TLW ODI Draft - matches 1 & 2 voting

[LFD]

Could you all be as kind to vote for which two teams you think will win the following matches:


Matches:


Match 1

Red Banjo vs AJBlaikie

Match 2

Vincent Vega vs George Costanza


Match 1


Red Banjo


1.Desmond Haynes
2. Nathan Astle
3. Viv Richards (C)
4. Mahela Jayawardene
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Steve Tikolo
7. Heath Streak
8. Jeff Dujon +
9. Daniel Vettori
10. Curtly Ambrose
11. Morne Morkel

12th man - Gary Pratt


AJBlaikie


1. Nick Knight
2. Boeta Dippenaar
3. David Boon
4. Yuvraj Singh
5. Michael Bevan
6. Ijaz Ahmed
7. Carl Hooper
8. Mark Boucher +
9. Malcolm Marshall
10. Ewen Chatfield
11. Courtney Walsh (C)

12th Man - Phil Simmons


Match 2


Vincent Vega


1. Herschelle Gibbs
2. Adam Gilchrist +
3. Ramnaresh Sarwan
4. Steve Waugh (C)
5. Allan Border
6. Cameron White
7. Dwayne Bravo
8. Abdul Razzaq
9. Brett Lee
10. Anil Kumble
11. James Anderson

12th man - Ravi Shastri


George Costanza


Glenn Turner
Shane Watson
Brian Lara
AB De Villiers +
Aravinda De Silva
Clive Lloyd (C)
Angelo Mathews
Albie Morkel
Terry Alderman
Colin Croft
Sunil Narine

12th man - Dermot Reeve


If you would like to read the write ups:

ODI Cricket Draft Voting Matches 1 & 2 - The Liverpool Way

 

[Dan]

Red Banjo. In Viv Richards he has the ODI version of Bradman, and in Tikolo the one batsman better than the Don himself. Not a fan of Dujon below Streak in the order though. Bowling is strong, and has at least 7 options to get overs out of.

AJBlaikie doesn't have enough bowling. Hooper is a serviceable fifth option for 6-7 overs, but isn't a viable fourth bowler. And Simmons > Dippenaar every day.


Vega has a good opening combination, but the middle order is very one-paced - Waugh and Border are similar batsmen who were far better in Test cricket. Unless you're picking the 1980s version of Waugh, which would be gun, but you aren't because he's batting 4. Bowling attack isn't bad.

But George's team simply blows him out of the water. Turner and Watson are a fantastic opening combination (plus gets the 5th bowler out of the way early), and how he got a middle order of Lara-De Villiers - de Silva - Lloyd is insane. Mathews is a good modern finisher, and Morkel is destructive. I'd argue the bowling is a tad light on strike power, but with 8 options by my count, finding a few economical overs to complement the three specialists he has shouldn't be difficult. Croft-Alderman-Watson-Morkel-Mathews-Narine-De Silva-Lloyd doesn't look too shabby at all.

 

[Howe_zat]

Yeah, all good points. I'm not as sold on Turner as you but he can't hurt.

And I know we like to big up Tikolo but nah **** it let's big up Tikolo

 

[LFD]

Anymore votes?

 

[smash84]

4 ****ty teams against each other

Red Banjo and Vincent Vega to win these matches

 

[Daemon]

Banjo and George imo.