Mystery Draft V.2 (1989-2009)

[Shri]

Marvan Attapattu - Tests and ODIs

Saqlain Mushtaq - Tests
Umar Akmal - ODIs

Test Line Up

1. Gautham Gambhir - Ind
2. Justin Langer - Aus
3. Marvan Atapattu - SL
4. Jacques Kallis [RSA - 1/3]
5. Graham Thorpe - Eng
6. AB de Villiers (WK) / [RSA - 2/3]
7. Craig McMillan - NZ
8. Heath Streak - Zim
9. Fanie de Villiers - [RSA - 3/3]
10. Darren Sammy - WI
11. Saqlain Mushtaq - Pak

ODI Line Up

1. Sachin Tendulkar - Ind
2. Gary Kirsten - [RSA - 2/3]
3. Umar Akmal - Pak
4. AB de Villiers (WK) / [RSA - 1/3]
5. Marvan Atapattu - SL
6. Roger Twose - Nz
7. Mashrafe Mortaza - Bng
8. Brett Lee - Aus
9. Darren Gough - Eng
10. Makhaya Ntini [RSA - 3/3]
11. Reon King - WI

 

[Athlai]

Test

Smith - 6341 @ 50.33 SR 61.20
Trescothick - 5825 @ 43.79 SR 54.51
Ryder - 898 @ 49.88 SR 55.50
Ganguly - 7212 @ 42.17 SR 51.25
Houghton - 1464 @ 43.05 SR 45.45
Chanderpaul - 8576 @ 49.28 SR 42.94
Prior (+) - 1326 @ 44.20 SR 64.33
Brett Lee - 1451 @ 20.15 SR 52.97 310 W @ 30.81
Gough 855 @ 12.57 SR 43.46 229 W @ 28.39
Murali - 783 W @ 22.21
Asif - 51 W @ 23.13

ODI

Trescothick - 4335 @ 37.37 SR 85.21
Smith - 5309 @ 40.52 SR 82.42
Pietersen - 3127 @ 46.67 SR 87.41
Hick - 3846 @ 37.33 SR 74.08 30 W @ 34.20 economy 4.98
Symonds - 5088 @ 39.75 SR 92.44 133 W @ 37.25 economy 5.00
Chanderpaul - 8250 @ 41.66 SR 71.16
Taylor (+) - 2122 @ 29.06 SR 63.83
Vaas - 2025 @ 13.68 SR 72.52 400 W @ 27.53 economy 4.18
Kumble - 337 W @ 30.89 economy 4.30
Bond - 128 W @ 19.44 economy 4.18
Akhtar - 223 @ 23.86 economy 4.69

 

[Athlai]

Nath and Jamee can go at any time.

 

[Somerset]

This might be considered an odd selection but I'm going with Brendan McCullum. The logic is that with Sarwan, Kallis and Thorpe, if we lose a couple of early wickets there should be more than enough traditional players to consolidate, and then push on to record a good score after late hitting from Bevan and Razzaq. So McCullum's role would be to play aggressively without worrying about too much responsibility (even though I've made him the captain), something I think has curtailed his game in ODIs of late. Would keep Flower as wicket keeper as McCullum IMO would be more useful in the outfield and be better able to concentrate more on captaining the side.

Somerset XI (ODI)
Brendan McCullum (c)
Nathan Astle
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Jacques Kallis
Andy Flower (wk)
Michael Bevan
Graham Thorpe
Abdul Razzaq
Javagal Srinath
Ajantha Mendis
Geoff Allott

Strengths:
If the opening pair get us off to a flying start, with the quality of our middle order theres no stopping the side posting a huge total.
Even if the opening pair fail we should still record a competitive total with the dangerous left hand contingent of Flower, Bevan and Thorpe sure to fire in a crisis.
Dangerous bowling attack with the unique Mendis, left arm pace of Allott and aggressive Srinath to lead the way.
Very interchangable batting lineup with Bevan and Razzaq able to enter at important stages to better our side's total.

Weaknesses:
If Allott and Srinath get taken apart, theres not much to fall back on with the medium-fast of Razzaq and Kallis accurate but not overly threatening.
Astle's a useful sixth bowler but in turning conditions Bevan and Sarwan aren't the greatest back-up options to Mendis.
Thorpe at seven seems too low, as does Bevan, as does Flower - but someone's got to fill the role.
McCullum, Astle and Razzaq are more than useful hitters of the ball but whether the rest of the lineup can slog for quick runs when the situation arises is less certain.

