Choose wisely! (A RNG Draft)

[Till Valhalla]

Surprised nobody went for him

Hey!!

 

[Viper.]

Lmfao I can’t believe that happened

 

[ddrap14]

@icyman

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[ddrap14]

Round 11
@ddrap14 - Romesh Kaluwitharana
@Aislabie - Aravinda de Silva
@Aravind. - Manoj Prabhakar
@pillowprocter - Sanath Jayasuriya
@Paranoid Kendroid - Aravinda de Silva
@icyman - Hansie Cronje
@Till Valhalla - Manoj Prabhakar
@Perfect Square - Muttiah Muralitharan
@ahmedleo414 - Romesh Kaluwitharana
@Supreme General - Hansie Cronje
@Viper. - Chaminda Vaas
@Neptune - Aravinda de Silva
@mohsin7827 - Fanie de Villiers

A stacked round, but we get a few people who got their own player - to their absolute benefit; Procter gets Jayasuriya, Perfect Square gets Murali (yes, Murali), Viper gets Vaas and Mohsin gets Fanie de Villiers.

@ddrap14 - Pat Symcox

Well, at least I don't have to bowl Gary Ballance. No wicketkeeper, though, and the next player would have been better...

@Aislabie - Michael Bevan

Well, that's probably best case scenario with Murali gone

@Aravind. - Kumar Dharmasena

Not quite the same calibre of player as some others here, but it's exactly what Aravind needed

@Paranoid Kendroid - Darren Gough

A solid pickup here, although not Aravinda

@icyman - Manoj Prabhakar

Aravind and TV must be jealous. That said, not the perfect pickup for Icy by any means

@Till Valhalla - Peter Hartley

UNIBROW. Also, a good fit for TV's team, but is it a bowling lineup of champions?

@ahmedleo414 - Allan Donald

That's a long tail, but it's by far worth it. I'm shocked nobody went for him in the first place.

@Supreme General - James Boiling

Well, that's just a terrible pull. Sorry dude

@Neptune - David Byas

Not terrible for team fit, but one number away: Michael Vaughan...

Team reviews tonight

 

[Till Valhalla]

Team reviews tonight

Why you bother? I got the best team.

 

[Perfect Square]

I knew there would be a chance that none would go for Murli

 

[ddrap14]

Team Reviews

@ahmedleo414
Allan Donald will make most of our top orders two down in no time at all.
Unfortunately, he also makes your tail ridiculously long and gives you no keeper.
That said, Stuart Law isn't a bad option to have as your best bat...

@Aislabie
You have depth in batting and bowling; Bevan and Stephenson are obviously elite while Taylor and Singh Mann are solid role players (Zaidi, I've assumed, would move up top to allow Taylor and Stephenson to play more natural roles)
The biggest issue I have is the bowling; beyond Stephenson there's no real guns.
There aren't any passengers; Wells and Love are great bats, Humpage is elite with the gloves, and the other eight can bowl.

@Aravind.
Probably the best top seven in the draft, well done
It comes at the expense of some bowling, where I wouldn't want Nathan Dumelow having to bowl 10.
With that said, I do like the variety in the bowling lineup - especially as you have a good death bowler, a rarity in this draft.

@ddrap14
Asad Shafiq stands out for me; he always stood up when we played Pakistan and the bigger names didn't.
The fact that he stands out is because my team is easily the worst here
I had fun at least

@icyman
This is probably the deepest and best bowling attack here, and because you have McMillan, ten Doeschate and Prabhakar, it doesn't completely tank your batting...
... with that said you're still clearly a man short in that department.
Michael di Venuto's definitely the key; your team's game plan looks like letting him bat long and using the ARs to attack around him

@mohsin7827
You got Sobers.
Your team also got absolutely out of hand at the end, a run of wicketkeepers in the RNG meant that you have five bowling options, three of which aren't specialist by any means.
I could see this team playing Pilling as a specialist fielder which perhaps improves the team balance - open with Shastri or Iqbal instead

@Neptune
The biggest tick anyone can get here is producing an actually normal looking team. Well done.
Aside from Saaed Ajmal though, it's completely devoid of star power.
This is a bowling lineup that's going to be more than the sum of its parts.

