Quality control draft 2.0

[stephen]

For those more in the know on SC cricket, was his average a product of his time where spinners weren't rated? or were Pak conditions geared towards Imran and the like? Would he have a better record if he played more in India?

anyone know?

He was the best of the 80s spinners but 80s spinners were garbage for the most part. Pitch conditions worldwide were more conducive to pace as well.

Qadir wasn't as good as Warne. Not by a long shot. He's the best of a bad bunch in a bad era.

In fact the 80s was the worst era for would cricket all round. The skill level of batsmen worldwide wasn't that high and neither was the bowling outside the West Indies and the big all rounders of the era.

The 90s saw marked skill improvement worldwide and the reintroduction of South Africa breathed fresh life into the sport. In fact if they had have been around in the 80s the talent on offer worldwide would have gone up since they were almost certainly the second best side in the world in that era.

 

[mr_mister]

Still its pretty impressive Fuller has filled 4 tough bands with 4 very good players

 

[stephen]

Still its pretty impressive Fuller has filled 4 tough bands with 4 very good players

Very true.

The 31+ average bowler band in particular is very hard to fill well. I was counting on Shakib to give me a second spin option so I could grab a spinner from that band. I imagine most people will either pick up their spinner from that band or use it for their 4th best pace bowler, having picked up a better quick in their top 7.

 

[stephen]

• ankitj - Curtley Ambrose, Alan Davidson, Jack Gregory, Clarrie Grimmett
• ataraxia - Glenn McGrath, Wasim Akram, Brian Lara, Chris Cairns
• BoyBrumby - Jacques Kallis, Andrew Flintoff, Joel Garner
• Fuller Pilch - WG Grace, Victor Trumper, Harold Larwood, Abdul Qadir
• Himannv - Imran Khan, Allan Donald, Farokh Engineer, CB Fry
• honestbharani - Wally Hammond, Simon Katich, Shane Watson, Subhash Gupte
• JOJOXI - Mike Procter, Stuart MacGill, Ray Lindwall, Andy Flower
• kingkallis - Ian Botham, Dennis Lillee, Bill O'Reilly, Len Hutton
• Michaelf7777777 - Viv Richards, Les Ames, Wilfred Rhodes, Ted McDonald
• mr_mister - Keith Miller, Sydney Barnes, Ricky Ponting, Andy Roberts
• Nintendo - Richard Hadlee, Michael Holding, Steven Smith, Monty Noble
• Pothas - Gary Sobers, Waqar Younis, Allan Border, Arthur Shrewsbury
• srbhkshk - Adam Gilchrist, Sunil Gavaskar, Vinoo Mankad, Pat Cummins
• stephen - Malcolm Marshall, Shaun Pollock, Shakib Al Hasan, Harbhajan Singh
• Teuton - Shane Warne, Fred Trueman, Kapil Dev, Jonny Bairstow
• trundler - Dale Steyn, Aubrey Faulkner, Clem Hill, Dan Vettori
• weeman27bob - Muttiah Muralitharan, Trevor Goddard, Jack Hobbs, Mark Boucher

Round 4:

1. kingkallis - Len Hutton
2. ataraxia - Chris Cairns
3. Pothas - Arthur Shrewsbury
4. mr_mister - Andy Roberts
5. weeman27bob - Mark Boucher
6. ankitj - Clarrie Grimmett
7. Nintendo - Monty Noble
8. stephen - Harbhajan Singh
9. honestbharani - Subhash Gupte
10. srbhkshk - Pat Cummins
11. Michaelf7777777 - Ted McDonald
12. Teuton - Jonny Bairstow
13. Fuller Pilch - Abdul Qadir
14. Himannv - CB Fry
15. trundler - Dan Vettori
16. JOJOXI - Andy Flower
17. @BoyBrumby

Round 5:

1. Teuton
2. mr_mister
3. Nintendo
4. stephen
5. JOJOXI
6. Fuller Pilch
7. weeman27bob
8. Himannv
9. Pothas
10. BoyBrumby
11. srbhkshk
12. honestbharani
13. Michaelf7777777
14. ankitj
15. kingkallis
16. trundler
17. ataraxia

 

[Himannv]

CB Fry

@trundler

 

[JOJOXI]

Who is going to be up for the next couple hours who would be willing for me to send my pick to them if possible, if Trundler was unable to pick soonish as going to bed within probably the next 20/30 minutes?

 

[Teuton]

i can

 

[JOJOXI]

i can

Thanks Teuton, will send you my pick in next couple minutes

 

[ankitj]

trundler - Dale Steyn, Aubrey Faulkner

He picked Clem Hill in R3 I think.

Edit: And JOJO picked Ray Lindwall

 

[stephen]

He picked Clem Hill in R3 I think.

Edit: And JOJO picked Ray Lindwall

Thanks

 

[stephen]

The picks are going to get a lot tougher from round 5. The strengths of our teams have been established and those who haven't gotten in early on some of the more popular or difficult categories are going to dislike their choices.

 

[trundler]

Vettori for the 31+ band please

 

[Teuton]

Jojoxi picks Andy Flower

 

[trundler]

Ugh it was either Flower or Vettori. Somebody call me a **** for picking Vettori so I feel better.

 

[mr_mister]

@BoyBrumby

 

[mr_mister]

Ugh it was either Flower or Vettori. Somebody call me a **** for picking Vettori so I feel better.

Dont think anyone's gonna lose sleep over missing Vettori in a draft haha

 

[Himannv]

Ugh it was either Flower or Vettori. Somebody call me a **** for picking Vettori so I feel better.

Ok, you're a **** but not because you picked Vettori

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Vettori's not a bad pick. There'll be worse batsmen in the under 32 group picked and that's not even with his bowling considered.

 

[ankitj]

Yeah, think of Vettori as a batting depth pick. Guy has 6 test hundreds and 23 fifities!

 

[stephen]

If BoyBrumby can get his pick in we have 4 Aussie drafters in a row.