Draft: Selection: Impossible

[Till Valhalla]

If we keep Bradman aside, Hammond will definitely be a strong contender of the next best batsman the game has ever seen.

So ignorant! Do you even watch cricket. Any one with a outa of cricketing sense knows Venugopal Rao is the best batter of thr game ever seen.

 

[ddrap14]

So ignorant! Do you even watch cricket. Any one with a outa of cricketing sense knows Venugopal Rao is the best batter of thr game ever seen.

To the person I had this conversation with r.e. the Fender Feud draft: I think it ended up being pretty right

 

[Bigby Wolf]

Bigby Wolf's - Dad Army XI

My next pick is Clive Lloyd.

Sir Clive Lloyd one of the greatest players and captain of all time makes it into my playing 11.

He will also captain the side.

Clive Lloyd was one of the instrumental leaders in the rise of West Indian cricket back in the day.

Captain Clive Lloyd transformed the philosophy of West Indian cricket, turning a band of supremely talented, yet inconsistent happy-go-lucky cricketers into ruthless machinery for destruction.

stats after 40 - 5 matches 356 runs at an average of 50.85

Dad's Army XI

1. Sir Geoffery Boycott.
2. 
   
3. 
   
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Misbah-Ul-Haq
6. Clive Lloyd (c)
7. 
   
8. 
   
9. 
   
10. Tich Freeman
11. James Anderson

@Welwyn

 

[Welwyn]

Martin Donnelly. The Kiwi Bradman.

 

[ddrap14]

@Na Maloom Afraad is up.
@Welwyn don't forget to mention the next player!

 

[Till Valhalla]

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To the person I had this conversation with r.e. the Fender Feud draft: I think it ended up being pretty right

See it's common knowledge that Venugopal Rao is the best.

 

[Bevab]

Wally Hammond

If we keep Bradman aside, Hammond will definitely be a strong contender of the next best batsman the game has ever seen.

Barakadi 11:

1. 
   
2. 
   
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Wally Hammond
5. AB de Villiers
6. 
   
7. Sir Richard Hadlee
8. Ravichandran Ashwin
9. 
   
10. Sydney Barnes

@Bigby Wolf

I disagree but that doesn’t take away from Hammond being an incredibly good pick.

That’s a really strong side too. Can’t wait to see how it ends up looking.

 

[Viper.]

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To the person I had this conversation with r.e. the Fender Feud draft: I think it ended up being pretty right

My question was for McSweeney actually...

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Martin Donnelly. The Kiwi Bradman.

damn... one of my eligible picks , one of the better ones, gone.

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

I'll take Jimmy Cook as my second opener

He only ever played three Tests due to his career coinciding with the Apartheid ban, but his first-class record of 21K runs @ 50.58, 64 centuries and 87 half-centuries are a testament to his quality.

Jimmy Cook was an exceptional opening batsman who was unfortunate in that most of his career coincided with the twilight days of the apartheid regime. By the time he made his belated international debut he was almost 40 and past his best. Originally a middle-order batsman for Transvaal, it was when he moved to become an opener that his career took off. He broke almost every domestic record for his province, and when he finally got a chance overseas - with Somerset - he underlined his quality with a huge number of runs, more than 7500 in three summers, including 28 hundreds. A first-choice for South Africa against various rebel touring sides, he was not picked when South Africa returned to the international fold, but finally made his Test debut against India in 1992-93.

NMA's XI

01. Wally Hardinge
02. Jimmy Cook
03.
04.
05.
06.
07. Saba Karim
08. Percy Fender
09. Fred le Roux
10. Derek Shackleton
11. Douglas Carr

@Bigby Wolf

 

[Bigby Wolf]

My next pick is Warwick Armstrong.

Famously known as The Big Ship.

