Draft: Pane2ar Draft: Return of the Rabbits

[Perfect Square]

Aamer Jamal (4 or 5 caps) is my next pick.

@Aravind. You're next

 

[Aravind.]

Using Rob Key selection bonus for Ryan ten Doeschate

11298 FC runs @44.30
214 FC wickets @33.84

@Aislabie

 

[ddrap14]

Using Rob Key selection bonus for Ryan ten Doeschate

11298 FC runs @44.30
214 FC wickets @33.84

@Aislabie

If I went with a capped bowling AR instead of Cowper, I'd have taken him for that role. Great pick.

 

[icyman]

True, ten Doeschate is a fantastic pick. I'd have gone for him but had someone else in mind for the Rob Key selection ( now, might not use)

 

[Aislabie]

Stanley Jackson (20 caps)

Stanley Jackson was a dominant all-rounder at his best: in Test cricket his batting stood out as he finished with five centuries and an average of 48.79; in county cricket his bowling was the bigger factor as he took 774 first-class wickets at 20.37. The biggest thing about Jackson though was his steadfast refusal to play selfishly. His willingness to bat however and whenever his captain (usually Lord Hawke) asked definitely left a dent in his batting numbers.

1. WG Grace (22 caps)
2.
3. Bill Alley (Rob Key)
4. Stanley Jackson (20 caps)
5. Ajay Sharma (1 cap)
6. Shadab Khan
7. Percy Twentyman-Jones
8. Rajagopalan Shyamsunder
9. Dave Gilbert
10. Charles Coventry
11. Asma Farzand

7 caps remaining

@Paranoid Kendroid

 

[Aislabie]

@Paranoid Kendroid is late

@CerealKiller it's your double pick

 

[CerealKiller]

To complete my XI, Mohammad Rizwan, in my opinion the best wicketkeeper in Test cricket right now, and has made runs in all conditions, and Archie Jackson, a prodigy thought to rival Bradman in raw talent, who tragically passed away at a young age. They have 42 caps together, taking me to 50.

CerealKiller's XI (50/50 caps)

Kevin Kasuza
Frank Tarrant
Archie Jackson
Stuart Law
Mohammad Rizwan
Mike Procter
Gary Crocker
Emile McMaster
Niaz Ahmed
Ujesh Ranchod
Tapash Baisya

@Paranoid Kendroid two picks

 

[Aislabie]

Archie Jackson

I was hoping he'd be my last pick!

 

[CerealKiller]

I was hoping he'd be my last pick!

Could we have a knockout Test tournament after the draft, if you can manage it?

 

[Aislabie]

Could we have a knockout Test tournament after the draft, if you can manage it?

I personally would struggle to host it as I'm still without my regular laptop atm - unless I work out a solution

 

[Aislabie]

Martin Donnelly (7 caps)

Martin Donnelly seldom played for New Zealand, because he was around in the era when the only way for a New Zealander to earn money playing cricket was for them to leave their home country behind and travel halfway round the world. He also didn't get to enjoy a long and eventful first-class career, because by the time cricket resumed properly after the War, Donnelly's 20s were behind him. Despite all that, he maintained a first-class average of almost 48 across 131 first-class games, which included the seven Test matches he played with a silver fern on his cap. His name will forever be on the Lord's honours board thanks to his legendary 206 for the touring New Zealanders in 1949.

Of course, Donnelly was a middle-order star so in order to make room for him we have sent Percy Twentyman-Jones in as a sacrificial opener even though his entire Test career was taken up by a pair made from number five. His first-class best of 53 came from his only innings in the top three, so maybe there was some untapped potential there?

1. WG Grace (22 caps)
2. Percy Twentyman-Jones
3. Bill Alley (Rob Key)
4. Stanley Jackson (20 caps)
5. Martin Donnelly (7 caps)
6. Ajay Sharma (1 cap)
7. Shadab Khan
8. Rajagopalan Shyamsunder
9. Dave Gilbert
10. Charles Coventry
11. Asma Farzand

0 caps remaining

@Aravind.

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

Paranoid Kendroid's XI:

01. Jeremy Solozano
02. James Horace Parks
03. George Headley
04. KS Duleepsinhji
05. Sarfaraz Khan
06. Jack Crawford
07. Vijay Rajindernath
08. Roger Wijesuriya
09. Simon Kerrigan
10. Rubel Hossain
11. Billy Frank