A T20 draft...cricket_icon & swacker's picks

[Fenil]

Have some very good players in the mind and since I've got just 1 person remaining to pick before me, I hope I'd be able to get the man I'm looking for out of my preferred lot of players.

 

[Gaurav_7]

http://www.planetcricket.org/forums...-cricket_icons-pick-81094-12.html#post2370380

Andre Russell writeup

 

[cricket_icon]

1. Imran Nazir
2. Craig Kieswetter WK
3. Darren Bravo
4.
5.
6.
7. Scott Styris
8.
9. Saeed Ajmal
10.
11. Umar Gul

my two picks for West Indies and New Zealand. Should have a couple write ups down in a bit.

 

[sifter132]

I like him.....One of the kiwis player i like most....my fav kiwi batsman is McCullum but he has taken so i 'm picking Taylor...he is a great T20 Batsman infact he is a good captain

Thanks for adding something more personal Andrin - you're on the right track Ross Taylor is a good pick - agree. Actually you have quite a few batters there now...I see lots of bowlers, keepers and all-rounders in your future


My West Indies pick coming in a bit...I'm very happy. Was hoping to just get a Windies bowler who wasn't too embarrassing, but instead I've got a proven strike bowler.

 

[sifter132]

Jerome Taylor

Format | Matches | Wickets | Average | Economy | Strikerate | BB T20I | 17 | 23 | 20.56 | 7.88 | 15.6 | 3/6 T20 | 37 | 51 | 19.58 | 7.55 | 15.5 | 5/10

Debuted in international cricket way back in 2003 (only 18), eventually becoming the leader of the Windies attack and showing great promise. But now he's had a falling out with the West Indies board, apparently over his injury recovery schedule, and hasn't played for WI in over 2 years now. A tragedy for such a talented guy who is now at 28, the point where he should be reaching his peak, not sitting on the sidelines

So why did I pick him?? Raw wicket taking ability. With 2 of the most economical spinners in T20 history in my team already, I was looking for a fast bowler to prey on batsmen who are looking to attack and raise the run rate. Taylor can do that. Looking at the records of all the Windies quicks: Roach, Rampaul, Sammy, Edwards, Best, Russell etc. I found Taylor has the lowest strike rate. He also has more T20I wickets than all except Sammy (and no cheap ones vs minnow international sides), to prove that he can take wickets of international quality players, not just padding his T20 career with wickets from the Caribbean domestic tournaments. His economy rate isn't particularly good, but he's not in the team for economy Others will do that job.

Has all the raw skills you want from a T20 bowler. He's fast, getting the ball up over 145kph; he has a couple of different slower balls to mix up his pace; and he knows how to bowl at the death.

Something I didn't know...Taylor has a Test century to his name! 106 vs New Zealand. Useful to have down the order.


1 Chris Gayle (vc)
2 Marcus Trescothick
3
4
5 Umar Akmal (wk)
6
7 Daniel Vettori (c)
8
9 Jerome Taylor
10 Ajantha Mendis
11

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Have also just updated the first post of the thread with the teams everyone has picked thus far just as an easy reference to see how the XIs are shaping up thus far. About half of us have batting orders. If you haven't made one yet, can do it next time you post.

 

[Bevab]

Nathan McCullum

The older sibling of Brendon will be my pick this round. I need a spinner and this guy fits my bill perfectly. The best thing about McCullum is that he's a hard-working, 'for the team' type of player. His passion for T20's is also quite high like his brother. Nathan is a good fielder, an explosive lower order all-rounder and a tidy spinner to start with. He does not have much mystery and variation to his bowling but he still has a good wicket-taking record and economy to his name.


Nathan's a better batsman than Vettori is in T20's, although the latter is better in bowling than the former. He still is a good spinner to have, is a good wicket taker and is also an economical bowler like I pointed out previously. His positive attitude should also work wonders. A strike-rate of 131.59 in 73 innings is not bad, and certainly he can thrash the ball late in the innings if wanted to.


