Mystery Draft 3 - Global Premier League

[Blakus]

Either one of Roberts or Walsh would be fine.

Have a similar problem myself.
Mohammad Asif gives me an awesome 5 man attack, but leave my batting a bit short
Younis Khan gives me tremendous batting depth but leaves me with no bowling options beyond my front-liners
Mustaq Mohammad is a great all round alternative isn't as good in either discipline.

What would you guys do? I'm leaning towards Asif myself

 

[Athlai]

Either one of Roberts or Walsh would be fine.

Have a similar problem myself.
Mohammad Asif gives me an awesome 5 man attack, but leave my batting a bit short
Younis Khan gives me tremendous batting depth but leaves me with no bowling options beyond my front-liners
Mustaq Mohammad is a great all round alternative isn't as good in either discipline.

What would you guys do? I'm leaning towards Asif myself

Whats the rest of your team?

 

[Pothas]

Yeah depends on the team lineup, if you already have 4 amazing bowlers then no need for the 5th.

Got a dilema myself with the final Kiwi, think I am going to go for one of the new lads (Jones still an option though) but Taylor or Ryder?

 

[Athlai]

Yeah depends on the team lineup, if you already have 4 amazing bowlers then no need for the 5th.

Got a dilema myself with the final Kiwi, think I am going to go for one of the new lads (Jones still an option though) but Taylor or Ryder?

Would have to go to Taylor IMO considering he has more experience. Jones not a bad option either.

 

[Pothas]

Would have to go to Taylor IMO considering he has more experience. Jones not a bad option either.

Got The Wall at 3 so feel I do not really need Jones and I like that I have an attacking lineup.

Probably does have to be Taylor, just wish that (sure new zealand fans wish it a lot more) Ryder had played a few more tests.

 

[Blakus]

Whats the rest of your team?

Turner
Anwar
Ponting
Cullinan
Houghton
Khan
Knott
Vaas
Garner
Chandrasekhar

Asif would slot in at 10, Younis at 5 and Mushtaq at 6. Actually looking at it that way Mushtaq might be the best option.

 

[Athlai]

Think you need the batting more than the bowling so Mushtaq may be the best option.

 

[Himannv]

Mendis is yours Cevno. I'll take Reid.

 

[Himannv]

Asif would slot in at 10, Younis at 5 and Mushtaq at 6. Actually looking at it that way Mushtaq might be the best option.

Yeah, I think you need an extra bowler, but the batting lineup isn't the solidest either so Mustaq may be the wisest option. Thinking about it, I may prefer Asif, just to give your bowling an edge since Imram and Knott aren't the worst with the bat.

I'm in a bit of a spot myself. No one else has Sri Lanka if I remember correctly. 5 top notch pace options or 4 top notch pace options and an ok spinner or an allrounder to balance things a bit more. Or perhaps a Ranatunga to give the batting a bit of steel.

Leaning towards one more bowler although I think Marshall, Ambrose, Steyn and Botham would probably be enough against most teams.

Greenidge
Hayden
Reid
Tendulkar
Inzamam
Botham
Taibu
Marshall
Steyn
Ambrose
-

 

[Athlai]

Inzi at 3 and Reid at 5 IMO.

 

[Himannv]

Inzi at 3 and Reid at 5 IMO.

Really? Reid mostly batted at 3 while Inzy averages less at 3 than in any other position.

 

[Blakus]

Made my decision. No-one else has Pakistan so I'm free to grab Mushtaq Mohammad.
All my remaining money goes towards getting good support staff.

Team name: The Dishpigs
Team motto: We'll clean you up!

1.Glen Turner 2991 runs @ 44.64
2.Saeed Anwar 4052 runs @ 45.52
3.Ricky Ponting 11928 runs @ 55.22
4.Daryll Cullinan 4554 runs @ 44.21
5.Dave Houghton 1464 runs @ 43.05
6.Mushtaq Mohammad 3643 runs @ 39.17, 79W @ 29.22
7.Imran Khan* 3807 runs @ 37.69, 362W @ 22.81
8.Alan Knott+ 4389 runs @ 32.75, 269 dismissals
9.Chaminda Vaas 3089 @ 24.32, 355W @ 29.58
10.Joel Garner 672 @ 12.44, 259W @ 20.97
11.Bhagwath Chandrasekhar 242W @ 29.74, runs irrelevant

My side Doesn't have as many superstars as other sides but makes up for it with depth and flexibility.
Ponting is the centerpiece of strong and classy top order, and the batting is effective all the way to 9.
Khan, Garner and Vaas make a strong pace attack, whilst Chandra and Mushtaq ensure that 5th day and spinning tracks will be a batsman's nightmare.
The keeping and and captaincy are the best going around.

