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Smith is great. His ban has lead to people forgetting how prolific he was for Aussies in Tests and ODIs. He was second best Aussie player in 2015 world cup after Starc.
 
crappycraperson said:
Smith is great. His ban has lead to people forgetting how prolific he was for Aussies in Tests and ODIs. He was second best Aussie player in 2015 world cup after Starc.
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I wanted him (and would have blocked him for you if I hadn't noticed the CPL problem) but he isn't at the very top tier of ODI batsman. In tests - Smith, Kohli, Root, Williamson. In ODIs many are better. Kohli, Root, Azam, Williamson, Taylor, Warner, Rohit, Amla and the other Saffers etc.
 
However this goes thanks for this draft it's been really fun and required a lot of head scratching. @KM must have had a nightmare vetting this last round
 
Team thoughts?

1. H. Amla
2. Q. de Kock
3. B. Azam
4. F. du Plesis
5. M. ul Haq
6. S. Raina (Part time bowler)
7. J. Hopes (Part time bowler)
8. S. Pollock
9. S. Broad
10. W. Younis
11. I. Tahir

12. N. Knight

I have like 5 Saffers and 3 Pakistanis.
 
NM said:
I wanted him (and would have blocked him for you if I hadn't noticed the CPL problem) but he isn't at the very top tier of ODI batsman. In tests - Smith, Kohli, Root, Williamson. In ODIs many are better. Kohli, Root, Azam, Williamson, Taylor, Warner, Rohit, Amla and the other Saffers etc.
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Taylor is not as good as Smith. You are just going blindly by averages. Out of that list only Kohli, Williamson and Rohit are better than him.
 
As of now:

01. A. Cook
02. G. Turner
03. B. McCullum
04. G. Chappell
05. M. S. Dhoni (C) (WK)
06. K. Pollard
07. A. Razzaq
08. I. Pathan
09. F. De Villiers
10. A. Roberts
11. R. Kalpage
 
crappycraperson said:
Taylor is not as good as Smith. You are just going blindly by averages. Out of that list only Kohli, Williamson and Rohit are better than him.
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:wenger:

So much for saying people don't remember Smith, your post shows that someone who's broken ODI records constantly has been forgotten.

  • Fastest player to reach 2,000 runs in ODIs (40 inns)
  • Fastest player to reach 3,000 runs in ODIs (59 inns)
  • Fastest player to reach 4,000 runs in ODIs (81 inns)
  • Fastest player to reach 5,000 runs in ODIs (101 inns)
  • Fastest player to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs (123 inns)
  • Fastest player to reach 7,000 runs in ODIs (150 inns)
  • First African batsman to score a triple century in Test matches
  • First South African captain to score a Test century against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka
  • 1,000 runs in both Tests and ODIs in the same calendar year (2010)[44]
  • He and Faf du Plessis hold the highest partnership for South Africa (247 runs), set against Ireland in the 24th match of World Cup Cricket on 3 March 2015 at Manuka Oval, Canberra. Amla made his career best of 159 in that match and South Africa became the first team to make back to back scores over 400 in ODIs, setting a total of 411/5[45]
  • Fastest cricketer to reach 8th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th (86 inns), 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th (167 inns) centuries in ODIs[46]
  • His and AB de Villiers' partnership of 308 runs against the West Indies is the record 4th wicket partnership for South Africa in a Test match, was played from 17–20 December 2014
  • He along with Dwayne Bravo set the highest 5th wicket partnership in Twenty20 cricket (150)[47][48]
  • Joint fastest batsman along with Virat Kohli to reach 50 international hundreds (348 inns)[49][50]
  • First South African batsman to score 25 centuries in ODIs[51]
  • Fourth cricketer to score 25 centuries in both Test and ODI cricket after Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara[52]
  • During the ODI series against Bangladesh in 2017 he, along with Quinton de Kock established the highest ODI partnership for any wicket for South Africa and set the highest unbroken ODI runstand in an ODI without losing any wickets (282*)
 
NM said:
Team thoughts?

1. H. Amla
2. Q. de Kock
3. B. Azam
4. F. du Plesis
5. M. ul Haq
6. S. Raina (Part time bowler)
7. J. Hopes (Part time bowler)
8. S. Pollock
9. S. Broad
10. W. Younis
11. I. Tahir

12. N. Knight

I have like 5 Saffers and 3 Pakistanis.
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Knocked out in the first round due to match fixing or choking. who knows.
 
crappycraperson said:
Taylor is not as good as Smith. You are just going blindly by averages. Out of that list only Kohli, Williamson and Rohit are better than him.
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Your tagline is a joke :lol:
Taylor has been the 2nd best ODI player in the world since the last world cup
 
Moby said:
:wenger:

So much for saying people don't remember Smith, your post shows that someone who's broken ODI records constantly has been forgotten.

