CW Random Player Auction Draft Thread

[Michaelf7777777]

Teams so Far

Blakus

Roshan Mahanama
John Morrison
Saleem Elahi
Jeff Crowe (*)
Alan Butcher
Sammy Carter (+)
Pat Symcox
Robin Hobbs
Alan Hurst
Alan Connolly
Graham Onions

12th Man: Keith Andrew

Spikey

Jimmy Cook (*)
Mark Richardson
Usman Khawaja
Sadagoppan Ramesh
Lou Vincent
Azhar Mahmood
Harry Cave
Eddie Hemmings
Dick Motz
Tony Dodemaide
Bert Strudwick (+)

12th Man: Nayan Mongia

Watson

David Sheppard
Trevor Bailey
Billy Murdoch
Lindsay Hassett
Clive Lloyd (*)
Colin Bland
Gary Gilmour
Harold Larwood
Wasim Bari (+)
Charlie Griffith
Ashley Mallet

12th Man: Ken Rutherford

Cabinet96

Paul Gibb
Vincent Tancred
EM Grace
Brian Hastings
Kerry O'Keeffe (*)
George Duckworth (+)
Dilhara Fernando
Tom Cartwright
John Ferris
Nuwan Zoysa
Colin Miller

12th Man: Upul Chandana

AndyZaltHair

Arthur Richardson
Darren Ganga
Don Bradman (*)
Tatenda Taibu
Lee Germon (+)
Nuwan Kulasekara
Alex Tudor
Ryan Harris
Bill Bowes
Tim Wall
Paul Adams

12th Man: Jo Angel

Johnners

Brendon Kuruppu (+)
Michael Hussey
Roy McLean
Syd Gregory
Roger Twose
Zin Harris
Albert Trott
George Giffen (*)
Peter Heine
Sreesanth
Pervez Sajjad

12th Man: Peter Petherick

Kyear

Tom Moody
Dermot Reeve
Viv Richards (*)
Ted Dexter
Bill Lockwood
Jack Blackham (+)
Bill O'Reilly
Mushtaq Ahmed
Andy Roberts
Steve Harmison
Geoff Allot

12th Man: Jimmy Matthews

Pothas

Herschelle Gibbs
Abdul Razzaq
Hashim Amla
Sachin Tendulkar
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Doug Walters
Tony Greig (*)
Kiran More (+)
Simon Jones
Erapali Prasanna
Courtney Walsh

12th Man: JP Duminy

Morgieb

David Warner
Phil Hughes
Andy Flower (+)
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Keith Miller (*)
Aubrey Faulkner
Graeme Hick
Lala Amarnath
Garth McKenzie
Bishen Bedi
Fidel Edwards

12th Man: Neil Johnson

Daemon

Aamer Sohail (*)
Chris Rogers
Keith Arthurton
Marlon Samuels
Vernon Philander
Mohammad Nissar
Chris Old
Ken James (+)
Lance Gibbs
Hugh Tayfield
Jeff Thomson

12th Man: Hamish Bennett

Monk

Sanath Jayasuriya
Raman Subba Row
David Gower
Martin Crowe (*)
Frank Woolley
Matthew Prior (+)
Hedley Verity
Dennis Lillee
Damien Fleming
John Lever
Arthur Mailey

12th Man: Phil Horne

smalishah84

Archie MacLaren
Wilfred Rhodes
Seymour Nurse
Plum Warner (*)
Aaron Redmond
Ben Barnett (+)
Lance Cairns
Ray Price
Pat Cummins
Bob Massie
Danish Kaneria

12th Man: Jeetan Patel

Weldone

John Edrich
Micky Stewart
Robin Smith
Mahela Jayawardene (*)
Patsy Hendren
Darren Lehmann
Denis Lindsay (+)
Rangana Herath
Zaheer Khan
Colin Croft
Chris Martin

12th Man: Verdun Scott

[kyear2]

Meant to send in the list last night, but passed out. Great Job Michael. Appreciated.

[watson]

Thanks Michael. That must have been a lot of tedious work to keep track of all those bids.

