Ten teams from Test draft (debut after 1970, maximum 700 Test caps) - Choose your TOP THREE!

[Abdullah719]

These are the 10 teams picked by the posters in our draft. Please choose your top 3 and list them in order.

Forward Defensive Push	freelance_cricketer	Thunderbolt14	therealAB	andy0204
Saeed Anwar	Prithvi Shaw (wk)	Mayank Agarwal	David Steele	Michael Slater
Sanath Jayasuriya	Marnus Labuschagne	Rohit Sharma	Peter Kirsten	Chris Rogers
Babar Azam	Ricky Ponting ©	Vinod Kambli	Jacques Kallis	Dean Jones
Mike Hussey	Sachin Tendulkar	Younis Khan ©	Steve Smith	Martin Crowe ©
Ben Stokes	Brian Lara	Mohammad Yousuf	Greg Chappell ©	Daryll Cullinan
Shane Watson	Adam Voges	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Kumar Sangakkara (wk)	Tony Greig
Kusal Perera (wk)	Jofra Archer	Adam Gilchrist (wk)	Chris Cairns	Wriddhiman Saha (wk)
Mitchell Johnson	Sunil Narine	Ravindra Jadeja	Fanie de Villiers	Malcolm Marshall
Shane Warne ©	Shoaib Akhtar	Mohammad Asif	Joel Garner	Graeme Swann
Kagiso Rabada	Curtly Ambrose	Shane Bond	Bruce Reid	Michael Holding
Len Pascoe	Kuldeep Yadav	Glenn McGrath	Colin Croft	Dale Steyn

maddgenius	Ab Fan	Moh@n	jeeteshssaxena	anikrc1
Aamer Sohail	Barry Richards	Matthew Hayden	Sunil Gavaskar	Graeme Smith
Kepler Wessels	Gordon Greenidge	David Warner	Lee Irvine	Virender Sehwag
Kane Williamson	Cheteshwar Pujara	Mark Richardson	Brad Hodge	Richie Richardson
Virat Kohli	Viv Richards ©	Michael Clarke ©	Damien Martyn	Lawrence Rowe
Javed Miandad	AB de Villiers (wk)	Andy Flower (wk)	Kevin Pietersen	Allan Border ©
Imran Khan ©	Rassie van der Dussen	Fawad Alam	Quinton de Kock (wk)	Shahid Afridi
Taslim Arif (wk)	Andrew Flintoff	Shakib Al Hasan	Jason Holder ©	Ben Foakes (wk)
Vernon Philander	Ravichandran Ashwin	Richard Hadlee	Wasim Akram	Saqlain Mushtaq
Dennis Lillee	James Pattinson	Mitchell Starc	Ian Bishop	Pat Cummins
Jeff Thomson	Ryan Harris	Rashid Khan	Stuart Clarke	Andy Roberts
Stuart MacGill	Allan Donald	Waqar Younis	Muttiah Muralitharan	Jasprit Bumrah

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Freelance
Mohan
Jeetesh

 

[ahmadharis1]

My opinions...

Forward defensive push- nice, well balanced team. Stole my opening duo from the last draft (great minds think alike ). Bowling is also strong with plenty of useful all rounders and part timers.

Freelance_cricketer- Ponting/Tendulkar/Lara is a dream middle order. Narine is a strange pick for a test draft so bowling seems a tad weaker. The lack of a proper wicket-keeper is a huge weakness although I like Prithvi.

Thunderbolt- great batting unit that stretches to #8 and gilchrist/Mcgrath in a test team is always a positive. Bowling options are nice but seems to be short of one more bowler.

therealab- Gonna be honest I've never heard of David Steele or Peter Kirsten and their stats don't look that great (please let me know if i'm missing something about them). The middle order is great and bowling is alright

andy0204- great bowling lineup and batting looks solid too. fairly well balanced

maddgenius- nice middle order especially with Kohli/Williamson. Plenty of effective bowling options with good variety. Looking into Taslim Arif just now and the guy has a double hundred, nice pick.

Abfan- love that batting lineup, solid openers and a good variety of hitters and strokeplayers. Sir Viv is a nice touch.

Moh@n- powerful batting lineup and just as good a bowling attack. Well balanced team

jeetesh- nice bowling lineup, Akram/Murali is a dream attack. Solid batting too

anikrc1- well balanced team all around with strong bowling options. Smith/Sehwag is a killer opening duo

 

[anikrc1]

[MENTION=7774]Robert[/MENTION], [MENTION=132062]Harsh Thakor[/MENTION], [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION], [MENTION=79064]MMHS[/MENTION] Your views please.

