Draft: Best of the Rest in ODIs - The 2000s

[Aislabie]

I can't quite believe there's only 3 Aus picks left, and Darren Lehmann and Shane Watson have been picked but a certain all time great allrounder has been ignored.

It's true, I can't believe James Hopes has been overlooked

 

[Aravind.]

@Aislabie to pick next.

 

[Aravind.]

24 hours up, thus posting my pick.

So glad he is still available, the white lightning Allan Donald 66 wickets with bowling average of 24. Donald & McGrath combo

@Verified Enigma to pick next.
@Aislabie has one outstanding pick left.

 

[pillowprocter]

I sense a scramble coming up

 

[Aislabie]

Okay so I'm aware that Mohammad Ashraful averaged 24 from 150 matches in the period. And I'm aware that that's really not very good, but for one week in June 2005, he was the best batter in the world. Against Australia in that game, he scored his famous match-winning century. I was there that day, and he never even vaguely looked like he'd get out. It's since been bumped down to only the second-best innings I've seen live, but it's definitely the most important. Three days later, he rocked up against England and scored a 52-ball 94. Then on the last day of that week, he played a completely different innings - a resilient 58 as the team subsided around him. As it turned out, that was just lightning in a bottle; before that three-game week, he averaged 16.50 from 49 games; after it, 22.96 from 125. In true Ashraful fashion, the innings that bookended it were both golden ducks. But I'm picking him anyway, for that week.

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Chris Gayle
3. Marvan Atapattu
4. Darren Lehmann
6. Mohammad Ashraful
8. Mohammad Amir
9. Shane Bond
10. Makhaya Ntini
11. Hamid Hassan

Apologies all for the delay, @Verified Enigma has the double pick

 

[ahmedleo414]

I sense a scramble coming up
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not if they don't pick the players we want

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

The first pick will be Andrew Symonds an aggressive hardcore fighter finisher who is surprisingly Australia's fifth highest wicket taker in the 2000s. He also gives the flexibility of spin and medium pace as per the situation.

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
A Symonds	2000-2009	189	4930	156	39.75	6	126	5/18	37.46	1	79	0	2.28

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The penultimate pick of my draft will be Albie Morkel another hard hitting finisher specially in the slog overs, plus can bowl the entire 10 overs on someday if need be.

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
JA Morkel	2004-2009	44	597	97	25.95	0	44	4/29	33.11	0	11	0	-7.15

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Now, I only have Pakistan left and since every other person has already picked a Pakistani, I am going to go ahead and make my final pick in form of Umar Gul who was magical to watch. He was the one of the primary bowlers for Pakistan during the later half of the decade when other stalwarts either retired or were struggling with injuries and other BTS stuff.

Player	Span	Mat	Runs	HS	Bat Av	100	Wkts	BBI	Bowl Av	5	Ct	St	Ave Diff
Umar Gul	2003-2009	67	194	33	9.23	0	100	5/17	26.51	1	8	0	-17.27

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Enigma's Best of The Rest ODI XI - 2000s Edition

1. Martin Guptill
2. Tamim Iqbal
3. Kumar Sangakkara
4. Ramnaresh Sarwan
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Andrew Symonds
7. Albie Morkel
8. Heath Streak
9. Stuart Broad
10. Harbhajan Singh
11. Umar Gul

@Aravind.

 

[Aravind.]

Another one of my target is luckily not picked. Needed a middle order batsman at 6, Tatenda Taibu fits there perfectly, one of Zimbabwean legend, 2200 runs, terific keeper, thus Rahul dravid won't keep for us @Verified Enigma Taibu will.

@Aislabie to pick next

 

[Aislabie]

Another big hitter in my middle order and a keeper to boot, Charles Coventry will be at number seven in my team. It's certainly the sort of role his game was best suited to playing - just his misfortune that due to the sheer lack of batting quality available, he often had to bat in the top three for Zimbabwe. Plus you've got to love a batter in glasses.

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Chris Gayle
3. Marvan Atapattu
4. Darren Lehmann
6. Mohammad Ashraful
7. Charles Coventry
8. Mohammad Amir
9. Shane Bond
10. Makhaya Ntini
11. Hamid Hassan

@pillowprocter

 

[pillowprocter]

I'm confident my associate pick will be safe, so I'll go with my SL pick first.

Farvez Maharoof has excellent numbers in this decade, taking 116 wickets at an avg of 25 and ER of 4.74.

@mohsin7827

 

[mohsin7827]

Carl Hooper with nearly 35 avg with 80 strike rate will bat at 6 also provide handy offspin

01. Adam Gilchrist
02. Herschelle Gibbs
03. Gautam Gambhir
04. Scott Styris
05. Andrew Flintoff
06. Carl Hooper
08. Chaminda Vaas
09. Wasim Akram
10. Mohammad Rafique
11. Graeme Cremer

@Na Maloom Afraad

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

I'll pick Dilhara Fernando to complete my bowling, and with a South African left to pick and everyone else having already picked one, I'll go for Hansie Cronje and slot him in at six, pushing DJ Bravo down a spot to complete my team.

NMA '00s XI

01. Stephen Fleming
02. Saeed Anwar
03. Ricky Ponting
04. Ryan ten Doeschate
05. Brendan Taylor
06. Hansie Cronje
07. Dwayne Bravo
08. Dilhara Fernando
09. Anil Kumble
10. James Anderson
11. Abdur Razzak

@ddrap14

 

[Sherlock Holmes]

@liveinasociety can go ahead with his pick
@ddrap14 you got one outstanding pick

 

[ddrap14]

1. Brendon McCullum
2. Neil Johnson
3. Brian Lara
4. Inzamam ul Haq
5. Shakib al Hasan
6. Ben Hollioake - this guy may not have had the stats, but there's no doubt he would have been a very good player if not for... circumstances.
7. Mark Boucher
8. Mohammad Nabi
10. Agit Agarkar
11. Lasith Malinga

Next ping was already made

 

[Paranoid Kendroid]

liveinasociety's XI:

01. Sourav Ganguly
02. Shane Watson
03. Ian Bell
04. Ross Taylor
05. Mushfiqur Rahim
06. Steve Tikolo
07. Shaun Pollock
08. Upul Chandana
09. Saqlain Mushtaq
10. Jerome Taylor
11. Tawanda Mupariwa

@Umair7

Steve Tikolo is my 10th pick, leaving me with the picking the last Zimbabwean on the draft, so I went ahead made my final pick.