CW Draft League

[Jager]

I'll post up the voting thread tonight hopefully - been so busy!

[watson]

Originally Posted by Jager

I'll post up the voting thread tonight hopefully - been so busy!

Here are the 11 teams in alphabetical order so you can just cut and paste.

IMO they are stronger overall compared to our first Classic Draft.

AndyZaltzHair’s XI
01. Gordon Greenidge
02. Hanif Mohammad
03. Frank Worrell (c)
04. Garfield Sobers
05. Andrew Flower
06. Doug Walters
07. Farokh Engineer (wk)
08. Harold Larwood
09. Hugh Tayfield
10. Michael Holding
11. Allan Donald

12th. Ted Dexter


Blakus’ XI
01. Bill Ponsford
02. Virender Sehwag
03. Walter Hammond
04. Everton Weekes
05. Javed Miandad
06. Mahela Jayawardene (c)
07. John Waite (wk)
08. Shaun Pollock
09. Fred Trueman
10. Muttiah Muralitharan
11. Courtney Walsh

12th. Bobby Peel


Ed’s XI
01. Jack Hobbs
02. Geoffrey Boycott
03. Vivian Richards
04. Kumar Ranjitsinhji
05. Charles Macartney (5)
06. Douglas Jardine (c)
07. Les Ames (wk)
08. Maurice Tate (3)
09. Clarrie Grimmett (4)
10. Joel Garner (1)
11. Waqar Younis (2)

12th. Kevin Pietersen


Himannv’s XI
01. Len Hutton
02. Bill Lawry
03. Rahul Dravid
04. Ken Barrington
05. Allan Border
06. Warwick Armstrong
07. Imran Khan (c)
08. Wilfred Rhodes
09. Don Tallon (wk)
10. Alec Bedser
11. Sydney Barnes

12th. Eddie Paynter


Jager’s XI
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Kingkallis’ XI
01. Herbert Sutcliffe /
02. Matthew Hayden /
03. Ian Chappell / (c)
04. Graeme Pollock /
05. Aubrey Faulkner / o (5)
06. Mike Hussey /
07. Denis Lindsay / (wk)
08. Ian Botham o / (3)
09. Anil Kumble o (4)
10. Malcolm Marshall o (1)
11. Dennis Lillee o (2)

12th. John Snow o


Kyear’s XI
01. Sunil Gavaskar^
02. Graham Gooch
03. George Headley
04. Ricky Ponting^
05. Clive Lloyd (c)^
06. Mushtaq Mohammad (5)
07. H.B. Cameron (wk)
08. Hedley Verity (4)
09. Ian Bishop (2)
10. Colin Croft (3)
11. Glenn Mcgrath (1)

12th. Tony Greig


Michaelf7777777’s XI
01. WG Grace
02. Herbie Taylor
03. Kumar Sangakarra
04. Martin Crowe
05. Steve Waugh (c)
06. Keith Miller
07. Ian Healy (wk)
08. Ray Lindwall
09. Hugh Trumble
10. Frederick Spofforth
11. Jim Laker

12th. Chris Cairns


Monk’s XI
01. Arthur Morris
02. Sid Barnes
03. Brian Lara
04. Stan McCabe (5)
05. Neil Harvey
06. Michael Clarke (c) (6)
07. Alan Knott (wk)
08. Wasim Akram (1)
09. Shane Warne (4)
10. Brian Statham (3)
11. Andy Roberts (2)

12th. Jack Gregory


Prince Marcuss’ XI
01. Bob Simpson (c)
02. Trevor Goddard
03. Clem Hill
04. Sachin Tendulkar
05. Dudley Nourse
06. Venkata Laxman
07. Clyde Walcott (wk)
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Dale Steyn
10. Jack Cowie
11. Bill O’Reilly

12th. Bishan Bedi


Watson’s XI
01. Barry Richards
02. Bruce Mitchell (6)^
03. Rohan Kanhai
04. Greg Chappell (7)^
05. Peter May (vc)
06. Frank Woolley (5)^
07. Mike Procter (3)
08. Richie Benaud (c) (4)^
09. Godfrey Evans (wk)
10. Wesley Hall (2)
11. Curtly Ambrose (1)

12th. Fred Flintoff

[Phil]

If i knew what this was id be impressed...... 2551 replies is a bit too much for me to catch up on

[watson]

Just for the sake of interest, and comparison, here is the original Season 1 Classic Draft (25/7/2012);

Cabinet96’s XI

1. Len Hutton
2. Bruce Mitchell
3. David Gower
4. Mike Hussey
5. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
6. Clyde Walcott +
7. Keith Miller
8. Fazal Mahmood
9. Jim Laker
10. Alec Bedser
11. Courtney Walsh

12. Damien Martyn

kingkallis’ XI

1. Matthew Hayden
2. Graham Gooch
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Wally Hammond
5. Kevin Pietersen
6. Garry Sobers
7. Rod Marsh+
8. Richie Benaud
9. Dale Steyn
10. Wes Hall
11. Neil Adcock

12. George Lohmann

watson’s XI

1. Bob Simpson
2. Mark Taylor
3. Rohan Kanhai
4. Greg Chappell
5. Mushtaq Mohammad
6. Lindsay Hassett
7. Alan Knott+
8. Hedley Verity
9. Andy Roberts
10.Michael Holding
11.Glen McGrath

12. Tony Greig

Eds’ XI

1. Barry Richards
2. Gordon Greenidge
3. Charlie Macartney
4. Brian Lara
5. AB De Villiers
6. Frank Worrell*
7. Jeff Dujon+
8. Kapil Dev
9. Malcolm Marshall
10. Hugh Tayfield
11. Joel Garner

