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Star Sign Draft Voting

Line and Length

Line and Length

International Coach
Please vote for your top 3 teams, in order (hence no poll).
All participants are requested to vote so, with no-one voting for themselves, we will have a balanced consensus.
"Outsiders" are more than welcome to add their votes.
Comments are also welcome.

JOJOXI
Virender Sehwag
Justin Langer
Rahul Dravid
Brian Lara
Michael Hussey
Sir Garfield Sobers (c)
Denis Lindsay (wk)
Shaun Pollock
Jim Laker
Joel Garner
Neil Adcock
12th man - Dean Jones

Thala_0710
Herbert Sutcliffe
Gordon Greenidge
Kane Williamson*
George Headley
Kuamar Ranjitsinhji
Jacquee Kallis
BJ Watling+
Malcolm Marshall
Michael Holding
Nathan Lyon
Josh Hazelwood
12th: Rangana Herath

Honestbharani (Honest Hunks)
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Graham Gooch
Dennis Compton
Michael Clarke
Tony Greig
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Aubrey Faulkner
Richard Hadlee
Ravi Ashwin
Mitchell Starc
Neil Wagner
12th Michael Bevan

Line and Length
Bob Simpson
Rohit Sharma
Viv Richards
Greg Chappell
Clive Lloyd (c)
Ian Botham
M.S.Dhoni +
Kapil Dev
Waqar Younis
Allan Donald
Derek Underwood
12tn man Alec Stewart

trundler
Len Hutton
Conrad Hunte
Ricky Ponting
Clem Hill
Dudley Nourse
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Alan Knott+
Imran Khan
Kagiso Rabada
Fred Trueman
Clarrie Grimmett
12th Lindsay Hassett

Silver Silva
Bill Woodfull (C)
Matthew Hayden
Charlie Macartney
Graeme Pollock
.Joe Root
Andy Flower W/K
Monty Noble
Alan Davidson
Ryan Harris
Curtly Ambrose
Jasprit Bumrah
12th man (Stephen Fleming)

Pothas
Graeme Smith*
Alastair Cook
Ken Barrington
Sachin Tendulkar
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Steve Waugh
Jock Cameron+
Ray Lindwall
Shane Warne
James Anderson
Courtney Walsh
12th Vinoo Mankad

AndrewB
Sunil Gavaskar
Victor Trumper
Javed Miandad
Ted Dexter
Harry Brook
Clyde Walcott+
Keith Miller
Richie Benaud
Mike Procter
Hugh Tayfield
Sydney Barnes
12th Trevor Goddard

Bitmap
Geoffrey Boycott
Arthur Morris
Kumar Sangakkara
Steve Smith
Everton Weekes
Ravindra Jadeja
Alex Carey+
Hedley Verity
Dennis Lillee
Shoaib Akhtar
Glenn McGrath
12th Man: Graeme Swann

Capt_Luffy
Bruce Mitchell
Herbie Taylor
Neil Harvey
Martin Crowe
Allan Border*
AB de Villiers+
Shakib Al Hasan
Wasim Akram
Harold Larwood
Bill O'Reilly
Dale Steyn
12th Man: Farokh Engineer

Teuton
Jack Hobbs
Barry Richards
Rohan Kanhai
Wally Hammond
Frank Worrell
Mohammad Yousuf
Rishabh Pant
Pat Cummins
Andy Roberts
Ian Bishop
Muttiah Muralitharan
12th Stuart MacGill
 
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Line and Length

Line and Length

International Coach
All teams are bristling with talent. Most settled on a 5 man bowling attack, with most including a bowling all-rounder in that make-up. Having an extra string to the bowling is beneficial, though not essential.
It was difficult to separate some sides, but my voting (which might be different on any other day, is:

3 votes Teuton - from an early stage, I saw this as a team to beat. Has a bit of a tail.
2 Thala_0710 - one of several strong contenders. Good balance but another with a bit of a tail.
1 AndrewB - Great depth in bowling. Not sure about Brook (yet) but this side bats down to 9.
 
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honestbharani

honestbharani

Whatever it takes!!!
Jojo - Excellent side. Can hardly find holes in this one.
Thala - Bit old timey, excellent seam attack but lacks some chutzpah otherwise.
HB - abstain
LL - Kapil at 8 seems a luxury and perhaps abetter bowler there and a second spinner might have made this side much better.
trundler - He has chosen his favorites but again, just does yell out quality for some reason to me.
Silver silva - Another old timey side. Does not impress me unfortunately.
Pothas - Good side, but second spinner is a lack.
AndrewB - Excellent side. Love the bowling balance but batting a bit hit or miss.
Bitmap - Excellent side. 2nd best after Jojo IMO.
Luffy - Good side but not as great as few others above.
Teuton - Good side with some good allround options. Close for 3rd with AndrewB.


Going with -

Jojo
Bitmap
Teuton


AndrewB unlucky to miss out.
 
