Mystery Draft V.2 (1989-2009)

[Somerset]

^ Just a note that Astle never opened in test matches besides one innings from memory.

 

[bagapath]

^ Just a note that Astle never opened in test matches besides one innings from memory.

Thanks Somerset. Didnt check the stats. Should have.

Athlai. If possible I would like to replace Astle with Shahid Afridi of Pak. Let me know if it is allowed.

 

[Athlai]

Acceptable.

I go for

Sourav Ganguly - Tests (India)
Strike that

Hick - ODI (Eng)

 

[bagapath]

Thanks

Revised Test XI

Mathew Hayden
Shahid Afridi
Sachin Tendulakr
Kevin Pietersen
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
Mitchell Johnson
Ajantha Mendis
Dale Steyn

1 WI, 1 NZ and 1 from Zim/Ban to be added

ODI XI

Sanath Jayasuriya
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
MS Dhoni
Ryan TD
Jonty Rhodes
Scott styris
Shane Warne
Nathan Bracken

1 Eng, 1 Pak and 1 WI to be added

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Sanath Jayasuriya (Tests) and Graeme Swann (ODI's) for my next pick please

Test Team so Far

1. Sanath Jayasuriya
2.
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Brian Lara
5. Murray Goodwin
6. Alec Stewart (+)
7. Chris Cairns
8.
9. Harbhajhan Singh
10. Waqar Younis
11.

Still to Pick: 1 Aus, 1 Ind and 1 Saf

My ODI Team

1. Virendar Sehwag
2. Neil Johnson
3. Brian Lara
4. Tillakaratne Dilshan (+)
5.
6. Chris Cairns
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Graeme Swann
9.
10. Waqar Younis
11.

1 Aus and 2 Ind

 

[Shri]

Will make my pick quickly. Wait.

 

[Shri]

Darren Sammy - Tests
Reon King - ODIs

Test Line Up

1. Gautham Gambhir - Ind
2. Justin Langer - Aus
3. Jacques Kallis [RSA - 1/3]
4. Graham Thorpe - Eng
5. AB de Villiers (WK) / [RSA - 2/3]
6. Craig McMillan - NZ
7.
8. Heath Streak - Zim
9. Fanie de Villiers - [RSA - 3/3]
10. Darren Sammy - WI
11.

ODI Line Up

1. Sachin Tendulkar - Ind
2. Gary Kirsten - [RSA - 2/3]
3.
4. AB de Villiers (WK) / [RSA - 1/3]
5.
6. Roger Twose - Nz
7. Mashrafe Mortaza - Bng
8. Brett Lee - Aus
9. Darren Gough - Eng
10. Makhaya Ntini [RSA - 3/3]
11. Reon King - WI


Really, really, really dont want Mortaza batting up at 7. Used to be a big fan of King when he first played for WI. Had to choose him, so, meh.

Test teams remaining- Pak, SL
ODI teams remaining- Pak, SL

 

[Matt79]

Reon!!!!!! He was my next pick. Thought he was obscure enough to last one more turn at least.

 

[Nate]

Nuwan Kulasekara in Tests and ODIs please.

 

[Athlai]

[B]Round 1[/B]

Somerset: Andy Flower - Tests/ODI (Zim)
Athlai: Murlai - Tests (SL) Shane Bond - ODI (NZ)
mettalics2006: Kallis - Tests (SA) Tendulkar - ODI (India)
Nnanden: Ponting - Tests (Aus) Shakib al Hasan - ODI (Bang)
Michaelf7777777: Brian Lara - Tests/ODI (WI)
Matt79: Glenn McGrath - Tests/ODI (Aus)
Jamee999: Allan Donald -Tests/ODI (SA)
bagapath: Adam Gilchrist -Tests/ODI (Aus)

[B]Round 2[/B]

bagapath: Sachin Tendulkar - Tests (Ind) Ryan ten Doeschate - ODI (Neth) 
Jamee999: Shane Warne - Tests (Aus) Ricky Ponting - ODI (Aus)
Matt79: Shaun Pollock - Tests (SA) Saqlain Mushtaq - ODI (Pak)
Michaelf7777777: Chris Cairns -Tests/ODI (NZ)
Nnanden: Andrew Flintoff - Tests/ODI (Eng)
mettalics2006: AB de Villiers - Tests/ODI (SA)
Athlai: Chanderpaul - Tests (WI) Kevin Pietersen - ODI (Eng)
Somerset: Daniel Vettori - Tests (NZ) Ajantha Mendis - ODI (SL)

