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[watson]

I have couple of more head crushing opening bowlers in my mind but yeah you are right! Steyn was waiting for a lethal partner...

Thanks. But it's all very well giving advice, but mean while my team is kinda



Is it my go?

 

[watson]

1) Trumper
2)
3)Kallis
4)Border
5)Bill Woodfull
6)
7) Healy +
8) Proctor
9)Willis
10)Saqlain
11)Muralitharan

Yes, a great captain. But I'm pretty sure that he was an opener.

 

[MrPrez]

You're right Sincere embarrasment and apologies.

1) Trumper
2)Bill Woodfull
3)Kallis
4)Border
5)
6)
7) Healy +
8) Proctor
9)Willis
10)Saqlain
11)Muralitharan

 

[watson]

You can bat him at No.5 if you want to. There is no rule against it I guess.

I remember that Gooch batted at No.5 for a short while during the early 90s in order to hold the middle order together against Shane Warne and did very well. Eg;

3rd Test: England v Australia at Nottingham, Jul 1-6, 1993 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[MrPrez]

No, no he's an opener My mistake haha.

 

[Himannv]

10. Hugh Tayfield

3. Stan McCabe

 

[Jager]

R1
kingkallis- Garfield Sobers
Himannv- Imran Khan
Marcuss- Adam Gilchrist
Cabinet96- Keith Miller
Eds- Malcolm Marshall
Cevno- Richard Hadlee
Blakus- Vivian Richards
MrPrez- Jaques Kallis
watson- Glenn McGrath
Jager- Curtly Ambrose
AndyZaltzHair- Dennis Lillee
kyear2- Jack Hobbs

R2
kyear2- Shane Warne
AndyZaltzHair- Fred Trueman
Jager- Sachin Tendulkar
watson- Michael Holding
MrPrez- Muttiah Muralitharan
Blakus- Sydney Barnes
Cevno- Wasim Akram
Eds- Brian Lara
Cabinet96- Len Hutton
Marcuss- Bill O'Reilly
Himannv- Alan Davidson
kingkallis- Wally Hammond

R3
Jager- Waqar Younis
kyear2- Allan Donald
Himannv- George Headley
AndyZaltzHair- Ray Lindwall
Eds- Joel Garner
Marcuss- Aubrey Faulkner
kingkallis- Dale Steyn
Blakus- Graeme Pollock
Cabinet96- Clyde Walcott
Cevno- Shaun Pollock
MrPrez- Mike Procter
watson- Andy Roberts

R4
watson- Greg Chappell
MrPrez- Victor Trumper
Cevno- Andrew Flower
Cabinet96- Jim Laker
Blakus- Sunil Gavaskar
kingkallis- Richie Benaud
Marcuss- Ian Botham
Eds- Barry Richards
AndyZaltzHair- Clarrie Grimmett
Himannv- Frank Tyson
kyear2- Ricky Ponting
Jager- Harold Larwood

R5
AndyZaltzHair- Les Ames
kyear2- Everton Weekes
Blakus- Herbert Sutcliffe
Jager- Neil Harvey
Cabinet96- Courtney Walsh
Marcuss- Steve Waugh
Cevno- WG Grace
MrPrez- Allan Border
watson- Alan Knott
kingkallis- Rahul Dravid
Himannv- Ken Barrington
Eds- Kapil Dev

R6
Eds- Frank Worrell
Himannv- Denis Compton
kingkallis- Matthew Hayden
watson- Hedley Verity
MrPrez- Ian Healy
Cevno- Anil Kumble
Marcuss- Javed Miandad
Cabinet96- Fazal Mahmood
Jager- Wilfred Rhodes
Blakus- Kumar Sangakkara
kyear2- Denis Lindsay
AndyZaltzHair- Arthur Morris

R7
watson- Bob Simpson
Jager- Dudley Nourse
AndyZaltzHair- Clive Lloyd
Eds- Gordon Greenidge
kingkallis- Graham Gooch
Marcuss- Geoff Boycott
kyear2- Colin Croft
Himannv- Hanif Mohammad
MrPrez- Saqlain Mushtaq
Blakus- Frederick Spofforth
Cevno- Virender Sehwag
Cabinet96- Bruce Mitchell

