Australian Premier League XIII

[AkshayS]

Round 1 (1 local)

AkshayS - Brett Lee
bcvstheworld - Doug Bollinger
BKB1991 - Ryan Harris
CG123 - Michael Clarke
Chewie - Ben Hilfenhaus
Covvy - Xavier Doherty
Gazza - Peter Siddle
harrisb - David Warner
hedger_14 - Nathan Hauritz
Iridium - Matthew Hayden
riz7khan12 - Mitchell Johnson
Varun - Nathan Bracken



Round 2 (1 local)

AkshayS - Brad Haddin
bcvstheworld - Adam Voges
BKB1991 - Shane Harwood
CG123 - Andrew Symonds
Chewie - Steven Smith
Covvy - Dirk Nannes
Gazza - Usman Khawaja
harrisb - Michael Klinger
hedger_14 - Simon Katich
Iridium - Peter George
riz7khan12 - David Hussey
Varun - Clint McKay



Round 3 (1 local)

AkshayS - Mark Cosgrove
bcvstheworld - Mitchell Marsh
BKB1991 - Phil Jaques
CG123 - Stuart Clark
Chewie - Andrew McDonald
Covvy - George Bailey
Gazza - Matthew Wade
harrisb - James Hopes
hedger_14 - John Hastings
Iridium - Marcus North
riz7khan12 - Jason Krejza
Varun - Ed Cowan



Round 4 (1 local)

AkshayS - Brendan Drew
bcvstheworld - James Pattinson
BKB1991 - Rob Quiney
CG123 - Chris Rogers
Chewie - Tom Cooper
Covvy - Mitchell Starc
Gazza - Alex Keath
harrisb - Josh Hazlewood
hedger_14 - Moises Henriques
Iridium - Chris Simpson
riz7khan12 - Daniel Christain
Varun - Michael Di Venuto



Round 5 (1 local, 1 international)

AkshayS - Travis Birt & Muttiah Muralitharan
bcvstheworld - Graham Manou & Paul Collingwood
BKB1991 - Brett Geeves & Graeme Swann
CG123 - Matt Mason & Graeme Smith
Chewie - Aiden Blizzard & Dale Steyn
Covvy - James Faulkner & Shahid Afridi
Gazza - Trent Copeland & Tillakaratne Dilshan
harrisb - Luke Ronchi & Stuart Broad
hedger_14 - Chris Hartley & James Anderson
Iridium - Steve O'Keefe & Jerome Taylor
riz7khan12 - Darren Pattinson & Chris Gayle
Varun - Luke Butterworth & Johan Botha



Round 6 (1 local, 1 international)

AkshayS - Bryce McGain & Shivnarine Chanderpaul
bcvstheworld - Lee Carseldine & Angelo Mathews
BKB1991 - Michael Dighton & Mohammad Yousuf
CG123 - Scott Walter & Kyle Mills
Chewie - Chris Swan & Ramnaresh Sarwan
Covvy - Aaron Finch & Morne Morkel
Gazza - Luke Pomersbach & Rahul Dravid
harrisb - Sam Robson & Dwayne Bravo
hedger_14 - Alister McDermott & Andrew Strauss
Iridium - Tom Beaton & Ross Taylor
riz7khan12 - Ashley Noffke & Albie Morkel
Varun - Ben Dunk & Jonathan Trott



Round 7 (1 local, 1 international)

AkshayS - Luke Doran & Jacob Oram
bcvstheworld - Nathan Rimmington & Mahela Jayawardene
BKB1991 -Glenn Maxwell & Nuwan Kulasekara
CG123 - Chris Lynn & Shakib Al Hasan
Chewie - Nic Maddinson & Lasith Malinga
Covvy - Cameron Borgas & Ian Bell
Gazza - Cameron Boyce & Kemar Roach
harrisb - Jason Floros & JP Duminy
hedger_14 - Luke Towers & Paul Harris
Iridium - Brett Dorey & Jesse Ryder
riz7khan12 - Tom Triffit & Zaheer Khan
Varun - Jon Holland & Rusty Theron



Round 8 (1 local, 1 international)

AkshayS - Callum Thorp & Umar Gul
bcvstheworld - Aaron O'Brien & Gautam Gambhir
BKB1991 - Jim Allenby & Shoaib Malik
CG123 - Ben Laughlin & Scott Styris
Chewie - Steve Magoffin & Virat Kohli
Covvy - Damien Wright & Steven Finn
Gazza - Mark Cameron & Shoaib Akhtar
harrisb - Burt Cockley & Yuvraj Singh
hedger_14 - Rhett Lockyear & Martin Guptill
Iridium - Ben Cutting & Suresh Raina
riz7khan12 - Tim Armstrong & Saeed Ajmal
Varun - Abdul Razzaq & Nathan Reardon



Round 9 (1 local, 1 international)

AkshayS - Brett Forsyth & Praveen Kumar
bcvstheworld - Beau Casson and Michael Yardy
BKB1991 - Ryan Carter & Umar Akmal
CG123 - Charl Langeveldt and Craig Philipson
Chewie - Kieron Pollard & Wes Robinson
Covvy - Stephen Cazzulino & Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan
Gazza - Craig Kieswetter and Michael Hill
harrisb - Michael Hogan & Mark Boucher
hedger_14 - Chris Duval and Darren Sammy
Iridium - Aaron Heal & Harbhajan Singh
riz7khan12 - Daniel Harris and Lance Klusener
Varun - Alastair Cook & James Smith



