CW Draft League

[Himannv]

Gun team there Blakus.

 

[watson]

1. Simpson
2. Lawry
3. Macartney
4.
5. Ponsford
6.
7. Waite
8.
9. Lindwall
10. Barnes
11. Adcock

Not sure of the final batting order yet.

 

[Himannv]

Nice job Watson. Good team so far.

 

[Himannv]

Team so far:

01. Geoff Boycott
02.
03. Greg Chappell
04. Ken Barrington
05. Eddie Paynter
06.
07.
08. Hugh Trumble
09. Curtly Ambrose
10. Frank Tyson
11. Allan Donald

 

[Blakus]

So many awesome teams being made here. These final few rounds looking increasingly critical

 

[watson]

Team so far:

01. Geoff Boycott
02.
03. Greg Chappell
04. Ken Barrington
05. Eddie Paynter
06.
07.
08. Hugh Trumble
09. Curtly Ambrose
10. Frank Tyson
11. Allan Donald

Thanks Himannv. You have an awesome bowling attack!

Just wondering whether Barrington and Greg Chappell should be swapped around??

Barrington
No.3 = 77.23 (27 innings)
No.4 = 59.17 (32 innings)

Greg Chappell
No.3 = 43.39 (24 innings)
No.4 = 59.12 (53 innings)

 

[Himannv]

Interesting. I always used to think Barrington's best position was at 4. Those stats don't lie though and I reckon I'll switch them around.

 

[watson]

Interesting. I always used to think Barrington's best position was at 4. Those stats don't lie though and I reckon I'll switch them around.

So did I.

But having selected Greg Chappell during my last two Drafts I knew that he preferred batting after his brother Ian.

 

[Red]

Abbott's XI

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2.
3. Ian Chappell (c)
4. Brian Lara
5. Keith Miller (vc)
6. Frank Woolley
7. Kapil Dev
8.
9.
10. John Snow
11. Derek Underwood


Woolley's average does him no justice. Those who know cricket history know how good he was. Gun slow bowler and fielder as well.

 

[watson]

With Hutton and Hayden opening the innings it will be interesting to see where KK bats Trevor Goddard.

No.6 and play the extra bowler? Or No.7 and play the extra batsman?

 

[watson]

Abbott's XI

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2.
3. Ian Chappell (c)
4. Brian Lara
5. Keith Miller (vc)
6. Frank Woolley
7. Kapil Dev
8.
9.
10. John Snow
11. Derek Underwood


Woolley's average does him no justice. Those who know cricket history know how good he was. Gun slow bowler and fielder as well.

I think that we can safely say Monk that you have the most attacking middle-order in the history of cricket

 

[Red]

I think that we can safely say Monk that you have the most attacking middle-order in the history of cricket

It will be ON!

 

[Red]

Taboo Team

1. Gordon Greenidge
2. Kumar Sangakkara (wk)
3. Don Bradman
4. Peter May
5. Frank Worrell (c)
6. Garfield Sobers
7. Wasim Akram
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Richard Hadlee
10. Michael Holding
11. Bill O'Reilly


Touring Squad- Clarrie Grimmett, George Headley, Andy Roberts, Harold Larwood, Allan Border, Aubrey Faulkner, Rohan Kanhai, Kevin Pietersen, Ted Dexter, Kumar Ranjitsinhji, Inzamam Ul-Haq

 

[watson]

Yep, I'll take that team except that I'd swap Peter May for Rohan Kanhai so that Kanhai can open the batting with Greenidge. Kanhai did open the batting for the West Indies on the odd occasion.

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

XI

1. Graham Gooch
2. Arthur Morris
3. Viv Richards
4. Jacques Kallis
5. Neil Harvey
6.
7.
8.
9. Peter Pollock
10. Fazal Mahmood
11. Joel Garner

The thing I most like about Fazal Mahmood is that not only he got wickets in seaming pitches but also got many 5 fers in subcontinent

 

[kyear2]

Taboo team has to have Headley over Sangakkara, May or Worrell

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Btw nice display Monk, I'm a big fan of Pink Floyd too since forever- Favourite song- Echoes

 

[kyear2]

1. Barry Richards
2.
3. Ricky Ponting
4.
5. Lindsay Hassett
6.
7. Les Ames
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Alec Bedser
10. Ian Bishop
11. Jim Laker

 

[watson]

The thing I most like about Fazal Mahmood is that not only he got wickets in seaming pitches but also got many 5 fers in subcontinent

He's a class act alright. Good enough to get the wicket of Sobers 6 times, Harvey 5 times, Compton 3 times, and Hutton twice.

HowSTAT! Player Bowling Analysis

 

[watson]

1. Barry Richards
2.
3. Ricky Ponting
4.
5. Lindsay Hassett
6.
7. Les Ames
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Alec Bedser
10. Ian Bishop
11. Jim Laker

You're coasting kyear. Pour yourself a cold one and lay back in your hammock.

Alec Bedser was an inspired choice to bowl along side Marshall and Bishop.