[B]Round 3[/B]

mettalics2006: Fanie de Villiers - Tests (SA) Brett Lee - ODI (Aus)
bagapath: Kevin Pietersen - Tests (Eng) MS Dhoni - ODI (Ind)
Somerset: Shane Bond - Tests (NZ) R Sarwan - ODI (WI)
Matt79: Shoaib Akhtar - Tests (Pak) Heath Streak - ODI (Zim)
Nnanden: M Yousuf - Tests (Pak) M Murali - ODI (SL) 
Michaelf7777777: Rahul Dravid - Tests (Ind) V Sehwag - ODI (Ind)
Athlai: Matt Prior - Tests (Eng) Marcus Trescothick - ODI (Eng)
Jamee999:  Kumar Sangakkara - Tests (SL) Kumar Sangakkara- ODI (SL)

[B]Round 4[/B]

Jamee999: Saeed Anwar- Tests (Pak) Chris Gayle - ODI (WI)
Athlai: Jesse Ryder - Tests (NZ) Shiv Chanderpaul - ODI (WI)
Michaelf7777777: Waqar Younis - Tests/ODI (Pak)
Nnanden: Stephen Fleming - Tests (NZ) Jerome Taylor - ODI (WI)
Matt79: Inzamam Ul Haq - Tests/ODI (Pak)
Somerset: Mahela Jayawardene - Tests (SL) Jacques Kallis - ODI (SA)
bagapath: Mathew Hayden - Tests (Aus) Sanath Jayasuriya - ODI (SL)
metallics2006: Heath Streak - Tests (Zim) Gary Kirsten - ODI (SA)
[B]
Round 5[/B]

Michaelf7777777: Alec Stewart - Tests (Eng) Shaun Pollock - ODI (SA)
Matt79: Shakib al Hasan - Tests (Ban) Lance Kluesener - ODI (SA)
Somerset: Ian Bishop - Tests (WI) Michael Bevan - ODI (Aus)
Nnanden: V Sehwag - Tests (IND) Michael Hussey - ODI (Aus)
Athlai: D Houghton - Tests (Zim) Shoaib Akhtar - ODI (Pak)
Jamee999: Anil Kumble - Tests (Ind) Sourav Ganguly - ODI (Ind)
metallics2006: Justin Langer - Tests (Aus) Makhaya Ntini - ODI (SA)
bagapath: Ajantha Mendis - Tests (SL) Shane Warne - ODI (Aus)

[B]Round 6[/B]

bagapath: Dale Steyn - Tests (SA) Nathan Bracken - ODI (Aus)
metallics 2006: Graeme Thorpe - Tests (Eng) Darren Gough - ODI (Eng)
Jamee999: Michael Atherton - Tests (Eng) Shahid Afridi - ODI (Pak)
Athlai: Mohammad Asif - Tests (Pak) Chaminda Vaas - ODI (SL)
Nnanden: Jimmy Adams - Tests (WI) Mohammad Yousuf - ODI (Pak)
Somerset: Mark Richardson - Tests (NZ) Nathan Astle - ODI (NZ)
Matt79: Younis Khan - Tests (Pak) Nick Knight - ODI (Eng)
Michaelf7777777: Murray Goodwin - Tests (Zim) Neil Johnson - ODI (Zim)

[B]Round 7[/B]

Michaelf7777777: Harbhajan Singh - Tests (Ind) Tillakaratne Dilshan - ODI (SL)
Athlai: Graeme Smith - Tests (SA) Anil Kumble - ODI (Ind)
bagapath: Mitchell Johnson - Tests (Aus) Scott Styris - ODI (NZ)
metallics 2006: Gautham Gambhir - Tests (Ind) Mashrafe Mortaza - ODI (Ban)
Matt79: Thilan Samaraweera - Tests (SL) Rahul Dravid- ODI (Ind)
Jamee999: Chris Gayle - Tests (WI) Dwayne Bravo - ODI (WI)
Nnanden: Mahmudullah - Tests (Ban) Yuvraj Singh - ODI (Ind)
Somerset: VVS Laxman - Tests (Ind) Abdul Razzaq - ODI (Pak)
[B]
Round 8[/B]

