Draft: Pane2ar Draft: Return of the Rabbits

Unlucky Dip Player #23: :saf: :wkb: AB de Villiers
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Nominated by: @Till Valhalla
Received by: @ddrap14

This is an absolutely huge pull: not only is AB de Villiers (in my opinion) the most complete batter of the past 50 years, he's also one that fit anywhere from one to seven, as a batter or as a keeper. Massive.

Ddrap's XI so far:
:saf: :wkb: AB de Villiers
:nzf: :ar: Scott Kuggelijn
:ind: :bwl: Tinu Yohannan
:saf: :bwl: Flooi du Toit
 
Unlucky Dip Player #24: :ind: :bat: Devang Gandhi
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Nominated by: @Aravind.
Received by: @Perfect Square

Every team needs a good, solid opener and I think it's clear that Devang Gandhi can be just such a player in the context of this draft. A very handy role player to get.

Perfect Square's XI so far:
:ind: :bat: Devang Gandhi
 
Unlucky Dip Player #25: :wi: :bat: Travis Dowlin
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Nominated by: @icyman
Received by: @Till Valhalla

A player who arrived in international cricket brim full of experience, Travis Dowlin made the most of a limited game to perform respectably in his six Test matches. TV is having an remarkable Unlucky Dip here.

Till Valhalla's XI
:wi: :bat: Travis Dowlin
:pak: :ar: Imran Khan
:eng: :wk: Richard Blakey
:ire: :bwl: Fionn Hand
 
Unlucky Dip Player #26: :wi: :bat: Dwayne Smith
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Nominated by: @Perfect Square
Received by: @Supreme General

Another player in the Ashraful/Coventry mould for me: on his day, capable of biffing absolutely anybody, but still one to average 25 or less over any sort of decent sample size.

Supreme General's XI so far:
:eng: :ar: Scott Borthwick
:wi: :bat: Dwayne Smith
:saf: :bat: Robert Stewart
 
Unlucky Dip Player #28: :nzf: :wk: Barry Milburn
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Nominated by: @Neptune
Received by: @icyman

Barry Milburn was a very specialist wicket-keeper, but he is also the owner of one of the most unlikely nightwatchman centuries of all time: over his 75-match first-class career, his average was 11.51 (10.06 without the ton) and his next-best score was 36* in his previous match - six years before the century game.
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Icyman's XI so far:
:nzf: :wk: Barry Milburn
 
Unlucky Dip Player #29: :ind: :wk: Vijay Rajindernath
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Nominated by: @mohsin7827
Received by: @Paranoid Kendroid

Rajindernath's Test career amounted to no runs, no wickets, no catches but four stumpings. And as always, bagging a specialist keeper during the Unlucky Dip is a great result - and he's a familiar player for you, as he was in your Selection Impossible team.

Kendroid's XI so far:
:ind: :wk: Vijay Rajindernath
:saf: :bwl: Billy Frank
 
Unlucky Dip Player #30: :ind: :bat: Kenia Jayantilal
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Nominated by: @mohsin7827
Received by: @Till Valhalla

A specialist opener who was very good against extreme pace, Jayantilal lost his place in the side to a young player called "Sunil Gavaskar" and never got it back.

Till Valhalla's XI so far:
:ind: :bat: Kenia Jayantilal
:wi: :bat: Travis Dowlin
:pak: :ar: Imran Khan
:eng: :wkb: Richard Blakey
:ire: :bwl: Fionn Hand
 
Unlucky Dip Player #31: :pak: :ar: Abdul Hafeez Kardar
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Nominated by: @CerealKiller
Received by: @Aravind.

A legend of Pakistani cricket and of evidently of men's fashion, Abdul Hafeez Kardar had been a Test cricketer for longer than his country had existed. He was a swashbuckling all-rounder born too soon for T20 cricket, and an excellent captain.

Aravind's XI so far:
:pak: :ar: Abdul Hafeez Kardar
:aus: :bat: Roland Pope
:nzf: :wk: Trevor McMahon
 
Unlucky Dip Player #32: :pak: :ar: Asif Mujtaba
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Nominated by: @CerealKiller
Received by: @mohsin7827

One of the great mysteries of the 1990s is why Asif Mujtaba never cracked international cricket, because he really didn't despite having all the tools a batter could want, and left-arm spin that was super effective if he wore anything other than a Pakistan shirt. He always battered me on Cricket Captain 2002 though.

Mohsin's XI so far:
:pak: :ar: Asif Mujtaba
:zim: :wkb: Charles Coventry
:ind: :ar: Baqa Jilani
 
Unlucky Dip Player #33: :wi: :bat: Stuart Williams
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Nominated by: @Aravind.
Received by: @Supreme General

Another one of those players who ended up averaging about 25, but anyone who's seen them score a hundred probably still swears blind that they're the best player they've ever seen.

Supreme General's XI
:wi: :bat: Stuart Williams
:eng: :ar: Scott Borthwick
:wi: :bat: Dwayne Smith
:saf: :bat: Robert Stewart
 
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