Sherlock Holmes
PlanetCricket's Sherlock Holmes
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The Alphabet Draft
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ahmedleo414
The Butcher
i beleve you were looking at the signup order not the draft order.sorry bro for disturbing you.
@mohsin7827 has the next pick
mohsin7827
International Coach
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8. Wasim Akram
Akram's lethal left-arm pace accounted for 414 wickets at 23.62 and his ability to move the ball made him a handful on any pitch. The Pakistani was no mug with the bat either and strengthens the lower batting order.
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Akram's lethal left-arm pace accounted for 414 wickets at 23.62 and his ability to move the ball made him a handful on any pitch. The Pakistani was no mug with the bat either and strengthens the lower batting order.
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ahmedleo414
The Butcher
My pick for 1. Bill Ponsford
Bio from cric info:
Bill Ponsford, died at Kyneton, Victoria, on April 6, 1991; at 90, he was Australia's oldest living Test cricketer and the sole survivor of HL Collins's 1926 team in England. He made 162 in his second first-class game, for Victoria against Tasmania at Launceston in February 1922, but did not play for the state again until selected against the same opposition a year later in Melbourne. Then, in what was only his fourth innings, he created a sensation by hitting 429 in 477 minutes: it was the world's highest first-class score until he bettered it five years later. Furthermore, Victoria's 1059 was the first four-figure total in any first-class match, and Ponsford, who was captaining the side, stayed until he made the 1000th run himself, having gone in at 200 for three.
He was soon to prove that his 429 was something more than money for old rope against moderate bowling, as some would have it. The previous record-holder, AC MacLaren, had protested peevishly at the status of the match. Four centuries for Victoria in 1923-24, including 248 out of 456 with Edgar Mayne for the first wicket against Queensland - still an Australian record - sounded a warning note of what was in store for bowlers. The next season he played in all five Tests against England and scored 110 and 128 in the first two, an unprecedented achievement. His tour of England in 1926 was less successful, but early in December a veritable torrent of runs began to flow from his bat. Never before had anyone strung together such a series of colossal scores as Ponsford did in 1926-27 and 1927-28. In 1926-27, his innings were 214 and 54, 151, 352, 108 and 84, 12 and 116, 131 and 7, producing an aggregate of 1229 runs at 122.90; in 1927-28 he scored 133, 437, 202 and 38, 336, 6 and 2, and 63 - an aggregate of 1217 at 152.12. His 336 against South Australia in January 1928 was his eleventh first-class hundred in consecutive matches in Australia.
My team so far:
| Stats | Matches | Runs | HS | Batting Ave | 100s/50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Class | 162 | 13,819 | 437 | 65.18 | 47/43 |
| Test | 29 | 2,122 | 266 | 48.22 | 7/6 |
Bio from cric info:
Bill Ponsford, died at Kyneton, Victoria, on April 6, 1991; at 90, he was Australia's oldest living Test cricketer and the sole survivor of HL Collins's 1926 team in England. He made 162 in his second first-class game, for Victoria against Tasmania at Launceston in February 1922, but did not play for the state again until selected against the same opposition a year later in Melbourne. Then, in what was only his fourth innings, he created a sensation by hitting 429 in 477 minutes: it was the world's highest first-class score until he bettered it five years later. Furthermore, Victoria's 1059 was the first four-figure total in any first-class match, and Ponsford, who was captaining the side, stayed until he made the 1000th run himself, having gone in at 200 for three.