R8
Cabinet96- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Cevno- Shane Bond
Blakus- Peter Pollock
MrPrez- Bob Willis
Himannv- Bill Lawry
kyear2- Ted Dexter
Marcuss- Ian Bishop
kingkallis- Wes Hall
Eds- Charles Macartney
AndyZaltzHair- Bill Ponsford
Jager- Alec Stewart
watson- Rohan Kanhai

R9
Cabinet96- David Gower
Cevno- Inzamam-ul-Haq
Eds- Hugh Tayfield
AndyZaltzHair- Frank Woolley
Marcuss- Stan McCabe
Jager- Doug Walters
MrPrez- Bill Woodfull
kingkallis- Kevin Pietersen
watson- Mushtaq Mohammad
Blakus- Kumar Ranjitsinhji
Himannv- Peter May
kyear2-

R10
kyear2-
Himannv-
Blakus-
watson-
kingkallis-
MrPrez-
Jager-
Marcuss-
AndyZaltzHair-
Eds-
Cevno-
Cabinet96-

R11
AndyZaltzHair-
Jager-
MrPrez-
Marcuss-
Blakus-
Himannv-
kyear2-
Eds-
kingkallis-
watson-
Cevno-
Cabinet96-

R12
Cabinet96-
Cevno-
watson-
kingkallis-
Eds-
kyear2-
Himannv-
Blakus-
Marcuss-
MrPrez-
Jager-
AndyZaltzHair-

 

[kingkallis]

Kevin Pietersen to bat @ No.5

CricZo XI

1. Matthew Hayden / ( 8625 @ 50.73 with 30 tons )
2. Graham Gooch / ( 8900 @ 42.58 with 20 tons )
3. Rahul Dravid / ( 13288 @ 52.31 with 36 tons )
4. Wally Hammond / o ( 7249 @ 58.45 with 22 tons; 83 @ 37.80 )
5. Kevin Pietersen / ( 6857 @ 49.33 with 20 tons )
6. Garry Sobers / o ( 8032 @ 57.78 with 26 tons; 235 @ 34.03 )
7.
8.
9. Richie Benaud o / ( 2201 @ 24.45 with 3 tons; 248 wickets @ 27.03 )
10. Dale Steyn o ( 272 wickets @ 23.18 )
11. Wes Hall o ( 192 wickets @ 26.38 )

 

[Jager]

Good batting right there kk

 

[Eds]

Garh, KK forcing me to go left-field with my next pick.

 

[watson]

Mushtaq Mohammad

Been waiting 3 rounds to play this guy but felt I needed some specialist batsman under my belt to be 'safe'.
Simpson was my 'insurance leggie' in case someone else picked Mushtaq up. Now I have 3 spinners bowling into the rough just outside the right-handers leg-stump

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

 

[kingkallis]

Yeah, I am satisfied with the batting line up. A decent 3rd quick will make my bowling look formidable as well...

 

[watson]

Looking at all the teams thus far KK - I'd say you're definitely in the running for one of the top three medals.

 

[kingkallis]

Well, its fun! But yeah it will be good if I get them votes

 

[Blakus]

Kumar Ranjitsinhji

1.Sunil Gavaskar
2.Herbert Sutcliffe
3.Viv Richards
4.Graeme Pollock
5.Kumar Sangakkara
6.Kumar Ranjitsinhji
7.
8.Peter Pollock
9.Frederick Spofforth
10.Sydney Barnes
11.

 

[Himannv]

Peter May

 

[Jager]

Surprised you took Mushtaq Mohammad, watson. I was actually planning on picking him in the latter rounds.

 

[watson]

Sorry about picking your man Jager, but hey, great minds think alike

However, I do think that your vacant No.7 spot would be wasted on his batting talent as it's too low. Most of his career for Pakistan was spent at No.4 or 5. Indeed, his double century against a young Richard Hadlee was at No.4 and his best hundred against the Windies in Trinidad was at No.5.

But you probably knew all that anyway.

(Incidently, I have no idea who to choose as my last middle-order batsman. Having 12 in a draft is certainly more tricky than just 9. Luck and timing is everything.)

 

[Jager]

Hahaha yeah, it was more of a 12th man sort of plan after I chose Walters over him (easy decision tbh). I plan to scour my mind for a batting colossus to bat at 7 now.

 

[watson]

Batting Colossus? That'll be Andrew Hilditch who had his left shoulder pointing toward gully.

BTW Kyear should be having breakfast somewhere in the West Indies right about now. Hashish browns washed down with a glass of rum.