RedCafe Cricket Draft - ODIs

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.

To be fair, a lot of the decentish openers are unlikely to last long against the quality fast bowlers a lot of people have picked, so a steady middle order is very important IMO. I've kinda patterned mine the same way, with only a couple of big hitters in Dhoni and Gibbs. Everybody else (Crab, Sarwan and Lehmann) are steady players who will stick around a bit.
 
I pick Kamran Akmal.

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, Anderson, Kamran Akmal
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
 
Kumble and Murali with Akmal behind them?
Both of them won't like it.
 
Kumble and Murali with Akmal behind them?
Both of them won't like it.

Yeah, seems a waste tbh. Great spinners need a good keeper, and they don't have it!
 
DE - can you PM your pick if you are going to be offline soon?
 
Angelo Mathews

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, Anderson, Kamran Akmal
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews
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 am pretty sure somebody took Mathews before, but can't find his name in the lists.
 
Kumble and Murali with Akmal behind them?
Both of them won't like it.

I know, would have gone with the other keeper i had in mind had it been Tests. In ODIs, Akmal's batting will make more of a difference.
 
Nope.

No one did. I was quite surprised. Was thinking of going for him a little earlier and luckily no one seemed to be paying attention to him.

Averages 50+ in ODIs in Australia and England..

And in his best year so far, average of 37 with the bat and 24 with the bat.

Will complement Yuvraj nicely for my 5th bowler slot.

I think he's a much better all-rounder than some of the others picked in this draft.
 
Aldo picks Javed Miandad

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, Anderson, Kamran Akmal
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad
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[/QUOTE]
 
average of 36 so on par with Imran khan really. They are much better pakistani middle order batsmen that could have been picked instead of him.

Yeah most of Miandad's 90s were spent in people clamoring for him to be dropped. Played on for too long in my opinion. How i used to hate him!
 
Any comments on my team?

I think you need one more middle order batsmen although that might be crowe. As I dont know anything about him...think he was an opener. Your bowling also lacks that bite as besides akhtar dont rate the others that highly.
 
Any comments on my team?

Good bowling. Don't rate your batting too much. Don't know why, but I've never liked Yuvraj, so I only rate Ponting and Crowe in your batting. I don't like Mathews, but RI does, so I did pick him before changing.

Thoughts on mine?
 
MJJ,

Bond had plenty of bite!

Swann's an excellent ODI spinner and Bracken is there for variety. Left arm and an excellent average. There was a period in which he was very, very good.

Good bowling. Don't rate your batting too much. Don't know why, but I've never liked Yuvraj, so I only rate Ponting and Crowe in your batting. I don't like Mathews, but RI does, so I did pick him before changing.

Thoughts on mine?

There was an extended period during which Yuvraj was the best ODI batsman imo.. Morgan's tremendous at finishing, as is Mathews. All 3 of Yuvraj, Morgan and Mathews are very good at clearing the boundary...

I like your bowling. Team's got good balance, but not a fan of Sarwan. Think you could've done better at that point.
 
MJJ,

Bond had plenty of bite!

Swann's an excellent ODI spinner and Bracken is there for variety. Left arm and an excellent average. There was a period in which he was very, very good.



There was an extended period during which Yuvraj was the best ODI batsman imo.. Morgan's tremendous at finishing, as is Mathews. All 3 of Yuvraj, Morgan and Mathews are very good at clearing the boundary...

I like your bowling. Team's got good balance, but not a fan of Sarwan. Think you could've done better at that point.

I agree with Bond - the guy at his best was amazing. I agree that Matthews, Yuvraj etc are very good players. I vote a lot on personal bias though, and the current crop just don't do it for me. Too much slogging, not enough cricket. You have great finishers, sure, but I just don't like some of them. The reason I like Dhoni is he DOES slog, but he can play the long innings too.

Regarding Sarwan, I think a lot of the GOOD players in the current WI team (Gayle, Sarwan, Chanderpaul) are underrated due to the rest of the team not being as good.
 
Any comments on my team guys?

Little top heavy i think. All of Amla, Watson and Kirsten like only opening and speaking from memory have barely played elsewhere.

Kumble and Murali is lovely but a bit of wildcard.

It's a different team but that's good. If you're able to win your first game and pick up a quality quick, you could be formidable.
 
Any comments on my team guys?

Like: Murali & Kumble. Amla & Watson.

Dislike: Bad keeper. Weak bowling other than that. Decent batting. Bad keeper is a big problem with spinners....
 
Completing a steady middle order. I have shoaib Malik. 5th bowler sorted between him and Lehmann as well.

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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, Anderson, Kamran Akmal
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik
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
 
Little top heavy i think. All of Amla, Watson and Kirsten like only opening and speaking from memory have barely played elsewhere.

Kumble and Murali is lovely but a bit of wildcard.

It's a different team but that's good. If you're able to win your first game and pick up a quality quick, you could be formidable.

I've always been a believer of getting your best batsmen to play as much as possible in ODIs. Kirsten is a stable player who'd be ideal foil for stroke makers like Amla and Watson. Misbah is very good at No 4, stable and can still change gears. Ideal player to play around. Hooper again was a very talented player and strokemaker.

I do need a quality quick though. Hopefully i win my first game.

Like: Murali & Kumble. Amla & Watson.

Dislike: Bad keeper. Weak bowling other than that. Decent batting. Bad keeper is a big problem with spinners....

I need a quick yeah, but Murali and Kumble are top quality. Watson and Anderson are both handy bowlers. Wouldnt call my bowling weak. Keeper's a weakness but as i said, his better batting should get me votes. Had it been Tests, i'd have picked the other guy i had in mind.
 
I need a quick yeah, but Murali and Kumble are top quality. Watson and Anderson are both handy bowlers. Wouldnt call my bowling weak. Keeper's a weakness but as i said, his better batting should get me votes. Had it been Tests, i'd have picked the other guy i had in mind.

It isn't weak in a real sense. Weak in the context of other attacks in the draft is what I meant. What do you think of my team
 
crappy, MJJ and Omar PM me your picks as it looks like KM is out...
 
5 picks coming in 15 mins... Crappy, if you are online, send me your second pick too...
 
Sorry lads I was out, I'll pick David Boon. Apologize for the inconvienence.
 
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, Anderson, Kamran Akmal
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart
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
 
Crappy picks Greame Hick

MJJ picks Chris Broad & Farveez Maharoof

Omar picks Scott Styris & Brendan Taylor

Updated List:
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, Anderson, Kamran Akmal
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart
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, Hick
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris, Broad, Maharoof
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar, Styris, Taylor



Crappy.. You are up again
 
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, Anderson, Kamran Akmal
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel, Boon
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes, Hick, Ahmed
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris, Broad, Maharoof
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar, Styris, Taylor

Crappy please PM KM. He is up again..