The first Cricket sheep thread

Akash said:
Mani 8. Gupte
Akshay 8. Phil Tufnell
Ijazz17 10. Shakib Al Hasan
Samid 7. Ravi Shastri
PaulScholes18 7. Ravi Ashwin
RedTiger 8. Bishan Singh Bedi
Skills 6. Swann
Crappy 1. Mendis
NM 4. Lance Gibbs
VanGaalEra 4. Vettori
Boycott R. Benaud
Kazi 8. Mohammad Rafique
Aldo 7. Abdul Qadir
Harshad 6. Bobby Simpson
Prath 1. Harbhajan
Skizzo 1. Mushtaq Ahmed

Not much to write home about there. Couple of good one's but mostly average. Tufnell is not even the worst spinner in that lot which says it all.
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All various shades of good.

Who's Bobby Simpson? @harshad
 
I'll post more about Gupte in the write up but the guy was class. Sobers called him better than Warne. The WI said he could turn the ball on glass. Would have picked 10 wkts in an innings if not for the WK dropping Gibbs. Picked all 10 in another game though, County or domestic cricket, hazy memory. Guy inspired the likes of Prasanna and bedi, both of whom consider Gupte their idol. He used to trouble the WI greats at their peak, top bowler.
 
Criteria 12 round 3 results:

Mani: FAIL (Player already picked)
Crappy: PASS
Prath: PASS
 
And nothing wrong with swann's pick he was great bowler as well.
 
NM said:
@Mani pick again.

Also no comment until you pick
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Criteria 12 picks:

Mani: Sheep
Akshay: Sydney Barnes
IJazz17: Kumble
Samid: Sachin
PaulScholes18: Mitch Johnson
RedTiger: Saqlain Mushtaq
Skills: Clyde Walcott
Crappy: Viv Richards
NM: Lara
VanGaalEra: Gilchrist
Boycott: Shaun Pollock
Kazi: S.Waugh
Aldo: Jack Hobbs
Harshad: Dravid
Prath: Hayden
Skizzo: Murali
 
Samid said:
Sachin Tendulkar may have inspired others to write poetry but he batted in robust prose. Not for him the tenderness and fragility of the poet, the excitement of a leaf fluttering in a gentle breeze. No. Tendulkar is about a plantation standing up to the typhoon, the skyscraper that stands tall, the cannon that booms. Solid. Robust. Focused. The last word is the key. He loves the game deeply but without the eccentricities of the romantic. There is a match to be won at all times.

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And there have been moments of surprising candour. When asked, as batsmen tend to be, which bowlers had troubled him the most, he smiled an almost embarrassed smile and said, "You won't believe this." When probed, he said, "Pedro Collins".
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If you can't beat them join them. Welcome to the club!

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Completed Teams after Criteria 12

