Reverse Batting Average Draft - Voting Thread

[ankitj]

10 votes in. Will be good to get few more before moving to semi finals.

 

[kingkallis]

Did kk use the wrong symbol? Or pick the wrong team?

Apparently the wrong symbol. I apologise.

What I meant was, Ambrose, Pollock, Bishop, Gupte > McGrath, Wasim, Mitch, Swann.

 

[ankitj]

Alright, calling it now.

QF1
Marcuss 6
Himannv 3

QF 2
Red Hill 4
AnkitJ 5

QF 3
Pothas 5
JOJOXI 4

QF 4
Charter 77 3
KingKallis 6

 

[ankitj]

SF 1

Marcuss	AnkitJ
Hanif Mohammad	Bruce Mitchell
Archie Jackson	Arthur Shrewsbury
Kane Williamson	George Headley
Ken Barrington	Younis Khan
Everton Weekes	Eddie Paynter
Lindsay Hassett	Stanley Jackson [5]
Adam Gilchrist	Imran Khan [2] (c)
Wasim Akram	Denis Lindsay (wk)
Mitch Johnson	Fred Trueman [1]
Graeme Swann	Alec Bedser [3]
Glenn McGrath	Bishen Singh Bedi [4]

SF 2

Pothas	KingKallis
Vijay Merchant	Gordon Greenidge /
Bill Woodfull	Matthew Hayden /
Ricky Ponting	Greg Chappell / o
Jacques Kallis	Wally Hammond / o
Joe Root	Stan McCabe / o
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Mahela Jayawardene /
Alec Stewart	Ian Botham o /
Jack Gregory	Alan Knott + /
Ravi Ashwin	Dale Steyn o
Pat Cummins	Derek Underwood o
Waqar Younis	Shoaib Akhtar o

 

[honestbharani]

Marcuss
Pothas

 

[Michaelf7777777]

AnkitJ
Pothas

 

[StephenZA]

Marcuss
KingKallis

 

[Pothas]

Marcuss

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Ankjit (better bowling attack)
KingKallis (much superior wicketkeeper finally swayed me)

 

[Himannv]

Marcuss
kk

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

Both matchups virtually equal. On current whims I'll narrowly lean:

Marcuss
Kk

 

[kingkallis]

Marcuss!

 

[BoyBrumby]

I think Marcuss definitely shades the batting in the first battle, with bowling all rounders all the way down to #10, but have to go with Ankitj though as his bowling is stronger, with Jackson a serious fifth option Marcuss's XI lacks.

Second semi maybe even closer. Batting is really hard to split; KK has probably the stronger openers, the 3-6 I don't think I can split, Botham and Knott possibly edge Stewart (in keeper mode) and Gregory, but Pothas has clearly the stronger lower order.

I'd just take Waqar and Paddy C over Steyn and Shoaib as an opening pair, but Botham as first change is clearly stronger than either Gregory or Kallis. I'd take Deadly over Ashwin as a spin option too.

Think I have to give it to kingkallis this time.

 

[AndrewB]

Ankitj, Kingkallis

 

[Line and Length]

Marcuss and kingkallis

 

[ankitj]

I realized I forgot to vote but my vote won't change the outcome so here goes:

SF 1
Marcuss 7
AnkitJ 4

SF 2
Pothas 2
KingKallis 7

 

[ankitj]

Final

Marcuss	KingKallis
Hanif Mohammad	Gordon Greenidge /
Archie Jackson	Matthew Hayden /
Kane Williamson	Greg Chappell / o
Ken Barrington	Wally Hammond / o
Everton Weekes	Stan McCabe / o
Lindsay Hassett	Mahela Jayawardene /
Adam Gilchrist	Ian Botham o /
Wasim Akram	Alan Knott + /
Mitch Johnson	Dale Steyn o
Graeme Swann	Derek Underwood o
Glenn McGrath	Shoaib Akhtar o

 

[Fuller Pilch]

KK

 

[Himannv]

Tough one. I reckon kk has the better batting and Marcuss has better bowling due to Akram and McGrath. kk has done a better job drafting if you exclude that one extra top tier bowler, so I think I'll give it to kk.

 

[honestbharani]

Marcuss