qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Looks like it's just four of us. No worries, if everyone is still willing to give it a try I'll have a Draft order up later on today.
Not another T20 Draft!
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mohsin7827
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SOTM Winner - July 2014
Order posted, @ahmedleo414 with the first pick.
ahmedleo414
The Butcher
First pick easy peasy. Ellyse Perry
Stats||Matches||Runs||HS||
Ave||100s/50s||Wkts||BBI|| Ave||Econ||5w/4w
T20 (as per BBL stats)| |269| |5,119| |103*| |41.28| |2/30| |209| |4/12| |23.26| |5.98| |0/4
T20i| |120| |1,218| |60*| |28.32| |0/4| |114| |4/12| |19.37| |5.86| |0/4
A bit of her bio from cricket.com.au:
"Arguably the best athlete in Australia, Ellyse Perry holds the distinction of having represented Australia in both cricket and soccer World Cups.
Perry became the youngest Australian ever to play senior international cricket when she made her debut in the second ODI of the Rose Bowl Series in Darwin in July 2007 before her 17th birthday.
She went on to make her domestic debut in the 2007-08 Women’s National Cricket League season, taking 2-29 from 10 overs in her first match.
Since her national debut, Perry has become a regular fixture for the Southern Stars, playing in the 2009 ICC Women’s World Cup and the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 in the same year.
Leading Australia’s bowling attack, Perry played a crucial role in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Final in the West Indies in 2010. The match came down to the wire, with New Zealand requiring five runs off the last ball to claim the title. Under immense pressure, Perry bowled the final ball of the tournament, which New Zealand’s Sophie Devine struck straight off the bat."
A bit of her bio from cricinfo:
"By the time Perry had made her Test debut against England in 2008, she had already made headlines, when, days earlier, her unbeaten 29 that included a massive straight six, and four wickets on T20I international debut, led Australia to a 21-run win over England at the MCG. Initially, it was her bowling that proved her stronger suit, and she picked up her maiden five-wicket haul in an ODI against New Zealand in February 2010. Three months later, she was Australia's leading wicket-taker at the Women's World T20 in the Caribbean. That included a Player-of-the-Match performance in the final, where her three wickets helped restrict New Zealand in a thrilling run chase. She went on to play a vital role in all of Australia's four World Cup victories in as many years, though she will forever be remembered for the 2013 Women's World Cup final against West Indies, when, barely able to walk, she limped in to bowl 10 overs and took 3 for 19.
However, her credentials as an allrounder were growing and between 2014 and 2019 she produced stunning Ashes returns which included a double century in Sydney and another hundred in Taunton. In 2015, when she missed out with the bat, she claimed nine wickets to help Australia regain the Ashes. In a sign of how her batting went to new levels in the latter part of the decade she become a run-machine for the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash."
ahmedleo414's playing XI:
@qpeedore has the next pick
Ave||100s/50s||Wkts||BBI|| Ave||Econ||5w/4wT20 (as per BBL stats)| |269| |5,119| |103*| |41.28| |2/30| |209| |4/12| |23.26| |5.98| |0/4
T20i| |120| |1,218| |60*| |28.32| |0/4| |114| |4/12| |19.37| |5.86| |0/4
"Arguably the best athlete in Australia, Ellyse Perry holds the distinction of having represented Australia in both cricket and soccer World Cups.
Perry became the youngest Australian ever to play senior international cricket when she made her debut in the second ODI of the Rose Bowl Series in Darwin in July 2007 before her 17th birthday.
She went on to make her domestic debut in the 2007-08 Women’s National Cricket League season, taking 2-29 from 10 overs in her first match.
Since her national debut, Perry has become a regular fixture for the Southern Stars, playing in the 2009 ICC Women’s World Cup and the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 in the same year.
Leading Australia’s bowling attack, Perry played a crucial role in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 Final in the West Indies in 2010. The match came down to the wire, with New Zealand requiring five runs off the last ball to claim the title. Under immense pressure, Perry bowled the final ball of the tournament, which New Zealand’s Sophie Devine struck straight off the bat."
