The "What Is He Smoking" Draft

[stephen]

01. Jack Hobbs
02.
03.
04. Everton Weekes
05. Mike Hussey
06. Ollie Pope+
07. Matt Poore
08. Wahab Riaz
09. Dale Steyn
10. Joel Garner
11. Morne Morkel

Mostly posting this because I have no idea who's in my team. Not as flashy as the Bradman sides on the whole, but it's ok I think.

A strong core and decent balance tbh.

 

[weeman27bob]

Would appreciate anyone trying to make sense of my team

Maybe something like:

1. Billy Zulch
2. Malinda Warnapura
3. Kane Williamson
4. ?
5. ?
6. Gil Langley +
7. Kerry O'Keeffe
8. Taijul Islam
9. Mustaq Ahmed
10. Allan Donald
11. John Snow

 

[kingkallis]

CricZo 'fried by Stephen' XI

1. G. Smith / (c)
2. B. Kunderan /
3. G Headley /
4.
5. R Simpson /
6.
7. J Binks + /
8. G Lawson o (RF)
9. F. Trueman o (RF)
10. S. Ahmed o (RF)
11. C Ambrose o (RF)

 

[kingkallis]

Warwick Armstrong

 

[stephen]

Himannv - Bill Lawry
Ankitj - Peter Pollock
srbhkshk - Cristiano Ronaldo
HonestBharani - Gary Sobers
MorgieB - Wally Hammond
Pothas - Dmitri Mascarenhas
weeman27bob - Kabir Ali
Michaelf7777777 - Frank Worrell
Ataraxia - Don Bradman
trundler - Saeed Anwar
JOJOXI - Ryan Harris
Kingkallis - Warwick Armstrong
Marcuss - Chaminda Vaas

Only 1 left to pick.

@AndrewB

 

[ataraxia]

Gary Sobers

didn't notice this...

 

[Jarquis]

Chaminda Vaas

 

[stephen]

This round is turning out the be a corker.

 

[stephen]

I don't know what's happened to @AndrewB

 

[stephen]

Is @AndrewB filibustering?

 

[AndrewB]

Eddie Barlow

 

[Himannv]

Changing my pick to Viv Richards please.

 

[stephen]

Changing my pick to Viv Richards please.

Ok. Your loss (j/k).

EDIT: I've checked now and you went from Larwood to Rhodes so that's probably better given your choices.

 

[stephen]

Round 10. Time to be friendly with each other in this divisive time.

Pick a player from someone else's team.

Invalid selections will get the valid player closest in reverse alphabetical order (similar to round 9). If I've gotten your selection wrong please let me know. Accounting for Pakistani players is a PITA.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
kingkallis	Curtly Ambrose	George Headley	*Jimmy Binks	*Reg Simpson	*Geoff Lawson	Graeme Smith	*Budhi Kunderan	*Shabbir Ahmed	*Fred Trueman	*Corey Anderson
Himmanv	Dale Steyn	Joel Garner	*Ollie Pope	*Everton Weekes	*Morne Morkel	*Matt Poore	*Wahab Riaz	Mike Hussey	*Jack Hobbs	*Wilfred Rhodes
srbhkshk	*Gordon Greenidge	Courtney Walsh	*George Duckworth	*Bert Vogler	Pat Cummins	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Anil Kumble	*BJ Watling	*Harold Larwood	*Andy Roberts
Ataraxia	*Qasim Umar	Alan Davidson	*Wasim Bari	Alec Bedser	Jack Gregory	Vinoo Mankad	Peter May	*Cuan McCarthy	*Javed Miandad	Don Bradman
weeman27bob	*Corey Anderson	Andy Flower	*Dick Spooner	*George Geary	*Graeme Swann	*Seymour Nurse	*Mushtaq Ali	Ellyse Perry	*Mushtaq Mohammad	*Neil Adcock
Jojoxi	Kapil Dev	Virat Kohli	*Wally Grout	Frank Worrell	Mitchell Starc	Charles Macartney	*Shoaib Malik	Hugh Tayfield	*Don Bradman	*Gordon Greenidge
MorgieB	*Virender Sehwag	Wasim Akram	*Roy Swetman	*Harry Boyle	*Daniel Vettori	*Nafeez Iqbal	*Bob Woolmer	*Shanthakumaran Sreesanth	*Tamim Iqbal	*Gordon Greenidge
HonestBharani	*Ross Edwards	Mike Procter	*James Kelly	*Bill Bowes	Ben Stokes	Shane Watson	*Haseeb Ahsan	*Ruwan Kalpage	*Javed Miandad	*John Snow
AndrewB	*Sunil Gavaskar	Ray Lindwall	Clyde Walcott	Maurice Tate	Tony Greig	*Craig Wishart	*Frank Woolley	*Shane Thomson	*Don Bradman	*Tommy Andrews
Trundler	*John Snow	Allan Donald	*Gil Langley	*Billy Zulch	*Taijul Islam	*Kerry O'Keefe	Mustaq Ahmed	*Malinda Warnapura	*Kane Williamson	*Andy Roberts
Pothas	*Rohan Kanhai	Michael Holding	*Warren Lees	*Ivan Barrow	*Roy Gilchrist	*Cheteshwar Pujara	*Larry Gomes	*Eddo Brandes	Don Bradman	*Vinoo Mankad
Michaelf7777777	*Neville Quinn	Shaun Pollock	Les Ames	Victor Trumper	Wilfred Rhodes	*Daryll Cullinan	Neil Wagner	*Basit Ali	*Matthew Hayden	Frank Worrell
Marcuss	Muttiah Muralitharan	Dennis Lillee	Kumar Sangakkara	*Tommy Andrews	Andy Roberts	Geoffrey Boycott	Trevor Goddard	*Rusi Modi	*Dave Warner	*Victor Trumper
ankitj	Bill O'Reilly	Denis Compton	*John Ward	Herbert Sutcliffe	Neil Adcock	AB de Villiers	Shoaib Ahktar	*Vijay Hazare	*Aubrey Faulkner	*Ellyse Perry