All in all I'm very happy with this team

 

[Athlai]

Really? Reid mostly batted at 3 while Inzy averages less at 3 than in any other position.

Mixed my Reids up sorry.

 

[Athlai]

[B]Round 1[/B]

1. Goughy (SL) Adam Gilchrist $1,000,000
2, Himmanv (WI) Malcolm Marshall $2,100,000
3. Athlai (SA)  [s]Andy Flower $3,000,000[/s] 
4. Marcuss (IND) Muttiah Muralitharan $2,300,000
5. Michael (ENG) [s]Tavare $100,000[/s] Andy Flower $3,100,000
6. Pothas (NZ) Richard Hadlee $1,500,000
7. Blakus (PAK) Imran Khan $2,000,000
8. Cevno (AUS) Greg Chappell $400,000

[B]Round 2[/B]

1. Cevno (AUS) Shakib al Hasan $100,000
2. Blakus (PAK) [s]Heath Streak $1,100,000[/s] Joel Garner $500,000
3. Pothas (NZ) Shane Bond $1,200,000
4. Michael (ENG) Geoffrey Boycott $100,000
5. Marcuss (IND) Jacques Kallis $1,200,000
6. Athlai (SA) [s]Joel Garner $500,000[/s] Kumar Sangakkara $1,900,000 Heath Streak $1,200,000
7. Himmanv (WI) Curtly Ambrose $2,200,000
8. Goughy (SL) Allan Donald $500,000

[B]Round 3[/B]

1. Marcuss (IND) McGrath $1,000,000
2. Blakus (PAK) Houghton $400,000
3. Michael (ENG)[s] Crowe $100,000 Jayawardene $1,000,000[/s]
4. Somerset (AUS) Kumble $100,000 [s]Crowe $1,200,000[/s]
5. Himmanv (WI) Ian Botham $1,200,000
6. Athlai (SA) [s]J Reid $100,000[/s] Crowe $1,500,000
7. Goughy (SL) M Jayawardene $1,100,000
8. Pothas (NZ) S Warne $1,000,000

[B]
Round 4[/B]

1. Pothas (NZ) Tamim Iqbal $600,000 [s] Chris Cairns $300,000 [/s]
2. Goughy (SL) Murray Goodwin $1,000,000 [s] Chaminda Vaas $1,300,000 [/s]
3. Athlai (SA) Graeme Smith $100,000
4. Himmanv (WI) Tatenda Taibu $300,000 [s]Brian Lara $1,600,000[/s]
5. Somerset (Aus) Brian Lara $1,800,000
6. Michael (Eng) Chris Cairns $400,000 Sanath Jayasuriya $100,000
7. Blakus (Pak) Chaminda Vaas $1,400,000
8. Marcuss (Ind) Virender Sehwag $200,000 [s]Tamim Iqbal $500,000[/s]
[b]
Round 5[/B]

1. Somerset (AUS) [s]Shaun Pollock $1,300,000 Wasim Akram $1,100,000 [/s] Gary Kirsten $100,000
2. Blakus (PAK) Glenn Turner $100,000
3. Marcuss (IND) Alec Stewart $100,000
4. Goughy (SL) [s]Kevin Pietersen $100,000[/s] Waqar Younis $2,000,000
5. Athlai (SA) [s]Gary Kirsten $100,000[/s] Shaun Pollock $1,400,000
6. Himmanv (WI) [s]Javed Miandad $900,000[/s]
7. Pothas (NZ) [s]Waqar Younis $300,000[/s] Wasim Akram $1,300,000
8. Michael (ENG) [s]Wasim Akram $100,000[/s] Javed Miandad $1,300,000
[B]
Round 6[/B]

1. Michael (ENG) David Gower $100,000 [s]Sachin Tendulkar $800,000[/s]
2. Pothas (NZ) [s]Viv Richards $1,900,000[/s] Rahul Dravid $1,500,000
3. Himmanv (WI) Sachin Tendulkar $1, 200,000 Dale Steyn $100,000
4. Athlai (SA) Sunil Gavaskar $1,500,000
5. Goughy (SL) [s]Kapil Dev $100,000[/s] Viv Richards $2,000,000
6. Marcuss (IND) [s]Saeed Anwar $100,000[/s] Kapil Dev $800,000
7. Blakus (PAK) [s]Rahul Dravid $1,300,000 Sunil Gavaskar $800,000[/s]
8. Somerset (AUS) Dennis Lillee $400,000