 

[bagapath]

Ajay Jadeja (ODI's) then please

match fixer

 

[Athlai]

[B]Round 1[/B]

Somerset: Andy Flower - Tests/ODI (Zim)
Athlai: Murlai - Tests (SL) Shane Bond - ODI (NZ)
mettalics2006: Kallis - Tests (SA) Tendulkar - ODI (India)
Nnanden: Ponting - Tests (Aus) Shakib al Hasan - ODI (Bang)
Michaelf7777777: Brian Lara - Tests/ODI (WI)
Matt79: Glenn McGrath - Tests/ODI (Aus)
Jamee999: Allan Donald -Tests/ODI (SA)
bagapath: Adam Gilchrist -Tests/ODI (Aus)

[B]Round 2[/B]

bagapath: Sachin Tendulkar - Tests (Ind) Ryan ten Doeschate - ODI (Neth) 
Jamee999: Shane Warne - Tests (Aus) Ricky Ponting - ODI (Aus)
Matt79: Shaun Pollock - Tests (SA) Saqlain Mushtaq - ODI (Pak)
Michaelf7777777: Chris Cairns -Tests/ODI (NZ)
Nnanden: Andrew Flintoff - Tests/ODI (Eng)
mettalics2006: AB de Villiers - Tests/ODI (SA)
Athlai: Chanderpaul - Tests (WI) Kevin Pietersen - ODI (Eng)
Somerset: Daniel Vettori - Tests (NZ) Ajantha Mendis - ODI (SL)

[B]Round 3[/B]

mettalics2006: Fanie de Villiers - Tests (SA) Brett Lee - ODI (Aus)
bagapath: Kevin Pietersen - Tests (Eng) MS Dhoni - ODI (Ind)
Somerset: Shane Bond - Tests (NZ) R Sarwan - ODI (WI)
Matt79: Shoaib Akhtar - Tests (Pak) Heath Streak - ODI (Zim)
Nnanden: M Yousuf - Tests (Pak) M Murali - ODI (SL) 
Michaelf7777777: Rahul Dravid - Tests (Ind) V Sehwag - ODI (Ind)
Athlai: Matt Prior - Tests (Eng) Marcus Trescothick - ODI (Eng)
Jamee999:  Kumar Sangakkara - Tests (SL) Kumar Sangakkara- ODI (SL)

[B]Round 4[/B]

Jamee999: Saeed Anwar- Tests (Pak) Chris Gayle - ODI (WI)
Athlai: Jesse Ryder - Tests (NZ) Shiv Chanderpaul - ODI (WI)
Michaelf7777777: Waqar Younis - Tests/ODI (Pak)
Nnanden: Stephen Fleming - Tests (NZ) Jerome Taylor - ODI (WI)
Matt79: Inzamam Ul Haq - Tests/ODI (Pak)
Somerset: Mahela Jayawardene - Tests (SL) Jacques Kallis - ODI (SA)
bagapath: Mathew Hayden - Tests (Aus) Sanath Jayasuriya - ODI (SL)
metallics2006: Heath Streak - Tests (Zim) Gary Kirsten - ODI (SA)
[B]
Round 5[/B]

Michaelf7777777: Alec Stewart - Tests (Eng) Shaun Pollock - ODI (SA)
Matt79: Shakib al Hasan - Tests (Ban) Lance Kluesener - ODI (SA)
Somerset: Ian Bishop - Tests (WI) Michael Bevan - ODI (Aus)
Nnanden: V Sehwag - Tests (IND) Michael Hussey - ODI (Aus)
Athlai: D Houghton - Tests (Zim) Shoaib Akhtar - ODI (Pak)
Jamee999: Anil Kumble - Tests (Ind) Sourav Ganguly - ODI (Ind)
metallics2006: Justin Langer - Tests (Aus) Makhaya Ntini - ODI (SA)
bagapath: Ajantha Mendis - Tests (SL) Shane Warne - ODI (Aus)

[B]Round 6[/B]

bagapath: Dale Steyn - Tests (SA) Nathan Bracken - ODI (Aus)
metallics 2006: Graeme Thorpe - Tests (Eng) Darren Gough - ODI (Eng)
Jamee999: Michael Atherton - Tests (Eng) Shahid Afridi - ODI (Pak)
Athlai: Mohammad Asif - Tests (Pak) Chaminda Vaas - ODI (SL)
Nnanden: Jimmy Adams - Tests (WI) Mohammad Yousuf - ODI (Pak)
Somerset: Mark Richardson - Tests (NZ) Nathan Astle - ODI (NZ)
Matt79: Younis Khan - Tests (Pak) Nick Knight - ODI (Eng)
Michaelf7777777: Murray Goodwin - Tests (Zim) Neil Johnson - ODI (Zim)

