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Reverse Batting Average Draft - Voting Thread
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Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Group A: Marcus + StephenZA
Group B: Teuton + JOJO
Group D: Trundler + Ankjit
Group B: Teuton + JOJO
Group D: Trundler + Ankjit
ankitj
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May be I can. I assume 2 teams from each group are supposed to progress?
trundler
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Yes, that'll be swell
ankitj
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QF1
QF 2
QF 3
QF 4
| Marcuss | Himannv |
| Hanif Mohammad | 01. Sunil Gavaskar |
| Archie Jackson | 02. Conrad Hunte |
| Kane Williamson | 03. Peter May** |
| Ken Barrington | 04. Vijay Hazare |
| Everton Weekes | 05. Michael Clarke* |
| Lindsay Hassett | 06. Gary Sobers |
| Adam Gilchrist | 07. Jim Parks+ |
| Wasim Akram | 08. Shaun Pollock |
| Mitch Johnson | 09. Curtly Ambrose |
| Graeme Swann | 10. Ian Bishop |
| Glenn McGrath | 11. Subash Gupte |
QF 2
| Red Hill | AnkitJ |
| Virender Sehwag | Bruce Mitchell |
| Sid Barnes | Arthur Shrewsbury |
| Rohan Kanhai | George Headley |
| Brian Lara | Younis Khan |
| David Gower | Eddie Paynter |
| Clive Lloyd * | Stanley Jackson [5] |
| Dinesh Chandimal + | Imran Khan [2] (c) |
| Malcolm Marshall | Denis Lindsay (wk) |
| Wes Hall | Fred Trueman [1] |
| Courtney Walsh | Alec Bedser [3] |
| Alf Valentine | Bishen Singh Bedi [4] |
QF 3
| Pothas | JOJOXI |
| Vijay Merchant | Herbert Sutcliffe |
| Bill Woodfull | Geoffrey Boycott |
| Ricky Ponting | Rahul Dravid |
| Jacques Kallis | Kevin Pietersen |
| Joe Root | Michael Hussey (c) |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | Mushtaq Mohammed (5) |
| Alec Stewart | Les Ames (wk) |
| Jack Gregory | Mike Procter (3) |
| Ravi Ashwin | Dennis Lillee (1) |
| Pat Cummins | Jeff Thomson (2) |
| Waqar Younis | Lance Gibbs (4) |
QF 4
| Charter 77 | KingKallis |
| W. G. Grace (6) | Gordon Greenidge / |
| Bert Sutcliffe | Matthew Hayden / |
| Don Bradman (*) | Greg Chappell / o |
| Clem Hill | Wally Hammond / o |
| Victor Trumper | Stan McCabe / o |
| John Waite (+) | Mahela Jayawardene / |
| Kapil Dev (4) | Ian Botham o / |
| Vernon Philander (2) | Alan Knott + / |
| Peter Pollock (3) | Dale Steyn o |
| George Lohmann (1) | Derek Underwood o |
| Bill O'Reilly (5) | Shoaib Akhtar o |
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Himannv
RedHill
Pothas
KK
RedHill
Pothas
KK
Red_Ink_Squid
Global Moderator
Marcuss
AnkitJ
JOJOXI
KingKallis
AnkitJ
JOJOXI
KingKallis
ankitj
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QF1: Very very close. Just going for Marcuss because of Gilchrist who gives one extra batsman effectively. Himannv also has Sobers which gives him a better 5th bowler but possibly doesn't compensate enough for the advantage Gilly gives. Very very close.
QF2: Abstain
QF3: Hardly anything between the 2. Going Pothas because of Kallis
QF4: Going for Charter 77 because he built a superb team despite the handicap that came with picking Bradman. Got Grace, Trumper and Hill, an ensemble of better-than-their-average batsmen
QF2: Abstain
QF3: Hardly anything between the 2. Going Pothas because of Kallis
QF4: Going for Charter 77 because he built a superb team despite the handicap that came with picking Bradman. Got Grace, Trumper and Hill, an ensemble of better-than-their-average batsmen
kingkallis
International Coach
QF1: Himmanv - Thats one hell of a team. Both players built good batting teams. Gilchrist = Sobers in that middle order. McGrath, Wasim, Mitch, Swann >Ambrose, Pollock, Bishop, Gupte though.
QF2: Red Hill - Marshall, Hall, Walsh seals it!
QF3: JOJOXI - Batting lineups are almost identical. JOJO has better bowling unit.
QF2: Red Hill - Marshall, Hall, Walsh seals it!
QF3: JOJOXI - Batting lineups are almost identical. JOJO has better bowling unit.
BoyBrumby
Englishman
All tough shouts, in the first battle I think Himannv just edges the bowling, but going to have to give Marcuss the Garland as his bowling isn't embarrassed by the comparison, he has a stronger top order and a nice depth to his batting, with only really McGrath a rank bunny.
