Cricket Draft

[TheBitch]

 

No one is that daft.

 

Denesh Ramdin had a pop.

 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Denesh Ramdin had a pop.

 

 

He is real shit at spelling.

[lifetime fan]

Denesh Ramdin had a pop.

 

 

 

The fucking idiot that proves the rule.

[banger]

He was my ol fella's shout tbh, only quickly checked wiki and they had him down as playing 'test cricket' to '76-77.

 

Only when I checked somewhere else I noticed the discrepency.

 

Wouldn't have been cricket to have kept quiet.

 

 

Bob Simpson came back and captained Australia in Test cricket in the 70's . He did not play WSC , he actually captained the test team.

 

Edit: Just checked my facts

 

Bob Simpson | Australia Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

[Guest LFD]

The 24 hour pick rule has worked very well too, fair play to LFD for that.

 

Without that rule, we'd never get it finished. I think we'dstill be on pick two or three!

 

Anyone fancy a similar thing with Rugby after the cricket?

 

I will.

 

Was going to do a ODI version of this, but we can do rugby next to break it up from cricket for a bit.

[Red Banjo]

Yawn

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Jaz PM'ed.

 

Went for Chris Cairns as my all rounder, gives me more fast bowling options as Waugh will give me another option of medium off break.

 

Got other players i might have picked ahead of him but he was the most likely to get snapped up imo.

[Guest LFD]

That's four Khan's selected in the draft so far!

 

Re: Voting.

 

I think the voting has to be available to all members on here, as we want as many people voting as possible to get the best chance of the right team winning.

 

I know Pistonbroke you only want cricket fans voting. But who is to say who is or isn't a cricket fan. I think everyoneis entitled to vote!

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Bastard, Zaheer Kahn was a left armed fast bowler i wanted but i thought if i picked the more obvious Cairns and hoped Kahn would last a bit longer.

[Jairzinho]

That's four Khan's selected in the draft so far!

 

Re: Voting.

 

I think the voting has to be available to all members on here, as we want as many people voting as possible to get the best chance of the right team winning.

 

I know Pistonbroke you only want cricket fans voting. But who is to say who is or isn't a cricket fan. I think everyoneis entitled to vote!

 

I think we can safely assume that the vast majority of people that can be arsed to look at a cricket thread will indeed be cricket fans.

 

I, for example, won't be voting in the rugby one after this.

[Jairzinho]

Just had a look at TheBitch's team. They'd be a decent side now.

[Guest LFD]

Bastard, Zaheer Kahn was a left armed fast bowler i wanted but i thought if i picked the more obvious Cairns and hoped Kahn would last a bit longer.

 

Had to be done!

[Stu Monty]

Thilan Samaraweera

 

Still not had to pick a batsman that averages under 50 in test cricket. Was going to leave this 'till next time and hope it stayed under the radar (to pick up someone I still want that's available and is a bit more of a name) but couldn't risk it. A motherfucker that just wore you down and refused to give it away easy. Holds the world record for a 4th wicket partnship.

[lifetime fan]

I'm surprised so many picks have been more recent players, the obvious greats have been chosen but plenty of quality older cricketers still available.

[Jairzinho]

I'm surprised so many picks have been more recent players, the obvious greats have been chosen but plenty of quality older cricketers still available.

 

Aye, me too. There are fucking loads of quality players left.

[Stu Monty]

Not sure I rate the chances of the bowlers that are left against the batsmen that are left. Reckon there'll be some weak links in bowling attacks come the end.

[Remmie]

Agreed, my bowling options are already a concern, with a lot of bowlers I wanted now gone, although having said that only Gilchrist in my team couldn't bowl.

[Fowlers God]

Not sure I rate the chances of the bowlers that are left against the batsmen that are left. Reckon there'll be some weak links in bowling attacks come the end.

 

Yes this really brings it to life. Looking at stats of olayers and knowing some are better/worse than you first judged.

[Guest LFD]

Still lots of good bowlers knocking around, as we saw with the Gough pick.

[Red Banjo]

Come on......

 

Anytime soon

[TheBitch]

Slinger.

[Yozzer]

Gone for a boom or bust guy in Atapattu, great technique for an opener who played a glorious cover drive.

[A_S]

Gone for a boom or bust guy in Atapattu, great technique for an opener who played a glorious cover drive.

 

Boom or bust is right. I think the critical score for him was around 30, where if he managed to make it to 30, his average was 80-something ridiculous, scoring a lot of double tons. His problem was he also had a very high number of scores in single figures. Lovely player to watch though.

[Red Banjo]

Nearly 250 test wickets. 16 5-wicket haul's. Available in round 7? Go on then.

[A_S]

What are people's views on players who were injury prone, but still managed to get a respectable record over a decent period of time? So whilst they may not have had as many opportunities to show what they can do, they took the ones presented to them despite a number of setbacks.

 

I just thought there are a few players who would fall into that category and it's worth mentioning it as we approach these last few picks.

 

Some really good choices recently, but again, still a shitload of good ones still out there.