All Time Test Draft R2 - Mani vs Paulscholes18 | Mani wins 8-0

Who will win a 3 match series between the two?

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prath92

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Welcome to the second game of the second round of the Test Cricket Draft game between @Mani and @paulscholes18 . These teams will be involved in 3 game series in

1. A flat track
2. A green track aiding swing
3. A slow track aiding spin

Teams

Team Mani XI

Geoffrey Boycott
Michael Slater
Rahul Dravid
Ian Chappell
Clive Lloyd
Graham Thorpe
Quinton de kock
Richard Hadlee
Wasim Akram
Curtly Ambrose*
Saqlain Mushtaq

*Nathan Lyon in for Curtly Ambrose in spin pitches.

Team Paulscholes18

1. Herschelle Gibbs
2. Gautam Gambhir
3. Vivian Richards
4. Steven Smith
5. Joe Root
6. Mushfiqur Rahim
7. Kapil Dev
8. Shaun Pollock
9. Waqar Younis
10. Ryan Harris
11. Yasir Shah
 
Team Mani

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Bowling wins test matches,with superior bowling attack spearheaded by Wasim,Hadlee and Ambrose,3 premium strike bowler I got better chance to win this 3 match series.

Batting opens with G.Boycott/M.Slater(combination of Superior technique and cool batting)we are good enough to see through the new ball.

R.Dravid(The Wall) - Plays the specialist position No.3,arguably there is no better batsmen than R.Dravid to play the role perfectly.

Ian Chappell/C.Lloyd/G.Thrope -All three very good batsmen of spin bowling and their records speak for themselves.

LMO-(Q D Kock /R.Hadlee /W.Akram) Arguably best LMO batting line in the draft,who can bat till No.9,never to forget Wasim got his double ton batting at No.9.

Spin Duo-(Saqlain Mushtaq & N.Lyon) Tricky customers who can bowl with at most accuracy at any kind of Wicket.

With C.Lloyd as Captain, who can steer this team to victory
 
Team Paulscholes18

Batsman
Gibbs - Avg 41.95 (47.23 opening) 100/50 14/26
Gambhir avg 41.96 (42.91 opening) 100/50 9/22
Richards avg 50.24 (61.54 @3) 100/50 24/45
Smith Avg 60.40 (75 @4) 100/50 21/21
Root Avg 53.06 (73.15 @5) 100/50 13/34
Rahim Avg 35.16 (38.26 @6) 100/50 5/18
K Dev Avg 31.05 (31.1 @7) 100/50 8/27
Pollock Avg 32.32 (30.97 @8) 100/50 2/16

Bowlers
Younis wickets 373 @23.56 SR 43.50
Pollock wickets 421 @23.12 SR 57.85
Harris Wickets 113 @23.52 SR 50.76
Dev Wickets 434 @29.65 SR 63.92
Shah Wickets 165 @29.45 SR 56.22
 
Mani said:
Honestly I doesn’t want to change him but yeah it’s draft and spin pitch.
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The quality difference is stark enough that I don't think that's an improvement. Bit concerned about your lack of bowling options on the flat pitch. The quality of your attack is great but that's a lot of workload on Ambrose, Akram and Hadlee.
 
Akshay said:
The quality difference is stark enough that I don't think that's an improvement. Bit concerned about your lack of bowling options on the flat pitch. The quality of your attack is great but that's a lot of workload on Ambrose, Akram and Hadlee.
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Considering those shot run up from Akram and Hadlee which obviously would consume lot less energy and long spell.Above all this three are strike bowlers who are more accurate with the line and length plus Saqlain that’s good as it gets.Flat pitches give equal opportunity to both bowlers and batsmen’s.
So bowlers have fair chances at the flat wkts.
 
harshad said:
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Akshay said:
The quality difference is stark enough that I don't think that's an improvement. Bit concerned about your lack of bowling options on the flat pitch. The quality of your attack is great but that's a lot of workload on Ambrose, Akram and Hadlee.
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I punched my screen looking at the change also but I think it makes sense. Hadlee and Akram are enough as pacers on that pitch. A second spinner would get more joy.
 
And you can always bank on a Chappell to bowl underarm at the very least
 
Moby said:
Akshay is right though, Mani doesn't have any support whatsoever for his 4 bowlers. Need at least a legit 5th bowler.
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Akram/Ambrose/Hadlee and Saqlain not enough ?:p
 
Akshay said:
The quality difference is stark enough that I don't think that's an improvement. Bit concerned about your lack of bowling options on the flat pitch. The quality of your attack is great but that's a lot of workload on Ambrose, Akram and Hadlee.
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Agree with this, bowlers the calibre of Ambrose are all conditions bowlers and would offer the same or even more as Lyon on a spinning track and Saqlain would be enough on a spinning track.
 
Mani said:
Akram/Ambrose/Hadlee and Saqlain not enough ?:p
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No doubt they are great but you do need a good supporting cast in tests. Most teams in the drafts field all rounders are legit bowlers and not part timers and they are the 5th or 6th option. I have Kallis and Steve Waugh for that, for example. It also matters if one of your main bowlers are having a bad game. More options basically and at least 5 proper ones are needed in my opinion.
 
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