[B]Round 7[/B] 

1. Athlai (SA) Derek Underwood $100,000
2. Somerset (AUS) [s]Inzamam-ul-Haq $300,000[/s] Mohammad Yousuf $500,000
3. Himmanv (WI) [s]Mohammad Yousuf $100,000[/s] Inzamam-ul-Haq $300,000
4. Pothas (NZ) [s]Aravinda de Silva $100,000 [/s] Kevin Pietersen $100,000
5. Michael (ENG) Bob Willis $100,000
6. Goughy (SL)[s] Kevin Pietersen $100,000[/s] Aravinda de Silva $200,000
7. Marcuss (IND) Stephen Fleming $100,000
8. Blakus (PAK) Ricky Ponting $1,000,000 Saeed Anwar $100,000


[B]Round 8[/B]

1. Blakus (PAK) [s]Andrew Flintoff $1,000,000[/s] [s]Bishen Bedi $700,000[/s]
2. Marcuss (IND)[s] Gordon Greenidge $500,000[/s] Desmond Haynes $100,000
3. Cevno (SL) Daniel Vettori $100,000
4. Michael (ENG) Bishen Bedi $800,000
5. Pothas (NZ) Clive Lloyd $100,000
6. Himmanv (WI) [s]Desmond Haynes $100,000[/s] Gordon Greenidge $800,000
7. Somerset (AUS)[s] Jeff Thompson $400,000[/s] Andrew Flintoff $1,400,000
8. Athlai (SA) Allan Border $100,000

[B]
Round 9[/B]

1. Athlai (SA) Brian McMillan $100,000
2. Cevno (SL) Gautam Gambhir $100,000
3. Himmanv (WI) Matthew Hayden $100,000
4. Blakus (PAK) Daryl Cullinan $100,000 Alan Knott $1,000,000
5. Michael (ENG) Michael Holding $100,000
6. Marcuss (IND) Shoaib Akhtar $100,000
7. Pothas (NZ) [s]Thilan Samaraweera $1,000,000[/s]
8. Somerset (AUS)[s] Jeff Thomson $1,000,000[/s] Thilan Samaraweera $1,500,000


[B] 
Remaining Funds (as of list above)[/B]
1. Somerset (AUS) $3,700,000
2. Blakus (PAK) $3,200,000
3. Pothas (NZ) $2,600,000
4. Michael (ENG) $3,900,000 
5. Marcuss (IND) $4,100,000
6. Athlai (SA) $2,100,000
7. Himmanv (WI) $1,700,000
8. Cevno (SL) $2,000,000 


[B]Round 10[/B]

1. Somerset (AUS) Brendon McCullum $2,400,000
2. Pothas (NZ)[s] Tillakaratne Dilshan $100,000[/s] Mark Boucher $100,000 [s]Brendon McCullum $2,000,000 [/s]
3. Marcuss (WI) Mahmudullah  $100,000 
4. Michael (ENG) Steve Waugh 100, 000
5. Blakus (PAK) Bhagwath Chandrasekhar $100,000 
6. Himmanv (WI) JF Reid $100,000 [s] Ajantha Mendis $1,400,000[/s]
7. Cevno (SL) Ajantha Mendis 1,500,000 [s]Tillakaratne Dilshan $400,000[/s]
8. Athlai (SA) Zaheer Abbas $1,000,000
[B]
Round 11[/B]

1. Cevno (SL) 
2. Blakus (PAK) Mushtaq Mohammad $100,000
3. Somerset (AUS) Jeff Thomson $100,000
4. Athlai (SA) Andy Roberts $100,000
5. Marcuss (WI) VVS Laxman $4,000,000
6. Michael (ENG)
7. Himmanv (WI)
8. Pothas (NZ)

I have $1,000,000 left for beer money.

 

[Jarquis]

Virender Sehwag
Desmond Haynes
Stephen Fleming
Jacques Kallis

Alec Stewart
Mahmudullah
Kapil Dev
Shoaib Akhtar
Muttiah Muralitharan
Glenn McGrath

So I need an Indian middle order batsman. VVS is the first one off the top of my head. Will double check though.

 

[Blakus]

Viswanath is another good option

 

[Himannv]

Ganguly wouldn't be the worst either but I'd say go for VVS.

 

[Himannv]

I think I'll go ahead and make my pick. Most underrated spinner from Sri Lanka I reckon.

Jayananda Warnaweera.

 

[Somerset]

I may as well select my final player - Jeff Thompson $100,000

 

[Jarquis]

VVS Laxman - $4,000,000