Draft: The Alphabet Draft 2 - Rise of the Vowels

[ahmedleo414]

1. Taufeeq Umar
Will write later.

@ddrap14

Not eligible...

He batted 23 times at 1st position, 60 times at 2.

23/83=27.71%

Post automatically merged: Jun 4, 2021

No clue what to do for opener. But I do know that Phil Emery was a more than handy keeper and spent most of his career at number seven. In he goes

@Murtaza96

Phil Emery, only played one test and batted at position 4, so he is not eligible

 

[ahmedleo414]

Tim Paine

Tim Paine mostly batted at position 7, not eligible...

 

[ahmedleo414]

My next pick will be Brendan Taylor

Stats	Matches	Runs	HS	Batting Ave	100s/50s	Cts/Sts
First Class	135	9,398	217	40.33	23/34	147/4
Test	33	2,147	171	34.62	6/10	29/0

Eligibility: Played 38 innings out of 66 at position 7 = 57.57%

Bio from cric info:

As a young cricketer, he was nurtured by Iain Campbell, father of Alistair, at the well-known Lilfordia primary school near Harare, was a regular choice for national age-group teams and played in two Under-19 World Cups. He made his first-class debut for Mashonaland A at the age of 15; the following year he scored 200 not out in the B Division of the Logan Cup, and he was fast-tracked into the Zimbabwe national team against Sri Lanka in 2003-04 at the age of 18 after the withdrawal of the so-called rebel players. As a batsman he was soon well respected by the opposition, but tended to get out when well set. Poor footwork early in an innings was also a handicap at the start of his career, but he worked to improve that and in November 2009 struck his maiden one-day hundred.

That knock proved something of a turning point for him, and in the year that followed he struck centuries against Sri Lanka and South Africa and proved to be Zimbabwe's stand-out batsman at the 2011 World Cup, his trademark uppercut to third man one of the lasting images of the tournament. His star continued to rise as Zimbabwe readied themselves for a return to Test cricket, and in June 2011 he was named captain of the national side.

The additional responsibility of captaincy, which he had always fancied, worked wonders for his batting, as he scored four centuries in his first seven Tests in charge, after scoring none in his ten previous Tests. He also scored hundreds in each innings against Bangladesh in Harare in 2013, thus becoming the first from Zimbabwe, and the 12th in all, to achieve this feat.

My team so far:

1. Herbie Collins
2. O
3. N
4. Brenden Taylor
5. I
6. N
7. G
8. E
9. Sarfraz Nawaz
10. C
11. Umesh Yadav

@Ashutosh. you are next

 

[mohsin7827]

3. George Headley

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Test	22	40	4	2190	270*	60.83	10	5	1	14	0

https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/george-headley-52050
Wisden obituary
George Alphonso Headley MBE, who died in Jamaica on November 30, 1983, aged 74, was the first of the great black batsmen to emerge from the West Indies. Between the wars, when the West Indies batting was often vulnerable and impulsive, Headley's scoring feats led to his being dubbed the black Bradman. His devoted admirers responded by calling Bradman the white Headley - a pardonable exaggeration.
In 22 Tests, when the innings could stand or fall on his performance, Headley scored 2190 runs, including 10 centuries - eight against England - with an average of 60.83. He was the first to score a hundred in each innings of a Test at Lord's, in 1939, and it was a measure of his ability that from 1929 to 1939 he did not have a single bad Test series. By the start of the Second World War he had totalled 9532 runs in first-class cricket with an average of 72.21. Afterwards, though not the power that he had been, he extended his aggregate to 9921 runs, with 33 centuries and an average of 69.86.
Born in Panama, where his father had helped to build the Canal, Headley was taken to Jamaica at the age of 10 to perfect his English - Spanish had been his first tongue - and to prepare to study dentistry in America. At school he fell in love with cricket, but he might still have been lost to the game had there not been a delay in getting his passport for the United States. While he was waiting, Headley was chosen to play against a visiting English team captained by the Hon. LH Tennyson. Though not yet 19, he had innings of 78 in the first match and 211 in the second, and dentistry lost a student. Surprisingly he was not chosen for the 1928 tour of England immediately afterwards, but in the home series against England in 1929-30 he scored 703 runs in eight Test innings, averaging 87.80. His scores included 21 and 176 in his first Test, 114 and 112 in the third and 223 in the fourth. In 1930-31 in Australia he scored two more Test centuries and ended the tour with 1066 runs.
Clarrie Grimmett described Headley as the strongest on-side player he had ever bowled against. In 1932, in a single month, he hit 344 not out (his highest-ever score), 84, 155 not out and 140 against another English side to visit Jamaica. Against sterner opposition and in more difficult conditions in England in the following year, he averaged 66 for the tour, scoring a century on his first appearance at Lord's and taking 224 not out off Somerset. In the second Test, in Manchester, he made 169 not out, a score he improved upon with 270 not out in Kingston in the 1934-35 series.
Headley was of medium build, compact, balanced and light on his feet. Like most great batsmen he was a superb back-foot player and seldom made a hurried shot. Sir Leonard Hutton, who saw him at his best in 1939, declared he had never seen a batsman play the ball later. It was hard to set a field for him, such was his genius for collecting runs with his precise placement of the ball.
Headley also excelled in league cricket in England. At every level of the game, in fact, he scored an avalanche of runs with a style and brilliance few of any age have matched. His contribution to the strength and power of modern West Indies teams cannot be exaggerated. One of his sons, RGA, an opening batsman for Worcestershire and Derbyshire, played twice for West Indies in England in 1973, and his grandson Dean played Test cricket for England.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack

