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Thursday Speed Draft

chaminda_00

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Gordon Greenidge
Justin Langer
Brian Lara
Sachin Tendulkar
Mahela Jayawardene (vc)
Kapil Dev (c)
Andrew Flintoff
Ian Healy (wk)
Malcolm Marshall
Stuart MacGill
Glenn McGrath
 
G.I.Joe

G.I.Joe

International Coach
Sunil Gavaskar
Matthew Hayden
Kevin Pietersen (c) :ph34r:
VVS Laxman
Mike Hussey
Jacques Kallis
Kumar Sangakkara +
Anil Kumble
Joel Garner
Shane Bond
Allan Donald
 
Goughy

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
This is a tough one. Basically Matt picked Sehwag one spot above where I wanted him. That threw my plan out a little (my own fault though).

Anyway, I need an opener. Do I take Langer or Kirsten with a great record and excellent average, do I take Gooch who has a good record and was capable of playing better than anyone else in the world on his day or do I pick someone who has a good record but it isnt great and can bowl some spin?

I dont like it but it has to be option c) Sanath Jayasuriya

TBH, rather than Crowe and Jayasuriya the first contingency plan was M. Clarke and Kirsten. I talked myself out of it.
 
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Matt79

Matt79

Global Moderator
Desmond Haynes for me.

Sehwag
Haynes
Ponting
Border
Waugh, S
Gilchrist
Greig
Imran
Pollock
Roberts
Lillee

Don't really have a proper spinner, but Sehwag, Greig and even Border can cover that between them, while my pace battery does it's job. Probably should have selected a specialist spinner rather than Greig as I don't need his batting that much, but wanted to do it this way.

EDIT: As I typed it I was thinking "someone already has Langer surely. No, COOL!" Haynes was going to be my selection before that revelation!
 
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Goughy

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
1. G. Smith
2. Jayasuriya
3. Dravid
4. M. Crowe
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6. V. Richards
7. A. Flower
8. Hadlee
9. Ambrose
10. Holding
11. Bishop
 
G.I.Joe

G.I.Joe

International Coach
I'll try and run one round of a sim today. I was planning on single home and away games. Or would 3 Test series' between each team be preferable?
 
Goughy

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
chaminda_00 said:
Viv Richards can't bowl spin, You need three part timers?
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Off spin like Smith and to an equal standard. Sanath is a little better than both and turns it the other way.

Im very happy with 3 parttimers as Im not going to waste a spot on a fulltime spinner. :)
 
Somerset

Somerset

Cricketer Of The Year
Somerset's XI

Barry Richards RHB OS (508 runs @ 72.57, 1 wicket @ 26.00)
Alec Stewart RHB WK (8,463 runs @ 39.54, 263 catches and 14 stumpings)
Greg Chappell RHB RM (7,110 runs @ 53.86, 47 wickets @ 40.70)
Javed Miandad RHB LS (8,832 runs @ 52.57, 17 wickets @ 40.11)
Inzamam-ul-Haq RHB (8,830 runs @ 49.60)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul LHB LS (8,203 runs @ 49.71, 8 wickets @ 105.62)
Ian Botham RHB RFM (5,200 runs @ 33,54, 383 wickets @ 28.40)
Wasim Akram LHB LF (2,898 runs @ 22.64, 414 wickets @ 23.62)
Shane Warne RHB LS (3,154 runs @ 17.32, 708 wickets @ 25.41)
Waqar Younis RHB RF (1,010 runs @ 10.20, 373 wickets @ 23.56)
Muttiah Muralitharan RHB OS (1,156 runs @ 11.33, 766 wickets @ 21.92)
 
Goughy

Goughy

Hall of Fame Member
Good job everyone. :)

Full and Final Selections

Code: 
1.1 Kapil (chaminda_00)
1.2 Kallis (GI Joe)
1.3 Hadlee (Goughy)
1.4 Imran (Matt79)
1.5 Warne (Somerset)

2.1 Murali (Somerset)
2.2 Gichrist (Matt79)
2.3 Andy Flower (Goughy)
2.4 Kumar Sangakkara (GI Joe)
2.5 Marshall (chaminda_00)

3.1 McGrath (chaminda_00)
3.2 Garner (GI Joe)
3.3 Ambrose (Goughy)
3.4 Lillee (Matt79)
3.5 Wasim (Somerset)

4.1 Waqar (Somerset)
4.2 S. Pollock (Matt79)
4.3 Holding (Goughy)
4.4 Donald (GI Joe)
4.5 Lara (chaminda_00)

5.1 Tendulkar (chaminda_00)
5.2 Gavaskar (GI Joe)
5.3 Richards (Goughy)
5.4 S. Waugh (Matt79)
5.5 Botham (Somerset)

6.1 Greg Chappell (Somerset)
6.2 Ponting (Matt79)
6.3 Dravid (Goughy)
6.4 Hayden (GI Joe)
6.5 Langer (chaminda_00)

7.1 Greenidge (chaminda_00)
7.2 Kumble (GI Joe)
7.3 Smith (Goughy)
7.4 Border (Matt79)
7.5 Miandad (Somerset) 

8.1 Barry Richards (Somerset)
8.2 Sehwag (Matt79)
8.3 Bishop (Goughy)
8.4 Bond (GI Joe)
8.5 Jayawardene (chaminda_00)

9.1 MacGill (chaminda_00)
9.2 Kevin Pietersen (GI Joe)
9.3 Mohammad Yousuf (Goughy)
9.4 Andy Roberts (Matt79)
9.5 Alec Stewart (Somerset)

10.1 Chanderpaul (Somerset)
10.2 Tony Grieg (Matt79)
10.3 Martin Crowe (Goughy)
10.4 Laxman (GI Joe)
10.5 Ian Healy (chaminda_00)

11.1 Andrew Flintoff (chaminda_00)
11.2 Hussey (GI Joe)
11.3 Sanath Jayasuriya (Goughy)
11.4 Haynes (Matt79)
11.5 ul-Haq (Somerset)
 
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