 

[anikrc1]

For me Ab fan's team is the best. But 2d and 3d will be hard to choose.

 

[shamaan]

Foward defence jayasirya,anwar,stokes,warne
Freeland ponting tendulkar lara
Ab fan Richard's ad de Villiers Donald

 

[therealAB]

My opinions...

Forward defensive push- nice, well balanced team. Stole my opening duo from the last draft (great minds think alike ). Bowling is also strong with plenty of useful all rounders and part timers.

Freelance_cricketer- Ponting/Tendulkar/Lara is a dream middle order. Narine is a strange pick for a test draft so bowling seems a tad weaker. The lack of a proper wicket-keeper is a huge weakness although I like Prithvi.

Thunderbolt- great batting unit that stretches to #8 and gilchrist/Mcgrath in a test team is always a positive. Bowling options are nice but seems to be short of one more bowler.

therealab- Gonna be honest I've never heard of David Steele or Peter Kirsten and their stats don't look that great (please let me know if i'm missing something about them). The middle order is great and bowling is alright

andy0204- great bowling lineup and batting looks solid too. fairly well balanced

maddgenius- nice middle order especially with Kohli/Williamson. Plenty of effective bowling options with good variety. Looking into Taslim Arif just now and the guy has a double hundred, nice pick.

Abfan- love that batting lineup, solid openers and a good variety of hitters and strokeplayers. Sir Viv is a nice touch.

Moh@n- powerful batting lineup and just as good a bowling attack. Well balanced team

jeetesh- nice bowling lineup, Akram/Murali is a dream attack. Solid batting too

anikrc1- well balanced team all around with strong bowling options. Smith/Sehwag is a killer opening duo

Never heard of Peter Kirsten or David Steele. AHHH. Peter Kirsten is a legendary SA cricketer who made his debut at the age of 37 due to Apartheid. Considered be everyone to be better than his brother Gary Kirsten

David Steele played 8 tests against WI/Aus with Lillee/Thomson/Roberts/Holding and was England's best bat. Absolute icon


How have you never heard of these guys

 

[therealAB]

Foward defence jayasirya,anwar,stokes,warne
Freeland ponting tendulkar lara
Ab fan Richard's ad de Villiers Donald

Sanga, Smith, Chappell and Kallis?

 

[ahmadharis1]

Never heard of Peter Kirsten or David Steele. AHHH. Peter Kirsten is a legendary SA cricketer who made his debut at the age of 37 due to Apartheid. Considered be everyone to be better than his brother Gary Kirsten

David Steele played 8 tests against WI/Aus with Lillee/Thomson/Roberts/Holding and was England's best bat. Absolute icon


How have you never heard of these guys

Haha sorry I was born a bit after apartheid and only really got into cricket during the 2015 world cup lol... clearly still have a lot to learn!

 

[Ab Fan]

My opinions...

Forward defensive push- nice, well balanced team. Stole my opening duo from the last draft (great minds think alike ). Bowling is also strong with plenty of useful all rounders and part timers.

Freelance_cricketer- Ponting/Tendulkar/Lara is a dream middle order. Narine is a strange pick for a test draft so bowling seems a tad weaker. The lack of a proper wicket-keeper is a huge weakness although I like Prithvi.

Thunderbolt- great batting unit that stretches to #8 and gilchrist/Mcgrath in a test team is always a positive. Bowling options are nice but seems to be short of one more bowler.

therealab- Gonna be honest I've never heard of David Steele or Peter Kirsten and their stats don't look that great (please let me know if i'm missing something about them). The middle order is great and bowling is alright

andy0204- great bowling lineup and batting looks solid too. fairly well balanced

maddgenius- nice middle order especially with Kohli/Williamson. Plenty of effective bowling options with good variety. Looking into Taslim Arif just now and the guy has a double hundred, nice pick.

Abfan- love that batting lineup, solid openers and a good variety of hitters and strokeplayers. Sir Viv is a nice touch.

Moh@n- powerful batting lineup and just as good a bowling attack. Well balanced team

jeetesh- nice bowling lineup, Akram/Murali is a dream attack. Solid batting too

anikrc1- well balanced team all around with strong bowling options. Smith/Sehwag is a killer opening duo

Thanks for your analysis. Plz list your top 3 teams as well.

