Generation Draft - COMPLETED!!
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hahahaha... 
Thats true shravi. Here is my pick: Sachin Tendulkar 
Will do a writeup in the evening although i dont know if i can write anything that hasn't been said about him already.
Thats true shravi. Here is my pick: Sachin Tendulkar Will do a writeup in the evening although i dont know if i can write anything that hasn't been said about him already.
Papa and others, just letting you know I won't be on for the next day or 2 so will most likely miss my pick this round. So when it's my turn just skip me and I'll take the last pick (unless I'm back earlier of course). Should be fine for the next round though, unless there is a slew of quick picks, so I'll just make all my picks then.
If you feel like compensating me by moving me up a couple of spots somewhere else I won't argue Papa, but this is one of the better rounds to pick last in, so I'm not too worried. Plus you guys are gonna need all the help you can get to beat my XI
Oh and I hear that Tendulkar fella was OK, he'll help a bit
If you feel like compensating me by moving me up a couple of spots somewhere else I won't argue Papa, but this is one of the better rounds to pick last in, so I'm not too worried. Plus you guys are gonna need all the help you can get to beat my XI
Oh and I hear that Tendulkar fella was OK, he'll help a bit
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Sifter, you can just PM me a list of 3 guys you want. The two guys you want most, and the guy you want if those other two are taken by the two people in front of you. If User's pick is not pushed to the end of the round (as I think it is) and he just gets to make his pick whenever he comes on then send me a list of 4 guys in order of preference. I'll make your pick for you.
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Kumar Sangakkara.
Papa_Smurf
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It's not when they made their debuts, Aditya. It's about in which period those players belong to. No one's going to argue that Sachin is a player of '71-'90 era.
@ Jason - you're already 2nd and 3rd in two of the 3 rounds left I'll bump you up in Round 5 if you didn't manage to send your picks to Shravi.
@ Jason - you're already 2nd and 3rd in two of the 3 rounds left
I'll bump you up in Round 5 if you didn't manage to send your picks to Shravi.
Aditya
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No matter how many batsmen my team has, Tendulkar would have been my pick but I feel McGrath makes my team balance better. Seriously, PS I get to pick 2nd in this round and we are allowed just one pick, you surely haven't been kind to me.
Just kidding.
Seriously, PS I get to pick 2nd in this round and we are allowed just one pick, you surely haven't been kind to me. Just kidding.
Papa_Smurf
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Surprised some of the players that are still left to choose from. I can think of two names that I thought would have been picked already.
Aditya
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If COB had not picked up Warne very first up in this round, it would have been my pick. That's because there are quite a few pacers to chose from in this round and in the coming rounds but getting a great spinner in your side is a little harder when compared to getting great pacers.
That's because there are quite a few pacers to chose from in this round and in the coming rounds but getting a great spinner in your side is a little harder when compared to getting great pacers.
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Are you talking about deadly duo of the 90's who used to give all the batsman constant nightmares
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My XI:
1. Herbert Sutcliffe
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3.
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5.
6.
7. Kapil Dev
8. Ritchie Benaud
9. Bobby Peel
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11.
Gaurav_7
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Late but, NVM. My pick -
Andy Flower | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Many might argue but I couldn't resist such a fantastic keeper batsman. I know there is one more but, Andy is too good.
I'll do all the writeup in a short while, this as well as earlier.
Andy Flower | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo
Many might argue but I couldn't resist such a fantastic keeper batsman. I know there is one more but, Andy is too good.
I'll do all the writeup in a short while, this as well as earlier.
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so it's my pick. and you've been rubbish help. This round has bee ludicrous in my opinion. OK, so I expected tendulkar to be done, and lara and warne, but the rest???
ok, so I'm picking Muttiah Muralitharan since you're all complete idiots. In all honesty, I wasn't planning to, I wanted to have a bit of fun in this round and I had some leftfield choices, but the thought of murali going unpicked was criminal.
So why murali? well, it should almost speak for itself but there are a few particular points I'd like to make that are beyond the usual stuff you hear about murali.
