Simbazz
Chairman of Selectors
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Wasim Raja (b. 1952 d. 2006) - Pakistan
Type: Pure All Rounder
Wasim Raja was a glorious lefthanded strokemaker, who revelled in adversity, a useful legspinner, who also opened the bowling for Pakistan on occasions, and an outstanding, lithe cover fieldsman. He represented Pakistan in more than 100 international matches, coached the national side for a short while and had a spell as an ICC match referee, being in
charge of the last Ashes series in Australia.
We've taken him from his peak in the 1978-9 tour of India where he average 56.25. Throughout his career, he averaged 57.43 against the extremely strong West Indies team!
Ravi Shastri (b. 1962) - India
Type: Bowling All Rounder
For over a decade, Ravi Shastri rendered yeoman service to Indian cricket in many ways. As an obdurate opening or middle-order batsman; as a left-arm spinner who was an integral part of the attack; and as long-time deputy to a couple of captains. In his time he was very much the glamour boy of Indian cricket, tall and good-looking and with an image to match.
The time machine has taken him from his peak against Australia, whom he averaged 77.75 against!
Romesh Kaluwitharana (b. 1969) - Sri Lanka
Type: Wicketkeeper
The diminutive "Kalu" burst onto the international scene with an unbeaten 132 on debut against Australia in 1992-93. However, after such a wonderful start, he failed to secure his place in the senior side because of occasional lapses behind the stumps. He was recalled for the crucial 1995-96 tour of Australia, the turning point of his career as he combined with Sanath Jayasuriya to form a devastating pinch-hitting opening partnership.
Our time machine took him from the period following Sri Lanka's dramatic World Cup victory where, along with Sanath Jayasuria, he revolutionised the way teams batted in one day internationals.
Dean Jones (b. 1961) - Australia
Type: Batsman
Dean Jones wrote the book on one-day cricket - literally. He played a new game in which he walked down the pitch to fast bowlers, ran frenetically between wickets and turned outfielding into an attacking occupation. He was a natural showman who was for a while as popular as any other player in Australia. He averaged 46 in Tests, and in the tied Test at Madras in 1986-87 played what Bob Simpson said was the greatest innings for Australia. At the end of his 210 he ended up in hospital on a saline drip.
Our time machine has taken him from the period where he was influential in Australia's cricketing revival in the late 80s, early 90s.
Geoffrey Boycott (b. 1940) - England
Type: Batsman
If ever a defence appeared to be impenetrable it was that of Yorkshireman Geoff Boycott when his mind was set on staying in. The features of his forward stroke were the distance he thrust forward behind a big left pad, how low his head was as he searched for signs of movement from the ball, and its balance and compactness. How valuable he was to England is shown by the fact that only 20 of his 108 Tests ended in defeat, mainly when he failed.
Whenever we'd taken Geoff, there would've been no difference in his attitude, and the length of his first-class cricket career! So, we've randomly selected him!
We enticed him by suggesting that his gran had also been chosen to play in the future, surely one of the best ever cricketers never to have played!
Bob Massie (b. 1947) - Australia
Type: Right arm fast medium bowler
Bob Massie, a fast-medium swing bowler, will always be remembered for one of the most startling debuts in Test history. At Lord's in 1972, the mutton-chopped Massie swung the ball devilishly and demolished England with eight wickets in each innings, and his figures of 16 for 137 were the best by a Test debutant until Narendra Hirwani spun West Indies to defeat 15 years later.
So, no surprises where he's been taken from. Indeed, he only played 5 more tests after his fascinating debut!
John Bracewell (b. 1958) - New Zealand
Type: Offspin Bowler
A resourceful offspinner with a high action, and a useful, hard-hitting batsman, John Bracewell's strike rate of a wicket every 82 balls was very respectable for a spinner in the 1980s, when the art was virtually dead.
He took three six-fors, all of them in New Zealand wins, the most famous of which was at Auckland in 1985-86. He was also coach of NZ from Sept 2003 to November 2008, when he quit as the team had dropped down the world rankings.
We've taken him from his time as a player in the 1980s, he may still by dazy because we could only get him whilst he was on the drip!
Good luck!
Tier D:
Wasim Raja (Pure AR) 63/85 72/85 LBG
Ravi Shastri (Bowling AR) 65/75 86/70 OS
Romesh Kaluwithrana (WK) 69/95
Dean Jones (Bat) 77/85
Boycott (Bat) 92/40
Bob Massie (Bowler) 40/80 80/87 FM
John Bracewell (Bowler) 40/80 88/75 OS2
The format for these averages is;
Ian Botham (Batting AR) 80/94 80/90 Fast
80 is Ian Botham's batting/bowling skill, and 94/90 is his aggression.
So there's the list. Now for the format of how to bid. Here's a few tips,
Good luck in bidding!
Bids open from now, and will close at the same time as all the other tiers. This gives you guys plenty of time.
I will open the rest of the bids in the following days.
Any questions, post in this thread!