 

[Ab Fan]

For me Ab fan's team is the best. But 2d and 3d will be hard to choose.

Top 3, brother?

 

[therealAB]

Haha sorry I was born a bit after apartheid and only really got into cricket during the 2015 world cup lol... clearly still have a lot to learn!

yep no worries. learning about cricket is why we are all on the forum!

 

[aloo paratha]

therealAB. That batting lineup, with Kallis, Smith and Sangakkara is mouth watering.

 

[Ab Fan]

My picks are

TherealAB
Andy0204
Maddgenius

 

[Bhaijaan]

1. [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION]
2. [MENTION=134789]maddgenius[/MENTION]
3. [MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION]

 

[SL_Fan]

Overall most sides look fairly even so theres’s nothing much in it but first pick I think I’ll go with [MENTION=134789]maddgenius[/MENTION] he probably has the most well rounded side out of the bunch for mine. Imran, Lillee, Thompson, Philander and Macgill that would be one heck of a test for the other batting line-ups whatever the conditions might be. Relentless won’t be too many easy runs there. The batting too looks fairly solid should give the bowlers enough runs to work with in most conditions. Can’t say that I’ve even heard of his mystery keeper tho that’s a bit of a doosra but other than that a well balanced line-up overall.


Second pick I’ll go with [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] he has assembled the best batting line-up out of the lot and in terms of entertainment value probably second to none as well. Even guys like Ashwin, Pattinson and Harris are/were more than handy with the bat so there’s batting all the way down the order as well. The bowling might not blow sides away but should do a decent job in most conditions. Harris has got to be one of the most under-rated Test quicks and together with Donald should make for a lethal one-two punch combo. Also having five solid frontliners plus Viv in there should provide plenty of flexibility and options with the ball.


Third pick I’ll go with [MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION] again another solid all conditions batting line-up batting very deep all the way down to number ten. The bowling too well balanced and has plenty of fire power with both the new cherry and the older ball. Also with Hadlee in there who is used to a hefty workload and having both Shakib and Rashid in the side that should give the captain options to keep Waqar and Starc fresh for quick bursts. Not to mention the mystery of Rashid that might be a bit too much to handle for a lot of the batsmen in the other sides especially once the wicket starts to break-up.

[MENTION=134789]maddgenius[/MENTION]
[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]
[MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION]

 

[Ab Fan]

[MENTION=134789]maddgenius[/MENTION] and [MENTION=8146]Andy[/MENTION] together have stolen one quality fast bowler from my side .

To make up for that, I picked James Pattinson as third bowler and Flintoff as my fifth bowler whose peak bowling is right up there with the very best.

I was eyeing for an attack of

Allan Donald
Jeff Thomson
Ryan Harris
Ravi Ashwin
Chris Cairns

But ended with

Allan Donald
Ryan Harris
James Pattinson
Ravi Ashwin
Andrew Flintoff

Pattinson was scary as hell when he came into scenes, I recall that 2011 series vs India. Sad that he is still recovering his way in the team.

 

[Ted123]

Tough choices to pick but I think the three best teams are

1. Ab Fan( best batting lineup, all the way till 10 and a great bowling attack also)

2. TherealAB( very strong batting lineup except openers, formidable pace attack and extra options but spinner is lacking)

3. Anikrc1( Great bowlers, dream top order with Sehwag and Smith but middle order slightly weak)

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

My opinions...

Forward defensive push- nice, well balanced team. Stole my opening duo from the last draft (great minds think alike ). Bowling is also strong with plenty of useful all rounders and part timers.

Thank you brother! Great minds indeed think alike

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Almost all teams have decent batsmen and good bowlers. However, your fast bowlers are truly effective in test matches when they are allowed to go full throttle for a period of 4-5 overs 3-4 times in a day.

As we've seen in 2018 India's tour of Australia, even if you have pretty fit Hazlewood, Cummins in your line up, they can be worn down and scored around later on.

Here is where my allrounders Stokes and Watson come into picture. They're pretty good attacking bowlers themselves capable of producing breakthroughs and provide good rest for Pascoe, Rabada, Johnson to keep unleashing themselves from the other end. All 3 of them have a history of running through batsmen in these scenarios.

Of course I have a great captain and the greatest bowler of all time Warney to also chime in and keep picking wickets.