His perseverance is also worth noting, for he switched to cricket from football despite being a talented footballer according to his own words. He still persisted with playing cricket and worked part-time to earn money. His perseverance maybe has finally paid off, for he's now a regular option for New Zealand in T20's and ODI's.


So it shall be McCullum who'll be my pick in this round.



Hayden
?
Misbah
?
J. Taylor
?
N. McCullum
Cooper
Malinga
?
?

 

[Fenil]

I'll grab the best NZ pacer post Sir Richard Hadlee, Shane Bond.

 

[Fenil]

Shane Bond

Format | Matches | Wickets | Average | Economy | Strikerate | BB T20I | 20 | 25 | 21.72 | 7.00 | 18.6 | 3/18 T20 | 40 | 51 | 21.74 | 7.08 | 18.4 | 4/19

By far the best New Zealand bowler the game has seen post Sir Richard Hadlee era. The former police offer and current NZ bowling coach is a kind of a bowler who can win the game for his team on singlehandedly. A class bowler had everything; control, express pace, swing, bounce, lethal yorker. However, his brittle body was a major reason why he didn't play more matches. Bond also had to be away from international cricket for 2 years after joining the unofficial Indian Cricket League. In the later part of his career, he a developed a Waqar Younisesque banana ball which only made him more lethal. One wish that he would have been able to play more games than he actually did but due to his injury problems that was not to be. One of the best fast bowlers of 21st century, Bond is, on any day, a great asset to have in the team irrespective of the format of the game.​

 

[Bevab]

Good pick. Would've picked him, but I needed a spinner badly.

 

[Fenil]

Good pick. Would've picked him, but I needed a spinner badly.

I wanted to get my hands on him and thats why I picked Bishoo, who is a good spinner, than grabbing someone like Taylor. Two guys I'm very impressed with but haven't got many matches under their belt -- Bishoo and Bond.

 

[Gaurav_7]

Tim Southee | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

I pick Tim Southee. There were many many players that I could have gone with but, I think Southee is alright for me.

David Warner
Andrew Symonds
Azhar Mahmood
Dimitri Mascarenhas
Andre Russell
Tim Southee

 

[cricket_icon]

So here is my Darren Bravo right up:

T20I: Matches 5, Runs 102, Average 20.40, SR 107.36, HS 42
T20: Matches 34, Runs 738, Average 29.52, SR 110.14, HS 70, 50s 2

Darren Bravo is still very young in the game, just 5 internationals t20s and 34 domestic games but he has shown promise in the past. His strike rate is where it should be and he has shown his ability in both the ODI and test format to prove he has a range of dashing strokes. There were a few other players on my list but none of them seemed as dynamic and as full of potential as Darren Bravo. He hasn't established himself as well as many other players...not yet but I'm sure he will, especially in a team as varied as mine

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Scott Styris:

Batting
T20I: Matches 31, Runs 578, Average 21.40, SR 119.66, HS 66
T20: Matches 147, Runs 3009, Average 26.16, SR 136.15, HS 106*

Bowling
T20I: Matches 31, Wickets 18, Average 19.38, Econ 6.77
T29: Matches 147, Wickets 100, Average 27.14, Econ 7.48

The stats simply prove that Styris is one of the finest allrounders in t20, his performances show he is one of the best batting allrounders in the county game. His recent performances in the FLT20 were exceptional, especially his century off 37 balls. There's still fight left in the old dog

 

[sifter132]

^Thanks for those, I'll update the first post with the correct links Like Styris pick in particular, he's been a versatile guy for NZ or whichever franchise/county has taken him.

Have also listed all the teams thus far in the first post as well, so you can see them all in one place.

 

[cricket_icon]

Cheers!

Now I'm worried about the Australian round, not many t20 players I would rate.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

I'm doing exactly the same thing I did in the generational draft and forgetting to pick batsmen again.