Scorecard Draft - Vote here (or else...)

[G.I.Joe]

Here we have 18 teams selected by 19 participants over the course of 40 days, having undergone a rigorous process of poring over scorecards, encompassing all the eras of Test cricket; from present day right back to its infancy (boy, did we have fun there or what *awkward laugh* ).


You may view the teams here, and also read through what the selectors have to say about their own teams - http://scorecarddraft.tripod.com/Scorecard_Draft.htm


This is a multiple choice poll. Please vote for the 5 best teams from among these 18 teams.

Spoiler: Click to expand a list of the teams, for those that can't be bothered to click the link above

Blakus XI

Bob Simpson
Sid Barnes
Viv Richards *
Zaheer Abbas
Ken Barrington
Kevin Pietersen
Billy Murdoch +
Johnny Wardle
Ian Bishop
Frederick Spofforth
Sydney Barnes

Sneaky Soldiers

W.G Grace
Wilfred Rhodes
V.V.S Laxman
Dudley Nourse *
Inzamam Ul-haq
Colin Bland
Farokh Engineer +
Bobby Peel
Curtly Ambrose
Allan Donald
Frank Tyson

G.I.Joe's XI

Herbert Sutcliffe
Bill Lawry
Denis Compton
Brian Lara
Tiger Pataudi *
Tony Greig
Alec Stewart +
Keith Miller
Ray Lindwall
Bob Willis
Jeff Thomson

HDS’s ridiculously named team

Mark Taylor *
Stewie Dempster
Jacques Kallis
Gazza Kirsten
Everton Weekes
Trevor Goddard
Warwick Armstrong
Syed Kirmani +
Peter Pollock
Andy Roberts
Joel Garner

Apocalypse Now

Jack Hobbs
Gordon Greenidge
Rohan Kanhai
Stan McCabe
Stanley Jackson
Imran Khan *
Jackie Hendriks +
Harold Larwood
Jason Gillespie
Dale Steyn
Abdul Qadir

Honest Hunks:

Vijay Merchant
Shane Watson
Bob Cowper
Wally Hammond
Graeme Pollock
Doug Walters
MS Dhoni +
Richard Hadlee
Billy Barnes
Johnny Briggs
Shoaib Akhtar

Noble One Invitational XI

Arthur Shrewsbury
Victor Trumper
Martin Crowe
Mark Waugh
David Gower
Patsy Hendren
Andrew Flintoff
Jim Parks +
Clarrie Grimmett
Brian Statham
Glenn McGrath

weldone guys

Gautam Gambhir
Geoff Boycott
George Headley
KS Duleepsinhji
Ian Chappell
Adam Gilchrist +
George Ulyett
Richie Benaud *
George Lohmann
Shane Bond
Roy Gilchrist

Jamee's 999ers

Leonard Hutton *
Matthew Hayden
Ricky Ponting
Peter May
Clyde Walcott +
Bill Woodfull
Anil Kumble
John Snow
Bishan Singh Bedi
Makhaya Ntini
Courteney Walsh

NUFAN XI

Conrad Hunte
Graeme Smith
Ted Dexter
Greg Chappell *
Graham Thorpe
Lindsay Hassett
Jock Cameron +
Hugh Tayfield
Charlie Turner
Fred Trueman
Muttiah Muralitharan

CricZo XI

Virender Sehwag
Dennis Amiss
Don Bradman *
Colin Cowdrey
Polly Umrigar
Aubrey Faulkner
Rod Marsh +
Malcolm Marshall
Wes Hall
Merv Hughes
Bill O'Reilly

Super Pskov

Sunil Gavaskar
John Edrich
Younis Khan
Neil Harvey
Steve Waugh *
Maurice Leyland
Jeff Dujon +
Alan Davidson
Shane Warne
Michael Holding
Neil Adcock

Marc71178's XI

Hanif Mohammad *
Jackie McGlew
Bobby Abel
Aravinda de Silva
Chris Gayle
Ian Botham
Alan Knott +
Wasim Akram
Hedley Verity
Harbhajan Singh
Bill Bowes

Team Morbo's Disciples

Michael Slater
Cyril Washbrook
Rahul Dravid
Mahela Jayawardene
Herbie Taylor
Charles Macartney
Vinoo Mankad
Ian Healy +
Bill Voce
Garth McKenzie
Mohammad Asif


