English Premier League VIII | Round 13

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Although your bowling is mostly former internationals. Yeah, it isn't weak but isn't as strong as your batting though.

Let's see my team and their International matches.

Michael Carberry - 1 Test
Craig Kieswetter - 12 ODI's, 9 T20I's
Hashim Amla - 48 Tests, 37 ODI's, 2 T20I's
Owais Shah - 6 Tests, 71 ODI's, 17 T20I's
Martin van Jaarsveld - 9 Tests, 11 ODI's
Dwayne Bravo - 39 Tests, 107 ODI's, 22 T20I's
Andrew Hall - 21 Tests, 88 ODI's, 2 T20I's
Nathan Hauritz - 17 Tests, 57 ODI's, 3 T20I's
Dale Steyn - 43 Tests, 43 ODI's, 21 T20I's
James Anderson - 52 Tests, 133 ODI's, 19 T20I's
Graham Onions - 8 Tests, 4 ODI's

JP Duminy - 12 Tests, 66 ODI's, 29 T20I's
Ben Hilfenhaus - 13 Tests, 15 ODI's, 6 T20I's
Brad Haddin - 27 Tests, 69 ODI's, 23 T20I's

So yeah, everyone on my team has International experience.
 
Some great international experience for Michael Carberry, I'm sure he learnt a lot in that one test match. :thumbs :rolleyes

Holy ████, Dale Steyn's played the same amount of tests as he has ODI's, I reckon he's overrated in ODI's, considering he's not even a permanent fixture in the South African side, and his ODI stats are a piece of ████. In saying that I'd still have him equal first on the bowling ratings, but I wouldn't have him out by himself like Chewie did in the CL.

You're middle order may be slightly weak, with Bravo at six and Hall at seven, considering their ODI batting averages are 24 and 21 respectively.
 
Yeah, I might play Duminy rather than Bravo to add a bit of extra batting. That was why I wanted McGrath so I could play him as a batting all-rounder and then I could have played Duminy at 6 with McGrath at 5.
 
Code:
Round 1: Domestic & International
Varun - Alastair Cook/Chris Gayle
Viral - Andrew Strauss/Jacques Kallis
Callum - Paul Collingwood/Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Dipak - Kevin Pietersen/Mike Hussey
Iridium - Graeme Swann/Ricky Ponting
Riz - Eoin Morgan/Sachin Tendulkar
Akshay - Jonathan Trott/AB de Villiers
Hedger - James Anderson/Dale Steyn
Bilal - Ian Bell/Muttiah Muralitharan
bcvs - Stuart Broad/Daniel Vettori

Round 2: Domestic & International
Varun - Michael Lumb/Cameron White
Viral - Tim Bresnan/Tillakaratne Dilshan
Callum - Neil McKenzie/Michael Clarke
Dipak - Steve Davies/Mitchell Johnson
Iridium - Ryan ten Doeschate/Shaun Tait
Riz - Andre Adams/Doug Bollinger
Akshay - Ravi Bopara/Virender Sehwag
Hedger - Craig Kieswetter/Hashim Amla
Bilal - Ryan Sidebottom/Shivnarine Chanderpaul
bcvs - Marcus Trescothick/Shane Watson

Round 3: Domestic & International
Varun - Liam Plunkett/Lasith Malinga
Viral - Matt Prior/Suresh Raina
Callum - Dimitri Mascarenhas/Ross Taylor
Dipak - Steve Harmison/Brendon McCullum
Iridium - Steven Finn/Graeme Smith
Riz - Nicky Boje/Angelo Mathews
Akshay - Jaques Rudolph/Zaheer Khan
Hedger - Owais Shah/Dwayne Bravo
Bilal - Micheal Yardy/Mohammad Yousef
bcvs - Robert Key/Kumar Sangakkara

Round 4: Domestic & International
Varun - Johan Botha and Rikki Clarke
Viral - Sean Ervine/Clint McKay
Callum - Hamish Marshall/Kyle Mills
Dipak - James Hildreth/Mahela Jayawardene
Iridium - Phil Mustard/Albie Morkel
Riz - Luke Wright/Jesse Ryder
Akshay - Alfonso Thomas/Morne Morkel
Hedger - Graham Onions/JP Duminy
Bilal - Boyd Rankin/Ramnaresh Sarwan
bcvs - Samit Patel/Ryan Harris