Warwick Windridge Armstrong was a huge figure in Australian cricket, both literally and metaphorically. Known as the "Big Ship" on account of his sheer physical size, the larger than life Armstrong gained dual reputations as a brilliantly enigmatic all-rounder and a player who flouted officialdom throughout his career. After making his debut for Victoria in 1898-99, the name that he made for himself on the field of play was as a forceful batsman, tidy legspin bowler, and ultimately one of Australia's finest ever captains. Following a string of consistent performances for Victoria, he was selected to represent the national team for the first time in 1901-02 and made an immediate impact, joining with Reg Duff to register the first ever century partnership for the last wicket in a Test match.
Such was the extent of Armstrong's success in the Test arena that his hold on a berth in the Australian side was only disrupted by his decision to decline to tour England in 1912 as a protest against the means by which the Board of Control had decided that the team would be managed. Even after such an open act of truculence, Armstrong remained extremely highly regarded, however, and was not only re-included in the side for Australia's very next Test match but was also promoted to the position of captain! It was in the subsequent ten games in which he carved the clearest niche for himself as one of the most successful players ever to don a baggy green cap; as Australia's leader, he guided the team to eight straight Test wins before closing with two draws.
Overall, Armstrong participated in 269 first-class matches, scored in excess of 16,000 runs and captured over 800 wickets. He also played in 50 Tests over a period that spanned close to two decades in total. To honour his contribution to the sport and his success therein, he was bestowed with several awards, the most recent of which came in early 2000 when he was posthumously inducted into Australian cricket's Hall of Fame.

stats after 40 - 10 matches 356 runs at an average of 56 and 17 wickets.

1. Sir Geoffery Boycott.
2. 
   
3. 
   
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Misbah-Ul-Haq
6. Clive Lloyd (c)
7. Warwick Armstrong
8. 
   
9. 
   
10. Tich Freeman
11. James Anderson

@icyman

 

[icyman]

Richie Benuad
Surprised that he wasn't yet snapped up!



Icy's line-up:
1. Hobbs
2. Collins
3. Headley
4.
5. Worrell
6.
7. Evans
8. Benaud
9. Larwood
10.
11.

@Aislabie

 

[Welwyn]

I'll take Jimmy Cook as my second opener

He only ever played three Tests due to his career coinciding with the Apartheid ban, but his first-class record of 21K runs @ 50.58, 64 centuries and 87 half-centuries are a testament to his quality.



NMA's XI

01. Wally Hardinge
02. Jimmy Cook
03.
04.
05.
06.
07. Saba Karim
08. Percy Fender
09. Fred le Roux
10. Derek Shackleton
11. Douglas Carr

@Bigby Wolf

Another of my openers gone.

 

[Aislabie]

ADAM GILCHRIST

Now this seems like an invalid pick, because Adam Gilchrist was a wicket-keeper who averaged over 20 in Test cricket. However, I'm not picking him as a keeper: instead, he will slot in at number five, where he will have complete licence to bat with freedom. Gilchrist's Test batting strike rate of 81.95 is the third-highest of any player with over 2,000 Test runs, coming in just behind Tim Southee and Virender Sehwag. Gilchrist also has no Test wickets, which means he is eligible for my team as a batter, and that's the role he takes.

1. Herbert Sutcliffe
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Brian Lara
4.
5. Adam Gilchrist
6.
7. Bob Taylor
8.
9. Courtney Walsh
10. Glenn McGrath
11.



@mohsin7827

 

[mohsin7827]

Ed Joyce


Ed Joyce did not have the success like Eion Morgan had switching the countries but was capable of the same. He did however get a chance to realising test dream with Ireland when they become full member.
He will slot to open the batting in this team.

Ed Joyce
Joseph Vine
Charles Passailaigue
Heinrich Klaasen
Michael Neser
Andre Adams
Dick Tyldesle

@pillowprocter

 

[pillowprocter]

Completely missed this one when making my earlier picks - apparently Michael Bevan, with his FC average of 57, is eligible for my XI. Who knew



1. Chetan Chauhan
3. Michael Bevan
5. Alyssa Healy
7. Malcolm Marshall
8. Shane Warne
9. Mitchell Starc
10. Sarfraz Nawaz