Random country draft

[Himannv]

Of all the rotten luck.. I was hoping against hope it wasn't England. Now have to figure out a new plan. Hang on.

 

[Himannv]

Hmph. I pick Jack Hobbs.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Fred Trueman

Stewie Dempster (65.72)
Kumar Sangakkara (55.10)
MS Dhoni (42.59, 113c, 20st) +
Aubrey Faulkner (40.79, 26.58)
Ray Lindwall (21.15, 23.03)
Fred Trueman (13.81, 21.57)

Round 6 - England

Himannv - Jack Hobbs
GI Joe - Fred Trueman
99*
Matt79
Zinzan
Somerset
Brumby
Cevno
HB
Blakus

 

[Athlai]

Hmph. I pick Jack Hobbs.

Damn only the second best batsman of all-time.

 

[Matt79]

99* sent through his preferences to me, as he's going to be offline. His first preference was Trueman (as it was my own!), so he'll take Sir Ian Botham.

 

[Matt79]

Myself, I'll take SF Barnes. Lazy 7 wickets per match @ 16 a piece an' all.

Team so far:
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Jayawardene
Donnelly
Kapil Dev
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Donald
O'Reilly
Barnes

 

[Himannv]

Damn only the second best batsman of all-time.

A tragedy it is.

Nah was hoping for a different country as I was going according to a specific plan. Will be much harder now I reckon.

 

[Zinzan]

In need of an opener, so ...Herbert Sutcliffe

1 Herbert Sutcliffe 4500+ runs @ 60
2
3 Jacques Kallis 10000+ runs @ 55, 261 wickets @ 31
4
5
6
7 Tillakaratne Dilshan (WK) 3500+ runs @ 43
8 Shane Warne 3000+ runs @ 17, 708 wickets @ 25
9 Anil Kumble 2500+ runs @ 17, 619 wickets @ 29
10
11 Jack Cowie 45 wickets @ 21

 

[Somerset]

I'll take the statistical freak that was George Lohmann

Glenn Turner
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Vijay Hazare
Graeme Pollock
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Thilan Samaraweera
Adam Gilchrist
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George Lohmann
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[Matt79]

Round 6 - England

Himannv - Jack Hobbs
GI Joe - Fred Trueman
99*- Sir Beefalot
Matt79 - SF Barnes
Zinzan - Herbert Sutcliffe
Somerset - George Lohmann
Brumby -
Cevno -
HB -
Blakus -

 

[BoyBrumby]

Was unsure he'd make it down to me, but made up he has: Wally Hammond

1) SM Gavaskar RHB (10122 runs @ 51.12)
2) EJ Barlow RHB; RMF (2516 runs @ 45.74; 40 wickets @ 34.05)
3) WR Hammond RHB; RMF (7249 runs @ 58.45; 83 wickets @ 37.80)
4)
5)
6)
7) CL Cairns RHB; RFM (3320 runs @ 33.53; 218 wickets @ 29.40)
8) AK Davidson LFM; LHB (186 wickets @ 20.53; 1328 runs @ 24.59)
9)
10)
11) M Muralitharan OS; RHB (792 wickets @ 22.71; 1256 runs @ 11.62)

 

[G.I.Joe]

Was unsure he'd make it down to me, but made up he has: Wally Hammond

Was torn between Trueman and him. I couldn't resist having Lindwall and Trueman partner up for me, so decision made. I really shouldn't complain about being second in line for the England round, but didn't enjoy having to choose there.

 

[Himannv]

Was unsure he'd make it down to me, but made up he has: Wally Hammond

Yeah, surprising it took so long for him to be picked.

Agree with what Joe said above. Too much choice isn't the easiest, specially when you have to make everyone fit into the team.

 

[Zinzan]

Was unsure he'd make it down to me, but made up he has: Wally Hammond

1) SM Gavaskar RHB (10122 runs @ 51.12)
2) EJ Barlow RHB; RMF (2516 runs @ 45.74; 40 wickets @ 34.05)
3) WR Hammond RHB; RMF (7249 runs @ 58.45; 83 wickets @ 37.80)
4)
5)
6)
7) CL Cairns RHB; RFM (3320 runs @ 33.53; 218 wickets @ 29.40)
8) AK Davidson LFM; LHB (186 wickets @ 20.53; 1328 runs @ 24.59)
9)
10)
11) M Muralitharan OS; RHB (792 wickets @ 22.71; 1256 runs @ 11.62)

Damn you Brums best line-up so far imo

 

[Cevno]

Would have been the second greatest or even the greatest batsman of all time ,had his career not been interrupted for nearly 10 years due to a world war.Still even after a hiatus is a contender to be England's best batsmen of all time with a average of 57-

Sir Leonard Hutton


Really tough this english round. Needed a opener so the choice became a lot easier.Surprised though Sutcliffe was picked ahead of him.

 

[Cevno]

My team so far-

1)Sir Leonard Hutton
2)Marvan Attapatu
3)Greg Chappell
4)Sachin Tendulkar
5)Dudley Nourse
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)Shane Bond.

 

[Matt79]

Would have taken Hammond for sure except I'm following a strategy of getting my bowlers first whereever it's not patently foolish to do so.

 

[Himannv]

Hell of a batting lineup Cevno. Also surprised that Sutcliffe was picked ahead of Hutton. Still, both were pretty good.

Brumby may have had a better lineup if he had picked Nourse IMO.

 

[Blakus]

Looking forward to my pick. All the hard decisions have been made for me.

Some really good teams developing too. Love the look of Matt's bowling attack.

 

[Cevno]

It would be interesting to see what countries go twice.

I think England and Australia would not be that difficult if they go again.
The third one could be a serious disadvantage to the guy who goes in the bottom half.