Round 5: Domestic & International
Varun - Geraint Jones/Gautam Gambhir
Viral - Chris Woakes/Misbah-ul-Haq
Callum - Pedro Collins/Shahid Afridi 
Dipak - Simon Jones/Brett Lee
Iridium - Joe Denly/Callum Ferguson
Riz - Matthew Hoggard/Herschelle Gibbs
Akshay - Zander de Bruyn/ Shakib Al Hasan
Hedger - Andrew Hall/Ben Hilfenhaus
Bilal - Dale Benkenstein/Jerome Taylor
bcvs - Adil Rashid/Nuwan Kulasekara

Round 6: Domestic & International
Varun - Chris Wood/Steven Smith
Viral - Chris Nash/Suraj Randiv
Callum - Andre Nel/Jacob Oram
Dipak - Ian Blackwell/Simon Katich
Iridium - Mark Ramprakash/David Hussey
Riz - Michael di Venuto/Kemar Roach
Akshay - James Kirtley/Virat Kohli
Hedger - Michael Carberry/Brad Haddin
Bilal - Martin van Jaarsveld/Abdul Razzaq
bcvs - Chris Tremlett/Andrew Symonds

Round 7: Domestic & International
Varun - Ajantha Mendis/Vikram Solanki
Viral - 
Callum - Azhar Mahmood/Scott Styris
Dipak -  Rory Hamilton-Brown/Harbhajan Singh
Iridium - 
Riz - Graham Napier/ Justin Kemp
Akshay Jimmy Adams/Juan Theron
Hedger - Martin van Jaarsveld/Nathan Hauritz
Bilal - Nic Pothas/Younis Khan
bcvs - Anothony McGrath/Shoaib Akhtar

Round 8: 2 Domestic
Varun - 
Viral - 
Callum - 
Dipak - 
Iridium - 
Riz - 
Akshay - 
Hedger - 
Bilal - 
bcvs - 

Round 9: 2 Domestic
Varun - 
Viral - 
Callum - 
Dipak - 
Iridium - 
Riz - 
Akshay - 
Hedger - 
Bilal - 
bcvs -
 
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Code:
Round 1: Domestic & International
Varun - Alastair Cook/Chris Gayle
Viral - Andrew Strauss/Jacques Kallis
Callum - Paul Collingwood/Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Dipak - Kevin Pietersen/Mike Hussey
Iridium - Graeme Swann/Ricky Ponting
Riz - Eoin Morgan/Sachin Tendulkar
Akshay - Jonathan Trott/AB de Villiers
Hedger - James Anderson/Dale Steyn
Bilal - Ian Bell/Muttiah Muralitharan
bcvs - Stuart Broad/Daniel Vettori

Round 2: Domestic & International
Varun - Michael Lumb/Cameron White
Viral - Tim Bresnan/Tillakaratne Dilshan
Callum - Neil McKenzie/Michael Clarke
Dipak - Steve Davies/Mitchell Johnson
Iridium - Ryan ten Doeschate/Shaun Tait
Riz - Andre Adams/Doug Bollinger
Akshay - Ravi Bopara/Virender Sehwag
Hedger - Craig Kieswetter/Hashim Amla
Bilal - Ryan Sidebottom/Shivnarine Chanderpaul
bcvs - Marcus Trescothick/Shane Watson

Round 3: Domestic & International
Varun - Liam Plunkett/Lasith Malinga
Viral - Matt Prior/Suresh Raina
Callum - Dimitri Mascarenhas/Ross Taylor
Dipak - Steve Harmison/Brendon McCullum
Iridium - Steven Finn/Graeme Smith
Riz - Nicky Boje/Angelo Mathews
Akshay - Jaques Rudolph/Zaheer Khan
Hedger - Owais Shah/Dwayne Bravo
Bilal - Micheal Yardy/Mohammad Yousef
bcvs - Robert Key/Kumar Sangakkara

Round 4: Domestic & International
Varun - Johan Botha and Rikki Clarke
Viral - Sean Ervine/Clint McKay
Callum - Hamish Marshall/Kyle Mills
Dipak - James Hildreth/Mahela Jayawardene
Iridium - Phil Mustard/Albie Morkel
Riz - Luke Wright/Jesse Ryder
Akshay - Alfonso Thomas/Morne Morkel
Hedger - Graham Onions/JP Duminy
Bilal - Boyd Rankin/Ramnaresh Sarwan
bcvs - Samit Patel/Ryan Harris

