Draft: 22 Degrees of David Gower

[ahmedleo414]

@Yash. missed his time, so I am next.

Alastair Cook is my next pick.

My team so far:

1. Alastair Cook
2. ?
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Zaheer Abbas
6. ?
7. Imran Khan
8. ?
9. ?
10. ?
11. Bob Willis

@qpeedore you're next

 

[Yash.]

I pick Sanath Jayasuriya to open alongside Bob Simpson.

 

[Mittal2002]

Sorry for the delay, I had my college exams. My next choice is Joel Garner, the bird.

 

[blockerdave]

@Yash. missed his time, so I am next.

Alastair Cook is my next pick.

My team so far:

1. Alastair Cook
2. ?
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Zaheer Abbas
6. ?
7. Imran Khan
8. ?
9. ?
10. ?
11. Bob Willis

@qpeedore you're next

What’s the link to Gower for Cook?

 

[Aislabie]

What’s the link to Gower for Cook?

Only one I can think of is the comm box

 

[ahmedleo414]

What’s the link to Gower for Cook?

Gower played against inzamam-ul-haq, who played against Cook

 

[ahmedleo414]

@qpeedore has about 30 mins to make his pick, @blockerdave you're next after that

 

[qpeedore]

Go ahead @blockerdave I'll be picking a bit late.

 

[blockerdave]

I'll go for the Hampshire connection, with Gordon Greenidge, a man who made a mockery of Gower's declaration at Lords in 1984 can open with his county partner Barry Richards.

1. Barry Richards
2. Gordon Greenidge
3. -
4. Viv Richards
5. Aravinda DaSilva
6. -
7. Mike Procter
8. Ian Botham
9. -
10. -
11. -

@Aislabie is next. @Yash. still has a pick from a couple of rounds ago, unless i missed it, and @qpeedore also has a late pick.

 

[qpeedore]

I'm going to bend/break the rules here and go with Stephen Fleming. Always enjoyed seeing the guy bat. I'm sure that he must have a couple degrees from Gower, but my reason for picking him is that he shares the same birthday with the man (but different years of course). Go on, tell me he's invalid. I dare you.

 

[Aislabie]

Ken Barrington

6,806 runs @ 58.67 (20 centuries, best 256) in 82 Test matches

Ken Barrington is a bit of a forgotten legend, but the man averaged over 75 while batting at number three in Test matches. It's impossible to overlook that kind of greatness, and yet I was so sure you all would that I was perfectly happy to wait until Round Six before picking him up. Absolute monster of a batsman.

1.
2.
3. Ken Barrington
4.
5.
6.
7. Richie Benaud
8. Richard Hadlee
9. Malcolm Marshall
10. Bob Appleyard
11. Glenn McGrath

@Ed Smith

 

[ddrap14]

I legitimately do not have a clue if I have a missed pick here. Can someone please fill me in?

 

[blockerdave]

I legitimately do not have a clue if I have a missed pick here. Can someone please fill me in?

Don’t think so but your go is soon

 

[ahmedleo414]

@Ed Smith missed his time @ddrap14 you're next

 

[ahmedleo414]

@ddrap14 has just about 15 mins to make his pick, @sanchitgarg is next