[B]Round 7[/B]

Michaelf7777777: Harbhajan Singh - Tests (Ind) Tillakaratne Dilshan - ODI (SL)
Athlai: Graeme Smith - Tests (SA) Anil Kumble - ODI (Ind)
bagapath: Mitchell Johnson - Tests (Aus) Scott Styris - ODI (NZ)
metallics 2006: Gautham Gambhir - Tests (Ind) Mashrafe Mortaza - ODI (Ban)
Matt79: Thilan Samaraweera - Tests (SL) Rahul Dravid- ODI (Ind)
Jamee999: Chris Gayle - Tests (WI) Dwayne Bravo - ODI (WI)
Nnanden: Mahmudullah - Tests (Ban) Yuvraj Singh - ODI (Ind)
Somerset: VVS Laxman - Tests (Ind) Abdul Razzaq - ODI (Pak)
[B]
Round 8[/B]

Somerset: Shabbir Ahmed - Tests (Pak) Geoff Allott - ODI (NZ)
Nnanden: JP Duminy - Tests/ODI (SA) 
Jamee999: Mervyn Dillon - Tests (WI) Grant Flower - ODI (Zim)
Matt79: Dwayne Bravo - Tests (WI) Shoaib Malik - ODI (Pak)
metallics 2006: Craig McMillan - Tests (NZ) Roger Twose - ODI (NZ)
bagapath: Shahid Afridi - Tests (Pak) Jonty Rhodes - ODI (SA)
Athlai: Sourav Ganguly - Tests (Ind) Graeme Hick - ODI (Eng)
Michaelf7777777: Sanath Jayasuriya - Tests (SL) Graeme Swann - ODI (Eng)

[B]Round 9[/B]

metallics 2006: Darren Sammy - Tests (WI) Reon King - ODI (WI)
Nnanden: Nuwan Kulasekara - Tests/ODI (SL)
Michaelf7777777: Javagal Srinath - Tests (Ind) Harbajhan Singh - ODI (Ind)
Somerset: Gary Kirsten - Tests (SA) Graeme Thorpe - ODI (Eng)
bagapath: Simon Doull - Tests (NZ) Paul Collingwood - ODI (Eng)
Matt79: Andrew Strauss - Tests (Eng) Ross Taylor - ODI (NZ)
Jamee999: Habibul Bashar - Tests (Ban) Mervyn DIllon - ODI (WI)
Athlai: Brett Lee - Tests (Aus) Brendan Taylor (Zim)

[B]Round 10[/B]

Athlai: Marcus Trescothick - Tests (England) Andrew Symonds - ODI (Australia)
Jamee999: Nathan Astle - Tests (NZ) James Anderson - ODI (Eng)
Matt79: Ross Taylor - Tests (NZ) Mahela Jayawardene - ODI (SL)
bagapath: R Sarwan - Tests (WI) Basit Ali - ODI (Pak)
Somerset: Mike Hussey - Tests (Aus) Javagal Srinath - ODI (Ind)
Michaelf7777777: Mark Taylor - Tests (Aus) Ajay Jadeja - ODI (Ind)
Nnanden: Chaminda Vaas - Tests (SL) Martin Guptill - ODI (NZ)
metallics 2006: Marvin Atapattu Tests/ODI (SL)

[B]Round 11[/B]

Somerset: Michael Vaughan - Tests (Eng) Brendon McCullum - ODI (NZ)
Jamee999:
metallics 2006: Saqlain Mushtaq - Tests (Pak) Umar Akmal - ODIs (Pak)
Athlai: Darren Gough - Tests (Eng) Graeme Smith - ODI (SA)
Matt79: MS Dhoni - Tests (Ind) AC Cummins - ODI (WI)
bagapath: Tatenda Taibu - Tests (Zim) Vasbert Drakes - ODI (WI)
Nnanden:
Michaelf7777777: Brian McMillan - Tests (SA) Matthew Hayden - ODI (Aus)

[B]Grounds[/B]

Michaelf7777777:
Nnanden:
bagapath:
Matt79:
Athlai:
metallics 2006:
Jamee999:
Somerset:

 

[Shri]

The Warriors CC Test Line Up

1. Gautham Gambhir - LHB: 54.07 / LS: -
2. Justin Langer - LHB: 45.27 / RM: -
3. Marvan Atapattu - RHB: 39.02 / LS: 24.00
4. Jacques Kallis - RHB: 54.66 / RFM: 31.08
5. Graham Thorpe -LHB: 44.66 / RM: -
6. AB de Villiers [+] - RHB: 43.92 / RM: 49.50
7. Craig McMillan - RHB: 38.46 / RM: 44.89
8. Heath Streak - RHB: 22.35 / RFM: 28.14
9. Fanie de Villiers - RHB: 18.89 / RFM: 24.27
10. Darren Sammy - RHB: 18.23 / RFM: 25.96
11. Saqlain Mushtaq - RHB: 14.48 / OS: 29.83

