Draft: Best of 1980s and 1990s

[LongHopCassidy]

Let's get ourselves Gary Kirsten. Strange he hasn't already been taken.

Dat tongue.

 

[LongHopCassidy]

Ocean's Eleven

1. Gary Kirsten 7289 runs @ 45.27
2. Graham Gooch 8900 runs @ 42.58
3. Brian Lara 11953 runs @ 52.88
4. Sachin Tendulkar 15837 runs @ 53.86
5.
6.
7. Ian Healy 4356 runs @ 27.89
8.
9.
10. Craig McDermott 291 wkts @ 28.63
11.

 

[watson]

Reasonable top order LopHop. Probably go OK.

Justo > Fredfertang > Watson

 

[Justo]

Time for some spin with Dan "the man" Vettori.

01. Saeed Anwar
02.
03. Inzamam Ul Haq
04.
05.
06.
07.
08. Daniel Vettori
09. Curtley Ambrose
10. Waqar Younis
11. Bruce Reid

 

[fredfertang]

I'll go for Michael Atherton, early days before the dodgy back version please

1. Michael Atherton
2.
3
4. Dean Jones
5.
6. Ian Botham
7.
8.
9. Joel Garner
10. Abdul Qadir
11. Colin Croft

Looking back at the OP I think its going to be a real struggle later on to fit the criteria - in the spirit of what bagapath is looking to achieve I would suggest the point is going to have to come when we can pick anyone, irrespective of how many Tests they actually played, as long as their entire Test career falls within the start and finish dates he set

 

[watson]

Can't see the tail being very strong at this stage - so the team needs a keeper who can bat and is great standing back to the quicks;

01. Matthew Hayden
02.
03.
04. Mark Waugh
05.
06.
07. Jeff Dujon
08.
09. Dennis Lillee
10. Allan Donald
11. Patrick Patterson

 

[bagapath]

Looking back at the OP I think its going to be a real struggle later on to fit the criteria - in the spirit of what bagapath is looking to achieve I would suggest the point is going to have to come when we can pick anyone, irrespective of how many Tests they actually played, as long as their entire Test career falls within the start and finish dates he set

Martin. You guys think it is getting tough already?

 

[bagapath]

Round 1
01. Pothas - Imran Khan
02. Kingkallis - Javed Miandad
03. Harsh - Shane Warne
04. Monk - Wasim Akram
05. Coronis - Malcolm Marshall
06. Morgieb - Richard Hadlee
07. Himannv - Mutthiah Muralithran
08. AndyZaltzHair - Glen McGrath
09. Watson - Dennis Lillee
10. Fredfertang - Sir Ian Botham
11. Justo - Curtley Ambrose
12. Log Hop Cassidy - Sachin Tendulkar
13. Bagapath - Sir Viv Richards

Round 2
01. Bagapath - Sunil Gavaskar
02. Log Hop Cassidy - Brian Lara
03. Justo - Waqar Younis
04. Fredfertang - Joel Garner
05. Watson - Allan Donald
06. AndyZaltzHair - Michael Holding
07. Himannv - Shaun Pollock
08. Morgieb - Greg Chappell
09. Coronis - Jaques Kallis
10. Monk - Gordon Greenidge
11. Harsh - Rahul Dravid
12. Kingkallis - Steve Waugh
13. Pothas - Allan Border

Round 3
01. Kingkallis - Courtney Walsh
02. Harsh - Clive Lloyd
03. Monk - Kapil Dev
04. Coronis - Andy Flower
05. Morgieb - Ian Bishop
06. Himannv - Ricky Ponting
07. AndyZaltzHair - Martin Crowe
08. Watson - Matthew Hayden
09. Fredfertang - Colin Croft
10. Justo - Inzamam ul-Haq
11. Log Hop Cassidy - Graham Gooch
12. Bagapath - Andy Roberts
13. Pothas - Bob Willis

Round 4
01. Pothas - Anil Kumble
02. Bagapath - Chris Cairns
03. Log Hop Cassidy - Craig McDermott
04. Justo - Saeed Anwar
05. Fredfertang - Abdul Qadir
06. Watson - Mark Waugh
07. AndyZaltzHair – David Gower
08. Himannv – Justin Langer
09. Morgeib – Michael Slater
10. Coronis - Jason Gillespie
11. Monk - Mark Taylor
12. Harsh - Shoaib Akhtar
13. Kingkallis - Alec Stewart

