Draft: The Alphabet Draft 2 - Rise of the Vowels

My final two, this is where I wasn't sure I have 4 people shortlisted for each position, none of them are the top, but there are very good options still... as such I decided to go with Jack Cowie as my third pace bowling option

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StatsMatchesWicketsBBIBBMBowling Ave5w/10w
First Class843596/3?22.2820/1
Test9456/4010/14021.534/1

Eligibility: Played 5 innings out of 13 at position 10 = 38.46%

Bio from wiki:

John Cowie OBE (30 March 1912 – 3 June 1994) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in nine Tests from 1937 to 1949. His Test opportunities were restricted by New Zealand's limited programme, and his cricket career was interrupted by World War II from 1939 to 1945. Following the 1937 tour of England, Wisden commented: "Had he been an Australian, he might have been termed a wonder of the age."

A lower-order right-handed batsman and a fast-medium right-handed bowler, Cowie played first-class cricket for Auckland from the 1932-33 season, appearing regularly in Plunket Shield matches from 1934-35. According to his obituary in Wisden in 1995, he started as a batsman but converted himself into a bowler because the Auckland side had too many batsmen for him to be guaranteed a place. As a bowler, he relied on accuracy and the ability to move the ball after it pitched, and Wisden likened him to a latter-day New Zealand bowler, Richard Hadlee. But his success in domestic cricket was limited until the 1936-37 season, when he took 21 wickets in four first-class matches, and in the match against Wellington at Auckland took five wickets in an innings for the first time, finishing with five for 81.

My team so far:

  1. :aus: :bat: Herbie Collins :c:
  2. :saf: :bat: Owen Wynne
  3. :aus: :bat: Neil Harvey
  4. :zim: :wkb: Brenden Taylor
  5. :saf: :bat: Lee Irvine
  6. N
  7. :aus: :ar: Greg Matthews
  8. :aus: :bwl: John Emburey
  9. :pak: :bwl: Sarfraz Nawaz
  10. :nzf: :bwl: Jack Cowie
  11. :ind: :bwl: Umesh Yadav
@Ashutosh. you the next pick, as well as two outstanding picks. Three in total
 
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Will go with Tim Ambrose for the #7 spot. He kept Matt Prior out of both the Sussex and English team. With a 100 in his 2nd match, he was considered a future prospect in the English team but sadly his form wore off and Prior became the 1st choice wk again.

@Ashutosh. still has 3 picks to make but @ddrap14 can go ahead
 
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N Kapil Dev at 8, as he's listed as that on Cricinfo.
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I'd understand if you torpedo that though, so I'll provide a second in Nasim ul Ghani in the case of Kapil being not allowed.

@Yash.
 
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N Kapil Dev at 8, as he's listed as that on Cricinfo.
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I'd understand if you torpedo that though, so I'll provide a second in Nasim ul Ghani in the case of Kapil being not allowed.

@Yash.
Sorry, Kapil Dev has a 31.52% batting at position 8, your number is at 40%

Same with Nasim-ul-Ghani, he batted at 8 15 out of 50 innings, which is exactly 30%...

So unfortunately, neither is qualified
 
Sorry, Kapil Dev has a 31.52% batting at position 8, your number is at 40%

Same with Nasim-ul-Ghani, he batted at 8 15 out of 50 innings, which is exactly 30%...
Waitwaitwait, that screenshot clearly shows 57/131 which is 43%?
 
7) ANDREW FLINTOFF

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Batting & Fielding​

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test791309384516731.77619762.0452651382520
ODI14112216339412332.01382188.8231830893470
T20I771763112.6660126.66007250
FC18329023902716733.8015531850
List A28225128664114329.786341060
T20393666839322.76478142.88036331190

Bowling​

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test791371495174102265/588/15632.782.9766.101130
ODI141119562441211695/195/1924.384.3933.20620
T20I7715016152/232/2332.206.4430.00000
FC18322799110593505/2431.592.9165.1040
List A282941665362895/195/1922.614.1632.501020
T203934657827394/124/1221.207.5516.80100

He has played 40 innings out of 130 at number 7.(31%)
@qpeedore
 
Since I have Goddard and Barlow, will go for an all rounder at 8; Ijaz Faqih who also has a 100 at test level
Will give my thoughts on my team in a bit
 

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