RedCafe Cricket Draft

[NM]

Hmm...decent choice. Probably the only opener with any decent average and some experience left.

Mine's coming up. A lower order bat and i'm choosing between two.

Yes an average of 44.75 is no joke with some of the batsmen that have been going right now!!

 

[Desert Eagle]

Asad Shafiq

 

[Red-Indian]

Wow DE's up early! Isn't it 3:00AM where you are now...Bangkok right?

 

[Desert Eagle]

Yup just saw the batman movie and got home late. Will go to sleep after the team gb game.

 

[Desert Eagle]

Hayden
Sehwag
Shafiq
M.Hussey
Dhoni
Bravo
Sammy
Mendis
Srinath
Malinga
Morrison

 

[NM]

Mark Richardson
Alec Stewart
Lara
Jones
Laxman
Shahid Afridi
Stuart Broad
Paul Reifel
Adams
Ahmed
Ntini

I really think this line up can bat people out of a game, and I also have five full time bowlers and a partnership breaker in Afridi.

 

[Red-Indian]

This is what it looks like gentlemen.

1. 16 Stretch Vs. 2. 13 MJJ

3. 1 KM Vs. 4. 14 Mightberight

5. 15 Donadol Vs. 6. 5 Zen

7. 12 Crappy Vs. 8. 9 kps88

9. 10 R-Indian Vs. 10. 11 Desert Eagle

11. 6 Interval Vs. 12. 4 Unitedfan 101

13. 2 Omar Vs. 14. 7 ha rooney

15. 8 nm03 Vs. 16. 3 AldoRaine18

I don't know if you've read back DE but we're drawn against each other. Should be fun. Your brilliant opening pair Vs. my two top class bowlers will decide it I think.

 

[Desert Eagle]

Mcgrath vs Hayden

Kumble vs Sehwag

should be a cracker!

 

[crappycraperson]

He isn't - I pick opener Mark Richardson from New Zealand.. Solid and dependable. Average of 45

Good pick, I can't believe he was left for so long. Very solid player

 

[crappycraperson]

Gimme an hour people, to make my pick. Need to drive down to the office

 

[crappycraperson]

Tatenda Taibu

 

[crappycraperson]

G Kisten
Hafeez
Dravid
Crowe
Cullinan
Misbah ul Haq
Cairns
Taibu
Macgill
Walsh
Alderman

I am happy with that.

 

[Donaldo]

KM - Kallis, Inzy, Anderson, Shane Bond, Morne Morkel, Shakib Al Hasan, David Boon, Shastri, Haddin, Tamim Iqbal, Salman Butt
Omar Dalvi - Tendulkar, Kaneria, Boucher, Caddick, M Asif, Katich, Mitchell Johnson, Shoaib Mohammad, Nasser Hussain, Neil McKenzie, Oram
AldoRaine18 - S Waugh, Flower, Jayawardene, Mark Taylor, Merv Hughes, Gibbs, Hoggard, Collingwood, Ranatunga, A. Giles, Philander
Unitedfan101 - Ponting, Harbhajan, Ian Healy, Damien Fleming, Strauss, Ian Bell, Thorpe, I Pathan, Patrick Patterson, C Martin, Sohail
Zen - Gilchrist, Vettori, Jason Gillespie, Darren Gough, Damien Martyn, Angus Fraser, Vaughan, Sidhu, Azhar Ali, A Jones, Franklin
Interval Level - Akram, S. Mushtaq, Chanderpaul, Watson, Gul, Brendan McCullum, Gambhir, Robin Smith, Jimmy Adams, Cork, Lehmann
ha_rooney - Warne, de Villiers, Vaas, Langer, Clark, Richardson, Trescothick, Tillakaratne, Ross Taylor, Razzak, Finn
nm03 - Lara, VVS Laxman, Stewart, Ntini, Reiffel, Broad, Dean Jones, Mushtaq Ahmed, Afridi, P Adams, Moin Khan
kps88 - Murali, Flintoff, Jayasuriya, Azharuddin, Zaheer, G. Lawson, Slater, Saleem Malik, Astle, Kasprowicz, M Richardson
R-Indian - McGrath, Kumble, G Smith, M. Clarke, B McMillan, Streak, A DeSilva, Dujon, G Marsh, Lamb, Angelo Mathews
Desert Eagle - Hayden, Sehwag, M.Hussey, Dhoni, Sammy, Srinath, D. Morrison, Malinga, Dwayne Bravo, Mendis, Asad Shafiq
Crappy - Dravid, Walsh, Chris Cairns, G. Kirsten, M. Crowe, S. Mcgill, Alderman, Cullinan, M. Hafeez, Misbah, Taibu
MJJ - Younis, Steyn, M. Yousuf, Ganguly, S. Ajmal, Trott, Sarwan, Atapattu, Harmison, Hick
Mightberight - Pollock, Ambrose, A.Cook, Akhtar, Swann,M. Prior, Gayle, Fleming, A Prince, C McMillan
Donadol - Sangakarra, Donald, Pietersen, McDermott, M. Waugh, S. Anwar, Atherton, Hooper, Cronje, Klusener
Stretch - Amla, Lee, Younis Khan, Ian Bishop, Samarweera, F. De Villiers, T. Dilshan, K.Wessels, Herath, Symonds