Round 5
01. Harsh - Fanie de Villiers
02. Monk - Graham Thorpe
03. Coronis - Saqlain Mushtaq
04. Morgeib - Zaheer Abbas
05. Himannv - Desmond Haynes
06. AndyZaltzHair - Shiv Chanderpaul
07. Watson - Pat Patterson
08. Fredfertang - Dean Jones
09. Justo - Bruce Reid
10. Long Hop Cassidy - Ian Healy
11. Bagapath - Iqbal Qasim
12. Pothas - Aravinda De Silva
13. Kingkallis - Robin Smith

Round 6
01. Kingkallis - Darren Gough
02. Pothas - Merv Hughes
03. Bagapath - Heath Streak
04. Log Hop Cassidy - Gary Kirsten
05. Justo - Daniel Vettori
06. Fredfertang - Michael Atherton
07. Watson - Jeff Dujon
08. AndyZaltzHair –
09. Himannv –
10. Morgeib –
11. Coronis -
12. Monk -
13. Harsh -

 

[watson]

Martin. You guys think it is getting tough already?

During the 80s and 90s each major country used the following number of players (approximate);

Australia = 75
England = 115
India = 75
Pakistan = 80
South Africa = 30
Sri Lanka = 70
West Indies = 50
TOTAL = 495

To make 13 teams for the Draft we need 'only' 143 players.

I think that we will probably (but not definitely) have enough cricketers to go round - but it may have to mean that Phil Tufnell gets a run in someones side.

Is this a bad thing? I don't think so as it won't hurt if a few Nevilles get included for a change.

 

[kingkallis]

Martin. You guys think it is getting tough already?

Naah this is fun.

 

[fredfertang]

But how many of those 495 tick all the boxes?

 

[Justo]

At least 146 batsmen made 1500+ runs in this period and at least 88 bowlers got 75+ wickets according to statsguru. There may be some overlaps in this but most likely not more than 10. This doesn't factor in players who made some of the other qualifications so we should be quite fine.

EDIT: A few players on each will actually be excluded since they didn't play the full 5 years(Guys like Gilly and McGill for example). So those numbers can be lowered slightly. We should still be quite fine though.

 

[watson]

But how many of those 495 tick all the boxes?

Don't know. But since we will be discarding roughly 70% of the total pool of players then surely we should be able to at least reach R10? Perhaps we could stop there and all decide what we want to do for R11?

 

[fredfertang]

At least 146 batsmen made 1500+ runs in this period and at least 88 bowlers got 75+ wickets according to statsguru. There may be some overlaps in this but most likely not more than 10. This doesn't factor in players who made some of the other qualifications so we should be quite fine.

Damn - it appears that my attempt to find a way to select Sylvers is doomed to fail

 

[Justo]

Damn - it appears that my attempt to find a way to select Sylvers is doomed to fail

I was going to try to get McGill included somehow but after seeing those numbers didn't think it would matter in the end. Only misses the qualification period by 1 month and ticks all the other bowling boxes. Wrong place wrong time as always.

 

[watson]

At least 146 batsmen made 1500+ runs in this period and at least 88 bowlers got 75+ wickets according to statsguru. There may be some overlaps in this but most likely not more than 10. This doesn't factor in players who made some of the other qualifications so we should be quite fine.

EDIT: A few players on each will actually be excluded since they didn't play the full 5 years(Guys like Gilly and McGill for example). So those numbers can be lowered slightly. We should still be quite fine though.

Well done Justo.

 

[watson]

Round 5
01. Harsh - Fanie de Villiers
02. Monk - Graham Thorpe
03. Coronis - Saqlain Mushtaq
04. Morgeib - Zaheer Abbas
05. Himannv - Desmond Haynes
06. AndyZaltzHair - Shiv Chanderpaul
07. Watson - Pat Patterson
08. Fredfertang - Dean Jones
09. Justo - Bruce Reid
10. Long Hop Cassidy - Ian Healy
11. Bagapath - Iqbal Qasim
12. Pothas - Aravinda De Silva
13. Kingkallis - Robin Smith

Round 6
01. Kingkallis - Darren Gough
02. Pothas - Merv Hughes
03. Bagapath - Heath Streak
04. Log Hop Cassidy - Gary Kirsten
05. Justo - Daniel Vettori
06. Fredfertang - Michael Atherton
07. Watson - Jeff Dujon
08. AndyZaltzHair – Jeff Thomson
09. Himannv – Gundappa Viswanath
10. Morgeib –
11. Coronis -
12. Monk -
13. Harsh -

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Can anyone confirm me if Thomson is available? Sorry am on mobile

 

[Justo]

After a quick check he took 81 wickets and played his last test in 1985 so he should be good.

 

[watson]

I suppose that we can assume that Jeff Thomson is Andy's pick since he is both eligible and available.