ODI Debut Chronology draft

[stephen]

And Viv Richards

Bevan and Dhoni fill the same hole in a team. It's crazy seeing both of them in the same team. Seeing Viv in a team isn't crazy at all.

Personally I think hb is going to struggle to assemble a decent attack now so I'm interested to see who he drafts from now on.

 

[stephen]

You guys got all the bowlers, so I thought I will swoop the ATG batsmen instead.

It's the opposite of your test drafting strategy.

 

[honestbharani]

It was not by choice mate. I wanted to get Viv coz to me, while he may not be as far ahead of the next best, he is still the Bradman of ODI cricket. And then I was pushed all over the place and lost some great bowlers. Ended up drafting the middle order first.

 

[trundler]

Think Viv is more like the WG of ODI cricket..

 

[ankitj]

KingKallis ​is up next.

 

[kingkallis]

Andrew Symonds (1998-11-10)

 

[trundler]

Thanks for making that choice for me KK. I'll take Shoaib Akhtar. (1998-03-28)

Akhtar and Roberts

 

[ankitj]

Pothas > Ankitj > Teuton > Mr_mister > Weldone > RedHill

[all currently on 1996]

 

[ankitj]

• Teuton - Zaheer Abbas (1974-08-31), Malcolm Marshall (1980-05-28), Arjuna Ranatunga (1982-02-14), Craig McDermott (1985-01-06), Brian Lara (1990-11-09), Sourav Ganguly (1992-01-11), Lance Klusener (1996-01-19)
• Mr_mister - Wasim Akram (1984-11-23), Steve Waugh (1986-01-09), Neil Fairbrother (1987-04-02), Allan Donald (1991-11-10), Damien Martyn (1992-12-08), Matthew Hayden (1993-05-19), Shahid Afridi (1996-10-02)
• Weldone - Greg Chappell (1971-01-05), Kapil Dev (1978-10-01), Abdul Qadir (1983-06-11), Courtney Walsh (1985-01-10), Glenn McGrath (1993-12-09), Herschelle Gibbs (1996-10-03)
• RedHill - Clive Lloyd (1973-09-05), Gordon Greenidge (1975-06-11), Curtly Ambrose (1988-03-12), Adam Gilchrist (1996-10-25)
• Pothas - Joel Garner (1977-03-16), Aravinda de Silva (1984-04-31), Saeed Anwar (1989-01-01), Muttiah Muralitharan (1993-08-12), Jacques Kallis (1996-01-09), Makhaya Ntini (1998-01-16)
• Trundler - Glenn Turner (1973-02-11), Andy Roberts (1975-06-07), Sachin Tendulkar (1989-12-18), Saqlain Mushtaq (1995-09-25), Shoaib Akhtar. (1998-03-28)
• KingKallis - Dennis Lillee (1972-08-24), Javed Miandad (1975-06-11), Dean Jones (1984-01-30), Sanath Jayasuriya (1989-12-26), Chris Cairns (1991-02-13), Ricky Ponting (1995-02-15), Andrew Symonds (1998-11-10)
• Stephen - Richard Hadlee (1973-02-11), Michael Holding (1976-08-26), Mark Waugh (1988-12-11), Shane Warne (1993-03-24), Shivnarine Chanderpaul (1994-10-17), Andrew Flintoff (1999-04-07)
• Honestbharani - Viv Richards (1975-06-07), Martin Crowe (1982-02-13), Carl Hooper (1987-03-18), ​Michael Bevan (1994-04-14), Nathan Astle (1995-01-22), MS Dhoni (2004)
• Ankitj - Imran Khan (1974-08-31), Desmond Haynes (1978-02-22), Waqar Younis (1989-10-14), Anil Kumble (1990-04-25), Inzamam-ul-Haq (1991-11-22), Shaun Pollock (1996-01-09), AB de Villiers (2005-02-02)

 

[Pothas]

Ah was hoping I might just get Shoaib or Symonds but was fairly surprised I managed to get both Murali and then Kallis so can't really complain.

Makhaya Ntini (1998-01-16)

 

[ankitj]

AB de Villiers (2005-02-02)

 

[Pothas]

Haha there was me thinking that pick might give me an outside chance of getting de Villiers.

 

[ankitj]

I was safe from you because you only had 5 players before you picked Ntini. No way was I going to take chance with Teuton who is sitting on 7 players.

 

[kingkallis]

Thanks for making that choice for me KK. I'll take Shoaib Akhtar. (1998-03-28)

Akhtar and Roberts

I myself was confused between Shoaib and Symonds but couldn't resist picking one of the best ODI all-rounder.

 

[weldone]

RedHill is playing with an interesting strategy. He made 2 big jumps for Ambrose and Gilchrist and now he needs to pick 7 more players including at least 4 bowlers

 

[marc71178]

Yes, completely agree. I think no one other than these 2 deserves to play as all-rounder in an ATG XI.

I actually don't see any way you can put Flintoff in an ATG ODI XI - the only place he had any success batting was at 4/5 and there is no way you can justify selecting him at that position as it will displace a far superior batsman.

 

[marc71178]

Kapil has a better strike rate than Sir Viv and Zaheer Abbas (and everyone else from that era).

A fact rendered pointless by his relative dogshit average.

 

[Red]

I actually don't see any way you can put Flintoff in an ATG ODI XI - the only place he had any success batting was at 4/5 and there is no way you can justify selecting him at that position as it will displace a far superior batsman.

His record at 5 is very very good, and his record at 7 is ok. When he's your 5th bowler I see no reason why you couldn't select him at 5 when he averaged 46 there at a SR of 94.

Tendulkar
Lara / Gilchrist
Richards
Kohli
Flintoff
DeVilliers
Dhoni */ Bevan

+ Wasim/Garner/Murali/McGrath

 

[stephen]

So let me get this straight - the only spinner to have won two world cups, with a bowling and batting average in the mid 20s went unpicked?

I thought for sure he was the best pick for hb, kk and mrmr. Oh well, means you folks have to scrap harder to get decent spinners.

 

[kingkallis]

So let me get this straight - the only spinner to have won two world cups, with a bowling and batting average in the mid 20s went unpicked?

I thought for sure he was the best pick for hb, kk and mrmr. Oh well, means you folks have to scrap harder to get decent spinners.

Trust me, there are many really good ODI spinners left. I did consider this lefty you are talking about but it didn't fit in the plan.