The stealers draft, expeditious and unethical.

[Red]

You are picking a keeper who bats worse than Marshall?

Makes sense with who he has drafted already. Marshall batted at 8 and was a decent batsman.

 

[kyear2]

Yup, also think I picked a handy team overall thus far.

 

[ankitj]

AldoRaine timed out too. KingKallis up.

ROUND 9

1. Saint Kopite - Martin Crowe.
2. Cammo9999 - Bill Lawry.
3. kyear2 - Ian Bishop.
4. Pothas - Brian Statham
5. cabinet96 - Alastair Cook.
6. AldoRaine - (Timed Out)
7. King Kallis -
8. watson -
9. Ankitj -
10. Bagapath -
11. morgieb (The Stealer) -

 

[kingkallis]

It's time to grab my wicket keeper and none better than Les Ames who can be handy @ No.6 as well.

CricZo XI

1. Sunil Gavaskar /
2. Arthur Morris /
3. Wally Hammond /
4.
5. Allan Border / o (c)
6. Les Ames + /
7. Kapil Dev o /
8.
9. Bill O'Reilly o
10. Wes Hall o
11. Glenn McGrath o

 

[watson]

In that case I'll pick Alan Knott

01.
02.
03. Don Bradman
04. Stan McCabe
05. Frank Worrell
06.
07. Alan Knott
08. Harold Larwood
09. John Snow.
10. Michael Holding
11.

No openers yet and still a long way to go……

 

[bagapath]

In that case I'll go Alan Knott

honestly, i was going to pick him and keep flower and de villiers as pure batters in my team. oh, well.... may be your selection has saved me from doing something very stupid....

 

[AldoRaine18]

Zaheer Abbas

 

[kingkallis]

honestly, i was going to pick him and keep flower and de villiers as pure batters in my team. oh, well.... may be your selection has saved me from doing something very stupid....

I too was confused between Knott and Ames but picking Ames gives me an option to pick yet another bowler so went with Ames ahead of Knott.

 

[bagapath]

I too was confused between Knott and Ames but picking Ames gives me an option to pick yet another bowler so went with Ames ahead of Knott.

ames was a very good batsman.

i don't know how good he was behind the wickets, though

 

[kyear2]

I too was confused between Knott and Ames but picking Ames gives me an option to pick yet another bowler so went with Ames ahead of Knott.

Ames never really impressed that much in test cricket with the bat, but his first class record is solid.

 

[kingkallis]

Douglas Jardine, one of the finest skipper of England preferred him over others during the tour of Australia so I guess Ames was pretty good. We at CW rate him pretty high as well.

 

[kingkallis]

Ames never really impressed that much in test cricket with the bat, but his first class record is solid.

8 tons in 47 games is pretty good for a keeper.

 

[kyear2]

8 tons in 47 games is pretty good for a keeper.

He was a good number 7, but don't quite think he is good enough for number 6. Against Australia he averaged 27 with one hundred and cashed in vs the minnows of the day, though he deserves credit for performing better than Hammond did vs Constantine and Martindale.

He was a very good keeper though.

 

[kyear2]

In that case I'll pick Alan Knott

01.
02.
03. Don Bradman
04. Stan McCabe
05. Frank Worrell
06.
07. Alan Knott
08. Harold Larwood
09. John Snow.
10. Michael Holding
11.

No openers yet and still a long way to go……

Was hoping for Knott to drop but because of how my team was structured, it wasn't a priority.

Marshall may end up at 8 after all.

 

[kingkallis]

He was a good number 7, but don't quite think he is good enough for number 6. Against Australia he averaged 27 with one hundred and cashed in vs the minnows of the day, though he deserves credit for performing better than Hammond did vs Constantine and Martindale.

He was a very good keeper though.

Errrrm, he scored most of his runs @ No.5 and No.6 so hows does it make him a better No.7?

 

[Jordantimber]

Hedley Verity

 

[ankitj]

My turn? I will take Bill Ponsford.

01. Bruce Mitchell
02. Bill Ponsford
03. Kumar Sangakkara +
04.
05. Dudley Nourse
06. Steve Waugh
07. Imran Khan *
08. Shaun Pollock
09.
10. Shane Bond
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[ohnoitsyou]

I think everyone should go do the basic batting statsguru on Ames before passing comments, it really is that clear cut. In the context of drafting, a handy bat for sure, but he's no substitute for a proper specialist bat. This makes him more suited to number 7 so essentially kk has two number 7s, which I don't think will cost him if 8 can use the blade a bit and he gets a good pick on 4.

 

[bagapath]

Want to ensure the top 6 average 50 with the bat.

Going for some nice fat round potatoes.

