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

[chaminda_00]

I've picked him with a good back, the same applies with Steve Waugh.

He played four Tests with a good back and averaged 20 odd with the bat. You sure you want him with a good back

 

[bagapath]

Bugger. Give me two seconds to find a replacement for Fairbrother. At the start of this round I was sitting pretty with Lamb as my pick, and Fairbrother in reserve.

oops... i am sorry.. i probably spoilt your plans... but my offer for good indian beer is open anytime you're here....

 

[Matt79]

Tests: VVS Laxman

ODIs: Graham Hick

 

[Precambrian]

oops... i am sorry.. i probably spoilt your plans... but my offer for good indian beer is open anytime you're here....

And that would be?

 

[bagapath]

Round 9

Younis Khan (Tests) Scott Styris (ODIs)

Round 10

Angus Fraser (Tests) Gautham Gambhir (ODIs)

Tests

Sanath Jayasuriya
Stephen Fleming
Richie Richardson
Brian Lara
Younis Khan

Tatenda Taibu (WK)
Shane Warne
Angus Fraser
Ian Bishop
Makhaya Ntini

To come: IND

ODIs

Chris Gayle
Gautham Ghambir
Aravinda de Silva
Brian Lara
Allan Lamb
Scott Styris

Tatenda Taibu (WK)
Brett Lee
Saqlain Mushtaq
Allan Donald

To come: WI

 

[Matt79]

oops... i am sorry.. i probably spoilt your plans... but my offer for good indian beer is open anytime you're here....

Nah, anyone with the ability to do basic research on Statsguru would realise that after Pietersen, Knight and Trescothick; Lamb and Fairbrother are the two stand-out English batsmen. Tharmi certainly has that skill.

 

[Athlai]

Tests:
VVS Laxman

ODIs:
Graham Hick

Test Team:
Anwar
Vaughan
Laxman
Pietersen
Chanderpaul
Flower
Flintoff
-
-
Bond
Mendis

ODI Team:
Knight
-
Hick
Flower
Symonds
Yuvraj
Flintoff
-
Bond
King
Mendis

Best top 7 Test lineup out of probably any team.

 

[NUFAN]

He played four Tests with a good back and averaged 20 odd with the bat. You sure you want him with a good back

Bat back for the first three innings, good back in the last innings.

 

[Matt79]

Tests: Jason Gillespie (Aus)
ODI: Herschelle Gibbs (RSA)

Test Team:
Anwar (Pak)
Vaughan (Eng)
Laxman (Ind)
Pietersen (Eng)
Chanderpaul (WI)
Flower (Zim)
Flintoff (Eng)
Gillespie (Aus)
-
Bond (NZ)
Mendis (SL)
To go: A South African

ODI Team:
Knight (Eng)
Gibbs (RSA)
Hick (Eng)
Flower (Zim)
Symonds (Aus)
Yuvraj (Ind)
Flintoff (Eng)
-
Bond (NZ)
King (WI)
Mendis (SL)
To go: A Pakistani

Tharmi exactly knocked out both my Test and ODI picks in round 9 - I was going to get Fairbrother AND De Villiers...

 

[chaminda_00]

How do you undelate I'm lost.

 

[Matt79]

lol - was set on picking Gambhir in ODIs the pick I took Yuvraj, until I realised I could probably snare Gibbs, then decided to get Yuvraj instead.

 

[chaminda_00]

Gambhir - Tests
Azharuddin - ODIs

 

[Matt79]

huh?

 

[chaminda_00]

huh?

I'll lost my marbles. I picked my players before you so I delated my post. Then noticed you picked the post before. Then I wasn't sure if it was my pick. My brain has gone after all this drafting.

 

[Athlai]

[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 -
Somerset -
Athlai -
Michael -

 

[chaminda_00]

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

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

Left: Aus

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

1. Saeed Anwar
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

Left: Aus

 

[Athlai]

Round 11
Athlai -
Somerset -
bagapath -
Precambrian -
NUFAN -
Matt79 -
chaminda_00 -
Michael -

Grounds
Michael -
chaminda_00 -
Matt79 -
NUFAN -
Precambrian -
bagapath -
Somerset -
Athlai -

 

[chaminda_00]

Tests: Jason Gillespie (Aus)

Why did you have to do that Matt. Now I have to choose between Langer and McDermott for my last pick. Either have a piss poor batting line up and long tail. Or have a bowling attack that can't take twenty wickets.

Stuffed one way or the other.

 

[NUFAN]

Mohammed Asif TEST
Manoj Prabhakar ODI

Test
Greame Smith [vc]
[English Opener]
Mahela Jayawardena
David Houghton
Steve Waugh [c]
Kumar Sangakarra[wk]
Thilan Samaraweera
Dion Nash
Harbajhan Singh
Mohammed Asif
Curtly Ambrose


ODI
Graeme Smith [c]
Sanath Jayasuriya
[Sri Lankan batsman]
Kumar Sangakarra [wk]
Ross Taylor
Michael Hussey [vc]
Neil Johnson
Manoj Prabhakar
Darren Gough
Curtly Ambrose
Shoaib Akhtar

 

[Athlai]

Precamb