A bit of her bio from cricinfo:
"By the time Perry had made her Test debut against England in 2008, she had already made headlines, when, days earlier, her unbeaten 29 that included a massive straight six, and four wickets on T20I international debut, led Australia to a 21-run win over England at the MCG. Initially, it was her bowling that proved her stronger suit, and she picked up her maiden five-wicket haul in an ODI against New Zealand in February 2010. Three months later, she was Australia's leading wicket-taker at the Women's World T20 in the Caribbean. That included a Player-of-the-Match performance in the final, where her three wickets helped restrict New Zealand in a thrilling run chase. She went on to play a vital role in all of Australia's four World Cup victories in as many years, though she will forever be remembered for the 2013 Women's World Cup final against West Indies, when, barely able to walk, she limped in to bowl 10 overs and took 3 for 19.
However, her credentials as an allrounder were growing and between 2014 and 2019 she produced stunning Ashes returns which included a double century in Sydney and another hundred in Taunton. In 2015, when she missed out with the bat, she claimed nine wickets to help Australia regain the Ashes. In a sign of how her batting went to new levels in the latter part of the decade she become a run-machine for the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash."
ahmedleo414's playing XI:
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@qpeedore has the next pick
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Of course I'm going with a West Indian for my first pick. Stafanie Taylor is the obvious first choice for me. What she won't do with her batting average of 36.02 at the top of the order, she'll do with her bowling average of 16.88 and economy of 5.65. She's powerful, will hit boundaries with ease, but she knows that her job is to be the anchor role. But she can and will Hulk-out on you if you get her angry. Just don't get her angry.
Also an excellent cricketing brain, she led the team to our first World T20 title in what was probably the best year for limited overs cricket for us, men, women, and youths alike. She's one hell of a first pick for sure.
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Remember, we can't consecutively pick from the same country next round, so no Aussies for you in Round 2 and no West Indians for me. Still eligible for everyone else though.
@Yash.
Also an excellent cricketing brain, she led the team to our first World T20 title in what was probably the best year for limited overs cricket for us, men, women, and youths alike. She's one hell of a first pick for sure.
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Remember, we can't consecutively pick from the same country next round, so no Aussies for you in Round 2 and no West Indians for me. Still eligible for everyone else though.
@Yash.
Alyssa Healy for me.
Probably the best wicket keeper batter known currently in T20 cricket.
Opens the batting
Keeps wicket
Dominates the opposition[DOUBLEPOST=1609421785][/DOUBLEPOST]@mohsin7827
Probably the best wicket keeper batter known currently in T20 cricket.
Opens the batting
Keeps wicket
Dominates the opposition
[DOUBLEPOST=1609421785][/DOUBLEPOST]@mohsin7827
mohsin7827
International Coach
- Joined
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Started as bowler now a prolific smasher of the cricket ball
first player, male or female, to reach 50 in five consecutive T20Is
fastest fifty in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20Is)(18 balls)
WBBL Player of the Tournament in 2019
WBBL Player of the Tournament in 2020
The unstoppable
Sophie Devine
@Aislabie
first player, male or female, to reach 50 in five consecutive T20Is
fastest fifty in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20Is)(18 balls)
WBBL Player of the Tournament in 2019
WBBL Player of the Tournament in 2020
The unstoppable
Sophie Devine
@Aislabie
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
@Aislabie for the first pick in 2021 for this Draft.
Happy New Year, people. It can't be as bad as 2020 was, can it?
(EDIT: @mohsin7827 Devine was high up on my list of picks. Damn you...but then again she wasn't exactly my next pick, so I do have options. Apparently my cable company either could not get enough sponsors or forgot about those sponsors during the breaks in the WI/NZ tour recently, but I got to see the MasterClass interview with Devine and Richardson and I swear I was in awe.)
