Australian All-Time Test Team Draft

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Caesar;344242 said:
Sorry AB... the entries were actually capped at 8 for this draft, to ensure that there were enough top-drawer players to go around. Maybe the next one that's run you could be involved in?

Unless there's someone else like Pav who was looking to drop out and would like you to replace them?
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maybe you should step aside and let some of the more senior members play ? or just someone who knows a bit more about the game than you do ?
 
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Well AB DeV- since you jumped the queue- you've got a bit of a wait until your next pick! ;)

I was running out of players I'd actually picked in my first XI, so I decided to miss someone I wanted and put him down while I could! :)

My next pick is Bob Simpson!

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Simpson played as a right-handed batsman and semi-regular leg spin bowler. After ten years in retirement, he returned to the spotlight at age 41 to captain Australia during the era of World Series Cricket.

In his prime Simpson was known for his technical correctness. At slightly below average height, his noted ability to bat for long periods were attributed to his high fitness and concentration levels. He had a wide array of shots, in particular off the back foot.[1] Along with Bill Lawry, he formed an opening partnership that was regarded as one of the finest in Test history. Simpson was fast between the wickets, and the pair were especially well known for their understanding, as exemplified by their fluency in rotating the strike with quick singles.

Standing 179 cm and 13 stone, Simpson was most effective as an attacking batsman. Simpson was best known for his straight-drive and powerfully hit square-cut, as well as an on-drive taken from his toes. He rarely played the hook shot, regarding it as risky, and used the pull shot in moderation.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Simpson_(cricketer)

Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Bob Simpson
 
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Might pick my spinner now

Clarrie Grimmett

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Australia

Player profile

Full name Clarence Victor Grimmett
Born December 25, 1891, Caversham, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand
Died May 2, 1980, Kensington Park, Adelaide, South Australia (aged 88 years 129 days)
Major teams Australia, South Australia, Victoria, Wellington
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak googly


Code: 
      Mat Inns NO Runs HS  Ave 100 50 6s Ct St 
Tests 37   50  10  557 50 13.92 0  1  2  17 0 
     Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts BBI   BBM   Ave  Econ  SR 4w  5w 10 
Tests 37  67  14513 5231 216 7/40 14/199 24.21 2.16 67.1 7  21 7

Grimmett's influence on the thousands who watched him and later read about him was profound and secure for all time, especially in days of spin drought. Now, slow wrist bowlers are a threatened species. Then, Grimmett was one of many - but unmatched in skill and temperament. He became, quite simply, a legend, and unlike Arthur Mailey, who spun with gay abandon, he would have prospered today, given that selectors and captains did the right thing by him. He was wonderfully accurate because he was endowed with that special physical co-ordination that not even endless practice can turn into international class. It so happened that he did also practise endlessly.


Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1931
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame 1996
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Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Clarrie Grimmett
 
Re: Australian All-Time Test Team Draft

alrighty so hattrick has two picks then i'm up. I'm stoked that i've still got a couple of good picks up my sleeve.
 
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Hi Lads.. my apologies for not doing my bit but I have had some things to take care of at Home. However, My picks are , If someone has already picked them .. then I will just have to redo them.

Pick One - Which was Border, then Steve Waugh and then I have finally decided is Damien Martyn. Yes I know this seems a bit odd.. but in my mind the was definitely one of the most gifted one day and test players... made it look real easy. So I will write something beter tomorrow about him if he has not been picked already..

Pick Two .. is Jeff Thomson. Gonna need some bowling as I have seen some serious pciks going already in previous rounds.

Please just post .. anyone for that matter If I got it right the third time..
and then I will write a proper post about these two..
 
