Draft: Best to never play Test cricket | Draft Part 2 underway...

[blockerdave]

i'd certainly be up for a 2nd XI draft.

 

[CerealKiller]

Me too

 

[VC the slogger]

Anyone keen for a 2nd XIs draft? Those players picked in the index will obviously be unavailable this time around, but there’s still tons of amazing non-Test players ripe for the picking that haven’t been picked here previously.

@Aislabie @CerealKiller @blockerdave already stated their interest before, but some new signups will certainly be most welcome.

 

[blockerdave]

Yeah I’d give it a go.

 

[Yash.]

IN

 

[Aislabie]

In

 

[Asham]

In.

 

[ahmedleo414]

I'm in too

 

[CerealKiller]

Sorry, will have to pass on this one

 

[VC the slogger]

1. @blockerdave
2. @VC the slogger
3. @Yash.
4. @Asham
5. @ahmedleo414
6. @Aislabie
7. @Aislabie
8. @ahmedleo414
9. @Asham
10. @Yash.
11. @VC the slogger
12. @blockerdave
13. @Asham
14. @Yash.
15. @VC the slogger
16. @blockerdave
17. @Aislabie
18. @ahmedleo414
19. @ahmedleo414
20. @Aislabie
21. @Yash.
22. @VC the slogger
23. @blockerdave
24. @Asham
25. @Aislabie
26. @blockerdave
27. @VC the slogger
28. @Yash.
29. @Asham
30. @ahmedleo414
31. @Yash.
32. @ahmedleo414
33. @Asham
34. @Aislabie
35. @blockerdave
36. @VC the slogger
37. @VC the slogger
38. @Asham
39. @Aislabie
40. @blockerdave
41. @ahmedleo414
42. @Yash.
43. @blockerdave
44. @VC the slogger
45. @Yash.
46. @Asham
47. @ahmedleo414
48. @Aislabie
49. @Aislabie
50. @ahmedleo414
51. @Asham
52. @Yash.
53. @VC the slogger
54. @blockerdave
55. @Asham
56. @Yash.
57. @VC the slogger
58. @blockerdave
59. @Aislabie
60. @ahmedleo414
61. @ahmedleo414
62. @Aislabie
63. @Yash.
64. @VC the slogger
65. @blockerdave
66. @Asham


Just remember, the players picked before in the original draft may not be picked again.

Draft guidelines

The same rules apply as in other drafts i.e the next person may pick if it's been more than 24 hrs and the person before hasn't picked their player, the player picked is invalid, and that you have to tag the person coming after you. It would also be appreciated if you can post a sentence or two about why you're picking a certain player - it doesn't have to be as detailed as this; something like the example posted below would more than suffice:

For eg - " Ken McEwan - His entire first-class career between 1972/73 to 1991/92 coincided with South Africa's isolation from international cricket. In that time he racked up 26668 first-class runs at 41.73 with 74 hundreds, the second most by a non-Test player. Could also serve as a decent backup keeper when called upon."

 

[Yash.]

1. @blockerdave
2. @VC the slogger
3. @Yash.
4. @Asham
5. @ahmedleo414
6. @Aislabie
7. @Aislabie
8. @ahmedleo414
9. @Asham
10. @Yash.
11. @VC the slogger
12. @blockerdave
13. @Asham
14. @Yash.
15. @VC the slogger
16. @blockerdave
17. @Aislabie
18. @ahmedleo414
19. @ahmedleo414
20. @Aislabie
21. @Yash.
22. @VC the slogger
23. @blockerdave
24. @Asham
25. @Aislabie
26. @blockerdave
27. @VC the slogger
28. @Yash.
29. @Asham
30. @ahmedleo414
31. @Yash.
32. @ahmedleo414
33. @Asham
34. @Aislabie
35. @blockerdave
36. @VC the slogger
37. @VC the slogger
38. @Asham
39. @Aislabie
40. @blockerdave
41. @ahmedleo414
42. @Yash.
43. @blockerdave
44. @VC the slogger
45. @Yash.
46. @Asham
47. @ahmedleo414
48. @Aislabie
49. @Aislabie
50. @ahmedleo414
51. @Asham
52. @Yash.
53. @VC the slogger
54. @blockerdave
55. @Asham
56. @Yash.
57. @VC the slogger
58. @blockerdave
59. @Aislabie
60. @ahmedleo414
61. @ahmedleo414
62. @Aislabie
63. @Yash.
64. @VC the slogger
65. @blockerdave
66. @Asham


Just remember, the players picked before in the original draft may not be picked again.

Uhm, the tags never worked.

 

[VC the slogger]

Uhm, the tags never worked.

Strange..

@Aislabie @ahmedleo414 @blockerdave

 

[Aislabie]

Could be some really interesting selections coming up here; I have a couple in mind but may end up winging it pretty hard

 

[blockerdave]

James Hildreth will be my first choice. When you think of some of the rubbish that's infected our middle order over the last 10-15 years, it's insane Hildreth was never given a go.

@VC the slogger

 

[VC the slogger]

The Netherlands are a country with a proud tradition of having produced some of the most unique and exceptional football players to have ever walked the face of the earth, starting from the foulless Bok de Korver in the early 1900s, to Beb Bakhuys, Abe Lenstra, the great Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, Dennis Bergkamp, Edwin van der Sar, Ruud van Nistelrooy, all the way to Robin van Persie in the current era. But a man who predated all of these illustrious names came from the unlikeliest of sports to be played by the Dutch - cricket, and can therefore lay claim to being the Netherlands’ first real renowned sportsman on the world stage. The man in question was Carst Posthuma, a left-arm quick who had the talent to equal several of the world’s leading Test bowlers and certainly surpass any other left-arm pace bowlers from the late 1890s to early 1910s, when he was at his peak.

Posthuma at his best could be considered genuinely quick, but at the same time possessed the cunning of a slow bowler with a devilishly good slower ball and deceptively quick offbreak up his sleeve. He was also a more than handy lower-order batsman, and is recorded to having scored the first century by a Dutch player at any level of cricket in 1894. But most importantly, he was the entire Dutch bowling lineup during this period when their team was comprised of far less talented ‘gentlemen’ cricketers, most of whom were only there to make up the numbers rather than contribute anything significant. Any far fetched chances of Dutch representative XIs putting up a fight against first-class sides almost solely rested upon his shoulders.

He toured England on five occasions in 1892, 1894, 1901, 1902 and 1906 playing non first-class matches against county and MCC sides - the last three of which solidified his reputation as one of the greatest bowlers outside the Test world, impressing even the legendary WG Grace who had seen enough to invite him over to play first-class cricket for his London County team in 1903. In all, he played only 5 first-class matches (all during 1903) from which he claimed 23 wickets at an impressively cheap average of 15.04 and a staggering strike rate of a wicket every 28 balls; his best haul being 7 for 68 in a match haul of 10 for 103 against Leicestershire, followed by 6 for 44 against the MCC - just showing how good he was.

Indeed, he proved to be quite a thorn in the flesh for the MCC against whom he had previously claimed 11 wickets in 1902, and would go on to claim 11 more with hauls of 5 for 96 and 6 for 50 during the 1910 Brussels Exhibition cricket tournament which would be his international swansong for the Netherlands aged 42. Although he continued to play on after the First World War until 1928, by which time he was aged 60 and still kept picking wickets for fun until the very end. At the end of his career, he had a total of 2338 wickets at an average of 8.67 from all matches.


VC’s 2nd XI

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10) Carst Posthuma
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Posthuma could definitely bat, something he was unable to show during a very short FC career. So I’ll keep him down at 10 for now, as I do love me some bowling all-rounders..

@Yash.