Somerset: Shabbir Ahmed - Tests (Pak) Geoff Allott - ODI (NZ)
Nnanden: JP Duminy - Tests/ODI (SA) 
Jamee999: Mervyn Dillon - Tests (WI) Grant Flower - ODI (Zim)
Matt79: Dwayne Bravo - Tests (WI) Shoaib Malik - ODI (Pak)
metallics 2006: Craig McMillan - Tests (NZ) Roger Twose - ODI (NZ)
bagapath: Shahid Afridi - Tests (Pak) Jonty Rhodes - ODI (SA)
Athlai: Sourav Ganguly - Tests (Ind) Graeme Hick - ODI (Eng)
Michaelf7777777: Sanath Jayasuriya - Tests (SL) Graeme Swann - ODI (Eng)

[B]Round 9[/B]

metallics 2006: Darren Sammy - Tests (WI) Reon King - ODI (WI)
Nnanden: Nuwan Kulasekara - Tests/ODI (SL)
Michaelf7777777: Javagal Srinath - Tests (Ind) Harbajhan Singh - ODI (Ind)
Somerset:
bagapath:
Matt79:
Jamee999:
Athlai:

[B]Round 10[/B]

Athlai:
Jamee999:
Matt79:
bagapath:
Somerset:
Michaelf7777777:
Nnanden:
metallics 2006:

 

[Athlai]

Athlai's Avengers

Test

Smith 6341 @ 50.33 SR 61.20
-
Ganguly 7212 @ 42.17 SR 51.25
Ryder 898 @ 49.88 SR 55.50
Chanderpaul 8576 @ 49.28 SR 42.94
Houghton 1464 @ 43.05 SR 45.45
-
Prior (+) 1326 @ 44.20 SR 64.33
-
-
Murali 783 W @ 22.21
Asif 51 W @ 23.13

ODI

Trescothick 4335 @ 37.37 SR 85.21
-
Pietersen 3127 @ 46.67 SR 87.41
Hick 3846 @ 37.33 SR 74.08 30 W @ 34.20 economy 4.98
-
Chanderpaul 8250 @ 41.66 SR 71.16
-
Vaas 2025 @ 13.68 SR 72.52 400 W @ 27.53 economy 4.18
Kumble 337 W @ 30.89 economy 4.30
Bond 128 W @ 19.44 economy 4.18
Akhtar 223 @ 23.86 economy 4.69

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Javagal Srinath (Tests) and Harbajhan Singh (ODI's) for my next pick please

Test Team so Far

1. Sanath Jayasuriya
2.
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Brian Lara
5. Murray Goodwin
6. Alec Stewart (+)
7. Chris Cairns
8.
9. Harbajhan Singh
10. Javagal Srinath
11. Waqar Younis

Still to Pick: 1 Aus and 1 Saf

My ODI Team

1. Virendar Sehwag
2. Neil Johnson
3. Brian Lara
4. Tillakaratne Dilshan (+)
5.
6. Chris Cairns
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Graeme Swann
9. Harbajhan Singh
10. Waqar Younis
11.

Still to Pick: 1 Aus and 1 Ind

 

[Athlai]

Javagal Srinath (Tests) and Harbajhan Singh (ODI's) for my next pick please

Test Team so Far

1. Sanath Jayasuriya
2.
3. Rahul Dravid
4. Brian Lara
5. Murray Goodwin
6. Alec Stewart (+)
7. Chris Cairns
8.
9. Harbajhan Singh
10. Javagal Srinath
11. Waqar Younis

Still to Pick: 1 Aus and 1 Saf

My ODI Team

1. Virendar Sehwag
2. Neil Johnson
3. Brian Lara
4. Tillakaratne Dilshan (+)
5.
6. Chris Cairns
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Graeme Swann
9. Harbajhan Singh
10. Waqar Younis
11.

