Draft: Budget Draft: Bargain Hunt

[Till Valhalla]

Gurbaaz
@Aravind.

 

[Aravind.]

Zaheer Khan for 18 points.

1.
2.
Ricky Ponting
4.
5.
6.
7.Ian Healy
8.Javed Akhtar
9.Zaheer Khan
10.Pankaj Singh
11.

@Yash.
If Yash is late, then @Aislabie

 

[icyman]

Zaheer Khan for 18 points.

1.
2.
Ricky Ponting
4.
5.
6.
7.Ian Healy
8.Javed Akhtar
9.Zaheer Khan
10.Pankaj Singh
11.

@Yash.
If Yash is late, then @Aislabie

KXIP XI with Ponting appointed as captain/coach in his playing era!

 

[Aravind.]

KXIP XI with Ponting appointed as captain/coach in his playing era!

Not a bad team, all of them had done well in Test or FC cricket, agreed little bit bowling heavy at the moment, but at the end of the draft, I guess we'll be good.

 

[Aislabie]

Go ahead please. I'll post when I have the time

I'm going to take this advice and go ahead with my next pick.

Ashley Giles (10 points)
143 wickets @ 40.60 (5 5WI, best 5/57) and 1,421 runs @ 20.89 (best 59) in 54 Test matches
539 wickets @ 29.60 (26 5WI, best 8/90) and 5,346 runs @ 26.33 (3 centuries, best 128*) in 178 first-class matches

Ashley Giles was never the sort of players who got punters through the gates to watch the cricket, but he was absolutely invaluable to the England side as a role player for half a decade until a chronic hip injury ended his career while he was still in his early 30s. His role was that of a holding finger-spinner who bowled mostly at the top order, and a number eight batter who would rotate the strike to get the set batter back on strike, and he did both jobs well. Neither was particularly glamorous, but the fact that he played 54 Tests in this dual role shows how important the England team considered him to be.

Aislabie's XI so far:
1. KC Ibrahim (1)
2.
3. Don Bradman (50)
4.
5.
6.
7. Godfrey Evans (0)
8. Ashley Giles (10)
9. Mohammad Sami (0)
10.
11.
39 points remaining

@Paranoid Kendroid is next, and @Yash. has a couple of late picks when he is ready to make them.

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

Dodger Whysall (9)
Adam Gilchrist (27)
Karn Sharma (0)
Dale Steyn (28)
Lonwabo Tsotsobe (1)

Remaining = 35 points

@CerealKiller

 

[blockerdave]

@CerealKiller is late @Neptune has a double pick

 

[ddrap14]

Disclaimer: this isn't serious

 

[Neptune]

Going to be a while for my next pick so I better make these count

Firstly Johnny Tyldesley (10) who was rated as one of England's best ever by whoever did watch him. His 37k FC runs definitely back that up, and he'll open the batting right now although that really could change based on further picks.

My other pick is Derek Shackleton (8) who was very unlucky to play for an era where England had so many excellent pacers, but his FC record is genuinely incredible too.

1.
2. Johnny Tyldesley
3. Subramaniam Badrinath
4. Clem Hill
5.
6. Mike Brearley
7.
8.
9. Derek Shackleton
10. Prasidh Krishna
11.

(40/100)

@Paranoid Kendroid

 

[Perfect Square]

1.
2.
3.
4. Grant Flower (9)
5. Fawad Alam (18)
6. MS Dhoni (18)
7.
8. Pat Cummins (28)
9. Noman Ali (23)
10.
11.

Total - 96 Points

Have to order this now so I don't lose the shape of my team.

 

[Aislabie]

Derek Shackleton

What a pick this is, fantastic bargain hunting

 

[blockerdave]

@Paranoid Kendroid is late, @Aislabie is up

 

[Aislabie]

Brett Lee (20 points)
310 wickets @ 30.84 (10 5WI, best 5/30) and 1,451 runs @ 20.15 (best 64) in 76 Test matches
487 wickets @ 28.22 (20 5WI, best 7/114) and 2,12] runs @ 26.33 (best 97) in 116 first-class matches

My next pick is one of the fastest bowlers of all time: Brett Lee. In a draft where so msny of our players have struggled to step up to Test level, I've sought to exploit the biggest difference once you get there: eight overs of Lee bowling 95+ and Sami bowling 90+ will be a horrible way for most of your teams to try and start their batting efforts.

Aislabie's XI so far:
1. KC Ibrahim (1)
2.
3. Don Bradman (50)
4.
5.
6.
7. Godfrey Evans (0)
8. Ashley Giles (10)
9. Brett Lee (20)
10. Mohammad Sami (0)
11.
19 points remaining

@Aravind. can go as I think @Yash. is still busy

 

[Yash.]

I'll get to it by tonight.

 

[Aravind.]

Travis Head for 21 points

1.
2.
Ricky Ponting
Travis Head
5.
6.
Ian Healy
Javed Akhtar
Zaheer Khan
Pankaj Singh
11.

@Till Valhalla