Draft: The A Team

Aislabie

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With the Seniors First Test Draft coming to a close, it's time for a new and slightly different idea. This will be The A Team Draft. Your task will be to select a Test team consisting only of players whose surnames begin with an A. I'm well aware that players from certain nations have names that don't entirely correspond to a Western naming system, but as a general rule I'll be going with the principle that "Babar Azam" is fine, but "Azam Khan" is not. If there are any disputed picks, I'll decide on a case by case basis whether the player is A enough for the A Team Draft.

Participating
Draft Order
  1. @Aislabie - :eng: :bwl: Jimmy Anderson
  2. @ahmedleo414 - :pak: :ar: Wasim Akram
  3. @pillowprocter - :ind: :ar: Ravichandran Ashwin
  4. @Verified Enigma - :wi: :bwl: Curtly Ambrose
  5. @ddrap14 - :saf: :bat: Hashim Amla
  6. @RUDI - :pak: :bwl: Shoaib Akhtar
  7. @Neo 7 - :ind: :bat: Mohammad Azharuddin
  8. @Aravind. - :pak: :bat: Babar Azam
  9. @Aravind. - :pak: :bat: Saeed Anwar
  10. @Neo 7 - :eng: :bwl: Jofra Archer
  11. @RUDI - :pak: :bwl: Shaheen Afridi
  12. @ddrap14 - :eng: :wk: Leslie Ames
  13. @Verified Enigma - :pak: :wk: Sarfraz Ahmed
  14. @pillowprocter - :pak: :wk: Imtiaz Ahmed
  15. @ahmedleo414 - :wi: :wk: Gerry Alexander
  16. @Aislabie - :wi: :wkb: Jimmy Adams
  17. @ahmedleo414 - :pak: :bat: Zaheer Abbas
  18. @pillowprocter - :ban: :ar: Shakib Al Hasan
  19. @Verified Enigma - :aus: :ar: Warwick Armstrong
  20. @ddrap14 - :pak: :bwl: Mushtaq Ahmed
  21. @RUDI - :pak: :bat: Azhar Ali
  22. @Neo 7 - :pak: :bwl: Saeed Ajmal
  23. @Aravind. - :pak: :bwl: Mohammad Asif
  24. @Aislabie - :saf: :bwl: Neil Adcock
  25. @Aislabie - :aus: :bwl: Terry Alderman
  26. @Aravind. - :eng: :ar: Moeen Ali
  27. @Neo 7 - :saf: :bwl: Kyle Abbott
  28. @RUDI - :pak: :bat: Abid Ali
  29. @ddrap14 - :eng: :bat: Dennis Amiss
  30. @Verified Enigma - :ind: :bat: Mayank Agarwal
  31. @pillowprocter - :sri: :ar: Marvan Atapattu
  32. @ahmedleo414 - :eng: :bat: Michael Atherton
  33. @pillowprocter - :nzf: :ar: Nathan Astle
  34. @Verified Enigma - :ind: :ar: Mohinder Amarnath
  35. @ddrap14 - :wi: :bat: Keith Arthurton
  36. @RUDI - :eng: :ar: William Attewell
  37. @Neo 7 -:pak: :ar: Shahid Afridi
  38. @Aravind. - :pak: :bwl: Mohammad Abbas
  39. @Aislabie - :eng: :bwl: Bob Appleyard
  40. @ahmedleo414 - :pak: :bat: Ijaz Ahmed
  41. @ahmedleo414 - :pak: :bwl: Tauseef Ahmed
  42. @Aislabie - :pak: :bat: Fawad Alam
  43. @Aravind. - :pak: :bwl: Mohammad Amir
  44. @Neo 7 - :pak: :wk: Umar Akmal
  45. @RUDI - :ind: :bat: Madhav Apte
  46. @ddrap14 - :aus: :ar: Ron Archer
  47. @Verified Enigma - :pak: :ar: Intikhab Alam
  48. @pillowprocter - :ban: :bwl: Taskin Ahmed
  49. @Verified Enigma - :eng: :bat: Bobby Abel
  50. @ddrap14 - :saf: :bat: Hylton Ackerman
  51. @RUDI - :zim: :bat: Kevin Arnott
  52. @Neo 7 - :ind: :arwk: Lala Amarnath
  53. @Aravind. - :pak: :ar: Zulfiqar Ahmed
  54. @Aislabie - :ind: :bat: Pravin Amre
  55. @ahmedleo414 - :pak: :wk: Taslim Arif
  56. @pillowprocter - :pak: :bwl: Shabbir Ahmed
  57. @pillowprocter - :pak: :ar: Saeed Ahmed
  58. @ahmedleo414 - :pak: :bwl: Hasan Ali
  59. @Aislabie - :aus: :ar: Bill Alley
  60. @Aravind. - :ind: :bat: Mansur Ali Khan (Nawab of Pataudi)
  61. @Neo 7 - :eng: :bat: Chris Adams
  62. @RUDI - :eng: :ar: Gubby Allen
  63. @ddrap14 - :aus: :bwl: Jo Angel
  64. @Verified Enigma - :ind: :bat: Iftikhar Ali Khan (Nawab of Pataudi)
  65. @ddrap14 - :eng: :ar: Ewart Astill
  66. @RUDI - :pak: :wk: Ashraf Ali
  67. @Neo 7 - :wi: :ar: Denis Atkinson
  68. @Aravind. - :pak: :wk: Kamran Akmal
  69. @Aislabie - :afg: :bat: Asghar Afghan
  70. @ahmedleo414 - :eng: :bwl: Geoff Arnold
  71. @pillowprocter - :saf: :bwl: Gobo Ashley
  72. @Verified Enigma - :eng: :ar: Ted Arnold
  73. @Verified Enigma - :ind: :bwl: Mohammad Shami (Ahmed)
  74. @pillowprocter - :sri: :bat: Russel Arnold
  75. @ahmedleo414 - :pak: :ar: Faheem Ashraf
  76. @Aislabie - :ind: :bat: Mushtaq Ali
  77. @Aravind. - :ind: :bat: Surinder Amarnath
  78. @Neo 7 - :pak: :ar: Yasir Arafat
  79. @RUDI - :eng: :ar: David Allen
  80. @ddrap14 - :aus: :ar: Sean Abbott
  81. @RUDI - :afg: :bwl: Qais Ahmad
  82. @Neo 7 - :ban: :bat: Yasir Ali
  83. @Aravind. - :pak: :ar: Hammad Azam
  84. @Aislabie - :pak: :bat: Sami Aslam
  85. @ahmedleo414
  86. @pillowprocter
  87. @Verified Enigma
  88. @ddrap14
 
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Aislabie

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Easiest first pick ever this one:

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As of lunch on Day Three: 685 wickets @ 25.90 (32 5WI, best 7/42) in 179 matches

I am proud to call him my number eleven.

11. :eng: :bwl: Jimmy Anderson

@ahmedleo414 has the next pick
 

ddrap14

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Hashim Amla feels like the obvious first batsman to take. @RUDI is next
 

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