The Bands Draft

[pillowprocter]

@Bladezz

 

[Aislabie]

Justin Kemp

Given how far cricket has evolved in the last 20 years, it seems incredible that Justin Kemp was one of the most feared hitters in the world. He'd be a borderline red-ball specialist now

 

[Bladezz]

I was very tempted to go Clyde Walcott here, but since my spot at 5 is occupied by Harry Brook, I'm gonna go with his great friend Sir Everton Weekes. 48 tests, 4455 runs at an average of 58, Weekes will slot nicely into my middle order with Brook and Hussey.

@pillowprocter

 

[ddrap14]

@Neo 7 owes me a pick
@Umair7 owes me a pick
@pillowprocter owes me a pick
@mohsin7827 is up

 

[pillowprocter]

my uncapped pick is South African seamer Vincent Barnes, who had a scarcely believable FC bowling average of just under 12 in the Apartheid era

 

[mohsin7827]

Colin Milburn In 8-10 band

@Neptune

 

[Umair7]

@Neo 7 owes me a pick
@Umair7 owes me a pick
@pillowprocter owes me a pick
@mohsin7827 is up

Tomorrow

 

[Neptune]

I'll take KS Ranjitsinhji who completely revolutionised cricket by introducing the leg glance. Until then cricket was totally an off-side game and CB Fry was told as a schoolboy: "If one hit the ball in an unexpected direction on the on side, intentionally or otherwise, one apologised to the bowler… The opposing captain never, by any chance, put a fieldsman there; he expected you to drive on the off side like a gentleman."

Ranji was not only the first well-known Indian cricketer, but "the first Indian of any kind to become universally known and popular" - as John Lord puts it in The Maharajahs.

@Yash.

 

[Supreme General]

@Yash. catch up when you can I guess


@ddrap14 your picks i believe

 

[ddrap14]

@Yash. catch up when you can I guess


@ddrap14 your picks i believe

Shall do after work today

 

[ddrap14]

Shall do after work today

LOL they changed my shift

First pick: of all the players with over 60 first class batting average, only Ajay Sharma remains in the lower brackets. So I'll have him thank you very much.


Now, I wasn't expecting to use my second pick on this guy, but I'm at a deadlock as to what to do with my 8-10 bracket and I want this guy in to give me the flexibility should I lose either option. With Rice and King gone, no uncapped allrounder - maybe even player with VVDB gone too - is as good as Frank Tarrant.


@Yash. now owes me three picks. If you can't participate anymore, please just actually let me know.
@Umair7 and @Neo 7 still owe me one too.
@Neptune is on the clock

 

[ddrap14]

@Neo 7 still owe me one too.

I missed Kemp, you're fine Neo

 

[Neptune]

I'll take Ted Bowley who was one of the most prolific all rounders in county cricket well into his late 30s and 40s. He also was a Wisden Cricketer of the year at age 40, and has his name on some of the biggest partnerships in the County Championship

@mohsin7827

 

[mohsin7827]

Ranji Hordern in band 6-7

@pillowprocter

 

[Neo 7]

@Neo 7 owes me a pick
@Umair7 owes me a pick
@pillowprocter owes me a pick
@mohsin7827 is up

please proceed with the draft , will pick in some time soon