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[Himannv]

Watson dominating this.

 

[Blakus]

Apparently Courtney Walsh played for Gloucestshire.

Courtney Walsh | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

Good pick that. Spent ages debating between him and Adcock. Tossed a coin in the end

 

[watson]

Good pick that. Spent ages debating between him and Adcock. Tossed a coin in the end

Yeah, I had Adcock and Walsh penciled in and ready to go (along with two other possibilities that I was umming and arring about) because I wasn't sure who you would pick. Actually prefer Adcock as a new ball quick, but Walsh works quite well as a first-change 'work-horse' to Lillee and Roberts.

You have three very attacking fast bowlers Blackus. Which two would you open the attack with?

 

[Blakus]

Lindwalls' fast outswingers combined with Garners' disconcerting bounce sounds ideal to me.
Adcock makes for a relentless first change and Verity will keep them bottled-up. One of the better attacks I've made

 

[watson]

Lindwalls' fast outswingers combined with Garners' disconcerting bounce sounds ideal to me.
Adcock makes for a relentless first change and Verity will keep them bottled-up. One of the better attacks I've made

I would agree with that!

And with the 'Bowled Bradman' & 'US Presidents' clauses gone, plus the post-WWII clause still to come, you should be able to coast home.

 

[Jarquis]

Unpicked in previous drafts - Colin Cowdrey

 

[Eds]

Excellent pick from Watson yet again. Would have gone Walsh over Adcock by a long way, myself.

I'll take another West Indian quick via the 'debut after WWII' clause in Michael Holding.

1. -
2. -
3. -
4. Jacques Kallis (5)
5. Clyde Walcott+
6. Keith Miller (2)
7. -
8. Kapil Dev (3)
9. -
10. Michael Holding (1)
11. Sydney Barnes (4)

 

[Red]

AZH>>>kyear2>>>Monk

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Clause: Bowled Bradman in tests
4th Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, Jan 29-Feb 4, 1937 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

1.
2.
3. George Headley
4. Javed Miandad
5. Steve Waugh
6.
7.
8. Mike Procter
9. Gubby Allen
10.
11. Glenn McGrath

 

[Red]

Excellent pick from Watson yet again. Would have gone Walsh over Adcock by a long way, myself.

I'll take another West Indian quick via the 'debut after WWII' clause in Michael Holding.

1. -
2. -
3. -
4. Jacques Kallis (5)
5. Clyde Walcott+
6. Keith Miller (2)
7. -
8. Kapil Dev (3)
9. -
10. Michael Holding (1)
11. Sydney Barnes (4)

Well done. He was sitting there for ages. I thought everyone had forgotten him, and I was hoping I'd get him very late.

Really versatile bowling attack you have there. The inclusion of Miller, Dev, Kallis and Walcott as quality all rounders means you have a fair bit of flexibility now. Well played!

 

[Eds]

Well done. He was sitting there for ages. I thought everyone had forgotten him, and I was hoping I'd get him very late.

Really versatile bowling attack you have there. The inclusion of Miller, Dev, Kallis and Walcott as quality all rounders means you have a fair bit of flexibility now. Well played!

I was so close to leaving him until Round 7 because of how broad the clause is, but he was just head and shoulders ahead of anyone else left so I went with my gut. Always love having a strong bowling attack.

And, yeah. It's worked well because I can effectively 'hide' a player now if I need to, as the balance of the rest of the side is good.

 

[watson]

And Eds can use SF Barnes as a spinner if he wants to. The team has so much flexibility.

With a good opener or two you could easily win this Draft!

 

[watson]

Clause: Bowled Bradman in tests
4th Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, Jan 29-Feb 4, 1937 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

1.
2.
3. George Headley
4. Javed Miandad
5. Steve Waugh
6.
7.
8. Mike Procter
9. Gubby Allen
10.
11. Glenn McGrath

Allen's overall SR was 54.1 and 64.7 against Australia. A lot lower than I had assumed.