Round 5: Domestic & International
Varun - Geraint Jones/Gautam Gambhir
Viral - Chris Woakes/Misbah-ul-Haq
Callum - Pedro Collins/Shahid Afridi 
Dipak - Simon Jones/Brett Lee
Iridium - Joe Denly/Callum Ferguson
Riz - Matthew Hoggard/Herschelle Gibbs
Akshay - Zander de Bruyn/ Shakib Al Hasan
Hedger - Andrew Hall/Ben Hilfenhaus
Bilal - Dale Benkenstein/Jerome Taylor
bcvs - Adil Rashid/Nuwan Kulasekara

Round 6: Domestic & International
Varun - Chris Wood/Steven Smith
Viral - Chris Nash/Suraj Randiv
Callum - Andre Nel/Jacob Oram
Dipak - Ian Blackwell/Simon Katich
Iridium - Mark Ramprakash/David Hussey
Riz - Michael di Venuto/Kemar Roach
Akshay - James Kirtley/Virat Kohli
Hedger - Michael Carberry/Brad Haddin
Bilal - Martin van Jaarsveld/Abdul Razzaq
bcvs - Chris Tremlett/Andrew Symonds

Round 7: Domestic & International
Varun - Ajantha Mendis/Vikram Solanki
Viral - 
Callum - Azhar Mahmood/Scott Styris
Dipak -  Rory Hamilton-Brown/Harbhajan Singh
Iridium - Sajid Mahmood/Umar Gul
Riz - Graham Napier/ Justin Kemp
Akshay Jimmy Adams/Juan Theron
Hedger - Martin van Jaarsveld/Nathan Hauritz
Bilal - Nic Pothas/Younis Khan
bcvs - Anothony McGrath/Shoaib Akhtar

Round 8: 2 Domestic
Varun - 
Viral - 
Callum - 
Dipak - 
Iridium - 
Riz - 
Akshay - 
Hedger - 
Bilal - 
bcvs - 

Round 9: 2 Domestic
Varun - 
Viral - 
Callum - 
Dipak - 
Iridium - 
Riz - 
Akshay - 
Hedger - 
Bilal - 
bcvs -
 
My bowling's pretty strong, I don't have any massive names like Steyn/Anderson, but all five of them are current/former internationals.

CG123 added 1 Minutes and 45 Seconds later...

In saying that, all of my team are current/former internationals.

Yeah, no (current) big names, but quality domestic performers and ex-internationals.
 
Holy ████, Dale Steyn's played the same amount of tests as he has ODI's, I reckon he's overrated in ODI's, considering he's not even a permanent fixture in the South African side, and his ODI stats are a piece of ████. In saying that I'd still have him equal first on the bowling ratings, but I wouldn't have him out by himself like Chewie did in the CL.

I actually changed him back on par with everyone else when I put the ratings in but forgot to reflect that in the excel spreadsheet.

Sorry I haven't updated, been out and about and only just got back onto my computer. Will do so shortly
 
this is my team so far

1. Michael di Venuto
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Herschelle Gibbs
4. Jesse Ryder
5. Eoin Morgan
6. Angelo Mathews
7. Luke Wright
8. Andre Adams
9. Nicky Boje
10. Doug Bollinger
11. Matthew Hoggard

got one too many internationals there, i'll have to look for batsmen in the next round. other than that the team looks pretty strong in terms of local all-rounders and international batsmen.
 
Yeah, you are a bit short on domestic batting with only Morgan and Di Venuto, 2 good players but now you'll have to draft him some average players.
 
These are my top 11. One more dom. player will be added instead of an INT. as the rounds will proceed.

Virender Sehwag
Jacques Rudolph/Jimmy Adams
Jonathan Trott
AB Devilliers
Ravi Bopara
Zander De Bruyn
shakib Al Hasan/Juan Theron
James Kirtley
Alfonso thomas
Theron/Morne Morkel/Zaheer Khan
Juan Theron/Zak/Morkel
 
My side thus far:

Graeme Smith
Joe Denly
Ricky Ponting*
Mark Ramprakash
David Hussey^
Phil Mustard+
Ryan ten Doeschate^
Graeme Swann^
Sajid Mahmood^
Shaun Tait^
Steven Finn^

Seems pretty good so far. Denly was a backup pick and thinking that my first choice had gone I went for him.
 
Um Hedger, I picked Van Jaarsveld last round.

I actually just noticed that. Hedger needs to pick his domestic player again

Chewie added 1 Minutes and 3 Seconds later...

