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I'm a bit lucky in that I get to choose my first choice here as the 12th man. Definitely went under the radar I suppose.

:ire: :bat: William Porterfield served as the Irish captain with distinction and grace for years as one of it's most consistent batsmen with vital contributions in two World Cups and he also happened to be a scintillating fielder with his electric energy and skill. Porterfield was widely considered to be one of the best, if not the best fielder in the 2011 World Cup after his performances and he will be an excellent addition as the 12th man to this side of mine. Oh and he's also already in Ireland's setup as a fielding consultant for multiple Irish sides alongside being an active cricketer, showing how prized his fielding ability is.

That completes my playing XI and here is the line-up with each of their roles listed according to @Aislabie's ideal ODI team.

  1. :saf: :wk: Quinton de Kock | Top-order hitter
  2. :saf: :bat: Barry Richards | Top-order hitter
  3. :aus: :bat:Dean Jones | Anchor accumulator
  4. :wi: :ar: Garry Sobers | Dynamic accumulator, stock spin bowler
  5. :wi: :wkb: Clyde Walcott :slvo: | Middle-order hitter
  6. :saf: :bat: Colin Bland:redo: | Firefighter
  7. :eng: :ar: Andrew Flintoff | Middle-order hitter, express pace bowler
  8. :wi: :ar: Franklyn Stephenson | Middle-order hitter, attacking pace bowler
  9. :pak: :bwl: Sarfraz Nawaz | Lower-order hitter, stock pace bowler
  10. :pak: :bwl: Saqlain Mushtaq | Lower-order anchor, attacking spin bowler
  11. :ban: :bwl: Mustafizur Rahman | Chris Martin, death bowler

The 12th Man - :ire: :bat: William Porterfield :redo: | Fielding specialist

There's plenty to like about this side, with each fulfilling specific roles and it being good enough to score 350+ on the modern ODI road as well as 200-250 on the dodgy ODI surfaces of the past, ensuring that no condition is too challenging. There's also the bowlers who are very adaptable and malleable to the conditions and game situation with all of the pacers well versed with bowling at the death, two of whom have new-ball expertise. That's not counting Garry Sobers who was also an opening fast-medium pacer on the days he fancied it and he also offers the option of a wrist-spinner should the situation demand it. My initial fear was that I might end up with a weaker side than usual due to the sheer number of participants but I genuinely believe this is one of the most balanced XIs I've built and I'm extremely happy with it. It also has some real star players, something that I've frequently missed out on in preference for team balance.
 
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It'll probably be a few days before I get to them fully - currently staying with the in-laws and house hunting so having that very specific stress
I mean, it's easier than game hunting because the houses can't run away... :D
 

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Okay, so I've escaped the in-laws but I'm not entirely ready to do the analysis of all the teams (that'll probably be a Monday job). What I am ready to handle is a trio of teams that need auto-picks:

I shall opt for Tatenda Taibu
First of all, this pick is unfortunately invalid; although he played for Namibia, he was never a Namibian national and played only in their CSA domestic team. I will replace him straight-out with :nam: :arwk: Ray van Schoor :redo: though, who was a very similar player and completes your Associate quota.

@Asham @Akshay. @Murtaza96
1 :can: :ar: John Davison :redo: :ind: :bat: Rohit Sharma :ind: :bat: Sachin Tendulkar
2 TBC :ind: :bat: Sourav Ganguly :ind: :bat: Virender Sehwag
3 :eng: :bat: Joe Root TBC :pak: :bat: Babar Azam
4 :eng: :bat: Wally Hammond :slvo: TBC TBC
5 :saf: :ar: Jacques Kallis :aus: :bat: Michael Hussey TBC
6 TBC :eng: :wk: Jos Buttler :aus: :ar: Glenn Maxwell
7 TBC TBC TBC
8 :sri: :ar: Chaminda Vaas TBC TBC
9 TBC TBC :pak: :bwl: Mohammad Amir
10 :pak: :bwl: Saeed Ajmal :nzf: :bwl: Shane Bond :wi: :bwl: Michael Holding
11 TBC :aus: :bwl: Glenn McGrath TBC
12th TBC TBC TBC

