Draft: Best of 1980s and 1990s

[hendrix]

still some good players being picked

 

[watson]

How did I get skipped so soon? No harm done anyway.

Wayne Daniel.

Not sure if Daniel fits the criteria or not as he only played 10 Tests and took 36 wickets??

Between Jan 1st 1978 and Dec 31 2002.

they should have played at least 40 tests
or
scored a minimum of 1500 runs
or
made at least 5 scores of 50 and above
or
taken 75 wickets or more
or
taken at least 5 four-wicket hauls
or
taken 50+ catches
or
won 2 "man of the match" awards
or
won one "man of the series" award

 

[Coronis]

Saleem Malik Hope my team won't be marked down for having two match fixers, cos they were both actually fine players :P Now.... which one should be captain?

1. David Boon
2. Marvan Atapattu
3. Jacques Kallis
4. Mohammad Azharuddin
5. Andy Flower
6. Saleem Malik
7.
8. Malcolm Marshall
9. Jason Gillespie
10. Saqlain Mushtaq
11.

 

[watson]

What about an unsullied captain - Flower?

He had two stints as Zimbabwe captain, leading them to their first Test victory against Pakistan in 1994-95, and then becoming the first Zimbabwean to lead a Test tour of England, in 2000. An assured player of fast bowling since his early days as an opener, Flower matured into one of the best players of spin in the world, and on the Indian tour early in 2001 he made 540 runs for twice out.

Andy Flower | Zimbabwe Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Himannv]

Not sure if Daniel fits the criteria or not as he only played 10 Tests and took 36 wickets??

Indeed. I'll take Ntini instead.

EDIT: Looks like he may not qualify either. Let me search a bit more.

 

[watson]

Indeed. I'll take Ntini instead.

I would have liked Ntini in my team, and looked at his record 4 rounds ago when choosing Patrick Patterson - but he failed the OP because he debuted in March 1998, 3 months too late.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/46592.html

 

[Himannv]

Yeah just realized while you posted that. Hold on, I'm looking around.

 

[Coronis]

What about an unsullied captain - Flower?

Sounds much better, thanks. Maybe he'll be able to keep those two in line.

 

[Himannv]

I'll take Sarfraz Nawaz, if he hasn't been picked yet.

 

[watson]

Yeah just realized while you posted that. Hold on, I'm looking around.

There's still a very good first change bowler to be had. Great figures against almost everyone, really nice action, deadly accurate, but generally ignored and under-rated for some reason.

Morgeib > Himannv > Andy (x2) > Watson

 

[Himannv]

I'll think about it at work and see if I can spot him.

 

[Red]

There's still a very good first change bowler to be had. Great figures against almost everyone, really nice action, deadly accurate, but generally ignored and under-rated for some reason.

Morgeib > Himannv > Andy > Watson

Mike Whitney?

 

[watson]

Mike Whitney?

If a bowler is famous for playing out an over against Richard Hadlee rather than his actual bowling, then he's probably not a good idea;

Mike Whitney survives Richard Hadlee
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FXwWD5ZWiA

No, the bowler I'm thinking of achieved his wickets in the West Indies at 18 runs a piece, and with a strike rate of 39.

 

[morgieb]

Bruce Yardley

 

[harsh.ag]

Apologies. Just thought it was an extremely rare case. Hence.

 

[watson]

I think that we should rename R8 the Jurassic Period, and R9 the Cretaceous Period.

In future Drafts I'd like the moderator (or any reliable proxy) to be included more often. For example; "If I'm not logged on by the time it's my turn again please Mr Moderator select batsman X for me."

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Sorry for delays.

Rod Marsh, hopefully available

Tauseef Ahmed, good spinner mostly overshadowed by Qadir and Qasim

 

[watson]

Round 8
01. Harsh - Majid Khan
02. Kingkallis - Angus Fraser
03. Pothas - Shoaib Mohammad
04. Bagapath - Dave Houghton
05. Log Hop Cassidy - Ravi Shastri
06. Justo - Jimmy Adams
07. Fredfertang - Jack Russell
08. Watson - Stephen Fleming
09. AndyZaltzHair – Rodney Marsh
10. Himannv – Sarfraz Narwaz
11. Morgeib – Andrew Jones
12. Coronis - Marvin Atapattu
13. Monk - Sourav Ganguly

Round 9
01. Coronis - Saleem Malik
02. Morgeib - Bruce Yardley
03. Himannv -
04. AndyZaltzHair - Tauseef Ahmed.
05. Watson -
06. Fredfertang -
07. Justo -
08. Long Hop Cassidy -
09. Bagapath –
10. Pothas -
11. Kingkallis -
12. Harsh –
13. Monk -

 

[Coronis]

I think that we should rename R8 the Jurassic Period, and R9 the Cretaceous Period.

In future Drafts I'd like the moderator (or any reliable proxy) to be included more often. For example; "If I'm not logged on by the time it's my turn again please Mr Moderator select batsman X for me."

Definitely.

 

[bagapath]

I think that we should rename R8 the Jurassic Period, and R9 the Cretaceous Period.

In future Drafts I'd like the moderator (or any reliable proxy) to be included more often. For example; "If I'm not logged on by the time it's my turn again please Mr Moderator select batsman X for me."

Himannv did ask me to pick Mahela like that; he didn't say "Mr" though.