Initials Draft

[kingkallis]

Our recent fast bowler ranking exercise ranked Larwoon above Roberts. In fact Larwood was tied with Holding and Donald.

Thats seriously SO overrated. I will never understand this Larwood love though.

 

[ankitj]

Actually I think I am mixing Lindwall with Larwood. Sorry about that.

 

[trundler]

Larwood didn't make it past the top 20.

Lindwall, Donald and Holding were tied 12th I think.

 

[AndrewB]

Picks so far (in alphabetical order):

A: Curtly Ambrose, Hashim Amla, James Anderson
B: Sid Barnes, Sydney Barnes, Ken Barrington, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Ian Bishop, Jack Blackham, David Boon, Allan Border, Ian Botham, Geoff Boycott, Mark Boucher, Bill Brown
C: Jock Cameron, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Greg Chappell. Sylvester Clarke, Denis Compton, Learie Constantine, Alastair Cook, Jimmy Cook, Colin Croft, Martin Crowe
D: Alan Davidson, Stewie Dempster, Allan Donald, Rahul Dravid
G: Joel Garner, Sunil Gavaskar, Lance Gibbs, Adam Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie, Trevor Goddard, Graham Gooch, WG Grace, Jack Gregory, Clarrie Grimmett
H: Richard Hadlee, Wes Hall. Wally Hammond, Neil Harvey, Matthew Hayden, Vijay Hazare, George Headley, Ian Healy, Rangana Herath, Jack Hobbs, Michael Holding, Len Hutton
I: Imran Khan
J: Archie Jackson, Javed Miandad, Mitchell Johnson, Bill Johnston
K: Jacques Kallis, Gary Kirsten, Alan Knott, Virat Kohli
L: Jim Laker, Justin Langer, Brian Lara, Harold Larwood, Bill Lawry, Geoff Lawson, VVS Laxman, Dennis Lillee, Ray Lindwall, Clive Lloyd, Tony Lock, Gus Logie, Nathan Lyon
M: Charles Macartney, Malcolm Marshall, Peter May, Stan McCabe, Ted McDonald, Glenn McGrath, Keith Miller, Bruce Mitchell, Arthur Morris, Billy Murdoch, Muttiah Muralitharan
N: Monty Noble
O: Bill O'Reilly
P: Adam Parore, Eddie Paynter, Vernon Philander, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Pollock, Peter Pollock, Shaun Pollock, Bill Ponsford, Ricky Ponting, Erapalli, Prasanna, Mike Procter
R: Wilfred Rhodes, Clive Rice, Barry Richards, Viv Richards, Andy Roberts
S: Kumar Sangakkara, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shakib Al Hasan, Bob Simpson, Graeme Smith, Steve Smith, John Snow, Garry Sobers, Brian Statham, Dale Steyn, Herbert Sutcliffe
T: Hugh Tayfield, Sachin Tendulkar, Fred Trueman
V: Hedley Verity
W: John Waite, Clyde Walcott, Courtney Walsh, Doug Walters, Waqar Younis, Shane Warne, David Warner, Wasim Akram, Steve Waugh, Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell

SillyCowCorner1 still has his 2nd round pick, and has timed out in Round 3

Round 3 order:
trundler - O
mr_mister - L
SillyCowCorner1
The Battlers Prince - N
Coronis - V
jimmy101 - (pass)
Michaelf7777777 - B
AndrewB - H
morgieb

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Probably my turn by now?
Gordon Greenidge -> Dudley Nourse
1. Sunil Gavaskar
2. WG Grace
3. Hashim Amla
4. Dudley Nourse
5. Graham Gooch
6. Jack Gregory
7. Adam Gilchrist+
8. Joel Garner
9. Curtly Ambrose
10. Clarrie Grimmett
11. James Anderson

 

[jimmy101]

Herbert Sutcliffe
Graeme Smith
Bob Simpson
Sachin Tendulkar
Steve Smith
Kumar Sangakkara+
Garfield Sobers
Fred Trueman
Dale Steyn
Hugh Tayfield
Brian Statham

Don't think I can make a stronger team than this, so I might leave it at that cheers Andrew.

 

[Coronis]

V is for Verity

Bill Ponsford
Gary Kirsten
Ricky Ponting*
Graeme Pollock
Virat Kohli
Jacques Kallis
Alan Knott+
Mike Procter
Shaun Pollock
Vernon Philander
Hedley Verity

 

[Michaelf7777777]

B's will be my next letter please with Sid Barnes in to replace Bruce Mitchell and Jack Blackham in to replace Billy Murdoch

Charter 77 so Far

Arthur Morris
Sid Barnes
Charles Macartney
Stan McCabe
Peter May
Keith Miller
Imran Khan (*)
Malcolm Marshall
Jack Blackham (+)
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

 

[AndrewB]

H: I'll bring in Matthew Hayden for David Warner.