12. Eddie Barlow

kyear2’s XI

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Vijay Merchant
3. Ricky Ponting*
4. Everton Weekes
5. Ted Dexter
6. Martin Crowe
7. Dennis Lindsay+
8. Shane Warne
9. John Snow
10. Colin Croft
11. Allan Donald

12. Richie Richardson

Blakus’ XI

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2. Herbert Sutcliffe
3. Viv Richards
4. Graeme Pollock
5. Kumar Ranitsinhji
6. Kumar Sangakkara+
7. Warwick Armstrong*
8. Peter Pollock
9. Hugh Trumble
10. Frederick Spofforth
11. Sydney Barnes

12. John Waite

Himannv’s XI

1. Bill Lawry
2. Hanif Mohammad
3. George Headley
4. Ken Barrington
5. Denis Compton
6. Peter May
7. Imran Khan*
8. Godfrey Evans+
9. Alan Davidson
10. Derek Underwood
11. Frank Tyson

12. Bobby Peel

AndyZaltzHair’s XI

1. Bill Ponsford
2. Arthur Morris
3. Ian Chappell
4. Eddie Paynter
5. Clive Lloyd*
6. Frank Woolley
7. Les Ames+
8. Ray Lindwall
9. Dennis Lillee
10. Fred Trueman
11. Clarrie Grimmett

12. Zaheer Abbas

MrPrez’s XI

1. Victor Trumper
2. Bill Woodfull*
3. Hashim Amla
4. Jaques Kallis
5. Allan Border
6. Younis Khan
7. Ian Healy+
8. Mike Procter
9. Bob Willis
10. Brian Statham
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

12. Saqlain Mushtaq

Cevno’s XI

1. WG Grace
2. Virender Sehwag
3. Mohammad Yousuf
4. Inzamam-ul-Haq
5. Mahela Jayawardene
6. Andy Flower+
7. Richard Hadlee
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Wasim Akram
10. Anil Kumble
11. Shane Bond

12. VVS Laxman

Jager’s XI

1. Gary Kirsten
2. Douglas Jardine*
3. Neil Harvey
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Dudley Nourse
6. Doug Walters
7. Matt Prior+
8. Wilfred Rhodes
9. Harold Larwood
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Waqar Younis

12. Alec Stewart

Marcuss’ XI

1. Graeme Smith
2. Geoff Boycott
3. Stan McCabe
4. Javed Miandad
5. Steve Waugh
6. Adam Gilchrist
7. Aubrey Faulkner
8. Ian Botham
9. CTB Turner
10. Bill O'Reilly
11. Ian Bishop

12. Trevor Goddard

[Monk]

Originally Posted by watson

Monk’s XI
01. Arthur Morris
02. Sid Barnes
03. Brian Lara
04. Stan McCabe (5)
05. Neil Harvey
06. Michael Clarke (c) (6)
07. Alan Knott (wk)
08. Wasim Akram (1)
09. Shane Warne (4)
10. Brian Statham (3)
11. Andy Roberts (2)

12th. Jack Gregory

Just saying'....

[Himannv]

I have Lawry, Barrington and Imran in both the first Classic draft and this one. Interesting to notice patterns like this in my picking style.

[kyear2]

My only repeat players are Ponting and Croft. Wanted Dexter again as well but just missed out.

[kingkallis]

I always end up having Hayden, Marshall, Marsh in my teams and Haydos did appear in both my teams.

[watson]

I've noticed that as a general rule....

Himannv's teams seem to be blend of defensive batsman and attacking bowlers.

Kingkallis' teams tend to be attacking from top to bottom and normally contain two allrounders.

Monk's and Jager's teams tend to be a blend of classical and modern players.

Blakus' teams tend to be the most interesting with eclectic batting line-ups and bowling attacks.

Kyear's and Andy's teams tend to be well balanced and include three conventional fast bowlers and a dependable spinner.

[AndyZaltzHair]

watson's new display

[kingkallis]

True Watto. I always go for 2 all-rounders as I am 'NEVER' confident or comfortable with just 4 complete bowlers. 2 all-rounders means I get an additional bowler as well.

About batting, I usually mix things when it comes to aggression. Hayden gives me the aggressive opener I need to partner with my champs I usually pick like Hutton or in this case, Sutcliffe.

[Himannv]

Originally Posted by watson

I've noticed that as a general rule....

Himannv's teams seem to be blend of defensive batsman and attacking bowlers.

Kingkallis' teams tend to be attacking from top to bottom and normally contain two allrounders.

Monk's and Jager's teams tend to be a blend of classical and modern players.

Blakus' teams tend to be the most interesting with eclectic batting line-ups and bowling attacks.

Kyear's and Andy's teams tend to be well balanced and include three conventional fast bowlers and a dependable spinner.

That's a fairly good analysis; I agree with most of that.

I tend to like picking ultra defensive batsmen in drafts. Players like Barrington, Border, Waugh, Boycott, Lawry, Dravid, etc. are the kind of players I'd rely on if I were to pick a team to represent me irl.

I do like players like Viv and Lara, but I rarely tend to pick them as often as others do. Not many people pick these defensive players earlier on, so I'm free to pick them after I strengthen my bowling attack with the first two or three picks. That way I end up with the batting lineup that I want and a fairly good bowling attack.

[Jager]

What direction do we want season five to go?

[kingkallis]

I am in for Scorecard Draft. It seriously was one of the best Draft we have played on CW.

[Eds]

Haha, mainly because you're the best at it, eh?