One Day world cup losers draft

[Teuton]

It's been 12 hours since brumby's pick so I think we can kick off r11.

Mike Gatting

 

[stephen]

I'll take David Gower

 

[stephen]

Urgh he's already been picked.

 

[stephen]

I guess I'll take Samaraweera.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Luke Ronchi, please.

 

[Teuton]

Final team:

Gordon Greenidge
Brendon McCullum
David Gower
Alec Stewart wk
Ijaz Ahmed
Mike Gatting
Thisara Perera 5
Chaminda Vaas 2
Wasim Akram 1
Shane Warne 4
Mike Hendrick 3

 

[stephen]

Stephen's also rans (bowling options in brackets):

1 Saeed Anwar
2 Mark Taylor
3 RT Ponting *
4 Kumar Sangakkara +
5 Steve Waugh (5)
6 Russel Arnold
7 Thilan Samaraweera
8 Daniel Vettori (4)
9 Matt Henry (2)
10 Lockie Ferguson (3)
11 Michael Holding (1)

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Luke Ronchi, please.

Gutted. I wanted him.

Rod Marsh instead

 

[honestbharani]

Alan Turner

 

[honestbharani]

Honest Hunks


Sachin Tendulkar
Alan Turner
Ian Chappell ©
Inzamam ul Haq
Doug Walters (5)
Larry Gomes (6)
Abdul Razzaq (4)
Chris Lewis (3)
Moin Khan (wk)
Dennis Lillee (1)
Shoaib Akhtar (2)

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Sanath Jayasuriya (6)
Virender Sehwag (9)
Sourav Ganguly (7) c
Neil Fairbrother
Corey Anderson (5)
Michael Bevan (6)
Colin De Grandhomme (4)
Gary Gilmour (2)
Rod Marsh wk
Nuwan Kulasekera (3)
Andy Roberts (1)

9 bowling options! Batting all the way down to 10 - smash it in the power play, keep playing very aggressively with Fairbrother and Bevan to safely work 2s and 3s and allrounders just keep smashing it. Sehwag is the only left hander in the top 6 or perhaps CDG could be promoted if required.

 

[ankitj]

Wajahatullah Wasti

 

[ankitj]

Henry Nicholls
Wajahatullah Wasti
Vivian Richards *
Mahela Jayawardene
Yuvraj Singh
Tom Latham +
Azhar Mahmood [5]
Paul Reiffel [4]
Jeff Thomson [1]
Zaheer Khan [3]
Trent Boult [2]

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Sanath Jayasuriya (6)
Virender Sehwag (9)
Sourav Ganguly (7) c
Neil Fairbrother
Corey Anderson (5)
Michael Bevan (8)
Colin De Grandhomme (4)
Gary Gilmour (2)
Rod Marsh wk
Nuwan Kulasekera (3)
Andy Roberts (1)

9 bowling options! Batting all the way down to 10 - smash it in the power play, keep playing very aggressively with Fairbrother and Bevan to safely work 2s and 3s and allrounders just keep smashing it. Sehwag is the only left hander in the top 6 or perhaps CDG could be promoted if required.

Edit

 

[Fuller Pilch]

It looks like Southee was the only eligible Kiwi to miss out

 

[ankitj]

Sehwag is right hander

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Sorry typo - only right hander. The rest are left handers

 

[BoyBrumby]

The Loss Leaders

1) Mark Waugh (RHB/OS)
2) Geoff Boycott (RHB/RM)
3) Upal Tharanga (LHB)
4) Greg Chappell (RHB/RM)
5) Clive Lloyd* (LHB)
6) Grant Elliott (RHB)
7) Mitchell Santner (LHB/SLA)
8) Luke Ronchi+ (RHB)
9) Malcolm Marshall (RHB/RF)
10) Damien Fleming (RHB/RFM)
11) Glenn McGrath (RHB/RFM)

Pretty happy with that seam attack; two genuine ATGs to take the new ball, very solid first change in Flemo and Chappell, G's and Boycs's mediums to get through a few middle overs if the pitch is doing anything.

Batting wise the plan is for Junior Waugh to add some early impetus and Sir Geoffrey to bat through. If Junior went early there's the flexibility to promote Elliott, Ronchi or Santner to take advantage of the fielding restrictions. Then there's the class of Greg and the Big Cat in the middle order engine room.

 

[AndrewB]

The Loss Leaders

1) Mark Waugh (RHB/OS)
2) Geoff Boycott (RHB/RM)
3) Upal Tharanga (LHB)
4) Greg Chappell (RHB/RM)
5) Clive Lloyd* (RHB)
6) Grant Elliott (RHB)
7) Mitchell Santner (LHB/SLA)
8) Luke Ronchi+ (RHB)
9) Malcolm Marshall (RHB/RF)
10) Damien Fleming (RHB/RFM)
11) Glenn McGrath (RHB/RFM)

Pretty happy with that seam attack; two genuine ATGs to take the new ball, very solid first change in Flemo and Chappell, G's and Boycs's mediums to get through a few middle overs if the pitch is doing anything.

Batting wise the plan is for Junior Waugh to add some early impetus and Sir Geoffrey to bat through. If Junior went early there's the flexibility to promote Elliott, Ronchi or Santner to take advantage of the fielding restrictions. Then there's the class of Greg and the Big Cat in the middle order engine room.

Clive Lloyd wasn't a bad bowler in ODIs either, though he didn't bowl often. (Also, he batted left-handed).

 

[BoyBrumby]

Clive Lloyd wasn't a bad bowler in ODIs either, though he didn't bowl often. (Also, he batted left-handed).

Bugger, you're quite right, of course. Duly edited.

The terms of the draft mean though that only players who bowled in the final are allowed to be considered as one of the five minimum required for the XI, so Sir Clive's and Elliott's seamers aren't a factor.