"Born before Tests" draft - Vote for top 3

[AndrewB]

Please vote for what you think are the best 3 teams from the "Born before Tests" draft:

trundler:
Archie MacLaren
Arthur Shrewsbury
Frank Worrell
Martin Donnelly
Joe Darling*
George Ulyett
Billy Bates
Johnny Briggs
George Lohmann
Jack Blackham+
Khan Mohammed

CricZo XI: (kingkallis)
Vijay Merchant /
Archie Jackson /
Johnny Tyldesley /
Mike Denness /
Frank Iredale /
Monty Noble o /
Imran Khan o / (c)
Dick Lilley + /
George Giffen o /
J.J. Ferris o
Subhash Gupte o

Pothas:
Albert Ward
Bobby Abel
Murray Goodwin
Mahela Jayawardene
Douglas Jardine
Billy Barnes
Prasanna Jayawardene
Heath Streak
Bobby Peel
Harry Boyle
Muttiah Muralitharan

a massive zebra:
Tamim Iqbal
Tillekeratne Dilshan (6)
Everton Weekes
Tom Hayward (7)
Shakib Al Hasan (5)
Andrew Stoddart (c)
Dattu Phadkar (3)
Alfred Mynn (2)
Wasim Bari (wk)
Rangana Herath (4)
Jack Cowie (1)

mr_mister:
Sanath Jayasuriya 5
Pankaj Roy
CB Fry *
Aravinda De Silva 6
Graeme Hick 7
Vijay Manjrekar
Romesh Kaluwitharana +
Learie Constantine 2
Asantha De Mel 4
Sarfraz Nawaz 3
Fazal Mahmood 1

Fuller Pilch:
WG Grace
Walter Hadlee
Fuller Pilch
Ted Dexter
Brun Smith
Mushfiqur Rahim (wk)
Gilbert Jessop
Kevin O'Brien
Bert Vogler
Ravi Ratnayeke
Fen Cresswell

Teuton:
Marvan Atapattu
Grant Flower
Zaheer Abbas
Vijay Hazare
Arjuna Ranatunga
Wasim Raja
Imtiaz Ahmed
Chaminda Vaas
Clarrie Grimmett
Kyle Jarvis
Sydney Barnes

Line and Length:
C.S. "Stewie" Dempster /
Rusi Modi /o
K.S.Duleepsinhji /
Colin Bland /
Thilan Samaraweera /o
Hashan Tillakaratne w/k /
Gerry Gomez /o
John Goddard /o
J.T.Hearne o
David Larter o
Fred Spofforth

AndrewB:
Allan Rae
Bert Sutcliffe
Ranjitsinhji
David Houghton
Stanley Jackson*
Aubrey Faulkner
Percy Sherwell+
Albert Trott
Bill Lockwood
Tom Richardson
Herman Griffith

SillyCowCorner1
Aminul Islam
Jeff Stollmeyer *
Polly Umrigar
Clifford Roach
Asanka Gurusinha
John Selby +
Charles Llewellyn
Ray Price
Leslie Hylton
Anthony McGibbon
Manny Martindale

ataraxia (batting order corrected):
Vinoo Mankad
Pelham Warner
Allan Steel
Clyde Walcott+
Richard Daft
Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi*
John Reid
George Hirst
Amar Singh
Mohammad Nissar
Charles Turner

 

[ataraxia]

I never confirmed my side's batting order, so I'll do so now.

The middle order goes:

3. Allan Steel
4. Clyde Walcott +
5. Richard Daft
6. Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi*
7. JR Reid

Also, Turner bats ahead of Nissar.

Love my side. 10 proper batters, and 7 proper bowlers lol.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

If I get at least 1 one vote, it'll be great. My cows will celebrate that.

 

[kingkallis]

If I get at least 1 one vote, it'll be great. My cows will celebrate that.

Done!

 

[Line and Length]

No votes yet, so I'd better put a plug in for my team!

C.S. "Stewie" Dempster / Test Ave 65.7
Rusi Modi /o T 46.0 FC 53.2 FC bowling 38.3
K.S.Duleepsinhji / T 58.5
Colin Bland / T 49.1
Thilan Samaraweera /o T 48.8 FC bowling 23.4
Hashan Tillakaratne w/k / T 42.9
Gerry Gomez /o T 30.3 & 27.4 FC 43.6 & 26.3
John Goddard /o T 30.7 & 33.4 FC 31.8 & 26.3
J.T.Hearne o T 22.0 FC 17.8
David Larter o T 25.4 FC 19.5
Fred Spofforth o T 18.4 FC 14.9

I'm more than happy with my side. The top 7 have all made test centuries while Goddard has done so at FC level. The Test batting averages speak for themselves.
The three key bowlers all have good Test averages and outstanding FC averages. Gomez and Goddard are proven Test all-rounders while Modi and Samaraweera give back up if needed.
Colin Bland "is regarded as one of the greatest fielders in the history of Test cricket".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Bland

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Done!

Thank you, you are a good man.

 

[Teuton]

some more votes here would be good thanks

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I'm pretty confident my side was the worst - didn't log on for a few days and a few rounds of picks, and ended up with some pretty average players so not surprised I've got no votes.

 

[AndrewB]

Belated congratulations to trundler, Teuton and me.

 

[Line and Length]

Well done gentlemen ... and thanks to Andrew B for the organisation.

 

[trundler]

Yes, it was very fun and I'm pretty stoked.

I think I need a name for my XIs. Suggestions?