RedCafe Cricket Draft - ODIs

[crappycraperson]

I pick Trott

1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib, Stuart Broad, Marcus Trescothick, Andre Nel, Ajay Jadeja
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo, Craig McMillan, Paul Reiffel
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu, Nick Knight, andrew Hall, feckin taibu
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Anderson, Kamran Akmal, Kasprowicz, Kemp
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews, Stephen Fleming, Chandimal
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad, Fanie de Villiers, Mendis
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle, Robin Smith, Fairbrother
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik, Kapil Dev, Ijaz Ahmed
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart, Ranatunga, Pathan
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel, Boon, Younis Khan, Grant Flower
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes, Greame Hick, Mushtaq Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Trott
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris, Prasad, Maharoof,Aamir Sohail.
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar, Styris, Taylor, Raina, Hafeez[/QUOTE]

 

[OB]

MJJ's turn, isn't it?

 

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N Boje

so should I keep boje in there or aamir sohail?

he picked

 

[KM]

Can't pick the previous player as I've filled my player quota of that country.

 

[KM]

It's yours my Aussie quota is filed

 

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Can't pick the previous player as I've filled my player quota of that country.

 

[zing]

Why does Interval need him?!

 

[KM]

I'll go for a gamble then and pick Neil Johnson of Zimbabwe.

 

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Why does Interval need him?!

I want a bowler who can bat a bit. I'm laying down some of my other options now.

 

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I'll go for a gamble then and pick Neil Johnson of Zimbabwe.

Fantastic choice. He was my backup after you reminded me he existed.

 

[zing]

I don't really care about this backup thing.. I know I'm going to play with the 11 players I've already picked

 

[Varun]

Same here.

 

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Brad Hogg

1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib, Stuart Broad, Marcus Trescothick, Andre Nel, Ajay Jadeja
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo, Craig McMillan, Paul Reiffel
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu, Nick Knight, andrew Hall, feckin taibu
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Anderson, Kamran Akmal, Kasprowicz, Kemp
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews, Stephen Fleming, Chandimal
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad, Fanie de Villiers, Mendis
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle, Robin Smith, Fairbrother
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik, Kapil Dev, Ijaz Ahmed
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart, Ranatunga, Pathan, Hogg
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel, Boon, Younis Khan, Grant Flower, Johnson
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes, Hick, Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Trott
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris, Prasad, Maharoof,Aamir Sohail, Boje
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar, Styris, Taylor, Raina, Hafeez

 

[Interval]

If people need names for bowlers who can bat, PM me. I have a few names that might help.

 

[crappycraperson]

I'll go for a gamble then and pick Neil Johnson of Zimbabwe.

Good pick. I had him shortlisted but given he has always opened, did not pick

 

[Red-Indian]

Hmm...nm's been offline for a while. Here's our team. I'd appreciate some feedback so I can make a choice and not hold things up.

1. Gibbs
2. Chanderpaul
3. Ijaz Ahmed
4. Sarwan
5. Dhoni
6. Lehmann
7. Shoaib Malik
8. Kapil
9. Pollock
10. Brett Lee
11. Craig McDermott


There's two options really - both bowling since we're happy enough with our batting.
1. A middling spinner to complement Shoaib & Lehmann if we come up against some batting that struggles against spin. Can maybe bat a bit
2. A decent medium pacer with an excellent economy rate

Any advice?

 

[crappycraperson]

Go with spin. Lehman was a crap bowler and your only real spin option is Malik who was below average at best as a bowler

 

[Red-Indian]

Fair enough. In the interest of moving things on - Upul Chandana then. Decent legbreak bowler who could bat a bit.

1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib, Stuart Broad, Marcus Trescothick, Andre Nel, Ajay Jadeja
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo, Craig McMillan, Paul Reiffel
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu, Nick Knight, andrew Hall, feckin taibu
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Anderson, Kamran Akmal, Kasprowicz, Kemp
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews, Stephen Fleming, Chandimal
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad, Fanie de Villiers, Mendis
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle, Robin Smith, Fairbrother
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik, Kapil Dev, Ijaz Ahmed, Upul Chandana
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart, Ranatunga, Pathan, Hogg
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel, Boon, Younis Khan, Grant Flower, Johnson
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes, Hick, Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Trott
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris, Prasad, Maharoof,Aamir Sohail, Boje
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar, Styris, Taylor, Raina, Hafeez

DE's turn though we've probably left it too late.

 

[Desert Eagle]

I pick Ajit Agarkar.

 

[Desert Eagle]

1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib, Stuart Broad, Marcus Trescothick, Andre Nel, Ajay Jadeja
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo, Craig McMillan, Paul Reiffel
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu, Nick Knight, andrew Hall, feckin taibu
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Anderson, Kamran Akmal, Kasprowicz, Kemp
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews, Stephen Fleming, Chandimal
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad, Fanie de Villiers, Mendis
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle, Robin Smith, Fairbrother, Agarkar
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik, Kapil Dev, Ijaz Ahmed, Upul Chandana
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart, Ranatunga, Pathan, Hogg
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel, Boon, Younis Khan, Grant Flower, Johnson
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes, Hick, Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Trott
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris, Prasad, Maharoof,Aamir Sohail, Boje
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar, Styris, Taylor, Raina, Hafeez

 

[Red-Indian]

I wondered if poor Agarkar would get picked. Deserves it at this point I suppose though there's maybe one or two bowlers who'd be disappointed at not being picked ahead of him.

