Test/ODI Combination Draft

[Himannv]

More than facing the new ball, the reason why he was relatively more successful as a top order batsman is that he liked to pace his innings. I always got the feeling that he relished and enjoyed 50/1 type of scenarios more than 150/3 types. It was more evident in ODIs. He was not a Michael Bevan type batsman who loved chasing 110 runs off last 100 deliveries with 6 wickets remaining.

Well, reason I asked was because I was toying with the idea of opening with him and Sobers.

 

[weldone]

Well, reason I asked was because I was toying with the idea of opening with him and Sobers.

Nah, in tests keep Lara at 3 and Sobers at 4. And in ODIs, make Lara open and keep Sobers at 4. Will look gun.

 

[Jarquis]

Brett Lee

 

[weldone]

Andrew Symonds

 

[weldone]

This is the first draft where I have made a conscious decision of not giving much thought behind any of the picks, and make picks on gut feeling alone - quick n fast.

In other drafts, I usually have complicated and elaborate strategies...

 

[morgieb]

Mahela Jayawardene

 

[Joao]

Brett Lee

Sorry Marcuss, KK already picked Lee.

 

[Jarquis]

Clive Lloyd

3. Kumar Sangakkarra
5. Zaheer Abbas
6. Clive Lloyd
8. Shaun Pollock
10. Saqlain Mushtaq
11. Joel Garner

 

[Joao]

Shiv Chanderpaul and Graeme Smith

1 Graeme Smith
2
3 Ricky Ponting
4 Kevin Pietersen
5 Shiv Chanderpaul
6
7 Chris Cairns
8 Richard Hadlee
9
10 Andy Roberts
11 Derek Underwood

 

[Joao]

Round 1 Draft order

1.Blakus - Adam Gilchrist
2.smalishah84 - Glenn McGrath
3.Cabinet96 - Muttiah Muralitharan
4.morgieb - Wasim Akram
5.honestbharani - Sachin Tendulkar
6.Joao - Richard Hadlee
7.weldone - Viv Richards
8.kingkallis - Shane Warne
9.MrPrez - Imran Khan
10.Daemon - Jacques Kallis
11.Himannv - Garfield Sobers
12.Howe_Zat - Dennis Lillee
13.Marcuss - Shaun Pollock

Round 2 Draft order

1. Marcuss - Joel Garner
2. Howe_Zat - Malcolm Marshall
3. Himannv - Brian Lara
4. Daemon - Dale Steyn
5. MrPrez - Allan Donald
6. kingkallis - Waqar Younis
7. weldone - Curtly Ambrose
8. Joao - Ricky Ponting
9. honestbharani - Shane Bond
10. morgieb -Rahul Dravid
11. Cabinet96 - Michael Hussey
12. smalishah84 - Absent
13. Blakus - Michael Holding

Round 3 Draft Order

1. Howe_Zat - Kapil Dev
2. Joao - Andy Roberts
3. Daemon - Andy Flower
4. Blakus - Greg Chappell
5. smalishah84 - Absent
6. morgieb - Michael Bevan
7. weldone - Ian Botham
8. MrPrez -
9. Marcuss - Kumar Sangakkara
10. kingkallis - Matthew Hayden
11. honestbharani - MS Dhoni
12. Himannv - Andrew Flintoff
13. Cabinet96 - Damien Martyn

Round 4 Draft Order

1. Cabinet96 - AB de Villiers
2. Himannv - Shoaib Akhtar
3. honestbharani - Shane Watson
4. kingkallis - Gordon Greenidge
5. Marcuss - Saqlain Mushtaq
6. MrPrez -
7. weldone - Courtney Walsh
8. morgieb - Bob Willis
9. smalishah84 - Absent
10. Blakus - Javed Miandad
11. Daemon -
12. Joao - Derek Underwood
13. Howe_Zat - Anil Kumble

Round 5 Draft Order

1. Himannv - Steve Waugh
2. weldone - Virender Sehwag
3. Howe_zat - Sanath Jayasuriya
4. MrPrez -
5. Daemon -
6. morgieb - Allan Border
7. Cabinet96
8. smalishah84 - Absent
9. kingkallis - Brett Lee
10. Marcuss - Zaheer Abbas
11. Joao - Chris Cairns
12. Blakus - John Snow
13. honestbharani - Jason Gillespie

Round 6 Draft Order

1. honestbharani - Graham Gooch
2. Blakus - Sunil Gavaskar
3. Joao - Kevin Pietersen
4. Marcuss - Inzamam-ul-Haq
5. kingkallis - Martin Crowe
6. smalishah84 - Absent
7. Cabinet96
8. morgieb - Daniel Vettori
9. Daemon -
10. MrPrez -
11. Howe_zat - Aravinda de Silva
12. weldone - Desmond Haynes
13. Himannv - Shakib Al Hasan

Round 7 Draft Order

Daemon -
Howe_Zat - Alan Knott
honestbharani - Graeme Swann
smalishah84 -
Himannv - Chaminda Vaas
kingkallis - Dean Jones
MrPrez -
Blakus - Saeed Anwar
Marcuss - Clive Lloyd
weldone - Andrew Symonds
morgieb - Mahela Jayawardene
Cabinet96
Joao - Shiv Chanderpaul

Round 8 Draft Order

Joao - Graeme Smith
Cabinet96
morgieb
weldone
Marcuss
Blakus
MrPrez
kingkallis
Himannv
smalishah84
honestbharani
Howe_Zat
Daemon

 

[morgieb]

Mark Waugh

Wasn't the greatest test player, but he wasn't crap and he was hot at ODI's.

 

[Joao]

Mark Waugh

Wasn't the greatest test player, but he wasn't crap and he was hot at ODI's.

Averaged 40 odd in the 90's, got to be worth at least 45-48 in the 00's. Damn pretty to watch too... and that six off Vettori at the WACA

 

[Joao]

weldone -> Marcuss -> Blakus - KK

 

[weldone]

Mohammad Yousuf

 

[weldone]

weldone ODI XI:

Virender Sehwag
Desmond Haynes
Viv Richards*
Mohammad Yousuf
Andrew Symonds
Ian Botham
-
-
Curtly Ambrose
Courtney Walsh
-

 

[kingkallis]

Arghhh!

 

[Jarquis]

Gary Kirsten

 

[Blakus]

Lance Klusener

 

[Jarquis]

Hate you.

 

[Blakus]

What are you whinging about. You had your chance to pick him before i did