 

[Watsupdoc]

1) [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION]
2) [MENTION=149506]andy0204[/MENTION]
3) [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]

 

[Watsupdoc]

[MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] ‘s team is hands down the best. That batting is amazing and fast bowlers are brilliant as well. Jadeja is the only slight weakness though.

 

[ElRaja]

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] got a really balanced team and i think it'd be successful in a lot of conditions.

5.5 bowling options with that batting line up is very impressive, also richards and de villiers at 4 and 5 would be a mental middle order.

test centurions down to eight. across various conditions i think it would be an amazing team.

 

[Moh@n]

Thanks for the detailed analysis [MENTION=132270]SL_Fan[/MENTION].

 

[Ab Fan]

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] got a really balanced team and i think it'd be successful in a lot of conditions.

5.5 bowling options with that batting line up is very impressive, also richards and de villiers at 4 and 5 would be a mental middle order.

test centurions down to eight. across various conditions i think it would be an amazing team.

Thanks buddy! Do mention your top 3 because ultimately this is where the results count

 

[ElRaja]

Thanks buddy! Do mention your top 3 because ultimately this is where the results count

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]
@thunderebolt14 [MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION]

also if you guys do something like this again please @ me, id like to play too.

 

[last_knight]

1 [MENTION=134789]maddgenius[/MENTION] most balanced team with test class batting and bowling.

2 [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] has 2 Magicians with ball and pace with Bond. Jadeja covers remaining base and very handy for a #8 Batsman

3 [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] another team with all bases covered. Only if he had picked a specialist WK.

 

[maddgenius]

Overall most sides look fairly even so theres’s nothing much in it but first pick I think I’ll go with [MENTION=134789]maddgenius[/MENTION] he probably has the most well rounded side out of the bunch for mine. Imran, Lillee, Thompson, Philander and Macgill that would be one heck of a test for the other batting line-ups whatever the conditions might be. Relentless won’t be too many easy runs there. The batting too looks fairly solid should give the bowlers enough runs to work with in most conditions. Can’t say that I’ve even heard of his mystery keeper tho that’s a bit of a doosra but other than that a well balanced line-up overall.


Second pick I’ll go with [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION] he has assembled the best batting line-up out of the lot and in terms of entertainment value probably second to none as well. Even guys like Ashwin, Pattinson and Harris are/were more than handy with the bat so there’s batting all the way down the order as well. The bowling might not blow sides away but should do a decent job in most conditions. Harris has got to be one of the most under-rated Test quicks and together with Donald should make for a lethal one-two punch combo. Also having five solid frontliners plus Viv in there should provide plenty of flexibility and options with the ball.


Third pick I’ll go with [MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION] again another solid all conditions batting line-up batting very deep all the way down to number ten. The bowling too well balanced and has plenty of fire power with both the new cherry and the older ball. Also with Hadlee in there who is used to a hefty workload and having both Shakib and Rashid in the side that should give the captain options to keep Waqar and Starc fresh for quick bursts. Not to mention the mystery of Rashid that might be a bit too much to handle for a lot of the batsmen in the other sides especially once the wicket starts to break-up.


[MENTION=134789]maddgenius[/MENTION]
[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]
[MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION]

Spot on analysis mate

 

[maddgenius]

1- [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]
2- [MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION]
3- [MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION]

 

[maddgenius]

[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]
@thunderebolt14 [MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION]

also if you guys do something like this again please @ me, id like to play too.

Sure

 

[Square Drive]

1. [MENTION=134789]maddgenius[/MENTION]
2. [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION]
3. [MENTION=146232]jeeteshssaxena[/MENTION]/@Ab Fan

 

[The Viper]

1) [MENTION=134789]maddgenius[/MENTION]
2) [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION]
3) [MENTION=65183]freelance_cricketer[/MENTION]

 

[mumtaz]

1) Ab Fan
2) jeetesh
3) maddgenius

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Bump! Calling all PP posters to submit their rankings

 

[Thunderbolt14]

therealAB. That batting lineup, with Kallis, Smith and Sangakkara is mouth watering.

Bro your full rankings (list top 3)

 

[SL_Fan]

Thanks for the detailed analysis [MENTION=132270]SL_Fan[/MENTION].

Spot on analysis mate

Y'all already know chow will do anything for

 

[maddgenius]

Final Standings

 

[maddgenius]

Final Standings

Top 3 as per Final standings:

1- [MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION]
2- Maddgenius
3- [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION]

 

[Ab Fan]

Arguably one of the most entertaining drafts I have been part of.