 

[ddrap14]

Phil Emery, only played one test and batted at position 4, so he is not eligible

This is what happens when you get a pick notification at 9pm.

Godfrey Evans is eligible and he's one of the GOAT keepers so in he goes.

 

[ahmedleo414]

This is what happens when you get a pick notification at 9pm.

Godfrey Evans is eligible and he's one of the GOAT keepers so in he goes.

sorry, Godfrey is not eligible. He was picked in the previous draft

 

[ddrap14]

sorry, Godfrey is not eligible. He was picked in the previous draft

In that case I also can't find a single E eligible for number seven.

Basil d'Oliveira at five. Batted five in over half of his Tests

 

[ahmedleo414]

@Ashutosh. Has 2 hours to make his pick, otherwise @mohsin7827 has the next pick

 

[ahmedleo414]

@mohsin7827 you can make your pick now

 

[mohsin7827]

8. Chris Lewis

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	32	55	6852	3490	93	6/111	7/114	37.52	3.05	73.60	3	3	0

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	32	51	3	1105	117	23.02	2421	45.64	1	4	137	6	25	0

@Mittal2002

 

[Mittal2002]

10) NATHAN LYON​

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	100	191	25690	12816	399	8/50	13/154	32.12	2.99	64.30	16	18	3
ODI	29	29	1626	1334	29	4/44	4/44	46.00	4.92	56.00	1	0	0
T20I	2	2	30	48	1	1/33	1/33	48.00	9.60	30.00	0	0	0
FC	174	320	42097	21042	623	8/50	13/154	33.77	2.99	67.50	25	23	4
List A	77	76	4189	3399	90	4/10	4/10	37.76	4.86	46.50	4	0	0
T20	46	44	922	1108	54	5/23	5/23	20.51	7.21	17.00	1	1	0

"Nathan Lyon works very hard on his bowling. He's the best off-spinner Australia has ever produced." - lauded Shane Warne as the offie continued to pick wickets even in pacer-friendly tracks. Such is Lyon's class and consistency.
He has played nearly 31% of his innings at no. 10.

@Yash.

 

[Neptune]

10) NATHAN LYON​

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	100	191	25690	12816	399	8/50	13/154	32.12	2.99	64.30	16	18	3
ODI	29	29	1626	1334	29	4/44	4/44	46.00	4.92	56.00	1	0	0
T20I	2	2	30	48	1	1/33	1/33	48.00	9.60	30.00	0	0	0
FC	174	320	42097	21042	623	8/50	13/154	33.77	2.99	67.50	25	23	4
List A	77	76	4189	3399	90	4/10	4/10	37.76	4.86	46.50	4	0	0
T20	46	44	922	1108	54	5/23	5/23	20.51	7.21	17.00	1	1	0

"Nathan Lyon works very hard on his bowling. He's the best off-spinner Australia has ever produced." - lauded Shane Warne as the offie continued to pick wickets even in pacer-friendly tracks. Such is Lyon's class and consistency.
He has played nearly 31% of his innings at no. 10.