5 wicket hauls. I did a bit of fiddling with stats a while ago and made an interesting discovery. That a team which has a player in their line up that takes a 5 wicket haul, is more statistically likely to be the winner than a team with a century scorer. That is, in terms of those personal landmarks, a bowler taking a 5 wicket haul is actually more important than than a 100. ok, now, lets take a moment to consider tendulkar, the man most concede is the best batsman since bradman, he has 51 test hundreds in a career that is almost uniquely long. Murali has 67 five wicket hauls.
This is perhaps the single greatest match winner in cricketing history, which is probably why he has more "man of the series" awards than any other player in history, some people have used murali's tendency to bowl all through the innings, therefor giving himself more chances to get wickets against him. to those people I say "are you serious?" he bowled relentlessly, took on the mantle of attack leader and never shunned his responsibility, bowled early in the first innings when most spinners would be expecting to spend a couple of sessions at fine leg, and you use this against him? he was a whole new thing, a bowler than bowled longer than others, a spinner that attacked in any conditions, a slow bowling strike bowler against teams top orders, not mopping up the tails are traditional. He's so hard to appreciate because he's never been seen before and will probably never be seen again. Furthermore he did this all on wickets most people will tell you are blighted for being flat.
I would also like to say something regarding the arm. Now, I'm not a religious man, not by any means, but if I was well then I might be doffing my cap skyward for murali. Isn't it nice that in a game that prides itself on tradition, but since the 50s has seen constant technoligal advancement; bats have become more powerful, and more forgiving, pads have got lighter, less encumbering, helmets have been introduced... the modern batsman stands like some futuristic gladiator in his crease. The bowler? well, like always he's got his hands, his arm and the one piece of equipment that's stayed the same for years: the ball. well, if there was a god, perhaps he had other ideas. Perhaps he thought, he could a little trick with bone, and muscle, and sinew. Perhaps he was just reminding batsmen that when it came to technoligical warfare, not to count him out, and so he gave them murali to face. With his crooked arm, his elastic wrist and his permanently dislocated soldier. And he taught them a thing or two.
ok, so I'm picking Muttiah Muralitharan since you're all complete idiots. In all honesty, I wasn't planning to, I wanted to have a bit of fun in this round and I had some leftfield choices, but the thought of murali going unpicked was criminal.
So why murali? well, it should almost speak for itself but there are a few particular points I'd like to make that are beyond the usual stuff you hear about murali.
5 wicket hauls. I did a bit of fiddling with stats a while ago and made an interesting discovery. That a team which has a player in their line up that takes a 5 wicket haul, is more statistically likely to be the winner than a team with a century scorer. That is, in terms of those personal landmarks, a bowler taking a 5 wicket haul is actually more important than than a 100. ok, now, lets take a moment to consider tendulkar, the man most concede is the best batsman since bradman, he has 51 test hundreds in a career that is almost uniquely long. Murali has 67 five wicket hauls.
This is perhaps the single greatest match winner in cricketing history, which is probably why he has more "man of the series" awards than any other player in history, some people have used murali's tendency to bowl all through the innings, therefor giving himself more chances to get wickets against him. to those people I say "are you serious?" he bowled relentlessly, took on the mantle of attack leader and never shunned his responsibility, bowled early in the first innings when most spinners would be expecting to spend a couple of sessions at fine leg, and you use this against him? he was a whole new thing, a bowler than bowled longer than others, a spinner that attacked in any conditions, a slow bowling strike bowler against teams top orders, not mopping up the tails are traditional. He's so hard to appreciate because he's never been seen before and will probably never be seen again. Furthermore he did this all on wickets most people will tell you are blighted for being flat.
I would also like to say something regarding the arm. Now, I'm not a religious man, not by any means, but if I was well then I might be doffing my cap skyward for murali. Isn't it nice that in a game that prides itself on tradition, but since the 50s has seen constant technoligal advancement; bats have become more powerful, and more forgiving, pads have got lighter, less encumbering, helmets have been introduced... the modern batsman stands like some futuristic gladiator in his crease. The bowler? well, like always he's got his hands, his arm and the one piece of equipment that's stayed the same for years: the ball. well, if there was a god, perhaps he had other ideas. Perhaps he thought, he could a little trick with bone, and muscle, and sinew. Perhaps he was just reminding batsmen that when it came to technoligical warfare, not to count him out, and so he gave them murali to face. With his crooked arm, his elastic wrist and his permanently dislocated soldier. And he taught them a thing or two.
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