The Alphabet Draft 2 - Rise of the Vowels

[ahmedleo414]

@Ashutosh. Has about an hour and a half remaining to make his pick. After which @Yash. Can make his

 

[Yash.]

Iain O’brien comes into my team at no 10…
Write up later

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@ddrap14

 

[ahmedleo414]

@ddrap14 you can go ahead with your pick

 

[Ashutosh.]

Azhar Ali

 

[ahmedleo414]

Azhar Ali

Unfortunately that's not a valid pick for position 2

 

[ddrap14]

Fred Trueman (26/67) just misses out on the 40%, so I'll pick Jeff Thomson who's not a half bad replacement

@Mittal2002

 

[Mittal2002]

8) RICHARD HADLEE

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Batting & Fielding​

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Test	86	134	19	3124	151*	27.16			2	15	33	39	0
ODI	115	98	17	1751	79	21.61	2319	75.50	0	4		27	0
FC	342	473	93	12052	210*	31.71			14	59		198	0
List A	317	271	56	5241	100*	24.37			1	16		100	0

Bowling​

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	86	150	21918	9611	431	9/52	15/123	22.29	50.80	25	36	9
ODI	115	112	6182	3407	158	5/25	5/25	21.56	39.10	1	5	0
FC	342			26998	1490	9/52		18.11			102	18
List A	317		16188	8553	454	6/12	6/12	18.83	35.60	9	8	0

Few players in the history of cricket have carried the fortunes of their team to quite the same extent as Richard Hadlee. By the time he retired from international cricket in 1990, at the age of 39 and with a knighthood newly conferred upon him for his services to the game, Hadlee had cemented his place as one of the great fast bowlers of all time, and lifted New Zealand to unprecedented feats in the Test arena.
As the first player to reach 400 Test wickets, Hadlee was always assured of immortality, but in addition to his matchless skills with the ball, he was also a hard-hitting batsman of unquestioned skill, and he is acknowledged as one of the four great allrounders of the 1980s, along with Ian Botham, Imran Khan and Kapil Dev.
I guess nothing more need to be explained about this absolute legend.
He has batted 53 out of 134 innings at no. 8.(40%)

@qpeedore

 

[qpeedore]

Yasir Ali at 11. I know absolutely nothing about the guy except that he's Pakistani and played all of a single Test. His FC record isn't too shabby though, so he'll fit in nicely. Perhaps not an opening bowler, but a decent enough first change.

@ahmedleo414

 

[ahmedleo414]

My next pick will be John Emburey

Stats	Matches	Wickets	BBI	BBM	Bowling Ave	5w/10w
First Class	513	1,608	8/40	?	26.09	72/12
Test	64	147	7/78	7/105	38.40	6/0

Eligibility: Played 31 innings out of 96 at position 8 = 32.29%

Bio from cricinfo:

In the era before Shane Warne when spin bowling was on its uppers, John Emburey was perhaps the best offspinner in the world, which did not say much. He was tall with a classically looping action, and capable of getting huge amounts of bounce and away-drift. But his qualities were submerged amid the grim battles slow bowlers faced in the 1980s: uncongenial pitches and one-day cricket, which forced him to become primarily negative and defensive. He improvised more in his batting, in which he managed to score runs while infuriating bowlers by ignoring both footwork and backlift. Always a willing talker and theorist, he was an excellent senior pro and a promising coach (though he was fired by Northamptonshire before returning home to Middlesex). Over-promoted to England captain for two Tests amid general chaos in 1988, he was fired as capriciously as he was appointed. Emburey was the only cricketer to go on both (1981-82 and 1989-90) England rebel tours to South Africa, and was instantly forgiven both times, which says much about attitudes at Lord's but something about the general esteem for his qualities.

My team so far:

1. Herbie Collins
2. Owen Wynne
3. Neil Harvey
4. Brenden Taylor
5. I
6. N
7. G
8. John Emburey
9. Sarfraz Nawaz
10. C
11. Umesh Yadav

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@Neptune sorry forgot to tag you

 

[Neptune]

This was a hard choice but Buster Nupen will bat at 9 for me.
He considerably underperformed on the international stage, you wouldn't think that a bowler averaging 35.76 with the ball in test cricket was any good, but in the early stages of South Africa playing international cricket, he was described as the best bowler in the world in conditions that suited him.
He took 334 wickets in fc cricket at an average of 18.19.

@mohsin7827 has a double pick

 

[mohsin7827]

1. Upul Tharanga

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	31	58	3	1754	165	31.89	3212	54.60	3	8	239	9	24	0

A batsman who has frustrated and thrilled in equal measure. Although his Test career has never really taken off - his two Test centuries have come more than 10 years apart - in ODIs he keeps illustrious company among Sri Lanka's finest.



2. Mudassar Nazar

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Test	76	116	8	4114	231	38.09			10	17	1	48

Quick and understated, as a cricketer and a personality, Mudassar was far more of a "mode" batsman than his more gifted partner Mohsin Khan, but he made the most of what he had. One of Mudassar's predecessors as Pakistan's opening bat was his father, Nazar Mohammad. As a league pro in England he developed his medium-pace, which had its moments.



@Mittal2002

 

[qpeedore]

You neglected to mention he was about the only U that was available haha...

 

[ahmedleo414]

You neglected to mention he was about the only U that was available haha...

yup, I told him about that pick.. he couldn't find it...

 

[qpeedore]

That's because like most Sri Lankans, the first name for cricket isn't the first name on CricInfo. I almost missed him in my research but he wouldn't have made my 40% quota either way.

EDIT: David Lloyd on Chaminda Vaas. 3.20 if you wanna skip to it.

 

[Mittal2002]

My next pick is MAURICE LEYLAND at no. 5.

Batting & Fielding​

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Test	41	65	5	2764	187	46.06	9	10	7	13	0
FC	686	932	101	33660	263	40.50	80	154		246	0

Bowling​

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	41	27	1103	585	6	3/91	3/91	97.50	183.80	0	0	0
FC	686		28971	13659	466	8/63		29.31	62.10		11	1

Maurice Leyland played 41 tests for England and was a treat to watch. He was one of the most consistent English batsman of his time and his batting average shows that. In first class cricket, he represented Yorkshire between 1920 and 1946, scoring over 1,000 runs in 17 consecutive seasons. A left-handed middle-order batsman and a left-arm spinner, Leyland was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1929.
Leyland had a reputation for batting well under pressure. He performed most effectively against the best teams and bowlers, and in difficult situations; his Test batting record is better than his first-class figures, and against Australia his average is even higher. Outside of Tests, he had some success with the ball, and had it not been for the depth of spin bowling in Yorkshire, he might have been a leading bowler. He was one of the first to bowl left-arm wrist spin, and may have invented the name to describe such deliveries—"chinaman".

He has played 23 out of 65 innings at no. 5. (35%)

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@qpeedore your turn