Round 10 (1 local, 1 international)

AkshayS - Liam Davis & Ravichandran Ashwin
bcvstheworld - Daniel Smith & Thissara Perera
BKB1991 - Ben Rohrer & Boyd Rankin
CG123 - Brady Jones & Herschelle Gibbs
Chewie - Tim Ludeman & Brian Lara/Luke Wright
Covvy - Cullen Bailey & Jacques Rudolph
Gazza - Jason Behrendorf ;) & Ajantha Mendis
harrisb - Matt Johnston & Nathan McCullum
hedger_14 -  Brad Knowles & BJ Watling
Iridium - Peter Nevill & Justin Kemp
riz7khan12 - Gary Putland & Wayne Parnell
Varun -

 

[Covvy]

My best XI:

1. Sachin Tendulkar (C)
2. Tim Paine (WK)
3. Aaron Finch
4. Ian Bell
5. George Bailey
6. Cameron Borgas
7. Rana
8. Xavier Doherty
9. Morne Morkel
10. Ben Hilfenhaus
11. Mitchell Starc

Generally a pretty solid line-up. Got a good bowling attack which is full of International experienced players. Only weakness is that no.6 spot in Borgas, but hopefully he won't need to bat much with my dynamic opening pair.

 

[Chewie]

Blizzard
Cooper
Hodge
Morgan
Sarwan
Smith
McDonald
Afridi
Swan
Steyn
Nannes

Pretty good lineup Afridi will swap with Malinga depending on the pitch.

 

[Biggy]

My best XI:

1. Sachin Tendulkar (C)
2. Tim Paine (WK)
3. Aaron Finch
4. Ian Bell
5. George Bailey
6. Cameron Borgas
7. Rana
8. Xavier Doherty
9. Morne Morkel
10. Ben Hilfenhaus
11. Mitchell Starc

Generally a pretty solid line-up. Got a good bowling attack which is full of International experienced players. Only weakness is that no.6 spot in Borgas, but hopefully he won't need to bat much with my dynamic opening pair.

I'd say Borgas, then Rana at 7 weakens the batting. You're missing Freddie.

Biggy added 1 Minutes and 51 Seconds later...

Blizzard
Cooper
Hodge
Morgan
Sarwan
Smith
McDonald
Afridi
Swan
Steyn
Nannes

Pretty good lineup Afridi will swap with Malinga depending on the pitch.

Picking Smith AND McDonald was a really good move. Both quality batsmen and more than capable bowlers. Means you can bat down to 7 without losing anything really in the bowling department.

 

[Chewie]

Apart from Watson and possibly Symonds, they're the best Australian all-rounders by a fair margin. Was really pleased to get both of them

 

[Biggy]

err, Hopes please!

 

[Chewie]

Oh forgot about him

 

[AkshayS]

Amla
Cosgrove
Chanderpaul
Birt/Oram
Ferguson
Haddin
Forsyth/Doran
Brett Lee
Thorp
Murali
Mcgain/Drew

A solid lineup, the batting positiom 7 is a concern for me considering I've to play an U-23. Bowling looks good with Gul as backup and classy Australian bowlers. Praveen Kumar can come as backup bowler too. Oram will provide strength to the batting as well as bowling.

 

[Chewie]

Because Covvy and I had organised our trade ages ago I was going to get him to get me Hopes but he chose Nannes instead. If I had Hopes I would have the ultimate Australian 6-8 though

 

[Iridium]

Phillip Hughes@
Matthew Hayden
Marcus North*
Ross Taylor
Jesse Ryder^
Brendon McCullum+
Chris Simpson^
Steve O'Keefe^
Jerome Taylor^
Brett Dorey^
Peter George^

Batting is solid, bowling seems to be lacking a tad. Missing a genuine allrounder. Bit top heavy for my liking.

 

[Biggy]

Just Varun left, and since he needs an under 23 and a back-up keeper, and there are no under 23 local keepers left I just gave him Ryan Duffield and Steve Davies cos his net is down again. If he wants to change then he can later.

And Covvy needs to trade for a back-up keeper.

 

[Chewie]

O'Keefe is a pretty decent bat. Turning into quite a good all-rounder for Australia

 

[Biggy]

Phillip Hughes@
Matthew Hayden
Marcus North*
Ross Taylor
Jesse Ryder^
Brendon McCullum+
Chris Simpson^
Steve O'Keefe^
Jerome Taylor^
Brett Dorey^
Peter George^

Batting is solid, bowling seems to be lacking a tad. Missing a genuine allrounder. Bit top heavy for my liking.

You've got some spin in that squad. Might consider going for some extra pace. *cough* Feldman *cough*. but I guess you have Cutting in back-up too.

 

[Chewie]

Looking back, my picks of Feldman and Lynn in my first season were pretty amazing. I just guessed them and they've been good players in domestic cricket this season and in the APL

 

[harrisb]

Just a quick one. Brisbane Braves are being re-names as...

Brisbane Thunder

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