After Round 9

Matthew Hayden
Virender Sehwag
Hashim Amla
Inzamam Ul Haq
Andy Flower
AB de Villiers +
Keith Miller
Richie Benaud *
Alan Davidson
----
----

 

[Saint Kopite]

ROUND 1

1. ankitj - Imran Khan.
2. bagapath - Keith Miller.
3. morgieb - Richard Hadlee.
4. Saint Kopite - Garry Sobers.
5. camo999 - Shane Warne.
6. kyear2 - Malcolm Marshall.
7. Pothas - Adam Gilchrist.
8. Cabinet96 - Curtly Ambrose.
9. AldoRaine - Viv Richards.
10. KingKallis - Glenn McGrath
11. watson (The Stealer) - STOLE DON BRADMAN FROM POTHAS!

ROUND 2

1. ***watson- (pick forfeited)
2. ankitj - Muttiah Muralitharan.
3. bagapath - AB DeVilliers.
4. morgieb - Sachin Tendulkar.
5. Saint Kopite - Dennis Lillee.
6. camo999 - Wasim Akram.
7. kyear2 - Brian Lara.
8. Pothas - Dale Steyn.
9. cabinet - Jacques Kallis.
10. AldoRaine - Jack Hobbs.
11. KingKallis (Did Not Steal) - Wally Hammond.

ROUND 3

1. King Kallis - Bill O'Reilly.
2. ***watson (pick forfeited)
3. Ankitj - Kumar Sangakkara.
4. Bagapath - Richie Benaud.
5. morgieb - Ian Botham.
6. Saint Kopite - Greg Chappell.
7. Cammo999 - Joel Garner.
8. kyear2 - Len Hutton.
9. Pothas - Fred Trueman.
10. cabinet96 - Allan Donald.
11. AldoRaine (Did Not Steal) - Graeme Pollock.

ROUND 4

1. AldoRaine - Ray Lindwall.
2. King Kallis - Sunil Gavaskar.
3. watson - Michael Holding.
4. Ankitj - Shaun Pollock.
5. Bagapath - Alan Davidson.
6. morgieb - Barry Richards.
7. Saint Kopite - Waqar Younis.
8. Cammo9999 - Sydney Barnes.
9. kyear2 - George Headley
10. Pothas - Ricky Ponting
11. cabinet96 (Missed The Steal) - Everton Weekes.

ROUND 5

1. cabinet96 - Rahul Dravid.
2. AldoRaine - Herbert Sutcliffe.
3. King Kallis - Allan Border.
4. watson - Harold Larwood.
5. Ankitj - Steve Waugh.
6. Bagapath - Matthew Hayden.
7. morgieb - Clyde Walcott.
8. Saint Kopite - Gordon Greenidge.
9. Cammo9999 - Javed Miandad.
10. kyear2 - Mike Procter.
11. Pothas (Missed The Steal) - Denis Compton.

ROUND 6

1. Pothas - Clarrie Grimmett.
2. cabinet96 - Courtney Walsh.
3. AldoRaine - Andy Roberts.
4. King Kallis - Wes Hall.
5. watson - Frank Worrell.
6. Ankitj - Dudley Nourse.
7. Bagapath - Hashim Amla.
8. morgieb - Bob Willis.
9. Saint Kopite - Neil Harvey.
10. Cammo9999 - Rohan Kanhai.
11. kyear2 (Did Not Steal) - Jim Laker.

ROUND 7

1. kyear2 - Charlie Macartney.
2. Pothas - Ken Barrington.
3. cabinet96 - Geoffrey Boycott.
4. AldoRaine - Alec Bedser.
5. King Kallis - Kapil Dev.
6. watson - Stan McCabe.
7. Ankitj - Shane Bond.
8. Bagapath - Virender Sehwag.
9. morgieb - Peter May.
10. Saint Kopite - Victor Trumper.
11. Cammo9999 (Did Not Steal) - Michael Clarke.

ROUND 8

1. Cammo9999 - William Grace.
2. kyear2 - Clive Lloyd.
3. Pothas - Graeme Smith.
4. cabinet96 - Shivnarine Chanderpaul.
5. AldoRaine - Aubrey Faulkner.
6. King Kallis - Arthur Morris.
7. watson - John Snow.
8. Ankitj - Bruce Mitchell.
9. Bagapath - Andy Flower.
10. morgieb - Hedley Verity.
11. Saint Kopite (Missed The Steal) - Jeff Thomson.

ROUND 9

1. Saint Kopite - Martin Crowe.
2. Cammo9999 - Bill Lawry.
3. kyear2 - Ian Bishop.
4. Pothas - Brian Statham.
5. cabinet96 - Alastair Cook.
6. AldoRaine - Zaheer Abbas.
7. King Kallis - Les Ames.
8. watson - Alan Knott.
9. Ankitj - Bill Ponsford.
10. Bagapath - Inzamam Ul Haq.
11. morgieb (Missed The Steal) -

ROUND 10

1. morgieb -
2. Saint Kopite - Hugh Tayfield.
3. Cammo9999 -
4. kyear2 -
5. Pothas -
6. cabinet96 -
7. AldoRaine -
8. King Kallis -
9. watson -
10. Ankitj -
11. Bagapath (The Stealer) -