  1. @Murtaza96 - :saf: :wk: Denis Lindsay
  2. @Asham - :eng: :bat: Dennis Amiss
  3. @Akshay. - :aus: :bwl: Shaun Tait
  4. @Akshay. - :ken: :ar: Steve Tikolo :redo:
  5. @Asham - :wi: :wk: Nicholas Pooran
  6. @Murtaza96 - :ned: :bwl: Dirk Nannes :redo:
  7. @Asham - :nam: :ar: Gerrie Snyman :redo:
  8. @Akshay. - :wi: :ar: Learie Constantine :slvo:
  9. @Murtaza96 - :eng: :bat: Robin Smith
  10. @Murtaza96 - :nzf: :ar: Corey Anderson
  11. @Akshay. - :eng: :bat: Alex Hales
  12. @Asham - :sri: :bwl: Ajantha Mendis
  13. @Asham - :saf: :bwl: Peter Pollock
  14. @Akshay. - :wi: :ar: Andre Russell
  15. @Murtaza96 - :aus: :ar: Brad Hogg
  16. @Murtaza96 - :ken: :bwl: Aasif Karim :redo:
  17. @Akshay. - :usa: :bwl: Hayden Walsh Jr :redo:
  18. @Asham - :wi: :ar: Fabian Allen
@Asham @Akshay. @Murtaza96
1 :can: :ar: John Davison :redo: :ind: :bat: Rohit Sharma :ind: :bat: Sachin Tendulkar
2 :eng: :bat: Dennis Amiss :ind: :bat: Sourav Ganguly :ind: :bat: Virender Sehwag
3 :eng: :bat: Joe Root :eng: :bat: Alex Hales :pak: :bat: Babar Azam
4 :eng: :bat: Wally Hammond :slvo: :ken: :ar: Steve Tikolo :redo: :eng: :bat: Robin Smith
5 :saf: :ar: Jacques Kallis :aus: :bat: Michael Hussey :saf: :wk: Denis Lindsay
6 :wi: :wk: Nicholas Pooran :eng: :wk: Jos Buttler :aus: :ar: Glenn Maxwell
7 :nam: :ar: Gerrie Snyman :redo: :wi: :ar: Andre Russell :nzf: :ar: Corey Anderson
8 :sri: :ar: Chaminda Vaas :wi: :ar: Learie Constantine :slvo: :aus: :ar: Brad Hogg
9 :saf: :bwl: Peter Pollock :nzf: :bwl: Shane Bond :pak: :bwl: Mohammad Amir
10 :pak: :bwl: Saeed Ajmal :aus: :bwl: Shaun Tait :wi: :bwl: Michael Holding
11 :sri: :bwl: Ajantha Mendis :aus: :bwl: Glenn McGrath :ned: :bwl: Dirk Nannes :redo:
12th :wi: :ar: Fabian Allen :usa: :bwl: Hayden Walsh Jr :redo: :ken: :bwl: Aasif Karim :redo:

Analysis will come later, but I hope these sides are done to a good enough standard, and that there aren't any invalid picks (I don't really have time to check as I need to get a bus)
 

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So, the schedule for the remaining portion of the thread will be as follows:

1. A three-day break where I don't really post anything (we'll be on holiday)
2. Team-by-team analysis

- a. Two biggest strengths of your team
- b. The biggest weakness of your team
- c. Biggest missed opportunity in the draft
- d. Roles in your team

3. Public poll opens
4. Knockout Tournament

- Akshay and Murtaza will play a preliminary game before the Round of 16, as their teams were the two least complete when I took over with auto-picks.
5. Final Conslusions after the tournament and poll
 

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Okay, so I've escaped the in-laws but I'm not entirely ready to do the analysis of all the teams (that'll probably be a Monday job). What I am ready to handle is a trio of teams that need auto-picks:


First of all, this pick is unfortunately invalid; although he played for Namibia, he was never a Namibian national and played only in their CSA domestic team. I will replace him straight-out with :nam: :arwk: Ray van Schoor :redo: though, who was a very similar player and completes your Associate quota.

