Draft: The Lasagne Draft

[Ed Smith]

The greatest Indian fast bowler ever (according to Sportskeeda) - Javagal Srinath

1. Michael Clarke
2. .
3. Kevin Pietersen
4. Ben Stokes
5. Jos Buttler
6. Romesh Kaluwitharana
7. Gavin Hamilton
8. Chris Simpson
9. .
10. Srinivas Venkataraghava
11. Javagal Srinath

Overs: 1989.1
Balls: 11935
Maidens: 137
Runs Conceded: 8847
Wickets: 315
Average: 28.09
4 Wickets in Innings: 10
5 Wickets in Innings: 3
Best: 5/23
Economy Rate: 4.45
Strike Rate: 37.89

@Bevab

 

[Yash.]

1. Zaheer Abbas
   
2. Shubman Gill
   
3. Darren Lehmann
   
4. Eoin Morgan
   
5. Sir Garry Sobers
   
6. Jamie Dalrymple
7. ?
8. ?
9. ?
10. Allan Donald
    
11. Yuzvendra Chahal

Looks good. Just need some pacers now.

 

[Aislabie]

1. Romesh Kaluwitharana
2. ?
3. Kevin Pietersen
4. Michael Clarke
5. Ben Stokes
6. Jos Buttler
7. Gavin Hamilton
8. Chris Simpson
9. ?
10. Srinivas Venkataraghava
11. Javagal Srinath

If I were putting your batting order together, I'd be tempted to do something more like this.

 

[Ed Smith]

If I were putting your batting order together, I'd be tempted to do something more like this.

Ah I'm going to change it up once I've picked all 11

 

[Aislabie]

I thought you might all like to see how your teams are shaping up...

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@ahmedleo414

1. Desmond Haynes
2. Graham Gooch
3. Ricky Ponting
4. 
   
5. James Celestine
6. Imran Khan
7. 
   
8. Mluleki Nkala
9. 
   
10. Darren Gough
11. Mustafizur Rahman

@Aislabie

1. 
   
2. Herschelle Gibbs
3. Rahul Dravid
4. 
   
5. Ryan ten Doeschate
6. Andrew Flintoff
7. Mike Procter
8. Rashid Khan
9. 
   
10. Waqar Younis
11. Pommie Mbangwa

@Bevab

1. Jonny Bairstow
2. Shane Watson
3. 
   
4. Viv Richards
5. Andrew Symonds
6. Clive Rice
7. 
   
8. Naimur Rahman
9. Moneeb Iqbal
10. 
    
11. Monty Panesar

@blockerdave

1. 
   
2. Dennis Amiss
3. 
   
4. Steve Tikolo
5. Colin Bland
6. Michael Bevan
7. Garth Le Roux
8. Andre Botha
9. 
   
10. Omer Hussain
11. Joel Garner

@CerealKiller

1. 
   
2. Sam Hain
3. Martin Crowe
4. Javed Miandad
5. 
   
6. 
   
7. Wasim Akram
8. Tim Ambrose
9. John Bracewell
10. Makhaya Ntini
11. Chris Martin

@DalePlaysCricket

1. Romesh Kaluwitharana
2. 
   
3. Kevin Pietersen
4. Michael Clarke
5. Ben Stokes
6. Jos Buttler
7. Gavin Hamilton
8. Chris Simpson
9. 
   
10. Srinivas Venkataraghavan
11. Javagal Srinath

@deleted member

1. 
   
2. Shan Masood
3. Joe Root
4. Inzamam Ul-Haq
5. 
   
6. Ajay Sharma
7. Tim de Leede
8. Bhuvneshwar Kumar
9. Trent Boult
10. Adam Huckle
11. Ray Julian

@El Loco

1. Gordon Greenidge
2. 
   
3. Dean Jones
4. AB de Villiers
5. JP Duminy
6. Mike Brearley
7. Malcolm Waller
8. 
   
9. 
   
10. Shane Bond
11. Shoaib Akhtar

@Na Maloom Afraad

1. Sachin Tendulkar
2. Ian Botham
3. 
   
4. Graeme Pollock
5. 
   
6. Abdul Razzaq
7. Lance Klusener
8. Kwame Tucker
9. Dwayne Leverock
10. Narendra Hirwani
11. Josephat Ababu

@Yash.

1. 
   
2. Shubman Gill
   
3. Zaheer Abbas
4. Darren Lehmann
   
5. Eoin Morgan
   
6. Sir Garry Sobers
7. 
   
8. Jamie Dalrymple
9. 
   
10. Allan Donald
    
11. Yuzvendra Chahal

 

[ahmedleo414]

I just discovered something that might be a little out there to complete my team.. it won't be my next pick but definitely my pick after that, but overall I feel like my team is in a pretty good spot right now

 

[Aislabie]

I just discovered something that might be a little out there to complete my team.. it won't be my next pick but definitely my pick after that, but overall I feel like my team is in a pretty good spot right now

The wacky picks are the best picks - I look forward to it!

