South African/New Zealand draft

[Flem274*]

Oh it's my turn righto

Sean Williams, because scoring 100 when you can't breathe makes you an instant fave.

Graeme Smith
Mathew Sinclair
Stephen Fleming (c)
Ross Taylor
Sean Williams
Jacob Oram
BJ Watling
Bruce Taylor
Heath Streak
-
Andre Nel

 

[Prince EWS]

You have Sinclair, Williams and Watling in your team. Absolute hero.

 

[jimmy101]

Don't forget Andre Nel. The fire breathing dragon of Transvaal

 

[StephenZA]

01 Jimmy Cook
02 Eddie Batlow
03 Hashim Amla
04 Peter Kirsten
05 Neil McKenzie
06
07 Clive Rice
08 Jock Cameron
09 Jimmy Sinclair
10 Dan Vettori
11 Steve Jefferies

 

[jimmy101]

Henry Fotheringham

 

[Red]

Thin pickings now. Mark Greatbatch.

Red Hill XI

Glenn Turner
Tom Latham
Andrew Jones
Graeme Pollock
Mark Greatbatch
Quinton de Kock +
Brian McMillan (3)
Cyril Vincent (4)
-
Shane Bond (1)
Morne Morkel (2)

 

[Red]

R1

sthphndnsn - Clive Rice
morgieb - Jacques Kallis
kingkallis - Richard Hadlee
The Battlers Prince - Dale Steyn
Flem - Ross Taylor
jimmy10 - Barry Richards
Red Hill - Graeme Pollock
AndrewB - Mike Procter
Zinzan - Allan Donald
anil1405 - Vince Van Der Bijl
mr_mister - Aubrey Faulkner

R2

mr_mister - Shaun Pollock
anil1405 - Dudley Nourse
Zinzan - Martin Crowe
AndrewB - Andy Flower
Red Hill - Shane Bond
jimmy101 - Neil Adcock
Flem - Graeme Smith
The Battlers Prince - Hugh Tayfield
kingkallis - AB De Villiers
morgieb - Peter Pollock
sthphndnsn - Hashim Amla

R3

jimmy101 - Jack Cowie
Zinzan - Chris Cairns
morgieb - Kane Williamson
Red Hill - Glenn Turner
mr_mister - Bruce Mitchell
AndrewB - Garth Le Roux
The Battlers Prince - Martin Donnelly
anil1405 - Trevor Goddard
kingkallis - John Waite
sthphndnsn - Eddie Barlow
Flem - Stephen Fleming

R4

Flem - Heath Streak
sthphndnsn - Dan Vettori
kingkallis - Gary Kirsten
anil1405 - Bert Sutcliffe
The Battlers Prince - Brendon McCullum
AndrewB - Stewie Dempster
mr_mister - Fanie De Villiers
Red Hill - Brian McMillan
morgieb - Denis Lindsay
Zinzan - Daryll Cullinan
jimmy101 - Kepler Wessels

R5

morgieb - Peter Heine
anil1405 - Makhaya Ntini
kingkallis - Herschelle Gibbs
jimmy101 - JR Reid
The Battlers Prince - Colin Bland
Zinzan - Trent Boult
sthphndnsn - Jimmy Cook
Flem - Bruce Taylor
mr_mister - Herbie Taylor
Red Hill - Morne Morkel
AndrewB - Vernon Philander

R6

AndrewB – Eric Rowan
Red Hill - Quinton de Kock
mr_mister – Alan Melville
Flem – BJ Watling
sthphndnsn – Jock Cameron
Zinzan – Mark Richardson
The Battlers Prince – Kagiso Rabada
jimmy101 – Dave Houghton
kingkallis – Bert Vogler
anil1405 – Nathan Astle
morgieb - John Wright