 

[Interval]

1. McCullum - Keeper, Avg: ~37. Opener avg ~43
2. Gambhir - avg: 45; at peak test batsman of the year
3. R. Smith - avg 44; Flayer of fast bowlers
4. Chanderpaul - avg 50; rock solid dependable
5. J. Adams - avg 41; First 30 tests (peak) avg 60
6. D. Lehmann - avg 44, but only 27 tests
7. S. Watson - batting avg touching 40, bowling avg below 30
8. Akram - bowling avg 24, batting avg 25 including a top score of 257
9. D. Cork bowling avg of 29, seamer, can bat; has 3 50s to his name
10. S. Mushtaq - spinner extraordinaire, avg of 30, inventor of doosra
11. Gul - Fast, extremely talented, swings the ball both ways and can reverse swing.

Meh, If I win a match and can pick another strong middle order batsman, I'll be very happy with the output.

 

[Interval]

There are two options we have

1. Match off. Winner gets to pick one of the opposing team's player before the next round

2. Match off. Losers' players are pooled and the winners pick 1 from the common pool in reverse picking order of the draw (ie Strech to KM)

 

[crappycraperson]

There are two options we have

1. Match off. Winner gets to pick one of the opposing team's player before the next round

2. Match off. Losers' players are pooled and the winners pick 1 from the common pool in reverse picking order of the draw (ie Strech to KM)

Has to be the first option. You should get to pick a player from the team you just beat.

 

[crappycraperson]

KM - Kallis, Inzy, Anderson, Shane Bond, Morne Morkel, Shakib Al Hasan, David Boon, Shastri, Haddin, Tamim Iqbal, Salman Butt
Omar Dalvi - Tendulkar, Kaneria, Boucher, Caddick, M Asif, Katich, Mitchell Johnson, Shoaib Mohammad, Nasser Hussain, Neil McKenzie, Oram
AldoRaine18 - S Waugh, Flower, Jayawardene, Mark Taylor, Merv Hughes, Gibbs, Hoggard, Collingwood, Ranatunga, A. Giles, Philander
Unitedfan101 - Ponting, Harbhajan, Ian Healy, Damien Fleming, Strauss, Ian Bell, Thorpe, I Pathan, Patrick Patterson, C Martin, Sohail
Zen - Gilchrist, Vettori, Jason Gillespie, Darren Gough, Damien Martyn, Angus Fraser, Vaughan, Sidhu, Azhar Ali, A Jones, Franklin
Interval Level - Akram, S. Mushtaq, Chanderpaul, Watson, Gul, Brendan McCullum, Gambhir, Robin Smith, Jimmy Adams, Cork, Lehmann
ha_rooney - Warne, de Villiers, Vaas, Langer, Clark, Richardson, Trescothick, Tillakaratne, Ross Taylor, Razzak, Finn
nm03 - Lara, VVS Laxman, Stewart, Ntini, Reiffel, Broad, Dean Jones, Mushtaq Ahmed, Afridi, P Adams, M Richardson
kps88 - Murali, Flintoff, Jayasuriya, Azharuddin, Zaheer, G. Lawson, Slater, Saleem Malik, Astle, Kasprowicz, M. Khan
R-Indian - McGrath, Kumble, G Smith, M. Clarke, B McMillan, Streak, A DeSilva, Dujon, G Marsh, Lamb, Angelo Mathews
Desert Eagle - Hayden, Sehwag, M.Hussey, Dhoni, Sammy, Srinath, D. Morrison, Malinga, Dwayne Bravo, Mendis, Asad Shafiq
Crappy - Dravid, Walsh, Chris Cairns, G. Kirsten, M. Crowe, S. Mcgill, Alderman, Cullinan, M. Hafeez, Misbah, Taibu
MJJ - Younis, Steyn, M. Yousuf, Ganguly, S. Ajmal, Trott, Sarwan, Atapattu, Harmison, Hick
Mightberight - Pollock, Ambrose, A.Cook, Akhtar, Swann,M. Prior, Gayle, Fleming, A Prince, C McMillan
Donadol - Sangakarra, Donald, Pietersen, McDermott, M. Waugh, S. Anwar, Atherton, Hooper, Cronje, Klusener
Stretch - Amla, Lee, Younis Khan, Ian Bishop, Samarweera, F. De Villiers, T. Dilshan, K.Wessels, Herath, Symonds

 

[crappycraperson]

Come on people, lets finish the 12 man today itself. First match from tomorrow

 

[Interval]

Has to be the first option. You should get to pick a player from the team you just beat.