Appears to be an under-rated player, especially as he bowled against some pretty powerful Aussie batsman - Bradman, McCabe etc,

 

[kyear2]

Colin Croft

Played for Guyana

Kyear XI

1) Arthur Morris
2)
3) Greg Chappell
4) Brian Lara
5)
6)
7)
8) Malcolm Marshall
9)
10) Bill O'Reilly
11) Colin Croft

Hard to find a more aggressive bowling attack.

 

[watson]

There's a small matter of G.Chappell and Lara in the middle-order too.

 

[Red]

I'm going to get the "dismissed by Warne AND Murali" clause out of the way. Could get tricky as it excludes all of the great Aust and SL batsmen of the last 20 or so years.

1st Test: Australia v South Africa at Perth, Dec 16-20, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

1st Test: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Jul 27-31, 2006 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

AB de Villiers.


1. Gordon Greenidge
2.
3. Frank Worrell
4. Vijay Hazare
5.
6. AB de Villiers
7.
8.
9.
10. Fred Trueman
11. Waqar Younis

 

[Red]

R1

Michaelf7777777 - Garry Sobers (shares a name with a USA President)
watson - Wally Hammond (bowled Bradman)
kyear2 - Malcolm Marshall (Aus, Eng & WI)
Jager - Imran Khan (Aus Eng & WI)
Cevno - Richard Hadlee (batting avg between 25-40)
Himannv - Viv Richards (boxing day 100)
Eds - Keith Miller (Aus, Eng and WI)
Blakus - Joel Garner (shares a name with a USA president)
AndyZaltzHair - Glenn McGrath (Aus, Eng and WI)
Marcuss - Adam Gilchrist (shares a name with a USA president)
Monk - Fred Trueman (shares a name with a USA president)
kingkallis - Jack Hobbs (debut before WW2)

R2

kingkallis- Curtly Ambrose (Aus, Eng and WI)
Monk- Waqar Younis (FC for a team beginning with G)
Marcuss- Shane Warne (part of a hat trick)
AndyZaltzHair - Mike Procter (FC cricket for a team beginning with G)
Blakus- Hedley Verity (bowled Bradman)
Eds- Jaques Kallis (boxing day 100)
Himmanv- Harold Larwood (bowled Bradman)
Cevno- Alec Bedser (bowled Bradman)
Jager- Sachin Tendulkar (boxing day 100)
kyear2- Brian Lara (dismissed as part of a hat trick)
watson- Dennis Lillee (Aus, Eng and WI)
MichaelF7777- WG Grace (FC cricket for team beginning with G)

R3

Blakus- Ray Lindwall (Aus, Eng and WI)
Jager- Maurice Tate (bowled Bradman)
Monk- Vijay Hazare (bowled Bradman)
Marcuss- Graham Pollock (FC cricket for a team beginning with G)
Himmanv- Muttiah Muralitharan (part of a hat trick)
kingkallis- Barry Richards (FC cricket for a team beginning with G)
kyear2- Bill O'Reilly (debut before WW2)
MichaelF7777- Bill Edrich (bowled Bradman)
Eds- SF Barnes (part of a hat trick)
AndyZaltzHair- George Headley (debut before WW2)
Cevno- Ricky Ponting (part of a hat trick)
watson- Len Hutton (debut before WW2)

R4

watson- Andy Roberts (debut post WW2)
Cevno- Aubrey Faulkner (debut before WW2)
AndyZaltzHair- Javed Miandad (part of a hat trick)
Eds- Clyde Walcott (FC for a team starting with G)
MichaelF7777- Ian Botham (average between 25-40)
kyear2- Greg Chappell (debut post WW2)
kingkallis- Alan Davidson (debut post WW2)
Himmanv- Allan Border (FC cricket for a team starting with G)
Marcuss- Wasim Akram (Aus, WI and Eng)
Monk- Gordon Greenidge (part of a hat trick)
Jager- Allan Donald (debut post WW2)
Blakus- Rahul Dravid (Warne & Murali)

