Test runs draft -Team XI's total sum of test runs must not exceed 30k(negotiable AF)

[Shady Slim]

dangit, wanted to have an early pick here

 

[honestbharani]

​Gary Sobers

 

[AndrewB]

​Gary Sobers

Scored 8032, which leaves a balance of 21968.

Just to check - all picks must have played Test cricket?

 

[mr_mister]

Yes, min of one test innings. No Clive Rice. Though I'm not married to this rule we've used it for the averages and high score drafts so yeah

 

[morgieb]

Mike Procter - 226

 

[mr_mister]

leaving a total of 29,774

 

[Zinzan]

I'm grab the great Graeme Pollock thanks @ 2256

Balance remaining 27744

 

[Zinzan]

Yes, min of one test innings. No Clive Rice. Though I'm not married to this rule we've used it for the averages and high score drafts so yeah

Sorry, what's so special about Rice? I know he was an excellent all-rounder, but fail to see how he's anymore special a case of any of the other South African great players who played very few tests due to the apartheid.

 

[mr_mister]

well he literally played zero tests so that makes him stand out to his South African apartheid peers and was the player chosen in the combined averages draft that brought up this discussion and we overturned it. Also I think he was the very first player chosen in the recent 'never played a test' draft


based on this evience i would say this forum considers him the best player to have never played a test

 

[StephenZA]

Barry Richards 508
Balance 29 492

 

[StephenZA]

Sorry, what's so special about Rice? I know he was an excellent all-rounder, but fail to see how he's anymore special a case of any of the other South African great players who played very few tests due to the apartheid.

Clive Rice would probably have been the same caliber as Sir Richard Hadlee, Hadlee probably a better bowler but Rice was probably a better batsmen but we will never know for sure; ..... People pick Mike Procter pretty quick and Rice >> Procter.

 

[mr_mister]

FC average of 40 and 22 for batting and bowling is ridic, only Keith Miller and Gary Sobers FC record looks better from an All-round point of view

(actually dont quote me on that lol im sure im missing some obvious names)

 

[mr_mister]

slifer > zebra > AndrewB

 

[Slifer]

George Headley 2190. 27810 left.

 

[Shady Slim]

ah scrotes that's why i wanted an early pick lol

 

[mr_mister]

yeah knew the Headley/Pollock combo wouldn't last


they are so easy to group together, due to their tests played, high scores and batting averages being basically identical

 

[Slifer]

Yeah I did cartwheels when i saw that the last person before me passed on sir George.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

That's quite a posthumous knighthood?

 

[StephenZA]

Headley was my choice after Richards... just thought Richards was better value.

 

[mr_mister]

i kinda predicted these would be the first 5 to go, not in that order though(not in any order really)

it becomes a lot less predictable as of right now IMO