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ODI Descending Strike Rates Draft

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JOJOXI

International Vice-Captain
Fuller Pilch said:
I'm extremely surprised that Hansie didn't get picked. He was an absolutely brilliant ODI player.
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I did actually wonder when looking at players at the start of the draft whether to consider him as a possible pick depending on how the draft goes but thought potentially a vote loser. Intrigued now the topic has been brought up as to what people's thoughts are about this? Might set up a thread in drafting forum later today on that.
 
capt_Luffy

capt_Luffy

International Regular
My team:

01. Sourav Ganguly (c)
02. Matthew Hayden
03. Ryan ten Doescharte
04. A B de Villiers (wk)
05. Angelo Mathews
06. Chris Cairns
07. Jimmy Neesham
08. Wasim Akram
09. Adil Rashid
10. Fanie de Villiers
11. Saqlain Mushtaq


I think it's a very well balanced team and I mostly happy with it. Sourav Ganguly is a top 10 ODI opener for me (and an excellent captain) and Hayden isn't really much behind him. Ryan ten Doescharte is probably the most controversial pick due to playing only a handful of times against top opponents; but he was a splendid one to watch, scored plenty in List A, FC and T20s, only has Tikolo as a competitor for best Associate player, and overall maintains the Highest ODI batting average. I rate him fairly high. A B de Villiers is a top 5 ODI bat and a dependable keep and is the very foundation of this team. My best batsman. While Angelo Mathews forms a much appreciated pivot at 5. A spectacular all rounder like Chris Cairns at 6; and while not a great player, the no. 7 role fits Neesham like a glove. Wasim Akram and Adil Rashid provides some much needed depth to this batting attack. While bowling, I expect Wasim Akram (a top 3 pacer), Fanie de Villiers (a top 10 pacer) and Saqlain Mushtaq (a top 2 spinner) to bowl their full quotas of 10 overs. Of the remaining, anything from around 12-20 of a combination of Chris Cairns and Adil Rashid depending on their form sounds very reasonable; while for the rest I have a long list of options in Neesham, Doescharte, Mathews and Ganguly. Overall, while certain things could had been better; I am happy with my team.
 
kingkallis

kingkallis

International Coach
JOJOXI said:
I did actually wonder when looking at players at the start of the draft whether to consider him as a possible pick depending on how the draft goes but thought potentially a vote loser. Intrigued now the topic has been brought up as to what people's thoughts are about this? Might set up a thread in drafting forum later today on that.
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Yeah that's one reason why people don't pick Hansie, Azhar, Malik, Asif etc. Nobody really likes a cheat.
 
mr_mister

mr_mister

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
JOJOXI said:
I did actually wonder when looking at players at the start of the draft whether to consider him as a possible pick depending on how the draft goes but thought potentially a vote loser. Intrigued now the topic has been brought up as to what people's thoughts are about this? Might set up a thread in drafting forum later today on that.
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Yeah that's a good idea. It's happened more than once that Azharuddin would have been the "right" choice for my side but I just thought it'd lose me votes over the years
 
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