(DOUBLE EDIT: Probably may have been slightly more symmetrical to do this order as a snake/random/snake Draft, explanation is that you let the first random order go 1-5, then next round it's 5-1, for the odd round you randomise the order and do it as a 1-5, 5-1 again...rinse and repeat...but what's the fun when everyone knows they will have a double pick? As is stands, only @ahmedleo414 has the one double pick, and for that he has restrictions.)
Happy New Year, people. It can't be as bad as 2020 was, can it?
(EDIT: @mohsin7827 Devine was high up on my list of picks. Damn you...but then again she wasn't exactly my next pick, so I do have options. Apparently my cable company either could not get enough sponsors or forgot about those sponsors during the breaks in the WI/NZ tour recently, but I got to see the MasterClass interview with Devine and Richardson and I swear I was in awe.)
(DOUBLE EDIT: Probably may have been slightly more symmetrical to do this order as a snake/random/snake Draft, explanation is that you let the first random order go 1-5, then next round it's 5-1, for the odd round you randomise the order and do it as a 1-5, 5-1 again...rinse and repeat...but what's the fun when everyone knows they will have a double pick? As is stands, only @ahmedleo414 has the one double pick, and for that he has restrictions.)
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qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
With around or about 30 minutes to go for @Aislabie to make his pick, I'll say it's fair game for @mohsin7827 to have his second slot filled.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Sarah TaylorT20I stats - 2,177 runs @ 29.02 (strike rate: 110.67, best 77) and 74 dismissals (23 ct, 51 st) in 90 matches
Batting VARP (top order)
94.51% You've got to pick specialists for Twenty20, and here's a specialist who can make a huge impact. Will likely end up in the sole accumulator's role. In addition to that, Sarah Taylor is more or less the perfect Twenty20 accumulator - controlled, fast between the wickets, and capable of putting balls away to the boundary with a minimum of risk.
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qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
Great pick. That one stat you highlighted in bold. 51 stumpings? The hell?
...annnnddd checking CricInfo, she has 51 stumpings in ODIs as well. That's got to be some sort of wicketkeeper's record for stumpings in international cricket. 104 total international stumpings (2 in Tests also)...that is unreal. I knew she was good, but that good? Wow.
This is why I love Drafts.
(EDIT: The VARP seems to be working for the women, though?)
...annnnddd checking CricInfo, she has 51 stumpings in ODIs as well. That's got to be some sort of wicketkeeper's record for stumpings in international cricket. 104 total international stumpings (2 in Tests also)...that is unreal. I knew she was good, but that good? Wow.
This is why I love Drafts.
(EDIT: The VARP seems to be working for the women, though?)
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
Yeah, VARP works exactly the same way so it's all good
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
To any mods (of which you're one), wasn't like it was a comparison to the men, just btw. I meant it more along the lines of women's cricket, especially some of the lesser established teams having played matches against what we would normally call "associates". I know your VARP takes opposing teams into account, but not exactly the quality of the opposition.
Aislabie
Test Cricket is Best Cricket
The same inherent issue exists in the men's game though really - Associate players get the same benefits in the men's game - it's why Tendo's ODI VARPs are so stacked. It's just an inherent issue with how the stat is calculated really
qpeedore
SOTM Winner - July 2014
That brings up an entirely new kettle of fish. Should a fully recognised team play their first eleven against an "associate"?
EDIT: Now there are pros and cons. The pros are the associates actually want to test themselves against proper opposition and are often insulted when a second string team plays. They know they'll lose, but a humble loss is better than a "we can't beat their second team" loss. The cons are that in the recognised team, you won't get some of the fringe players playing.
EDIT: Now there are pros and cons. The pros are the associates actually want to test themselves against proper opposition and are often insulted when a second string team plays. They know they'll lose, but a humble loss is better than a "we can't beat their second team" loss. The cons are that in the recognised team, you won't get some of the fringe players playing.
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