Another draft!-Test players of the 90s and later - FINISHED!

[AbhishekS]

Round 3 - Pakistan

Danish Kaneria

Debut: On 29th November, 2000 against England at Faisalabad

I was pretty confused between Danish Kaneria and Umar Gul, and finally decided to go with Kaneria. Kaneria is a master of leg spin and possesses great control on bowling googlies. He is a wicket-taker, an aggressive bowler who is always hungry for wickets. His talent reflects in his stats, with over 250 test wickets accompanied by a good average. Although the FC stats don't count here, but I'll still mention how good they are - more than 950 wickets at an average of just above 26.

Kaneria is also the highest wicket-taking spinner for Pakistan.

Stats:

M: 61 | I: 112 | Wickets: 261 | BBI: 7/77 | BBM: 12/94 | Average: 34.79 | ER: 3.07 | SR: 67.8 | 4w: 8 | 5w: 15 | 10: 2​

Round 1: Virender Sehwag
Round 2: Kumar Sangakkara
Round 3 (Pakistan): Danish Kaneria
Round 4 (West Indies): Jimmy Adams
Round 5 (New Zealand):
Round 6 (Bangladesh/Zimbabwe):
Round 7 (England):
Round 8 (India):
Round 9 (South Africa):
Round 10 (Sri Lanka):
Round 11 (Australia):

 

[mohit_dude10]

Mohammad Amir

Debut v Sri Lanka at Galle, Jul 4-7, 2009 - Impressive figures of 6/108 in his debut match.

Mat: 14 | Wkt: 51 | Ave: 29 | BBI: 6/84 | BBM: 7/106 | S/R: 56.2​

Amir broke into the scene as another Pakistani pace bowler with potential to make it big and he did live up to that. He was touted to be the next great Pakistani bowler. He had pace and was able to swing the ball both ways, also bowled the odd yorkers perfectly. He was at his peak during the English tour and also ended up being the Man of the series from Pakistan's side, only to waste it all later on. Nevertheless he was a very talented bowler.

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Debut v Pakistan at Bridgetown, May 18-22, 2000 - Announced his arrival with an impressive 84* in his very first innings against the likes of Waqar and Wasim.

Mat: 87 | Runs: 5842 | Ave: 40 | HS: 291 | 50's: 31 | 100's: 15​

Sarwan has one of the most fluent techniques. When on song, he plays some beautiful strokes, he impressed everyone in his debut itself. One of the few West Indian batsmen who've been impressive in test cricket in recent times.


My Team:

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Adam Gilchrist?

Muttiah Muralitharan
Mohammed Amir

 

[shravi]

Well, as there are only players of very low quality left at this stage, so I will pick my wicket-keeper, not out of choice, but out of obligation. However, Ridley Jacobs was one of West Indies' success stories of the 90s. He took over 200 catches- only the second West Indies keeper to achieve the feat after Jeff Dujon. His 207 catches is the 9th highest number of Test dismissals by a wicket keeper. He also has 12 stumpings to his name. He was a tidy keeper and a good batsman who could make a very useful partner as was seen when Brian Lara hit his 400. In his first taste of Test cricket, on West Indies' maiden tour of South Africa in 1998/99, Jacobs was one of the few positives as they lost the series 5-0. He scored more runs than anyone in the Tests - even more than Brian Lara - and topped the averages by a long way with 45. In 65 matches (112 innings), he scored 2577 runs at an average of 28 which included 3 centuries and 14 fifties.

 

[sifter132]

Ah some good overnight action- I've got some reading to do

Shravi, might as well start the NZ round, then I can make 2 picks...after I work out who the hell my West Indies guy's gonna be

 

[sifter132]

OK boys and girls...

Merv Dillon

Dillon seems to have been the most reliable post-Walsh and Ambrose bowlers, ending up with 131 wickets while other flashier and faster bowlers crashed and burned. He was tall and hit the wicket hard, many compare him to Courtney Walsh in style. He's just a good honest bowler really, so I'm not going to pump him up into something he's not .

Had a nice tour of Australia in 2000/01 taking 16 wickets at a smidge under 30 which is about the only time I've seen him bowl to be honest. From what I remember he got good bounce and made a few of the Aussies hop, so he had a bit of talent. He generally did better against the good batting teams too, his best series were in Australia in 00/01, at home against South Africa in 00/01 and 2 series home and away against India in 2002.

And while I was looking up Merv Dillon I read an article about how he got struck by lightning in a game for Trinidad. Freaky stuff!

Debut: vs India, Port of Spain, 1997
Tests: 38
Wickets: 131
Average: 33.57
BB: 5/71 vs India, Kingston, 2002.

