Okay so I've added you both to the draft order; to make things work, you effectively have late picks, so please could @CerealKiller pick first of the two of you, then @Aravind. after him.
Someone had to; excellent pickDon Bradman (52 caps)
Garfield Sobers 8,032 runs @ 57.78 (26 centuries, best 365*) and 235 wickets @ 34.03 (6 5WI, best 6/73) from 93 Test matches. I'm going to pencil him in at number three, since he averaged over 72 batting there; I will not be using him as anything more central than a fifth bowler, although his wide variety of skills will be ideal as a sort of utility bowler. Garfield Sobers (93 caps)
Steven Smith. He averages 68 from 86 innings batting at number four, so that's exactly where he will slot into my team. Now that I've put them together, the idea of a Sobers-Smith batting partnership has me absolutely fascinated. And if the conventional wisdom is that your best batters go at three and four, then I'm happy to have two of the best ever to play the game in those positions. Garfield Sobers (93 caps) Steven Smith (92 caps)
BC Lara!
Victor Trumper (48 caps) Don Bradman (52 caps)
Interestingly, when I was planning a Bradman XI, Trumper didn't make my team
It was a hard choice to make 'cause I was comparing Trumper to a pacer and it was more a comparison of who I had as backup for the two, than the two themselves. I can find a near like-for-like replacement for him, but I can't for Trumper - not with the players I've shortlisted - so with Trumper I shall go.
@ahmedleo414 you're up mate
