Pane2ar Draft: Return of the Rabbits

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #37: Tabish Khan

Nominated by: @icyman
Received by: @Neptune

I will never understand how Tabish Khan played only one Test match: he dominated domestic cricket for years, only to get his sole call-up in his late 30s when he was probably past his best.

Neptune's XI so far:
Iqbal Siddiqui
Tabish Khan
Pud Thurlow

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #38: Blessing Mahwire

Nominated by: @ddrap14
Received by: @icyman

An energetic fast-medium seam bowler, Blessing Mahwire's Test record probably doesn't quite reflect his ability - especially not with the bat, where he was briefly looked upon as being one of Zimbabwe's brightest teenage talents.

Icyman's XI so far:
Blessing Mahwire
Barry Milburn

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #39: Brooke Walker

Nominated by: @Aislabie
Received by: @ahmedleo414

Brooke Walker's forgettable Test career does no justice to how good of a player he was: he captained and spun his beloved Auckland to three straight Plunket Shields before retiring from first-class cricket at the young age of 28. Barely a year later, Kiwi domestic cricket turned professional for the first time. Few players have been failed by cricket as badly as Brooke Walker.

Ahmedleo's XI so far:
Karim Janat
Brooke Walker

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #40: Roy Park

Nominated by: @ddrap14
Received by: @Aravind.

Roy Park's Test career is legendary for the fact that Mrs Park bent down to pick up her knitting and missed the entirety of it: a golden duck in his only innings. His ongoing beef with Victorian Cricket limited him to just three-dozen first-class appearances.

Aravind's XI so far:
Roy Park
Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Roland Pope
Trevor McMahon

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #41: Yograj Singh

Nominated by: @mohsin7827
Received by: @Aravind.

Yograj Singh is best known now for being Yuvraj's dad, but back in his playing days he was a quality seam bowler in his own right, though he played only one Test match for a spin-obsessed Indian team.

Aravind's XI so far:
Roy Park
Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Roland Pope
Yograj Singh
Trevor McMahon

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #42: Tom Groube

Nominated by: @Paranoid Kendroid
Received by: @Perfect Square

The first man born in New Zealand to play Test cricket, Tom Groube was a giant of club cricket and a virtual non-factor in state cricket. He would finish his first-class career with a batting average of just 8.52 despite being good enough to average over 155 in a season for East Melbourne. Also, another one with stellar menswear choices.

Perfect Square's XI
Devang Gandhi
Tom Groube

 

[Perfect Square]

Unlucky Dip Player #42: Tom Groube
8.52 average

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #43: Jeremy Solozano

Nominated by: @Aislabie
Received by: @Paranoid Kendroid

Jeremy Solozano's Test career ended when he suffered a concussion while fielding at short leg. He had been picked as a Roger Harper hunch on the back of a couple of innings where he absolutely blocked the life out of it against India A, but never got the chance to show whether that hunch was correct.

Kendroid's XI so far:
Jeremy Solozano
Vijay Rajindernath
Simon Kerrigan
Billy Frank

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #44: Zafar Gohar

Nominated by: @CerealKiller
Received by: @mohsin7827

A very good bowling all-rounder in domestic cricket who has been a great signing for Gloucestershire, it's probably fair to say that Test cricket might have been a level too far for Zafar Gohar, in a way that is not meant as a criticism of him. After all, not many teams send a spinner out to debut at Christchurch.

Mohsin's XI so far
Asif Mujtaba
Charles Coventry
Zafar Gohar
Baqa Jilani
Moeez Ghani

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #45: Garry Sobers

Nominated by: @Yash.
Received by: @icyman

I have huge respect for Yash shooting his shot here: it's unfortunate for him that it didn't quite work out because nobody else was brave with the same player. As a result, Icyman is the big winner here.

Icyman's XI so far:
Garry Sobers
Blessing Mahwire
Barry Milburn

 

[ahmedleo414]

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The best country so far

 

[Neptune]

Neptune's XI so far:
Iqbal Siddiqui
Tabish Khan
Pud Thurlow

Genuinely serviceable pace attack that, cant believe @ahmedleo414 also picked Thurlow; he's so obscure
I got so close to nominating some of the players Kendroid and Ddrap nominated, 100% will take this team so far

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #46: Mohammad Sami

Nominated by: @CerealKiller
Received by: @ddrap14

I will never understand how Mohammad Sami was so bad at Test cricket - his bowling average of over 52 makes less sense to me than Bradman's batting average. However, he should be more than good enough to get most people's Unlucky Dip picks out.

Ddrap's XI so far
AB de Villiers
Scott Kuggeleijn
Tinu Yohannan
William Solomon
Mohammad Sami
Flooi du Toit

 

[Aislabie]

Unlucky Dip Player #47: Josh Hull

Nominated by: @Till Valhalla
Received by: @Yash.

The bowler who inspired the Rob Key Selection Bonus, possibly England's most baffling ever Test selection.

Yash's XI so far:
Vikram Rathour
Ricardo Powell
Josh Hull

 

[Yash.]

Unlucky Dip Player #13: Vikram Rathour
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Nominated by: @Aravind.
Received by: @Yash.

33 centuries and a first-class record of very nearly 50 show that Rathour is one of the better picks available, but it has to be a worry that he might go into batting coach mode and make all your other players even worse.

Yash's XI so far:
Vikram Rathour

A keeper-batsman who averages 50? Sign me up.
The team has been going good so far, if not for frickin' Josh Hull. When did he start playing cricket? How come I never heard of him? How come England selection committee HAVE heard of him?

Unlucky Dip Player #45: Garry Sobers
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Nominated by: @Yash.
Received by: @icyman

I have huge respect for Yash shooting his shot here: it's unfortunate for him that it didn't quite work out because nobody else was brave with the same player. As a result, Icyman is the big winner here.

Icyman's XI so far:
Garry Sobers
Blessing Mahwire
Barry Milburn

To be honest, I never really had the thought of getting him back. Wanted to gift him to someone, just for fun.

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Unlucky Dip Player #34: Moeez Ghani
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Nominated by: @Perfect Square (using the Rob Key Selection Bonus)
Received by: @mohsin7827

Respect.

Mohsin's XI so far
Asif Mujtaba
Charles Coventry
Baqa Jilani
Moeez Ghani

wtf