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Ascending batting average draft (tests)

ankitj

ankitj

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@JOJOXI up next
  • Weldone/JOJOXI - Waqar Younis (10.2), Shane Warne (17.33), Tim Southee (17.38), Kapil Dev (31.05), Brendon McCullum (38.64), Aravinda de Silva (42.98), Geoff Boycott (47.73), Virender Sehwag (49.34)
  • AndrewB - Jasprit Bumrah (2.9), Bill O'Reilly (12.81), Ray Lindwall (21.15), Maurice Tate (25.48), Ian Healy (27.39),Tony Greig (40.43), Arthur Morris (46.48), Frank Worrell (49.48)
  • Pothas - Dale Steyn (13.59), Fazal Mahmood (14.09), Rangana Herath (14.52), Shaun Pollock (32.31), Mushtaq Mohammad (39.17), Matt Prior (40.18), David Gower (44.25), Graeme Smith (48.25), David Warner (48.94), Inzamam-ul-Haq (49.60)
  • Honestbharani - Malcolm Marshall (18.85), Hedley Verity (20.90), Mitch Starc (22.27), Ravi Ashwin (28.10), Trevor Goddard (34.46), Shane Watson (35.19), Asif Iqbal (38.8), Adam Gilchrist (47.60), Dennis Compton (50.06)
  • Red Hill - Bruce Reid (4.65), Dennis Lillee (13.71), Harold Larwood (19.4), Godfrey Evans (20.49), Graeme Swann (22.09), Desmond Haynes (42.29), Mark Taylor (43.49), Viv Richards (50.23)
  • Marcuss - Mohammad Asif (5.64), Wayne Daniel (6.57), Jim Laker (14.08), Imran Khan (37.69), Michael Atherton (37.69), Les Ames (40.56), Michael Vaughan (41.44), Richie Richardson (44.39), Allan Border (50.56)
  • Fuller Pilch - Curtly Ambrose (12.4), Alec Bedser (12.75), Hugh Tayfield (16.90), Vernon Philander (24.04), Chris Cairns (33.53), Gordon Greenidge (44.72), Mark Richardson (44.77), AB De Villiers (50.66)
  • Mr_mister - Neil Adc.ock (5.41), Lance Gibbs (6.97), Michael Holding (13.79), Don Tallon (17.13), Ian Botham (33.54), Jack Gregory (36.96), Graham Gooch (42.58), Martin Crowe (45.36), Neil Harvey (48.41), Matthew Hayden (50.74)
  • StephenZA - Muttiah Muralitharan (11.68), Zaheer Khan (11.95), Patrick Cummins (17.02), Fanie de Villiers (18.89), Wilfred Rhodes (30.19), Peter Kirsten (31.3), Quinton de Kock (39.12), Zaheer Abbas (44.79), Bruce Mitchell (48.88), Kane Williamson (50.99)
  • Coronis - Bill Bowes (4.66), Mohammad Abbas (7.23), Clarrie Grimmett (13.92), Wally Grout (15.08), Keith Miller (36.97), Tamim Iqbal (38.64), Marvan Atapattu (39.02), VVS Laxman (45.97), Steve Waugh (51.06)
  • srbhkshkk - Joel Garner (12.44), Neil Wagner (12.5), Andy Roberts (14.94), Anil Kumble (17.77), Andrew Flintoff (31.77), Jeff Dujon (31.94) , Mark Waugh (41.81), Gautam Gambhir (41.95), Sunil Gavaskar (51.12)
  • Ataraxia - Allan Donald (10.68), Derek Underwood (11.56), Shane Bond (12.92), Mike Procter (25.11), Syed Kirmani (27.04), Dave Nourse (29.78), Bob Simpson (46.81), Bill Lawry (47.15), Stan McCabe (48.21), Andy Flower (51.54)
  • Ankitj - Courtney Walsh (7.54), Stuart MacGill (9.69), Jack Cowie (10), Richard Hadlee (27.16), Imtiaz Ahmed (29.28), Shakib Al Hasan (39.40), Conrad Hunte (45.06), Bill Ponsford (48.22), Doug Walters (48.26), Ricky Ponting (51.85)
  • Teuton - Bhagwat Chandrasekhar (4.07), Shoaib Akhtar (10.07), Bob Willis (11.51), Wasim Akram (22.64), Alan Knott (32.75), Frank Woolley (36.07), Alastair Cook (45.35), Rohan Kanhai (47.53), Ted Dexter (47.89), Brian Lara (52.88)
  • Trundler - Bert Ironmonger (2.62), Fred Trueman (13.82), Wes Hall (15.73), Peter Pollock (21.67), Jonny Waite (30.4), Charlie Macartney (41.78), Colin Cowdrey (44.07), Glenn Turner (44.64), Gary Kirsten (45.27), Jacques Kallis (55.37)
Completed
  • Line and Length - Glenn McGrath (7.37), Frank Tyson (10.95), Nathan Lyon (12.27), Alan Davidson (24.59), Alec Stewart (39.54), Bill Edrich (40.00), Basil D'Oliveira (40.06), Gundappa Viswanath (41.93), Saurav Ganguly (42.17), Chris Gayle (42.18), Don Bradman (99.94)
  • KingKallis - Brett Schultz (1.5), James Anderson (9.67), Kagiso Rabada (11.43), Richie Benaud (24.4), Rod Marsh (26.5), Ben Stokes (38.58), Ian Chappell (42.42), Hanif Mohammad (44.00), Graham Thorpe (44.66), Justin Langer (45.27), Gary Sobers (57.78)
 