 

[Bevab]

I'm genuinely shocked that he is still available after so many rounds. He was a genuinely frightening quick bowler who could bowl with real swing and accuracy but his main claim to fame was the several variations he had of the slower ball, one of which was disguised expertly as a beamer after a few bouncers but in reality would just loop at a very slow pace before landing as the perfect yorker (Akhtar used this successfully versus England once). A mentor to Chris Cairns who claims that he learnt the art of slower deliveries from him, he was arguably the first bowler who popularised the variations of a slower delivery in limited overs cricket. This is without mentioning the fact that he could revert to bowling slow off-breaks like a spinner with or without changing his bowling action. In addition, he could bowl a quicker delivery with a spinners' action too!

And if you were impressed with that alone, he was a mercurial talent with the bat. Bowlers were afraid to bowl at him because he had no respect for them, often resorting to slogging the very next ball even when beaten previously. His strike-rate was roughly estimated to be nearing hundred, an outstanding feat for the era he played in. Had he not been on those rebel tours (a decision he still stands by), he would have been regarded as another one of those glorious all-rounders of the 80s.

My pick will be the last player to achieve the 'double' in county cricket and perhaps the greatest player to have never played an international game of cricket, Franklyn Stephenson. Of course, he shall take the new ball with Rice and will be invaluable in the death overs. With the bat, Stephenson will be the one who smashes boundaries towards the end of the innings.

@ahmedleo414

 

[ahmedleo414]

Another name I am surprised no one has gone for so far, in my opinion, one the best all rounders of all time Daniel Vettori.

A little bio from is wiki

"He was the captain of New Zealand between 2007 and 2011. Vettori is the eighth player in Test history to take 300 wickets and score 3,000 runs. He is the youngest player to have represented New Zealand in Test cricket, having made his debut in 1996–97 at the age of 18, and New Zealand's most-capped test cricketer with 112 caps, and New Zealand's most capped One-Day cricketer with 284 caps. Vettori was a bowling all-rounder who bowled slow left-arm orthodox spin."

Admittedly he was has a better batting avg in Tests than ODI, but with the ball he can very tough to beat

ODI Stats:
Matches: 295
Runs: 2253
HS: 83
Ave: 17.33
Wickets: 305
5w: 2
Best: 5/7

List A Stats:
Matches: 365
Runs: 3549
HS: 138
Ave: 20.16
Wickets: 387
5w: 2
Best: 5/7

My Team

1. Graham Gooch
2. Desmond Haynes
3. Ricky Ponting (P)
4. James Celestine (L)
5.
6. Imran Khan (L)
7.
8. Daniel Vettori
9. Mluleki Nkala (L)
10. Darren Gough
11. Mustafizur Rahman (L)

@CerealKiller

 

[CerealKiller]

I’ll go with Chris Cairns at 6. He was a powerful hitter, at one point holding the record for most sixes in Test cricket, and a good death bowler, had a very good slower ball.
4950 runs at average of 29, SR of 84
201 wickets at average of 32
CerealKiller’s XI
1.
2. Sam Hain
3. Martin Crowe
4. Javed Miandad
5.
6. Chris Cairns
7. Wasim Akram
8. Tim Ambrose
9. John Bracewell
10. Makhaya Ntini
11. Chris Martin

@El Loco

 

[Na Maloom Afraad]

I thought you might all like to see how your teams are shaping up...

Please do a review of all teams once the draft finishes like you did in your previous drafts (sans Layer Cake) if possible, 'cause I really enjoyed them.

 

[Aislabie]

I will do that! I was halfway through the Layer Cake one, but haven't finished it yet because I felt sad. Feeling better today, so this could be the day

 

[El Loco]

1. Gordon Greenidge
2. Sanath Jayasuriya
3. Dean Jones
4. AB de Villiers
5. JP Duminy
6. Mike Brearley
7. Malcolm Waller
8.
9.
10. Shane Bond
11. Shoaib Akhtar

Sanath Jayasuriya changed the way openers approached the formative stages of an innings in ODI cricket which leaves a mark on the game to this very day. Taking advantage of early imposed fielding restrictions, he set about quickly building big opening partnerships by lofting the ball over on-looking infielders from the get go and this novel technique made slowly building momentum from the outset of an innings a thing of the past.

@Yash.

 

[ahmedleo414]

1. Gordon Greenidge
2. Sanath Jayasuriya
3. Dean Jones
4. AB de Villiers
5. JP Duminy
6. Mike Brearley
7. Malcolm Waller
8.
9.
10. Shane Bond
11. Shoaib Akhtar

Sanath Jayasuriya changed the way openers approached the formative stages of an innings in ODI cricket which leaves a mark on the game to this very day. Taking advantage of early imposed fielding restrictions, he set about quickly building big opening partnerships by lofting the ball over on-looking infielders from the get go and this novel technique made slowly building momentum from the outset of an innings a thing of the past.

@Yash.

Sorry bro Sanath is in the rejected list

 

[El Loco]

Sorry bro Sanath is in the rejected list

Damn coulda sworn I double-checked too. Alright no bother I had a back-up pick anyway. Coming up.