All time England Draft

[91Jmay]

Oh my bad! I thought CAG was yet another cricketweb acronym I hadn't yet learned.

 

[jimmy101]

Taken on the last page about 5 posts ago.

Close was taken?

 

[91Jmay]

Nah something odd happened where my post has appeared in front of his. I thought he'd picked Jack Russell the keeper who'd already gone but he has picked some dead bloke.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ben Stokes

Cyril Washbrook
Arthur Shrewsbury
David Gower
Denis Compton
Frank Woolley (c)
Ben Stokes
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Gubby Allen
Fred Trueman
Simon Jones
JJ Ferris

 

[mr_mister]

Nah something odd happened where my post has appeared in front of his. I thought he'd picked Jack Russell the keeper who'd already gone but he has picked some dead bloke.

Who hit 5 tons in 10 tests!

 

[OverratedSanity]

Aldo and pothas have timed out again so I'll pick James Foster to finish this mess.

Cyril Washbrook
Arthur Shrewsbury
David Gower
Denis Compton
Frank Woolley (c) (5)
Ben Stokes (6)
James Foster (wk)
Gubby Allen (3)
Simon Jones (4)
Fred Trueman (1)
JJ Ferris (2)

 

[jimmy101]

Where's the R11 order?

 

[mr_mister]

Round 11:

Prince EWS
jimmy101
mr_mister
pothas
ZinZan
The Battlers Prince
AldoRaine
KingKallis
OverratedSanity
91jmay
morgieb
Howe_zat

 

[91Jmay]

1. Alec Stewart
2. Marcus Trescothick
3. Johnny Tyldesley
4. Kevin Pietersen
5. C.B Fry
6. Basil D'Oliveira
7. Billy Barnes
8. Chris Old
9. Johnny Wardle
10. James Anderson
11. Sydney Barnes

Not totally sure I've got the balance. Going back and forth on whether getting another batsmen would shore up team but then thought realistically Fry/Dolly were never known for bowling more than useful part time stuff so them as my 5th bowler could get me in trouble a bit. Especially on Day 1/2. Fry probably a little bit more than part time but my impression is that he was a batsmen first and foremost.

In the end went for a good bowler who could bat a bit to reduce the length of the tail a little bit.

 

[mr_mister]

So people seem just to be picking whoever. Honestly at this point I'm fine with that. So yeah, round 11 is a free-for-all

 

[mr_mister]

Len Hutton
Geoff Boycott
Robin Smith
CAG Russell
Patsy Hendren
Tony Grieg * (4)
Andrew Flintoff (2)
Chris Read +
Dean Headley (3)
Tich Freeman (5)
Angus Fraser (1)


Happy enough. Looking back I should have really raced to find an absolute ATG pace bowler but I was focused on a super strong batting line-up. Still, Fraser took 200+ wickets @ 27 and Flintoff and Greig certainly had their moments with the ball, as did Headley in his brief career. I don't know much about Tich Freeman but I know he's rated highly here

 

[Howe_zat]

1. Mike Atherton
2. Andrew Stoddart*
3. Joe Root
4. Stanley Jackson
5. Paul Collingwood
6. Les Ames+
7. Allan Steel
8. Dominic Cork
9. Jim Laker
10. Darren Gough
11. Bill Bowes

 

[Zinzan]

Jim Parks


Bangers & Mash XI


1. Chris Broad
2. Dennis Amiss
3. Ian Bell
4. Ken Barrington
5. Derek Randall
6. Trevor Bailey
7. Jim Parks +
8. Chris Woakes
9. Tony Lock
10. Andy Caddick
11. Brian Statham


Will confirm my skipper shortly...

 

[91Jmay]

Fry is my captain.

Who is everyone's favourite pick they made? Mine is either Fry or Tyldesley. The latter a criminally underrated batsmen, so probably him.

 

[morgieb]

1. Peter Richardson
2. Tom Hayward (6)
3. Eddie Paynter
4. Peter May
5. Douglas Jardine *
6. Alan Knott +
7. Walter Robins (4)
8. Ray Illingworth (5)
9. Frank Tyson (1)
10. Tom Richardson (2)
11. Ken Higgs (3)

Not the greatest, but the middle order looks strong, as does the seam attack. Having 3 top-tier England captains is an advantage too.

 

[mr_mister]

Fry is my captain.

Who is everyone's favourite pick they made? Mine is either Fry or Tyldesley. The latter a criminally underrated batsmen, so probably him.

I guess using your logic, Patsy Hendren. Seemed to get him pretty late and the person after me tried to pick him as well which makes me think he was in hot demand. Annoyed I took Read over Jim Parks, must confess I knew little about Parks but he certainly seems like a better option than Read

 

[91Jmay]

Yeah I kind of meant a later 'value' pick.

I regret Wardle over Swann in a big way. Can't believe I missed out on him.

Really enjoyed the draft, know it was ****ed up at various stages but still fun trying to build a team across the eras. Think I hit most decades since the start as well which is cool.

 

[Zinzan]

I guess using your logic, Patsy Hendren. Seemed to get him pretty late and the person after me tried to pick him as well which makes me think he was in hot demand. Annoyed I took Read over Jim Parks, must confess I knew little about Parks but he certainly seems like a better option than Read

Yeah, must admit I was stoked to see Parks still available on my last pick, especially as I really wanted a decent batting keeper to bat at 7 ahead of Woakes. I thought I'd made a bad decision taking Randall instead of Jack Russell in round 10, but in hindsight I think I'm happier with Parks.

 

[91Jmay]

I was considering Parks the round before to take the pressure off Stewie, really great value pick.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Fry is my captain.

Who is everyone's favourite pick they made? Mine is either Fry or Tyldesley. The latter a criminally underrated batsmen, so probably him.

I was pretty pleased I got Cyril Washbrook as late as I did. JJ Ferris was my favorite pick though,since he played all but one of his tests for Australia