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Jumping the Shark Draft
- Thread starter Matt79
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Matt79
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Pick Drafter Selection Accepted?
1.01 Chaminda_00 Joel Garner Accepted
1.02 Mr Wright Shoaib Akhtar Accepted
1.03 99* Shaun Pollock Accepted
1.04 Stephen Alan Davidson Accepted
1.05 Somerset Kevin Pietersen Accepted
1.06 Jamee Fred Trueman Accepted
1.07 Julian87 Clarrie Grimmett Accepted
1.08 Samuel Vimes Geoffrey Boycott Accepted
1.09 Michael7s Ray Lindwall Rejected
1.10 Nufan Jim Laker Rejected
1a.01 Michael7s(2nd att) Richie Benaud Accepted
1a.02 Nufan (2nd att) Alec Bedser Accepted
2.01 Nufan Javed Miandad Accepted
2.02 Michael7s Sid Barnes Accepted
2.03 Samuel Vimes Michael Holding Accepted
2.04 Julian87 Steve Waugh Accepted
2.05 Jamee Waqar Younis Accepted
2.06 Somerset Graeme Pollock Rejected
2.07 Stephen Bill O'Reilly Rejected
2.08 99* Glenn McGrath Rejected
2.09 Mr Wright Dean Jones Accepted
2.10 Chaminda_00 Wasim Akram Rejected
2a.01 Somerset Len Hutton Rejected
2a.02 Stephen Anil Kumble Accepted
2a.03 99* Adam Gilchrist Rejected
2a.04 Chaminda_00 Allan Donald Rejected
2b.01 Somerset Wilf Rhodes Accepted
2b.02 99* Jacques Kallis Accepted
2b.03 Chaminda_00 Frank Tyson Accepted
3.01 Somerset Ian Botham Accepted
3.02 Chaminda_00 Everton Weekes Accepted
3.03 Nufan Courtney Walsh Rejected
3.04 Michael7s Charles Macartney Accepted
3.05 99* Ken Barrington Accepted
3.06 Samuel Vimes Greg Chappell Accepted
3.07 Jamee Dennis Lillee Rejected
3.08 Stephen Kumar Sangakkara Rejected
3.09 Mr Wright Alec Stewart Accepted
3.10 Julian87 Wes Hall Accepted
3a.01 Nufan Ian Bishop Accepted
3a.02 Jamee Graeme Smith Accepted
3a.03 Stephen Ian Healy Accepted
4.01 Julian87 Neil Harvey Accepted
4.02 Mr Wright Inzimam-ul-Haq Accepted
4.03 Stephen Andy Roberts Accepted
4.04 Jamee Kapil Dev [COLOR="Red"]Rejected[/COLOR]
4.05 Samuel Vimes Keith Miller [COLOR="Red"]Rejected[/COLOR]
4.06 99* Edward Paynter Accepted
4.07 Michael7s Walter Hammond Accepted
4.08 Nufan Les Ames Accepted
4.09 Chaminda_00 Sunil Gavaskar [COLOR="Red"]Rejected[/COLOR]
4.10 Somerset Frank Worrell Accepted
4a.01 Jamee Justin Langer Accepted
4a.02 Samuel Vimes Rahul Dravid Accepted
4a.03 Chaminda_00 George Headley Accepted
5.01 Nufan Denis Compton Accepted
5.02 Stephen Clyde Walcott Accepted
5.03 Chaminda Aubrey Faulkner Accepted
5.04 Mr Wright Stuart MacGill Accepted
5.05 Somerset Allan Border Rejected
5.06 Vimes Brian Statham Accepted
5.07 Julien87 Ian Chappell Accepted
5.08 Jamee Fanie de Villiers Accepted
5.09 Michael7s John Waite Accepted
5.10 99* Brian Lara Rejected
5a.01 Somerset Mike Procter Accepted
5a.02 99* Shane Bond Accepted
6.01 99* Alan Knott [B]Accepted[/B]
6.02 Michael7s Jack Gregory [B]Accepted[/B]
6.03 Jamee Clive Lloyd [B]Accepted[/B]
6.04 Julien87 Arthur Morris [B]Accepted[/B]
6.05 Vimes Farokh Engineer [B]Accepted[/B]
6.06 Somerset Ricky Ponting [B]Accepted[/B]
6.07 Mr Wright Craig McDermott [B]Accepted[/B]
6.08 Chaminda Peter Pollock [B]Accepted[/B]
6.09 Stephen Bob Simpson [B]Accepted[/B]
6.10 Nufan Virender Sehwag [B]Accepted[/B]
7.01 Jamee Martin Crowe [B]Accepted[/B]
7.02 Mr Wright Matthew Hayden [B][COLOR="Red"]Rejected[/COLOR][/B]
7.03 99* Sanath Jayasuriya [B]Accepted[/B]
7.04 Julien87 Jeff Thompson [B]Accepted[/B]
7.05 Somerset Stan McCabe [B] Accepted[/B]
7.06 Samuel Vimes Herbert Sutcliffe [B][COLOR="Red"]Rejected[/COLOR][/B]
7.07 Chaminda Mahela Jayawardena [B]Accepted[/B]
7.08 Stephen Don Bradman [B][COLOR="Red"]Rejected[/COLOR][/B]
7.09 Nufan Trevor Goddard [B]Accepted[/B]
7.10 Michael7 Eddie Barlow [B]Accepted[/B]
7a.01 Mr Wright Doug Walters [B]Accepted[/B]
7a.02 Samuel Vimes Gordon Greenidge [B]Accepted[/B]
7a.03 Stephen Dudley Nourse [B]Accepted[/B]
8.01 Michael7s
8.02 Nufan
8.03 Stephen
8.04 Chaminda
8.05 Samuel Vimes
8.06 Somerset
8.07 Julien87
8.08 99*
8.09 Mr Wright
8.10 JameeMichaelf7777777
International Debutant
My next pick will be Maurice Tate
NUFAN
Y no Afghanistan flag
I nearly went Tate, I had him in my Test Draft, decided to go for Trevor Goddard instead, seem like similar players really.