Mani 1. Holding 2. Ian Smith 3. Adam Bacher 4. J. Garner 5. Michael Clarke 6. Kanhai 7. K. Wessels 8. Gupte 9. Kallicharan 10. Hanif Mohammad 11. Frank Tyson 12. Sheep
Akshay 1. Ambrose 2. Harshan Tillakratne 3. Inzamam 4. Chanderpaul 5. Herbert Sutcliffe 6. Graeme Smith 7. Younis Khan 8. Phil Tufnell 9.Darren Gough 10. Darren Powell 11. Bill Johnston 12. Sydney Barnes
Ijazz17 1. McGrath 2. Rod Marsh 3. Trescothick 4. F. Trueman 5. Wally Hammond 6. Sir Frank Worrell 7. SPD Smith 8. Jeff Thomson 9.Misbah ul Haq 10. Shakib Al Hasan 11. Bruce Mitchell 12. Kumble
Samid 1. Waqar Younis 2. Moin Khan 3. Michael Hussey 4. P. Collins 5. Kane Williamson 6.M. Vaughan 7. Ravi Shastri 8. Gillespie 9. Chris Gayle 10.Mohammad Amir 11.Wasim Raja 12. Sachin
PaulScholes18 1. Botham 2. Prior 3. Mohammed Yousuf 4. Sehwag 5. Kevin Pietersen 6. Shervin Campbell 7. Ravi Ashwin 8. Philander 9. Gambhir 10. Ryan Harris 11. Jonathan Trott 12. Mitch Johnson
RedTiger 1. Hirwani 2. Mushfiqur Rahim 3. Klusener 4. Kallis 5. Miandad 6. Mark Taylor 7. M. Slater 8. Bishan Singh Bedi 9. Ganguly 10. Merv Hughes 11.Shane Watson 12. Saqlain Mushtaq
Skills 1. Steyn 2. Carlton Baugh 3. Justin Langer 4. Border 5. Greg Chappell 6. Swann 7. Chris Cairns 8. Mohd. Asif 9.Bill Lawry 10. Damien Martyn 11.Denis Amiss 12. Clyde Walcott
Crappy 1. Mendis 2. Alan Knott 3. Nick Knight 4. S. Sreesanth 5. Alviro Petersen 6. M. Waugh 7. Chatfield 8. Ian Bishop 9. Arthur Morris 10.Zaheer Abbas 11.Mohinder Amarnath 12. Viv Richards
NM 1. Donald 2. Les Ames 3. Roger Twose 4. Lance Gibbs 5. Martin Crowe 6. Clive Lloyd 7. C. Hooper 8. Sir Wes Hall 9. Sir Conrad Hunte 10. John Edrich 11.Fazal Mahmood 12. Lara
VanGaalEra 1. Shillingford 2. Junior Murray 3. Ajay Jadeja 4. Vettori 5. Amla 6. J. Root 7. S. Akhtar 8. Bob Willis 9. Herschelle Gibbs 10. Rahane 11.Dilshan 12. Gilchrist
Boycott 1. Chetan Sharma 2. Khaled Mashud 3. Blair Pocock 4.Boycott 5. Gooch 6. R. Benaud 7. J. Srinath 8. Alderman 9. Richie Richardson 10. Ian Chappell 11. Nathan Astle 12. Shaun Pollock
Kazi 1. Bond 2. Dhoni 3. Craig Spearman 4. Greenidge 5. Haynes 6. Tony Greig 7. Mahela Jayawardene 8. Mohammad Rafique 9. Herath 10. McDermott 11. Angus Fraser 12. S.Waugh
Aldo 1. Andy Roberts 2. Don Tallon 3. Basit Ali 4. D. Malcolm 5. George Headley 6. Stan McCabe 7. Abdul Qadir 8. Bedser 9. Barry Richards 10. Mike Procter 11. Ted Dexter 12. Jack Hobbs
Harshad 1. Marshall 2. McCullum 3. Vaas 4. D. Compton 5. Graeme Pollock 6. Bobby Simpson 7. Azharuddin 8. Nicky Boje 9.John Snow 10. Wilfred Rhodes 11. Hugh Trumble 12. Dravid
Prath 1. Harbhajan 2. Andy Flower 3. Stephen Fleming 4.Stuart Broad 5. Kohli 6. Jayasuriya 7. John Wright 8. Prassanna 9. Sarfaraz Nawaz 10. Heath Streak 11. Saleem Malik 12. Hayden
Skizzo 1. Mushtaq Ahmed 2. Jeff Dujon 3. Laxman 4. D. Boon 5. Colin Cowdrey 6. Neil Harvey 7. David Warner 8. George Lohmann 9. Lindsay Hassett 10. Clarrie Grimmett 11. Tony Lock 12. Murali


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The Man Himself said:
Criteria 12 picks:

Mani: Sheep
Akshay: Sydney Barnes
IJazz17: Kumble
Samid: Sachin
PaulScholes18: Mitch Johnson
RedTiger: Saqlain Mushtaq
Skills: Clyde Walcott
Crappy: Viv Richards
NM: Lara
VanGaalEra: Gilchrist
Boycott: Shaun Pollock
Kazi: S.Waugh
Aldo: Jack Hobbs
Harshad: Dravid
Prath: Hayden
Skizzo: Murali
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Talk about game changers
 
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