Pane2ar Draft: Return of the Rabbits

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip #11: Scott Kuggeleijn


Nominated by: @Supreme General
Received by: @ddrap14

One of the better cricketers knocking about in this draft, but probably the worst human being. None of us wanted him, but Random.org had to choose one of us.

Ddrap's XI so far:
Scott Kuggeleijn
Tinu Yohannan

 

[ddrap14]

how to change someone else's rng order remotely
edit: i posted this after yohannan and yeah it aged poorly before it even properly sent

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #12: Roland Pope

Nominated by: @ddrap14
Received by: @Aravind.

Roland Pope's 20 first-class matches as a specialist batter with no 50-plus scores is a genuinely impressive record. Not in a good way, but impressive all the same.

Aravind's XI so far:
Roland Pope
Trevor McMahon

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #13: Vikram Rathour

Nominated by: @Aravind.
Received by: @Yash.

33 centuries and a first-class record of very nearly 50 show that Rathour is one of the better picks available, but it has to be a worry that he might go into batting coach mode and make all your other players even worse.

Yash's XI so far:
Vikram Rathour

 

[ddrap14]

Unlucky Dip Player #13: Vikram Rathour
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Nominated by: @Aravind.
Received by: @Yash.

33 centuries and a first-class record of very nearly 50 show that Rathour is one of the better picks available, but it has to be a worry that he might go into batting coach mode and make all your other players even worse.

Yash's XI so far:
Vikram Rathour

i can think of at least one player I'd rathour have him compared to

 

[Till Valhalla]

Unlucky Dip Player #9: Imran Khan

Nominated by: @Paranoid Kendroid
Received by: @Till Valhalla

This is the first of the gambled picks that didn't quite pay off: one of the greatest cricketers of all time, but only Kendroid rolled the dice, so this time he's the unlucky one.

Till Valhalla's XI so far:
Imran Khan
Fionn Hand

Thanks @Paranoid Kendroid

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Pick #14: Richard Blakey

Nominated by: @Supreme General
Received by: @Till Valhalla

The Yorkshire wicket-keeper batter and noted author of Taking It From Behind, Richard Blakey's Test career lasted for two disastrous Tests in India - but he was a better player than those Tests showed.

Till Valhalla's XI
Imran Khan
Richard Blakey
Fionn Hand

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #15: Ricardo Powell

Nominated by: @ahmedleo414
Received by: @Yash.

A Twenty20 player before Twenty20 was invented, and a Test player against everybody's better judgement, Ricardo Powell will certainly make any team he's a part of more explosive. Less consistent, but more explosive.

Yash's XI so far:
Vikram Rathour
Ricardo Powell

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #16: Rajagopalan Shyamsunder

Nominated by: @mohsin7827 (using the Rob Key Selection Bonus)
Received by: @Aislabie

This is a genuinely evil use of the Rob Key Bonus, and I don't appreciate it at all (that's a lie, I just wish he wasn't on my team)

Aislabie's XI so far:
8. Rajagopalan Shyamsunder
10. Charles Coventry

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #17: Charles Coventry

Nominated by: @Aislabie
Received by: @mohsin7827

Coventry was Zimbabwe's answer to Mohammad Ashraful: a player with virtually bottomless talent capable of taking apart any bowlers in the world, but also incapable of averaging over 25.

Mohsin's XI so far:
Charles Coventry
Baqa Jilani

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #18: Karim Janat

Nominated by: @Perfect Square
Received by: @ahmedleo414

Karim Janat is a really good player in a David Capel sort of way. Early signs are that his bowling is completely ineffective at Test level, but his batting definitely has a bit of something about it. Of course it doesn't hurt that he's Asghar Salamkheil Stanikzai Afghan's little brother either.

Ahmedleo's XI so far:
Karim Janat

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #19: Tapash Baisya

Nominated by: @Till Valhalla
Received by: @CerealKiller

The GOAT. The one player in this draft who I really really wanted, even more than Imran Khan. I'm very jealous.

Cerealkiller's XI so far:
Tapash Baisya

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #20: Shadab Khan

Nominated by: @CerealKiller
Received by: @Aislabie

Shadab has been genuinely fine at Test level, although it's unlikely that we'll ever really see the best of him in red ball cricket given that he is so in demand as a T20 all-rounder. Best player in my team by far at this point.

Aislabie's XI so far:
7. Shadab Khan
8. Rajagopalan Shyamsunder
10. Charles Coventry

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip #21: Scott Borthwick

Nominated by: @ddrap14
Received by: @Supreme General

I think this is a pretty good pull: a solid county pro who played one Test by accident and in the wrong role, Borthwick is at worst a handy utility player to get in the side.

Supreme General's XI so far:
Scott Borthwick
Robert Stewart

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #22: Flooi du Toit

Nominated by: @Paranoid Kendroid
Received by: @ddrap14

Another of the thoroughly anonymous class of 1892, Flooi du Toit's one brush with first-class cricket was his only Test match, in which he did at least pick up a wicket with his left-arm dobblers.

Ddrap's XI so far:
Scott Kuggeleijn
Tinu Yohannan
Flooi du Toit