Code:
Round 1: Domestic & International
Varun - Alastair Cook/Chris Gayle
Viral - Andrew Strauss/Jacques Kallis
Callum - Paul Collingwood/Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Dipak - Kevin Pietersen/Mike Hussey
Iridium - Graeme Swann/Ricky Ponting
Riz - Eoin Morgan/Sachin Tendulkar
Akshay - Jonathan Trott/AB de Villiers
Hedger - James Anderson/Dale Steyn
Bilal - Ian Bell/Muttiah Muralitharan
bcvs - Stuart Broad/Daniel Vettori

Round 2: Domestic & International
Varun - Michael Lumb/Cameron White
Viral - Tim Bresnan/Tillakaratne Dilshan
Callum - Neil McKenzie/Michael Clarke
Dipak - Steve Davies/Mitchell Johnson
Iridium - Ryan ten Doeschate/Shaun Tait
Riz - Andre Adams/Doug Bollinger
Akshay - Ravi Bopara/Virender Sehwag
Hedger - Craig Kieswetter/Hashim Amla
Bilal - Ryan Sidebottom/Shivnarine Chanderpaul
bcvs - Marcus Trescothick/Shane Watson

Round 3: Domestic & International
Varun - Liam Plunkett/Lasith Malinga
Viral - Matt Prior/Suresh Raina
Callum - Dimitri Mascarenhas/Ross Taylor
Dipak - Steve Harmison/Brendon McCullum
Iridium - Steven Finn/Graeme Smith
Riz - Nicky Boje/Angelo Mathews
Akshay - Jaques Rudolph/Zaheer Khan
Hedger - Owais Shah/Dwayne Bravo
Bilal - Micheal Yardy/Mohammad Yousef
bcvs - Robert Key/Kumar Sangakkara

Round 4: Domestic & International
Varun - Johan Botha and Rikki Clarke
Viral - Sean Ervine/Clint McKay
Callum - Hamish Marshall/Kyle Mills
Dipak - James Hildreth/Mahela Jayawardene
Iridium - Phil Mustard/Albie Morkel
Riz - Luke Wright/Jesse Ryder
Akshay - Alfonso Thomas/Morne Morkel
Hedger - Graham Onions/JP Duminy
Bilal - Boyd Rankin/Ramnaresh Sarwan
bcvs - Samit Patel/Ryan Harris

Round 5: Domestic & International
Varun - Geraint Jones/Gautam Gambhir
Viral - Chris Woakes/Misbah-ul-Haq
Callum - Pedro Collins/Shahid Afridi 
Dipak - Simon Jones/Brett Lee
Iridium - Joe Denly/Callum Ferguson
Riz - Matthew Hoggard/Herschelle Gibbs
Akshay - Zander de Bruyn/ Shakib Al Hasan
Hedger - Andrew Hall/Ben Hilfenhaus
Bilal - Dale Benkenstein/Jerome Taylor
bcvs - Adil Rashid/Nuwan Kulasekara

Round 6: Domestic & International
Varun - Chris Wood/Steven Smith
Viral - Chris Nash/Suraj Randiv
Callum - Andre Nel/Jacob Oram
Dipak - Ian Blackwell/Simon Katich
Iridium - Mark Ramprakash/David Hussey
Riz - Michael di Venuto/Kemar Roach
Akshay - James Kirtley/Virat Kohli
Hedger - Michael Carberry/Brad Haddin
Bilal - Martin van Jaarsveld/Abdul Razzaq
bcvs - Chris Tremlett/Andrew Symonds

Round 7: Domestic & International
Varun - Ajantha Mendis/Vikram Solanki
Viral - 
Callum - Azhar Mahmood/Scott Styris
Dipak -  Rory Hamilton-Brown/Harbhajan Singh
Iridium - Sajid Mahmood/Umar Gul
Riz - Graham Napier/ Justin Kemp
Akshay Jimmy Adams/Juan Theron
Hedger - Nathan Hauritz
Bilal - Nic Pothas/Younis Khan
bcvs - Anothony McGrath/Shoaib Akhtar

Round 8: 2 Domestic
Varun - 
Viral - 
Callum - 
Dipak - 
Iridium - 
Riz - 
Akshay - 
Hedger - 
Bilal - 
bcvs - 

Round 9: 2 Domestic
Varun - 
Viral - 
Callum - 
Dipak - 
Iridium - 
Riz - 
Akshay - 
Hedger - 
Bilal - 
bcvs -
 
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