Marcuss's XI

Graham Gooch
Justin Langer
Frank Worrell
Bruce Mitchell
Allan Border *
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Les Ames +
Kapil Dev
Maurice Tate
Jim Laker
Waqar Younis

Shri's XI

Roy Fredericks
Andrew Strauss
Kumar Sangakkara +
Bill Ponsford
Garry Sobers
Vijay Hazare
Trevor Bailey
Alec Bedser
Hugh Trumble
Derek Underwood
Darren Gough

Charter 77

Arthur Morris
Desmond Haynes
Frank Woolley
Michael Hussey
Andy Fower +
Clive Lloyd *
Jack Gregory
Shaun Pollock
Colin Croft
Colin Blythe
Bhagwath Chandrasekhar

Somerset XI:

Eddie Barlow
Eddie Paynter
Douglas Jardine *
Sachin Tendulkar
KS Ranjitsinhji
Javed Miandad
Mohammad Yousuf
Billy Bates
Godfrey Evans +
Dennis Lillee
Bill Johnston

 

[kingkallis]

5 teams....it was not easy, TBH.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Was waiting for an opportunity to pick my ground before writing anything on my team. Guess this saves me the effort, eh?

 

[kingkallis]

Yeah me too wanted to pick my home ground!

Right now I feel like Pakistan

 

[Cevno]

@ Shri's thoughts on his team.

 

[Cevno]

Very Well Done G.I JOE THIS.

You have found a way to list the thoughts on the respective teams as well as keep the opening post concise and not confusing.

And was great fun,the whole Draft and a great idea for a draft. Thanks for running it joe and a good job done.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

Yeah, I 2nd Cevno's thoughts. This was a very unique draft - getting stuck in the 19th century for what seemed like ages and ending up with a slightly different set of players. Would be interesting to see thoughts of which are the best players that weren't picked.

 

[Jarquis]

Tony Lock is up there IMO

And Kingkallis voting for his own side

 

[G.I.Joe]

You're welcome guys. The draft ran itself, tbh. It has been great fun and everyone involved got into the spirit of it. I look forward to pskov's simulation now. It promises to be unique too, with its use of adjusted averages as opposed to on-paper ones.

Sorry about not waiting, HDS. I didn't know. The ground selection is for purposes of the simulation, and doesn't really affect the vote, so I went ahead.

 

[Cevno]

Monty Noble
Clem Hill
Craig McDermott

3 i think of straight away who were not picked.

 

[kingkallis]

Joe, thanks for the great draft. It was a fantastic idea and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thanks for all the fun guys.

 

[kingkallis]

Monty Noble
Clem Hill
Craig McDermott

3 i think of straight away who were not picked.

I think all of them were picked...or maybe atleast McDermott and Hill were picked for sure.

 

[kingkallis]

Tony Lock is up there IMO

And Kingkallis voting for his own side

Whats wrong in picking your own team with 4 others? Is it a rule that you cant vote for your team or something like that? I am confused now...

 

[Jarquis]

Id suggest it probably isn't the done thing. Each to their own though.

 

[Cevno]

I think all of them were picked...or maybe atleast McDermott and Hill were picked for sure.

Just checked Mcdermott was picked but not Hill and Noble.

 

[kingkallis]

Notable misses :

Richie Richardson
Saurav Ganguly
Gundappa Vishwanath [ ...or was he picked? ]
Saeed Anwar
Daniel Vettori
Mushtaq Ahmed
Damien Martyn
Daryll Cullinan
Heath Streak
Stephen Fleming
Chris Cairns
Micheal Atherton
Herschelle Gibbs
Chaminda Vaas [ ... ? ]
Javagal Srinath
Murray Goodwin
Robin Smith

 

[kingkallis]

Id suggest it probably isn't the done thing. Each to their own though.

Oh, this is the 1st time I am taking part in any such voting so I had no idea.

Joe, can we please remove my votes from all 5 teams? Just noticed that no other participants voted for any other team

 

[G.I.Joe]

Nah, I reckon its okay as long as you genuinely feel your team is among the top 5. Planning on voting for my team myself.

 

[Cevno]

Oh, this is the 1st time I am taking part in any such voting so I had no idea.

Joe, can we please remove my votes from all 5 teams? Just noticed that no other participants voted for any other team

I don't think there is any problem voting for your team,specially in such a situation where you have to select 5.

And participants are allowed to vote. I am just evaluating all the teams before i vote.I think others are too.

 

[kingkallis]

Perfect!