He was soon to prove that his 429 was something more than money for old rope against moderate bowling, as some would have it. The previous record-holder, AC MacLaren, had protested peevishly at the status of the match. Four centuries for Victoria in 1923-24, including 248 out of 456 with Edgar Mayne for the first wicket against Queensland - still an Australian record - sounded a warning note of what was in store for bowlers. The next season he played in all five Tests against England and scored 110 and 128 in the first two, an unprecedented achievement. His tour of England in 1926 was less successful, but early in December a veritable torrent of runs began to flow from his bat. Never before had anyone strung together such a series of colossal scores as Ponsford did in 1926-27 and 1927-28. In 1926-27, his innings were 214 and 54, 151, 352, 108 and 84, 12 and 116, 131 and 7, producing an aggregate of 1229 runs at 122.90; in 1927-28 he scored 133, 437, 202 and 38, 336, 6 and 2, and 63 - an aggregate of 1217 at 152.12. His 336 against South Australia in January 1928 was his eleventh first-class hundred in consecutive matches in Australia.
My team so far:
Bill Ponsford- R
- I
- C
- K
- L
- E
- B
- A
- C
- K
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ahmedleo414
The Butcher
No that was never the intention.. infact i was going to pick Wasim myself as my first pick, but @mohsin7827 beat me to itI thought we had to pick players batting-order-wise as well as of course alphabetically, but seeing Wasim Akram and Viv Richards be picked, I believe my assumption was wrong.
Nearly messed up my first pick.
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Have a medical emergency in the family, so won't be around for a bit. I sent my first few picks to @ahmedleo414 . He'll post my picks for me whenever it's my turn.
(EDIT: Not Covid-related.)
(EDIT: Not Covid-related.)
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Sherlock Holmes
PlanetCricket's Sherlock Holmes
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ahmedleo414
The Butcher
@Ashutosh. has just over an hour to make a pick, otherwise I have @qpeedore next pick ready
ahmedleo414
The Butcher
Since, @Ashutosh. missed his deadline, I will be posting on behalf of @qpeedore
His word is: generalised
Pick: Fidel Edwards
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His word is: generalised
Pick: Fidel Edwards
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Sherlock Holmes
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Take care mate. Hope it gets well soon.
I'm lucky enough to have a great of the cricket world in for my first spot.
Averaging 52 in 752 FC games and 61 in Tests is not bad. He comes in at opener
@Ashutosh. now has a second pick
Averaging 52 in 752 FC games and 61 in Tests is not bad. He comes in at opener
@Ashutosh. now has a second pick
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
No longer an emergency. More of a...well anyways yeah. Let's just say I'm out of things for a bit. Need to take my mind off of the real world so please allow me to go off on whatever tangents I decide.
Fidel Edwards. Number 10 because well I needed an E. His Test average in terms of bowling isn't good. 37 point change. Except I'll sort of take that. When he's good he's good. He'd played something like two FC matches prior to being a change bowler in the nets against one BC Lara. The ultra-premier batsman struggled against this then teenager. He pushed for Edwards' selection.
Batting average is terrible. Doesn't add up to him and Shiv Chanderpaul blocking bowlers from now until forever.
Like I said, he's pretty expensive. But if it works, Slinger, use it.
Workhorse for his county team pre-Brexit. 140kmph at pushing 40 years old? Oh hell yeah he's in my squad.
EDIT: Damn nigh unplayable at times. You'd be considered lucky you only got the edge, at least you could say you got some bat on ball.
Fidel Edwards. Number 10 because well I needed an E. His Test average in terms of bowling isn't good. 37 point change. Except I'll sort of take that. When he's good he's good. He'd played something like two FC matches prior to being a change bowler in the nets against one BC Lara. The ultra-premier batsman struggled against this then teenager. He pushed for Edwards' selection.
Batting average is terrible. Doesn't add up to him and Shiv Chanderpaul blocking bowlers from now until forever.
Like I said, he's pretty expensive. But if it works, Slinger, use it.
Workhorse for his county team pre-Brexit. 140kmph at pushing 40 years old? Oh hell yeah he's in my squad.
EDIT: Damn nigh unplayable at times. You'd be considered lucky you only got the edge, at least you could say you got some bat on ball.
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ahmedleo414
The Butcher
@Ashutosh. has just under 4 hours left to make his two picks.
@Murtaza96 can pick after the time has expired
@Murtaza96 can pick after the time has expired
