Test Draft #4: Initials

[jeeteshssaxena]

E... Tough couple of rounds for [MENTION=146232]jeeteshssaxena[/MENTION].

U,y and now e.

My next pick is the Batsman with the 5th highest batting average of all time after playing 20+ tests and his ashes average of 85 is only second to Don Bradman ........EDDIE PAYNTER

He was also the best player in that bodyline series.

 

[therealAB]

U,y and now e.

My next pick is the Batsman with the 5th highest batting average of all time after playing 20+ tests and his ashes average of 85 is only second to Don Bradman ........EDDIE PAYNTER

He was also the best player in that bodyline series.

Great pick, although Bradman was the best player in that Bodyline series

 

[Last Monetarist]

Yeah, that's a pretty special pick. Paynter's who I had in mind if I got lugged into selecting someone with 'e'.
[MENTION=139595]Ab Fan[/MENTION], your pick with r next.

 

[Ab Fan]

I will pick <B>Rohit Sharma</B>.
[MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION] gets 'A' now. I have tried to avoid 'N' here. Hoping same brother

 

[Ab Fan]

My team:-

1. Rohit Sharma
2.
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Allan Border (c)
5. Andy Flower
6.
7.
8. Richard Hadlee
9. Hedley Verity
10.
11. Neil Adcock

 

[Last Monetarist]

I will pick <B>Rohit Sharma</B>.

[MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION] gets 'A' now. I have tried to avoid 'N' here. Hoping same brother

Not much love for the two spinners playing for India right now?

 

[Ab Fan]

Not much love for the two spinners playing for India right now?

Not really. Both are very good cricketers and deserve to be picked.

I didn't picked Jadeja because Verity was also left arm spin. I think the chances of getting 'R' again is high so then I will pick Ash or rather wait for spin option from some other letter if I get. Also, need to have one opener.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

[MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION] I am hoping you pay back the favor

 

[Ab Fan]

Yeah, with a hat-trick of 'E' )

Go ahead L.M...

 

[Last Monetarist]

[MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION] I am hoping you pay back the favor

Yeah, with a hat-trick of 'E' )

Go ahead L.M...

My motto is to underpromise and overdeliver, or some equivalent drivel.

It really would depend on what letter I get stuck with.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

My motto is to underpromise and overdeliver, or some equivalent drivel.

It really would depend on what letter I get stuck with.

I am taking this as your under promise

 

[Moh@n]

Andrew Flintoff

 

[Moh@n]

01.
02.
03. Hashim Amla
04.
05.
06. Kumara Sangakkara
07. Andrew Flintoff
08. Neil Wagner
09. Erapalli Prasanna
10. Ray Lindwall
11. Rangana Herath

 

[Last Monetarist]

Here's hoping [MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] doesn't pick a certain Channel 9 commentator from the early 80s.

 

[Ab Fan]

Btw, are we going with that extra joker pick (replacement) for similar roles??

 

[Abdullah719]

Fazal Mahmood

[MENTION=140824]Last Monetarist[/MENTION]

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Btw, are we going with that extra joker pick (replacement) for similar roles??

Yeah

 

[Last Monetarist]

I'll go with the flaxen-haired left-hander who casually pulled his first delivery in test cricket for 4:

David Gower

Still plenty of decent picks with 'r' left [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION]

 

[Thunderbolt14]

I'll go with the flaxen-haired left-hander who casually pulled his first delivery in test cricket for 4:

David Gower

Still plenty of decent picks with 'r' left [MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION]

I already have my spinner it’s fine though I’ll figure something out

 

[Last Monetarist]

I already have my spinner it’s fine though I’ll figure something out

I didn't have a spinner in mind when I posted.

 

[maddgenius]

Next person would get "i"

 

[Ab Fan]

Next person would get "i"

Next person is you

 

[Ab Fan]

I already have my spinner it’s fine though I’ll figure something out

Ab pick karle Bhai

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Oh I thought he was taken, that’s why it took me a while. Guess not. Pretty easy pick:

Thunderstorm XI is excited to onboard the legendary Rohan Kanhai!