 

[Desert Eagle]

1)Sehwag
2)Astle
3)Smith
4)Fairbrother
5)Ganguly
6)Collingwood
7)Duminy
8)Boucher
9)Agarkar
10)Warne
11)Gillespie
12) Steyn

Who do you guys reckon I should put as my sub?

 

[crappycraperson]

Robin Smith. Ganguly has to open BTW

Go with this batting order-

Sehwag
Ganguly
Astle
Fairbrother
Collingwood
Duminy
Boucher

 

[Red-Indian]

I haven't seen the averages but Robin Smith was clearly a better batsman than Neil Fairbrother.

 

[zing]

Aldo picks Mohammed Sami

 

[zing]

I pick Dinesh Karthik.

 

[zing]

1: mightberight - Kallis, Flintoff, AB Villiers, Gambhir, Kohli, Mitchell Johnson, Shakib, Stuart Broad, Marcus Trescothick, Andre Nel, Ajay Jadeja
2: Donadol - Sachin, Sangakkara, Malinga, Graeme Smith, Zaheer Khan, Dean Jones, Harbhajan, Ross Taylor, Dwayne Bravo, Craig McMillan, Paul Reiffel
3: TheBest - Akram, Klusener, Saqlain, Symonds, Pietersen, Darren Gough, Hansie Cronje, Marvan Atapattu, Nick Knight, andrew Hall, feckin taibu
4: Varun - Murali, Watson, Amla, Kumble, Kirsten, Carl Hooper, Misbah, Anderson, Kamran Akmal, Kasprowicz, Kemp
5: Zing- Ponting, Shane Bond, Shoaib Akhthar, Yuvraj, Swann, Martin Crowe, Bracken, Eoin Morgan, Angelo Mathews, Stephen Fleming, Chandimal, Dinesh Karthik
6: Aldo - Gilchrist, Bevan, Chris Cairns, Walsh, Mark Waugh, Azharuddin, Gul, Richardson, Miandad, Fanie de Villiers, Mendis, Sami
7: Desert Eagle - Warne, Steyn, Ganguly, Gillespie, Sehwag, Collingwood, Boucher, Duminy, Astle, Robin Smith, Fairbrother, Agarkar
8: nm03 (AM- RedIndian) - Pollock, Dhoni, Brett Lee, Chanderpaul, Gibbs, Sarwan, McDermott,Lehmann, Malik, Kapil Dev, Ijaz Ahmed, Upul Chandana
9: Interval - McGrath, Lara, S Anwar, Ajmal, Jayawardene, Razzaq, Dilshan, Fleming, Stewart, Ranatunga, Pathan, Hogg
10: KM- Ambrose, Imran Khan, Afridi, Micheal Hussey, Aravinda, Srinath, Haddin, Morne Morkel, Boon, Younis Khan, Grant Flower, Johnson
11: crappy - Jayasuriya, Waqar Younis, Chris Gayle, Andy Flower, S Waugh, Ian Bishop, Oram, Jonty Rhodes, Hick, Ahmed, Umar Akmal, Trott
12: MJJ - Inzamam, Dravid, Vaas, M. Yousuf, Cook, McCullum, Streak, Chris Harris, Prasad, Maharoof,Aamir Sohail, Boje
13: OmarDalvi -Allan donald, Hayden, Clarke, Ntini, Martyn, Vettori, Kyle Mills, Boeta Dippenaar, Styris, Taylor, Raina, Hafeez

 

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Should I make the draw?

 

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That's 1 to 13 in current draft order. 1 group of 4 other 3 of 3 each

 

[crappycraperson]

Yeah.. post the format again for people who may have missed my post

Also I don't doubt you but get some one else to do the draw. May be damo

 

[Interval]

Yeah.. post the format again for people who may have missed my post

Also I don't doubt you but get some one else to do the draw. May be damo

PM'd him 5 minutes back. I would never leave anything for doubt like that

 

[Damien]

Groups

 6   8   7   5
12  13   1  11
 4   2  10   3
 9

 

[zing]

How does it work?

 

[Interval]

Thank You, Damien. Prompt as always

 

[Interval]

How does it work?

Its 4 groups. Each plays the other in the group. Winner of the group plays the semis. Group A vs Group D winner. B vs C winner.

 

[zing]

Lesser probability in Group A. That's why I asked.

 

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Group A:
Aldo
MJJ
Varun
Interval

Group B
nm03
Donadol
Omar

Group C
Desert Eagle
mightberight
KM

Group D
zing
crappy
The Best

 

[Interval]

Lesser probability in Group A. That's why I asked.

I know. Luck of the draw, I guess.

 

[crappycraperson]

Group A has 4 I know but it is also the strongest I think...

 

[crappycraperson]

So Zingo and Bestie then.. mmmm