pillowprocter
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Most of the 17-26 band picks seem to be batters, so I'll go ahead and complete my bowling attack with 
Neil Adcock
@mohsin7827
Neil Adcock@mohsin7827
The Bands Draft
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mohsin7827
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Neptune
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Never beating that name but Bill O'Reilly is criminally underrated in the conversation of the GOAT test spinner. Really handy pickup here
1.
William Grace2.
Jimmy Cook3.
Stewie Dempster4.
KS Ranjitsinhji5.
6.
Ted Bowley7.
Andy Ganteaume8.
Bernard Bosanquet9.
Ezra Moseley10.
Bill O'Reilly11.
Skipping Yash, @ddrap14 you have a double pick
I may as well compile my XI:
1. ?
2. Karen Rolton
3. Ajay Sharma
4. Brad Hodge
5. ?
6. Lee Irvine
7. Frank Tarrant
8. Michael Neser
9. Bruce Dooland
10. ?
11. Frank Tyson
My first selection will fill the hole at #5, and that will be R.E. "Tip" Foster. One of the greatest batsmen of his day, his biggest weakness was availability, as commitments in football, studies, and diabetes all affected his time. But he averaged 40 in all County games, 51 in his only full season, 46 in Tests and made 287 in Sydney, the highest score for another 26.5 years until Andy Sandham made the first triple ton.
With the fact that I have the last pick in the draft, I need to prioritise here, so I'm gonna leave 50+ till last, and also leave that last bowler slot as I feel I've got more choice there. Whereas, for a 27-49 opener, I feel like I've got two choices. One is a underrated South African, but given he was more comfortable in the middle order, I'll go with my other choice - Arthur Morris. Morris formed a formidable 1-2-3 with Sid Barnes and Bradman, both of whom are already picked in this draft, that was the front foot for the Invincibles team. He also averaged 46 in Tests and 51 in first class games, and especially noteworthy is that bad performances in the West Indies at the end of his career actually dragged that Test average below 50.
@Neptune can go again
1. ?
2.
Karen Rolton3.
Ajay Sharma4.
Brad Hodge5. ?
6.
Lee Irvine7.
Frank Tarrant8.
Michael Neser9.
Bruce Dooland10. ?
11.
Frank TysonMy first selection will fill the hole at #5, and that will be R.E. "Tip" Foster. One of the greatest batsmen of his day, his biggest weakness was availability, as commitments in football, studies, and diabetes all affected his time. But he averaged 40 in all County games, 51 in his only full season, 46 in Tests and made 287 in Sydney, the highest score for another 26.5 years until Andy Sandham made the first triple ton.
With the fact that I have the last pick in the draft, I need to prioritise here, so I'm gonna leave 50+ till last, and also leave that last bowler slot as I feel I've got more choice there. Whereas, for a 27-49 opener, I feel like I've got two choices. One is a underrated South African, but given he was more comfortable in the middle order, I'll go with my other choice - Arthur Morris. Morris formed a formidable 1-2-3 with Sid Barnes and Bradman, both of whom are already picked in this draft, that was the front foot for the Invincibles team. He also averaged 46 in Tests and 51 in first class games, and especially noteworthy is that bad performances in the West Indies at the end of his career actually dragged that Test average below 50.
@Neptune can go again
@Neptune missed a pick, @mohsin7827 next
mohsin7827
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Neptune
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Completely missed this sorry
I will take Glenn McGrath to round out my bowling attack
1.
William Grace2.
Jimmy Cook3.
Stewie Dempster4.
KS Ranjitsinhji5.
6.
Ted Bowley7.
Andy Ganteaume8.
Bernard Bosanquet9.
Ezra Moseley10.
Bill O'Reilly11.
Glenn McGrath
pillowprocter
Panel of Selectors
Basil D'Oliveira will be the 4th South African in my XI, offering handy medium pace as the 5th bowler while also being a middle order rock at no. 5 Barry Richards Archie Jackson Duleepsinhji Vic Stollmeyer Basil D'Oliveira Hrishikesh Kanitkar?
Rashid Khan Tim Murtagh Neil Adcock Vincent Barnes@Bladezz