@Asham @Akshay. @Murtaza96
1 :can: :ar: John Davison :redo: :ind: :bat: Rohit Sharma :ind: :bat: Sachin Tendulkar
2 TBC :ind: :bat: Sourav Ganguly :ind: :bat: Virender Sehwag
3 :eng: :bat: Joe Root TBC :pak: :bat: Babar Azam
4 :eng: :bat: Wally Hammond :slvo: TBC TBC
5 :saf: :ar: Jacques Kallis :aus: :bat: Michael Hussey TBC
6 TBC :eng: :wk: Jos Buttler :aus: :ar: Glenn Maxwell
7 TBC TBC TBC
8 :sri: :ar: Chaminda Vaas TBC TBC
9 TBC TBC :pak: :bwl: Mohammad Amir
10 :pak: :bwl: Saeed Ajmal :nzf: :bwl: Shane Bond :wi: :bwl: Michael Holding
11 TBC :aus: :bwl: Glenn McGrath TBC
12th TBC TBC TBC

  1. @Murtaza96 - :saf: :wk: Denis Lindsay
  2. @Asham - :eng: :bat: Dennis Amiss
  3. @Akshay. - :aus: :bwl: Shaun Tait
  4. @Akshay. - :ken: :ar: Steve Tikolo :redo:
  5. @Asham - :wi: :wk: Nicholas Pooran
  6. @Murtaza96 - :ned: :bwl: Dirk Nannes :redo:
  7. @Asham - :nam: :ar: Gerrie Snyman :redo:
  8. @Akshay. - :wi: :ar: Learie Constantine :slvo:
  9. @Murtaza96 - :eng: :bat: Robin Smith
  10. @Murtaza96 - :nzf: :ar: Corey Anderson
  11. @Akshay. - :eng: :bat: Alex Hales
  12. @Asham - :sri: :bwl: Ajantha Mendis
  13. @Asham - :saf: :bwl: Peter Pollock
  14. @Akshay. - :wi: :ar: Andre Russell
  15. @Murtaza96 - :aus: :ar: Brad Hogg
  16. @Murtaza96 - :ken: :bwl: Aasif Karim :redo:
  17. @Akshay. - :usa: :bwl: Hayden Walsh Jr :redo:
  18. @Asham - :wi: :ar: Fabian Allen
@Asham @Akshay. @Murtaza96
1 :can: :ar: John Davison :redo: :ind: :bat: Rohit Sharma :ind: :bat: Sachin Tendulkar
2 :eng: :bat: Dennis Amiss :ind: :bat: Sourav Ganguly :ind: :bat: Virender Sehwag
3 :eng: :bat: Joe Root :eng: :bat: Alex Hales :pak: :bat: Babar Azam
4 :eng: :bat: Wally Hammond :slvo: :ken: :ar: Steve Tikolo :redo: :eng: :bat: Robin Smith
5 :saf: :ar: Jacques Kallis :aus: :bat: Michael Hussey :saf: :wk: Denis Lindsay
6 :wi: :wk: Nicholas Pooran :eng: :wk: Jos Buttler :aus: :ar: Glenn Maxwell
7 :nam: :ar: Gerrie Snyman :redo: :wi: :ar: Andre Russell :nzf: :ar: Corey Anderson
8 :sri: :ar: Chaminda Vaas :wi: :ar: Learie Constantine :slvo: :aus: :ar: Brad Hogg
9 :saf: :bwl: Peter Pollock :nzf: :bwl: Shane Bond :pak: :bwl: Mohammad Amir
10 :pak: :bwl: Saeed Ajmal :aus: :bwl: Shaun Tait :wi: :bwl: Michael Holding
11 :sri: :bwl: Ajantha Mendis :aus: :bwl: Glenn McGrath :ned: :bwl: Dirk Nannes :redo:
12th :wi: :ar: Fabian Allen :usa: :bwl: Hayden Walsh Jr :redo: :ken: :bwl: Aasif Karim :redo:

Analysis will come later, but I hope these sides are done to a good enough standard, and that there aren't any invalid picks (I don't really have time to check as I need to get a bus)
Why Robin Smith at 4 when Aravinda Silva, Mohammad Azharuddin are there??
 

