Draft: "We're not #1"

[Himannv]

01. Barry Richards
02. Bill Ponsford
03. Phil Mead
04. Patsy Hendren
05. Eddie Paynter
06. Maurice Leyland
07. Godfrey Evans+
08. Garth McKenzie
09. Nathan Lyon
10. Shoaib Akhtar
11. Mohammad Asif

 

[fredfertang]

Heart or head for my last man?

Head tells me I should go for Mushtaq Mohammad as my batsman who can come on and take a few wickets as second spinner, but **** that for a game of soldiers – I’ve picked everyone else in this team because they’re personal favourites so no need to stop now

Marcus Trescothick
Archie Jackson
Douglas Jardine*
Stan McCabe
Bert Sutcliffe
Collie Smith
Matt Prior+
Amar Singh
Harold Larwood
Johnny Wardle
Ted MacDonald

 

[AndrewB]

Also, Mushtaq Mohammad isn't a valid pick (was ranked #1 all-rounder in 1977).

 

[fredfertang]

Also, Mushtaq Mohammad isn't a valid pick (was ranked #1 all-rounder in 1977).

As with Bill Voce I hadn't even thought to check that one!

 

[a massive zebra]

The very last pick in the draft is the much underrated Frank Tarrant.

Geoff Boycott
Saeed Anwar
K.S. Ranjitsinhji (c)
Seymour Nurse
Thilan Samaraweera
Dinesh Chandimal (w)
Frank Tarrant (5)
Saqlain Mushtaq (4)
Charlie Griffith (3)
Kagiso Rabada (2)
Frank Tyson (1)

 

[Himannv]

Tyson, Rabada and Griffith sounds like it would be a really formidable pace attack.

 

[jimmy101]

Saged Anwar sounds like some kind of exotic dish

 

[a massive zebra]

Saged Anwar sounds like some kind of exotic dish

Ha! Thanks for the spot. Corrected.

 

[srbhkshk]

Maybe not capable of staying up there with the ATG teams, but I'd venture most of the teams selected would be #1 in most eras unlike their names, good job by all and great draft.