All-Time Test Cricket Draft

[Eels Guru]

Number 3 batsmen West Indies legend Richie Richardson

 

[Keatoboy]

Computer simulation sounds great. Is there a program that can do that for us?

 

[Scotty_WCE]

Computer simulation sounds great. Is there a program that can do that for us?

Yeah, there is - I've discovered it a while ago and played around with it for a bit. Haven't for a while but from what I remember it worked pretty well and gives you full innings scorecards and bowling figures which I could post here. That way we could also have stats like leading run-scorers and wicket-takers over the tournament!

Happy to run that as well as do a ranking system as well, up to you guys on what you want to do!

 

[May-Z]

according to my head scotty will win as he has 5 of the 11 I had listed in my best XI

2 for Keatoboy, 1 for the other 4

 

[Scotty_WCE]

according to my head scotty will win as he has 5 of the 11 I had listed in my best XI

2 for Keatoboy, 1 for the other 4

I hope you're a good judge!

Do you want to pick a team of leftovers after @Eels Guru has revealed the rest of his players?

 

[May-Z]

i have my leftovers ready to go

 

[Eels Guru]

1. Bill Ponsford
2. Arthur Morris
3. Richie Richardson
4. Ian Chappell c
5. Mark Waugh
6. Brendan McCullum
7. Keith Miller
8. AlanDavidson
9. Jeff Thomson
10. Stuart MacGill
11. Andy Roberts
Was tough to choose as I had several players picked who were last round choices for other teams. Lot of fun though and thanks for letting me join in.

 

[May-Z]

interesting that only 1 of those was in my original left over side (miller).

I have had to dig through the archives as most modern players have been chosen

1. V Trumper
2. G Boycott
3. G Headley
4. E Weekes
5. C Walcott
6. M Proctor
7. A Knott
8 W Rhodes
9 J Laker
10 F Trueman
11 G Lohmann

 

[Eels Guru]

Looked at Proctor, Trumper and Trueman

 

[Eels Guru]

interesting that only 1 of those was in my original left over side (miller).

I have had to dig through the archives as most modern players have been chosen

1. V Trumper
2. G Boycott
3. G Headley
4. E Weekes
5. C Walcott
6. M Proctor
7. A Knott
8 W Rhodes
9 J Laker
10 F Trueman
11 G Lohmann

Some great names there mate

 

[Scotty_WCE]

Alright, so we'll definitely do the computer simulation. Will need to have a look at the program again to see how it works, I'll do so on the weekend. Was anyone interested in also doing a ranking system? (Just us eight voting might be easiest?)

 

[BLOWN8]

Happy with the simulator if it does what we need it too.

 

[Keatoboy]

Hi all,

I am helping Scotty out by organising the teams and statistics for the computer simulation program. Due to the information it requires, I need you all to please post your team lists again, but in bowling order.

Cheers!

 

[Keatoboy]

Just to clarify - all 11 players need to be in bowling order. So once you’ve gone through your main bowling options, list the rest in likeliness order below, if they were to be called upon.

 

[Scotty_WCE]

Hmm, not sure I've ever tried to list a team in bowling order before! Let's see...

Wasim Akram
Malcolm Marshall
Shaun Pollock
Bill O'Reilly
Sir Garry Sobers
Allan Border (c)
Sir Vivian Richards
Sir Len Hutton
Sunil Gavaskar
Rahul Dravid
Andy Flower (wk)

If Dravid or Flower have to roll their arms over I'll be in some serious trouble!

Thanks @Keatoboy for helping out with this next part, can't wait to see how it all works!

 

[Matty76]

Ray Lindwall
Sir Richard Hadlee
Joel Garner
Derek Underwood
Jacques Kallis
Virender Sehwag
Ken Barrington
Neil Harvey
Graeme Pollock
Sir Jack Hobbs
Ian Healy

I’ve used the old “use the spinner as your second change bowler before your #6 all-rounder” philosophy

 

[Eels Guru]

1. Bill Ponsford
2. Arthur Morris
3. Richie Richardson
4. Ian Chappell c
5. Mark Waugh
6. Brendan McCullum
7. Keith Miller
8. AlanDavidson
9. Jeff Thomson
10. Stuart MacGill
11. Andy Roberts
Was tough to choose as I had several players picked who were last round choices for other teams. Lot of fun though and thanks for letting me join in.

Alan Davidson
Andy Roberts
Jeff Thomson
Keith Miller
Stuart MacGill
Mark Waugh
Ian Chappell
Brendan McCullum
Arthur Morris
Richie Richardson
Bill Ponsford

 

[May-Z]

Hmm different way to list the teams but here goes

Trueman
Lohmann
Proctor
Laker
Rhodes
Walcott
Trumpet
Boycott
Weekes
Headley
Knott

 

[mounteverest]

G.mcgrath
M.holding
M.johnson
R.benaud
D.walters
A.gilchrist
B.richards
M.crowe
R.ponting
D.haynes
G.greenidge
There you go @Keatoboy

 

[BLOWN8]

G.mcgrath
M.holding
M.johnson
R.benaud
D.walters
A.gilchrist
B.richards
M.crowe
R.ponting
D.haynes
G.greenidge
There you go @Keatoboy

Underestimating Punters bowling there mate lol.