Ascending batting average draft (tests)

[AndrewB]

Barry Richards to complete the XI:

Barry Richards
Arthur Morris
Frank Worrell
Javed Miandad
Martin Donnelly
Tony Greig
Ian Healy
Maurice Tate
Ray Lindwall
Bill O'Reilly
Jasprit Bumrah

 

[Pothas]

What is going to be the next one of these? I am now a draft snob who can't be bothered with the other formats.

 

[trundler]

Test debut chronology

 

[Red]

• Trundler - Bert Ironmonger (2.62), Fred Trueman (13.82), Wes Hall (15.73), Peter Pollock (21.67), Jonny Waite (30.4), Charlie Macartney (41.78), Colin Cowdrey (44.07), Glenn Turner (44.64), Gary Kirsten (45.27), Jacques Kallis (55.37)
• Fuller Pilch - Curtly Ambrose (12.4), Alec Bedser (12.75), Hugh Tayfield (16.90), Vernon Philander (24.04), Chris Cairns (33.53), Gordon Greenidge (44.72), Mark Richardson (44.77), AB De Villiers (50.66), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (51.37), Kumar Sangakkara (57.4)

Completed

• Line and Length - Glenn McGrath (7.37), Frank Tyson (10.95), Nathan Lyon (12.27), Alan Davidson (24.59), Alec Stewart (39.54), Bill Edrich (40.00), Basil D'Oliveira (40.06), Gundappa Viswanath (41.93), Saurav Ganguly (42.17), Chris Gayle (42.18), Don Bradman (99.94)
• KingKallis - Brett Schultz (1.5), James Anderson (9.67), Kagiso Rabada (11.43), Richie Benaud (24.4), Rod Marsh (26.5), Ben Stokes (38.58), Ian Chappell (42.42), Hanif Mohammad (44.00), Graham Thorpe (44.66), Justin Langer (45.27), Gary Sobers (57.78)
• Pothas - Dale Steyn (13.59), Fazal Mahmood (14.09), Rangana Herath (14.52), Shaun Pollock (32.31), Mushtaq Mohammad (39.17), Matt Prior (40.18), David Gower (44.25), Graeme Smith (48.25), David Warner (48.94), Inzamam-ul-Haq (49.60), Steve Smith (62.8)
• Mr_mister - Neil Adc.ock (5.41), Lance Gibbs (6.97), Michael Holding (13.79), Don Tallon (17.13), Ian Botham (33.54), Jack Gregory (36.96), Graham Gooch (42.58), Martin Crowe (45.36), Neil Harvey (48.41), Matthew Hayden (50.74), Wally Hammond (58.46)
• StephenZA - Muttiah Muralitharan (11.68), Zaheer Khan (11.95), Patrick Cummins (17.02), Fanie de Villiers (18.89), Wilfred Rhodes (30.19), Peter Kirsten (31.3), Quinton de Kock (39.12), Zaheer Abbas (44.79), Bruce Mitchell (48.88), Kane Williamson (50.99), Jack Hobbs (56.94)
• srbhkshkk - Joel Garner (12.44), Neil Wagner (12.5), Andy Roberts (14.94), Anil Kumble (17.77), Andrew Flintoff (31.77), Jeff Dujon (31.94) , Mark Waugh (41.81), Gautam Gambhir (41.95), Sunil Gavaskar (51.12), Michael Hussey (51.52), Graeme Pollock (60.97)
• Ankitj - Courtney Walsh (7.54), Stuart MacGill (9.69), Jack Cowie (10), Richard Hadlee (27.16), Imtiaz Ahmed (29.28), Shakib Al Hasan (39.40), Conrad Hunte (45.06), Bill Ponsford (48.22), Doug Walters (48.26), Ricky Ponting (51.85), George Headley (60.83)
• Honestbharani - Malcolm Marshall (18.85), Hedley Verity (20.90), Mitch Starc (22.27), Ravi Ashwin (28.10), Trevor Goddard (34.46), Shane Watson (35.19), Asif Iqbal (38.8), Adam Gilchrist (47.60), Dennis Compton (50.06), Younis Khan (52.05), Everton Weekes (58.61)
• Ataraxia - Allan Donald (10.68), Derek Underwood (11.56), Shane Bond (12.92), Mike Procter (25.11), Syed Kirmani (27.04), Dave Nourse (29.78), Bob Simpson (46.81), Bill Lawry (47.15), Stan McCabe (48.21), Andy Flower (51.54), Clyde Walcott (56.68)
• Marcuss - Mohammad Asif (5.64), Wayne Daniel (6.57), Jim Laker (14.08), Imran Khan (37.69), Michael Atherton (37.69), Les Ames (40.56), Michael Vaughan (41.44), Richie Richardson (44.39), Allan Border (50.56), Rahul Dravid (52.31), Len Hutton
• Teuton - Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (4.07), Shoaib Akhtar (10.07), Bob Willis (11.51), Wasim Akram (22.64), Alan Knott (32.75), Frank Woolley (36.07), Alastair Cook (45.35), Rohan Kanhai (47.53), Ted Dexter (47.89), Brian Lara (52.88), Herb Sutcliffe (60.73)
• AndrewB - Jasprit Bumrah (2.9), Bill O'Reilly (12.81), Ray Lindwall (21.15), Maurice Tate (25.48), Ian Healy (27.39),Tony Greig (40.43), Arthur Morris (46.48), Frank Worrell (49.48), Javed Miandad (52.57), Martin Donnelly (52.90), Barry Richards
• Coronis - Bill Bowes (4.66), Mohammad Abbas (7.23), Clarrie Grimmett (13.92), Wally Grout (15.08), Keith Miller (36.97), Tamim Iqbal (38.64), Marvan Atapattu (39.02), VVS Laxman (45.97), Steve Waugh (51.06), Virat Kohli (53.62), Ken Barrington (58.67)
• Weldone/JOJOXI - Waqar Younis (10.2), Shane Warne (17.33), Tim Southee (17.38), Kapil Dev (31.05), Brendon McCullum (38.64), Aravinda de Silva (42.98), Geoff Boycott (47.73), Virender Sehwag (49.34), Mahela Jayawardene (49.85), Sachin Tendulkar (53.79), Dudley Nourse (53.81)
• Red Hill - Bruce Reid (4.65), Dennis Lillee (13.71), Harold Larwood (19.4), Godfrey Evans (20.49), Graeme Swann (22.09), Desmond Haynes (42.29), Mark Taylor (43.49), Viv Richards (50.23), Greg Chappell (53.86), Enst Tyldesley (55.00), Eddie Paynter (59.23)