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Thunderstorm XI

1. Barry Richards
2. Eddie Barlow
3. Rohan Kanhai
4. Sir Everton Weekes
5.
6.
7.
8. Ryan Harris
9. Nathan Lyon
10.
11. Fred Trueman

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Random letter generator please

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

random letter generator please

w

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

You've got the best alphabet there

 

[Last Monetarist]

Oh I thought he was taken, that’s why it took me a while. Guess not. Pretty easy pick:

Thunderstorm XI is excited to onboard the legendary Rohan Kanhai!

See you got there at the end, I'm surprised why no one picked him earlier.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

I will pick Wahab Ri— ) wait

 

[Thunderbolt14]

See you got there at the end, I'm surprised why no one picked him earlier.

Buddy do you want Murali or Marshall? take your pick )

 

[Last Monetarist]

Buddy do you want Murali or Marshall? take your pick )

I dunno, you also have a choice of picking between Hammond or Grace or Saha or Wajahatullah Wasti. Spoiled for options really.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

I dunno, you also have a choice of picking between Hammond or Grace or Saha or Wajahatullah Wasti. Spoiled for options really.

I would have picked Grace or Hammond if I didn’t already have my top 4 locked down.

Thunderstorm XI picks Wasim Akram.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Thunderstorm XI

1. Barry Richards
2. Eddie Barlow
3. Rohan Kanhai
4. Sir Everton Weekes
5.
6.
7.
8. Wasim Akram
9. Ryan Harris
10. Nathan Lyon
11. Fred Trueman

 

[Abdullah719]

Random letter generator please

w

 

[Last Monetarist]

This seems gratuitously perverse frankly, not only because I am going to overlook .

Malcolm Marshall

[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] to follow.

 

[Abdullah719]

Another L for me, as expected

Will go with Lindsay Hassett.

[MENTION=23911]Moh@n[/MENTION]

 

[Last Monetarist]

I'm willing to go last for the joker selection round, otherwise this bowling attack is obscene now.

Gavaskar
x
Harvey
Hussain
Gower
x
x
Pollock
Warne
Marshall
Lillee

 

[Abdullah719]

Wasim and Marshall gone back to back

 

[Abdullah719]

-
-
Lindsay Hassett
Younis Khan
-
AB de Villiers
Keith Miller
Fazal Mahmood
Allan Donald
Naseem Shah
Lance Gibbs

My team will be decimated if I can't get some good openers

 

[Ab Fan]

Hoping it's not 'N' for me

 

[ElRaja]

Wasim and Marshall gone back to back

not fair not fair not fair

im going back to crying

 

[Moh@n]

Tony Greig

 

[maddgenius]

Is it gonna be 'H' or 'L for [MENTION=146232]jeeteshssaxena[/MENTION] ?

 

[Ab Fan]

Tony Greig

Thanks brother.

I will pick <B>Greg Chappell</B> who joins his countrymen Ricky Ponting and Allan Border to form a formidable M.O.

 

[Abdullah719]

[MENTION=146232]jeeteshssaxena[/MENTION] up next.

 

[Last Monetarist]

Honestly feel a bit for [MENTION=146232]jeeteshssaxena[/MENTION], the poor guy's had to pick from U, Y, E, and L in 4 successive rounds.

 

[Last Monetarist]

-
-
Lindsay Hassett
Younis Khan
-
AB de Villiers
Keith Miller
Fazal Mahmood
Allan Donald
Naseem Shah
Lance Gibbs

My team will be decimated if I can't get some good openers

I'm a bit concerned by that tail, arguably there are four number elevens there.

 

[Ab Fan]

Honestly feel a bit for [MENTION=146232]jeeteshssaxena[/MENTION], the poor guy's had to pick from U, Y, E, and L in 4 successive rounds.

He has options with 'L' considering that he needs a bowler.

 

[Abdullah719]

I'm a bit concerned by that tail, arguably there are four number elevens there.

Two mediocre openers and this will end up like a standard Pakistani batting lineup.