Round 11. I suggest everyone pick someone who will fix the glaring holes in your side.

Ban list:

Glenn McGrath, Don Bradman, Imran Khan, Garfield Sobers, Steve Smith, Adam Gilchrist, Malcolm Marshall, Shakib Al Hasan, Richard Hadlee, Keith Miller, Jack Hobbs, W. G. Grace, Jacques Kallis, Sydney Barnes, Brian Lara, Len Hutton, Aubrey Faulkner, Fred Trueman, Sachin Tendulkar, Barry Richards, Ian Botham, Wally Hammond, Viv Richards, Richie Benaud, Graeme Pollock, Rahul Dravid, Shane Warne, Clarrie Grimmett, Jim Laker, Waqar Younis, Harold Larwood, Simon Katich, David Boon, Allan Border, Ken Barrington, Bob Simpson, Steve Waugh, Younis Khan, James Anderson, Adam Voges, Arthur Morris, Greg Chappell, Tamim Iqbal, Javed Miandad, Bill Ponsford, Ravi Bopara,
Ricky Ponting, Marcus North, Mushtaq Mohammad, Kane Williamson, Dudley Nourse, Derek Pringle, Martin Crowe,
Stuart Binny, Neil Harvey, Sam Curran, Michael Clarke, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Virender Sehwag, Dave Warner, Stan McCabe, Fred Spofforth, Jeff Thomson, Bruce Mitchell, Matthew Hayden, Sid Barnes, Hedley Verity, Conrad Hunte, Mahela Jayawardene, Andre Nel, Bill Brown, Neil Johnson, Jasprit Bumrah, Bill Woodfull, Clive Lloyd, Mark Taylor, George Hirst, Andrew Flintoff, Doug Walters, Warwick Armstrong, Bill Lawry, Kabir Ali, Ryan Harris, Wally Hammond, Saeed Anwar, Dmitri Mascarenhas, Peter Pollock, Chaminda Vaas, Eddie Barlow

As this is the final round, you may pick at your leisure (it's an FFA).

 

[trundler]

Well that's a lot of fast bowlers in true Trundler fashion.

 

[stephen]

Well that's a lot of fast bowlers in true Trundler fashion.

I couldn't help but laugh when I saw that. I wanted desperately to give you a batsman too

 

[stephen]

Oh and I should mention that there will be two voting threads in this draft.

One thread will be for the actual sides and the other thread will be for the sides you guys actually selected.

Good luck.

 

[Himannv]

Don Bradman

 

[honestbharani]

Gary Sobers

 

[Himannv]

Just noticed that kk has Jar Jar Binks keeping wicket for him.