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Time to start the analysis, and Random.org has chosen @Mittal2002

1. :aus: :bat: David Warner
2. :sri: :ar: Tillakaratne Dilshan
3. :aus: :bat: Greg Chappell
4. :zim: :wk: Andy Flower :redo:
5. :pak: :bat: Misbah ul-Haq
6. :aus: :bat: Michael Bevan
7. :ind: :ar: Kapil Dev
8. :ind: :bwl: Ajit Agarkar
9. :eng: :bwl: Hedley Verity :slvo:
10. :wi: :bwl: Tony Gray
11. :saf: :bwl: Allan Donald
12th man - :hkg: Mark Chapman :redo:

Strengths
:tick: This is a really resourcefully selected team: picking up Andy Flower as an Associate pick is outstanding, and Hedley Verity as a pre-List A pick is a huge win, giving you a top-quality spin bowler who can also serve as a back-up firefighter with bat in hand in a more gung-ho line-up.
:tick: Your lower-order of Bevan and Kapil has the potential to chase down any target you put in front of them. One as an accumulator style player, the other as a huge hitter; both of them made their names as the best finishers of their respective generations.

Weakness
:x: For me, the biggest weakness is the lack of genuinely fast scorers in the top- and middle-order. Greg Chappell and Andy Flower are both players who you can build an innings around, while Misbah and Bevan showed time and again that they can be the rock in a run-chase. What's missing here are big hitters to play around them. Of those four, Misbah is the best six-hitter, but he scored at comfortably less than five runs per over throughout his career.

Missed Opportunity
In Round 12 of the draft, :wi: :bat: Shimron Hetmyer was still available to you to fill the gap at number five. Proud owner of five ODI centuries and one of the best career strike-rates in the format's history, he would have gone a long way toward rectifying this team's biggest weaknesses.

Roles
:tick: :bat: Top-Order Hitters (2) - Warner and Dilshan
:x: :bat: Middle-Order Hitters (2+) - Kapil - This is the biggest weakness in the team.
:tick: :bat: Accumulators (Max 2) - Chappell, Flower, Misbah, Bevan
:tick: :bat: Firefighter (1) - Presumably Bevan
:tick: :wk: Gloveman (1) - Flower
:tick: :bwl: Express pace (1) - Donald
:tick: :bwl: Death bowler (1) - Agarkar
:tick: :bwl: Attacking bowlers (2) - Verity, Gray
:tick: :bwl: Stock bowlers (2) - Kapil, Dilshan - This is perhaps a stretch, but both bowlers had the skills for this role in the side. If not, Verity could serve the stock bowler's role.
 

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Next up @qpeedore - the only person to pick three Associate players in their team.

1. :aus: :bat: Matthew Hayden
2. :hkg: :arwk: Anshuman Rath :redo:
3. :sri: :wk: Kumar Sangakkara
4. :wi: :bat: Everton Weekes :slvo:
5. :wi: :ar: Viv Richards
6. :ire: :ar: Kevin O'Brien :redo:
7. :pak: :ar: Shahid Afridi
8. :ind: :bwl: Ravichandran Ashwin
9. :wi: :bwl: Andy Roberts
10. :usa: :bwl: Ali Khan :redo:
11. :wi: :bwl: Colin Croft
12th man - :wi: Denesh Ramdin

Strengths
:tick: This team covers absolutely every role you could need to cover (see below). This is often very difficult to do, so very well done on doing so. Not only that, but you even have a spare gloveman and a couple of spare bowlers. Oh and you have Viv.
:tick: You have three express fast bowlers in Andy Roberts, Ali Khan and Colin Croft, one of whom also managed to be an Associate pick. This fantastic depth, and each of the three has completely different bowling actions: Roberts with his classic up and over, Croft with his falling-away delivery stride, and Khan with his whippy slingshot.

