RedCafe Cricket Draft - ODIs

I pick Darren Lehmann

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1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott, Lehmann
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar

Have PM'd Desert Eagle.
 
JP Duminy


1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar
 
DE - did you notice I changed my pick? Maybe 3 seconds before you picked. I got lucky... I was going to change to Duminy too. Changed my mind last minute!

EDIT:

DE please adjust your list for my last second changed pick!!

I have PM'd you too
 
Aldo picks Richie Richardson

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1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar
 
Eoin Morgan. Someone else please update and pm. On my
Mobile.
 
Never mind. Switched on my desktop. Will do it myself.

Eoin Morgan. I think he's a genius.

1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar
 
By the way, should we still have the winner gets to pick a player from loser's team provision still?

I think the number of quality players in ODIs is more than the number of quality players in tests.. I think if you have that, by the time 2 teams get to the final, they'll both be ridiculously strong.. can we revisit that rule?

Looking at pretty much all of these teams, I can see us being at a point in the end where each team getting 3 players would make it near impossible to select between any 2 meeting up.
 
Varun has another hour and half.

@Zing: The winner of each group will get 1 pick each. Semis winner 1 pick. Though I actually don't think that it'll be impossible to differentiate teams even if they get 3 recruits. But yes, it will become tougher.
 
Varun needs to get a fast bowler in there pronto...

As for me, I went to sleep repeating MorganDuminyMorganDuminyMorganDuminy to myself. Woke up to a lovely surprise.
 
Marvan Atapattu
1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar
 
I pick James Anderson.

Sorry for the delay. Had an interview process at college. Just came back.

1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, James Anderson
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar
 
Ross Taylor


1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Kyle Mills
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar
 
Yup.. Now's the time.. Picks dropping like flies
 
Dwayne Bravo

1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Kyle Mills
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar
 
Nick Knight
1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib, Stuart Broad, Marcus Trescothick
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu, Nick Knight
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Kyle Mills
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar
 
What does everyone think of my team so far, btw?
 
What does everyone think of my team so far, btw?

Strongish bowling. You need a few big run getters. Only aravinda won't do. Remember, odi cricket is a bit more skewed towards batting. But there are a few good ones still available.

It's a bit too early to start judging teams tbh. Its usually the bottom of the barrellicks which decide whether the team looks good or not. Longways to go, if you ask me.
 
The best middle order so far. Amazing.
Bowling doesn't look that great though.

Really like your batsmen. A few more smart picks and you're through

Thanks. Am going to try and sort out my bowling now, was going to pick morkel last time but went in favour of harris as thought morkel might last one more round.

10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel


Afridi
Haddin
Aravinda
Imran Khan
Micheal hussey
xxxx
xxxx
xxxx
Morkel
Ambrose
Srinath

Am assuming you will line up with something like that. You bowling attack is awesome but you cant expect Imran Khan to be a decent bowler so really should add another one in there. Opening is a bit weak as Afridi never really got going unless you are planning on adding another opener(have a gut feeling on the player). You need to add a couple of pinch hitters to add some bite to your batting.
 
Strongish bowling. You need a few big run getters. Only aravinda won't do. Remember, odi cricket is a bit more skewed towards batting. But there are a few good ones still available.

It's a bit too early to start judging teams tbh. Its usually the bottom of the barrellicks which decide whether the team looks good or not. Longways to go, if you ask me.

Agree with this. Am just a bit confused if I should strengthen up my bowling or add another batsman. Are we picking 12 players or 11 this time?
 
What do you guys think of my team so far?

Great middle order, but don't see your bowling will give them a shot - none of them score particularly quickly.

Strongish bowling. You need a few big run getters. Only aravinda won't do. Remember, odi cricket is a bit more skewed towards batting. But there are a few good ones still available.

It's a bit too early to start judging teams tbh. Its usually the bottom of the barrellicks which decide whether the team looks good or not. Longways to go, if you ask me.

Same. I like only Aravinda in your batting, Hussey too to some extent.
I really don't believe ODIs are skewed towards batting that much tbh. What I'm trying to say is - a quality bowling attack is still more likely to win you a game in an ODI than a quality batting attack.

12 picks as always

12th picks are going to suck. :lol:
 
Great middle order, but don't see your bowling will give them a shot - none of them score particularly quickly.



Same. I like only Aravinda in your batting, Hussey too to some extent.
I really don't believe ODIs are skewed towards batting that much tbh. What I'm trying to say is - a quality bowling attack is still more likely to win you a game in an ODI than a quality batting attack.



12th picks are going to suck. :lol:

Thats why I went with mccullum as an opener and harris later. Will probably add a couple of big hitters as well. Although Inzamam and Yousuf were masters of timing their innings to compensate for the slow start.