  • Fastest player to reach 2,000 runs in ODIs (40 inns)
  • Fastest player to reach 3,000 runs in ODIs (59 inns)
  • Fastest player to reach 4,000 runs in ODIs (81 inns)
  • Fastest player to reach 5,000 runs in ODIs (101 inns)
  • Fastest player to reach 6,000 runs in ODIs (123 inns)
  • Fastest player to reach 7,000 runs in ODIs (150 inns)
  • First African batsman to score a triple century in Test matches
  • First South African captain to score a Test century against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka
  • 1,000 runs in both Tests and ODIs in the same calendar year (2010)[44]
  • He and Faf du Plessis hold the highest partnership for South Africa (247 runs), set against Ireland in the 24th match of World Cup Cricket on 3 March 2015 at Manuka Oval, Canberra. Amla made his career best of 159 in that match and South Africa became the first team to make back to back scores over 400 in ODIs, setting a total of 411/5[45]
  • Fastest cricketer to reach 8th, 9th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th (86 inns), 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th (167 inns) centuries in ODIs[46]
  • His and AB de Villiers' partnership of 308 runs against the West Indies is the record 4th wicket partnership for South Africa in a Test match, was played from 17–20 December 2014
  • He along with Dwayne Bravo set the highest 5th wicket partnership in Twenty20 cricket (150)[47][48]
  • Joint fastest batsman along with Virat Kohli to reach 50 international hundreds (348 inns)[49][50]
  • First South African batsman to score 25 centuries in ODIs[51]
  • Fourth cricketer to score 25 centuries in both Test and ODI cricket after Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting and Kumar Sangakkara[52]
  • During the ODI series against Bangladesh in 2017 he, along with Quinton de Kock established the highest ODI partnership for any wicket for South Africa and set the highest unbroken ODI runstand in an ODI without losing any wickets (282*)
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Fair. Amla was boss for a long time but he does miss some signature innings in ODIs. May be a by product of being SA team but even then he also failed in WC knockouts in 2015/2011.
 
crappycraperson said:
Taylor is not as good as Smith. You are just going blindly by averages. Out of that list only Kohli, Williamson and Rohit are better than him.
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Taylor has a much bigger body of work in ODIs, in this moment in time Smith is behind.
 
I think we can agree Williamson-Taylor is probably the GOAT 3-4 in ODI history. Thanks lads.
 
NM said:
Team thoughts?

1. H. Amla
2. Q. de Kock
3. B. Azam
4. F. du Plesis
5. M. ul Haq
6. S. Raina (Part time bowler)
7. J. Hopes (Part time bowler)
8. S. Pollock
9. S. Broad
10. W. Younis
11. I. Tahir

12. N. Knight

I have like 5 Saffers and 3 Pakistanis.
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Great team. Raina is bit of a joke these days but in his prime was an absolute gun ODI player. Still remember his crucial innings in the WC.
 
People. Any suggestions or disagreements?

We were thinking that each we will divide everyone into groups of 3. Each thread will have a group vote. Everyone votes for which 2 teams will qualify from this group. Then the QF.

If everyone is fine with it, we can roll ahead with it.
 
Interval said:
People. Any suggestions or disagreements?

We were thinking that each we will divide everyone into groups of 3. Each thread will have a group vote. Everyone votes for which 2 teams will qualify from this group. Then the QF.

If everyone is fine with it, we can roll ahead with it.
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Yes let’s try this.
 
Interval said:
People. Any suggestions or disagreements?

We were thinking that each we will divide everyone into groups of 3. Each thread will have a group vote. Everyone votes for which 2 teams will qualify from this group. Then the QF.

If everyone is fine with it, we can roll ahead with it.
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Fine with this
 
Interval said:
People. Any suggestions or disagreements?

We were thinking that each we will divide everyone into groups of 3. Each thread will have a group vote. Everyone votes for which 2 teams will qualify from this group. Then the QF.

If everyone is fine with it, we can roll ahead with it.
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So we'd presumably all vote for our own team and one other? Sounds good to me.
 
Mine is ready to go whenever. Glad I double checked the stats as some on the Howstat website were way off.
 
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