Test Cricket Decades Draft - LIVE

Mani said:
1.S.Gavaskar
2.M.Hayden
3.R.Kanhai
4.Alan Kippax
5.Sir Frank Worrell-C
6.E.Paytner
7.J.Bairstow-Wk
8.W.Akram
9.A.Roberts
10.Sir Alec Bedser
11.S.Musthaq

Lads your thoughts on the team drafted above?
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Class team as always, Mani! Paynter and Bedser from the older decades were great picks.

Here's mine:

01. Sir Alastair Cook
02. Virender Sehwag
03. Sir Vivian Richards (c)
04. Stan McCabe
05. Greg Chappell
06. Baron Learie Constantine
07. Godfrey Evans (wk)
08. Richie Benaud
09. Arthur Gilligan
10. Sir Wes Hall
11. Sir Curtly Ambrose

That 3-4-5. :drool:
 
Moby said:
Class team as always, Mani! Paynter and Bedser from the older decades were great picks.

Here's mine:

01. Sir Alastair Cook
02. Virender Sehwag
03. Sir Vivian Richards (c)
04. Stan McCabe
05. Greg Chappell
06. Baron Learie Constantine
07. Godfrey Evans (wk)
08. Richie Benaud
09. Arthur Gilligan
10. Sir Wes Hall
11. Sir Curtly Ambrose

That 3-4-5. :drool:
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Thanks Moby.
I was hoping to get Stan McCabe,If you would’ve not then I would have picked him.
Great all round drafting.
 
Mani said:
1.S.Gavaskar
2.M.Hayden
3.R.Kanhai
4.Alan Kippax
5.Sir Frank Worrell-C
6.E.Paytner
7.J.Bairstow-Wk
8.W.Akram
9.A.Roberts
10.Sir Alec Bedser
11.S.Musthaq

Lads your thoughts on the team drafted above?
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Pretty good team on the whole. I'd switch Worrell and Kippax personally.
 
Himannv said:
Pretty good team on the whole. I'd switch Worrell and Kippax personally.
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Thanks Mate.

Sir Frank Worrell, he's comfortable playing in two or three positions one being specialist one down position where I got R.Kanhai and other position where he played most coming down at 5 and as for Kippax is considered, his best is at 4.And more over in test every player need to be at his best to get his team respectable position so I don't see Worrell at 4 or 5 would make much difference plus Worrell will have good support from Paynter going down the order.
 
Mani said:
Thanks Mate.

Sir Frank Worrell, he's comfortable playing in two or three positions one being specialist one down position where I got R.Kanhai and other position where he played most coming down at 5 and as for Kippax is considered, his best is at 4.And more over in test every player need to be at his best to get his team respectable position so I don't see Worrell at 4 or 5 would make much difference plus Worrell will have good support from Paynter going down the order.
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Yeah. 4-6 Don't matter much in tests. Quite interchangeable. Inzi (who crazily enough isn't in the draft) was successful at 4-5 and 6). Hussey would've been okay across all 4. I'm sure a batsman like Worrell is equally at ease.
 
1) D. Haynes
2) C. Washbrook
3) B. Lara
4) R. Ponting
5) M. Clarke
6) D. Atkinson
7) J. Dujon
8) T. McDonald
9) L. Gibbs
10) B.Willis
11) H. Larwood
 
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@Mani @Indnyc @Edgar Allan Pillow @Interval please submit your write ups for tomorrow's games.
 
For everyone, as mentioned earlier, every match-up will be played as a 3 match series to decide the winner as per the following surfaces:

1. Flat batting pitch with little help for any bowlers.
2. A greentop that aids pace bowling.
3. A slow dustbowl that aids spin bowling.

Please send the write ups accordingly if you wish to separately discuss the tactics for the three different surfaces.
 
I'm surprised that no one went for Mike Proctor. I mean, there are so many teams that could use him and didn't make a pick from his era until the latter part of the draft. Strange that he isn't rated higher.
 
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