R7

AndrewB – Reggie Schwartz
Red Hill - Andrew Jones
mr_mister - Lance Klusener
Flem - Jacob Oram
sthphndnsn - Steve Jefferies
Zinzan - Ashwell Prince
The Battlers Prince - Lance Cairns
jimmy101 - Mark Boucher
kingkallis - Murray Goodwin
anil1405 - Jackie Mcglew
morgieb - Dion Nash

R8

Morgieb – Jeremy Coney
anil1405 – Goofy Lawrence
kingkallis – Chris Martin
jimmy101 – Alan Kourie
The Battlers Prince
Zinzan – Jesse Ryder
sthphndnsn – Jimmy Sinclair
Flem – Andre Nel
mr_mister – Hansie Cronje
Red Hill - Cyril Vincent
AndrewB – Craig McMillan

R9

jimmy101 - Jonty Rhodes
sthphndnsn - Peter Kirsten
Flem - Mathew Sinclair
The Battlers Prince - JF Reid
anil1405 - Lee Irvine
AndrewB – Brett Schultz
Zinzan - Paul Adams
Red Hill - Tom Latham
kingkallis - Faf Du Plessis
Morgieb – Ray Price
mr_mister - Nantie Hayward

R10

MrMister- Craig Matthews
MorgieB - Dean Elgar
Kingkallis-
Red Hill - Mark Greatbatch
Zin Zan - Dave Richardson
AndrewB - Bevan Congdon
Anil1405 - Brendon Taylor
The Battler's Prince - Tatenda Taibu
Flem - Sean Williams
sthphndnsn - Neil McKenzie
Jimmy - Henry Fotheringham


R11

MrMister-
The Battler's Prince -
sthphndnsn
Anil1405 -
Flem
Red Hill -
Jimmy
MorgieB -
Zin Zan -
Kingkallis-
AndrewB -

 

[kingkallis]

Paul Strang, an attacking leggie who was a very decent lower order batsman as well

CricZo XI

1. Gary Kirsten /
2. Herschelle Gibbs /
3. Murray Goodwin /
4. AB de Villiers /
5. Faf du Plessis /
6. John Waite + /
7. Richard Hadlee o /
8. Paul Strang o /
9. Bert Vogler o
10.
11. Chris Martin o

 

[Red]

Mr Mister has timed out, TBP to pick next.

 

[mr_mister]

the one time I get first place in the final round of a draft and I don't need it lol

I'm the last person to nab a keeper, but more than happy to take Adam Parore


Bruce Mitchell
Alan Melville
Hansie Cronje (7)
Herbie Taylor *
Aubrey Faulkner (5)
Lance Klusener (6)
Adam Parore +
Shaun Pollock (1)
Fanie De Villiers (2)
Craig Matthews (4)
Nantie Hayward (3)



Pretty happy with that, lots of bowling options and solid batting all way down to 8, and with De Villiers and Matthews also averaging 18 each at 9 and 10 I can't see us getting bowled out cheaply. Given the captaincy to Herbie Taylor in case Cronje does engage in illegal activities, he won't have the power to bully/influence other players into going down the same road. Would have been nice to have an entire team full of 1 country but oh well Parore is not a bad player

 

[The Battlers Prince]

Giff Vivian

 

[StephenZA]

Elton Chigumbura

Steve`s XI
01 Jimmy Cook
02 Eddie Barlow (6)
03 Hashim Amla
04 Peter Kirsten*
05 Neil McKenzie
06 Clive Rice (2)
07 Elton Chigumbura (5)
08 Jock Cameron+
09 Jimmy Sinclair (3)
10 Dan Vettori (4)
11 Steve Jefferies (1)

Probably light 1 batsmen. Great quality allrounders. Would like 1 atg bowler... but overall not unhappy.

 

[anil1405]

South Africa's best spin bowler during their isolation era.... Denys Hobson

Trevor Goddard (3)
Jackie McGlew
Bert Sutcliffe
Dudley Nourse *
Nathan Astle (6)
Lee Irvine
Brendan Taylor +
Vince van der Bijl (1)
Goofy Lawrence (2)
Denys Hobson (5)
Makhaya Ntini (4)

Like the look of that team. Pretty strong batting line-up, especially the top 4. If for some reason McGlew decides to put everyone to sleep with his slow batting, then Irvine would counter that in Gilly fashion.

