ODI quality control draft

[ankitj]

And thanks mr_mister for running this draft. It was lot of fun!

 

[weldone]

Yes and he was always in charge (which is important in a draft like this where people are likely to misinterpret rules and then the draft can become a Kashmir).

 

[mr_mister]

Thanks for the nice feedback. Ill start the voting thread as soon as I get a computer in front of me. Hopefully within the next 48 hours

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Thanks for running the draft Mr.

Enjoyed the research

 

[ankitj]

By making me slot players in different categories, this draft revealed some facts that I had not noticed before. One among them being how good are Imran's stats. He has better average than likes of S. Waugh, Jayawardene, Border etc. while being a top quality bowler too. Flintoff too fell in same bowling and batting categories as Imran.

 

[ankitj]

Here's the spreadsheet where I did my research: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1v0jQH9AlNOIzvqZyOL6V9dT78Phff9P2elCvJ3MrYEM/edit?usp=sharing

 

[mr_mister]

Funnily enough though, no-one thought Imran was worth picking

 

[trundler]

He just didn't fit into my plans. I picked all rounders from different sets of averages.

 

[ankitj]

Team from the players not picked in the draft:

Rohit Sharma (bat avg: >46)
Matthew Hayden (bat avg: 42-46)
Greg Chappell (bat avg: 38-42)
Andy Flower + (bat avg: 34-38)
Glenn Maxwell (bat avg: 30-34)
Hardik Pandya (bat avg: 26-30; bowl avg: >36)
Darren Sammy (bat avg: 22-26)
R Ashwin (bat avg: <22; bowl avg: 32-36)
Brad Hogg (bowl avg: 24-28)
Umar Gul (bowl avg: 28-32)
Jasprit Bumrah (bowl avg: <24)

I am sure it can be improved. Imran still doesn't fit in because his batting average is too high for an all-roudner's spot.

 

[Teuton]

I was surprised Brian McMillan wasn't picked (22-26, 36+ but a better player than that)

 

[mr_mister]

Still waiting on weldone to post his final XI

 

[weldone]

Pos	Player	Role	Bat Avg	Bowl Avg
1	Kris Srikkanth	Batsman	26-30	n/a
2	Brian Lara	Batsman	38-42	n/a
3	Jacques Kallis (3)	All-Rounder	42-46	28-32
4	Allan Border	Batsman	30-34	n/a
5	Aravinda de Silva (6)	Batsman	34-38	n/a
6	MS Dhoni + *	Keeper	>46	n/a
7	Kim Hughes	Batsman	22-26	n/a
8	Nathan McCullum (5)	All-Rounder	<22	>36
9	Harbhajan Singh (4)	Bowler	<22	32-36
10	Michael Holding (2)	Bowler	<22	<24
11	Curtly Ambrose (1)	Bowler	<22	24-28