 

[Ab Fan]

Two mediocre openers and this will end up like a standard Pakistani batting lineup.

But it has ABD

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

In his obituary, Wisden described him as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman of all time. He is the only wicket-keeper-batsman to score a hundred first-class centuries.
The first true wicketkeeper batsman..

LES AMES

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

He has options with 'L' considering that he needs a bowler.

Well there are no great bowlers with l,unless you think lasith malinga,laxmipathy balaji,lance cairns were great bowlers.

 

[Ab Fan]

Well there are no great bowlers with l,unless you think lasith malinga,laxmipathy balaji,lance cairns were great bowlers.

There is .

 

[Last Monetarist]

He has options with 'L' considering that he needs a bowler.

I hope you're not hinting at him plumping for Lakshmipathy Balaji.

 

[Abdullah719]

Well there are no great bowlers with l,unless you think lasith malinga,laxmipathy balaji,lance cairns were great bowlers.

 

[Abdullah719]

There is .

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

My team

1.
2.Usman Khawaja
3.Eddie Paynter
4.Mohd Yousuf
5.Ted Dexter
6.Garfield Sobers
7.Les Ames(wk)
8.
9.Richie Benaud(cap)
10.
11.Dale Steyn

Need two fast bowlers and one opener.

 

[Last Monetarist]

In his obituary, Wisden described him as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman of all time. He is the only wicket-keeper-batsman to score a hundred first-class centuries.
The first true wicketkeeper batsman..

LES AMES

Yup, Ames is the one I'd have selected too under the circumstances. Good sensible pick again.

 

[Abdullah719]

S for [MENTION=56933]ElRaja[/MENTION].

 

[Last Monetarist]

My team

1.
2.Usman Khawaja
3.Eddie Paynter
4.Mohd Yousuf
5.Ted Dexter
6.Garfield Sobers
7.Les Ames(wk)
8.
9.Richie Benaud(cap)
10.
11.Dale Steyn

Need two fast bowlers and one opener.

Umm..

 

[Abdullah719]

Umm..

Yousuf Youhana averaged 47.

Mohammad Yousuf 60.

 

[ElRaja]

In his obituary, Wisden described him as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman of all time. He is the only wicket-keeper-batsman to score a hundred first-class centuries.
The first true wicketkeeper batsman..

LES AMES

Not sure if he's been taken as I'm on my mobile but I will go for Shane bond.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

 

[Abdullah719]

Not sure if he's been taken as I'm on my mobile but I will go for Shane bond.

That's fine.

[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] up next.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

w

Wait what

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Yousuf Youhana averaged 47.

Mohammad Yousuf 60.

But he picked Yousuf Youhana not Mohammad Yousuf

 

[Ab Fan]

Is it gonna be 'H' or 'L for [MENTION=146232]jeeteshssaxena[/MENTION] ?

Btw, I just noticed what a comical mistake I did there?

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

That's fine.

[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] up next.

I think he's busy searching for names ending with E or N

 

[Ab Fan]

Btw, I just noticed what a comical mistake I did there?

Not comical though by any means*

 

[Abdullah719]

Thunderstorm XI is pleased to invite the legendary Sir Everton Weekes. Currently living at 95 not out, this legend of the 3 W’s of the West Indies will establish the anchor of our batting order.

Just saw that Sir Everton Weekes passed away.

 

[Thunderbolt14]

Just saw that Sir Everton Weekes passed away.

Damn I just read...

 

[Last Monetarist]

[MENTION=151648]therealAB[/MENTION] to select next with 'd'.

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Just saw that Sir Everton Weekes passed away.

Very sad! May the great man Rest In Peace

 

[therealAB]

Darren Gough

 

[Last Monetarist]

[MENTION=151679]Forward Defensive Push[/MENTION] next with 'h'

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

I pick Hashim Amla

 

[Forward Defensive Push]

Please generate a new random letter for me ... come on M or V!!

 

[Last Monetarist]

I pick Hashim Amla

Can't I'm afraid. Already picked earlier.

 

[jeeteshssaxena]

please generate a new random letter for me ... Come on m or v!!

h.