Type: Pure All Rounder
Wasim Raja was a glorious lefthanded strokemaker, who revelled in adversity, a useful legspinner, who also opened the bowling for Pakistan on occasions, and an outstanding, lithe cover fieldsman. He represented Pakistan in more than 100 international matches, coached the national side for a short while and had a spell as an ICC match referee, being in
charge of the last Ashes series in Australia.
We've taken him from his peak in the 1978-9 tour of India where he average 56.25. Throughout his career, he averaged 57.43 against the extremely strong West Indies team!
Ravi Shastri (b. 1962) - India
Type: Bowling All Rounder
For over a decade, Ravi Shastri rendered yeoman service to Indian cricket in many ways. As an obdurate opening or middle-order batsman; as a left-arm spinner who was an integral part of the attack; and as long-time deputy to a couple of captains. In his time he was very much the glamour boy of Indian cricket, tall and good-looking and with an image to match.
The time machine has taken him from his peak against Australia, whom he averaged 77.75 against!
Romesh Kaluwitharana (b. 1969) - Sri Lanka
Type: Wicketkeeper
The diminutive "Kalu" burst onto the international scene with an unbeaten 132 on debut against Australia in 1992-93. However, after such a wonderful start, he failed to secure his place in the senior side because of occasional lapses behind the stumps. He was recalled for the crucial 1995-96 tour of Australia, the turning point of his career as he combined with Sanath Jayasuriya to form a devastating pinch-hitting opening partnership.
Our time machine took him from the period following Sri Lanka's dramatic World Cup victory where, along with Sanath Jayasuria, he revolutionised the way teams batted in one day internationals.
Dean Jones (b. 1961) - Australia
Type: Batsman
Dean Jones wrote the book on one-day cricket - literally. He played a new game in which he walked down the pitch to fast bowlers, ran frenetically between wickets and turned outfielding into an attacking occupation. He was a natural showman who was for a while as popular as any other player in Australia. He averaged 46 in Tests, and in the tied Test at Madras in 1986-87 played what Bob Simpson said was the greatest innings for Australia. At the end of his 210 he ended up in hospital on a saline drip.
Our time machine has taken him from the period where he was influential in Australia's cricketing revival in the late 80s, early 90s.
Geoffrey Boycott (b. 1940) - England
Type: Batsman
If ever a defence appeared to be impenetrable it was that of Yorkshireman Geoff Boycott when his mind was set on staying in. The features of his forward stroke were the distance he thrust forward behind a big left pad, how low his head was as he searched for signs of movement from the ball, and its balance and compactness. How valuable he was to England is shown by the fact that only 20 of his 108 Tests ended in defeat, mainly when he failed.
Whenever we'd taken Geoff, there would've been no difference in his attitude, and the length of his first-class cricket career! So, we've randomly selected him!
We enticed him by suggesting that his gran had also been chosen to play in the future, surely one of the best ever cricketers never to have played!Bob Massie (b. 1947) - Australia
Type: Right arm fast medium bowler
Bob Massie, a fast-medium swing bowler, will always be remembered for one of the most startling debuts in Test history. At Lord's in 1972, the mutton-chopped Massie swung the ball devilishly and demolished England with eight wickets in each innings, and his figures of 16 for 137 were the best by a Test debutant until Narendra Hirwani spun West Indies to defeat 15 years later.
So, no surprises where he's been taken from. Indeed, he only played 5 more tests after his fascinating debut!
John Bracewell (b. 1958) - New Zealand
Type: Offspin Bowler
A resourceful offspinner with a high action, and a useful, hard-hitting batsman, John Bracewell's strike rate of a wicket every 82 balls was very respectable for a spinner in the 1980s, when the art was virtually dead.
He took three six-fors, all of them in New Zealand wins, the most famous of which was at Auckland in 1985-86. He was also coach of NZ from Sept 2003 to November 2008, when he quit as the team had dropped down the world rankings.
We've taken him from his time as a player in the 1980s, he may still by dazy because we could only get him whilst he was on the drip!
Good luck!
Tier D:
Wasim Raja (Pure AR) 63/85 72/85 LBG
Ravi Shastri (Bowling AR) 65/75 86/70 OS
Romesh Kaluwithrana (WK) 69/95
Dean Jones (Bat) 77/85
Boycott (Bat) 92/40
Bob Massie (Bowler) 40/80 80/87 FM
John Bracewell (Bowler) 40/80 88/75 OS2
The format for these averages is;
Ian Botham (Batting AR) 80/94 80/90 Fast
80 is Ian Botham's batting/bowling skill, and 94/90 is his aggression.
So there's the list. Now for the format of how to bid. Here's a few tips,
- You only get one bid, this means that when you submit your bid, make sure you're confident with what your bidding will win.
- If you win more than the 4 NAT's you're allowed, we will allow you to choose which ones you want, the ones you discard will go to the second highest bid.
- I ask that when you bid, that you use the following structure.
- Now, this will be done via PM. Send your bids to me. I would be grateful if you use the structure above, but as long as the information is in the PM then i'm not particularly bothered.
Good luck in bidding!
Bids open from now, and will close at the same time as all the other tiers. This gives you guys plenty of time.
I will open the rest of the bids in the following days.
Any questions, post in this thread!
