Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Can we take a moment to credit the excellent choice of niche cricketersCant wait to see my team....and here come the opening batsmen.....Ken Farnes and Chuck Fleetwood-Smith
The Layer Cake Draft
- Thread starter Aislabie
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Ed Smith
Gaffer
Done
Master Bates
School Cricketer
Thank goodness!
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
I shall PM youIf there is still a place, I'm willing to participate!
Personal schedules be damned!
blockerdave
ICC Chairman
Not to be "that guy" but this seems to be taking an interminable amount of time to get going.
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Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
IT IS TIME
All of the PMs are back. All of the food has been eaten. It is time for me to announce what on earth has happened.
All of the PMs are back. All of the food has been eaten. It is time for me to announce what on earth has happened.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Protected Player 1: @ahmedleo414
Jacques Kallis
Rejected by: @Dutch / @El Loco
Test stats: 13,289 runs @ 55.37 (45 centuries, best 224) and 292 wickets @ 32.65 (5 5WI, best 6/54) in 166 matches
First-Class stats: 19,565 runs @ 54.10 (62 centuries, best 224) and 427 wickets @ 31.69 (8 5WI, best 6/54) in 257 matches
An excellent choice of protected player, one of the very greatest all-rounders of all time will be a vital cog for @ahmedleo414 as he seeks to build a side around him.
Jacques KallisRejected by: @Dutch / @El Loco
Test stats: 13,289 runs @ 55.37 (45 centuries, best 224) and 292 wickets @ 32.65 (5 5WI, best 6/54) in 166 matches
First-Class stats: 19,565 runs @ 54.10 (62 centuries, best 224) and 427 wickets @ 31.69 (8 5WI, best 6/54) in 257 matches
An excellent choice of protected player, one of the very greatest all-rounders of all time will be a vital cog for @ahmedleo414 as he seeks to build a side around him.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Protected Player 2: @Aislabie
Imran Khan
Rejected by: None
Test stats: 3,807 runs @ 37.69 (6 centuries, best 136) and 362 wickets @ 22.81 (23 5WI, best 8/58) in 88 matches
First-class stats: 17,771 runs @ 36.79 (30 centuries, best 170) and 1,287 wickets @ 22.32 (70 5WI, 8/34) in 382 matches
If it weren't for the fact that he was a Test-class batsman, he'd have been thought of as an all-time great opening bowler. In that way, he's a reverse Kallis.
Imran KhanRejected by: None
Test stats: 3,807 runs @ 37.69 (6 centuries, best 136) and 362 wickets @ 22.81 (23 5WI, best 8/58) in 88 matches
First-class stats: 17,771 runs @ 36.79 (30 centuries, best 170) and 1,287 wickets @ 22.32 (70 5WI, 8/34) in 382 matches
If it weren't for the fact that he was a Test-class batsman, he'd have been thought of as an all-time great opening bowler. In that way, he's a reverse Kallis.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Protected Player 3: @Bevab
Sunil Gavaskar
Rejected by: None
Test stats: 10,122 runs @ 51.12 (34 centuries, best 236*) in 125 matches
First-class stats: 25,834 @ 51.46 (81 centuries, best 340) in 348 matches
Before there was the Little Master, there was the Little Master. Sunil Gavaskar was Indian batting for years on end. No matter how entertaining someone like Kris Srikkanth was, Gavaskar got the runs.
Sunil GavaskarRejected by: None
Test stats: 10,122 runs @ 51.12 (34 centuries, best 236*) in 125 matches
First-class stats: 25,834 @ 51.46 (81 centuries, best 340) in 348 matches
Before there was the Little Master, there was the Little Master. Sunil Gavaskar was Indian batting for years on end. No matter how entertaining someone like Kris Srikkanth was, Gavaskar got the runs.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Protected Player 4: @blockerdave
Clive Rice
Rejected by: None
First-class stats: 26,331 runs @ 40.95 (48 centuries, best 246) and 930 wickets @ 22.49 (23 5WI, best 7/46) in 482 matches
Had it not been for the horrors of Apartheid leading to the entirely reasonable exclusion of South African sport, Clive Rice would have been remembered as the equal of the very best '80s all-rounders like Khan or Botham.
Clive RiceRejected by: None
First-class stats: 26,331 runs @ 40.95 (48 centuries, best 246) and 930 wickets @ 22.49 (23 5WI, best 7/46) in 482 matches
Had it not been for the horrors of Apartheid leading to the entirely reasonable exclusion of South African sport, Clive Rice would have been remembered as the equal of the very best '80s all-rounders like Khan or Botham.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Protected Player 5: @CerealKiller
Shane Warne
Rejected by: @Aislabie / @Bevab / @blockerdave / @DalePlaysCricket / @Dutch / @El Loco / @Master Bates
Test stats: 3,154 runs @ 17.32 (best 99) and 708 wickets @ 25.41 (37 5WI, best 8/71) in 145 matches
First-class stats: 6,919 runs @ 19.43 (2 centuries, best 107*) and 1,319 wickets @ 26.11 (69 5WI, best 8/71) in 301 matches
The only person who didn't either protect or reject Shane Warne was @ahmedleo414 and you can see why - you'd generally want to make sure that nobody else could get their hands on a spinner as good as this.
Shane WarneRejected by: @Aislabie / @Bevab / @blockerdave / @DalePlaysCricket / @Dutch / @El Loco / @Master Bates
Test stats: 3,154 runs @ 17.32 (best 99) and 708 wickets @ 25.41 (37 5WI, best 8/71) in 145 matches
First-class stats: 6,919 runs @ 19.43 (2 centuries, best 107*) and 1,319 wickets @ 26.11 (69 5WI, best 8/71) in 301 matches
The only person who didn't either protect or reject Shane Warne was @ahmedleo414 and you can see why - you'd generally want to make sure that nobody else could get their hands on a spinner as good as this.
