CW Draft League

[Eds]

What's the logic behind 3. Kallis 4. Border? Surely you push them both down one?

 

[watson]

What's the logic behind 3. Kallis 4. Border? Surely you push them both down one?

I agree.........

KALLIS

78 innings at No.3. Average = 39.71
152 innings at No.4 Average = 49.35

That is a significant drop in average. Clearly Kallis is more comfortable against an older ball. Also, he will be bowling more than usual because he is your first change seam bowler. Batting lower down the order gives him more of a rest.

BORDER

36 innings at No.3. Average = 47.09
61 innings at No.4. Average = 50.44
56 innings at No.5. Average = 52.05
45 innings at No.6. Average = 52.16

It appears Border can bat anywhere. Although from memory he had a torrid time against the West Indian quicks at first drop. Because he is a defensive batsman he would be more useful propping up the batting order at 5 or 6, not counter attacking at No.3 - in my opinion.

 

[kyear2]

I agree.........

KALLIS

78 innings at No.3. Average = 39.71
152 innings at No.4 Average = 49.35

That is a significant drop in average. Clearly Kallis is more comfortable against an older ball. Also, he will be bowling more than usual because he is your first change seam bowler. Batting lower down the order gives him more of a rest.

BORDER

36 innings at No.3. Average = 47.09
61 innings at No.4. Average = 50.44
56 innings at No.5. Average = 52.05
45 innings at No.6. Average = 52.16

It appears Border can bat anywhere. Although from memory he had a torrid time against the West Indian quicks at first drop. Because he is a defensive batsman he would be more useful propping up the batting order at 5 or 6, not counter attacking at No.3 - in my opinion.

Excellent points all.

 

[Cabinet96]

I agree.........

KALLIS

78 innings at No.3. Average = 39.71
152 innings at No.4 Average = 49.35

Interesting that both are significantly lower than his career average. Did he make most of his runs at 5 or 6?

 

[watson]

Sorry my mistake! I was looking at the Strike Rate column. Derr.

No.3 = 49.77
No.4 = 64.26
No.5 = 42.71

Fortunately for me the point still stands. Kallis enjoys the older ball better at No.4. Although 49.77 is still a superb average at No.3

Incidently, Border's figures are correct. There is no adjacent Strike Rate column in his stats to confuse my brain.

 

[Jager]

R1
kingkallis- Garfield Sobers
Himannv- Imran Khan
Marcuss- Adam Gilchrist
Cabinet96- Keith Miller
Eds- Malcolm Marshall
Cevno- Richard Hadlee
Blakus- Vivian Richards
MrPrez- Jaques Kallis
watson- Glenn McGrath
Jager- Curtly Ambrose
AndyZaltzHair- Dennis Lillee
kyear2- Jack Hobbs

R2
kyear2- Shane Warne
AndyZaltzHair- Fred Trueman
Jager- Sachin Tendulkar
watson- Michael Holding
MrPrez- Muttiah Muralitharan
Blakus- Sydney Barnes
Cevno- Wasim Akram
Eds- Brian Lara
Cabinet96- Len Hutton
Marcuss- Bill O'Reilly
Himannv- Alan Davidson
kingkallis- Wally Hammond

R3
Jager- Waqar Younis
kyear2- Allan Donald
Himannv- George Headley
AndyZaltzHair- Ray Lindwall
Eds- Joel Garner
Marcuss- Aubrey Faulkner
kingkallis- Dale Steyn
Blakus- Graeme Pollock
Cabinet96- Clyde Walcott
Cevno- Shaun Pollock
MrPrez- Mike Procter
watson- Andy Roberts

R4
watson- Greg Chappell
MrPrez- Victor Trumper
Cevno- Andrew Flower
Cabinet96- Jim Laker
Blakus- Sunil Gavaskar
kingkallis- Richie Benaud
Marcuss- Ian Botham
Eds- Barry Richards
AndyZaltzHair- Clarrie Grimmett
Himannv- Frank Tyson
kyear2- Ricky Ponting
Jager- Harold Larwood

