Mystery Draft V.2 (1989-2009)

[bagapath]

@ Bagapath: With Jayasuriya, Gilly and Dhoni in the top order, your ODI team will set a cracking pace in the powerplays...

yeah, matt. the first three should play their natural attacking game with the confidence that there are enough batters to last 50 overs even if things go wrong. the next five guys can score decent amount of runs in good time with quick singles and innovative batsmanship. but nos. 1,2 and 3 are capable of tearing apart the opposition bowling.

 

[Athlai]

The ODI Top 3s (educated guessing)

Somerset: Astle ------- Sarwan
Warriors: Tendulkar Kirsten --------
The Gang: ------ -------- Yousuf
777: Sehwag Johnson Lara
The Maniacs: Knight Dravid Malik
Die Neun Neun Neuners: Gayle Ganguly Ponting
The Pathfinders: Gilchrist Jayasuriya Dhoni
The Avengers: Trescothick Smith Pietersen

 

[Jarquis]

Avengers have a pretty damn impressive top 3!

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Mark Taylor (Tests) and Ajay Jadeja (ODI's) for my next pick please

Charter 77

Test Team so Far

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

Still to Pick: 1 Saf

My ODI Team

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

Still to Pick: 1 Aus

 

[Jarquis]

Athlai already has Symonds for ODIs.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Ajay Jadeja (ODI's) then please

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Seeing as everyone else has taken there South African Test player and Australian ODI player I will take Brian McMillan (Tests) and Matthew Hayden (ODI's) to finish off my team please.

Charter 77

Test Team

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

My ODI Team

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

 

[Athlai]

Haha yeah it was really between Symonds and Hayden for me, decided I could use the allrouder.

 

[Athlai]

Matt and Bagapath you may make your final picks at any time.
Jamee and Somerset you may make your test pick at any time but will have to wait for your ODI pick.

 

[Matt79]

Matt and Bagapath you may make your final picks at any time.
Jamee and Somerset you may make your test pick at any time but will have to wait for your ODI pick.

I'll go now as I'm heading out to a looooooooooooong lunch in a minute, and won't be in any state to post sensibly til tomorrow night

Last selection for Tests:
MS Dhoni (Ind)

Last selection for ODIs:
AC Cummins (WI) (he made a brief comeback as a 40yo for Canada but the vast majority of his career was for the WIs

Final teams:
Test:
Andrew Strauss (Eng) 5266 @ 44.62. 18 centuries.
Ross Taylor (NZ) 1343 @ 39.50. 4 centuries.
Younis Khan (Pak) 5260 runs @ 50.09. 16 centuries.
Inzamam ul Haq (Pak) 8830 runs @ 49.60. 25 centuries.
Thilan Samaraweera (SL) 3787 runs @ 51.87. 11 centuries.
MS Dhoni+ (Ind)1962 runs @ 37.73. 1 century.
Dwayne Bravo (WI) 1833 runs @ 32.73. 2 centuries. 70 wickets @ 39.58
Shaun Pollock (SA) 3781 runs @ 32.31, 2 centuries. 421 wickets @ 23.11
Shakib al Hasan (Ban) 715 runs @ 29.79, 48 wickets @ 28.27
Shoiab Akhtar (Pak) 178 wickets @ 25.69
Glenn McGrath (Aus) 563 wickets @ 21.64


ODI:
Nick Knight (Eng) 3637 runs @ 40.41, SR 71.52
Rahul Dravid+ (Ind) 10685 @ 39.42, SR 71.14
Ross Taylor (NZ) 1783 @ 37.14, SR 83.39
Inzamam ul Haq (Pak) 11739 runs @ 39.52, SR 74.24
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) 8355 runs @ 32.13, SR 76.73
Shoaib Malik (Pak) 4858 runs @ 34.70, SR 79.04. 128 wickets @ 36.52, ER 4.56
Lance Klusener (SA) 3576 runs @ 41.1, SR 89.91. 192 wickets @ 29.95, ER: 4.7
Heath Streak (Zim) 2943 runs @ 28.29, SR 73.42. 239 wickets @ 29.82, ER: 4.51
AC Cummins (WI) 78 wickets @ 28.79, ER 4.28 (in his WI career, excluding his very brief return as a 40yo for Canada)
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) 288 wickets @ 21.78, ER 4.29
Glenn McGrath (Aus) 381 wikets @ 22.02, ER 3.88

I'm not sure yet about the final batting order for my ODI team, specifically Malik might open, with the others all shuffling down one. Klusener will float in the order anyways, aiming to have him coming in at the 40over mark at least each match....

 

[Athlai]

Reckon Shakib is a better Test bat than Bravo and Pollock

Also am a big fan of that Test team, particularly the attack.