Billy Murdoch scored Test cricket's first ever double century while batting at No.3, and seemed to bat at first drop the most often. So first drop for Billy.

Larwood averaged 4 runs more than Bari and was a pretty handy attacking batsman from what I can make out. So Larwood at No.8 and Bari at No.9.

Trevor Bailey opened the batting with Peter Richardson against Neil Adcock and Peter Heine during the 1956/57 tour of South Africa (result: 2-2) . He averaged a creditable 26 with some consistent scores. So, I think I'll leave him at No.2 to partner the good Reverend.

[Pothas]

Herschelle Gibbs
Abdul Razzaq
Hashim Amla
Sachin Tendulkar
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Doug Walters
Tony Greig (*)
Kiran More (+)
Simon Jones
Erapali Prasanna
Courtney Walsh

Razzaq to destroy all with bat and ball.

Got to be happy with that batting though, clearly a top bowler short, needed to bid that extra bit for Miller.

[Monk]

Monk's XI

- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Raman Subba Row
- David Gower
- Martin Crowe (*)
- Frank Woolley
- Matthew Prior (+)
- Hedley Verity
- Damien Fleming
- Dennis Lillee
- John Lever
- Arthur Mailey

12th- Phil Home


Thanks Michael!

- I consider the players in red to be players who would contend for their national ATG XI
- Players in blue were very good players for their countries
- Players in purple (Lillee) are undisputed ATGs
- The other two (Lever and Subba Row) were handy cricketers for their countries.

I don't even know who the **** Phil Home is!

[watson]

Originally Posted by Pothas

Herschelle Gibbs
Abdul Razzaq
Hashim Amla
Sachin Tendulkar
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Doug Walters
Tony Greig (*)
Kiran More (+)
Simon Jones
Erapali Prasanna
Courtney Walsh

Razzaq to destroy all with bat and ball.

Got to be happy with that batting though, clearly a top bowler short, needed to bid that extra bit for Miller.

Razzaq has only opened once and normally bats at 6 or 7. While Sachin normally bats at 4 during Test mathces, he has been a regular opener in one day internationals. Since his technique is near perfect I think that Sachin would go OK against any of the bowling attacks on display in this draft. Hence;

01. Herschelle Gibbs
02. Sachin Tendulkar
03. Hashim Amla
04. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
05. Doug Walters
06. Tony Greig (*)
07. Abdul Razzaq
08. Kiran More (+)
09. Simon Jones
10. Erapali Prasanna
11. Courtney Walsh

Now the team has a world class top 6 batting line-up and feels good.

[Pothas]

I am sure he would but he is one of the greatest number 4s of all-time and is the best player in my side so don't want to take that strength away.

Thought about putting Chanderpaul there but decided to just make the strongest middle order possible. Razzaq can go out there and have a slog, Amla more than capable of dealing with the new ball if he has to.

[watson]

Originally Posted by Monk

Monk's XI

- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Raman Subba Row
- David Gower
- Martin Crowe (*)
- Frank Woolley
- Matthew Prior (+)
- Hedley Verity
- Damien Fleming
- Dennis Lillee
- John Lever
- Arthur Mailey

12th- Phil Home


Thanks Michael!

- I consider the players in red to be players who would contend for their national ATG XI
- Players in blue were very good players for their countries
- Players in purple (Lillee) are undisputed ATGs
- The other two (Lever and Subba Row) were handy cricketers for their countries.

I don't even know who the **** Phil Home is!

That's an interesting exercise Monk.

01. Rev. David Sheppard
02. Trevor Bailey
03. Billy Murdoch
04. Lindsay Hassett
05. Clive Lloyd (*)
06. Colin Bland
07. Gary Gilmour
08. Harold Larwood
09. Wasim Bari (+)
10. Charlie Griffith
11. Ashley Mallet

I'm tempted to make Mallet Blue because of his 8 for 59 against Pakistan in 1972 (best ever innings figures for an Aussie spinner) and overall SR of 76. Likewise for Gilmour due to his outstanding 1976/76 series against the West Indies where he took 20 wickets at 20.3, SR of 39.

However, that's probably wishful thinking on my part. So with that exercise done it looks as though your team would beat my team Monk!

