Draft: The Alphabet Draft 2 - Rise of the Vowels

[Khan Sahab54]

Johnson Charles, Oliver Hannon Delby and Nauman Ali (Night watchman)

 

[Mittal2002]

I guess it's my turn now.

I pick Geoff Boycott for my opening slot.



One of the absolute greats to hold the cricket bat, G Boycott has provided numerous solid starts to England's innings.
His stats speak for his legacy, 8114 runs with an average of 47.72 is no joke. Moreover, his first class stats will leave you amazed. A whopping 48426 runs with a magnificent average of 56.83.
He has played nearly 60% of his innings at no.1 position.
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[Mittal2002]

@Neptune is next.

 

[Neptune]

My #4 will be Robert Greame Pollock.
I fully believe he would be widely recognised as one of the best test batsmen of all time if he hadn't played in his era. His stats speak for themselves really, he averages 60 in test cricket and 62 at #4.

He was one of the players who really got South Africa recognised as a competitive test side, and even the legendary Don Bradman described Pollock as the best left handed batsmen he had ever seen.

@ddrap14

 

[ddrap14]

Mohammad Yousuf. Played at number 4 45.5% of the time and averaged 56 at the spot. Had to get in very fast for this one!

@Ashutosh.

 

[ahmedleo414]

Johnson Charles, Oliver Hannon Delby and Nauman Ali (Night watchman)

Sorry, none of those guys are eligible, send me a PM and I can help you find some players

 

[ahmedleo414]

@Ashutosh. has just over an hour to make his pick.

 

[ahmedleo414]

@Ashutosh. missed his time I have the next pick Herbie Collins

Stats	Matches	Runs	HS	Batting Ave	100s/50s
First Class	168	9,924	282	40.01	32/40
Test	19	1,352	203	45.06	4/6

Eligibility: Played 24 innings out of at position 31 = 77.42%

Bio from cric info:

A bookmaker by profession, he was widely known as "Horseshoe" Collins by reason of his good fortune in connection with racing and in winning the toss at cricket. He was one of the great Australian team in England in 1921, when a broken thumb caused him to miss two of the Test matches, and he captained the side in England in 1926 when, handicapped by neuritis, he did not display his true form. A batsman possessing exceptionally sound defence and seemingly unlimited patience, he spent four hours fifty minutes over 40 runs in the Old Trafford Test match of 1921 when, following a blank first day through rain, an England total of 362 for four wickets, declared, left Australia with nothing to hope for but a draw.

In all Test matches he scored 1352 runs, average 45.06, and hit four centuries, the highest being 203 against South Africa at Johannesburg in 1921 and 162 against England at Adelaide in 1920-21. In 30 Sheffield Shield games for New South Wales he obtained 2040 runs, highest innings 146, for an average of 41.63.


As of right now he will be my captain, how can he not after being named Horseshoe. He can also bowl some slow left arm orthodox as needed

My team so far:

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

@mohsin7827 you are next

 

[mohsin7827]

6. Angelo Mathews



@Yash.

 

[Yash.]

Tony Greig

Statistics

Tests - 3599 runs @ 40.43 (8 100s, 20 50s, Best 148) and 141 wickets @ 32.20 (6 5WI, 2 10WM, BBI 8/86) in 58 matches (93 innings batted)

At No. 6 - 2741 runs @ 43.50 (7 100s, 15 50s, Best 148) in 67 innings

Known to people more for his commentary, Tony Greig was always a star all rounder for England with his great batting and handy off-break/medium bowling.

 

[ahmedleo414]

@qpeedore you are next

 

[Ashutosh.]

Will post soon

 

[Ashutosh.]

4. Herbert Taylor
5. Ajinkya Rahane

 

[qpeedore]

We had this discussion in the last Draft about what constitutes the actual last name. According to what was said at the time, Joshua da Silva is valid for me at 7. To break into the international team at such a young age and do so well in that time is something admirable. Yes, it took a couple of lucky circumstances ie Dowrich being injured, Shai Hope out of form and thus not picked, Pooran being seen as more of a limited overs player, etc etc. But he's shown immense concentration with the bat. When he does play his shots they are usually orthodox and nice to look at. Behind the stumps I'll say that he has a little bit to go still, not that he's bad but I can see him getting better than he is. At the moment I see him as our first choice Test keeper and he's earned the right.

@Ashutosh.

 

[ahmedleo414]

We had this discussion in the last Draft about what constitutes the actual last name. According to what was said at the time, Joshua da Silva is valid for me at 7. To break into the international team at such a young age and do so well in that time is something admirable. Yes, it took a couple of lucky circumstances ie Dowrich being injured, Shai Hope out of form and thus not picked, Pooran being seen as more of a limited overs player, etc etc. But he's shown immense concentration with the bat. When he does play his shots they are usually orthodox and nice to look at. Behind the stumps I'll say that he has a little bit to go still, not that he's bad but I can see him getting better than he is. At the moment I see him as our first choice Test keeper and he's earned the right.

@Ashutosh.

yes, this draft isn't as strict as the previous due to the difficulty. I am quite a bit lenient on the names this time around