@Paranoid Kendroid
Bowling. You can fill all 50 overs with regular internationals.
Batting. Jason Holder is at four.
Dennis Amiss was the best ODI batsman in the early days (him or Glenn Turner). Underrated pickup of the draft.

@Perfect Square
You have Murali and you didn't give up your batting to get him.
You're pace stocks are Neil Johnson and Luke Wright, so better get to Mohali
It's just well balanced all around.

@pillowprocter
Sanath Jayasuriya and Josh Davey is a really solid opening partnership with bowling upside.
The bowling is deep but mediocre. Cynics would say that a proper #3 would be better than Hughes or Shaw.
James Foster is one of the better keeping options, consdiering several teams don't have one at all he's a real plus point

@Supreme General
Legendary top six, almost all of them are memes or (Coetzer) genuinely really good
I don't even need to really tell you here. Seven spinners and an utterly huge tail.
With that said, this team tears it up in a dustbowl.

@Till Valhalla
The top four is very solid.
The attack is not, in fact, the best team. Not much depth, and not the overall quality either (and please don't come at me about Samantray - I mean the very ordinary Brits)
I've technically already mentioned him, but everyone forgets Matt Maynard. He's really, really good.

@Viper.
It's a very, very strong top five bowlers. Not much depth, but only you and Kendroid have five genuinely international level options.
You're probably an option short with both bat and ball. (Although van Schoor has value with the gloves, which offsets that a little)
The batting, while weaker than the bowling, is still great too. Kamran, for as much hate as he gets, doesn't have to keep here which improves his value a lot.

 

[icyman]

Agree with the analysis there. My bowling attack is pretty strong. But could have done with a couple of good batsmen There's always a next time though!

 

[ddrap14]

And finally, my power ranking!

#13: @Supreme General - Sorry buddy, but it's basically a nine man team with you getting Boiling and Poysden plus that many other spinners. It's a very decent team if they become a batsman and a quick.
#12: @ddrap14 - All 11 of my players have a role, at least. Most of those aren't very good at their roles though.
#11: @ahmedleo414 - I think the next 11 teams are a level above me and Supreme, but Ahmed's is mainly there because of Stuart Law and Allan Donald only. Plus that tail.
#10: @pillowprocter - The level of this team is generally above Ahmed's but without the star power of everyone else. Sanath Jayasuriya is the clear best player, but not much else to really elevate it.
#9: @Till Valhalla - Davies/Jamshed/Maynard/Ryder should score buckets, but they'll also leak like one with that attack.
#8: @Paranoid Kendroid - The inverse; as deep as the bowling is, I don't see who would score the runs for them to defend if Amiss has an off day.
#7: @Aislabie - Your all-rounders are superb, but my worry is the bowling. What happens when Bevan, Stephenson and Jadeja are bowled out?
#6: @icyman - It's a very good attack, but again I have my doubts about the batting, and there's a few better attacks out there.
#5: @Perfect Square - This team generally has a pretty good level, especially at the batting, but not having a single full-time quick is a bit of a death knell for being the absolute best.
#4: @mohsin7827 - They will bat other teams into the ground, but to take wickets, they're strongly relying on four bowlers not having an off-day and Moneeb Iqbal not doing badly.
#3: @Neptune - The only true world class player here being Saeed Ajmal was what put paid to a chance at #1, but this is the most well balanced team here, and only the actual winner is competition.
#2: @Viper. - It's just that one batsman short compared to Aravind that I think makes the difference here unfortunately. But it's an even game with your lethal bowling quintet.
#1: @Aravind. - The batting here only falls short of Team Sobers, and I think the 10 overs bowled by Dumelow will be made up for by that depth with the stick.

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[Aravind.]

Thanks for the analysis and ranking in addition to another great draft conducted by you.

 

[Till Valhalla]

Thanks

 

[Perfect Square]

Nicely done

 

[pillowprocter]

another great draft, and huge props to you for the effort put into this post draft analysis

 

[mohsin7827]

I knew there would be a chance that none would go for Murli

I was trying to get the fast bowler from last 4 rounds going with this logic with no success

Thanks @ddrap14 for wonderful draft

 

[Supreme General]

Can we play every match at Multan?