1
2
3 Younis Khan
4
5 Andy Flower (wk)
6
7
8 Shane Warne (c)
9
10 Merv Dillon
11

 

[cricket_icon]

Amir is being picked? come on there has been more quality in both batting and bowling than amir with much better bowlers debuting since 1990. How about Abdul razzaq?? What is happening here. I am so confused

 

[sifter132]

I don't know about Razzaq. He wasn't much with either bat or ball in Tests, at least with Amir you get a decent bowler. Actually I think I'd have Afridi before Razzaq... For Pakistan I was thinking of keepers if anyone needed one. Rashid Latif was an excellent gloveman, Moin a bit better with bat.

Yeah, I won't really take Asif/Aamer/Butt. Can actually think about Aamer but not the other two. Why have fixers in your side?

Not sure why Amir always get a pass in these discussions. He took the cash just as much as the other 2. Just because he's a few years younger shouldn't excuse him from it.

As for the broader point, hmm, I was ready to pick Asif if Younis hadn't been there and I guess I justify that by thinking that for most of his career the focus was on his bowling, not his cheating. He really was a fine bowler, and I think he deserves that recognition. I've already picked a guy who got suspended...

 

[Gaurav_7]

Dwayne Bravo​

One of the very talented players you would come across. But, the stats don't show his true potential. Can change the course of the match with both bat and ball. A very handy lower middle order batsman. And, can chip in with a few wickets when needed. A genuine all rounder. Very valuable to the side coming in at 6 or 7. At the moment, I'll keep him at number 7.

M 40, 71 Inns, 2200 runs @ 31.42, HS 113

Has 3 test centuries under his belt.

61 Inns, 86 Wkts @ 39.83, SR 75.1, BBI 6/55

Has 2 5fers and 6 4fers.

XI

1. Saeed Anwar
2.
3. Jacques Kallis
4.
5. Mohammad Yousuf
6.
7. Dwayne Bravo
8.
9.
10.
11.

 

[Gaurav_7]

And, now these two coming rounds are going to be crucial for me. Placed last in both, hopefully I get some gap fillers. I'm hoping to get a decent Kiwi player, there are many. But, don't know what to expect in Ban/Zim round.

 

[sifter132]

Yah Bravo's a decent call. Talented boy, but I think he'd be a bit disappointed with his output so far. I remember watching his 100 vs Australia a few years back and he looked like a great find, but he hasn't really produced very consistently. It was he or a WI bowler for my choice, but I'm in the position to get a good all-rounder soon, so Bravo wasn't going to be a great fit teamwise.

And I think the Ban/Zim round is gonna be pretty wild. All sorts of guys are going to get a run I think.

Since we're up to the last pick in the Windies round, I don't mind if we start the NZ AND the Ban/Zim round. So cricket icon, make your West Indies selection soon, but in the meantime shravi and send2yaari can start the next 2 rounds. I think we can handle having 2 rounds going at once just to keep it flowing nicely. Any more than 2 would get a bit confusing though I think.

 

[Gaurav_7]

Yes, 2 rounds at a time are alright. I am liking this, should be more fun next two rounds.

 

[Aditya]

Yeah, two rounds at one time is working well. Round 5 is going to be very interesting. There have been very good players who have played for New Zealand since 1990.

 

[Aoun13]

:: Bangladesh/Zimbabwe Round ::​

Heath Streak​

After Andy Flower the Second best thing Zimbabwe cricket was able to produce Heath Streak. He was a top notch bowler with abilty to produce out swinger at very good pace. For most of the time he was the only genuine wicket taker bowler in Zimbabwe lineup but with all these pressures he still able to manage a very healthy average of 28.1. Beside this he also knew how to bat under different situations and was considered as resistance wall in the lower middle order of Zimbabwe.

Debut: Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Karachi, Dec 1-6, 1993

Stats:
Matches: 65
Wickets: 216
Run scored: 1990
Bowling average: 28.14
Batting average: 22.35
BBI: 6/73
Highest score: 127*

 

[cricket_icon]

how did you get to the bang/zimb round? we haven't even finished WIs or NZ yet.

My Windies choice is:

Wavell Hinds:

A some what forgotten Windies opener, who could be flashy and brilliant at times. A high score of 213 shows that he could bat a bit too. I always enjoyed his ODI cricket far more than his Test stuff but he is a decent enough player and with not much left to pick from the Windies this was the best choice. Also his left handed so I get that out the way.

Tests 45
Runs 2608
Average 33.01
HS 213
100s 5

 

[Aoun13]

Since we're up to the last pick in the Windies round, I don't mind if we start the NZ AND the Ban/Zim round. So cricket icon, make your West Indies selection soon, but in the meantime shravi and send2yaari can start the next 2 rounds. I think we can handle having 2 rounds going at once just to keep it flowing nicely. Any more than 2 would get a bit confusing though I think.

Please read this by shifter.