All Time Cricket Draft - The Draft

[Jukes]

I take Ian Botham.

[JBs-Hawks]

Richard Hadlee

[Jay]

Shouldnt JB have gone before Jukes? :o

[Jukes]

idk, logged into chat and Ax was like HERP DERP TAKE YOUR flowerING PICK JUKES and I'm just like ok ok

[JBs-Hawks]

Shouldnt JB have gone before Jukes? :o

No sids up now then me then jukes again

[AFEV]

CANNOT BELIEVE THEY MADE IT TO ME!
Wowee. OK.

W.G Grace

&

Syd Barnes



I'll do the write ups later, getting the picks up so JB and Jukes can go again

[JBs-Hawks]

Don't know how McGrath went before this bloke.

D.K Lilee

[Jukes]

Curtly Ambrose, I think he's not taken...

[pyronerd]

Well then I will take the best fast bowler of all time in Glen McGrath.

umm.....no he isn't.

Well he may not be the best, but is definitely up there and I would sure have him in my team any day.

he is no where near cause he is a fast med not a fast :P

[Torpedo10]

Don't know how McGrath went before this bloke.

D.K Lilee

ARRGGGHHHH.....Lillee & Hadlee.

[AFEV]

OK, I'm doing my write ups now. About time I got around to this.

Sir Garfield Sobers

Statistics

Class		Matches		Ba Ave		Bo Ave		Runs		Wickets
First Class		383		54.87		27.74		28,314		1,003
International		93		57.78		34.03		8,032		235

Gary Sobers is widely regarded as one of the best cricketers ever to grace the game. His efforts throughout his 476 test careers give him a very strong case toward having the title 'Best Cricketer' outright.

Known for feats such as his long standing record of 365* in an international innings, being the first batsman to manage 36 runs in a single over, being 1 of only 2 men (the other being Bradman) to win the Wisden Cricketer of the Year award 3 times (eight), and at the turn of the century was named the Cricketer of the Century by Wisden.

Among his seemingly endless admirers are the men he troubled so much at the crease and with the ball during his playing career, and since retiring has been universally recognised as one of the greatest of the game.

The first pick is as much a burden as it is a gift, but I feel like I've made the right choice picking Sobers here.

[AFEV]

William Gilbert Grace

Statistics

Class		Matches		Ba Ave		Bo Ave		Runs		Wickets
First Class		878		39.55		17.99		54,896		2,876
International		22		32.29		26.22		1,098		9

WG Grace, not unlike Garfield Sobers, is widely regarded as one of the greatest players ever to play the game. Sobers, Grace and Bradman are my top 3 so naturally I'm stoked to have picked up two of them.

Before Grace, cricket was a game with 2 different kind of batsmen. Back foot batsmen and front foot batsmen. WG was he first man to combine both sides of the game into one player and created unquestionable havoc for bowlers of his time who had never faced such a versatile and skilled batsmen. This shows with his 126 first class centuries (:o) and 7 50s in just 22 tests. Keeping in thought that at the time cricket was very much a bowlers games, with horrible pitches that made for horrendous batting conditions, WG was the man that ave hope back to the bloke with the bat.

Along with being perhaps both the best batsman and the best bowler of his time, WG was noted for being an incredible fielder, many believe to be the best of his time. He was fast, had a brilliant arm and extremely safe hands.

WG Grace will remain one of the most prominent figures in cricketing history forever, his innovative batting techniques changed the game forever and are still used to this day.

[BB67th]

Tossing up between a couple of great batsman and leaders, but I will have one of the greatest openers of all time with Sunil Gavaskar.

[Chelskiman]

Need a spinner I think, and with the two best already picked, I may as well pick the third greatest.  Anil Kumble.

[JBs-Hawks]

Need a spinner I think, and with the two best already picked, I may as well pick the third greatest.  Anil Kumble.

The word greatest is being chucked around way too much in this draft.