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I suspect he was everyone's top pick! Also, a very interesting approach to have McMaster as a new ball watchman. It'll pay off if we end up running this with Cricket Captain

No problem; just figured it was better safe than sorry

Just to reiterate, @CerealKiller you have first pick

Hats off to India for creating a Test match out of nowhere

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On the bright side, there is an upside to having the worst team in the Unlucky Dip: you will get first dibs in the Recovery Draft: Recovery Draft Order @CerealKiller @Paranoid Kendroid @Aislabie @Aravind. @Perfect Square @ahmedleo414 @Supreme General @ddrap14 @mohsin7827 @Neptune...

So, we now have all thirteen of our unlucky dips! I will have now go through what everyone's teams look like so far, from best to worst. Teams have been seeded using my own proprietary super scientific method. Seed 1: @Yash. :ind: :bat: Vikram Rathour :saf: :ar: Jacques Kallis :wi: :bat...

Unlucky Dip Player #78: :nzf: :bat: Blair Hartland Nominated by: RESERVE PLAYER Received by: @icyman The prototypical 1990s Kiwi opener, Blair Hartland wasn't a great player but he would absolutely do anything the team asked of him. Ultimately he did get dropped though as his scores just...

Unlucky Dip Player #77: :eng: :ar: Chris Cowdrey Nominated by: RESERVE PLAYER Received by: @Perfect Square Chris Cowdrey would never have captained England had he not been Chris Cowdrey, but I've never captained England so who the hell am I to judge? Perfect Square's XI so far: :ind: :bat...

Unlucky Dip Player #76: :pak: :bwl: Niaz Ahmed Nominated by: RESERVE PLAYER Received by: @CerealKiller Niaz Ahmed found himself playing in the Pakistan team not because he was dominant in domestic cricket, but because there was a genuine fear that if a player from East Pakistan was not...

Unlucky Dip Player #75: :wi: :ar: Oscar da Costa Nominated by: RESERVE PLAYER Received by: @icyman Oscar da Costa was a swashbuckling strokeplayer before he died far too young. He would have thrived in the Twenty20 era that we now enjoy. Icyman's XI so far: :wi: :ar: Garry Sobers :wi: :ar...

Unlucky Dip Player #74: :ban: :wk: Mohammad Salim Nominated by: RESERVE PLAYER Received by: @icyman Finally, after a long old time, Icyman receives his fourth of six players. Normally, a keeper like Salim would be a really good pick, but much like Aravind, Icyman already has one and thus...

Unlucky Dip Player #73: :zim: :bat: Glen Bruk-Jackson Nominated by: RESERVE PLAYER Received by: @Perfect Square For one season in his career, Glen Bruk-Jackson captured lightning in a bottle to such an extent that it propelled him into the Zimbabwean Test team. For the rest of his career, he...

Unlucky Dip Player #72: :saf: :bwl: Tshepo Moreki Nominated by: @Yash. Received by: @Perfect Square Tshepo Moreki made his Test debut in one of the weirdest recent Test series, when South Africa sent out a squad of people who couldn't wangle SA20 contracts to go out and take on New Zealand...

Unlucky Dip Player #71: :zim: :bat: Kevin Kasuza Nominated by: @icyman Received by: @CerealKiller A fighting opening batter, Kevin Kasuza overcame two concussions and his own limitations to become a fixture at the top of the Zimbabwean order in Test cricket. It's not always pretty, but he...

Unlucky Dip Player #70: :ban: :bat: Akram Khan Nominated by: @Supreme General Received by: @ahmedleo414 Akram Khan was a hero in the early days of Bangladeshi cricket: his numbers aren't much to look at, but his legacy is massive. Ahmedleo's XI so far: :nzf: :ar: Sonny Moloney :ban: :bat...

Unlucky Dip Player #69: :nzf: :ar: Sonny Moloney Nominated by: @Supreme General Received by: @ahmedleo414 An excellent cricketer for Wellington, Canterbury, Otago and New Zealand, Sonny Moloney died at the horribly young age of 32 while a prisoner of war in 1943. What a waste of life...

Unlucky Dip Player #68: :saf: :bat: Percy Twentyman-Jones Nominated by: @ahmedleo414 Received by: @Aislabie Percy Twentyman-Jones' name was far better than his batting. But it's possible that cricket wasn't even his best or second-best sport: he was also a football international and an...

Unlucky Dip Player #67: :ban: :bwl: Rubel Hossain Nominated by: @Perfect Square Received by: @Paranoid Kendroid Rubel was just an awful red ball bowler, but he was the fastest in Bangladesh. And pace is pace, yaar. Yaar? (Good one-day bowler though) Kendroid's XI so far: :wi: :bat: Jeremy...

Unlucky Dip Player #66: :ind: :ar: Aashish Kapoor Nominated by: @Aravind. Received by: @Yash. Aashish Kapoor was a top-quality stock bowler and a plucky batter: the sort of player who would have played 40 Tests for England with a bowling average of 43, but appeared only four times for India...