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Picks so far:

hattrick
David Boon
Don Bradman
Damien Martyn
Jeff Thompson

ants14
Bill Ponsford
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee

D.K.
Matthew Hayden
Steve Waugh
Adam Gilchrist

bundybullz08
Allan Boarder
Rod Marsh
Alan Davidson

Caesar
Victor Trumper
Neil Harvey
Keith Miller

el-capitano
Bob Simpson
Ian Healy
Richie Benaud

eddiesmith
Ricky Ponting
Clarrie Grimmett
Glenn McGrath

Mousey/A.B. de Villiers
Bill Lawry
Greg Chappell
Bill O'Reilly

By State of Birth:

NSW: 11
VIC: 5
TAS: 2
QLD: 2
SA: 2
WA: 2
NT: 1
 
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Full name David Clarence Boon
Born December 29, 1960, Launceston, Tasmania
Current age 48 years 104 days
Major teams Australia, Durham, Tasmania
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

I remember when Australia toured South Africa for the first time when Boon walked out to the wicket. A solid technique with a personality, is a description I think many would think of.The urban legends of him and Mars Bars and a world record amount of lager on a flight is some of the off field highlights I can think of.
The establishing of Tasmanian Cricket is something which I would guess is a part of him and the emergence of other Tasmanians like Ricky Ponting and Ben Hilfenhaus . I am sure he is immensely proud of the impact of his fellow Tasmanians. The fact that he played all forms of cricket with a reasonable success leads to numerous outstanding performances for himself and the Australian teams in which he featured. I also remember him under the helmet in at short leg and making life miserable for opposing players.

He provided stability to the top order of Australian teams and a technique which was simple but highly effective.

He is currently still involved with the game and is a selector for the Australian National team.


Code: 
Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	107	190	20	7422	200	43.65	18116	40.96	21	32	822	2	99	0
ODIs	181	177	16	5964	122	37.04	9157	65.13	5	37	494	16	45	0
First-class	350	585	53	23413	227	44.00 68 114 283 0
List A	313	303	30	10236	172	37.49
Code: 
	9	68	82	0

Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	107	3	36	14	0	-	-	-	2.33	-	0	0	0
ODIs	181	7	82	86	0	-	-	-	6.29	-	0	0	0
First-class	350		1153	696	14	2/18		49.71	3.62	82.3		0	0
List A	313		280	266	4	2/44	2/44	66.50	5.70	70.0	0	0	0
Career statistics
Test debut Australia v West Indies at Brisbane, Nov 23-26, 1984
Last Test Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, Jan 25-29, 1996

ODI debut Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, Feb 12, 1984
Last ODI West Indies v Australia at Kingstown, Mar 15, 1995

First-class span 1978/79 - 1998/99
List A span 1978/79 - 1998/99



David Boon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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Full name Damien Richard Martyn
Born October 21, 1971, Darwin, Northern Territory
Current age 37 years 173 days
Major teams Australia, Ahmedabad Rockets, ICL World XI, Leicestershire, Western Australia, Yorkshire
Nickname Marto
Playing role Higher middle order batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 1.81 m

Code: 
 Batting and fielding averages
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	67	109	14	4406	165	46.37	8569	51.41	13	23	513	10	36	0
ODIs	208	182	51	5346	144*	40.80	6877	77.73	5	37	441	22	69	0
T20Is	4	4	0	120	96	30.00	74	162.16	0	1	11	5	1	0
First-class	204	343	46	14630	238	49.25			44	73			158	2
List A	297	264	64	8567	144*	42.83			10	60			102	0
Twenty20	5	5	0	156	96	31.20	93	167.74	0	1	16	6	3	0

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Bowling averages
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	67	12	348	168	2	1/0	1/4	84.00	2.89	174.0	0	0	0
ODIs	208	31	794	704	12	2/21	2/21	58.66	5.31	66.1	0	0	0
T20Is	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
First-class	204		3365	1563	37	4/30		42.24	2.78	90.9		0	0
List A	297		1549	1300	41	3/3	3/3	31.70	5.03	37.7	0	0	0
Twenty20	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-



