Draft: All-Time ODI Scrubs XI

[Till Valhalla]

Justin Langer
Dean Elgar
Sanju Samson
Subramaniam Badrinath
Liam Livingstone
Axar Patel
Jayant Yadav
Jofra Archer
Adam Milne


@Aislabie

 

[ahmedleo414]

@Aislabie missed his time @Ed Smith is next

 

[Aislabie]

Mal Loye

142 runs @ 20.28 (SR: 77.17, best 45) in 7 matches

The ever-confident Mal Loye had a real sliding doors moment when he was left out of what was to be his debut Test in 1998; at the peak of his powers, he could have been revelatory for England in all formats (or not). Instead, he was called for a decade later as an explosive one-day opener. He was a bit of a one-trick pony but what a shot: a premeditated slog-sweep that he never missed no matter the bowler. The downside was that he became a bit obsessed with it, at the expense of other scoring options.

1. Prithvi Shaw (6 caps)
2. Jimmy Cook (4 caps)
3. Mal Loye (7 caps)
4. Clive Rice (3 caps)
5.
6.
7. Paul Nixon (19 caps)
8. Keshav Maharaj (15 caps)
9. Sylvester Clarke (10 caps)
10. Sajeewa de Silva (38 caps)
11. Dirk Nannes (1 cap)
(100 caps )

@Ed Smith

 

[ahmedleo414]

@Ed Smith missed his time @VC the slogger is next

 

[VC the slogger]

A man regarded in every part of the world as the best keeper of his generation during his career, except perhaps for his part of the world where the selectors picked a wide range of keepers ranging from Geraint Jones to Marcus Trescothick for their superior batting ability at the expense of skill behind the stumps, James Foster can consider himself quite hard done by. And yet, he still finished his career with better batting figures in both first-class (13761 runs at 36.69, 23 centuries) and List-A cricket (3357 runs at 28.44) than the supposedly superior batter in Jones (9087 runs at 32.45, 15 centuries in FCs; 3679 runs at 25.72 in List-As). The only redemption he gained after being cast aside in late 2002 in favor of first the legendary Alec Stewart, then Chris Read and then rather shambolically Trescothick was in 2009, when he was recalled to England's home World T20 squad and impressed with his skills behind the stumps. But disappointing results on the field including an embarrassing loss to the Netherlands on opening day meant he was arguably made a scapegoat and was never again able to force his way back into the team, even though he had transformed himself into one of the most destructive lower-order batsmen at county level with a strike rate of 140 plus in T20 cricket and recorded an instance of him once nearly smashing a hapless Scott Borthwick for six sixes in an over in a Pro-40 match during a brutal 38-ball 83, but for the latter to quite unsportingly bowl a huge legside wide to deny him the record. With Craig Kieswetter first, and then the likes of Jos Buttler emerging in ODI cricket, and Matt Prior establishing himself as Test cricket's No 1 wicket-keeper for a while, the door was all but shut on Foster as far as international cricket was concerned.


VC's XI

1. Mayank Agarwal (5 caps)
2.
3. Cheteshwar Pujara (5 caps)
4.
5. Garry Sobers (1 cap)
6. David Wiese (6 caps)
7. James Foster (11 caps)
8. Steve Elworthy (39 caps)
9. Garth McKenzie (1 cap)
10 Kenny Benjamin (26 caps)
11. Brett Schultz (1 cap)

Total caps: 95/100


@ahmedleo414

 

[ahmedleo414]

Since I have double picks I will go with:

Nitish Kumar

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A bit of his bio from cricinfo:

"A useful allrounder, Nitish Kumar played in all but one of Canada's eight matches at the 2010 Under-19 World Cup Qualifiers. He is also the youngest player to debut for Canada in a first-class match when he played in an ICC Intercontinental Cup fixture against Kenya in August 2009, and then subsequently became the second youngest ODI player in February 2010 at the age of 15 years 273 days - only eclipsed by Pakistan's Hasan Raza in 1996."