Weakness
:x: Your entire bowling attack (save for eighth-choice bowler, Anshuman Rath) is right-handed. This seems like a pretty small thing, and never did much harm to either of the two greatest modern Test teams, but when the batsmen are seeking to predetermine their shots in the latter stages of an innings, left-arm bowlers are proven to do better even if they're not as objectively good of a bowler (hence the success of Mustafizur Rahman).

Missed Opportunity
In Round 10, you had already picked both of your Associate players. This meant that you were free to pick any player left who had played a List A match. Given how much bowling depth you already had, you could absolutely have gone for a specialist hitter like Hetmyer, Miller or even Jesse Ryder. But I would have gone with a middle-order hitter who doubled as a left-arm option (one of the few things your team is missing): :nzf: :ar: Corey Anderson.

Roles
:tick: :bat: Top-Order Hitters (2) -Hayden, Weekes
:tick: :bat: Middle-Order Hitters (2+) - Viv, KOB, Shahid Afridi
:tick: :bat: Accumulators (Max 2) - Rath, Sangakkara
:tick: :bat: Firefighter (1) - Ashwin
:tick: :wk: Gloveman (1) - Sangakkara
:tick: :bwl: Express pace (1) - Roberts
:tick: :bwl: Death bowler (1) - Khan
:tick: :bwl: Attacking bowlers (2) - Croft, Ashwin
:tick: :bwl: Stock bowlers (2) - Afridi, Viv, KOB
 

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Our next team, as chosen by Random.org, is that of @ahmedleo414

1. :eng: :bat: Graham Gooch
2. :aus: :wk: Adam Gilchrist
3. :aus: :bat: Ricky Ponting
4. :pak: :bat: Mohammad Yousuf
5. :ire: :bat: Ed Joyce :redo:
6. :sri: :ar: Arjuna Ranatunga
7. :eng: :ar: Ian Botham
8. :zim: :ar: Heath Streak
9. :ind: :bwl: Anil Kumble
10. :saf: :bwl: Makhaya Ntini
11. :wi: :bwl: Courtney Walsh
12th man - :ken: Thomas Odoyo :redo:

Strengths
:tick: This is a team that bats deep with Botham, Streak and Kumble at seven, eight and nine. When they come in on the back of Ranatunga's approach of trying to hit the ball such that he has to run as little as possible, there should be no such thing as a boundary shortage late in the innings.
:tick: With no fewer than ten one-day international captains in the dressing room (the only two non-captains being Joyce - who spent more than five years captaining Middlesex and Sussex - and Makhaya Ntini - an international coach), there will be absolutely no shortage of experience or knowledge in the team.

Weakness
:x: I don't know how often it's going to come up, but this team has a lot of accumulators. Had it just been Ponting alongside Gooch or Yousuf (or Joyce as one of your Associates) then it would have been no problem at all, but instead you've a few players here that never proved themselves to have an enormous change of gear. Not that that's necessarily ruinous, but it puts a lot of pressure on Gilchrist and Ponting.

Missed Opportunity
Ian Botham in Round Four is miles too early in a one-day draft, regardless of his qualities as a Test player. In his stead you could have had any one of several pre-List A players including Aubrey Faulkner (who was available at the time), Victor Trumper, Charlie Macartney or :aus: :ar: Richie Benaud :slvo:. Any of these could have better balanced your team.

Roles
:x: :bat: Top-Order Hitters (2) - Gilchrist
:tick: :bat: Middle-Order Hitters (2+) - Ranatunga, Botham
:tick: :bat: Accumulators (Max 2) - Gooch, Ponting, Yousuf, Joyce
:tick: :bat: Firefighter (1) - Streak
:tick: :wk: Gloveman (1) - Gilchrist
:tick: :bwl: Express pace (1) - Ntini
:tick: :bwl: Death bowler (1) - Walsh
:tick: :bwl: Attacking bowlers (2) - Streak, Kumble
:tick: :bwl: Stock bowlers (2) - Botham, Ranatunga

That might be the last one for tonight, but do feel free to pick apart any part of my analysis you disagree with.
 

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