Ankitj in the second. Think it's just a slightly better balanced XI, loathe as I am to vote against any team with BC Lara and MD Marshall in it.
Third one is a proper ball tearer, both have XIs with five man attacks supplemented by part timers of varying quality and genuine keeper batsmen. The only real difference is Pothas has four seamers and a spinner whereas JOJO has a 3/2 seam/spin split. Think I have to go with Pothas, just as Inzi at #6 tips the batting in his favour and Root's offies are probably the best of the part time options to supplement Ashwin, if needed.
Fourth scarcely less of a poser. Waite and Kapil are maybe each a spot higher than one would ideally wish, but that trifling concern is offset by Charter 77's #3, who one understands was a bit useful on his day. KK probably has a stronger 1-8 and Steyn and Shoaib in tandem would be a lot of fun, but can't vote against WG and Sir Donald so Charter 77 it is.
Ankitj in the second. Think it's just a slightly better balanced XI, loathe as I am to vote against any team with BC Lara and MD Marshall in it.
Third one is a proper ball tearer, both have XIs with five man attacks supplemented by part timers of varying quality and genuine keeper batsmen. The only real difference is Pothas has four seamers and a spinner whereas JOJO has a 3/2 seam/spin split. Think I have to go with Pothas, just as Inzi at #6 tips the batting in his favour and Root's offies are probably the best of the part time options to supplement Ashwin, if needed.
Fourth scarcely less of a poser. Waite and Kapil are maybe each a spot higher than one would ideally wish, but that trifling concern is offset by Charter 77's #3, who one understands was a bit useful on his day. KK probably has a stronger 1-8 and Steyn and Shoaib in tandem would be a lot of fun, but can't vote against WG and Sir Donald so Charter 77 it is.
Line and Length
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QF1: Marcuss has the superior bowling attack and that splits the two in my eyes.
QF2: The West Indian inclusions, when at their prime, win it for Red Hill.
QF3: Very tough. Both well balanced units. JOJOXI on the toss of a coin.
QF4: Despite the Bradman factor, I think kingkallis bats deeper.
QF2: The West Indian inclusions, when at their prime, win it for Red Hill.
QF3: Very tough. Both well balanced units. JOJOXI on the toss of a coin.
QF4: Despite the Bradman factor, I think kingkallis bats deeper.
QF1 - Marcuss - very close as I prefer Himannv's openers and number 6 and Marcuss's 3-5 and 7. Probably prefer Marcuss's seam attack as a whole although I'd have Bishop > Johnson as a 3rd seamer. I think Himannv with Sobers as a 2nd possible spin option has a better spin attack though.
QF2 - Red Hill - I think I prefer Red Hills batting marginally and the quality of the pace attack slightly negates Chandimal at 7 which I was a bit iffy about at first glance. A close one though as AnkitJ has some real standout names there!
QF4 - KingKallis - echo the sentiments that Charter77 done extremely well given the handicap and guess any draft with Bradman brings about the debate of how far ahead he should be rated above the modern greats. Nonetheless I think despite, as BoyBrumby puts it, Charter 77 having a batsman "a bit useful on his day", I prefer the overall XI of KingKallis
QF2 - Red Hill - I think I prefer Red Hills batting marginally and the quality of the pace attack slightly negates Chandimal at 7 which I was a bit iffy about at first glance. A close one though as AnkitJ has some real standout names there!
QF4 - KingKallis - echo the sentiments that Charter77 done extremely well given the handicap and guess any draft with Bradman brings about the debate of how far ahead he should be rated above the modern greats. Nonetheless I think despite, as BoyBrumby puts it, Charter 77 having a batsman "a bit useful on his day", I prefer the overall XI of KingKallis
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
QF1 - Marcuss is giving out likes - I'll consider this a win.
QF2 - I'll give it to Ankitj. This is a tight game and I think Valentine probably takes the team down a notch compared to Bedi on the other side.
QF3 - I have no idea. Pothas just about... erm... because of Inzy at 6. Who paired these two together anyway? Was it trundler? What a prat!
QF4 - kk has the better team overall but Bradman + Grace really does catch the imagination. Plus that's a good bowling side as well. I'll give it to Micheal as that's a really good side to end up with despite the handicap.
QF2 - I'll give it to Ankitj. This is a tight game and I think Valentine probably takes the team down a notch compared to Bedi on the other side.
QF3 - I have no idea. Pothas just about... erm... because of Inzy at 6. Who paired these two together anyway? Was it trundler? What a prat!
QF4 - kk has the better team overall but Bradman + Grace really does catch the imagination. Plus that's a good bowling side as well. I'll give it to Micheal as that's a really good side to end up with despite the handicap.