The All-Time One-Day Draft

[Aislabie]

Index updated. 80 picks already and we're still in the top half of the draft

 

[ahmedleo414]

Courtney Walsh

I'll be putting my whole team together soon, maybe by my next pick.

@Asham

1. Ed Joyce
2. Adam Gilchrist
3. Ricky Ponting
4.
5.
6. Ian Botham
7.
8.
9.
10.
11. Courtney Walsh

Thought I'd help out
- Aislabie

 

[Mittal2002]

@Akshay. your pick

 

[Akshay.]

Sourav Ganguly
No stats here, just a fan pick

@qpeedore

 

[Bevab]

I assume @Neptune can proceed with his double pick.

 

[Aislabie]

Hmmm... this is quite a few missed picks in a row. I shall give it until tomorrow before I start messaging people

 

[qpeedore]

Sorry about that.

Andy Roberts. ODI average of 20pointsomething. His two bouncers, one slower and one quicker, could prove to be invaluable late in the innings.

 

[Neptune]

Have a double pick now, which is handy.
For my first player, will go with Shane Warne, who was not just an excellent all round spinner, but he showed up in the knockouts of World Cups.
For the second pick, will go with Mark Waugh who was arguably the best ODI opener of his time, and has much better stats compared to his peers. Also gives me a bowling option

Neptune's XI
1. Mark Waugh
2.
3. Brian Lara
4.
5. AB de Villers
6. Clive Rice
7.
8. Bart King
9. Shane Warne
10.
11.

@qpeedore

 

[ddrap14]

For my first player, will go with Shane Warne, who was not just an excellent all round spinner, but he showed up in the knockouts of World Cups.

okay how did we all drop the ball so hard

 

[qpeedore]

okay how did we all drop the ball so hard

We're all idiots, that's why. After Murali gets picked in practically any Draft, the next obvious spinner is Warne. We're just dumb and let almost 4 entire Rounds go by before that happened.

But I'll stick with the Aussies and pick another member of that team that dominated the early 2000s of ODI cricket. You need an explosive batsman at the top of the order in ODIs, and since Gilly was taken, I'll take his partner in crime, Matthew Hayden. If it's a tournament, you bet that Haydos will come big.

@Akshay.

 

[Akshay.]

Mike Hussey
5442 runs @48.15

@Asham

 

[ahmedleo414]

okay how did we all drop the ball so hard

was going to be my next pick

 

[Bevab]

okay how did we all drop the ball so hard

Warne for all his talents did not quite bring his Test skill to ODIs which does mean that he tends to go under the radar in most discussions. I do think the current era would suit his style a lot more and he would be easily better.

Also I did drop a not so subtle hint about him in one of my picks.

A cursory glance at the other spinners of the day reveals just how far ahead he was of his competitors with Murali being the only giant that could stand besides him. I‘m not even kidding, between 1990 and 2005 only three spinners averaged 25 or less (the same count for pacers would be in double figures) and multiple regulars and arguably stars would average in the 30s.

 

[qpeedore]

True, you'd say he was more famous for what he did in Tests rather than ODIs but he still was a superb ODI cricketer.

 

[Aislabie]

I gave @Asham a bit of extra time to catch up but he now has two late picks.

@ahmedleo414 you're up

(Index updated)