"Lee Irvine comes next, to bat and keep wicket with the sort of musketeering joyousness that Adam Gilchrist brought to the game. He was really very good, with fast hands, neat footwork, and no fear of the consequences. Ray Jennings might have been the stumper; Denis Lindsay might have come out of retirement for the chance, but Irvine it is, for sheer class." - http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/578932.html

Vince (6ft 7.5in) and Goofy (6ft 5in) would make up a strong opening pair who would deceive batsmen with bounce apart from their accuracy. Goddard and Ntini would be ideal support bowlers for these two.

"And finally to the least known of this illustrious band. The legspinner Denys Hobson. A bounder, nearest, I guess, to Abdul Qadir, though without quite the flurry of arms and legs. Hobson truly spun the ball, searching always for wickets and never containment, a perfect approach in this team. His finest hour actually came a year later when he ripped 9 for 54 out of Eastern Province on his home turf at Newlands. It blew a gale in his favour that day, but he knew how to use favour, and with the attack around him - not least Procter's offspin - he would surely have created havoc when the opportunity arose." - Mark Nicholas: South Africa's superstars of '76 | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[jimmy101]

Flem and RH have timed out. I'll take Ewan Chatfield to round off my side. Will post final lineup soon.

 

[Red]

Reckon Mitch Santner has a future, so I'll take him.

Red Hill XI

Glenn Turner
Tom Latham
Andrew Jones
Graeme Pollock
Mark Greatbatch
Quinton de Kock +
Brian McMillan (3)
Cyril Vincent (4)
Mitch Santner (5)
Shane Bond (1)
Morne Morkel (2)

Not too bad a side, in the end. Glenn Turner an underrated opener, and Latham is proving to be a good one. Jones at 3 was a solid performer for NZ in the 80s. The star is Pollock at #4, an undisputed ATG. Greatbatch and de Kock round out a steady middle order, and with McMillan at 7 there's plenty of batting. Two good quicks in Bond and Morkel, both awkward to face. McMillan providing back up, along with Vincent and Santner spinning it. In McMillan, I also have one of the great slippers of all time.

 

[morgieb]

1. John Wright
2. Dean Elgar (8)
3. Kane Williamson (7)
4. Jacques Kallis (4)
5. Brian Davidson
6. Jeremy Coney * (6)
7. Denis Lindsay +
8. Peter Pollock (1)
9. Dion Nash (3)
10. Peter Heine (2)
11. Ray Price (4)

So many all-rounders lol. Pretty content with that.

 

[Prince EWS]

Your #11 used to open the batting in domestic cricket. Fair depth.

 

[Zinzan]

Pig Styris to round my side out. Underrated cricketer with both bat & ball. I'm move Ryder up the order so Styris can slot in at 6..

Crowe to captain the side...



Protea & Lamb Soufflé

1. Mark Richardson
2. Jesse Ryder 6
3. Daryll Cullinan
4. Martin Crowe*
5. Ashwell Prince
6. Scott Styris 5
7. Chris Cairns 3
8. Dave Richardson +
9. Paul Adams 4
10. Allan Donald 1
11. Trent Boult 2

 

[Zinzan]

Not surprising to see most composite SA/NZ/ZIM sides with plenty of batting depth...

 

[jimmy101]

SANZim XI

1 Barry Richards
2 Henry Fotheringham
3 Kepler Wessels *
4 David Houghton
5 Jonty Rhodes
6 John R Reid (5)
7 Mark Boucher +
8 Alan Kourie (4)
9 Jack Cowie (2)
10 Ewen Chatfield (3)
11 Neil Adcock (1)

Fairly happy with this team, feels like all bases are covered. Great draft RH.