R5
AndyZaltzHair- Les Ames
kyear2- Everton Weekes
Blakus- Herbert Sutcliffe
Jager- Neil Harvey
Cabinet96- Courtney Walsh
Marcuss- Steve Waugh
Cevno- WG Grace
MrPrez- Allan Border
watson- Alan Knott
kingkallis- Rahul Dravid
Himannv- Ken Barrington
Eds- Kapil Dev

R6
Eds- Frank Worrell
Himannv- Denis Compton
kingkallis- Matthew Hayden
watson- Hedley Verity
MrPrez- Ian Healy
Cevno- Anil Kumble
Marcuss- Javed Miandad
Cabinet96- Fazal Mahmood
Jager- Wilfred Rhodes
Blakus- Kumar Sangakkara
kyear2- Denis Lindsay
AndyZaltzHair- Arthur Morris

R7
watson- Bob Simpson
Jager- Dudley Nourse
AndyZaltzHair- Clive Lloyd
Eds- Gordon Greenidge
kingkallis- Graham Gooch
Marcuss- Geoff Boycott
kyear2- Colin Croft
Himannv- Hanif Mohammad
MrPrez- Saqlain Mushtaq
Blakus- Frederick Spofforth
Cevno- Virender Sehwag
Cabinet96- Bruce Mitchell

R8
Cabinet96- Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Cevno- Shane Bond
Blakus- Peter Pollock
MrPrez- Bob Willis
Himannv- Bill Lawry
kyear2- Ted Dexter
Marcuss-
kingkallis-
Eds-
AndyZaltzHair-
Jager-
watson-

R9
Cabinet96-
Cevno-
Eds-
AndyZaltzHair-
Marcuss-
Jager-
MrPrez-
kingkallis-
watson-
Blakus-
Himannv-
kyear2-

R10
kyear2-
Himannv-
Blakus-
watson-
kingkallis-
MrPrez-
Jager-
Marcuss-
AndyZaltzHair-
Eds-
Cevno-
Cabinet96-

R11
AndyZaltzHair-
Jager-
MrPrez-
Marcuss-
Blakus-
Himannv-
kyear2-
Eds-
kingkallis-
watson-
Cevno-
Cabinet96-

R12
Cabinet96-
Cevno-
watson-
kingkallis-
Eds-
kyear2-
Himannv-
Blakus-
Marcuss-
MrPrez-
Jager-
AndyZaltzHair-

 

[Himannv]

Bill Lawry

 

[Jager]

kyear > Marcuss > kingkallis

 

[watson]

Bill Lawry

"Got im, got im, yeeesss! Marvelous catch by the young Sri Lankan Himannv!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ8ZFh119QY

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

 

[Himannv]

"Got im, got im, yeeesss! Marvelous catch by the young Sri Lankan Himannv!"

The Best of Bill Lawry - ORGASMS, HUMOUR & CATCHPHRASES (HD) - YouTube

 

[kyear2]

Ted Dexter

 

[kyear2]

Jack Hobbs

Ricky Ponting
Everton Weekes
Ted Dexter

Dennis Lindsay
Shane Warne

Colin Croft
Allan Donald

 

[kingkallis]

Marcuss ( Just a few hours left :P ) > KingKallis > Eds

 

[Red]

Bill Lawry

Such a great cricketer. And man.

Get 'im up here, I love him....

 

[Jarquis]

Somebody fancy being kind and letting me have a few hours more as I've had the worst dat Nd am still not at home

 

[Red]

Somebody fancy being kind and letting me have a few hours more as I've had the worst dat Nd am still not at home

Tell me what sort of player you want and I'll select him for you....

 

[watson]

Somebody fancy being kind and letting me have a few hours more as I've had the worst dat Nd am still not at home

Yeah, bad days suck. Hopefully nothing worse than what 3 beers can fix.

 

[Jarquis]

Watson, wag. I took the sane approach and it ended up in a "when one door closes another opens" situation where both doors lead to the same problem. Lose/lose springs to mind. Will pick in the next. E30, less than a mile from home.

 

[Jarquis]

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5. Steve Waugh
6. Adam Gilchrist
7. Aubrey Faulkner (5)
8. Ian Botham (3)
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11. Ian Bishop (1)