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Mystery Draft (ODI XI and Test XI, 79-09)

Somerset

Cricketer Of The Year
Paul Collingwood for ODIs. Tossing up between Carl Hooper and Jimmy Adams for my final Test selection - going with Carl Hooper and will open the batting with him. He opened in five tests so he shouldn't be completely unaccustomed to the role. It also allows the rest of the order to bat in a familiar enough position. Also provides a useful part time spin option to back up Kumble, even if his test average of close to 50 with the ball would suggest otherwise.
 

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
Athlai's Avengers!
TEST XI
Chris Gayle (WI) (vc)
Marcus Trescothick (ENG)
Hashim Amla (SA)
Michael Hussey (AUS)
Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
MS Dhoni (Ind) (+)
Chris Cairns (NZ)
Shakib al Hasan (Ban)
Wasim Akram (Pak) (c)
Waqar Younis (Pak)
Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)


ODI XI
Sourav Ganguly (IND) (vc)
Marcus Trescothick (Eng)
Shoaib Malik (Pak)
Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) (c)
Michael Bevan (AUS)
Shakib al Hasan (Ban)
Brendon McCullum (NZ) (+)
Wasim Akram (Pak)
MD Marshall (WI)
Waqar Younis (Pak)
Fanie de Villiers (SA)
I actually think your Test team is a better ODI team then your ODI team!
 

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
Paul Collingwood for ODIs. Tossing up between Carl Hooper and Jimmy Adams for my final Test selection - going with Carl Hooper and will open the batting with him. He opened in five tests so he shouldn't be completely unaccustomed to the role. It also allows the rest of the order to bat in a familiar enough position. Also provides a useful part time spin option to back up Kumble, even if his test average of close to 50 with the ball would suggest otherwise.
Sherwin Campbell won't be happy.
 

Somerset

Cricketer Of The Year
I'm sure there is some other side that needs one Aussie ODI player. I can only count nine taken.
Thats the whole point, seven drafters take one Australian and one drafter takes three Australians which would make ten in total. You're the tenth selection by the looks of things.
 

NUFAN

Y no Afghanistan flag
ODI Selection: tba
Test Selection: Michael Atherton


RICHARD DICKINSON APPRECIATION XI
1 Graeme Smith [vc]
2 Michael Atherton
3 Mahela Jayawardena
4 David Houghton
5 Steve Waugh [c]
6 Kumar Sangakarra [wk]
7 Thilan Samaraweera
8 Dion Nash
9 Harbajhan Singh
10 Curtly Ambrose
11 Mohammed Asif
 

chaminda_00

Hall of Fame Member
Yeah I can't count at this time at night.

Wanted a 5th bowler, but Langer too good to pass up. Need Murali to get 15+ wickets every match to take 20. Does it for Sri Lanka at his peak so he should be ok. Loving the 5th bowling options of Jones and Richardson. We will play for draws.

Mark Waugh for ODIs, sixth bowler incase RTD struggles and gun opener. Don't know how we pulled together a decent side.

****awera ****s - Tests

1. Mark Richardson
2. Justin Langer
3. Gautam Gambhir
4. Andrew Jones
5. Inzaman-Ul-Haq
6. Murray Goodwin
7. Jacob Oram
8. Jeff Dujon
9. Fanie de Villiers
10. Darren Gough
11. Muttiah Muralitharan

****awera ****s - ODIs

1. Saeed Anwar
2. Mark Waugh
3. Andrew Jones
4. Mohammad Azharuddin
5. Neil Fairbrother
6. Chris Carins
7. Jacob Oram
8. Mark Boucher
9. Ryan ten Doeschate
10. Muttiah Muralitharan
11. Patrick Patterson
 

Athlai

Not Terrible
Code:
[B]Round 1[/B]
chaminda_00 - Muttiah Muralitharan
bagapath - Brian Lara
Somerset - Jacques Kallis
Michael - Sachin Tendulkar
Nufan - Kumar Sangakkara
Precambrian - Glenn McGrath
Matt79 - Andy Flower
Athlai - Wasim Akram

[B]Round 2[/B]
Athlai - Waqar Younis
Matt79 - Shane Bond
Precambrian - RT Ponting
NUFAN - Curtly Ambrose
Michael - Martin Crowe
Somerset - Adam Gilchrist
bagapath - Shane Warne (Tests) Allan Donald (ODI)
chaminda_00 - Andrew Jones