R5

Himmanv- Shaun Pollock (avg between 25-40)
MichaelF7777- Sunil Gavaskar (Aus, Eng & WI)
Cevno- Dale Steyn (Aus, Eng & WI)
Jager- Victor Trumper (avg between 25-40)
kingkallis- Hugh Tayfield (part of a hat trick)
Monk- Frank Worrell (Aus, Eng & WI)
kyear2- Arthur Morris (shares a name with a USA president)
AndyZaltzHair- Steve Waugh (boxing day century scorer)
Eds- Kapil Dev (batting avg between 25-40)
Marcuss- Herb Sutcliffe (pre WW2)
watson- (Arthur) Dudley Nourse (shares a name with a USA president)
Blakus- Neil Adcock (part of a hat trick)

R6

Blakus- Dennis Compton (pre WW2)
watson- Courtney Walsh (FC cricket for a team beginning with G)
Marcuss- Colin Cowdrey (not selected in previous drafts)
Eds- Michael Holding (post WW2)
AndyZaltzHair- Gubby Allen (bowled Bradman)
kyear2- Colin Croft (FC cricket for a team beginning with G)
Monk- AB De Villiers (Warne and Murali)
kingkallis-
Jager-
Cevno-
MichaelF7777-
Himmanv-



Clauses Used

1. Boxing day century scorer (MCG)
-Eds
-Himmanv
-Jager
-AZH


2. Played FC cricket with a team starting with G (test player)
-Monk
-AndyZaltzHair
-MichaelF77777
-Marcuss
-KK
-Eds
-Himmanv
-kyear2
-watson

3. Select a player who has not been selected in both previous drafts
-Marcuss


4. Someone who clean bowled Bradman in tests
-watson
-Blakus
-Himmanv
-Cevno
-Jager
-Monk
-MichaelF777777
-AZH


5. Test debut before WWII
-KK
-kyear2
-watson
-AndyZaltzHair
-Cevno
-Marcuss
-Blakus


6. Played test cricket in WI, England and Australia (other countries permitted too)
-Kyear2
-Jager
-AndyZaltzHair
-Eds
-KK
-watson
-Blakus
-Marcuss
-Cevno
-MichaelF7777
-Monk

7. Select a player with a test batting average of between 25 and 40
-Cevno
-MichaelF7777
-Jager
-Himmanv
-Eds


8. Select a player to debut post-WWII
-watson
-kyear2
-KK
-Jager
-Eds



9.Shares a surname with a US president/vice president
-Michaelf7777
-Monk
-Marcuss
-Blakus
-kyear2
-watson

10. Select a female test cricketer


11. Select a player dismissed as part of a test cricket hat-trick
-AZH
-Marcuss
-kyear2
-Himmanv
-Eds
-Cevno
-Monk
-Blakus


12. Select a batsman who played his highest amount of innings in a spot from 1-6 who was dismissed by Warne/Muralitharan
-Blakus
-Monk

.

 

[kyear2]

I'm going to get the "dismissed by Warne AND Murali" clause out of the way. Could get tricky as it excludes all of the great Aust and SL batsmen of the last 20 or so years.

1st Test: Australia v South Africa at Perth, Dec 16-20, 2005 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

1st Test: Sri Lanka v South Africa at Colombo (SSC), Jul 27-31, 2006 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

AB de Villiers.


1. Gordon Greenidge
2.
3. Frank Worrell
4. Vijay Hazare
5.
6. AB de Villiers
7.
8.
9.
10. Fred Trueman
11. Waqar Younis

It was just wishful thinking anyway.

 

[watson]

It was just wishful thinking anyway.

Yes, that reminds me; I must make another appointment with my Psychologist. Apparently I've been diagnosed as having PDDSD - Post Drafting Disappointment and Stress Disorder.

 

[Red]

Yes, that reminds me; I must make another appointment with my Psychologist. Apparently I've been diagnosed as having PDDSD - Post Drafting Disappointment and Stress Disorder.

I am thinking about this draft a lot. Enjoyably challenging!