All Formats Draft

[Dan]

Gonna vote for Joe purely based on his good logic earlier in the thread and the fact that he's actually bothering to post three separate batting orders. Way ahead of the game here.

Im not bothering because my XIs currently match up perfectly across formats
Who needs a twelfth man?

Hayden was my next pick. Now I'm completely screwed for openers. Might have to get very, very creative here, though it doubtless will cost me the draft in terms of the popular vote*
Also wanted Davidson as well, tbh.

*Spoilers: Picking Sreesanth as an opening batsman

 

[watson]

Gonna vote for Joe purely based on his good logic earlier in the thread and the fact that he's actually bothering to post three separate batting orders. Way ahead of the game here.

I agree that Joe has a very nice team thus far. But we're not even half way through the draft yet, so not so fast.

 

[ohnoitsyou]

Was after davidson as well

 

[Camo999]

Think it's me again? Sunil Narine if so...

 

[Dan]

Mitchell Johnson.

Mitch-Procter-Murali-Vettori. Good luck creating a form of cricket in which that attack isn't gun.

 

[Howe_zat]

Saeed Ajmal

 

[Howe_zat]

Gayle
Warner
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Ajmal
Malinga
McGrath

 

[Dan]

Dan Announcements
(for the benefit of Prince EWS)

Test	ODI	T20i
1.	1.	1.
2.	2.	2.
3.	3.	3.
4.	4.	4.
5. AB de Villiers +	5. AB de Villiers +	5. AB de Villiers +
6.	6.	6.
7. Mike Procter (2)	7. Mike Procter (2)	7. Mike Procter (2)
8. Dan Vettori (4)	8. Dan Vettori (4)	8. Dan Vettori (4)
9. Mitchell Johnson (1)	9. Mitchell Johnson (1)	9. Mitchell Johnson (1)
10.	10.	10.
11. Muttiah Muralitharan (3)	11. Muttiah Muralitharan (3)	11. Muttiah Muralitharan (3)
(12th: TBD)	(12th: TBD)	(12th: TBD)

 

[uvelocity]

hoping there will be at least six voting threads for this draft

best t20 team
best odi team
best test team
team youd most like to watch
best team overall
most likeable team
best team if you extrapolated their domestic stats to a tendulkar length career
probably missed a few

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ajmal a great pick. These are the sort of players who belong in all format teams, not great who didn't even play one or even two of the formats. Howezat's team the best for me

 

[watson]

Gayle and Warner opening the batting, and McGrath opening the bowling with Malinga is outrageous!

Must admit that there's quite a few teams on show that are are just plain cool, even if they haven't been clinically executed.

 

[harsh.ag]

Saeed Ajmal

Well done with this pick.

Gayle
Warner
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-
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Ajmal
Malinga
McGrath

Swashbuckling outfit.

Ajmal a great pick. These are the sort of players who belong in all format teams, not great who didn't even play one or even two of the formats. Howezat's team the best for me

I was in a quandary in selecting between Andy Roberts and Saeed Ajmal in my pick last round. In the end, I went for the pacer believing that perhaps the opportunity cost of not picking him was greater. I am not so sure now. Ajmal does provide stupendous class in all three formats.

 

[harsh.ag]

R4

Aldo Raine - Michael Holding
ohnoitsyou - Jack Hobbs
watson - Gordon Greenidge
kyear2 - Bill O'Reilly
Pothas - Mike Hussey
Howe_zat - David Warner
morgieb - Javed Miandad
Dan - Dan Vettori
harsh.ag - Andy Roberts
Camo999 - George Headley
Blakus - Saqlain Mushtaq
Saint Kopite - Matthew Hayden
Monk - Alan Davidson
GI Joe - Andrew Flintoff

R5

Camo999 - Sunil Narine
Dan - Mitchell Johnson
Howe_zat - Saeed Ajmal
morgieb -
Monk
Aldo Raine
ohnoitsyou
Pothas
harsh.ag
Saint Kopite
Blakus
watson
kyear2
GI Joe

 

[morgieb]

Taking a major risk here - Wally Hammond

FC/ODI/T20 lineup

1.
2.
3.
4. Miandad
5. Hammond
6. Botham
7. Khan
8.
9. Ambrose
10.
11.

 

[Dan]

So your team has a grand total of 0 T20 matches between them after Round 5

 

[morgieb]

So your team has a grand total of 0 T20 matches between them after Round 5

Prank format.

Will probably look at a few more later.

 

[kyear2]

hoping there will be at least six voting threads for this draft

best t20 team
best odi team
best test team
team youd most like to watch
best team overall
most likeable team
best team if you extrapolated their domestic stats to a tendulkar length career
probably missed a few

On a serious note probably could have votes for best Test, ODI and T20 teams and then between them vote for the best over all team. Just a suggestion though.

On these draft orders though, I can't catch a break.

 

[Howe_zat]

At this stage in the game it's definitely a bonus to have your picks close together.

 

[Pothas]

Yeah, after the first couple of rounds it is the thing you really want.

This draft is hard though, normally I know roughly what sort of player I am going to pick for the next few rounds, no idea with this one.

 

[watson]

At this stage in the game it's definitely a bonus to have your picks close together.

Not really, as the next player is important to my team, and I took a calculated gamble that he would still be available by Round 5. Would have preferred that I didn't have to watch 22 picks go by as the odds are that he'll get taken, and I'd prefer not to use my backup even though there's not much between the three players IMO.

Incidently, you have to take the odd risk in order to get a good team. Plus it makes things more exciting.