CW Draft League

[Blakus]

Yeah I like it. I tend to mark down teams which have Flower keeping as I don't rate it very highly.

@Watson. I rate Flower higher. Very much like Headley, he was all that was standing against defeat for his team.

[Himannv]

Originally Posted by AndyZaltzHair

Not sure if I'm doing the right thing but i will relieve Andy Flower off his keeping duties and play him at no 5 as specialist batsman where his average is around 55. Moving Frank Worrell to opening position to accommodate Farokh Engineer at no 7.

1. Gordon Greenidge
2. Frank Worrell*
3. Ted Dexter
4. Garfield Sobers
5. Andy Flower
6. Doug Walters
7. Farokh Engineer+
8. Harold Larwood
9. Hugh Tayfield
10. Michael Holding
11. Allan Donald

Yeah, I reckon that's a good move which will probably get you votes. Flower is great as a specialist batsman and Engineer will do a good job with the gloves. Win-win.

[Jager]

Saqlain Mushtaq for spin

Jager's Giants

1. Victor Trumper
2. Graeme Smith* ^
3. Hashim Amla
4. Jacques Kallis ^
5. Denis Compton
6. Archie Jackson
7. Adam Gilchrist †
8. Kapil Dev
9. Alan Davidson ^
10. Saqlain Mushtaq
11. Frank Tyson

[AndyZaltzHair]

Thanks for the feedback guys, was in huge confusion about which way to go

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by AndyZaltzHair

Thanks for the feedback guys, was in huge confusion about which way to go

Yeah I think that makes your team a lot better personally, but I've always been a pretty harsh critic of Flower's glovework in general. I'm in arguably a similar bind with Walcott - although he was a superb keeper by all reports, injury prevented him from sustaining that workload. I'll be left with a much more limited choice of wicket keepers than you if I choose to go down your path though.

[Howe_zat]

AZH probably could have made better picks for his team (Flower as a specialist bat works, Worrell opening is the iffy bit), but there are so many players still needing a keeper-bat that it was a smart move just to take Engineer off the market.

[Prince EWS]

Originally Posted by Howe_zat

AZH probably could have made better picks for his team (Flower as a specialist bat works, Worrell opening is the iffy bit), but there are so many players still needing a keeper-bat that it was a smart move just to take Engineer off the market.

Engineer did a bit of opening himself, did he not? Would seem a waste to open with Engineer and have someone like Worrell chilling at 7 though.

[Monk]

- Monk's XI

- Arthur Morris
- Sid Barnes
- Brian Lara
- Stan McCabe
- Neil Harvey
- Michael Clarke (c)
- Alan Knott (wk)
- Wasim Akram
- Shane Warne
- Brian Statham
- Andy Roberts

[Blakus]

Mahela Jayawardene

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

[watson]

watson - Godfrey Evans
kingkallis - Denis Lindsay
AndyZaltzHair - Farokh Engineer
Jager - Saqlain Mushtaq
Monk - Brian Statham
Blakus - Mahela Jayawardene
Michaelf7777777 -
kyear2 -
Himannv -
Marcuss -
Eds

[Michaelf7777777]

Herbie Taylor for my next selection please

Charter 77 So Far

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

[kyear2]

H.B. "Jock" Cameron

KYEAR XI

Sunil Gavaskar ^
Graham Gooch
George Headley
Ricky Ponting ^
Clive Lloyd *^
Mushtaq Mohammad
Jock Cameron +
Hedley Verity
Ian Bishop
Collin Croft
Glenn Mcgrath

[watson]

Originally Posted by Monk

- Monk's XI

- Arthur Morris
- Sid Barnes
- Brian Lara
- Stan McCabe
- Neil Harvey
- Michael Clarke (c)
- Alan Knott (wk)
- Wasim Akram
- Shane Warne
- Brian Statham
- Andy Roberts

Here is some good footage of Statham bowling to Harvey in 1958/59. I must admit that I was quite taken back by Statham's action which was nothing like I had imagined. Basically he lifts his arm straight up in the air before whirling it over at the delivery stride. I can understand why Glen McGrath was so accurate because his action was so fluid, but how Statham achieved his legendary accuracy with a jerky action like that is a mystery to me;

Neil Harvey 167 vs England - 2nd test MCG 1958/59 ASHES - YouTube

[Monk]

Originally Posted by watson

Here is some good footage of Statham bowling to Harvey in 1958/59. I must admit that I was quite taken back by Statham's action which was nothing like I had imagined. Basically he lifts his arm straight up in the air before whirling it over at the delivery stride. I can understand why Glen McGrath was so accurate because his action was so fluid, but how Statham achieved his legendary accuracy with a jerky action like that is a mystery to me;

Neil Harvey 167 vs England - 2nd test MCG 1958/59 ASHES - YouTube

I've seen a bit of footage of him bowling. He does have an ugly action. Sort of goes against my "players I'd love to watch" theme, but he was too good a bowler to pass up. He'd compliment Wasim and Roberts perfectly.

Great footage, thanks mate!

[Himannv]

Don Tallon