The Warriors CC ODI Line Up

1. Sachin Tendulkar - RHB: 44.57 / LS: 44.19 / Eco: 5.09
2. Gary Kirsten - LHB: 40.95 / OS: 71.00
3. Marvan Atapattu - RHB: 37.57 / -
4. AB de Villiers [+] - RHB: 39.65 / -
5. Umar Akmal - RHB: 77.66 / -
6. Roger Twose - LHB: 38.81 / RM: 58.75
7. Mashrafe Mortaza - RHB: 15.51 / RFM: 29.81 / Eco: 4.57
8. Brett Lee - RHB: 16.22 / RF: 22.92 / Eco: 4.72
9. Darren Gough - RHB: 12.42 / RFM: 26.42 / Eco: 4.39
10. Makhaya Ntini - RHB: 8.65 / RF: 24.65 / Eco: 4.53
11. Reon King - RHB: 7.22 / RFM: 23.77 / Eco: 4.16

 

[Somerset]

Marvan Attapattu - Tests and ODIs

Saqlain Mushtaq - Tests
Umar Akmal - ODIs

Interesting selection in Akmal - hes only played 5 ODIs!

 

[Shri]

Interesting selection in Akmal - hes only played 5 ODIs!

I chose my ODI side from my favourites tbh. Only snag is Mortaza like I said earlier. And I do like Akmal's batting style from the few times I have seen him bat. So, I chose him based on that. Have to admit though, an average of 77 helped tilt the scales too.

 

[Somerset]

I chose my ODI side from my favourites tbh. Only snag is Mortaza like I said earlier. And I do like Akmal's batting style from the few times I have seen him bat. So, I chose him based on that. Have to admit though, an average of 77 helped tilt the scales too.

Fair enough, each to their own strategy of course. I think everyone has selected their Pakistan ODI player so I commented on your selection because I was somewhat surprised you selected him above batsmen like Saeed Anwar, Younis Khan and Salman Butt.

 

[Athlai]

Hey guys I'm relaxing the order for the Grounds picks as they aren't quite as important. So just pick whatever ground you like and if two are contested refer back to the draft order to see who gets it.

I'm personally going with Lords 6-4-4

^The values represent how good they are for bowling 10 being the highest.
First number I think is pace bowling, second is medium pace, third is spin

 

[Shri]

Different pitches for tests and odis?

 

[bagapath]

Chennai 6-5-6

 

[Athlai]

Different pitches for tests and odis?

Na just the one home ground.

 

[Shri]

Chennai 6-5-6

****.

 

[Shri]

Ground Name: The Battlefield
Location: Johannesburg, RSA

4 - 7 - 4

 

[Nate]

Romesh Kaluwitharana in ODIs and Rangana Herath in Tests please.

 

[Nate]

Tests

1) Stephen Fleming (c)
2) Virender Sehwag
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Mohammed Yousuf
5) JP Duminy
6) Jimmy Adams (wk)
7) Mahmudullah
8) Andrew Flintoff
9) Chaminda Vaas
10) Nuwan Kulasekara
11) Rangana Herath


ODIs

1) Martin Guptill
2) Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)
3) Mohammed Yousuf
4) Michael Hussey (c)
5) JP Duminy
6) Yuvraj Singh
7) Shakib Al-Hasan
8) Andrew Flintoff
9) Jerome Taylor
10) Nuwan Kulasekara
11) Muttiah Muralitharan

at the SCG, with 2-1-7 thanks.

 

[Athlai]

Tests

1) Stephen Fleming (c)
2) Virender Sehwag
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Mohammed Yousuf
5) JP Duminy
6) Jimmy Adams (wk)
7) Mahmudullah
8) Andrew Flintoff
9) Chaminda Vaas
10) Nuwan Kulasekara
11) Rangana Herath


ODIs

1) Martin Guptill
2) Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)
3) Mohammed Yousuf
4) Michael Hussey (c)
5) JP Duminy
6) Yuvraj Singh
7) Shakib Al-Hasan
8) Andrew Flintoff
9) Jerome Taylor
10) Nuwan Kulasekara
11) Muttiah Muralitharan

at the SCG, with 2-1-7 thanks.

Will adjust SCG to 3-3-7

 

[Nate]

Why?