Draft: Selection: Impossible

[Na Maloom Afraad]

Neil Fairbrother, not a particularly 'good' pick for the longer format, but I want him in my side

NMA's XI

01. Wally Hardinge
02. Jimmy Cook
03. Jack Badcock
04.
05. Neil Fairbrother
06.
07. Saba Karim
08. Percy Fender
09. Fred le Roux
10. Derek Shackleton
11. Douglas Carr

@mohsin7827

 

[Till Valhalla]

2008 called, it said this team finishes 8/8 in the IPL

Weird to see someone use a 8 scale for rating.
But I have to disagree they are 10 out of 8.

 

[mohsin7827]

Ajay Sharma

01. Ed Joyce
02 Joseph Vine
04. Ajay Sharma
05. Charles Passailaigue
06. Heinrich Klaasen
07. Michael Neser
08. Andre Adams
09. Malinda Pushpakumara
10. Dick Tyldesle

@Aislabie

 

[Aislabie]

LANCE GIBBS

I realise I've left it a long time without picking my spinner. I knew from the start that with only four realistic bowling options it would have to be someone who could bowl long, tireless spells, and for that task there was only ever one man in mind: West Indies' Lance Gibbs. The tall off-spinner took 309 wickets from his 79 Tests at an average of 29.09 - part of over 1,000 first-class wickets - but most importantly of all he bowled long spells. With a career economy of just 1.98, he could be trusted to do so, and he bowled the equivalent of 40 or more six-ball overs in no fewer than 45 Test innings. What a player, and a perfect fit for my team.

1. Herbert Sutcliffe
2. Matthew Hayden
3. Brian Lara
4. Dudley Nourse
5. Adam Gilchrist
6.
7. Bob Taylor
8.
9. Courtney Walsh
10. Glenn McGrath
11. Lance Gibbs



@icyman

(I intend to update the index this evening - I hope this doesn't cause difficulties for anyone)

 

[Aislabie]

Now I'm a bit slow on this, but I've just seen that @icyman is currently away for health reasons. As a result, I'm going to make some picks to round out his team, which he will have the option of changing at his convenience if he becomes available before draft's end.

Icyman's XI so far:

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Herbie Collins
3. George Headley
4. 
   
5. Frank Worrell
6. 
   
7. Godfrey Evans
8. Richie Benaud
9. Harold Larwood

Pick 1: Ken Barrington - one of the all-time great stonewallers, Ken Barrington might just be the correct answer to the question "which one player would you pick to bat for your life?"

Pick 2: Joel Garner - an excellent fast bowler who excelled when the batters were trying to score. Very able to create wickets out of nothing, his sheer excellence going somewhat forgotten due to his part in an entire attack of great bowlers.

Pick 3: Curtly Ambrose - Garner's natural successor, and arguably an improvement on the original.

Pick 4: Darren Lehmann - often overlooked due to his presence amongst one of the great Test teams, Lehmann lends some excellent balance to this team by batting right down in the engine room. His left-arm darts also proved very effective in all formats.

Complete XI:

1. Jack Hobbs
2. Herbie Collins
3. George Headley
4. Ken Barrington
5. Frank Worrell
6. Darren Lehmann
7. Godfrey Evans
8. Richie Benaud
9. Harold Larwood
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Joel Garner

Once again, we all hope that Icyman's health picks up and he's able to change any of these picks if he wants to.

Until that time, @CerealKiller is up.

 

[CerealKiller]

Apart from Kallis, i have picked quite an enterprising batting lineup, so let me add some solidity in the form of Alastair Cook.

CerealKiller's XI
Victor Trumper
Alastair Cook
Don Bradman
Jacques Kallis
Clyde Walcott
Aubrey Faulkner
Imran Khan
Shaun Pollock
Kapil Dev
10.
11.

@Viper.

 

[Bevab]

Apart from Kallis, i have picked quite an enterprising batting lineup, so let me add some solidity in the form of Alastair Cook.

CerealKiller's XI
Victor Trumper
Alastair Cook
Don Bradman
Jacques Kallis
Clyde Walcott
Aubrey Faulkner
Imran Khan
Shaun Pollock
Kapil Dev
10.
11.

@Viper.

Was wondering when you would make this pick.

 

[Till Valhalla]

enterprising batting lineup,

Embarrassing

 

[Viper.]

I’ll pick in few hours don’t skip me

 

[qpeedore]

So, as one of my first "duties" back on here, as it were...I'm offering, if he will allow me @Aislabie, to do an in-depth analysis of the final teams once the Draft is over.

 

[Till Valhalla]

So, as one of my first "duties" back on here, as it were...I'm offering, if he will allow me @Aislabie, to do an in-depth analysis of the final teams once the Draft is over.

I will win for sure

 

[Aislabie]

So, as one of my first "duties" back on here, as it were...I'm offering, if he will allow me @Aislabie, to do an in-depth analysis of the final teams once the Draft is over.

I'll also share the list of everyone's missions with you so you've got full information

 

[qpeedore]

One wonders if one can do an impossible mission without the players in the Draft...

 

[Viper.]

To round up my bowling completely now, with 2 spinners and 2 pacers already, I will be adding another quick- a man who recently retired. A red ball specialist throughout his career and one of the best ones to come out of that nation in the last few years too-



Neil Wagner comes into the lineup as the final bowling option and the 3rd pacer to assist legendary Wasim Akram and Chaminda Vaas. Was about to say another left arm pace option, until I realized. He has 260 test wickets in 62 matches at an average of 27.57. He has 821 overall first class wickets and has also had a decent domestic white ball career consisting of 202 games and 271 wickets.

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1. Arthur Morris
2. Bill Lawry
3.
4.
5. Allan Border
6. Quinton de Kock
7. Daniel Vettori
8. Wasim Akram
9. Chaminda Vaas
10. Rangana Herath
11. Neil Wagner

 

[Viper.]

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