Matthew Maynard

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A bit of his bio from circinfo:

"Matthew Maynard burst onto the county scene at Swansea in 1985 scoring an amazing century on his first-class debut. Born in Lancashire, Maynard was brought up in North Wales, and after a short spell on Kent's staff, he joined Glamorgan in 1985, and ever since he has thrilled the county's supporters with his dashing strokeplay, and he has set a host of batting records, the most recent being the county's record century-maker in 2004. Back in 1986, he became the youngest-ever Glamorgan player to score 1000 runs, and in 1988, further displays of such uninhibited batting drew the attention of England's selectors as he made his Test debut against West Indies at The Oval. Maynard got a further taste of international cricket in 1989-90 as he toured South Africa with Mike Gatting's rebel side. Maynard's quick-scoring talents have also been a key feature behind Glamorgan's success in one-day cricket in the 1990's, and in particular the Sunday League title in 1993. During that summer, Maynard also hit a century before lunch against the Australians at Neath, and was recalled to the England side for two Tests in the Ashes series."

1. Ashok Mankad (1 cap)
2. / Sami Aslam (4 caps)
3. Nitish Kumar (16 caps)
4. Haider Ali (2 caps)
5. Matthew Maynard (14 caps)
6. Vijay Shankar (12 caps)
7. ?
8. Anwar Ali (22 caps)
9. Kyle Jamieson (5 caps)
10. Mohammad Asif (38 caps)
11. Lance Gibbs (3 caps)

(117/100 caps used )

@VC the slogger you're next

 

[VC the slogger]

In the 11 ODIs that he played, Martin van Jaarsveld showed only glimpses of his true potential that was on full display at South African domestic level and on the county scene where he became a stalwart for Kent after signing on as a Kolpak player in 2005. This ended all hopes of an international recall, despite him piling on the runs well into his mid-late thirties with 18090 at 44.55 with 52 centuries in first-class cricket, and a further 9557 runs at 40.66 with 17 centuries in List-As. He was also among the very few players in history to aggregate more than 1000 runs in a season in South Africa, a country where it is notoriously difficult to do so with only the great Barry Richards, Zander de Bruyn, Rilee Rossouw, Dean Elgar, Stephen Cook and Heino Kuhn having done so till date, with 1268 runs at 74.58 in 2001/02 which finally saw the South African selectors take notice of his talent. Jaarsveld can also be considered one of T20 cricket's early stalwarts, with 2785 runs at 26.27 whilst striking his runs at almost 132 runs per 100 balls which was a pretty impressive strike rate during the early days of the format in the 2000s. And when required, he was a pretty capable part-time spin option as well with 97 wickets at 37.42 across all formats.


VC's XI

1. Mayank Agarwal (5 caps)
2.
3. Cheteshwar Pujara (5 caps)
4. Martin van Jaarsveld (11 caps)
5. Garry Sobers (1 cap)
6. David Wiese (6 caps)
7. James Foster (11 caps)
8. Steve Elworthy (39 caps)
9. Garth McKenzie (1 cap)
10 Kenny Benjamin (26 caps)
11. Brett Schultz (1 cap)

Total caps: 106/100


@Ed Smith

 

[ahmedleo414]

@Ed Smith missed his time @Aislabie is next

 

[Ed Smith]

Shannon Gabriel

 

[ahmedleo414]

@Aislabie has just under an hour to make his pick, next @Till Valhalla is next

 

[Aislabie]

Tested positive today, so not in the best headspace.

I'm going to go with Afif Hossain even though he's probably not the best option

@Till Valhalla

 

[Till Valhalla]

Justin Langer
Dean Elgar
Sanju Samson
Subramaniam Badrinath
Liam Livingstone
Sourabh Tiwary
Axar Patel
Jayant Yadav
Jofra Archer
Adam Milne
@ddrap14

 

[ahmedleo414]

Tested positive today, so not in the best headspace.

Shit, hope you get better soon

 

[ddrap14]

Shit, hope you get better soon

All of us both.

I need a pace bowler. Eldine Baptiste is a decent pace bowler. Welcome to the team
1. Bill Lawry
2. Josh Philippe
3. Jamie Siddons
4. Ben McDermott
6. Washington Sundar
7. Kiran More
8. Chamika Karunarante
9. John Bracewell
10. Eldine Baptiste
11. Fred Titmus

@ahmedleo414 I think

 

[ahmedleo414]

Actually @ddrap14 you had double picks