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Mystery Draft V.2 (1989-2009)
- Thread starter Mupariwa_Magic
- Start date
Jamee999
Hall of Fame Member
Chris Gayle (Tests) - Dwayne Bravo (ODIs)
Saeed Anwar - 4052 runs @ 45.52
*Mike Atherton - 7728 runs @ 37.69
+Kumar Sangakkara - 7308 runs @ 55.36 - 156c/20st
Chris Gayle - 5502 runs @ 39.58 - 71 wickets @ 41.25
Shane Warne - 3154 runs @ 17.32 - 708 wickets @ 25.41
Anil Kumble - 2506 runs @ 17.77 - 619 wickets @ 29.65
Allan Donald - 330 wickets @ 22.25
Chris Gayle - 7429 runs @ 39.94 - 151 wickets @ 34.03
*Sourav Ganguly - 11363 runs @ 41.02 - 100 wickets @ 38.49
Ricky Ponting - 11703 runs @ 42.71
+Kumar Sangakkara - 7594 runs @ 35.99 - 246c/43st
Shahid Afridi - 5715 runs @ 23.23 - 259 wickets @ 34.73
Dwayne Bravo - 1511 runs @ 23.98 - 114 wickets @ 29.66
Allan Donald - 272 wickets @ 21.78
Athlai
Not Terrible
Code:
[B]Round 1[/B]
Somerset: Andy Flower - Tests/ODI (Zim)
Athlai: Murlai - Tests (SL) Shane Bond - ODI (NZ)
mettalics2006: Kallis - Tests (SA) Tendulkar - ODI (India)
Nnanden: Ponting - Tests (Aus) Shakib al Hasan - ODI (Bang)
Michaelf7777777: Brian Lara - Tests/ODI (WI)
Matt79: Glenn McGrath - Tests/ODI (Aus)
Jamee999: Allan Donald -Tests/ODI (SA)
bagapath: Adam Gilchrist -Tests/ODI (Aus)
[B]Round 2[/B]
bagapath: Sachin Tendulkar - Tests (Ind) Ryan ten Doeschate - ODI (Neth)
Jamee999: Shane Warne - Tests (Aus) Ricky Ponting - ODI (Aus)
Matt79: Shaun Pollock - Tests (SA) Saqlain Mushtaq - ODI (Pak)
Michaelf7777777: Chris Cairns -Tests/ODI (NZ)
Nnanden: Andrew Flintoff - Tests/ODI (Eng)
mettalics2006: AB de Villiers - Tests/ODI (SA)
Athlai: Chanderpaul - Tests (WI) Kevin Pietersen - ODI (Eng)
Somerset: Daniel Vettori - Tests (NZ) Ajantha Mendis - ODI (SL)
[B]Round 3[/B]
mettalics2006: Fanie de Villiers - Tests (SA) Brett Lee - ODI (Aus)
bagapath: Kevin Pietersen - Tests (Eng) MS Dhoni - ODI (Ind)
Somerset: Shane Bond - Tests (NZ) R Sarwan - ODI (WI)
Matt79: Shoaib Akhtar - Tests (Pak) Heath Streak - ODI (Zim)
Nnanden: M Yousuf - Tests (Pak) M Murali - ODI (SL)
Michaelf7777777: Rahul Dravid - Tests (Ind) V Sehwag - ODI (Ind)
Athlai: Matt Prior - Tests (Eng) Marcus Trescothick - ODI (Eng)
Jamee999: Kumar Sangakkara - Tests (SL) Kumar Sangakkara- ODI (SL)
[B]Round 4[/B]
Jamee999: Saeed Anwar- Tests (Pak) Chris Gayle - ODI (WI)
Athlai: Jesse Ryder - Tests (NZ) Shiv Chanderpaul - ODI (WI)
Michaelf7777777: Waqar Younis - Tests/ODI (Pak)
Nnanden: Stephen Fleming - Tests (NZ) Jerome Taylor - ODI (WI)
Matt79: Inzamam Ul Haq - Tests/ODI (Pak)
Somerset: Mahela Jayawardene - Tests (SL) Jacques Kallis - ODI (SA)
bagapath: Mathew Hayden - Tests (Aus) Sanath Jayasuriya - ODI (SL)
metallics2006: Heath Streak - Tests (Zim) Gary Kirsten - ODI (SA)
[B]
Round 5[/B]
Michaelf7777777: Alec Stewart - Tests (Eng) Shaun Pollock - ODI (SA)
Matt79: Shakib al Hasan - Tests (Ban) Lance Kluesener - ODI (SA)
Somerset: Ian Bishop - Tests (WI) Michael Bevan - ODI (Aus)
Nnanden: V Sehwag - Tests (IND) Michael Hussey - ODI (Aus)
Athlai: D Houghton - Tests (Zim) Shoaib Akhtar - ODI (Pak)
Jamee999: Anil Kumble - Tests (Ind) Sourav Ganguly - ODI (Ind)
metallics2006: Justin Langer - Tests (Aus) Makhaya Ntini - ODI (SA)
bagapath: Ajantha Mendis - Tests (SL) Shane Warne - ODI (Aus)
[B]Round 6[/B]
bagapath: Dale Steyn - Tests (SA) Nathan Bracken - ODI (Aus)
metallics 2006: Graeme Thorpe - Tests (Eng) Darren Gough - ODI (Eng)
Jamee999: Michael Atherton - Tests (Eng) Shahid Afridi - ODI (Pak)
Athlai: Mohammad Asif - Tests (Pak) Chaminda Vaas - ODI (SL)
Nnanden: Jimmy Adams - Tests (WI) Mohammad Yousuf - ODI (Pak)
Somerset: Mark Richardson - Tests (NZ) Nathan Astle - ODI (NZ)
Matt79: Younis Khan - Tests (Pak) Nick Knight - ODI (Eng)
Michaelf7777777: Murray Goodwin - Tests (Zim) Neil Johnson - ODI (Zim)
[B]Round 7[/B]
Michaelf7777777: Harbhajan Singh - Tests (Ind) Tillakaratne Dilshan - ODI (SL)
Athlai: Graeme Smith - Tests (SA) Anil Kumble - ODI (Ind)
bagapath: Mitchell Johnson - Tests (Aus) Scott Styris - ODI (NZ)
metallics 2006: Gautham Gambhir - Tests (Ind) Mashrafe Mortaza - ODI (Ban)
Matt79: Thilan Samaraweera - Tests (SL) Rahul Dravid- ODI (Ind)
Jamee999: Chris Gayle - Tests (WI) Dwayne Bravo - ODI (WI)
Nnanden: Mahmudullah - Tests (Ban) Yuvraj Singh - ODI (Ind)
Somerset:
[B]
Round 8[/B]
Somerset:
Nnanden:
Jamee999:
Matt79:
metallics 2006:
bagapath:
Athlai:
Michaelf7777777:
