Draft: 90s England Draft - It's Richard Blakey time

[Ed Smith]

Well it was quite evident as a captain already... though I’ll acknowledge he was a decent player!

Ah so just like the last few then

 

[Aislabie]

Just in case it got lost in all that Mark Butcher-related discussion yesterday, @Yash. has the next pick

 

[Yash.]

1. Michael Vaughan
2. Alec Stewart
3. Ali Brown
4. Graham Thorpe
5.
6. Allan Wells
7. Steve Rhodes
8. Dominic Cork
9. Neil Foster
10. Mark Ilott
11. Peter Such

@ahmedleo414

 

[blockerdave]

1. Michael Vaughan
2. Alec Stewart
3. Ali Brown
4. Graham Thorpe
5.
6. Allan Wells
7. Steve Rhodes
8. Dominic Cork
9. Neil Foster
10. Mark Ilott
11. Peter Such

@ahmedleo414

I think that’s probably invalid, since Ali Brown never played a test? Though he played ODI so he may be ok.

I mean he should have played a test, 100% should have got a chance.

 

[blockerdave]

Oh ignore that, I see he is valid.

 

[ahmedleo414]

My other pick Peter Martin

Stats||Matches||Runs||HS|| Ave||100s/50s
First-Class | |259| |15,266| |312| |37.50| |38/72
Test | |3| |74| |28| |12.33| |0/0

A bit of his bio from circinfo:

"Born and raised in Australia, Jason Gallian captained Australian Young Cricketers against England in 1989-90 but subsequently moved to England and signed for Lancashire. At his best, Gallian is a class batsman - he has been described as a slimmed-down Mike Gatting - and in the period before he qualified for England in 1994, a decent international career was considered a virtual certainty. But he was dogged by ill-luck and inconsistency. His Test debut in 1995 was on a minefield at Birmingham where West Indies' fast bowlers blew England away in a little over two days, Gallian collecting a fractured finger in his first innings. He returned for the final Test at The Oval as a makeshift opener, and did enough to go with England to South Africa that winter. He played his third and final Test at Port Elizabeth where Christopher Martin-Jenkins wrote that he "confirmed his character if not his unarguable Test quality". He continued to score consistently for Lancashire - in 1996 he hammered 312 against Derbyshire, the highest score at Old Trafford - but grew increasingly disenchanted and moved to Nottinghamshire in pursuit of new challenges at the end of the following season. He was subsequently appointed their captain but continued to be dogged by injury - he missed almost all 2001 after undergoing knee surgery and then breaking a knuckle in his first match back. Following one year back in the ranks, he was reappointed captain of Nottinghamshire in 2004. However, after a fractious relationship with Kevin Pietersen amongst others he was replaced by Stephen Fleming for the 2005 season, a decision that he did not take too well initially. He still topped 1000-runs that season as Nottinghamshire won the Championship."

1. Michael Atherton
2. Hugh Morris
3. Peter Martin
   
4. Nasser Hussain
5. Andrew Flintoff
6. John Crawley
7. Mark Ealham
8. John Emburey
9. Martin Bicknell
10. ?
11. Allan Mullally

@Dale88 you got next

 

[blockerdave]

My other pick Peter Martin

Stats||Matches||Runs||HS|| Ave||100s/50s
First-Class | |259| |15,266| |312| |37.50| |38/72
Test | |3| |74| |28| |12.33| |0/0

A bit of his bio from circinfo:

"Born and raised in Australia, Jason Gallian captained Australian Young Cricketers against England in 1989-90 but subsequently moved to England and signed for Lancashire. At his best, Gallian is a class batsman - he has been described as a slimmed-down Mike Gatting - and in the period before he qualified for England in 1994, a decent international career was considered a virtual certainty. But he was dogged by ill-luck and inconsistency. His Test debut in 1995 was on a minefield at Birmingham where West Indies' fast bowlers blew England away in a little over two days, Gallian collecting a fractured finger in his first innings. He returned for the final Test at The Oval as a makeshift opener, and did enough to go with England to South Africa that winter. He played his third and final Test at Port Elizabeth where Christopher Martin-Jenkins wrote that he "confirmed his character if not his unarguable Test quality". He continued to score consistently for Lancashire - in 1996 he hammered 312 against Derbyshire, the highest score at Old Trafford - but grew increasingly disenchanted and moved to Nottinghamshire in pursuit of new challenges at the end of the following season. He was subsequently appointed their captain but continued to be dogged by injury - he missed almost all 2001 after undergoing knee surgery and then breaking a knuckle in his first match back. Following one year back in the ranks, he was reappointed captain of Nottinghamshire in 2004. However, after a fractious relationship with Kevin Pietersen amongst others he was replaced by Stephen Fleming for the 2005 season, a decision that he did not take too well initially. He still topped 1000-runs that season as Nottinghamshire won the Championship."

1. Michael Atherton
2. Hugh Morris
3. Peter Martin
   
4. Nasser Hussain
5. Andrew Flintoff
6. John Crawley
7. Mark Ealham
8. John Emburey
9. Martin Bicknell
10. ?
11. Allan Mullally

@Dale88 you got next

youve said Peter Martin but the pic and profile and batting order is all Jason Gallian?

 

[ahmedleo414]

whoops... gave away my next pick

I'll fix it in the morning, too tired to fix it now

 

[Ed Smith]

1. Ned Larkins
2. Jason Gallian
3. Allan Lamb
4. Neil Fairbrother
5. Ian Botham
6. Ronnie Irani
7. Jack Russell
8. Eddie Hemmings
9. Syd Lawrence
10. Gladstone Small
11. Andy Caddick



Picked purely because I needed an opener and he opened twice. Averaged 13 while doing so but that's no where near this sides main issue. You'll do for me, son.

@ahmedleo414

 

[Aislabie]

Okay so I'm now a little confused who actually has Jason Gallian and who has Peter Martin

 

[Ed Smith]

Okay so I'm now a little confused who actually has Jason Gallian and who has Peter Martin

Ah I didn't read all of @ahmedleo414 s post. Might be my bad I just read the pick as Peter Martin then made mine. Didn't notice all the other stuff

 

[blockerdave]

I’d guess he wanted Gallian, and Martin was gonna be his last pick.

It blows my mind that of all the people in the draft we end up with fisticuffs over Jason Gallian.

 

[Ed Smith]

I’d guess he wanted Gallian, and Martin was gonna be his last pick.

It blows my mind that of all the people in the draft we end up with fisticuffs over Jason Gallian.

I just went through the available batsmen and took the 1st on that had opened tbh

 

[Aislabie]

I just went through the available batsmen and took the 1st on that had opened tbh

Shame this wasn't a '00s draft or you could have had Ed Smith.

I always rated Steve James, but that's mostly because I liked his book and not anything more than that

 

[ahmedleo414]

So yeah, I wanted to pick Jason since I looked and saw @Dale88 had over batsman left, so I wanted to pick Jason first.... But I was doing 4 things at the same time and messed up... So I'll leave it up to @Aislabie to make up the decision and it's totally fair to say @Dale88 should keep him since I messed up and I'll pick someone else