^Nah those guys don't need to be picked. Was just a possible idea.
With all that said...I'm going to pick one of those 6 guys: a) because I'll know he's definitely available for the league - and I'm trying to be realistic; but more importantly b) because he's a pretty damn good player!
Mohammad Hafeez
The Pakistan T20 captain joins Antigua. I'm picking him just as much for his bowling as his batting, as I think he's close to being the best all-rounder in the limited overs game at present - certainly right up there in discussions. His bowling is generally just as effective as any specialist spinner eg. he has a very similar or better T20 bowling average than more vaunted spinners like Afridi, Ashwin, Vettori and Murali.
He can bat too! Hafeez showed a couple of months ago against South Africa what he can do in T20 cricket (86 off 51 balls - only out after bizarrely sliding onto his stumps while hitting a boundary). It's taken him a while to find his batting form at the top level and that's why his batting averages look fairly, um, average eg. before his recall to the Pakistan side in 2010 his ODI batting average was only 18.60 and he was a regarded as a 'wasted talent' (now his ODI average is up to 27.11).
Not sure how I'll balance my team or bowling attack from here, but I'll note that Hafeez and Ajmal are versatile bowlers which is very helpful. Hafeez has often opened the bowling for Pakistan in T20Is, and Ajmal is capable of bowling at the death.
Format
|
Matches
|
Innings
|
Runs
|
HighScore
|
Average
|
S/Rate
|
50s/100s
|
Wickets
|
Average
|
Econ
|
S/Rate
|
BB
T20I
|
43
|
41
|
1013
|
86
|
24.70
|
117.38
|
5/0
|
35
|
22.14
|
6.77
|
19.6
|
4/10
T20
|
109
|
103
|
2671
|
102*
|
27.82|
130.73
|
16/2
|
99
|
20.06
|
6.31
|
19.0
|
4/10
1 Mohammad Hafeez (c)
2
3 Virat Kohli
4
5 Kieron Pollard
5
6
7
8 Ravi Rampaul
9 Tino Best
10 Saeed Ajmal
11
With all that said...I'm going to pick one of those 6 guys: a) because I'll know he's definitely available for the league - and I'm trying to be realistic; but more importantly b) because he's a pretty damn good player!
Mohammad Hafeez
The Pakistan T20 captain joins Antigua. I'm picking him just as much for his bowling as his batting, as I think he's close to being the best all-rounder in the limited overs game at present - certainly right up there in discussions. His bowling is generally just as effective as any specialist spinner eg. he has a very similar or better T20 bowling average than more vaunted spinners like Afridi, Ashwin, Vettori and Murali.
He can bat too! Hafeez showed a couple of months ago against South Africa what he can do in T20 cricket (86 off 51 balls - only out after bizarrely sliding onto his stumps while hitting a boundary). It's taken him a while to find his batting form at the top level and that's why his batting averages look fairly, um, average eg. before his recall to the Pakistan side in 2010 his ODI batting average was only 18.60 and he was a regarded as a 'wasted talent' (now his ODI average is up to 27.11).
Not sure how I'll balance my team or bowling attack from here, but I'll note that Hafeez and Ajmal are versatile bowlers which is very helpful. Hafeez has often opened the bowling for Pakistan in T20Is, and Ajmal is capable of bowling at the death.
1 Mohammad Hafeez (c)
2
3 Virat Kohli
4
5 Kieron Pollard
5
6
7
8 Ravi Rampaul
9 Tino Best
10 Saeed Ajmal
11
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