-Marcuss
-MichaelF7777
-Blakus


2. Played FC cricket with a team starting with G (test player)
-Monk
-AndyZaltzHair
-MichaelF77777
-Marcuss
-KK
-Eds
-Himmanv
-kyear2
-watson
-Jager
-Cevno
-Blakus

3. Select a player who has not been selected in both previous drafts
-Marcuss
-Eds
-KK
-Cevno

4. Someone who clean bowled Bradman in tests
-watson
-Blakus
-Himmanv
-Cevno
-Jager
-Monk
-MichaelF777777
-AZH
-Marcuss
-kyear2


5. Test debut before WWII
-KK
-kyear2
-watson
-AndyZaltzHair
-Cevno
-Marcuss
-Blakus
-MichaelF7777
-Jager
-Himmanv

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

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


8. Select a player to debut post-WWII
-watson
-kyear2
-KK
-Jager
-Eds
-Cevno
-AZH
-Monk
-MichaelF77777
-Blakus
-Himmanv



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

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
-Blakus
-MichaelF77777
-Jager


12. Select a batsman who played his highest amount of innings in a spot from 1-6 who was dismissed by Warne/Muralitharan
-Blakus
-Monk
-kingkallis
-Jager
-AndyZaltzHair
-Eds
-kyear2
-watson
-Himmanv
.

[kyear2]

Mushtaq Mohammad

Averaged btwn 25-40

Mushtaq Mohammad | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

KYEAR XI

Arthur Morris
Bill Lawry
Greg Chappell
Brian Lara
Inzamam Ul -Haq
Mushtaq Mohammad

Malcolm Marshall
Bill O'Reilly
Colin Croft
Ken Farnes

[watson]

Originally Posted by kyear2

Mushtaq Mohammad

Averaged btwn 25-40

Mushtaq Mohammad | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

KYEAR XI

Arthur Morris
Bill Lawry
Greg Chappell
Brian Lara
Inzamam Ul -Haq
Mushtaq Mohammad

Malcolm Marshall
Bill O'Reilly
Colin Croft
Herman Griffith

Ken Farnes appears to have morphed into Herman Griffith.

[kyear2]

my apologies, was a close decision.

edited.

[watson]

Originally Posted by kyear2

my apologies, was a close decision.

edited.

Like the lateral thinking though.

[Eds]

Cevno skipped (again?) so Michael up.

[Michaelf7777777]

Sourav Ganguly (Dismissed by both Warne and Muralitharin) for my next selection please

Charter 77 So Far

WG Grace
Sunil Gavaskar
Bill Edrich
Sourav Ganguly (*)
Doug Walters
Garry Sobers
Ian Botham
Shane Bond
Clarrie Grimmett
Fazal Mahmood

[watson]

Originally Posted by Eds

Cevno skipped (again?) so Michael up.

I'm wondering whether the internet access in his area ia very poor - up and down like a yoyo. Surely no one can be that forgetful.

KK has also gone missing for a couple of days

Marcuss > Monk > Jager > .........

[kingkallis]

Sorry guys! I am in Sri Lanka and dont get more time to check CW due to the travelling..

[watson]

Originally Posted by kingkallis

Sorry guys! I am in Sri Lanka and dont get more time to check CW due to the travelling..

Cool. Where abouts?

[kingkallis]

Herbie Taylor - USA president Zachary Taylor

CricZo XI

1. Jack Hobbs ( Debut before WW2 )
2. Barry Richards ( Played for Gloucestershire )
3. David Boon ( Not picked in previous drafts )
4. Herbie Taylor ( Shares the name with US President )
5. Clive Lloyd ( 100 in the Boxing day test )
6. Alec Stewart + ( Dismissed by Murali & Warne )
7. Trevor Goddard ( Average 25 to 40 )
8. Alan Davidson ( Debut after WW2 )
9. Hugh Tayfield ( Part of hat-trick )
10. Curtly Ambrose ( Played in WI, Eng, Aus )
11.

[kingkallis]

Originally Posted by watson

Cool. Where abouts?

Enjoyed the T20 World cup and done some 'serious' shopping for my kid

[watson]

Originally Posted by kingkallis

Enjoyed the T20 World cup and done some 'serious' shopping for my kid

Fantastic!