Cricket Draft - Tests

[The Man Himself]

ffs where is Varun?

 

[Interval]

Was Varun PM'd?

 

[The Man Himself]

No idea. I will PM him, just in case.

 

[Varun]

Am here. Had chosen flower but KM the cnut

Just got home. give me some time.

 

[KM]

 

[Interval]

 

[Varun]

VVS Laxman.

fecking hell, choosing between these 2 almost made my head explode.

 

[Varun]

Interval Level - Viv Richards, Allan Donald, Lillee
The Man himself - Kallis, Walsh, Kumble.
Akash / manikandan nair - Botham, Waqar, Greenidge
Aldo - Warne, McGrath, Ponting
NM - Imran Khan, Greg Chappell, Garner
MJJ - Akram, Akhtar, Saqlain
Donaldol - Hadlee, Dravid, Andy Roberts
ghaliboy - Tendulkar, Pollock, Border
Red Indian - Marshall, Lara, Steve Waugh
Varun_Utd - Gavaskar, Murali, Jeff Thomson, Laxman
KM- Ambrose, Kapil, Bob Willis, Flower
crappy - Holding, Gilchrist, Qadir, Miandad

 

[The Man Himself]

Post R-I's pick and PM ghaliboy please.

 

[Interval]

R-I picks

Colin Croft

 

[Varun]

R-I picks

Colin Croft

RI did everything but virtually name him.

 

[Interval]

RI did everything but virtually name him.

He wanted Thomson. But you robbed him.

 

[Moby]

Traitor!

 

[ghaliboy]

My next pick is my spinner, Harbhajan Singh.

 

[Moby]

 

[The Man Himself]

Interval Level - Viv Richards, Allan Donald, Lillee
The Man himself - Kallis, Walsh, Kumble.
Akash / manikandan nair - Botham, Waqar, Greenidge
Aldo - Warne, McGrath, Ponting
NM - Imran Khan, Greg Chappell, Garner
MJJ - Akram, Akhtar, Saqlain
Donaldol - Hadlee, Dravid, Andy Roberts
ghaliboy - Tendulkar, Pollock, Border, Harbhajan
Red Indian- Marshall, Lara, Steve Waugh, Colin Croft
Varun_Utd - Gavaskar, Murali, Jeff Thomson, Laxman
KM- Ambrose, Kapil, Bob Willis, Flower
crappy - Holding, Gilchrist, Qadir, Miandad

 

[Interval]

That gif

 

[ghaliboy]

knew you boys would like that one.

 

[The Man Himself]

knew you boys would like that one.

You PMed Donaldo?

 

[Donaldo]

Give me a bit, girls.

 

[Moby]

Did MJJ PM his picks to someone?

 

[ghaliboy]

You PMed Donaldo?

I did not.. But it seems that he's around anyway.. ..

 

[Donaldo]

Matthew Hayden.

Interval Level - Viv Richards, Allan Donald, Lillee
The Man himself - Kallis, Walsh, Kumble.
Akash / manikandan nair - Botham, Waqar, Greenidge
Aldo - Warne, McGrath, Ponting
NM - Imran Khan, Greg Chappell, Garner
MJJ - Akram, Akhtar, Saqlain
Donaldol - Hadlee, Dravid, Andy Roberts, Matthew Hayden
ghaliboy - Tendulkar, Pollock, Border, Harbhajan
Red Indian- Marshall, Lara, Steve Waugh, Colin Croft
Varun_Utd - Gavaskar, Murali, Jeff Thomson, Laxman
KM- Ambrose, Kapil, Bob Willis, Flower
crappy - Holding, Gilchrist, Qadir, Miandad

 

[ghaliboy]

Oooh good pick

 

[MJJ]

Bret Lee

 

[Donaldo]

Bret Lee

Getting all the opposition batsmen retired hurt is an underrated strategy.

 

[MJJ]

it did win one ashes so :d

 

[Donaldo]

it did win one ashes so :d

Did you PM NM?

 

[Red-Indian]

My next pick is my spinner, Harbhajan Singh.

You Aussies hold Bhajji in higher regard than most of us Indians do don't you? I remember an Aussie picked him earlier than i thought he'd be picked the last draft as well. Familiarity breeds contempt I guess.

 

[Red-Indian]

Did you PM NM?

Give him a break.It's seven in the morning for us here.

 

[Moby]

You Aussies hold Bhajji in higher regard than most of us Indians do don't you? I remember an Aussie picked him earlier than i thought he'd be picked the last draft as well. Familiarity breeds contempt I guess.

True. And Bhajji has done well against them, specially in that 2001 series. TBH while he declined a lot later on, at his peak he was pretty good and extremely tough to deal with on a turning track. And played the most valuable role in probably the most important Test series in recent history of Indian cricket.

 

[Donaldo]

Give him a break.It's seven in the morning for us here.

Ah, thought NM was in India.

 

[Moby]

That's a different NM who no one likes. Our NM is far better.

 

[Donaldo]

He worked well in tandem with Kumble, barring that series against the Aussies.

 

[Nighteyes]

He's probably a bit underrated in India all things considered. Most people I know, don't rate him at all. Not the biggest fan myself tbh

 

[Moby]

Has to do a lot with his antics.

 

[NM]

feck's sake. Qadir gone and Sangakarra ineligible.. WTF

 

[Interval]

feck's sake. Qadir gone and Sangakarra ineligible.. WTF

You know Nuwan Zoysa is the way to go

 

[NM]

Taking a bit of a risk with this one - but I need a spinner, and there aren't many quality ones left. Going with

Stuart Macgill

Interval Level - Viv Richards, Allan Donald, Lillee
The Man himself - Kallis, Walsh, Kumble.
Akash / manikandan nair - Botham, Waqar, Greenidge
Aldo - Warne, McGrath, Ponting
NM - Imran Khan, Greg Chappell, Joel Garner, Stuart MacGill
MJJ - Akram, Akhtar, Saqlain
Donaldol - Hadlee, Dravid, Andy Roberts, Matthew Hayden
ghaliboy - Tendulkar, Pollock, Border, Harbhajan
Red Indian- Marshall, Lara, Steve Waugh, Colin Croft
Varun_Utd - Gavaskar, Murali, Jeff Thomson, Laxman
KM- Ambrose, Kapil, Bob Willis, Flower
crappy - Holding, Gilchrist, Qadir, Miandad​

 

[Interval]

uuuh... risky stuff indeed.