All-Time Test Cricket Draft

Eels Guru · Apr 29, 2018

Scotty_WCE said:
My second-last pick is the person Bradman called the greatest bowler he ever faced or watched - and I'm not one to argue with the Don! Sadly, much of his Test career coincided with the Second World War, but he still managed to play 27 Tests and took 144 wickets at an average of just 22.59. Bill O'Reilly will be my spinner.

1. Sir Len Hutton
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Sir Vivian Richards
4. Rahul Dravid
5. Allan Border
6. Sir Garry Sobers
7.
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Wasim Akram
10. Malcolm Marshall
11. Bill O'Reilly

@Keatoboy - time to pick your final two players!

Ahhhhh you grabbed my spinner

Scotty_WCE · Apr 29, 2018

Eels Guru said:
Ahhhhh you grabbed my spinner

Sorry!

Only a few more picks and then you'll be free to pick your team. I'm really looking forward to seeing who you choose!

Eels Guru · Apr 29, 2018

Scotty_WCE said:
Sorry!

Only a few more picks and then you'll be free to pick your team. I'm really looking forward to seeing who you choose!

All good mate was just having a laugh.

Keatoboy · Apr 29, 2018

Wowee, really hard to decide on my final 2 players here.

Closing out my bowling line up, will be Allan Donald. White lightning!

4 bowlers plus 2 all rounders who can roll the arm over alright, my final pick needs to be a batsman. Welcome, Virat Kohli! As much as I dislike the bloke, he’s got talent.

1. Brian Lara
2. AB de Villiers (wk)
3. Sir Donald Bradman (C)
4. Virat Kohli
5. Sir Ian Botham
6. Adam Voges
7. Tony Greig
8. Allan Donald
9. Dale Steyn
10. Sydney Barnes
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

That’s my final line up! Back to you for your final pick @Scotty_WCE

Scotty_WCE · Apr 29, 2018

Eels Guru said:
All good mate was just having a laugh.

I know mate

Thanks @Keatoboy - nice team! (And thanks also for not picking who I'm going to take with my final pick )

My final pick has to be a keeper, and it's someone who was more renowned for his efforts with the bat, but he was also a more than competent keeper. In fact, he played 55 of his 63 Tests with the gloves, and still managed to average over 51 with the bat. In games where he was keeper, his batting average rose to almost 54. Add to this the fact he played in a fairly weak team - he won only one-ninth of his Tests - and was also captain for 20 games and you can see he was a brilliant player with many strings to his bow. The first (and I dare say only) Zimbabwean taken in this draft, Andy Flower is my final pick and rounds out my team.

1. Sir Len Hutton
2. Sunil Gavaskar
3. Sir Vivian Richards
4. Rahul Dravid
5. Allan Border (c)
6. Sir Garry Sobers
7. Andy Flower (wk)
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Wasim Akram
10. Malcolm Marshall
11. Bill O'Reilly

@Wookiedragon, who's your last choice?

Wookiedragon · Apr 29, 2018

My final
Pick is also my captain Mark Tubby Taylor.

1. M Taylor (c)
2. W Hammond
3. G Chappell
4. S Smith
5. J Miandad
6. I Khan
7. K Sangakkarra (wk)
8. C Grimmett
9. C Ambrose
10. F Spofforth
11. C Walsh
12. wookiedragon

@Matty76 over to you mate.

Matty76 · Apr 29, 2018

Nice touch naming yourself Twelfthie

My final pick (literally!) is "Deadly" Derek Underwood. 297 Test wickets @ 25.83, with an economy rate of 2.10 per over. If it's a sticky dog we play on, my boy will have a field day! I have also nominated Neil Harvey - a man unlucky not to have led his country permanently - as my captain.

Post #13 updated. Over to you @BLOWN8

BLOWN8 · Apr 30, 2018

My last pick was probably my hardest. I was tossing up between a few but narrowed it down to two fast bowlers, sorry Brett Lee but Jimmy Anderson got the nod. So that’s my team done. Last pick for you @mounteverest

1. Matthew Hayden
2. Graeme Smith
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Steve Waugh (C)
5. Mike Hussey
6. Kapil Dev
7. Mark Boucher WK
8. Shane Warne
9. Jimmy Anderson
10. Dennis Lillee
11. Waqar Younis

mounteverest · Apr 30, 2018

Who i

Keatoboy said:
Wowee, really hard to decide on my final 2 players here.