@Yash.

have to say, you are picking very well. stole ross taylor from a bunch of participants and now lyon from me

 

[Yash.]

Taufeeq Umar

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100s	50s	4s	6s	Ct	St
Test	44	83	5	2963	236	37.98	6626	44.71	7	14	404	4	48	0
ODI	22	22	1	504	81*	24.00	895	56.31	0	3	51	2	9	0
FC	177	308	17	10598	247	36.41			21	57			176	0

He'll come in at no. 2 for me. Was a handy opening batsman for Pakistan and can be a solid person to partner Smith at the top.

@qpeedore

 

[qpeedore]

Alex Kennedy at 9 for me. (EDIT: was looking at matches, not innings...still makes it with 50% of his innings at 9.)

Batting & Fielding​

Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100s	50s	6s	Ct	St
Test	5	8	2	93	41*	15.50	0	0	0	5	0
FC	677	1025	130	16586	163*	18.53	10	64		531	0

Bowling​

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	5	9	1683	599	31	5/76	8/169	19.32	2.13	54.20	3	2	0
FC	677		150851	61035	2874	10/37		21.23		52.40		225	45

225 FC 5-wicket hauls. 6th on the list of most ever FC wickets. At one point I'm sure he just stopped counting. How in the hell have I never heard of him before?

via CricInfo:

Edinburgh-born Alex Kennedy was a well-built and durable allrounder who served Hampshire with distinction for almost three decades either side of the Great War. He bowled medium-pace in and outswingers - and could do so all day, such was his remarkable stamina - and was also able to cut the ball from leg. His batting was usually cautious, although he occasionally revealed the ability to hit out to great effect. He batted at every place from one to 11 - once carrying his bat for 152 - and often opened both batting and bowling. He took 100 wickets in a season on 15 occasions, doing the double five times, with a best of 205 wickets and 1129 runs in 1921. Surprisingly, he made only five Test appearances, all in South Africa in 1922-23 where he took 31 wickets at 19.32. He toured South Africa again in 1924-25 as part of Lord Tennyson's side and took another 21 wickets in the unofficial Tests, and also took all 10 wickets for 37 for the Players against Gentlemen at The Oval in 1927. After retiring he coached, initially at Cheltemham College and then from 1947 to 1954 in South Africa.

@ahmedleo414

 

[ahmedleo414]

My next pick will be Owen Wynne

Stats	Matches	Runs	HS	Batting Ave	100s/50s
First Class	37	2,268	200*	37.18	7/8
Test	6	219	50	18.25	0/1

Eligibility: Played 10 innings out of 12 at position 2 = 83.33%

Bio from wiki:

Owen Wynne was an opening batsman. He played for Transvaal either side of World War II without consistent success. He scored 200 not out against Border in 1946-47, but in his other seven innings that season he made only 77 runs. He moved to Western Province for the 1947-48 season and was an immediate success, leading Western Province's batting with 458 runs at an average of 50.88.

He began the 1948-49 season in good form, scoring centuries against the touring English team in their first two matches: 108 and 8 for Western Province and 105 and 48 a week later for Cape Province. He played in the first three Tests, scoring 50 and 44 in the Third Test, but lost his place when Eric Rowan returned to the team for the Fourth Test. He had a similar experience the next season when Australia toured. He scored 138 for a South African XI in one of the early matches of the tour and played in the first three Tests, but again with little success.

Originally a journalist, he took up farming for a period, then returned to journalism. In July 1975 he, his wife, their son and two friends were lost at sea while yachting in False Bay, near Cape Town.

Now as discussed with @ddrap14 this was one of only 2 players I found that had a name starting with the letter O that batted at number 2. Myself, @ddrap14 and @Murtaza96, all had O as their second position pick. Myself and @Murtaza96 have made a pick for the O position so @ddrap14 was given a random vowel instead. He will be making a pick based on the letter I for his second position.

Also, I was unable to find a picture of Owen Wynne, if anyone can find one let me know and I will update it

My team so far:

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

@Neptune you are next