“Universally Challenged” Draft Idea

[fredfertang]

Champaka Ramanayake to make up a potent opening pair with Daren Powell

 

[mr_mister]

Pommie Mbangwa

 

[a massive zebra]

Round 1
kingkallis - Ken Rutherford
Teuton - Rubel Hossain
marc71178 - Asoka de Silva
trundler - Farveez Maharoof
a massive zebra - Andy Whittall
SillyCowCorner1 - Brian Murphy
mr_mister - Ian Salisbury
Michaelf7777777 - Alex Moir
fredfertang - Lawrie Miller
MrPrez - Alok Kapali
Flem274 - blair pocock

Round 2
Flem274 - Matthew Hart
MrPrez - Khaled Mashud
fredfertang - David O'Sullivan
Michaelf7777777 - John Sparling
mr_mister - Ian Craig
SillyCowCorner1 - Raphick Jumadeen
a massive zebra - Louis Stricker
trundler - Mohammad Sami
marc71178 - Ken James
Teuton - Mark Dekker
kingkallis - Jehan Mubarak

Round 3
mr_mister - Mitch Marsh
trundler - Mohammad Ashraful
Flem274
Michaelf7777777 - William Shalders
Teuton - Enamul Haque (Snr)
fredfertang - Daren Powell
marc71178 - Abdur Razzaq
MrPrez - Paul Wiseman
kingkallis - Agit Agarkar
SillyCowCorner1 - Adam Sanford
a massive zebra - Mohammad Sharif

Round 4
a massive zebra - Guy de Alwis
SillyCowCorner1 - Devon Smith
kingkallis - Ashish Nehra
MrPrez - Chris Mpofu
marc71178 - David Capel
fredfertang - John Parker
Teuton - Mike Shrimpton
Michaelf7777777 - Mick Commaille
Flem274
trundler - Paul Allott
mr_mister - Syd Gregory

Round 5
trundler - Ishant Sharma
mr_mister - Nixon McLean
MrPrez - Mushfiqur Rahman
Michaelf7777777 - Kamran Akmal
marc71178 - Shafiul Islam
Flem274
SillyCowCorner1 - Faoud Bacchus
a massive zebra - Maitland Hathorn
fredfertang - Datta Gaekwad
kingkallis - Talat Ali
Teuton - Matt Poore

Round 6
Teuton - Mluleki Nkala
kingkallis - Kris Srikkanth
fredfertang - Ashok Mankad
a massive zebra - Noel McGregor
SillyCowCorner1 - Narsingh Deonarine
Flem274
marc71178 - Tapash Baisya
Michaelf7777777 - Geoff Allott
MrPrez - Vusi Sibanda
mr_mister - Dion Ebrahim
trundler - Munaf Patel

Round 7
kingkallis - Rahat Ali
Teuton - Ruwan Kalpage
marc71178 - Wayne Larkins
mr_mister - Courtney Browne
fredfertang - Nana Joshi
Flem274
a massive zebra - Manjural Islam
trundler - Mark Stoneman
SillyCowCorner1 - David Williams
Michaelf7777777 - Harry Cave
MrPrez - Hannan Sarkar

Round 8
MrPrez - Nicky Boje
Michaelf7777777 - Mark Craig
SillyCowCorner1 - Inshan Ali
trundler - Lee Germon
a massive zebra - Murray Chapple
Flem274
fredfertang - Champaka Ramanayake
mr_mister - Pommie Mbangwa
marc71178 - Aftab Ahmed
Teuton - Inshan Ali
kingkallis

Round 9
fredfertang
mr_mister
SillyCowCorner1
Flem274
Teuton
MrPrez
a massive zebra
Michaelf7777777
trundler
kingkallis
marc71178

Round 10
marc71178
kingkallis
trundler
Michaelf7777777
a massive zebra
MrPrez
Teuton
Flem274
SillyCowCorner1
mr_mister
fredfertang

Round 11
First come first served. Starting from the earlier of:

a) When fredfertang makes his round 10 pick, and
b) 8 hours after mr_mister makes his round 10 pick.

 

[marc71178]

Are there 2 Chris Mpofus?

I'm going to grab me some Aftab Ahmed please.

 

[a massive zebra]

Are there 2 Chris Mpofus?

Thanks Marc.

Michaelf7777 will have to select again because Mpofu was selected by Mr Prez in round 4.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Mark Craig will be my next selection please

Charter 77 so Far

William Shalders
Mick Commaille
John Sparling
Kamran Akmal (+)
Mark Craig
Alex Moir
Harry Cave
Geoff Allott

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Inshan Ali

1. Devon Smith
2. Faoud Bacchus
3.
4. Narsingh Deonarine
5.
6. David Williams +
7.
8. Inshan Ali
9. Brian Murphy
10. Adam Sanford
11. Raphick Jumadeen

 

[fredfertang]

Inshan Ali

Thought about selecting Inshan a few rounds back, but after reading his tragic story recently I just couldn't bring myself to

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Thought about selecting Inshan a few rounds back, but after reading his tragic story recently I just couldn't bring myself to

I have honestly never heard of him.

He was regarded as a good spinner in the domestic circuit.

I just read that there is a stand named after him in Trinidad

 

[fredfertang]

This will give you a flavour of the man

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

This will give you a flavour of the man

That was hard to read. The tragedy. The policy of pace, pace, and more pace. Who knows if it weren't for that how the career of Ali would have shaped up.
The personal tragedies are worst. It's sad.

I don't know if this is even a coincidence. My team is comprised of a few people mentioned in that article:

Raphick Jumadeen- I have heard of him whilst growing up.
Narsingh Deonarine- from the same club and village I am from.

Thank you for sharing this Fred.

 

[fredfertang]

I remember the 1976 West Indians included Jumadeen, and Albert Padmore, who also got hammered in that Indian victory - I recall being really disappointed when Inshan missed the trip, but in the end Jumadeen and Padmore only played in one Test each, and Padmore barely got to turn his arm over in his Test - neither of them looked up to much though, unlike Daniel, Holding and Roberts!

 

[Teuton]

Mike Brearley - in a non-captaincy role

 

[a massive zebra]

kingkallis > fredfertang > mr_mister

 

[a massive zebra]

kingkallis times out.

fredfertang > mr_mister > SillyCowCorner1

Catch up: Flem274 x6, kingkallis

 

[fredfertang]

I thought he had been picked, but seems not - I feel I should pick at least one man I've written about, so am going for an injection of real pace with Cuan McCarthy

 

[the big bambino]

Completely understandable as Cuan only played Aus and Eng and didn't have the opportunity to massage his figures against weaker sides. Even then he only really messed up against Aus as his 31 ave v Eng is pretty good.

 

[kingkallis]

Andy Whittall if he is available

CricZo XI

1. Kris Srikkanth /
2. Jehan Mubarak /
3. Ken Rutherford / (c)
4. Talat Ali /
5.
6.
7.
8. Ajit Agarkar o /
9. Rahat Ali o
10. Andy Whittall o
11. Ashish Nehra o

 

[fredfertang]

Completely understandable as Cuan only played Aus and Eng and didn't have the opportunity to massage his figures against weaker sides. Even then he only really messed up against Aus as his 31 ave v Eng is pretty good.

His batting attracts me, especially if the umpires don't allow him to bowl. A highest score of 5 in 15 Tests is seriously unimpressive

 

[fredfertang]

Just a thought, but if the last round is going to be a free for all how about making it slightly different by upping the criteria for that pick to significantly increase the minimum number of Tests played - was thinking something like 50