Never played a Test draft

[Camo999]

John Wisden


di Venuto
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Bula
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Harvey
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Wisden
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...
Goel

 

[morgieb]

Jamie Cox

1. Cox
2.
3.
4. McEwen
5. Siddons
6.
7.
8. King
9.
10. Bannister
11.

 

[jimmy101]

Corrie van Zyl

 

[mr_mister]

lol if i was in this i would be exclusively picking Shield players from the 90s/early 00s

 

[the big bambino]

Some really interesting selections. Just like mr_m I've been doing a little reading recently but on a big left arm quick whose promising career was cut for a very good reason and whom I would love to see picked.

 

[kingkallis]

Ole Mortensen, the big bad Danish bowler from Derbyshire to open the bowling with Rice.

CricZo XI

1.
2.
3. Amarjeet Kaypee /
4.
5.
6.
7. Clive Rice o /
8. Jack Newman o /
9.
10. Padmakar Shivalkar o
11. Ole Mortensen o

 

[J_C]

Stephen Jefferies

Like so many South Africans during the isolation years, Le Roux had no choice but to pursue his career in county cricket. He joined Sussex, where for many seasons he shared the new ball with the great Imran Khan. At Western Province he was partnered by the finest swing bowler I have seen, Stephen Jefferies.

Newlands is famous for its Cape Doctor, the south-eastern wind, and Le Roux ran in with the wind blowing over his right shoulder towards third man, which naturally aided swing away from the right-hander. Jefferies ran into the wind, which suited his inswing. This made them an exceptionally difficult pair to deal with.

The biggest unfulfilled talent


Eric Bedser

Remembered mainly as the identical twin brother of England’s legendary medium pacer of the immediate post war years, Sir Alec Bedser, it is often forgotten that Eric was a fine cricketer in his own right. He was a mainstay of the Surrey side that won seven consecutive County Championship titles in the 1950s and his place in the team was always secure, even when all of Surrey’s England contingent were available. Over a 17 year career, which did not begin, due to the war, until he was 27, he scored almost 15,000 runs at 24. Those figures may not, at first glance, look too impressive but his home wicket at the Oval was a sporting one through most of his career, and he played many valiant and invaluable innings there. As a bowler Eric took to off spin and accounted for more than 800 victims over his career at less than 25 runs each. For a man who had to play second fiddle to the great Jim Laker, and who also had Tony Lock in his way to getting the ball, it is an impressive record. The Bedser twins were, of course, inseparable so Eric never left Surrey, but he would surely have played for England had he put his own career first, and gone off to one of the weaker counties where he could have been a dominant figure.

The Cricket Web Uncapped XI | Cricket Web

 

[J_C]

kingkallis > jimmy101 > morgieb

 

[kingkallis]

Mick Taylor to bat at No.5.

CricZo XI

1.
2.
3. Amarjeet Kaypee /
4.
5. Mick Taylor /
6.
7. Clive Rice o /
8. Jack Newman o /
9.
10. Padmakar Shivalkar o
11. Ole Mortensen o

 

[jimmy101]

Ole Mortensen, the big bad Danish bowler from Derbyshire to open the bowling with Rice.

CricZo XI

1.
2.
3. Amarjeet Kaypee /
4.
5.
6.
7. Clive Rice o /
8. Jack Newman o /
9.
10. Padmakar Shivalkar o
11. Ole Mortensen o

Great pick. He was next on my list. Denmark's finest!

 

[jimmy101]

kingkallis - Clive Rice, Amarjeet Kaypee, Padmakar Shivalkar, Jack Newman, Ole Mortensen
morgieb - Bart King, Ken McEwan, Jamie Siddons, Jack Bannister, Jamie Cox
Camo999 - Ian Harvey, Rajinder Goel, Michael DiVenuto, IL Bula, John Wisden
jimmy101 - Franklyn Stephenson, Steve Tikolo, David Hussey, Don Shepherd, Corrie van Zyl
stphndbsn - Vince van der Bijl, Denys Hobson, Amol Muzumdar, John Langridge, Ray Jennings
fredfertang - Charles Kortright, Frank Tarrant, Karl Scheider, Alan Jones, Alonzo Drake
J_C - Garth LeRoux, Alfred Mynn, Ryan Campbell, Alan Kourie, Stephen Jefferies
OverratedSanity - Eddie Gilbert, Mahadevan Sathasivam, Henry Fotheringham, Thomas Wass, Fuller Pilch

Round 6

J_C - Eric Bedser
kingkallis
jimmy101 - Ed Joyce
morgieb
Camo999
OverratedSanity
stphndbsn
fredfertang

 

[jimmy101]

Kingkallis times out.

My round 6 selection will be Ed Joyce.

 

[morgieb]

George Dennett

 

[Camo999]

I'll go for Dirk Nannes to complement Wisden's fast round-arm and slow under-arms in an interesting opening attack.

I think KK picked Mick Taylor didn't he? Great choice.

Di Venuto
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IL Bula
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Harvey
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Wisden
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Nannes
Goel

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ryan ten Doeschate

Henry Fotheringham
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Fuller Pilch
Mahadevan Sathasivam
Ryan ten Doeschate
-
-
-
Thomas Wass
-
Eddie Gilbert

 

[StephenZA]

Trying to make a decision... this is a tough draft!

 

[StephenZA]

Pinky Burnup
Pinky Burnup | England Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Wisden - Pinky Burnup

 

[fredfertang]

The man who should have been an Invincible

Cec Pepper

 

[StephenZA]

The man who should have been an Invincible

Cec Pepper

This close to picking him.....

 

[jimmy101]

kingkallis - Clive Rice, Amarjeet Kaypee, Padmakar Shivalkar, Jack Newman, Ole Mortensen, Mick Taylor
morgieb - Bart King, Ken McEwan, Jamie Siddons, Jack Bannister, Jamie Cox, George Dennett
Camo999 - Ian Harvey, Rajinder Goel, Michael DiVenuto, IL Bula, John Wisden, Dirk Nannes
jimmy101 - Franklyn Stephenson, Steve Tikolo, David Hussey, Don Shepherd, Corrie van Zyl, Ed Joyce
stphndbsn - Vince van der Bijl, Denys Hobson, Amol Muzumdar, John Langridge, Ray Jennings, Pinky Burnup
fredfertang - Charles Kortright, Frank Tarrant, Karl Scheider, Alan Jones, Alonzo Drake, Cec Pepper
J_C - Garth LeRoux, Alfred Mynn, Ryan Campbell, Alan Kourie, Stephen Jefferies, Eric Bedser
OverratedSanity - Eddie Gilbert, Mahadevan Sathasivam, Henry Fotheringham, Thomas Wass, Fuller Pilch, Ryan ten Doeschate

Round 7

jimmy101 - Anura Tennekoon
kingkallis - Rupert Hanley
J_C - Brian Davison
OverratedSanity
fredfertang
stphndbsn
Camo999
morgieb

Round 8

morgieb
Camo999
stphndbsn
fredfertang
OverratedSanity
J_C -
kingkallis
jimmy101