Random Country Test Draft -- DONE. Time for comments/discussion

[Dutch]

Great pick Really does give you a fantastic top 6. You've won this I think Shrav, quality side.

No way: I haven't added my killer blow yet.............now where did I put that very thin book on the life of Ashley Giles.......that book never sold very well as it wasn't well publicised to be fair.......not enough spin!

 

[Cricketman]

Well, you took my pick. Dammit

Have a few names in mind but can't do a proper pick from typing just on my phone. Will do it later.

Cricketman added 0 Minutes and 1 Seconds later...

Well, you took my pick. Dammit

Have a few names in mind but can't do a proper pick from typing just on my phone. Will do it later.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

All nice picks. I know my Aussie pick is going to go untouched. And with Dutchy looking for an English keeper, I think my English pick is safe too, so my lineup is more or less set now.

 

[pcfan123]

im worried about my England pick

 

[Dare]

im worried about my England pick

same

 

[shravi]

Meh, already know I won't get my pick for the England round. I'll have to settle. Luckily, it's England so there are many alternatives.

 

[Cricketman]

Oh snap, I'm going for an English keeper as well. Dead last pick FTL.

Steve Waugh

Steve Waugh is one of the era's greatest batsman. He started off as a flamboyant, aggressive young turk ready to take on the world but soon evolved into the gritty, tough, rock-heart Steve Waugh that we all know and admire today.

With his new found technique, Waugh turned into a run machine - battling toe to toe with some of the worlds most fearsome cricketers. No one can forget his tussle with the towering Curtly Ambrose. His confrontation in Trinidad has gone down as a turning point in a series that began Australia's long-standing era of domination in world cricket. He scored runs aplenty, his best being his 200 in Jamaica, or his twin hundreds at the Old Trafford to turn the Ashes around.

Steve Waugh succeeded Mark Taylor as captain in 1999 and soon led Australia in a world record 16 successive Test victories. He won the world cup, and then won it again. He won the Ashes multiple times, both home and away, leading Australia from the front with performances with the bat, ball, and in the field. His success as Test captain has easily ranked him as one of the greatest cricketing leaders of all time.

In a whopping 168 tests, Steve Waugh scored a mammoth 10,927 runs at an average of 51.06, with 32 centuries and 50 fifties. His grit and perseverance provides a calm force in a team full of dashers and strokemakers.

1. Sir Jack Hobbs
2. Vinoo Mankad
3. Brian Lara
4. Rohan Kanhai
5. Steve Waugh*
6. Aravinda De Sila
7.
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Shane Warne
10. Wasim Akram
11. Shane Bond

 

[TumTum]

Do you actually make the words up yourself or did you just copy it?

 

[Cricketman]

I wrote it.

 

[TumTum]

I wrote it.

Good job then.

 

[Cricketman]

I actually wrote an article on Stevey in a Indian-American cricket magazine (USA Sports World).

 

[TumTum]

I actually wrote an article on Stevey in a India-American cricket magazine (USA Sports World).

That is wonderful, you make us very proud.

 

[King Pietersen]

Neil Harvey

Was stuck between a couple of players; one a former Australian captain from the '30's, one was Australia's most aesthetically pleasing batsman of the 90's and the other, the one I settled with, is a guy from the late 40's to early 60's, who played 79 Test matches. It is, the great Australian batsman, Neil Harvey. Harvey made 6149 runs in his Test career, at an average of 48.41, making 21 centuries. He was in his prime in the 1950's, averaging over 50 in that period, scoring 15 of his 21 Test Centuries. Harvey was also an athletic fielder and ocassionally bowled his off-spinners, and helps fill the oh-so-important number 3 spot in my XI.

1. Barry Richards
2.
3. Neil Harvey
4. Martin Crowe
5. Sir Garfield Sobers
6. Adam Gilchrist +
7. Imran Khan
8. Chaminda Vaas
9. George Lohmann
10. Joel Garner
11. Subhash Gupte

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Nice pick. Considered him but knew he'd be long gone before my turn.

Your team's batting looks good, but the bowling a bit on the slow side. Even for Garner, they said he was no faster than mid-80s MPH, that the real threat was his bounce due to his enormous height, his accuracy, and sharp yorker. But him and Imran with the new ball would be a nice pairing. And Vaas, Lohmann and Gupte should have enough tricks to do the job even with the old ball.

Two more Aussie picks till mine, and so many legends left!

 

[King Pietersen]

He's classified as Right-Arm Fast, so it's not like he was slow. From the clips I've seen, he certainly looked quick enough, I'd say he operated at roughly 85mph+, and with his height creating bounce, that's a pretty nasty combination. Sobers was no slouch either, he was no medium-pace dibbly-dobbler, he could bowl genuinely quickly, just ask Dennis Lillee. He was also much more effective bowling his fast-mediums. His little left arm spinners were fairly ineffective, it was Sobers' pace bowling that did the trick for him. So I've got 3 bowlers capable of bowling 85mph +, plus Vaas was noticably quicker in his prime too, so it's not like I've got an attack full of 75-80mph medium pacers.