[B]Round 3[/B]
Matt79 - Ajantha Mendis
Somerset - Heath Streak (Tests) Shaun Pollock (ODI)
Michael - Rahul Dravid (Tests) Heath Streak (ODI)
Athlai - Shakib al Hasan (Tests) Malcolm Marshall (ODI)
chaminda_00 - Mark Richardson (Tests) Chris Cairns (ODI)
NUFAN - Dave Houghton (Tests) Neil Johnson (ODI)
bagapath - Tatenda Taibu 
Precambrian - Stuart Clark (Tests) MS Dhoni (ODI)

[B]Round 4[/B]
Precambrian -  Virender Sehwag (Tests) Keven Pietersen (ODI)
bagapath - Ian Bishop (Tests) Saqlain Mushtaq (ODI)
NUFAN - Mahela Jayawardene (Tests) Sanath Jayasuriya (ODI)
chaminda_00 - Jacob Oram
Athlai - MS Dhoni (Tests) Shakib al Hasan (ODI)
Michael - Shaun Pollock (Tests) Shane Warne (ODI)
Somerset - Allan Donald (Tests) Chaminda Vaas (ODI)
Matt79 - Kevin Pietersen (Tests) Andrew Flintoff (ODI)


[B]Round 5[/B]
Athlai - Chris Cairns (Tests) Marcus Trescothick (ODI)
Precambrian - Matt Prior (Tests) Nathan Bracken (ODI)
chaminda_00 - Murray Goodwin (Tests) Ryan ten Doeschate (ODI)
Somerset - Dale Steyn (Tests) Lance Klusener (ODI)
NUFAN - Steve Waugh (Tests) Ross Taylor (ODI)
Michael - Courtney Walsh (Tests) Virendar Sehwag (ODI)
Matt79 - Andrew Flintoff (Tests) Andrew Symonds (ODI)
bagapath - Richie Richardson (Tests) Aravinda de Silva (ODI)

[B]Round 6[/B]
bagapath - Sanath Jayasuriya (Tests) Chris Gayle (ODI) 
Matt79 - Shiv Chanderpaul (Tests) Nick Knight (ODI)
Michael - Alec Stewart
NUFAN - Graeme Smith (Tests) Shoaib Akhtar (ODI)
Somerset - Mohammad Yousuf (Tests) Nathan Astle (ODI)
chaminda_00 - Inzamam-ul-Haq (Tests) Mark Boucher (ODI)
Precambrian - Gary Kirsten (Tests) Abdul Razzaq (ODI)
Athlai - Marcus Trescothick (Tests) Michael Bevan (ODI)

[B]Round 7[/B]
Precambrian - Aravinda de Silva (Tests) Gary Kirsten (ODI)
Michael - Matthew Hayden (Tests) Lasith Malinga (ODI)
Somerset - Anil Kumble (Tests) Shahid Afridi (ODI)
chaminda_00 - Darren Gough (Tests) Saeed Anwar (ODI) 
bagapath - Stephen Fleimng (Tests) Brett Lee (ODI)
Athlai - Shoaib Akhtar (Tests) Sourav Ganguly (ODI)
NUFAN - Dion Nash (Tests) Darren Gough (ODI)
Matt79 - Saeed Anwar (Tests) Reon King (ODI)

[b]Round 8[/b]
Matt79 - Michael Vaughan (Tests) Yuvraj Singh (ODI)
NUFAN - Harbhajan Singh (Tests) Michael Hussey (ODI)
Athlai- Michael Hussey (Tests) Fanie de Villiers (ODI)
bagapath - Makahya Ntini (Tests) Allan Lamb (ODI)
chaminda _00 - Jeff Dujon (Tests) Patrick Patterson (ODI)
Somerset - Andrew Strauss Tests) Ramnaresh Sarwan (ODI)
Michael - Marvan Atapattu (Tests) Abdul Qadir (ODI)
Precambrian - Jesse Ryder (Tests) Kyle Mills (ODI)

[B]Round 9[/B]
Michael - Mushtaq Ahmed (Tests) Richie Richardson (ODI) 
Athlai- Chris Gayle (Tests) Arjuna Ranatunga (ODI)
Somerset - Hashan Tilakaratne (Tests) Rahul Dravid (ODI
Precambrian - Ramnaresh Sarwan (Tests) Carl Hooper (ODI)
NUFAN - Thilan Samaraweera (Tests) Graeme Smith (ODI)
chaminda _00 - Fanie de Villiers (Tests) Neil Fairbrother (ODI)
Matt79 - VVS Laxman (Tests) Graeme Hick (ODI)
bagapath - Younis Khan (Tests) Scott Styris (ODI)

