RedCafe Cricket Draft QF- Crappy vs TheBest

Who will win based on players in their prime, team tactics and balance?

  • Total voters
    11
  • Poll closed .
Please vote on basis of performances post 1990 only

Team The Best
1. Nick Knight
2. Marvan Atapattu
3. Kevin Pieterson
4. Hansie Cronje
5. Andrew Symonds
6. Lance Klusener
7. feckin Taibu
8. Andrew Hall
9. Wasim Akram
10. Darren Gough
11. Saqlain Mushtaq

12th man: Moin Khan
TheBest] [B]Team[/B] 1. Nick Knight 2. Marvan Atapattu 3. Kevin Pieterson 4. Hansie Cronje 5. Andrew Symonds 6. Lance Klusener 7. feckin Taibu 8. Andrew Hall 9. Wasim Akram 10. Darren Gough 11. Saqlain Mushtaq Hi everyone said:
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Team Crappy
Jayasuriya
Gayle
Hick
Andy Flower
Steve Waugh
Jonty Rhodes
Umar Akmal
Jacob Oram
Ian Bishop
Waqar Younis
Mushtaq Ahmed

12th man: Trott

Explanation
crappycraperson said:
Crappy's Glorious Basterds

1. Sanath Jayasuriya- 13,430 runs @ 32.36 and 91.21 SR. 28 Hundreds. 323 wickets @ 36.75!

2. Chris Gayle - 8360 runs @ 39.45 and 84.45 SR. 20 hundreds. 156 wickets!

3. Greame Hick - 3846 runs @ 37.33 and 74.08 SR.

4. Andy Flower(wk) - 6786 runs @ 35.30, 74.59 SR.

5. Steve Waugh(c) - 7569 runs @ 32.90 and 75.9 SR. 195 wickets @ 34.67

6. Jonty Rhodes - 5935 runs @ 35.11 and 80.90 SR

7. Umar Akmal - 1976 runs @ 38.0 and 84.77 SR.

8. Jacob Oram - 2432 runs @ 24.32 and 86.67 SR / 173 wickets @ 29.82 and 4.37 econ

9. Ian Bishop - 83 matches, 118 wickets @ 26.50 and 4.33 econ. 7 four-wicket hauls!

10. Waqar Younis - 416 wickts @ 23.45 and 4.68 econ. SR- 30.5...

11. Mustaq Ahmed- 161 wickets @ 33.29 and 4.26 econ


12th man - J. Trott - 2208 runs @ 49.06 and 74.89 SR.

Bowling

Waqar.. one of the best bowlers in any format, but even better in the one day format for me. His strike rate is unmatchable by another tpp bowler be it Mcgrath or Akram. Bishop, very good one day record for the amount of matches he played, more importantly another attacking bowler, there to fetch me wickets. Oram will be my specialist one day bowler. He use his height well to give his deliveries an uneasy bounce either to stiffle batsmen or clean them up on helpful wickets. Other medium pace option - Steve Waugh. A very handy record as a bowler in ODIs, and has bowled his full quota in many a matches for Oz.

Spin options - Mushtaq Ahmed, Jayasuriya, Gayle. Mushtaq ahmed, leg spinner supreme. Jayasuriya is much much more than a part timer, has 323 wicket after all to his name. One of those spinners, who is more deadly on spin friendly wickets than even premier spinners. Both and him Gayle also are typical one day spinners in the sense that they can be used to get rid of overs quickly in middle overs. Both also capable of bowling crucial overs in tight situations

Having about 7 bowling options in an one day scene is very very handy given one of your regular bowlers could have an off day.

Batting

Jayasuriya and Gayle----- Ponder over that for a bit. Both, in their prime, coming out to open against any bowling attack. If even one sticks around for first 20 overs, that's a massive advantage. If both stick around for that amount of time, that's the game almost won. But that's not it, both are capable of playing the big innings. Both have a combined 58 centuries.

Flower and Waugh - Solid as rock. Will anchor the innings when needed or recover it if top order fails. With my two openers it can be a high risk-reward scenario and these two provide the landing pad. If they fail, I have the best two fighters out there to save the innings. More importantly, Steve Waugh true to his nature reserved his best for when Oz needed it the most.

Rhodes- Forget just batting where he had a very health 37 average, he will save feck knows how many runs in the field. Priceless in one day setting

Umar Akmal - Prodigious talent, used to batting late down, will help accelerate or finish innings. Has an excellent one day record already. Can also be promoted if quick scoring is needed.

Omar- Big hitter who can be promoted when required or score quickly at the end of innings. Is also no mug and can hold his end if required. Tail - a bit iff perhaps but you can't have everything
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KP, Symonds and Klusener in top form and in one team is fecking mental.
 
1) My team is TheBest
2) His team is crappy

Personally this is the turning point for me.
 
I am going for TheBest.

For much the same reason I argued against crappy in his match against mine. His bowling's pretty weak.

TheBest has a balanced team. Batting is probably inferior to crappy's, but good openers. The middle order is okayish. Symonds, I think, was very, very good at a point.

feckin Taibu is no mug with the bat. crappy has better depth, but I think good batting till #7 is enough for ODIs.

The way I see it, while crappy's batting is superior, I can see TheBest's team getting more runs against crappy's bowling than the other way round.

Plus, Saqlain + Wasim.. great bowlers.
 
:lol: I did not see this coming either.

A lot of crap being said as well. Having Gayle + Jaya at top is way better than having Symonds + Klusener at bottom in ODIs.

How is his bowling better than mine? Darren Gough is not a better bowler than Bishop. In one day arena, Waqar was equal to Akram as a bowler and IMO better many a times. Saqlain's better than Mushtaq but then Oram is better than Andrew fecking hall.

And regardless of how good Taibu was, he was not better than Akmal or Flower or Rhodes or any one you may want to compare him with in my team.

I thought I had picked a good team in draft but perhaps I fecked up massively it seems.
 
KM said:
1) My team is TheBest
2) His team is crappy

Personally this is the turning point for me.
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crappycraperson said:
:lol: I did not see this coming either.

A lot of crap being said as well. Having Gayle + Jaya at top is way better than having Symonds + Klusener at bottom in ODIs.

How is his bowling better than mine? Darren Gough is not a better bowler than Bishop. In one day arena, Waqar was equal to Akram as a bowler and IMO better many a times. Saqlain's better than Mushtaq but then Oram is better than Andrew fecking hall.

And regardless of how good Taibu was, he was not better than Akmal or Flower or Rhodes or any one you may want to compare him with in my team.

I thought I had picked a good team in draft but perhaps I fecked up massively it seems.
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I think TB's analysis is what swung it..:lol:
 
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