 

[morgieb]

Alastair Cook
Mark Taylor
Greg Chappell
Denis Compton
Martin Crowe
Javed Miandad
Jock Cameron
Mitchell Johnson
Frank Tyson
Colin Croft
Bhagat Chandrasekhar

 

[AndrewB]

Picks so far (in alphabetical order):

A: Curtly Ambrose, Hashim Amla, James Anderson
B: Sid Barnes, Sydney Barnes, Ken Barrington, Alec Bedser, Richie Benaud, Ian Bishop, Jack Blackham, David Boon, Allan Border, Ian Botham, Geoff Boycott, Mark Boucher, Bill Brown
C: Jock Cameron, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Greg Chappell. Sylvester Clarke, Denis Compton, Learie Constantine, Alastair Cook, Jimmy Cook, Colin Croft, Martin Crowe
D: Alan Davidson, AB de Villiers, Stewie Dempster, Allan Donald, Rahul Dravid
G: Joel Garner, Sunil Gavaskar, Lance Gibbs, Adam Gilchrist, Jason Gillespie, Trevor Goddard, Graham Gooch, WG Grace, Jack Gregory, Clarrie Grimmett
H: Richard Hadlee, Wes Hall. Wally Hammond, Neil Harvey, Matthew Hayden, Vijay Hazare, George Headley, Ian Healy, Rangana Herath, Jack Hobbs, Michael Holding, Len Hutton
I: Imran Khan
J: Archie Jackson, Javed Miandad, Mitchell Johnson, Bill Johnston
K: Jacques Kallis, Gary Kirsten, Alan Knott, Virat Kohli
L: Jim Laker, Justin Langer, Brian Lara, Harold Larwood, Bill Lawry, Geoff Lawson, VVS Laxman, Dennis Lillee, Denis Lindsay, Ray Lindwall, Clive Lloyd, Tony Lock, Gus Logie, George Lohmann, Nathan Lyon
M: Charles Macartney, Malcolm Marshall, Peter May, Stan McCabe, Ted McDonald, Glenn McGrath, Keith Miller, Bruce Mitchell, Arthur Morris, Billy Murdoch, Muttiah Muralitharan
N: Monty Noble
O: Bill O'Reilly
P: Adam Parore, Eddie Paynter, Vernon Philander, Kevin Pietersen, Graeme Pollock, Peter Pollock, Shaun Pollock, Bill Ponsford, Ricky Ponting, Erapalli, Prasanna, Mike Procter
R: Wilfred Rhodes, Clive Rice, Barry Richards, Viv Richards, Andy Roberts
S: Kumar Sangakkara, Saqlain Mushtaq, Shakib Al Hasan, Bob Simpson, Graeme Smith, Steve Smith, John Snow, Garry Sobers, Brian Statham, Dale Steyn, Herbert Sutcliffe
T: Hugh Tayfield, Mark Taylor, Sachin Tendulkar, Fred Trueman, Frank Tyso
V: Hedley Verity
W: John Waite, Clyde Walcott, Courtney Walsh, Doug Walters, Waqar Younis, Shane Warne, David Warner, Wasim Akram, Steve Waugh, Everton Weekes, Frank Worrell

SillyCowCorner1 still has his 2nd and 3rd round picks
jimmy101 has passed.

Round 4 order:
morgieb - L
AndrewB - pass
Michaelf7777777 - D
Coronis
The Battlers Prince
SillyCowCorner1
mr_mister
trundler

 

[AndrewB]

morgieb has timed out.

I pass.

 

[morgieb]

Alastair Cook
Mark Taylor
Greg Chappell
Denis Compton
Martin Crowe
Javed Miandad
Denis Lindsay
Mitchell Johnson
George Lohmann
Frank Tyson
Bhagat Chandrasekhar

 

[Michaelf7777777]

D will be my next letter please. AB de Villiers will replace Peter May

Charter 77 so Far

Arthur Morris
Sid Barnes
Charles Macartney
Stan McCabe
AB de Villiers
Keith Miller
Imran Khan (*)
Malcolm Marshall
Jack Blackham (+)
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

 

[Coronis]

Bill Ponsford
Victor Trumper
Ricky Ponting*
Graeme Pollock
Virat Kohli
Jacques Kallis
Alan Knott+
Mike Procter
Shaun Pollock
Vernon Philander
Hedley Verity

T is for Trumper.

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Go and get Faulknered

1. Sunil Gavaskar
2. WG Grace
3. Hashim Amla
4. Dudley Nourse
5. Aubrey Faulkner
6. Jack Gregory
7. Adam Gilchrist+
8. Joel Garner
9. Curtly Ambrose
10. Clarrie Grimmett
11. James Anderson

 

[AndrewB]

SillyCowCorner1 has timed out; mr_mister can pick.

 

[mr_mister]

Pass.

 

[trundler]

Engineer in, Healy out. Kept to a similar kind of bowler as O'Reilly with distinction and also a better bat. Better stumping ratio too.

Hobbs
Hutton*
Headley
Hammond
Harvey
Rice
Engineer
Hadlee
Hall
O'Reilly
Holding

Final XI

 

[jimmy101]

Engineer in, Healy out. Kept to a similar kind of bowler as O'Reilly with distinction and also a better bat. Better stumping ratio too.

Hobbs
Hutton*
Headley
Hammond
Harvey
Rice
Engineer
Hadlee
Hall
O'Reilly
Holding

Final XI

Bold decision. but I like it.