CW Draft League

[Himannv]

Barlow opening ahead of Barry Richards is a surprising choice. Richards and Greenidge would make an excellent combination at the top I reckon.

[Eds]

I can't help but feel Richards would have excelled at 3. And I feel Barlow and Greenidge would work well, as chalk and cheese.

I'll probably bring in a keeper for Barlow anyway, and move Richards back up to 1, Macartney back to 3, with Worrell and De Villiers moving up one each.

[watson]

Originally Posted by Himannv

Barlow opening ahead of Barry Richards is a surprising choice. Richards and Greenidge would make an excellent combination at the top I reckon.

I'm pretty sure that they batted at Hampshire together during the middle 70s.
So you already have an established opening partnership Eds!

[Eds]

Ah, that's a very good point. Will have to ensure they're up there together by the end. Barlow will be an excellent 12th man.

[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- Vijay Merchant

R10
kyear2- John Snow
Himannv- Derek Underwood
Blakus- Hugh Trumble
watson- Lindsay Hassett
kingkallis- Rod Marsh
MrPrez- Brian Statham
Jager- Douglas Jardine
Marcuss- Graeme Smith
AndyZaltzHair- Eddie Paynter
Eds- AB de Villers
Cevno- Mohammad Yousuf
Cabinet96- Alec Bedser

R11
AndyZaltzHair- Ian Chappell
Jager- Matt Prior
MrPrez- Younis Khan
Marcuss- Charlie Turner
Blakus- John Waite
Himannv- Godfrey Evans
kyear2- Martin Crowe
Eds- Eddie Barlow
kingkallis- Neil Adcock
watson- Mark Taylor
Cevno-
Cabinet96-

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

[watson]

Pizza in the oven, kids in the bath, beer poured, now what's going on?...............


Mark Taylor is the Vice Captain to Skipper Lindsay Hassett.

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

[Monk]

Originally Posted by watson

Pizza in the oven, kids in the bath, beer poured, now what's going on?...............


Mark Taylor is the Vice Captain to Skipper Lindsay Hassett.

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

Simpson, Taylor, Chappell and Hassett all legitimate candidates for captaincy. I agree with your call and I'd have Taylor and Hassett slightly above the other two as captains. Not entirely sure why, just would.

Very strong keeper and slip cordon here:

Allan Knott---Mark Taylor---Greg Chappell---Bob Simpson

Doesn't get any better than that.

[watson]

I imagine that Taylor and Hassett were less dictatorial than either Simpson or Chappell. Wisden wrote in 1949;

Although ARTHUR LINDSAY HASSETT finished second to Bradman in the Australian averages, statistics convey but an inadequate impression of his true value to the 1948 side. In addition to his playing ability Hassett's cheerfulness and leadership, which extended to off-the-field relaxation as well as in the more exacting part of the programme, combined to make him an ideal vice-captain able to lift a considerable load off Bradman's busy shoulders.

Wisden - Lindsay Hassett

With Hassett and Taylor at the helm this team would be very focused but relaxed at the same time. It would most certainly enjoy its cricket.

When I create a team I think that these things are important. It's not a matter of just throwing big names together but rather considering how their various personalities, styles, and skills would blend together. I try to avoid men like Boycott if I can because he is selfish and not a team player. Simpson has all the dogmatism of Boycott, but his dogmatism was for the cause and good of the team. Hence he is a much better choice as opener - I think. etc etc

[kyear2]

Originally Posted by Monk

Simpson, Taylor, Chappell and Hassett all legitimate candidates for captaincy. I agree with your call and I'd have Taylor and Hassett slightly above the other two as captains. Not entirely sure why, just would.

Very strong keeper and slip cordon here:

Allan Knott---Mark Taylor---Greg Chappell---Bob Simpson

Doesn't get any better than that.

No it doesn't. Nothing gets through there. Amazing cordon and bowlers to utilise it.

[kingkallis]

Neil Adcock to complete my team!

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 ) - 6
5. Kevin Pietersen / ( 6857 @ 49.33 with 20 tons )
6. Garry Sobers / o ( 8032 @ 57.78 with 26 tons; 235 @ 34.03 ) - 4
7. Rod Marsh + ( 3633 @ 26.51 with 3 tons; 355 dismissals )
8. Richie Benaud o / ( 2201 @ 24.45 with 3 tons; 248 wickets @ 27.03 ) - 5
9. Dale Steyn o ( 272 wickets @ 23.18 ) - 1
10. Wes Hall o ( 192 wickets @ 26.38 ) - 2
11. Neil Adcock o ( 104 wickets @ 21.10 ) - 3

[watson]

Neil Adcock is probably the best fast bowler not yet picked IMO

[kingkallis]

WAS

[AndyZaltzHair]

Originally Posted by watson

Neil Adcock is probably the best fast bowler not yet picked IMO

I agree

[watson]

Hall - Adcock - Steyn - Benaud - Sobers

OR

Holding - Roberts - McGrath - Verity - Mushtaq


Wouldn't like to be a batsman!

[Jager]

Try Ambrose, Waqar, Larwood, Rhodes