Draft: The Panesar Draft

[Yash.]

My first pick would be... Brad Hodge

A giant at the domestic level, had a really great start to Test cricket, with a double hundred and 2 fifties at an average of 56. Sadly, he was never given the chance to play more than 6 tests. In the first class level, he made 17804 runs at an average of 48.8. Would be a great component of my team.

Next player in a minute.

 

[Yash.]

Next pick would be Jimmy Cook.

Writeup afterwards.[DOUBLEPOST=1587445395][/DOUBLEPOST]@Master Bates back at you.

 

[Bevab]

Next pick would be Jimmy Cook.

Writeup afterwards.[DOUBLEPOST=1587445395][/DOUBLEPOST]@Master Bates back at you.

Outstanding pick!

 

[blockerdave]

Next pick would be Jimmy Cook.

Writeup afterwards.[DOUBLEPOST=1587445395][/DOUBLEPOST]@Master Bates back at you.

Another player I wanted but never expected to get

 

[Master Bates]

It was opener time and I had few players in mind but with more caps. I thought why not go with-

Sid Barnes

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For players with at least 1000 runs in Test matches, Sid Barnes' average is next only to the Don and Marnus Labuschagne! I had another Australian opener in mind but his caps would not have left me with enough.

From Wikipedia: "Sidney George Barnes was an Australian cricketer and cricket writer, who played 13 Test matches between 1938 and 1948. Able to open the innings or bat down the order, Barnes was regarded as one of Australia's finest batsmen in the period immediately following the Second World War. He helped create an enduring record when scoring 234 in the second Test against England at Sydney in December 1946; exactly the same score as his captain, Don Bradman, in the process setting a world-record 405-run fifth wicket partnership. Barnes averaged 63.05 over 19 innings in a career that, like those of most of his contemporaries, was interrupted by the Second World War."

Test Caps - 33/50

Dion Ebrahim
Sid Barnes



Mike Procter
Allan Steel
Walter Giffen
Sajedul Islam
Monty Panesar
Euan McIntyre

@blockerdave to you!

 

[Bevab]

Some great players have been picked so far. This has been a wonderful draft.

 

[blockerdave]

EDDIE PAYNTER
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Eddie Paynter averaged 84 vs Australia, and overall his average was 59.23 - of Englishmen, only Herb Sutcliffe stands above him. In the bodyline series, he was somewhat controversially picked for the 3rd test over the Nawab of Pataudi (pretty much dropped despite a first test century because he wouldn't field in bodyline positions). He made a 70 and an 80 in that test. In the fourth test, he was taken to hospital with severe tonsilitis, and with England in trouble at 186/5, discharged himself, took a taxi to the ground in his pyjamas and came in the next wicket down and scored 83. He was an aggressive batsman who scored quickly. His highest test score was 243 vs South Africa, one of 4 test centuries, along with 7 fifties in 31 inns.

He was also a phenomenal fielder, and even kept wicket for the second inns of the 1938 series vs Australia after Les Ames broke a finger.

For some reason he only paid 20 tests, which for the purposes of this draft I'm delighted with.

@DalePlaysCricket

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[Master Bates]

EDDIE PAYNTER
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Eddie Paynter averaged 84 vs Australia, and overall his average was 59.23 - of Englishmen, only Herb Sutcliffe stands above him. In the bodyline series, he was somewhat controversially picked for the 3rd test over the Nawab of Pataudi (pretty much dropped despite a first test century because he wouldn't field in bodyline positions). He made a 70 and an 80 in that test. In the fourth test, he was taken to hospital with severe tonsilitis, and with England in trouble at 186/5, discharged himself, took a taxi to the ground in his pyjamas and came in the next wicket down and scored 83. He was an aggressive batsman who scored quickly. His highest test score was 243 vs South Africa, one of 4 test centuries, along with 7 fifties in 31 inns.

He was also a phenomenal fielder, and even kept wicket for the second inns of the 1938 series vs Australia after Les Ames broke a finger.

For some reason he only paid 20 tests, which for the purposes of this draft I'm delighted with.

@DalePlaysCricket

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I knew he will go soon!

 

[Ed Smith]

Prithvi Shaw
Clive Rice
Mehrab Hossain
Philip Hutchinson
Glen Chapple
Aijaz Ali
Mason Crane
Rubel Hossain

Innings: 7
Not Outs: 1
Aggregate: 335
Highest Score: 134
Average: 55.83
50s: 2
100s: 1
200s: 0
300s: 0
Ducks: 0
Pairs: 0
4s: 48
6s: 2
Balls Faced: 388
Scoring Rate 86.34
Opened Batting: 7

Test Caps: 4/50

@ahmedleo414

 

[Master Bates]

Test Caps: 3/50

Shaw has played 4.

 

[Ed Smith]

Shaw has played 4.

Cheers. In fairness, it said 3 on Wikipedia, but its Wikipedia

 

[Aislabie]

Allan Steel

I am loving this draft - it's bringing out some players who are outstanding, but I never would have thought of. This is one of those times.

Sid Barnes

... and also some players who were at the top of my shortlist.

 

[blockerdave]

I’m mostly finding this draft a series of frustrations as one player after another gets crossed off my list!!!

 

[Ed Smith]

I’m mostly finding this draft a series of frustrations as one player after another gets crossed off my list!!!

Aww poor Dave didn't come out of the lucky dip with 5 world beaters for a change. Cry me a river

 

[ahmedleo414]

My Next pick goes to Charles Albert George "Jack" Russell

Stats|Matches|Runs|Batting Ave|100s/50s|Top Score
First-Class|437|27,354|41.57|71/136|273
Test|10|910|56.87|5/2|140

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A little bio from cricinfo:

"Charles Albert George "Jack" Russell, who died in Whipps Cross Hospital on March 23, aged 73, was the first English batsman to hit a century in each innings of a Test match. This he did against South Africa at Durban in 1923 when he scored 140 and 111 and played a leading part in England's rubber-winning victory by 109 runs. The performance was the more remarkable because Jack Russell, as he was generally known, had,Wisden recorded at the time, to battle against illness; when he started his second innings he ought to have been in bed rather than on the cricket field."

Test Caps used: 10/50

My Team:

1. Charles "Jack" Russell (10 caps)
2. Wally Edwards
3.
4.
5.
6. Nawaz Sharif
7. Wilbur Slabber
8. Brian Vitori
9. Ajit de Silva
10. Don Shepherd (0 caps)
11. Allan Jones (0 caps)

@Aislabie you have the next pick sir