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Prince EWS · 14-11-2012, 10:58 PM

Eds picks Ranji

watson · 14-11-2012, 11:01 PM

Michael > Blakus > Andy

Michaelf7777777 · 14-11-2012, 11:47 PM

Ian Healy for my next selection please

Charter 77 So Far

WG Grace
Kumar Sangakarra
Martin Crowe
Steve Waugh (*)
Keith Miller
Ian Healy (+)
Ray Lindwall
Hugh Trumble
Frederick Spofforth
Jim Laker

watson · 14-11-2012, 11:58 PM

Nice looking team there Michael. Glad that you went for Healy so as give Sanga a decent go with the bat. What's his post keeping average again - about 70 runs?

Jager · 15-11-2012, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by watson

I was going to pick Woolley and a keeper this time round, but since Peter May has magically lasted till R9-10 I can't resist him: Peter May & Frank Woolley.

Watson's XI
01. Barry Richards
02. Bruce Mitchell
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Greg Chappell
05. Peter May
06. Frank Woolley
07. Mike Procter
08. Richie Benaud
09.
10. Wes Hall
11. Curtly Ambrose

Rotten, May was my planned pick

Himannv · 15-11-2012, 01:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jager

Rotten, May was my planned pick

He was my planned pick as well. I did think of taking Ranji as May was likely to be picked, but I've lost him as well.

watson · 15-11-2012, 01:45 AM

Yes, Peter May was famous for being the best batsman in the whole world, slaughtering all bowlers with classic drives, cuts and pull shots, and generally pulverising the opposition into dust. Obviously several times better than Donald Bradman by a factor of 10.

He's mine and you can't have him, so there.

Jager · 15-11-2012, 02:11 AM

Some do say greater than Hutton though.

kingkallis · 15-11-2012, 02:12 AM

Lost May, Walters & Clarke

watson · 15-11-2012, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jager

Some do say greater than Hutton though.

Really? That can't be. Where did you read that?

Monk · 15-11-2012, 02:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by watson

03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Greg Chappell
05. Peter May
06. Frank Woolley

This middle order. Thing of beauty.

Almost as good as mine...

watson · 15-11-2012, 03:10 AM

I know I'm prone to crap on a bit, and I have shown the following video before - but this square drive by Kanhai off Jeff Thomson is something special. It's very much stuck in my head, and for mine, the best shot I've seen on video;

Rohan Kanhai v Aus ( 1975 World Cup Final ) - YouTube

Blakus · 15-11-2012, 03:10 AM

John Waite to be my keeper

1.Bill Ponsford
2.Virender Sehwag
3.Walter Hammond
4.Everton Weekes
5.Javed Miandad
6.
7.John Waite+
8.Shaun Pollock
9.Fred Trueman
10.Muttiah Muralitharan
11.Courtney Walsh

Feel very good about my team. Plenty of highly capable batsmen left

Monk · 15-11-2012, 03:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by watson

I know I'm prone to crap on a bit, and I have shown the following video before - but this square drive by Kanhai off Jeff Thomson is something special. It's very much stuck in my head, and for mine, the best shot I've seen on video;

Rohan Kanhai v Aus ( 1975 World Cup Final ) - YouTube

Kanhai is an absolute gun. I was intending to draft him in this draft (my theme was players I've loved/would have loved), but you got him first.

Woolley was also on my shortlist. Chappell too, but it was a long shot that I'd have gotten him.

watson · 15-11-2012, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Monk

Kanhai is an absolute gun. I was intending to draft him in this draft (my theme was players I've loved/would have loved), but you got him first.

Woolley was also on my shortlist. Chappell too, but it was a long shot that I'd have gotten him.

Harvey was on my shortlist too, but I got confused and thought that Jager had picked him. Hence Kanhai. In a way I'm glad as he fits into the existing middle-order very well. Besides, numbers wise, there's nothing between the two batsman as the following study indicates;

It Figures | Cricket Blogs | ESPN Cricinfo

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watson International Debutant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,661	Michael > Blakus > Andy __________________ 1945-1977 ATG Draft: Desmond Haynes - Roy Fredericks - Rohan Kanhai - Neil Harvey - Clive Lloyd - Asif Iqbal - John Waite - Ray Lindwall - Garth McKenzie - John Snow - Derek Underwood ATG XI: Jack Hobbs - Len Hutton - Don Bradman - Brian Lara - Graham Pollock - Gary Sobers - Alan Knott - Malcolm Marshall - Shane Warne - Dennis Lillee- Sydney Barnes

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14-11-2012, 11:47 PM	#2403 (permalink)
Michaelf7777777 International 12th Man Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Wellington, NZ Posts: 1,610	Ian Healy for my next selection please Charter 77 So Far WG Grace Kumar Sangakarra Martin Crowe Steve Waugh (*) Keith Miller Ian Healy (+) Ray Lindwall Hugh Trumble Frederick Spofforth Jim Laker

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watson International Debutant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,661	Nice looking team there Michael. Glad that you went for Healy so as give Sanga a decent go with the bat. What's his post keeping average again - about 70 runs?

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watson International Debutant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,661	Yes, Peter May was famous for being the best batsman in the whole world, slaughtering all bowlers with classic drives, cuts and pull shots, and generally pulverising the opposition into dust. Obviously several times better than Donald Bradman by a factor of 10. He's mine and you can't have him, so there.

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watson International Debutant Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,661	I know I'm prone to crap on a bit, and I have shown the following video before - but this square drive by Kanhai off Jeff Thomson is something special. It's very much stuck in my head, and for mine, the best shot I've seen on video; Rohan Kanhai v Aus ( 1975 World Cup Final ) - YouTube

15-11-2012, 03:10 AM	#2413 (permalink)
Blakus State Vice-Captain Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 1,178	John Waite to be my keeper 1.Bill Ponsford 2.Virender Sehwag 3.Walter Hammond 4.Everton Weekes 5.Javed Miandad 6. 7.John Waite+ 8.Shaun Pollock 9.Fred Trueman 10.Muttiah Muralitharan 11.Courtney Walsh Feel very good about my team. Plenty of highly capable batsmen left

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