All Time ODI Cricket Draft <---Shravis uppp

[Num]

My pick is Alec Stewart.

XI:

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Graeme Smith
3. Brian Lara
4. Zaheer Abbas
5. Greg Chappell (c)
6. Chris Cairns
7. Alec Stewart (wk)
8. Abdul Qadir
9. Michael Holding
10. Craig McDermott
11. Shane Bond

 

[drainpipe32]

Making my pick now.

Courtney Walsh

Brilliant to watch, in the bit I've seen of him. My mum's favourite player :laugh

Coloured Clothing Knights​

Chris Gayle
Gary Kirsten
Ricky Ponting*
Andrew Symonds^
Steve Waugh^
Yuvraj Singh
Kumar Sangakkara+
Shane Warne^
Wasim Akram^
Curtly Ambrose^
Courtney Walsh^​

 

[Cricketman]

Batting looks pretty weak IMO.

Never said it was a strong batting lineup, but this team specializes in chasing down big scores. Has some of the best finishers the game has ever seen playing the same XI. Explosive batsman at the top in Anwar and KP, Chanders is there to provide stability. Then its the dreamteam combo of Huss and Bevan, Bravo, Boucher, and Pollock.

Only thing it's missing is Klusener and maybe Yuvraj/Dhoni!

 

[sifter132]

^Well the batting better be strong, cause the bowling ain't Nah you've got Hussey, Bevan, Anwar and KP who are all excellent. Pollock is too. Can't say I liked the Bravo pick though -he certainly wouldn't be in any dreamteam of mine.

And good to see you picked Srinath, I would have picked him instead of Zaheer Khan any day in ODIs. Actually that bowling attack reminds of the '03 World Cup final where Ponting took Zaheer, Srinath and Harbhajan down.

 

[Num]

So to clarify, King Pietersen has one pick and StinkyBoHoon has two picks?

I hope we do the Cricsim league/series once all our XIs are completed, although I don't know much about Cricsim.

Any thoughts on my XI?

 

[sifter132]

Yep - very good. One of the best I'd say. To prove it, I'd say your worst players are probably Graeme Smith and Cairns. So that's pretty good.

Apart from Lara and Tendulkar they aren't massive names, but they are all very good performers. I think your team would go particularly well on a sim, since some of them have great stats like Zaheer Abbas, Shane Bond and Michael Holding.

Being picky I don't like Stewart at #7 - the guy was an opener, but he's got to go somewhere I guess.

 

[TumTum]

What exactly is Cricsim and how does it work?

 

[Num]

Final XI:
1 Gordon Greenidge
2 Virender Sehwag
3 Sir Viv Richards (c)
4 Allan Lamb
5 Inzamam-ul-Haq (vc)
6 Lance Klusener
7 Kamran Akmal +
8 Sir Richard Hadlee
9 Brett Lee
10 Anil Kumble
11 Joel Garner

A destructive batting line up and a searing pace attack complemented well by Kumble, who would become even more effective with those pace bowlers bowling from the other end. I'd say you have one of the best line ups as well (honest, not just because you said the same of mine ).

Some would criticize your selection of Akmal as wicketkeeper, but I tend to agree that the criticism he received was a bit unfair. As you mentioned, Akmal's ability to score at a really brisk rate means you have the option of sending him in as a pinch hitter or as the big hitter at the end of an innings, which justifies his spot in my opinion.

Though, to be honest, I still would have picked a better gloveman considering your batting line up, which has a good lower order/tail with Kumble at No.10. I also felt that with your double pick, a better choice may have been to select Greenidge and Haynes as your opening partnership, unless you were looking for an opener who would provide a bowling option as well, in which case Sehwag was a very good choice.

 

[sifter132]

Thanks for the feedback dude. I was certainly considering Haynes, but went for the underrated Greenidge, plus you were quite correct: I was wanting another of my batsmen to be able to bowl after Viv. Mark Waugh was the original plan, but Sehwag fitted nicely too because he brings the aggression and modern play style that Greenidge and Lamb probably don't.

Option B was to pick a keeper who could open like Alec Stewart, but I didn't want to pick Stewart that early as the keeper won't be playing much of a role in my team with all the stars around him.