[B]Round 10[/B]
bagapath - Angus Fraser (Tests) Gautham Gambhir (ODIs)
Matt79 - Jason Gillespie (Tests) Herschelle Gibbs (ODIs)
chaminda_00 - Gautham Gambhir (Tests) Mohammad Azharuddin (ODIs)
NUFAN - Mohammad Asif (Tests) Manoj Prabhakar (ODIs)
Precambrian - Arshad Khan (Tests) Tillekaratne Dilshan (ODIs)
Somerset - John Reid (Tests) Steve Tikolo (ODIs)
Athlai - Tillakaratne Dilshan (Tests) Shoaib Malik (ODIs)
Michael -

[B]Round 11[/B]
Athlai - Hashim Amla (Tests) Brendon McCullum (ODIs)
Somerset - Carl Hooper (Tests) Paul Collingwood (ODIs)
bagapath - TBA (Tests) Ian Bishop (ODIs)
Precambrian -
NUFAN - Michael Atherton (Tests) TBA (ODIs)
Matt79 -
chaminda_00 - Justin Langer (Tests) Mark Waugh (ODIs)
Michael -

[B]Grounds[/B]
Michael -
chaminda_00 -
Matt79 -
NUFAN - 
Precambrian -
bagapath -
Somerset -
Athlai -
 
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bagapath

International Captain
Test Selection: To be made after Michael chooses his Indian player

ODI selection: Ian Bishop

Bagapath's ODI XI

Chris Gayle
Gautham Gambhir
Brian Lara
Aravinda de Silva
Allan Lamb
Scott Styris
Tatenda Taibu (WK)
Brett Lee
Saqlain Mushtaq
Ian Bishop
Allan Donald

I am ready to send this team to World Cup. I expect them to reach the final four and wont be surprised if they go beyond that!
 

Precambrian

Banned
Sorry all!

Apparently my Round 10 selection of Mushtaq Ahmed is not possible since Micheal had already taken him earlier.

My bad.

In lieu I go for Arshad Khan , in test matches.

Please update it Mr.Johns.
 
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Athlai

Not Terrible
Sorry all!

Apparently my Round 10 selection of Mushtaq Ahmed is not possible since Micheal had already taken him earlier.

My bad.

In lieu I go for Arshad Khan, the underrated offie, in test matches.

Please update it Mr.Johns.
My last names Heads TBH.
 

Somerset

Cricketer Of The Year
Somerset's Mystery Test Draft XI

Andrew Strauss LHB (4,195 runs @ 42.37)
Carl Hooper RHB OS (5,762 runs @ 36.46, 114 wickets @ 49.42)
John F Reid LHB (1,296 runs @ 46.28)
Jacques Kallis RHB RFM (9,988 runs @ 54.57, 252 wickets @ 31.12)
Mohammad Yousuf RHB (6,770 runs @ 55.49)
Hashan Tillakaratne LHB (4,545 runs @ 42.87)
Adam Gilchrist LHB WK (5,570 runs @ 47.60, 379 catches, 37 stumpings)
Heath Streak RHB RFM (1,990 runs @ 22.35, 216 wickets @ 28.14)
Anil Kumble RHB LS (2,506 runs @ 17.77, 619 wickets @ 29.65)
Dale Steyn RHB RF (355 runs @ 12.67, 154 wickets @ 23.08)
Allan Donald (652 runs @ 10.68, 330 wickets @ 22.25)

Bowling attack led by two of South Africa's greatest fast bowlers, legendary Allan Donald and rising star Dale Steyn. Streak was Zimbabwe's best bowler by far, Kumble the third highest wicket taker in test history and Kallis hardly a weak link. Hooper the sixth bowler on pitches assisting spinners. The middle order is extremely strong, Kallis forming with Yousuf and the resiliant Tillakaratne, while Gilchrist at number seven provides arguably the best ever wicket-keeper batsman in test cricket. The possible weak point surrounds the top order and just how Strauss and Hooper will perform against some of the great attacks assembled by other drafters. John F Reid played just 19 tests but scored six centuries, so would also need to replicate that form to give my Test side a solid start.
 

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