2019 World Cup draft

[Michaelf7777777]

Lahiru Thirimanne will be my final selection please

Charter 77 Final XI

Tom Latham
Mohammad Hafeez
Lahiru Thirimanne
Peter Handscomb
Angelo Mathews
MS Dhoni (*) (+)
Andre Russell
Rashid Khan
Ish Sodhi
Trent Boult
Shaheen Afridi

 

[mr_mister]

Dimuth Karunaratne

 

[NUFAN]

Haha thats a fine writeup but hard to say its the best balanced when most of the teams arent even complete yet

 

[stephen]

Lahiru Thirimanne will be my final selection please

Charter 77 Final XI

Tom Latham
Mohammad Hafeez
Lahiru Thirimanne
Peter Handscomb
Angelo Mathews
MS Dhoni (*) (+)
Andre Russell
Rashid Khan
Ish Sodhi
Trent Boult
Shaheen Afridi

I considered him for my 10th pick. Was narrow between him and Stoinis for my #4 spot.

 

[stephen]

Haha thats a fine writeup but hard to say its the best balanced when most of the teams arent even complete yet

11 players is better balanced than those that only have 10 by default

 

[srbhkshk]

Mehidy Hasan Miraz

Considered having a better bowler, but #9 should really be able to at least hold his bat in today's times.

Rohit Sharma (*)
Shikhar Dhawan
Soumya Sarkar (8)
Haris Sohail (7)
Mushfiqur Rahim (+)
Moeen Ali (6)
Ravindra Jadeja (5)
Chris Morris (3)
Mehidy Hasan Miraz (4)
Jasprit Bumrah (1)
Mustafizur Rahman (2)

 

[mr_mister]

Dimuth Karunaratne
Shai Hope +
Kane Williamson *
Kusal Mendis
Shimron Hetmyer
Shoaib Malik 6
Colin De Grandhomme 3
Jason Holder 4
Wahab Riaz 2
Yuzvendra Chahal 5
Lasith Malinga 1


Not a bad little side. 6 bowlers, international centurions down to 8

Probably a few players whove had more success in tests (Mendis, Karunaratne, De Grandhomme), but 2 of those 3 had a pretty solid WC

Hetmyer and CDG can be promoted of course if the top 3 are batting too stodgy

 

[jimmy101]

Mehidy Hasan Miraz

Considered having a better bowler, but #9 should really be able to at least hold his bat in today's times.

Nice pick. Had my eye on him.

 

[jimmy101]

Boundaries uber alles XI

David Warner
KL Rahul
Steve Smith
Dinesh Karthik
Mahmudullah
Glenn Maxwell
Sarafraz Ahmed+*
Dhananjaya de Silva
Mark Wood
Dale Steyn
Mohammad Amir

I think my favourite aspect of this team is the three-pronged pace attack of Steyn, Amir & Wood. Plenty of #batdeep going on, & feel the batting lineup is flexible enough to be shuffled around depending on match situations.

 

[Teuton]

Avishka Fernando

Was weighing up between him and DdS but Jimmy just made the decision for me

 

[NUFAN]

1 Aaron Finch c
2 Jonny Bairstow+
3 Virat Kohli
4 Babar Azam
5 Kedar Jadhav (7)
6 Imad Wasim (6)
7 Dwaine Pretorius (4)
8 Shadab Khan (5)
9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar (1)
10 Kemar Roach (3)
11 Imran Tahir (2)

Having a great top 4 is vital in ODIs and I feel as though Arun, Jonny, Virat and Babar is sublime. They will need to face a large portion of the overs, although Jadhav and Imad can produce when situations suit.

On the bowling front, it makes sense to give Tahir the new pill with Bhuvi. Of course weve recently seen cricket in England, my team is designed more for the more common flat pitches where spin bowling is needed. Its why I went Shadab because 20 overs of him and Tahir will be tough to face. Ideally, id like a quick who could blast out the opposition but im happy to have the best spinner and the best batsman in my XI.

 

[stephen]

Your top 4 is probably the strongest in the comp Nufan. Not sold on your middle order. All batting one too high, though with your top 4 that might not be a big of a problem as it seems on the surface.

Would have looked to see a better new ball bowler than Tahir. Roach and Bhuvi could do the job. Still, it's a solid if not spectacular attack.

 

[Teuton]

Final team
Jason Roy
Kusal Perera (wk)
Joe Root
Eoin Morgan (c)
Henry Nicholls
Avishka Fernando
Hardik Pandya
Adil Rashid
Jofra Archer
Mitch Starc
Hasan Ali

 

[Jarquis]

Quinton de Kock
Imam ul-Haq
Evin Lewis
Ross Taylor
Nicholas Pooran
Jimmy Neesham
Mohammad Nabi
Chris Woakes
Tom Curran
Lockie Ferguson
Mujeeb Ur Rahman

Not bad considering I was late to the party. Could probably do with a little more cake in the top order as the top 3 are all left handed dashers. Rest of the lineup is strong however. 6 solid bowling options with choices for every stage of the innings.

 

[NUFAN]

@Stephen. I dont think Tahir would bowl much up front, 2-3 overs. Id like him bowling in tandem with Shadab and Imad in the middle overs.

Marcuss, I like your teams upside and recent form.

 

[MrPrez]

Rahmat Shah

1. Hashim Amla
2. Fakhar Zaman
3. Rahmat Shah
4. Rassie van der Dussen
5. David Miller
6. Risabh Pant (wk)
7. Andile Phelukwayo
8. Thisara Perera
9. Kuldeep Yadav
10. Kagiso Rabada
11. Mashrafe Mortaza

 

[stephen]

I really like your middle order mr prez. It's sneaky, full of good players who aren't rated as highly as they should be yet.

 

[Red]

Martin Guptill
Usman Khwaja
Shakib Al Hasan 5
Shaun Marsh
JP Duminy 6
-
Alex Carey +
Nathan Coulter Nile
Pat Cummins 2
Jason Behrendorff 3
Mohammed Shami 1

Can someone tell me who I should pick?

 

[mr_mister]

Ashgar Afghan or Sabbir Rahman


Not a lot of middle order bats left

 

[stephen]

Sunil Ambris looks like a solid, adaptable batting talent. But he's only played half a dozen ODIs.