I've decided to keep picking bowlers starting with B, this time I've gone for Bishan Bedi who is arguably India's greatest ever spin bowler.
1 V Sehwag 2 xxxx 3 xxxx 4 D Compton 5 J Miandad 6 L Ames 7 xxxx 8 T Goddard 9 I Bishop 10 A Bedser 11 B Bedi
So for the final 3 rounds I need an opener, a decent number 3 [Bradman would be handy] and a bowling all rounder most likely, could do with just a bowler as long as he isn't a complete mug with the bat.
I've decided to keep picking bowlers starting with B, this time I've gone for Bishan Bedi who is arguably India's greatest ever spin bowler.
1 V Sehwag 2 xxxx 3 xxxx 4 D Compton 5 J Miandad 6 L Ames 7 xxxx 8 T Goddard 9 I Bishop 10 A Bedser 11 B Bedi
So for the final 3 rounds I need an opener, a decent number 3 [Bradman would be handy] and a bowling all rounder most likely, could do with just a bowler as long as he isn't a complete mug with the bat.
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Interesting to see who the Indian fans prefer out of Kumble and Bedi.
Bedi was around 8th on by spin bowlers list while Kumble was 7th (behind Murali, Warne, O'Reilly, Grimmet, Benaud and Laker). The WIndies best ever spinner was up there, along with another finger spinner or two from the days of stickies.
But for India, it's certainly a two horse race as far as I'm concerned between Kumble and Bedi. Bedi was probably better away from home, while Kumble was better at home.
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Fair to say both would romp it into an all time Indian side.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Andy Flower, due to Hak being a **** and picking Gordon Greenidge.
G.I.Joe
International Coach
No, he isn't
. He wasn't even the best spinner in his own team. Not to say he was very far behind Chandrasekhar, but IMO people get taken in by the reports of his graceful action, loop and all that bluster about how he preferred to buy his wickets rather than peg back the batsman hoping to scalp him ( should've had the best SR if that were true. Chandrasekhar has better claims to adhering to that philosophy given his lower SR and higher ER). IMO Kumble and Chandrasekhar tie for first spot. Kumble was God at home, while Chandrasekhar was better overseas. Besides, Chandrasekhar bowled with a polio stricken arm, all the more credit to him. From all reports, he couldn't keep his arm raised for anymore than the effort it took him to deliver the ball.
Jamee999
Hall of Fame Member
Damn you.
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Was considering picking him ages ago as a specialist middle order bat. But then I looked a bit more closely at his record and Walcott, Nourse and Chanderpaul had better claims IMO. Also picking him as a specialist bat would have been funny for all the pain it would cause people who hadn't got a keeper in their team yet
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chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Personally think Flower is better then Chanderpaul as a specialist batsmen. Though there not a great deal of difference. I actually don't think I will get him anyway.Was considering picking him ages ago as a specialist middle order bat. But then I looked a bit more closely at his record and Walcott, Nourse and Chanderpaul had better claims IMO. Also picking him as a specialist bat would have been funny for all the pain it would cause people who hadn't got a keeper in their team yet
stephen
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
I think you'll get him, unless one of my picks didn't make the cut.
Chanderpaul is an extremely underrated batsman. He averages over 41 against every nation including Australia, has a very solid overall average and has made piles and piles of runs for many years. In the last few years he's been ridiculously good.
Flower didn't get to play gainst Australia enough to see how good he was against them. He was average versus NZ and below average vs SL. He was terrible in the tests he played against England and Aus.
Chanderpaul as a batsman has a much more complete record.
Flower is a great pick if you need a keeper though, but purely on batting acheivements Flowers average flattered his accomplishments.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
TBF your only as good as the chances you are given. He hardly played against Australia and England, to really judge his performances against them. Whereas Chanderpaul played heaps against those sides and it was his later performances against Australia that increased his average.
Apart from Sri Lanka, all the sides that he played five plus Tests against he averaged over 40 himself. Even with Sri Lanka it was 38 and there were some crazy turners.
Also Chanderpaul played 4 Test matches series against those sides. So if you have a couple bad Tests, you can come back in the later Tests and make up for it. With two Test match series, it is all or nothing.
In say all that Chanderpaul is brillant pick at this stage of draft when you looking for a lower middle order batsmen. Apart from Border, Waugh, Lloyd and Walters I don't think there is many better 5/6 batsmen.
Apart from Sri Lanka, all the sides that he played five plus Tests against he averaged over 40 himself. Even with Sri Lanka it was 38 and there were some crazy turners.
Also Chanderpaul played 4 Test matches series against those sides. So if you have a couple bad Tests, you can come back in the later Tests and make up for it. With two Test match series, it is all or nothing.
In say all that Chanderpaul is brillant pick at this stage of draft when you looking for a lower middle order batsmen. Apart from Border, Waugh, Lloyd and Walters I don't think there is many better 5/6 batsmen.
chaminda_00
Hall of Fame Member
Flower not going to keep for us, so i could picked a better batsmen. I just wanted a backup incase I got ****ed in the last couple rounds. Looking at it again I probably should have gone for someone that could play as backup keeper and backup opener and a better middle order batsmen. Though he was more of a top order batsmen. Considering there likely to be five openers in the last round I should be ok, so a better lower middle batsmen that is a better keeper, might be the better option.I think it's safe to say that we both picked the best player for our respective teams that was available.