Closing out my bowling line up, will be Allan Donald. White lightning!

4 bowlers plus 2 all rounders who can roll the arm over alright, my final pick needs to be a batsman. Welcome, Virat Kohli! As much as I dislike the bloke, he’s got talent.

1. Brian Lara
2. AB de Villiers (wk)
3. Sir Donald Bradman (C)
4. Virat Kohli
5. Sir Ian Botham
6. Adam Voges
7. Tony Greig
8. Allan Donald
9. Dale Steyn
10. Sydney Barnes
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

That’s my final line up! Back to you for your final pick @Scotty_WCE

You is your keeper in there?

Eels Guru · Apr 30, 2018

Keatoboy · Apr 30, 2018

@mounteverest yes mate I picked AB de Villiers to keep wicket.

mounteverest · Apr 30, 2018

Ok my final pick at #5 is Barry Richards who along with a few other S.A we never got to see a lot of them in test cricket due to apartheid but from what I have read and seen we missed out on a great player along with a few teammates of his
Ponting is my captain and this has been great fun
Post 93 has been updated with whole team

May-Z · Apr 30, 2018

Scotty_WCE said:
Sorry!

Only a few more picks and then you'll be free to pick your team. I'm really looking forward to seeing who you choose!

I’ve also been following this thread closely and had thought of doing a leftover team too

I had already made my first XI - I should see who has picked the most of my team

Scotty_WCE · Apr 30, 2018

May-Z said:
I’ve also been following this thread closely and had thought of doing a leftover team too

I had already made my first XI - I should see who has picked the most of my team

Go for it! I think @Eels Guru has got a team of leftovers lined up but you're more than welcome to join in with a team after he's picked his

And I'd be interested to know who was in your first XI too!

Wookiedragon · Apr 30, 2018

When we finish with the test team, I would like to have a crack at an ODI all time team and then finish off with a T20 one. It's been fun.....

Scotty_WCE · Apr 30, 2018

Wookiedragon said:
When we finish with the test team, I would like to have a crack at an ODI all time team and then finish off with a T20 one. It's been fun.....

Yep, I'm definitely keen for that

Scotty_WCE · May 1, 2018

So while @Eels Guru makes his final tweaks and @May-Z picks a team as well (if he's keen) let's work out the next step.

I can see three options to compare our teams:

1. @BLOWN8's idea where everyone involved ranks the teams from strongest to least strong (not weakest because none of these teams are weak!). Everyone's rankings combined to get overall rankings.

2. Similar system but outsourced to other people (e.g. a cricket forum). We could still put our own votes in in this system as well.

3. A computer simulation based on the players' career stats. Teams "play" against each other in virtual matches and we have a mini tournament.

Thoughts/any other ideas? Personally, I reckon why not do all three? Doesn't have to be a single winner, the computer simulation would be a bit of fun and would be a good exercise for us all to sit down and rank each other's teams as well.

Eels Guru · May 1, 2018

First two selections in the leftovers XI
The fastest bowler in history Jeff Thomson and one of Bradman’s Invincibles plus one of our greatest allrounders Keith Miller

Eels Guru · May 1, 2018

Scotty_WCE said:
So while @Eels Guru makes his final tweaks and @May-Z picks a team as well (if he's keen) let's work out the next step.

I can see three options to compare our teams:

1. @BLOWN8's idea where everyone involved ranks the teams from strongest to least strong (not weakest because none of these teams are weak!). Everyone's rankings combined to get overall rankings.

2. Similar system but outsourced to other people (e.g. a cricket forum). We could still put our own votes in in this system as well.

3. A computer simulation based on the players' career stats. Teams "play" against each other in virtual matches and we have a mini tournament.

Thoughts/any other ideas? Personally, I reckon why not do all three? Doesn't have to be a single winner, the computer simulation would be a bit of fun and would be a good exercise for us all to sit down and rank each other's teams as well.

Computer simulation would be fun

Eels Guru · May 1, 2018

I’ve gone for a run scorer as my keeper Brendan McCullum

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