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The greatest batsman of his era for some, Wayne Larkins Brian Lara walks into Fenil's team at 4.
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Round 7
1/2

Ddrap
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James Pattinson will serve my squad fit better at 8 than the slightly better Patrick Patterson would at 9, so I've gone him.

Also, he played for the Heat.
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Ed
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Part-time cricketer, full-time rugbyist Jeff Wilson will bat 7 for Ed.
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Aislabie
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Ranjan Madugalle, who will play 3, was a fighty batsman who often didn't have resources to work with him; he later became the ICC's most prolific referee.
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Fenil
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Dominic Cork didn't really put it together at international level, but he was a brilliant FC seamer who'll bat 9 for Fenil.
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Parth
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Hardik Pandya is a good allrounder. He's Parth's fifth good allrounder and has to bat at three. Such is the draw
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Pillowprocter
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Mohammad Hafeez could work opening or at 4, but with Procter's openers filled, it's the latter he will be batting at.
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Disharies
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Lots of teams without keepers might have taken Denis Lindsay here. Not Disharies, who has one. Dennis Lillee waltzes into this team.
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Na Maloom Afraad
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Ken Shuttleworth isn't Lillee, but he does the job at 10 for NMA, especially given his other options were Vusi Sibanda, Milton Shumba and Shuvagata Hom.
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Neo 7
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Chris L. Smith was one of the better options in a pool that was not rewarding (again). Opening for Neo
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CerealKiller
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L Balaji provides some seam at #11. I thought CK had picked the Canadian Balaji for a second, and was very confused.
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Till Valhalla
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I firstly owe TV an apology; I misread his Azharuddin explanation, and he should have been 6 from the start.

As for this pool, which is quite stacked, Graham McKenzie at 11 was chosen.
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Aravind
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Johnny Briggs does rather make up for the O'Reilly miss two rounds ago. Kaneria being picked in between means he comes in at 10 instead.
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Ahmed
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In a pool with a doctor, a Scot averaging 12, and a T20 specialist, Ollie Pope was always going to be the pick - he'll bat six and likely keep.
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Round 8
2/2

Ddrap
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I'll take Wasim Bari and 9 and hope for a spinning all-rounder.
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Pillowprocter
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Craig Matthews at 9 will come in as a good seamer for Procter.
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Na Maloom Afraad
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Aubrey Faulkner at 4. Very simple pick.
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Disharies
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Spinner Noman (aka Nauman) Ali comes in at the final slot. He's probably a better bat than that.
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Aislabie
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Aislabie got a fun Sri Lanka pool, and picked Chinthaka Jayasinghe to be average all round at #7.
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Parth
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The very final dual English international, Arthur Milton, comes in at the opener spot.
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CerealKiller
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This is the kinda thing that happens at this end of the draft; CK is forced to pass on Kane Williamson to pick Bob Willis at 9.
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Neo 7
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Sohail Tanvir at 9.
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The pick wasn't actually made please fix this up

Ahmed
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Ahmed struggled between two Pakistani quicks; in the end, he went with Mohammad Hasnain at 9.
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Fenil
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Peter Such at 11; a fairly clear pick from a terrible pool.
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Till Valhalla
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Among some very good options and Jack Leach, TV took Brett Lee - probably the best. He'll be #10.
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Aravind
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ML Jaisimha at 5; again, not a brilliant player but best available.
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Round 9 (1/2)

Ddrap
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Rev. David Sheppard will hopefully bless my batting order (not that it needed it in all honesty) at 2.
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Parth
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Batting depth is never a bad thing. Just ask Parth, who has Kapil Dev at 9.
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Aravind
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Peter Burge would have been the obvious pick in a non-Bumrah round last time it came up, and he's the easy pick here too (at 4).
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Fenil
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Swiss Army Man Ambati Rayudu at #5 here. Butterfingers possible avoids the gloves.
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Till Valhalla
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Chris Read dons the gloves at 7. Not a minute too soon for TV either, as we're running out of rounds to glove up.
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Na Maloom Afraad
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NMA also solves his keeper issue, but where to put him? He maximised Paine's strengths at 7 rather than maximising team flexibility at 6.
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Ed
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I revere Terry Alderman from my Cricket Captain playthrough; he plays 9 for Ed. This does make him very reliant on getting batsmen.
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Disharies
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In Disharies' position, I'd have taken Herbie Collins to open, as he's more natural. I can see wanting the bowling option though, and Collingwood is definitely not a slouch.
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CerealKiller
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A third bailout - Geraint Jones has to bat slightly high at 6, but it's better than Gary Kirsten keeping. (Hot tip to Aravind, who's now the last guy keeperless)
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Neo 7
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George Thompson, who I have no idea the cricket quality of, at 7.
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Ahmed
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Karim Janat is a slightly different #7.
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Aislabie
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While this list is international crud (the guy with the most pedigree is known only for breaking his finger in the 1992 World Cup), Steve James was a good county opener, which is what he'll do for Aislabie.
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I've just edited this photo in because you somehow decided to include a picture of Marcus Trescothick playing for Somerset. This seemed more appropriate
- Aislabie


Pillowprocter
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Doug (Not The Rug) at 10 fills a need - but could Nathan Bracken have filled it just as well?
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