“I was fortunate enough to see him play”. That basically defines for me how Damien Martyn played his cricket. As a batsman , the mark of a good one is that he has a lot of time to decide the shot he is to play and that he makes it looks easy. He had both of these characteristics in my mind.
The talent that he displayed indicated to me that the fact that early on in his career the disappointment of being sent to the wilderness after failures on tour made him a better player. His inside out cover drive over the covers and square cuts made him difficult to bowl to.
I sense that he was a person who disliked the limelight which international cricket brought onto him. The very matter of a fact way in which he retired from international cricket is quite sad he deserved to be given a proper send off. A business man , definitely .. he was one of the first to publicly state his intentions of playing in the Indian Cricket League.
A great talent which never got the publicity which he deserved .. a great comeback story.
Damien Martyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
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[FONT=&quot]Full name Jeffrey Robert Thomson
Born August 16, 1950, Greenacre, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 58 years 239 days
Major teams Australia, Middlesex, New South Wales, Queensland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Other Commentator

Batting and fielding averages
Code: 
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	51	73	20	679	49	12.81			0	0	68	9	20	0
ODIs	50	30	6	181	21	7.54	280	64.64	0	0	9	2	9	0
First-class	187	216	64	2065	61	13.58			0	1			61	0
List A	88	49	10	280	21	7.17			0	0			19	0

Bowling averages:
Code: 
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	51	90	10535	5601	200	6/46	9/105	28.00	3.18	52.6	16	8	0
ODIs	50	50	2696	1942	55	4/67	4/67	35.30	4.32	49.0	1	0	0
First-class	187		33318	17864	675	7/27		26.46	3.21	49.3		28	3
List A	88		4529	3103	107	7/22	7/22	29.00	4.11	42.3	2	1	0

In combination with Dennis Lillee, a deadly bowling attack for Australia. A bowling action which I am sure lead to his retirement through various injuries. I can just imagine being a batsmen, taking guard against him and wondering whether my life insurance was in order. A genuine quick bowler, who has definitely made selection for this draft an easy one.

Jeff Thomson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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STAN MCCABE

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Code: 
Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 6s Ct St 
Tests        39 62 5 2748 232 48.21 6 13 5 41 0 
First-class 182 262 20 11951 240 49.38 29 68  138 0

Against D. R. Jardine's team in 1932-33, in what is often called the body-line tour, when England employed fast leg-theory bowling to a packed leg-side field, McCabe distinguished himself by hitting 385 runs in the five Tests, average nearly 43. His 187 not out in the first match of the series at Sydney was a remarkable exhibition of both craftsmanship and courage. He made his runs out of 278 in less than four and three-quarter hours, after his earlier colleagues failed, with twenty-five 4s among his figures. His hooking of short-pitched deliveries by H. Larwood and W. Voce, the Nottinghamshire pair, was something which will for ever hold a place in Australian cricket history. In England again in 1934, he put together eight centuries -- more than any of his team-mates - including 240, the highest of his career, against Surrey at The Oval and 137 in the third Test at Old Trafford. As Wisden of the time said of him: He blossomed forth as an almost completely equipped batsman of the forcing type and was probably the best exponent -- Bradman himself scarcely excluded -- of the art of hitting the ball tremendously hard and safely.

Next season at home he became captain of New South Wales and on tour in South Africa in 1935-36 he enjoyed more success, heading the Test batting figures with 420 runs, average 84. He hit 149 in the first test at Durban, sharing a second-wicket partnership of 161 with W. A. Brown, and 189 not out in the second meeting with South Africa at Johannesburg, where he and J. H. Fingleton put on 177 together. At Johannesburg he showed his fast-scoring ability to the full by reaching 50 in forty-two minutes.

Perhaps McCabe's most famous innings was his 232 not out in the opening Test against England at Trent Bridge in 1938 which, scored at the rate of one a minute, prompted Sir Donald Bradman, his captain, to greet him on his return to the pavilion with the words: If I could play an innings like that, I'd be a proud man, Stan.

Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Stan McCabe
 
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yep keep flying through them, I'm hoping to have my next two still available by my next pick. :p
 
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I needed an opening batsmen in my team,it was tough choice between two but i've decided on Justin Langer.
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Justin Langer was perhaps the first Test opener in history to average in the mid-forties yet always be scrabbling for his spot in the side. Or at least that's the perception: in a land of dashers and crashers Langer was seen as a grafter, a battler, only ever a couple of failures away from oblivion. The reality was somewhat different. Yesteryear's ugly duckling turned into a stroke-playing swan, racking up more Test hundreds than those national treasures Doug Walters, Ian Chappell, Mark Waugh and Bill Lawry, and scoring an eye-popping 1481 runs in 2004. Always an effective cutter and driver, he indulged in unseemly crossbat hoicks from the first over. Together with his bludgeoning comrade Matthew Hayden, he screwed up textbooks and record-books alike, making Greenidge and Haynes look like strokeless stonewallers. It was a miraculous reinvention.

Clanged on the helmet by Ian Bishop on debut, Langer fought on to make 54, but played only eight Tests in six years. He returned at No. 3, as the selectors sought to mould him into the next David Boon - and for a while he exceeded even those lofty ambitions. After rescuing the unrescuable Hobart Test of 1999-2000 with Adam Gilchrist, then slaughtering a blistering 122 in Auckland, Steve Waugh called him the world's best batsman. The feeling was mutual; Langer's devotion to Waugh saw him nicknamed 'Mini-Tugga' alongside `JL' and `Alfie'. His bond with Hayden was even closer. The pair missed each other when they were apart, exchanged bear hugs in the middle, and gave the impression always of two boys living out a dream.

Langer may be short of stature but he is tall in enthusiasm (he's already written two books) and boasts a black belt in taekwondo. His strong-willed performances were a highlight in a batting line-up that failed to fire against England in 2005, and with 394 runs at 43.77 he was Australia's leading scorer. He also took blows to the helmet and body, which are a common theme of his career. In a season disrupted by a cracked rib and a hamstring problem, Langer's 100th Test was delayed until the final match against South Africa in Johannesburg, where he turned into a Makhaya Ntini bouncer before scoring a run. Taken to hospital with a head cut and concussion, he spent the rest of the game in the hotel or dressing room and considered quitting altogether before placing the option below regaining the Ashes, and once that goal was achieved, he joined Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath in bowing out at the end of the series.

Justin Langer,otherwise known as Alfie played in 105 matches scoring 7696 runs at an average of 45.27. Langer will always be remembered for being one of the hard nuts in international cricket,being struck on the body numerous times resulting in many trips to the hospital.
 
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Starting to get hard to pick, I know I'm going to lose a few really good players in the next couple of rounds any way I go. I've started this post with three different players, but finally decided on:

R.R. Lindwall

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Full name Raymond Russell Lindwall
Born October 3, 1921, Mascot, Sydney, New South Wales
Died June 23, 1996, Greenslopes, Brisbane, Queensland (aged 74 years 264 days)
Major teams Australia, New South Wales, Queensland
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast

Matches 61
Runs scored 1,502
Batting average 21.15
Wickets 228
Bowling average 23.03

One of Australia's greatest-ever new-ball terrors, Lindwall's bowling was characterised by his smooth and uncomplicated action in unleashing balls that were as well-controlled as any slow bowler, yet late-swinging and devastatingly fast. While possessed of a bouncer described by the great Len Hutton as the best ever, he specialised in breaching the defences of the most adept batsmen - well in excess of half his wickets were captured bowled or LBW.

His ability with the willow was underrated, a handy lower order batsman with two Test centuries to his name, who could always be relied on to add a few runs and hold down his end for more recognised runscorer.

All in all a handy addition to my team.
 
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