Well, tbf, the luck of the draw comes out. You have the pool to eliminate that. Give a common pool so that its fair.

 

[Stretch]

Ok i've thought about it and i'm going mind over heart.

Only 26 tests played so far but I rate this young man. Very nice lower order bat and a useful bowler if he gets over his injuries. Calm temperament, already the vice-captain and a long career ahead of him.

Thats my team done. I'll probably add another bat as my twelfth man to switch around if I come up against a really strong bowling team

1 Graeme Smith
2 Geoff Marsh
3 Allan Lamb
4 Aravinda de Silva
5 Michael Clarke
6 Brian McMillan
7 Angelo Mathews
8 Jeff Dujon
9 Heath Streak
10 Anil Kumble
11 Glenn McGrath

You utter fecking despicable piece of wank *spits*

 

[Stretch]

Well, tbf, the luck of the draw comes out. You have the pool to eliminate that. Give a common pool so that its fair.

I like the 2nd option better. I was really handicapped in the 1st round, firstly by being last to pick a 'genius' and secondly because I had no net access to choose so the 2nd round had already commenced. I'm def for option 2.

 

[Donaldo]

Yawn.

 

[Red-Indian]

Not particularly bothered really. You'll get a good player either way.

 

[OB]

Sooo booringg.... Thank God its coming to an end.

 

[KM]

There are two options we have

1. Match off. Winner gets to pick one of the opposing team's player before the next round

2. Match off. Losers' players are pooled and the winners pick 1 from the common pool in reverse picking order of the draw (ie Strech to KM)

First option.

 

[Interval]

Sooo booringg.... Thank God its coming to an end.

Seriously, whose turn is it?

 

[ha_rooney]

There are two options we have

1. Match off. Winner gets to pick one of the opposing team's player before the next round

2. Match off. Losers' players are pooled and the winners pick 1 from the common pool in reverse picking order of the draw (ie Strech to KM)

Option 1.

 

[Red-Indian]

Tatenda Taibu

Seriously Crappy...thats the best keeper you could find? 27 matches...all his runs against Bangladesh and kept to nobody with any skill in pace or spin.

Because i was bored, i went and counted and i'd have 7 keepers before i chose him and even then i'd probably prefer using Dravid

 

[Interval]

Seriously Crappy...thats the best keeper you could find? 27 matches...all his runs against Bangladesh and kept to nobody with any skillin pace or spin.

Because i was bored, i went and counted and i'd have 7 keepers before i chose him and even then i'd probably prefer using Dravid

I thought exactly the same when I saw Taibu. I'll keep the names off since picks are still left but yes, there are a few great ones albeit at a similar level.

 

[Red-Indian]

It just takes 5 minutes.Advanced filter on Cricinfo...set to 'designated wicketkeeper' and there's the list.

Tatenda...fecking...Taibu! Really?

 

[kps88]

Already picked.

 

[Stretch]

The Vern has already been chosen if I'm not mistaken

 

[Interval]

I think MJJ's time is done. PM mightberight.

 

[KM]

Seriously Crappy...thats the best keeper you could find? 27 matches...all his runs against Bangladesh and kept to nobody with any skill in pace or spin.

Because i was bored, i went and counted and i'd have 7 keepers before i chose him and even then i'd probably prefer using Dravid

I thought the same tbh.

 

[OB]

I told him, crappy didn't PM him. He'll pick in a while he said.

 

[crappycraperson]

I have PMed mightbright to pick

 

[mightberight]

Well I thought I'd have to pick some dross, but a gritty batsman who just so happens to be the best fielder of all time ain't too bad:

Jonty Rhodes.

 

[OB]

I have PMed mightbright to pick

And why didn't you PM MJJ to pick?

 

[crappycraperson]

And why didn't you PM MJJ to pick?

I was busy in the office, completely skipped my mind

 

[crappycraperson]

Seriously Crappy...thats the best keeper you could find? 27 matches...all his runs against Bangladesh and kept to nobody with any skill in pace or spin.

Because i was bored, i went and counted and i'd have 7 keepers before i chose him and even then i'd probably prefer using Dravid

Mmm.. he is not that bad. His dismissals ratio is similar to that of Flower and can be a solid batsman. But seems like people on here don't rate him at all so I will probably use my twelfth pick for another keeper.