Still to Pick: 1 Aus and 1 Ind

Team name?

 

[Somerset]

Gary Kirsten for test matches and Graham Thorpe in ODIs.

Somerset Test XI
Mark Richardson
Gary Kirsten
-
Mahela Jaywardene
VVS Laxman
Andy Flower
-
Daniel Vettori
Shane Bond
Ian Bishop
Shabbir Ahmed

Somerset ODI XI
-
Nathan Astle
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Jacques Kallis
Andy Flower
Graham Thorpe
Michael Bevan
Abdul Razzaq
-
Ajantha Mendis
Geoff Allott

 

[Athlai]

Ran up all the current line ups (or what I think is near enough to them and put together the stats for the batting of the top 8 in Test teams. (up to Somerset's pick)

Somerset
33839 @ 45.36 (2 bats remaining)
Warriors
35652 @ 44.45 (1 bat)
The Gang
34698 @ 49.85 (1 lower order)
777
42946 @ 45.11 (2-3 remaining)
Maniacs
24206 @ 43.77 (2-3 remaining)
Die Neun Neun Neuners
27744 @ 37.14 (3 remaining)
The Pathfinders
34097 @ 49.78 (2 remaining)
The Avengers
25818 @ 46.69 (2 remaining)

The Gang and The Pathfinders are looking pretty dominant in the batting stakes otherwise very even. Jamee is low down but he also has the most batsman to pick to fill it out.

 

[Athlai]

And in terms of bowlers (note: players like Murali weigh heavily on the stats, and I also am not 100% sure on what players would actually bowl so to an extent I included every viable option with some exceptions)

Somerset
594 @ 28.63 (4 bowlers used)
Warriors
584 @ 28.80 (4 used)
The Gang
264 @ 31.66 (3 used)
777
1157 @ 28.03 (4 used)
The Maniacs
1280 @ 23.92 (5 used)
Die Neun Neun Neuners
1788 @ 26.90 (4 used)
The Pathfinders
373 @ 27.05 (4 used)
The Avengers
866 @ 23.39 (3 used)

Die Neun Neun Neuners and The Maniacs have fantastic attacks, mine still needs a few bowlers which should see my average rise a bit. Otherwise everyone appears quite even yet again.

 

[Shri]

Batting Ganguly at 3 in tests is asking for disaster.

 

[bagapath]

Simon Doull (NZ) for the test team and Paul Collingwood (Eng) for the ODIs.

The Pathfinders Test XI

Mathew Hayden
Shahid Afridi
Kevin Pietersen
Sachin Tendulakr
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
Mitchell Johnson
Ajantha Mendis
Dale Steyn
SB Doull

1 WI and 1 from Zim/Ban to be added

The Pathfinders ODI XI

Sanath Jayasuriya
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
MS Dhoni
Ryan TD
Paul Collingwood
Jonty Rhodes
Scott Styris
Shane Warne
Nathan Bracken

1 Pak and 1 WI to be selected

I think I will end up with a better ODI team than the Test XI. If you are planning simulations I suggest we go for the ODIs. I came 7th (out of 8) the last time we did this. Cant handle humiliation of that scale one more time.

 

[Athlai]

Simon Doull (NZ) for the test team and Paul Collingwood (Eng) for the ODIs.

The Pathfinders Test XI

Mathew Hayden
Shahid Afridi
Kevin Pietersen
Sachin Tendulakr
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
Mitchell Johnson
Ajantha Mendis
Dale Steyn
SB Doull

1 WI and 1 from Zim/Ban to be added

The Pathfinders ODI XI

Sanath Jayasuriya
Adam Gilchrist (WK)
MS Dhoni
Ryan TD
Paul Collingwood
Jonty Rhodes
Scott styris
Shane Warne
Nathan Bracken

1 Pak and 1 WI to be selected

I think I will end up with a better ODI team than the Test XI. If you are planning simulations I suggest we go for the ODIs. I came 7th (out of 8) the last time we did this. Cant handle humiliation of that scale one more time.

Plan to do both actually and yeah I catch your pain, think my ODI XI will be a better Test team than my Test team.

 

[bagapath]

Is it legal to nominate Shahid Afridi as the captain of my test team?