The 35/33 draft

[The Battlers Prince]

Syd Gregory

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Spit and Polish
1 Jimmy Cook
2 Syd Gregory
3 Tom Moody
4 Graeme Hick
5 Nawab of Pataudi snr
6 Gilbert Jessop
7 Darren Sammy
8 Don Tallon+
9 Mohammad Nazir
10 Bob Crisp
11 Nathan Bracken

 

[OverratedSanity]

Syd Gregory

Thought he'd be picked way earlier tbh.

Also, here's a bowler left who I'm really surprised hasn't been picked yet. I totally forgot about him, otherwise I'd have picked him in the first round.

 

[morgieb]

1. Graeme Wood
2. Greg Blewett
3. Boeta Dippenaar
4. Marlon Samuels
5. MAK Pautaudi*
6. Collie Smith
7. Rod Marsh+
8. Phillip DeFreitas
9. Danny Morrison
10. Derek Shackleton
11. John Gleeson

 

[AndrewB]

Tom Hayward
Andrew Hudson
Geoff Howarth (c)
Russell Endean
Paul Sheahan
Dwayne Bravo
Jeffrey Dujon
Daniel Vettori
Ishant Sharma
Danish Kaneria
Chris Martin

I'm very happy with my team. I believe only 4 eligible players reached the 200 wicket milestone and all 4 workhorses are in my team.

FWIW, Nathan Lyon also has 200 wickets.

 

[AndrewB]

Quite a few decent keeper-batsmen left to choose from - since I've got a few plodders in my team I'll pick a more aggressive batsman in Jock Cameron to finish.

Geoff Marsh
CB Fry
Bevan Congdon (7)
Joe Solomon
Ken Mackay (6)
Johnny Douglas* (5)
Jock Cameron+
Intikhab Alam (4)
Phil Edmonds (3)
Lasith Malinga (2)
George Francis (1)

 

[Teuton]

Ah yes.you are right. 4 out of 5

 

[Red]

Is it my go?

 

[morgieb]

Is it my go?

Yes.

 

[Red]

Bert Oldfield

 

[Teuton]

Great draft with loads of players who wouldn't get picked in other drafts to make it extra interesting.

Thanks Jimmy for organising and running it so well.

 

[AndrewB]

Thought he'd be picked way earlier tbh.

Also, here's a bowler left who I'm really surprised hasn't been picked yet. I totally forgot about him, otherwise I'd have picked him in the first round.

Now it's finished - who did we all overlook?

 

[jimmy101]

Now it's finished - who did we all overlook?

Here's something...

Pelham Warner
Reggie Spooner
Duleep Mendis
Bob Woolmer
MJK Smith*
Bob Wyatt
Nyan Mongia +
Pat Symcox
Tiger Lance
Geoff Pullar
Aaqib Javed

 

[jimmy101]

Ok, I'm all ready to go. Just waiting on you Red Hill to post your final XI & I'll get that voting thread online.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Here's something...

Pelham Warner
Reggie Spooner
Duleep Mendis
Bob Woolmer
MJK Smith*
Bob Wyatt
Nyan Mongia +
Pat Symcox
Tiger Lance
Geoff Pullar
Aaqib Javed

Aaqib Javed was the guy I was talking about. Definite brainfart from everyone involved imo.

 

[jimmy101]

Aaqib Javed was the guy I was talking about. Definite brainfart from everyone involved imo.

Javed, along with Chris Harris, were on my radar for a long time.

 

[Howe_zat]

Eh. A good first class bowler who couldn't bat and barely played tests. I have one of those.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Eh. A good first class bowler who couldn't bat and barely played tests. I have one of those.

I dunno, actual pace bowlers were pretty rare so I thought he was valuable. Pretty good in ODIs too.

 

[jimmy101]

Eh. A good first class bowler who couldn't bat and barely played tests. I have one of those.

Baptiste?

 

[jimmy101]

I dunno, actual pace bowlers were pretty rare so I thought he was valuable. Pretty good in ODIs too.

Yep. That's why I didn't pick him. His Test record is rubbish. Doesn't he average 70-odd with ball or something? He was amazing in ODIs no doubt, but mainly innocuous in Tests & unfortunately his batting record is beneath him.