 

[bagapath]

Tatenda Taibu (Zim) for tests and Vasbert Drakes (WI) for ODIs

The finals sqads

The Pathfinders Test XI

Mathew Hayden
Shahid Afridi
RR Sarwan
Sachin Tendulkar
Kevin Pietersen
Adam Gilchrist *
Tatenda Taibu +
Mitchell Johnson
Ajantha Mendis
Dale Steyn
SB Doull

The Pathfinders ODI XI

Sanath Jayasuriya
Adam Gilchrist +
MS Dhoni *
Ryan TD
Basit Ali
Paul Collingwood
Jonty Rhodes
Scott Styris
Shane Warne
Nathan Bracken
Vasebert Drakes

 

[Athlai]

Looks like pretty much everyone has a Test top 3

Somerset: Richardson, Kirsten, Jayawardene
Warriors: Langer, Gambhir, Thorpe
The Gang: Sehwag, Fleming, Ponting
Charter 77: Jayasuriya, M Taylor, Dravid
The Maniacs: Strauss, R Taylor, Younis
Die Neun Neun Neuners: Anwar, Atherton, Sangakkara
The Pathfinders: Hayden, Afridi, Sarwan
The Avengers: Smith, Trescothick, Houghton

 

[Nate]

Martin Guptill in ODIs and Chamina Vaas in Tests.


Tests

1) Stephen Fleming
2) Virender Sehwag
3) Ricky Ponting
4) Mohammed Yousuf
5) JP Duminy
6) Jimmy Adams
7) Mahmudullah
8) Andrew Flintoff
9) Chaminda Vaas
10) Nuwan Kulasekara
11)


ODIs

1) Martin Guptill
2)
3) Mohammed Yousuf
4) Michael Hussey
5) JP Duminy
6) Yuvraj Singh
7) Shakib Al-Hasan
8) Andrew Flintoff
9) Jerome Taylor
10) Nuwan Kulasekara
11) Muttiah Muralitharan

 

[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: Gary Kirsten - Tests (SA) Graeme Thorpe - ODI (Eng)
bagapath: Simon Doull - Tests (NZ) Paul Collingwood - ODI (Eng)
Matt79: Andrew Strauss - Tests (Eng) Ross Taylor - ODI (NZ)
Jamee999: Habibul Bashar - Tests (Ban) Mervyn DIllon - ODI (WI)
Athlai: Brett Lee - Tests (Aus) Brendan Taylor (Zim)

[B]Round 10[/B]

Athlai: Marcus Trescothick - Tests (England) Andrew Symonds - ODI (Australia)
Jamee999: Nathan Astle - Tests (NZ) James Anderson - ODI (Eng)
Matt79: Ross Taylor - Tests (NZ) Mahela Jayawardene - ODI (SL)
bagapath: R Sarwan - Tests (WI) Basit Ali - ODI (Pak)
Somerset: Mike Hussey - Tests (Aus) Javagal Srinath - ODI (Ind)
Michaelf7777777: Mark Taylor - Tests (Aus) Ajay Jadeja - ODI (Ind)
Nnanden: Chaminda Vaas - Tests (SL) Martin Guptill - ODI (NZ)
metallics 2006: Marvin Atapattu Tests/ODI (SL)

[B]Round 11[/B]

Somerset:
Jamee999:
metallics 2006:
Athlai: Darren Gough - Tests (Eng) Graeme Smith - ODI (SA)
Matt79:
bagapath: Tatenda Taibu - Tests (Zim) Vasbert Drakes - ODI (WI)
Nnanden:
Michaelf7777777: Brian McMillan - Tests (SA) Matthew Hayden - ODI (Aus)

[B]Grounds[/B]

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

 

[Athlai]

Metallics may make both his selections this turn (since if he made his Sri Lankan ones first he could make his Pakistani ones straight away)

 

[Athlai]

Somerset can go.

 

[Somerset]

Michael Vaughan in tests. Do I still need to wait for my ODI pick Athlai?

Somerset XI (Test)
Mark Richardson
Gary Kirsten
Michael Vaughan (c)
Mahela Jaywardene
Andy Flower (wk)
Michael Hussey
VVS Laxman
Daniel Vettori
Shane Bond
Ian Bishop
Shabbir Ahmed

Stengths:
A stonewalling opening pair with Richardson and Kirsten to take the shine off the new ball.
Quality batting right down to number seven with three batsmen averaging more than 50 in test matches.
All three fast bowlers with top records and should complement each other nicely.
Even though I was awarded New Zealand as my team theres no real standout weak player with all three Kiwis excellent test players, and a minnow whos anything but that.

Weaknesses:
Reasonably inexperience pace attack led by Bishop.
Vettori's useful but theres better spinners around with healthier records.
No real fifth bowling option - Mike Hussey or Mahela Jaywardene don't come close to qualifying so Michael Vaughan's our next best.
Laxman at seven might be too low in the order for a player of his status.

 

[Athlai]

You can pick them now.

 

[Athlai]

Darren Gough - Tests (Eng)