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ankitj

ankitj

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srbhkshk said:
I feel like you could have started picking 50+ batsman one turn earlier but you still have a great team.
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Would have forced me to pick a lol sample size player. If Border, Viv Richards or Compton were available I could have.
 
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ankitj

ankitj

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Red Hill needs 3 more players. It will be interesting to see how he completes his team.
 
trundler

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Cowdrey was averaging 46 before he was forced to come out of retirement. So Dexter/May but with 40 more tests. Batsmen with step declines proved very handy here.
 
ankitj

ankitj

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I was going to pick Cowdrey. For some reason changed my mind to take Hunte.
 
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ankitj

ankitj

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srbhkshk said:
I feel like you could have started picking 50+ batsman one turn earlier but you still have a great team.
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ankitj said:
Would have forced me to pick a lol sample size player. If Border, Viv Richards or Compton were available I could have.
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Also, I picked Doug Walters only to make it impossible for Pothas to do a double pick catapult to Ponting. I knew with number of players left to pick he will not go to Ponting (or anyone in that range) without picking another under 50 player.

Something I earlier also did with Stuart MacGill pick -- made it impossible for KK to do a double pick catapult and get Hadlee.
 
srbhkshk

srbhkshk

International Captain
ankitj said:
Also, I picked Doug Walters only to make it impossible for Pothas to do a double pick catapult to Ponting. I knew with number of players left to pick he will not go to Ponting (or anyone in that range) without picking another under 50 player.

Something I earlier also did with Stuart MacGill pick -- made it impossible for KK to do a double pick catapult and get Hadlee.
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Yeah, when I was checking the numbers picking 50+ at #9 meant that you were running a big risk of not getting anything at all for one of your picks, I had to go for it because my team was poor compared to many but your team being better makes your approach more suitable for your case.
 
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Pothas

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Nah don't agree. Getting Bradman is sort of a win on it's own but does not actually make for the best side.
 
mr_mister

mr_mister

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I'd be curious to know the combined batting averages of every side at the end, that would give an indication on whether Bradman was worth it or not, though obviously not airtight
 
h_hurricane

h_hurricane

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Line and Length has the top 6 combined average around 51. Whether he has the best side is debatable, but as far as the best batting side part is concerned, I think he has it covered.
 
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