AldoRaine18
State Vice-Captain
Hedley Verity
With that, all my categories are complete.
With that, all my categories are complete.
I would personally probably bat Sobers ahead of Vijay. Without the excessive bowling load, 4 was his ideal batting position.As much as i should tick pak of the list i need a genuinely quick bowler to complement Barnes, so Larwood it will be. Also strengthens my tail significantly.
Herbert Sutcliffe
Stewie Dempster
Hashim Amla
Vijay Hazare
Garfield Sobers
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Alan Knott
Harold Larwood
Denis Lillee
SF Barnes
Murali
Dwelt on this a while and came to the opposite conclusion. Between the eight of us we only require 24 quicks. Lindwall being somewhat under rated on here, would just squeeze into the top 20 (though i would have him higher). Add the Bonds and Cowies picked to meet the criteria and he gets squeezed further down a bit. After the standard two quicks to start off with, the average drafter would pick a third seamer close to the close, so it works out about right, although tbf Lindwall was on my mind from about round 6.I'm amazed that they lasted as long as they did. Even for an 8 man draft lasting until R8/R9 is unexpected.
6 hundreds in 18 matches @4, good idea.I would personally probably bat Sobers ahead of Vijay. Without the excessive bowling load, 4 was his ideal batting position.
Lol. Exactly. Fred currently in the midst of a three part series to help you on your way.Going to step outside my comfort zone here and choose a new bloke - someone who can drop anchor so all those other attacking players can do their thing......
Geoff Boycott
That leaves me an Indian spinner to pick for R11, and there's about a million of those.
01. Gordon Greenidge
02. Geoff Boycott
03. Viv Richards
04. Javed Miandad
05. Clive Lloyd*
06. Aubrey Faulkner
07. Les Ames+
08. Richard Hadlee
09. Alan Davidson
10. Michael Holding
11.
Yea, people normally just dump him at 5 or 6, but he is your teams best batsman, almost wasted that low in the order.6 hundreds in 18 matches @4, good idea.
Funnily enough Laxman opened more often than he batted at 4. But he did bat there on 11 occasions and averaged 50.00 with a top score of 140.Two excellent picks this late guys. Easy choice for Monk in the next as well.
Great looking team Monk.
Laxman is the prototype number 4 batsman. If only it wasn't for Ten Dollar Carl's unwillingness to bat at 3.Funnily enough Laxman opened more often than he batted at 4. But he did bat there on 11 occasions and averaged 50.00 with a top score of 140.
The inverse of Monks team with a lineup that bats to eternity. Just out of interest, who is the alpha male in the bowling attack?Thoughts?
1. Vijay Merchant.
2. Matthew Hayden.
3. Greg Chappell.
4. Sachin Tendulkar.
5. Jacques Kallis.
6. Allan Border.
7. Keith Miller.
8.
9. Wilfred Rhodes.
10. Wasim Akram.
11. Joel Garner.
Laxman batted a lot at No.3 and should have stayed there IMO. Dravid was a 'Rock', but first-drop demands someone more dynamic like VVS.Laxman is the prototype number 4 batsman. If only it wasn't for Ten Dollar Carl's unwillingness to bat at 3.