Silver Silva

Silver Silva

International Vice-Captain
honestbharani said:
Jojo - Excellent side. Can hardly find holes in this one.
Thala - Bit old timey, excellent seam attack but lacks some chutzpah otherwise.
HB - abstain
LL - Kapil at 8 seems a luxury and perhaps abetter bowler there and a second spinner might have made this side much better.
trundler - He has chosen his favorites but again, just does yell out quality for some reason to me.
Silver silva - Another old timey side. Does not impress me unfortunately.
Pothas - Good side, but second spinner is a lack.
AndrewB - Excellent side. Love the bowling balance but batting a bit hit or miss.
Bitmap - Excellent side. 2nd best after Jojo IMO.
Luffy - Good side but not as great as few others above.
Teuton - Good side with some good allround options. Close for 3rd with AndrewB.


Going with -

Jojo
Bitmap
Teuton


AndrewB unlucky to miss out.
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Bro my side only has 1 player less than your team who have played Test cricket in the last 30 years. Plus my bowling attack is scary 😎
 
Line and Length

Line and Length

International Coach
honestbharani said:
Jojo - Excellent side. Can hardly find holes in this one.
Thala - Bit old timey, excellent seam attack but lacks some chutzpah otherwise.
HB - abstain
LL - Kapil at 8 seems a luxury and perhaps abetter bowler there and a second spinner might have made this side much better.
trundler - He has chosen his favorites but again, just does yell out quality for some reason to me.
Silver silva - Another old timey side. Does not impress me unfortunately.
Pothas - Good side, but second spinner is a lack.
AndrewB - Excellent side. Love the bowling balance but batting a bit hit or miss.
Bitmap - Excellent side. 2nd best after Jojo IMO.
Luffy - Good side but not as great as few others above.
Teuton - Good side with some good allround options. Close for 3rd with AndrewB.
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Bob Simpson is a more than capable second spinner. Kapil is a pretty respectable 4th pace bowler.
 
Thala_0710

Thala_0710

International Debutant
honestbharani said:
Jojo - Excellent side. Can hardly find holes in this one.
Thala - Bit old timey, excellent seam attack but lacks some chutzpah otherwise.
HB - abstain
LL - Kapil at 8 seems a luxury and perhaps abetter bowler there and a second spinner might have made this side much better.
trundler - He has chosen his favorites but again, just does yell out quality for some reason to me.
Silver silva - Another old timey side. Does not impress me unfortunately.
Pothas - Good side, but second spinner is a lack.
AndrewB - Excellent side. Love the bowling balance but batting a bit hit or miss.
Bitmap - Excellent side. 2nd best after Jojo IMO.
Luffy - Good side but not as great as few others above.
Teuton - Good side with some good allround options. Close for 3rd with AndrewB.


Going with -

Jojo
Bitmap
Teuton


AndrewB unlucky to miss out.
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I would think Greenidge, Headley, Marshall and Headley are chutzpah enough
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Coach
honestbharani said:
Jojo - Excellent side. Can hardly find holes in this one.
Thala - Bit old timey, excellent seam attack but lacks some chutzpah otherwise.
HB - abstain
LL - Kapil at 8 seems a luxury and perhaps abetter bowler there and a second spinner might have made this side much better.
trundler - He has chosen his favorites but again, just does yell out quality for some reason to me.
Silver silva - Another old timey side. Does not impress me unfortunately.
Pothas - Good side, but second spinner is a lack.
AndrewB - Excellent side. Love the bowling balance but batting a bit hit or miss.
Bitmap - Excellent side. 2nd best after Jojo IMO.
Luffy - Good side but not as great as few others above.
Teuton - Good side with some good allround options. Close for 3rd with AndrewB.


Going with -

Jojo
Bitmap
Teuton


AndrewB unlucky to miss out.
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My side is a Great as all others


Yes, I commented as part of the trend
 
J

JOJOXI

International Captain
Initally I had started writing individual team notes but don't think I'd end up posting tonight if I continued having done so for the first 4 teams.

What does stand out is that weakenesses can be found in pretty much all teams which speaks to the nature of the draft I guess - not that restrictive early on but it got tougher later on where some good early picks may have compromised future picks.

1) Teuton - Elite opening partnership and very deep quality batting with a specialist batter at 6 and Pant at 7 and even Cummins at 8. Hammond perhaps not the very best 5th bowler but could still do a capable job and whilst the pace attack perhaps isn't as strong as a couple others I do think it is still a very creditible pace attack with one of the best 2 spinners around to support them. (I also suspect I've probably put a slightly lower focus on the pace attacks than some other voters)

2) Pothas - I like the top 6 including 2 modern openers who have done extremely well in their careers and make up one of the better opening pairs in this draft I think. Good depth of batting down to 8, an elite spinner and creditible pace bowling lineup - I suspect Walsh+Anderson will divide opinion as to just how far they are below some of the other top seamers. Could do with a more established 5th bowling option but I guess S Waugh and Barrington can at least keep things in check somewhat if needed to rotate the bowlers

3) Bitmap - strong pace attack, good spinner and very strong top 5. A modern keeper who would probably help add runs compared to some keepers of generations past too however Jadeja at 6 felt a spot too high and the combo of Jadeja+Carey at 6 and 7 just didn't feel right for me personally. Other than that it was a very good team I thought.
 
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