Draft: The Layer Cake Draft

  1. @DalePlaysCricket - :saf: :wkb: AB de Villiers
  2. @Bevab - :saf: :bat: Graeme Pollock
  3. @CerealKiller - :saf: :bwl: Dale Steyn
  4. @ahmedleo414 - :wi: :bwl: Courtney Walsh
  5. @El Loco - :wi: :bwl: Malcolm Marshall
  6. @Master Bates & @Na Maloom Afraad - :ban: :ar: Shakib Al Hasan
  7. @Aislabie - :eng: :ar: George Lohmann
  8. @Dutch - Busy with real life; just pick as and when
  9. @blockerdave - :saf: :bat: Barry Richards
  10. @DalePlaysCricket - :eng: :wkb: Alec Stewart
  11. @Bevab - :wi: :bwl: Joel Garner
  12. @CerealKiller
  13. @ahmedleo414
  14. @El Loco
  15. @Master Bates & @Na Maloom Afraad -
  16. @Aislabie
  17. @Dutch - Busy with real life; just pick as and when
  18. @blockerdave
  19. @DalePlaysCricket
  20. @Bevab
  21. @CerealKiller
  22. @ahmedleo414
  23. @El Loco
  24. @Master Bates & @Na Maloom Afraad -
  25. @Aislabie
  26. @Dutch - Busy with real life; just pick as and when
  27. @blockerdave
  28. @DalePlaysCricket
  29. @Bevab
  30. @CerealKiller
  31. @ahmedleo414
  32. @El Loco
  33. @Master Bates & @Na Maloom Afraad -
  34. @Aislabie
  35. @Dutch - Busy with real life; just pick as and when
  36. @blockerdave
  37. @DalePlaysCricket
  38. @Bevab
  39. @CerealKiller
  40. @ahmedleo414
  41. @El Loco
  42. @Master Bates & @Na Maloom Afraad -
  43. @Aislabie
  44. @Dutch - Busy with real life; just pick as and when
  45. @blockerdave
  46. @DalePlaysCricket
  47. @Bevab
  48. @CerealKiller
  49. @ahmedleo414
  50. @El Loco
  51. @Master Bates & @Na Maloom Afraad -
  52. @Aislabie
  53. @Dutch - Busy with real life; just pick as and when
  54. @blockerdave
As you will all be able to see, I've updated the draft order a little bit. It now looks somewhat chaotic, but it seems like the best way to accommodate everyone at a tough time.

Let's keep this running as best we can and just try to have a few minutes of fun in each of our days

@CerealKiller currently has the next pick
 
I need a new-ball partner for Steyn, and since I’ve exhausted my bottom four places in the lineup, he also needs to be a competent batter. Luckily, the player i almost picked in the first round fits the bill perfectly, and is still available: Mike Procter.
I should probably shore up my batting, but not gonna pass on Procter for two consecutive times.

CerealKiller’s XI
1.
2.
3.
4. :eng: :bat: Ian Bell
5. :eng: :bat: Jack Ikin
6.
7. :saf: :ar: Mike Procter
8. :aus: :bwl: Shane Warne :c:
9. :saf: :bwl: Dale Steyn
10. :aus: :bwl: Bill O'Reilly
11. :aus: :bwl: Dainty Ironmonger

@ahmedleo414
 
Now i need world class spinner... and who better than Rangana Herath, if not for Murli, he would be the best spinner to come out of Sri Lanka... Already he's the most successful left arm bowler in Test cricket history

I was tossing and turning between selecting Rangana or another spinner, who IMO is the best spinner of all time, but i ended with Rangana... I'm still debating with myself if I should take both spinners... lets see if he's still left by the time the its my turn again

1.
2. :ire: :bat: Paul Stirling (might move him down the order)
3.
4. :saf: :ar: Jacques Kallis
5. :zim: :wkb: Andy Flower
6. :aus: :bat: Stuart Law (might move him up the order)
7.
8.
9. :sri: :bwl: Rangana Herath
10. :ban: :bwl: Rubel Hossain
11. :wi: :bwl: Courtney Walsh

@El Loco you are next
 
Last edited:
@El Loco making sure he gets the alert, as the previous post seems to have a tag that was edited in later
 
I need a new-ball partner for Steyn, and since I’ve exhausted my bottom four placed in the lineup, he also needs to be a competent batter. Luckily, the player i almost picked in the first round fits the bill perfectly, and is still available: Mike Procter.
I should probably shore up my batting, but not gonna pass on Procter for two consecutive times.

CerealKiller’s XI
1.
2.
3.
4. :eng: :bat: Ian Bell
5. :eng: :bat: Jack Ikin
6.
7. :saf: :ar: Mike Procter
8. :aus: :bwl: Shane Warne :c:
9. :saf: :bwl: Dale Steyn
10. :aus: :bwl: Bill O'Reilly
11. :aus: :bwl: Dainty Ironmonger

@ahmedleo414

i was gonna pick him just to have rice, miller and procter together
 
MB and NMA's XI
:aus: :wkb: Adam Gilchrist†
:ind: :bat: Sachin Tendulkar
:aus: :bat: Steve Smith
-
-
:ban: :ar: Shakib Al Hasan
:eng: :ar: Fred Grace
-
-
:saf: :bwl: Allan Donald
:eng: :bwl: Simon Kerrigan

My next pick will be :saf: :bwl: Allan Donald. A much needed inclusion given the state of my (our?) bowling attack.

You're up next @Aislabie
 
boycott_3032444b.jpg


My pick is :eng: :bat: Geoffrey Boycott

Test stats - 8,114 runs @ 47.72 (22 centuties, best 246*) 108 matches
First-class stats - 48,426 runs @ 56.83 (151 centuries, best 261*) in 609 matches

For whatever reason, Geoffrey Boycott's achievements aren't appreciated as much as they should be. In my eyes, he is nothing less than the greatest anchor cricket has ever known. For decades, Yorkshire and England were able to build successful eras around the near-certainty of a Boycott epic.

1. :wi: :bat: Gordon Greenidge
2. :eng: :bat: Geoffrey Boycott
3. :pak: :bat: Younis Khan
4. :eng: :bat: Douglas Jardine :c:
5.
6. :pak: :ar: Imran Khan
7.
8. :aus: :ar: Scott Kremerskothen
9. :eng: :ar: George Lohmann
10.
11.

@Dutch if he's feeling it, but @blockerdave can go ahead
 

Users who are viewing this thread

Top