 

[honestbharani]

Honest Hunks


Trevor Goddard
Shane Watson
Denis Compton
Younis Khan (c)
Everton Weekes
Asif Iqbal
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Ravi Ashwin
Hedley Verity
Mitch Starc
Malcolm Marshall


Awesome bowling side with 7-8 proper bowling options, batting all the way down to 11, ATGs in Marshall, Weekes, Gilly and great players in Younis, Verity, Ashwin and very good players, all the rest of them. Pretty happy given I was pushed to last in R1 in a draft where the early pick would be so important.

 

[ankitj]

@Coronis up next

 

[ankitj]

Test debut chronology

I want to stay away from drafts for a while but you won't let me

 

[Coronis]

Ken Barrington (58.67)

Marvan Atapattu
Tamim Iqbal
Ken Barrington
Virat Kohli
Steve Waugh*
VVS Laxman
Keith Miller
Wally Grout+
Clarrie Grimmett
Mohammad Abbas
Bill Bowes

Turned out not bad at all. Bowling a little lacking tho.

 

[ankitj]

@JOJOXI up next

 

[JOJOXI]

Dudley Nourse (53.81)

1. Geoffrey Boycott
2. Virender Sehwag
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Mahela Jayawardene
5. Dudley Nourse
6. Aravinda de Silva
7. Brendon McCullum +
8. Kapil Dev
9. Tim Southee
10. Shane Warne
11. Waqar Younis

 

[Red]

Ernest Tyldesley (55.00)

&

Eddie Paynter (59.23)

 

[Red]

Red Hill CC

Desmond Haynes
Mark Taylor *
Viv Richards
Greg Chappell
Ernest Tyldesley
Eddie Paynter
Godfrey Evans +
Harold Larwood
Graeme Swann
Dennis Lillee
Bruce Reid

Not too bad tbh.

 

[Red]

List above is current, Trundler and Fuller Pilch with one pick each left.

 

[ankitj]

Dudley Nourse (53.81)

1. Geoffrey Boycott
2. Virender Sehwag
3. Sachin Tendulkar
4. Mahela Jayawardene
5. Dudley Nourse
6. Aravinda de Silva
7. Brendon McCullum +
8. Kapil Dev
9. Tim Southee
10. Shane Warne
11. Waqar Younis

You have lowest highest average which is opposite of Honestbharani who has highest lowest average in this draft. Although if I knew picking Tendulkar as 10th player still allows you to pick Nourse...

 

[JOJOXI]

You have lowest highest average which is opposite of Honestbharani who has highest lowest average in this draft. Although if I knew picking Tendulkar as 10th player still allows you to pick Nourse...

Not by design, list of players for final pick on Weldone's behalf was wearing very thin - as one by one cancelling various options for last pick but still had Nourse which is a relief as at one point wondered if there would be even any options left lol

 

[trundler]

Glenn Turner
Gary Kirsten
KS Duleepsinhji
Jacques Kallis
Colin Cowdrey
Charlie McCartney
Johnny Waite
Peter Pollock
Wes Hell
Fred Trueman
Ironmonger

Only the 2 real ATGs. 2 stupid big jumps.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Will finish with Labuschagne to give a 6th bowling option and 2nd spinner.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

G. Greenidge
M. Richardson
M. Labuschagne 6
K. Sangakkara*
S. Chanderpaul
A.B. De Villiers+
C. Cairns 4
V. Philander 1
H. Tayfield 5
A. Bedser 2
C. Ambrose 3

Nicely balanced side - scarily good bowling attack along with some quality batsmen.

 

[trundler]

Ambrose and Bedser would be quite a handful on a seaming English deck.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Ambrose and Bedser would be quite a handful on a seaming English deck.

I think Philander and Cairns would be too.