The picks that I'm a little concerned about were Inzy, Akmal and maybe Allan Lamb. I was heavily considering your man Abbas when I picked Inzy, but I didn't know how my team would turn out at that point so I wanted a more versatile player who could do all the different middle order jobs and let me keep my options open later. Zaheer was basically a #3 specialist. Or I could have gone for Mark Waugh there too, but I thought there was plenty of openers left at that point - turned out I was right as I'm quite happy with Greenidge/Sehwag.
Akmal - yeah I'll get criticised, but he's my last pick, and he's there for a pinch hitting role which I like him for because once he gets going, he's fantastic. Guys like Dravid have kept in ODI cricket, so I've got no problem with Akmal's glovework. Then again I'm not a Pakistani fan Was thinking of picking AB DeVilliers to keep, but didn't really feel comfortable with it.
Lamb was a fine player but perhaps I could have picked someone more athletic in the field like an AB De Villiers or Michael Clarke. I still like Lamb as a better batsman than those 2 though, just thinking about how to round out the team better.
And the other 8 guys, I'm REALLY happy with and in particular that I could find guys to do all the roles I like in a team: Aggressive opener-Sehwag, Finisher-Klusener, pinch hitter/powerplay buster-Akmal, Strike bowler-Lee, solid 6th bowler-Viv, and good tailend batting-Hadlee+Lee.

 

[Harishan]

Sorry for completely throwing in the towel for this guys. There was a loss in my family (Grandfather passed away), who was living in Ranchi so I was there for a few weeks to spend time with my relatives and I was quite close to my Grandfather so yeah it was quite a tough time for me.

Good to see you guys managed to finish off the draft well, and once again I apologise for not giving any indication that I wouldn't be on for a few weeks.

I will definiely give my thoughts on each side soon.

 

[Dare]

Sorry for your loss man. I definitely know the feeling.

 

[Dare]

These are probably the best sides.

Final XI:
1 Gordon Greenidge
2 Virender Sehwag
3 Sir Viv Richards (c)
4 Allan Lamb
5 Inzamam-ul-Haq (vc)
6 Lance Klusener
7 Kamran Akmal +
8 Sir Richard Hadlee
9 Brett Lee
10 Anil Kumble
11 Joel Garner

The only weak link would be Akmal but a WK isnt as important in ODIs as in tests. One thing about him is that 4 of his 5 centuries came batting at #2 but he is more then capable of hitting some quick runs down the order. Viv and Inzi are ODI greats and would make a really good batting pair. One of the best finishers in the game at #6 and a brilliant bowling attack. Hadlee, Lee and Garner would be a terrible sight for the batsman and with Kumble added it doesn't get any easier. Probably the only bowling lineup that comes close to Gazzas.

XI:

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Graeme Smith
3. Brian Lara
4. Zaheer Abbas
5. Greg Chappell (c)
6. Chris Cairns
7. Alec Stewart (wk)
8. Abdul Qadir
9. Michael Holding
10. Craig McDermott
11. Shane Bond

Brilliant 1,2,3 with some really underrated guys after them. For the little ODIs that Chappell and Abbas played they did really well, especially Abbas who was one of the best during his time. Good choice with the keeper too. I am sure that batsman would hate facing Holding and Bond, great pair there.

Chris Gayle
Gary Kirsten
Ricky Ponting*
Andrew Symonds^
Steve Waugh^
Yuvraj Singh
Kumar Sangakkara+
Shane Warne^
Wasim Akram^
Curtly Ambrose^
Courtney Walsh^

Gazza has the best batting IMO, Gayle and Kirsten are great openers the middle order looks really good with the 3 Aussies. I would bat Sanga at #4, move Symonds to #6 and keep Waugh at #5. The bowling is really solid, Curtly and Courtney to keep it tight with Warne and Wasim taking wickets. Best team.

Dare added 6 Minutes and 29 Seconds later...

just to rub it in a bit. Best team ever drafted on these forums

White Eagles

1. Chris Gayle
2. Gary Kirsten
3. Ramnaresh Sarwan
4. Sir Viv Richards *
5. Mark Waugh
6. MS Dhoni +
7. Shaun Pollock
8. Darren Gough
9. Saqlain Mushtaq
10. Waqar Younis
11. Shoaib Akhtar

 

[drainpipe32]

Any third parties willing to do a sim series?

Gazza added 2 Minutes and 36 Seconds later...

1. Saeed Anwar
2. Shiv Chanderpaul
3. Kevin Pietersen
4. Mike Hussey
5. Michael Bevan
6. Dwayne Bravo
7. Mark Boucher (wk)
8. Shaun Pollock*
9. Harbhajan Singh
10. Zaheer Khan
11. Javagal Srinath

Hmm, you could open with Hussey and move Chanderpaul to 4?

 

[age of the fall]

I don't have a lot of cricsim experience but I would be glad to help.

 

[drainpipe32]

You'd just need to do the player ratings, and sim the games.