Test Cricket Draft 1970-2024

[Purple7x08_24]

• No more than 2 players for any given country
• Debut AFTER 1970
• Must select one player from each decade with at least 10 matches played (Exception if debut is in the 2020s)
• Must pick a team to suit the ground
• Players must not have played in the same team
• Must choose at least one player from all of the following countries
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • England
  • Pakistan
  • India
  • Sri Lanka
  • West Indies
  • South Africa
  • Zimbabwe
  • Bangladesh

From 7 am to 11pm you have 8 hours to select a player. If you miss you can make up later.
If you know you're going to be busy please send a pick to someone who's behind you, or myself and I won't read it unless I have to.
If you do come online, please submit your pick before leaving so we can keep the game rolling.

 

[The_Reaper]

David Houghton

**** that was mine

 

[eth-dog]

**** that was mine

There are like two more really good bats left from there.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

It's getting harder. I wanted a batter but I can only have one double up country and I've already picked them.

 

[The_Reaper]

It's getting harder. I wanted a batter but I can only have one double up country and I've already picked them.

Surely each team must have two double up countries

 

[Piggy Smalls]

Porky's XI - WACA Ground

1 Alastair Cook ENG 2000
2 - Murray Goodwin ZIM 1990
3
4 - Virat Kohli IND 2010
5
6
7 -
8
9
10 - Dennis Lillee AUS 1970
11 - Curtley Ambrose WI 1990

 

[eth-dog]

Surely each team must have two double up countries

Yeah I thought we were taking a 12th

 

[The_Reaper]

I do like the idea that the 12th man has to be one of the double up players

 

[eth-dog]

I do like the idea that the 12th man has to be one of the double up players

Wouldn't you just take a random gun fielder?

 

[The_Reaper]

Wouldn't you just take a random gun fielder?

Adds another aspect to the draft

 

[Art Vandelay_]

I do like the idea that the 12th man has to be one of the double up players

Would need to have been in the rules pre-game as it drastically alters the strategy. Everyone would have done what akkaps did and got Zim and Ban done straight away. There's not enough quality for both nations to be forced to play both.

I certainly won't be fielding what's left of the dregs of Bangladesh in my XI.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Surely each team must have two double up countries

yeah, but for the 12th man. Not sure whether people are just going to put their Zimbabwe or Bangladesh players as 12th man

 

[Purple7x08_24]

Wouldn't you just take a random gun fielder?

I was going to give the 12th man to Hughesy but I can't now that I have Steve Smith

 

[The_Reaper]

Also does anyone know if world xi players count as having played together?

 

[Lingsface]

Hashan Tilikaratna Sri Lanka 90’s

 

[The_Reaper]

james brayshaw don’t pick my player

 

[akkaps]

Alastair Cook - ENG - 2000s
Lingsface

No joke, but I delayed my pick to ask a mate if I should go Bond or Cook with my pick

 

[james brayshaw]

Sanath Jayasuriya - Sri Lanka - 2000s

Order	Calypso Kings	Country	Decade
1​	Sunil Gavaskar	India	70s
2​	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	00s
3​
4​
5​
6​
7​	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe	90s
8​
9​
10​	Kagiso Rabada	South Africa	20s
11​	Courtney Walsh	West Indies	80s
12​

 

[james brayshaw]

james brayshaw don’t pick my player

Please be Jayasuriya

 

[The King!]

Bangladesh player is carrying my drinks

 

[The_Reaper]

Please be Jayasuriya

Rahul Dravid India 00s
whatwhatsaywhat

#   Player            NAT  BAT BWL DEC  TST  Runs  Ave   100 50  Wkts  Ave   10m  5i   Ct/St
03. R Dravid          IND  RHB OS  00s  164 13288  52.31  36 63    1   39.00   0   0  210/0
07. Mushfiquur Rahim+ BAN  RHB --- 10s   88  5676  38.09  10 27    -   --.--   -   -  110/15
08. WPUJC Vaas        SL   LHB LFM 90s  111  3089  24.32   1 13  355   29.58   2  12   31/0
10. Waqar Younis      PAK  RHB RF  80s   87  1010  10.20   0  0  373   23.56   5  22   18/0
11. AA Donald         SA   RHB RF  90s   72   652  10.68   0  0  330   22.25   3  20   18/0

 

[eth-dog]

Rahul Dravid India 00s
whatwhatsaywhat

Last seen 8:12. Bugger.

 

[Art Vandelay_]

eth dog right now.

 

[eth-dog]

eth dog right now.

I settled on who I wanted here like a day and a half ago, not thinking he'd get through

 

[whatwhatsaywhat]

Javed Miandad - Pakistani - right-handed middle order batsman - 1976 debut

yr up eth-dog

 

[eth-dog]

Andy Roberts RedmanWasHere

Order	The Thousand Sunnies
1
2
3	Kumar Sangakkara
4	Jacques Kallis
5
6	Sean Williams
7	Liton Das (+)
8
9
10
11	Andy Roberts
12th man