On the other hand I believe that my team deserves Red for overall balance, and possibly Red for its combined bowling strength. As usual it's another Watson team where the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. In other words, during the heat of a 'real' battle it has all the necessary ingredients to put up one hell of a fight.

[watson]

Originally Posted by Pothas

I am sure he would but he is one of the greatest number 4s of all-time and is the best player in my side so don't want to take that strength away.

Thought about putting Chanderpaul there but decided to just make the strongest middle order possible. Razzaq can go out there and have a slog, Amla more than capable of dealing with the new ball if he has to.

Fair enough Pothas.

[Howe_zat]

Originally Posted by watson

Razzaq has only opened once and normally bats at 6 or 7. While Sachin normally bats at 4 during Test mathces, he has been a regular opener in one day internationals. Since his technique is near perfect I think that Sachin would go OK against any of the bowling attacks on display in this draft. Hence;

01. Herschelle Gibbs
02. Sachin Tendulkar
03. Hashim Amla
04. Shivnarine Chanderpaul
05. Doug Walters
06. Tony Greig (*)
07. Abdul Razzaq
08. Kiran More (+)
09. Simon Jones
10. Erapali Prasanna
11. Courtney Walsh

Now the team has a world class top 6 batting line-up and feels good.

Amla has opens with aplomb in ODIs and has opened in Tests a few times, whereas Tendulkar is married to the no.4 spot. I'd go with him.

[watson]

Originally Posted by Howe_zat

Amla has opens with aplomb in ODIs and has opened in Tests a few times, whereas Tendulkar is married to the no.4 spot. I'd go with him.

Opening with Amla creates a problem at No.3. I think that Pothas' solution is probably better.

[morgieb]

David Warner
Phil Hughes
Andy Flower (+)
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Keith Miller (*)
Aubrey Faulkner
Graeme Hick
Lala Amarnath
Garth McKenzie
Bishen Bedi
Fidel Edwards

12th Man: Neil Johnson

My side feels so imbalanced. lol.

My openers are potentially good youngsters.
My wicket-keeper is an ATG and is the best cricketer by a mile from his country.
Number 4 is one of his country's best bats.
Number 5 was an undisputed ATG.
Number 6 was one of the great all-rounders
Number 7 is the greatest underachiever of all-time.
Number 8 was a very useful all-rounder.
My main bowler is a decent quick bowler.
My spinner is good, played an important role in his side.
My other bowler is a semi-useful quick.

Not too bad given the comparisons.

[watson]

Originally Posted by morgieb

David Warner
Phil Hughes
Andy Flower (+)
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Keith Miller (*)
Aubrey Faulkner
Graeme Hick
Lala Amarnath
Garth McKenzie
Bishen Bedi
Fidel Edwards

12th Man: Neil Johnson

My side feels so imbalanced. lol.

My openers are potentially good youngsters.
My wicket-keeper is an ATG and is the best cricketer by a mile from his country.
Number 4 is one of his country's best bats.
Number 5 was an undisputed ATG.
Number 6 was one of the great all-rounders
Number 7 is the greatest underachiever of all-time.
Number 8 was a very useful all-rounder.
My main bowler is a decent quick bowler.
My spinner is good, played an important role in his side.
My other bowler is a semi-useful quick.

Not too bad given the comparisons.

Bishen Bedi should be Red Morgieb.

The combined effect of Miller, McKenzie, Bedi and Faulkner should be good enough to get 20 wickets against the other sides listed. And Warner, Flower, Inzamam, Miller, and Faulkner should score enough runs between them to make competetive totals.

[Monk]

Originally Posted by watson

That's an interesting exercise Monk.

01. Rev. David Sheppard
02. Trevor Bailey
03. Billy Murdoch
04. Lindsay Hassett
05. Clive Lloyd (*)
06. Colin Bland
07. Gary Gilmour
08. Harold Larwood
09. Wasim Bari (+)
10. Charlie Griffith
11. Ashley Mallet

Make Hasset red! Definitely!

[watson]

Voting will be fun due to the eclectic make-up of the teams.