[B]Round 9[/B]
metallics 2006:
Nnanden:
Michaelf7777777:
Somerset:
bagapath:
Matt79:
Jamee999:
Athlai:
[B]Round 10[/B]
Athlai:
Jamee999:
Matt79:
bagapath:
Somerset:
Michaelf7777777:
Nnanden:
metallics 2006:
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Somerset
Cricketer Of The Year
I thought that the New Zealanders would be selected earlier rather than later (ditto with the West Indians) so considered my best strategy would be to get my three Kiwis out of the way, then work on the countries with more depth in the time period. ODIs are a different story though, not so optmistic about my chances there.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Yeah I definitely tried to lead out with what I thought were the countries with the least depth. I believe only the two of us and Michael are able to select an Australian Test player at this stage.
Somerset
Cricketer Of The Year
Yup exactly, not that I want to give away my strategy too much, but I can now afford to leave my Australian until deep in the draft with so many options available.
Athlai
Not Terrible
Yeah would be happy with my 3rd choice Aussie any day of the week.
Matt79
Global Moderator
I've done that in the past (select from weakest country to strongest). This time to try and mix things up a bit, I've tried to just go for the best player available at each stage and see where that leads me. I haven't quite stuck to that objective - I took my minnow guys when I could, but otherwise, happy with how mine has worked out so far. Surprised that a few other guys have tried to do the same.
My ODI "strategy" is not really a coherent one. We'll see how we go. So far I've got four bowlers with averages under 30, inc. two with averages of 21-22, plus a few good top order batsmen (albeit not the most explosive types), and Klusener to try and boost it at the end.
My ODI "strategy" is not really a coherent one. We'll see how we go. So far I've got four bowlers with averages under 30, inc. two with averages of 21-22, plus a few good top order batsmen (albeit not the most explosive types), and Klusener to try and boost it at the end.
Matt79
Global Moderator
I've done that in the past (select from weakest country to strongest). This time to try and mix things up a bit, I've tried to just go for the best player available at each stage and see where that leads me. I haven't quite stuck to that objective - I took my minnow guys when I could, but otherwise, happy with how mine has worked out so far. Surprised that a few other guys have tried to do the same.
My ODI "strategy" is not really a coherent one. We'll see how we go. So far I've got four bowlers with averages under 30, inc. two with averages of 21-22, plus a few good top order batsmen (albeit not the most explosive types), and Klusener to try and boost it at the end.
My ODI "strategy" is not really a coherent one. We'll see how we go. So far I've got four bowlers with averages under 30, inc. two with averages of 21-22, plus a few good top order batsmen (albeit not the most explosive types), and Klusener to try and boost it at the end.
Somerset
Cricketer Of The Year
The ODI teams for almost everyone seem to be case of hoping for the best TBH. Last time I thought my ODI side was fantastic - I had Pollock and Vaas at 10 and 11, with other allrounders like Afridi and Klusener as well as a solid top order, and finished fourth from memory - so that could be a real lottery in terms of which side is deemed to be the best.
Matt79
Global Moderator
Your test team has a very good top order, and De Villiers and Streak are good bowlers but your bowling might end up being a bit thin, especially with the countries you have left to choose from.
Your ODI team, as Somerset said, looks a bit like a lot of our ODI teams in that there are some evident strengths, and some pretty big questions still to be resolved.
Your ODI team, as Somerset said, looks a bit like a lot of our ODI teams in that there are some evident strengths, and some pretty big questions still to be resolved.
Shri
Mr. Glass
Considering I went for the batsmen first, I should have had a much better top order but meh, I thought the people I chose would have better averages. Did not check with Cricinfo first. At least I am a fan of all batsmen that I have chosen.
I did the ODI side for fun with no set strategy whatsoever. Deserve anything that I get for it.
