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Test/ODI Combination Draft
- Thread starter Joao
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Graeme Swann.
Team:
Graham Gooch
Shane Watson
Sachin Tendulkar
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M S Dhoni
Graeme Swann
Jason Gillespie
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Shane Bond
Team:
Graham Gooch
Shane Watson
Sachin Tendulkar
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M S Dhoni
Graeme Swann
Jason Gillespie
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Shane Bond
Some pretty serious batting from 4-9...might need all the runs too chasing what that bowling line up is going concede
Himannv
Hall of Fame Member
Probably the longest tail I've ever had in a draft. Getting us out aint happening.Some pretty serious batting from 4-9...might need all the runs too chasing what that bowling line up is going concede
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
will bat Lara 3, tbh. Always think it was his best and most natural batting position, for both forms of the game.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
Never realised he actually averaged over 60 at #3 in Tests; seems odd that always seemed so keen to bat four instead later in his career.
G.I.Joe
International Coach
Tendulkar-wannabe, IMO.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
He was a great batsman and a good judge of other players and decent, strategy and tactics wise. But he was very very ordinary when it comes to judging himself as a player when he was captain. Just seemed to have the most wild theories and ideas about where he would help the team the most as a batsman. Remember him batting 3 when others were out of form, and batting 5 or 6 in ODIs because he thought it was tougher for youngsters to bat in those positions than in the top 4 in that form of the game..
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
Lara was a superb no. 3 batsman in tests, and a superb opener and no. 3 batsman in ODIs. Later he decided to 'sacrifice' himself for the team and dropped down the order - a decision with which I never agreed - I don't think it helped his team or himself in any way.
kingkallis
International Coach
Sorry guys I was not in town, I will pick now!
kingkallis
International Coach
Dean Jones
CricZo XI
1. Matthew Hayden ( 103 tests | 8625 @ 50.73 with 30 100s; 161 odis | 6133 @ 43.80 with 10 100s )
2. Gordon Greenidge ( 108 tests | 7558 @ 44.72 with 19 100s; 128 odis | 5134 @ 45.03 with 11 100s )
3. Dean Jones ( 52 tests | 3631 @ 46.55 with 11 100s; 164 odis | 6068 @ 44.61 with 7 100s )
4. Martin Crowe ( 77 tests | 5444 @ 45.36 with 17 100s; 143 odis | 4704 @ 38.55 with 4 100s )
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8. Brett Lee ( 76 tests | 310 @ 30.81; 205 odis | 357 @ 22.89 )
9. Shane Warne ( 145 tests | 708 @ 25.41; 194 odis | 293 @ 25.73 )
10. Waqar Younis ( 87 tests | 373 @ 23.56; 262 odis | 416 @ 23.84 )
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CricZo XI
1. Matthew Hayden ( 103 tests | 8625 @ 50.73 with 30 100s; 161 odis | 6133 @ 43.80 with 10 100s )
2. Gordon Greenidge ( 108 tests | 7558 @ 44.72 with 19 100s; 128 odis | 5134 @ 45.03 with 11 100s )
3. Dean Jones ( 52 tests | 3631 @ 46.55 with 11 100s; 164 odis | 6068 @ 44.61 with 7 100s )
4. Martin Crowe ( 77 tests | 5444 @ 45.36 with 17 100s; 143 odis | 4704 @ 38.55 with 4 100s )
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8. Brett Lee ( 76 tests | 310 @ 30.81; 205 odis | 357 @ 22.89 )
9. Shane Warne ( 145 tests | 708 @ 25.41; 194 odis | 293 @ 25.73 )
10. Waqar Younis ( 87 tests | 373 @ 23.56; 262 odis | 416 @ 23.84 )
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weldone
Hall of Fame Member
More than facing the new ball, the reason why he was relatively more successful as a top order batsman is that he liked to pace his innings. I always got the feeling that he relished and enjoyed 50/1 type of scenarios more than 150/3 types. It was more evident in ODIs. He was not a Michael Bevan type batsman who loved chasing 110 runs off last 100 deliveries with 6 wickets remaining.