T20 Auction Draft

[Himannv]

01. Sanath Jayasuriya
02. Gary Sobers
03. Babar Azam
04. Joe Root*
05. Jos Buttler+
06. Lance Klusener
07. Marlon Samuels
08. Heath Streak
09. Tony Lock
10. Andy Roberts
11. Glenn McGrath

Squad options:

Mark Greatbatch, Javed Miandad, Mohammad Shahzad, Maninder Singh, Umar Akmal, George Lohmann, Mark Ealham

Immense batting and some of the bench options aren't too bad either. Still tinkering a bit with the batting order - not sure if I have the balance right.

 

[ataraxia]

Marshall $66,000
Gower $16,000
Grimmett $28,000
Aravinda $24,000
Underwood $10,000

 

[ataraxia]

edit: Ambrose $57,000

 

[ataraxia]

Border $9,000
Rashid $16,000

 

[ataraxia]

Procter $101,000

 

[Line and Length]

I believe I win Colin Munro with my last $.

I concentrated on players with T20 and ODI experience and, towards the end, was aiming almost exclusively at T20 options. I may have wasted some early bids on ODI players with ordinary run rates (Gooch and Smith) though Caddick won be over with an ODI bowling economy rate similar to that of Joel Garner.

Allowing for the fact that I have to omit an Australian and Indian player in the early rounds, I'm excluding Faulkner and Dhawan from this possible starting XI:

S.Watson
A.Finch
Mohammad Rizwan
V.Richards
G.Maxwell
I.Botham
Imad Wasim
D.Vettori
Umar Gul
Saeed Ajmal
S.Badree

Remaining squad: J.Faulkner, S.Dhawan, G.Gooch, R.Smith, Inzamam-ul-Haq, A.Caddick, M.Guptill, C.Munro

The team has plenty of T20 experience and Richards and Botham would readily adapt to the shorter game. Plenty of bowling options/variety.
Still thinking about one less bowler and including Inzamam.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Mike Procter - $102,000
Aravinda de Silva - $25,000
Derek Underwood - $11,000
Clarrie Grimmett - $29,000
Curtly Ambrose - $58,000
Kevin Pietersen - $41,000

 

[Teuton]

	Final XI
1​	Chris Gayle
2​	Rohit Sharma
3​	Dean Jones
4​	Faf du Plessis
5​	Yuvraj Singh
6​	Kapil Dev
7​	Mushfiqur Rahim
8​	Shane Warne
9​	Saqlain Mushtaq
10​	Dale Steyn
11​	Michael Holding
	Squad Members
12​	Jonty Rhodes
Res	David Warner
Res	Rohan Kanhai
Res	JP Duminy
Res	Shadab Khan
Res	Pat Cummins
Res	Maurice Tate
Res	Tom Richardson

The squad size blew out a bit, which meant I didnt have to bat Warner out of position at 3. I still have big innings potential from my top 4, then big hitting at 5 & 6. Two high quality spin options plus a wide selection of pace bowlers make a very strong first xi and squad too.

I feel ODI ATGs Jones, Kapil, Holding, Saqlain & Warne would all be able to adapt very well. Jonty is a specialist fielder as 12th man, Kanhai will be my reserve keeper (he kept in 3 tests early on in his career). Tate or Shadab can come in if I decide I need to lengthen my batting.

 

[ataraxia]

Mike Procter $103,000
Aravinda de Silva $26,000
Derek Underwood $12,000
Clarrie Grimmett $30,000
Curtly Ambrose $59,000

 

[honestbharani]

01. Sanath Jayasuriya
02. Gary Sobers
03. Babar Azam
04. Joe Root*
05. Jos Buttler+
06. Lance Klusener
07. Marlon Samuels
08. Heath Streak
09. Tony Lock
10. Andy Roberts
11. Glenn McGrath

Squad options:

Mark Greatbatch, Javed Miandad, Mohammad Shahzad, Maninder Singh, Umar Akmal, George Lohmann, Mark Ealham

Immense batting and some of the bench options aren't too bad either. Still tinkering a bit with the batting order - not sure if I have the balance right.

Why bat an opener at 3 and open with Sobers?

 

[honestbharani]

	Final XI
1​	Chris Gayle
2​	Rohit Sharma
3​	Dean Jones
4​	Faf du Plessis
5​	Yuvraj Singh
6​	Kapil Dev
7​	Mushfiqur Rahim
8​	Shane Warne
9​	Saqlain Mushtaq
10​	Dale Steyn
11​	Michael Holding
	Squad Members
12​	Jonty Rhodes
Res	David Warner
Res	Rohan Kanhai
Res	JP Duminy
Res	Shadab Khan
Res	Pat Cummins
Res	Maurice Tate
Res	Tom Richardson

The squad size blew out a bit, which meant I didnt have to bat Warner out of position at 3. I still have big innings potential from my top 4, then big hitting at 5 & 6. Two high quality spin options plus a wide selection of pace bowlers make a very strong first xi and squad too.

I feel ODI ATGs Jones, Kapil, Holding, Saqlain & Warne would all be able to adapt very well. Jonty is a specialist fielder as 12th man, Kanhai will be my reserve keeper (he kept in 3 tests early on in his career). Tate or Shadab can come in if I decide I need to lengthen my batting.

Faf at 4 seems wrong. But rest of that side is magic for T20s. Perhaps a 4th seam option would be missed if people get after Steyn and Holding in the powerplay, but otherwise, just the sheer quality of players in your side is amazing. Very well drafted. (y)

 

[Himannv]

Why bat an opener at 3 and open with Sobers?

Debating it with my coach at the moment. He suggested Babar as an opener as well. I just like the idea of Sanath and Sobers opening the batting.

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Mike Procter $104,000
Aravinda de Silva $27,000
Derek Underwood $14,000
Clarrie Grimmett $31,000
Curtly Ambrose $60,000

 

[ataraxia]

Mike Procter $105,000
Aravinda de Silva $28,000
Derek Underwood $15,000
Clarrie Grimmett $32,000
Curtly Ambrose $61,000

 

[JOJOXI]

Aravinda de Silva - $35,000

 

[Michaelf7777777]

Aravinda de Silva $38,000
Derek Underwood $16,000
Clarrie Grimmett $33,000
Curtly Ambrose $62,000

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Procter 106,000
De Silva 36,000
Underwood 18,000
Grimmett 35,000
Border 11,000
Rashid 18,000
Pietersen 45,000

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

De Silva 40,000

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

How many players left for auction?

 

[Himannv]

How many players left for auction?

Just the ones available to bid on right now. All others are sold.